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Using 10.6 million Pounds Sterling as bait, this fellow first says he is withholding the name of the person who left the money. He then goes on to say I “bear the surname identity”.

That means my family name is the same as the deceased. Now that is an obvious advantage if I were really to inherit some money!

But, he does not actually say my name, does he?

That way this message fits anyone who gets it. That is obviously an advantage for him. That way he will get more people to answer this message.

Take note that he is using a telephone number with the international code for Great Britain.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Frank Mark
Date: 2008/8/28
Subject: second notice
To: undisclosed-recipients

THIS IS FOR YOUR ATTENTION.

We wish to notify you again that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of Ј10,600,000.00GBP (Ten Million Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. (Name now withheld since this is our second letter to you). We contacted you because you bear the surname identity and therefore can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance.

We therefore reckoned that you could receive these funds as you are qualified by your name identity. All the legal papers will be processed in your acceptance. In your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance; your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents at our high court probate division for the release of this sum of money.

Please call me on +447045769387 so that we can get this done immediately.

Kind regards,
Frank Mark.

Frank Mark, 419 scam

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There’s not much to say about this one.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: EURO MILLIONS AWARD TEAM <info@emlnoreply.co.uk>
Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS WINNER!!!YOUR EMAIL EMERGED A WINNER OF  £400,000 GBP
To: undisclosed-recipients

EURO MILLIONS LONDON, UK.
PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
WINNING NOTIFICATION

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the WORLD ONLINE E-mail address ballot lottery international program held this Month of MAY 2008 It is yet to be claimed and you are getting the final NOTIFICATION as regards this.
This results is today released to you and Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 189 with Serial number 5368/05 drew the lucky numbers:which subsequently won you the lottery in the 4TH category.
You havetherefore been approved to claim a total sum of £400,000 {Four Hundred Thousand  Pounds Sterlings)in cash credited to file KTU/9023118308/03.
This is from a total cash prize of £6,000,000( Six million pounds sterling’s)shared amongstthe(15)lucky winners in this category. All participants for the online version  were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.
This promotion takes place bianually.

1.FULL NAME

2.DATE OF BIRTH.

3.MARITAL STATUS

4.NATIONALITY.

5.OCCUPATION.

6.RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.

7.TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr Michael Lexington.

Email:michaellexington@myway.com

Tel:+447045-740-682
Tel:+447045-774-311
Fax:+44-7006-016-871

Yours faithfully,
John Bradley

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If you get one from the UK Lottery, the day’s not perfect unless you get one from the Nederlands Staatsloterij as well

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: The Nederland?s Staatsloterij &lt;nlstaatsloterij@gmail.com.nl&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 5:36 PM
Subject: Please Call to Confirm.
To: undisclosed-recipients

Please Call to Confirm.
Ref No: UT771008-07
Serial Number: 8LE02208
The Nederland?s Staatsloterij
Postbus 3334, 5902RH
Venlo-Nederland
https://www.staatsloterij.nl

Date: 9th May 2008.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Nederland?s Staatsloterij
Internet Program that was conducted and release today the 9th day of May 2008.
Your electronic mail address which we attach to the program Ref No: UT771008-07
and Serial Number: 8LE02208 has been selected among the lucky recipient to
collect an approved payment of 1,000,000:00 euros only (One Million Euro Only)
each, being the beneficiary of this email address. You are hereby advice to
contact our payment processing/finance firm on the below stated details.

********************************************
Mr. Michael Eliuk
Weeps-The Netherlands.
Tel: +31-681-107970
Fax: +31-847-118266
Email: kservices1@gmail.com
********************************************

We expect you to provide them with details of the information below for the
processing of your winning documents.

1). Full Names:………………
2). Residential Address: ……..
3). Occupation:………………
4). Sex:…………………….
5). Phone/Fax Numbers:………..
6). Country of Resident:………
7). Nationality: …………….
8). Reference Number:…………
9). Serial Number:……………
10). Amount Won:……………..
11). Email Address:…………..
12). A scan or Fax Copy of any Valid Proof of your Identification like
International Passport or Driver’s License:…………….

