Crime Online

If you have seen the Khodorkovsky e-mails, then you know what this one is about. Platon Lebedev is another billionaire put in jail in Russia. I found the last sentence sounds like a James Bond movie:

If you know you can do this, then contact me via private email: natlebdev@list.ru so that i can furnish you with more details but if for any reason you choose not to assist me, please destroy this mail and forget I ever contacted you because of our safety.

———- Forwarded message ———- From: U.L <natlebde@bk.ru> Date: 2009/5/22 Subject: I await your response To: natlebde@bk.ru Good day, I know this mail may rather come to you as a surprise but had no other alternative than to contact you in this manner due to a matter of necessity and urgency for the relocation of my kids and me. Before i proceed further it is better for me to introduce myself; i am Mrs.Natalia Lebedev, the wife of Russian multi billionaire Mr. Platon Lebedev (former director of Group MENATEP, Russia) that was arrested unjust fully by the putin regime for his involvement in the YOKUS company crisis in 2003. You can read more story on this in the below website: http://www.robertamsterdam.com/2007/10/platon_lebedev_statement.htm As a result of the false allegations, all joint our accounts were frozen and properties confiscated except for a profiling amount of one hundred million United States dollars in cash, properly insured and sealed under the UN diplomatic core which my husband succeeded in depositing as consignment with a European depository firm before his arrest. Now that i am currently having problems with Authorities over my husband present circumstance, i had to source for a God fearing individual to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted sum and also make immediate preparations to relocate me and my kids once the funds are secured. For your assistance in embarking on this task for us, you will receive thirty-percent of the total funds once the transaction is completed. Please note that this transaction is legitimate and all documents backing the funds will be provided upon your readiness to proceed. If you know you can do this, then contact me via private email: natlebdev@list.ru so that i can furnish you with more details but if for any reason you choose not to assist me, please destroy this mail and forget I ever contacted you because of our safety. Thank you very much Yours truly, Mrs. Natalia Lebedev. Private Email: natlebdev@list.ru

What you should know is, banks cannot confiscate any funds residing in bank accounts held with them. So “Philip” is lying to you from the start.

Other points which show that what he is telling you is a farce are,

1. the gmail and AOL email addresses,
2. Amsterdam is a main area where “Nigerian” crooks operate from in Europe and
3. what he is suggesting is illegal and is called embezzlement.

He is actually being very stingy, offering only 20% …..

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR PHILIP PRICE <infoprice@gmail.com>
reply-to: infophilip_price@aol.nl
Date: 2009/5/19
Subject: Hello,
To:

Hello,

I seek your assistance on a business transaction that will be of mutual benefits.
Please, read below the details of this transaction and what is required of you to get this transaction started:

Mr. Andrew Parker was my client for over a decade. He died of cardiac arrest in 2002. He had a deposit in the sum of US$45M with Delta Lloyd Finance Amsterdam.

The bank contacted me as Mr. Andrew Parker’s attorney to get his next of kin. I have not been able to get any of his relations. The bank now has the right to confiscate the funds if I do not produce his next of kin soonest. This is the reason why I contacted you so you can act as the next of kin.

If you reply this email by sending me your full name, address, telephone and fax number, I will prepare and send to you a memorandum of understanding which will have to be duly signed by both parties (your good self and I) as
an agreement, so as to protect the shares of both parties and to be in order by laws of your country and the laws of my country.

After the signing of the MOU, I will then email to you the death certificate of Andrew Parker. I will prepare Andrew Parker’s Will in your name. With the Will, I will then get the letter of administration from the probate office thereby making you the next of kin and the bona fide beneficiary of the funds.
I will forward the Will and the letter of administration to the Bank in Europe.
They will then contact you to come to their office to claim the said funds.
When you get to their office in Europe, you sign the funds release documents, they will then transfer the sum of US$45M into your nominated account.

When the funds are transferred into your nominated account, I will then travel to meet with you to share the proceeds. I will take 80% and you will take 20%.

I will exhort you to not only treat this transaction with the gravity it deserves, but also with urgency. May I reiterate that the importance of the confidentiality and speed in this transaction cannot be over emphasized.

Hence in bolstering of confidentiality you are advised against discussing with anyone or your bank the expectation of the funds until I advise you otherwise.
Please treat as urgent.

Send the information ASAP as time is of the essence.
Thank you and God bless.

Philip Price LLB

We have always been fascinated by stories of pirates and lost treasures. I think almost anyone would fall for the idea of finding a lost fortune on an island, in the attic or a secret passageway in Grandma’s old house.