All participants where selected through a computer ballot system drawn from
over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from
all over the world drawn from Europe, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Middle
East, Africa, North and South America. Do note also that every email addresses
that were used on this program were gotten without the knowledge of each
recipient. Be informed here that all winnings must be claimed not later than
the 23rd Day of May 2008 and that anybody under the age of 18yrs is not
eligible to apply for a claim of this amount. Congratulations from our
management as we expect you to make good use of your funds.

Sincerely Yours,
Freida Groot
Sweepstakes Coordinator.
Nederland?s Staatsloterij.
Email: nlstaatsloterij@gmail.com
Copyright © 2001-2007
*********************************************
Note: In accordance with the Nederland?s Staatsloterij policy and regulations,
this message is dispatched directly to the recipient only. If you are not the
rightful owner of this email address or feel that you have received this
message by error, we advice you destroy this copy as you are not authorized to
read, print, retain or disseminate any part of it for any reason.
*********************************************

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Rur Uar? Now that is a very unusual name.

If there really is such a name, us humble Europeans would have a hard time trying to guess where it comes from.

The story he’s telling is the one with Global Max Couriers. Remember that one?

I don’t believe he’s in Germany, but it sounds good doesn’t it?
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: auruar7 Gazeta.pl
Date: May 7, 2008 6:49 PM
Subject: Contact Mr. Joseph Ulom Immediately
To:

Dear friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund with the assistance of new partner from Germany where I am presently for some business investment. Now, I want you to contact Global Max Vault on the information below:

CONTACT PERSON
Name:- Mr. Joseph Ulom
E-mail:- (mrjosephulom455@yahoo.fr)

Ask him to send to you the packaged consignment that valued sum of USD$2.8Million) which I deposited with them and I instructed him to release it to you once you contact him. So contact Mr. Joseph Ulom immediately on his e-mail and send him the below information to enable him deliver the packaged consignment to you.

Provide him with the following details as soon as possible to enable him process the delivery of the Funds in CASH as Diplomatic Consignment to your address in your country immediately without any unnecessary delays.

Your Full Name:……………………………….
Direct telephone and fax Numbers:…………………
Residential Address:……………………

Best regards,
Dr. Rur Uar.

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At least this message is written in an understandable English.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:  <oditvic@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 12:08 PM
Subject: LETTER!!
To:

From the Desk of:
Mr. Odili Victor

I am a Manager of a bank, writing you in respect of a foreign customer whom made a US$25M depository for an investment program that has remained dormant for years now. I discovered that the account holder died without making a WILL on depository.

This money cannot be approved to a local Bank account holder, but can only be approved to a foreigner. if you will stand as next of kin to the fund, it will be shared 50%/50%. as this is a TWO-man business deal transaction. Your percentage will also be a source of up-liftment. You have absolutely nothing to LOSE in assisting me instead, you have so much to GAIN. Be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.

I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. I need your assistance and co-operation to this reality as I have done my Home-work and fine tune the best way to create you as the beneficiary while I would use my connection and money to secure almost all the paperwork for this transaction which will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction with you as the beneficiary to this fund.

I will like you to provide immediately your full Names and Address, Date of Birth, Occupation, Tel & Fax Numbers so that an Attorney will be able to prepare the necessary documents and affidavit which will put you in place as the next of kin. The Attorney will draft and carry  out the notarization of the WILL and also obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour for the transfer.

I will appreciate your early reply for commencement of business. Contact me for acknowledgment by E-mail and whereby you are not interested, please indicate in your reply so that I can seek for the assistance of someone else.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, I expect that you will not take undue advantage of the trust I Will bestow in you. I await your urgent response.

Thanks with great regards.
Mr. Odili Victor

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This one is not a plane crash, but an earthquake.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Ahmed M.Tanko <mrahmedmm@orange.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Subject: REPLY FAST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
To: mrahmedmm@orange.net

From: Mr Ahmed Mao. Tanko
Bills & Exchange Manager
Bank of Africa (BOA)
TEL 226 78 12 12 77 .
Burkina faso West Africa.
 
                                                     Compliment of the season,
Good day and how are you doing with your family? Hope fine. Please let this message do not be a surprise to you because i got your contact information and lay all the trust in you before i decided to disclose this confidential and successful transaction to you.
 
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
 
PROPOSITION;
 
I discovered an abandoned sum of $9M(NINE Million United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in Algeria Earthquake on 23 may 2003. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir.The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
 Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out for the funds $9M (NINE Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary’s next of kin.It may interest you to note that i have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the followings:
 
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
 
These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made.I shall be compensating you with 45% on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be mine. Your share stays with you while the rest of mine shall be for investment purposes in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you, I awaits your urgent email reply to proceed .

Regards,
Mr Ahmed Mao.Tanko

Tags: 419Scam, Money Transfer Scam, Ahmed M.Tanko

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I often wonder at these plane crash stories. If you have been here often you know that the Andreas Schranner story has been regularly posted here. It goes something like this “a multimillionaire died in a plane crash and left a pile of money in an African bank”. The writer goes on to say “we now need some one to pose as the next of kin to claim this lost money”. The reason for this being there are no living inheritors and we would like the money for ourselves. huh!

So where does this go from here?

Anyone who falls for this story contacts the crooks and immediately gets put through the mill. Form one e-mail to another he gets more and more involved, sending documents and setting himself up as the legal next of kin. Or so he thinks …

In reality, he is just corresponding with the crooks in the guise of lawyers, bankers and notaries.

Once he has gotten in this deep, they push him to pay a fee of say, 800 Dollars or better Euros. It could be for taxes, lawyers or bank costs, whatever. Of course, it is an imaginary fee and it doesn’t really matter for what the crooks claim the payment to be for.
They put the pressure on the “victim” to pay, saying the deal cannot go through without it. Naturally the crooks can’t don’t have the money to pay the fee. They are only poor Africans.

Needless to say the money should be sent through Western Union and once this is paid, they push the poor victim for more.

They push him for what they can get. Which means that victims which are gullible enough, pay anything up to 20,000 Dollars and more.

This often means financial ruin for the victims. For the African crooks, it’s a way of life.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Evans Efedua <evans_info@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Subject: Proposition
To:

Reply-To: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20080418194729.AA873AFDF3E@m162.magenta.fastwebserver.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:12 +0200 (CEST)

From: Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc
Victoria Island.
Email: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk
 
Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Evans Efedua, I am  the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of  Regent Bank Plc. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of US$15.5M  (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)  from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION:

I am the account officer of a foreigner named  Late Mr. Morris Thompson who died in an air crash along with his wife  and only daughter on the January 31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below  which was published by www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska  airlines.list

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself  and his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery.  I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out  by me for the funds  to be released in your favor as the beneficiary’s next  of kin. Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank  treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of  the bank.  So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall  be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow  the bank directors to share this money among themselves at the end of the year. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order  of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.  All I need from you is as follows:

1.   Your confirmation of your ability to handle this Business for me.
2.   Your word that you will keep this business as Confidential as possible at all times until we conclude this business.
3.   Your telephone and Fax numbers for communication.
4.   Age and Occupation.

I shall be compensating you with 30% (thirty percent)  on final conclusion of  this project for your assistance, while we will retain 65% (sixty-five percent) and 5% (five percent) goes for expenses because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this  business. If this business is acceptable by you.  Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

Your faithfully,
Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Evans Efedua

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What do you think? Will send it with Fedex or DHL?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: DR FRANK SMITH <franksmith0011@myway.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Subject: Re:Notification
To:

From:DR FRANK SMITH
Manchester M27 5FX, United Kingdom.
Fax:TEL:+44 70457 04247.
 