That is part of the secret behind the abandoned or deceased accounts, that the Africans like to tell us about. They play on the secret wishes that people have to make their lives better.

So they lead unsuspecting victims down the rabbit hole which unfortunately, does not have a happy end.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Barr Anthony Poveda
Date: 23 Dec 2008 15:41
Subject: FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST
To:

¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!
Ahora puedes escribirme a:barranthonyp@yahoo.com.co

- FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST Barrister Anthony Poveda PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES 101 CORNHILL LONDON EC7V 9NP , UNITED KINGDOM .Phone No: +447-522-385-345 Fax No: +447-005-942-277 PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com Attention; Sir/ Madam, Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but I do have limited choice. My name is Barr. Anthony Poveda a Queen Council, working with PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES London. Actually, I got your contact address from the U.K Chambers and Commerce of Industries searching for a reportable business partner in your countries public records. My Late client MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, a business mogul who had casinos and restaurants, Her wealth which was made through Oil bunkers business in Russia, She lived in Spain for many years, my client, her husband and their one child were involved in an underground train crash in the eastern city of Valencia as Victims of the Tuesday, 4 July 2006, Incident that befall the Spanish. You can confirm through this website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5143738.stm) Before her death, on my advice as his lawyer she deposited the sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) with a bank here in London under a very strong insurance bond. The bank has mandated me to present any family her/inheritor for claims before the account gets confiscated or reverts to the government treasury, as unclaimed funds. I have search for any of my late client’s relative which has been impossible for me to accomplish as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit. Mrs CEPARO GRANT ROMAN was my private client. I have to let you know that absolute confidentiality is required in this transaction and involvement of a third party is not acceptable. Besides I am doing this on my own personal capacity and do not wish to bring my office into it.SHARING ARRANGEMENTS:The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after 3 Financial years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a Spanish Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is completed.EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL:Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, Please include your Information as stated Below.1.YOUR FULL NAME 2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER 3.HOME ADDRESS 4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, with my position as his lawyer, I will now appoint and recognise you as the heir. I will obtain every relevant document from the probate to make your claim legal. Note that this process is not risky in any manner and it is completely legal but might not be justified morally. Once the fund is released to you, I am proposing 40% of the total sum to you for your involvement.10% would be set aside for any expenses that could be incurred during the transaction. I would retain 50% for myself. Note that when the whole documents are ready, it would be your responsibility to approach the bank and make application for the release and transfer of the said funds. If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me. Otherwise reply via Fax by complete the Form enclose in this letter. Or you can call me on Tel no: +447-544-616-482 for furt! her clarification.Best Regards Barrister Anthony Poveda barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com

Meltus Ade is attorney with 12.5 million US Dollars for you

Yes, the ill fated plane crash story keeps on cropping up, doesn’t it?

The question is, if you had 12.5 Million US Dollars would you still be working as a pilot?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: meltus meltus <meltus_meltus2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2008/12/20
Subject: RE: PLEASE TREAT AS MOST URGENT
To: recipients <undisclosed>

Urgent and confidential:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister MELTUS ADE the lawyer to a Foreign Pilot who died in an air crash in the year 2002, in the illfated Kenyan AirWays.The late Pilot deposited the sum of US$12.5 Million with a Security Company. Due to the present predicament of my client, the family till now can not be located and me as their Attorney wish to contact you to act as his relation tosecure the release of the money from the Security and Finance Company and the Security Company has agreed to release the money through their Unit in either Europe or Asia which ever is nearerto you. or even arrange to reach you in a Country near to America or Canada as you want.For your effort and assistance to this and to facilitate the collection ofthe money, you will take 45% of the total money.and me and my Partners will have 45% while we shall 5% to the Charity Home and 5% will be set aside for all expences like telephone calls and all other expences that may arise in the cause of this transaction on our both sides.You will also assist me and my colleagues to invest our own share of the fund in your country since the family of my late Client is now and has remained unknown and I will not want this fund to be sent to the treasury or Vault.Please send me your phone No and reply through this email:   for quicker communications.Your reply is urgently expected
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Barr. MELTUS ADE

The crooks obviously don’t want potential victims talking to us or anyone who knows what they are up to. They post a warning not to

Ever since the crisis really took hold of the markets and banks over a month ago, I have been waiting to see if the Africans are changing their tactics. This one, although extremely short, does look as though they are giving it a try.

Paul Adam's Scrap E-Mail

Reading this message you get the impression it has nothing to do with 419 or African scam e-mails. But you would be wrong!

The point to note here is that the language and and technical knowledge needed to understand what this fellow is talking about, makes the target market (for want of a better name) very, very small.