Dear Sir /Madam,
 
This is to officially inform you that your funds of Ten Million United state Dollars only(US$ 10) has been approved for immediate delivery to you by cash payment via Consignment delivery to your door step .For the purpose of clarification,you are advised to reconfirm:
 
(1)Your Full Names
(2)Your Direct Telephone & Fax Numbers
(3)Your Physical Address
 
So that there will be no error during the delivery of the funds to you in your country of residence.Your quick response will be highly appreciated to enable us proceed further.
We awaits your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
DR FRANK SMITH.

Tags: 419scam, Dr. Frank Smith

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Oh yes, my email address is randomly selected. It and several hundred others …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Uk Gaming House <gerry_burke@eircom.net>
Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 1:50 AM
Subject: Final Notice !!!
To:

BATCH NUMBER:065/088/XY24
TICKET NUMBER:023-1111-790-458
12th April 2008

This email is to notify you that this email address was randomly selected and entered into our free Third Category draws. You have subsequently emerged a winner and therefore entitled to a substantial amount of 552,000.00 Pounds.

For further information, kindly confirm receipt of this email, by forwarding Your Details as states below to our claims department on Email :uk_foreignunit@yahoo.co.uk

INFORMATION REQUESTED:
(a) Your full Name:
(b) Contact address:
(c) Your Telephone and fax numbers:
(d) Your Age:
(e) Your occupation:
(f) Your country of origin:

Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,
Award Notification Team
UK GAMING HOUSE

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Here’s somebody trying the Andreas Schranner story without using the name.

If you have been following Crime Online for some time you will know that Mr. Schranner died in the Concorde crash.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: myles Gallagher <mylesgallagher25@yahoo.com>
Date: Jan 20, 2008 6:42 PM
Subject: Greetings
To: undisclosed-recipients

Hello

My name is Myles Gallagher,i am pleased to get across to you for a very confidential and profitable business proposal. I got your contact while searching for a reliable person who will assist me to execute this once in a life time business opportunity in my department.That’s why I deemed it fit to contact you and ask for your assistance in this profitable matter, requiring trust and confidentiality.

I am a senior partner in the Technical Advisory Board of Allied Irish Bank Group (Senior Security Specialist). We are conducting a standard process investigation on behalf of “AIB Group”, the International Banking Conglomerate.

I render internal and external auditing services for Allied Irish Bank. On my routine audit check few months back, I discovered an investment accounts that had been dormant for at least 5 years.

Now banking regulation/legislation here demand that I do notify the fiscal authorities after a statutory time span of 8 years when dormant accounts of this type are called in by the Jersey monetary regulatory bodies.

The above set of facts underscores my reason for writing and proposing to you. My investigation of the said account reveals that the investor died in testate and nominated no successor in title over the investments made with the, bank who unfortunately died with his wife, only daughter and her husband in a plane crash of Flight AF4590 from Paris to New York U.S.A on Tuesday 25 July, 2000. I can confirm with certainty that no next of kin to his estate has been found or has come forward all these years. You can check the link below for more details about the disaster;

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/851209.stm

I am of the settled conviction that using my insider leverage, I, working with you can secure the funds in the account for us instead of allowing it pass as unclaimed funds into the coffers of the Government of Channel Islands. This exactly is why I crave your participation and co-operation.

I have in my custody all relevant documents (legal and Banking) that will facilitate your claims as the beneficiary of the funds. If this offer is okay by you, we can put minds together and workout the modalities and our mutual benefits. I shall however leave out the finer details of this transaction till I receive an affirmation of your desire to participate. Be assured that I am in control of the situation and as such, there would be no risk whatsoever if you elect to come on board. Needless to say, UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of vital importance if we are to successfully reap the immense benefits of this transaction.

Please send your response and contact details E.g. Full names, Direct telephone, Fax numbers, Email and if available scanned copy of your international passport or drivers license so I can be sure of your identity before we commence business send to my private and more confidential email below, which I have created for this purpose only.

Regards,

Mr Myles Gallagher
Email:mylesgallagher25@yahoo.com

Tags: andreas schranner, Auditing, Contact, Dormant Account, Email, Fax Numbers, Full Names, Mail, Modalities, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, Plane Crash, Yahoo