Now it could be a bona fide offer, but I very much doubt that and here’s why:

1. Paul Adams, if that is his real name, uses a Colombian Yahoo freemail account.
2. His telephone number is a Nigerian cellphone
3. Where on earth does he get so much rail scrap from?

So this has all the Hallmarks of a typical 419 scam email. And after all the stories I have heard from friends and colleagues who have done business in Africa and especially Nigeria, I would recommend just scrapping this email! (pun intended

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR .P.ADAMS <mrpaul0189@yahoo.com.co>
Date: 2008/10/22
Subject: Re- Purchase of Used rail scraps r50/65
To:

¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!
Ahora puedes escribirme a:mrpaul0189@yahoo.com.co

Mr.Paul Adams.

- Dear Sir, We are direct end seller and capable of delievering your required quantity to your destination port at the stipulated time of 30-45 working days. The price of the rail is $150.00per mertic tons to any destination port of the world and our contract is based on Letter of Credit/Telegrahic Transfer 100% at sight at buyers destination port. Also note there is no problem with the shipment of your intial order and we believe and hope everything will work successfully and this will be the beginning of our long term contract with you and we usually invite any potentials buyers for physical inspection of the product before signing the hard copy contract/ purchase form. Below here is chemical compostion for your preview. Commodity: used Rails Specification: Used Rails (R50-R65) 100% Rail Track Composition: Non-Metal inpurties total 1% (One Percent)or less – no Radiation Chemical Composition Mn: 0, 60-1, 05, = C: 0.54-082, = Si 0.18-0, 42, =S: 0.04 max P: 0.35 max, = Cr: Residual =As: 0.01% max of mass share. One price for quantities of 20,000MT to 30,000MT Used Rail at $150.00per/MT CIF ASWP Our Quality Policy provides seven point guarantee: 1. No Deposit Required 2. 2% Performance Bond given for the activation of non-operative DLC or RLC for Charter Party Shipment. 3. Physical Inspection of the Scrap before you open your Letter of Credit. 4. 20′ and 40′ container shipments arranged (CNF Basis) for 1000 mt per month and above 5. Charter Party Vessel Shipments arranged (CNF Basis) for 12500 mt and above. 6. Initial Trial Shipments are welcomed. 7. Long Term Contracts Available (up to 100,000 mt per month for 12 months). I wait for you response and contact informations Best Regards, Mr Paul Adams +234-807-444-3478

Paul Adam's Telephone Number

I reckon I have commented this kind of scam e-mail a dozen times already. It’s the cancer tear jerker appealing to people’s good naturedness.

The day is not perfect until you have received your regular Microsoft Lottery Prize.

Even if it’s the short form  from South Africa.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Microsoft Online Lottery Game <lottonotification@mtnloaded.co.za>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 1:33 PM

Subject: YOUR EMAIL ID HAVE WON YOU MICROSOFT ONLINE LOTTERY
-YOU HAVE TO CALL YOUR PAYMENT AGENT DIRECT….
To: undisclosed-recipients

Attention,

Your e-mail id was celected through the computer ballot system a winner of our microsoft online lottery program.

You have to contact your claim agent for your payment.

Cliam Agent: Mr. James Zulu
Email: jameszulu@msn.com
Tel/fax : +27 78 555 7877

Forward to him your claim details below;

Ref No.micro234kj20080808
Batch number: msn222
Lucky No: 1 8 13 22 27 38 41
Security code: 676
Amount Won: £1 000 000 00 (one million british pounds)

You have to contact him not later than 3 working days.

One more time congratulations.

Regards,
Dr.Smith Rueben.

Tags: Dr.SmithRueben, Lottery Scam, Microsoft

I would say most people would ask themselves”How did I win this?” and promptly reply asking for details. Of course, that is exactly what this so called “Senator” wants.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: ATM CARD OFFICE
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 2:36 AM
Subject: ATM 622
To:

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref:
Dear Beneficiary,
I am very glad to inform you that your email emerged as one of the lucky winners to receive this years award of a cash grant of the sum of $2 million.
In order for the winnings to be delivered to you without stress, we are glad to officially inform you that an ATM Card has been accredited in your favor.Your Personal identification Number is 622.
The ATM Card Value is $2 million.
You are advice to contact us for more information.

FULL NAME:
DELIVERY ADDRESS:
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY:
OCCUPATION:
SEX:
AGE:

As soon as we receive the requested information, we will instruct the
courier company to deliver the prize winnings to you.
Regards,
Senator Ashley Davids

Senator Ashley Davids, 419 Scam