Crime Online

A short lottery fraud e-mail, but the basics are there.

One of our readers reported a scam website being used to convince potential victims, that there is really an account with money in it.

The weakness of the crooks having their own domain (in this case http://www.bbplc-uk.com/uk/index.htm) is simply the fact that to own a domain you have to give details to the registry, such as name and address. These crooks are hiding behind PrivacyProtection.org, which hides such information in the registry database with it’s own information.

This works as long as nobody reports the website being used for online crime. But, of course, we did just that today, didn’t we.

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www.bbplc-uk.com, fraud website

This is a typical story about dormant accounts without any heirs to claim it. Karim saysyou can be the one to claim it. No problem.

If you answer him you will soon find out that he will start telling you about difficulties which can only be solved if you pay him some money.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Karim Sule <mr.karimsule02@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2008/8/22
Subject: YOUR HELP PLEASE
To:

Vous êtes invité :: YOUR HELP PLEASE
Par votre hôte: Karim Sule

Message: DEAR FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE.I AM THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER. BOA BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO.
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF ($10.500) MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT CLAIM.

I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER,UPON YOUR REPLY.
I WILL GIVE YOU DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED

REGARD.
MR Karim Sule.

Date: vendredi 22 août 2008
Heure: 13h 00 – 14h 00 (GMT+00:00)

Technorati Tags: 419 scam, Inheritance fraud, Karim Sule

This morning I was notified of a comment waiting for moderation. The poster calls himself Dr. Evan Williams. he must have gotten that name from a bottle of whiskey.

And so a further inheritance is passed my way. Just too bad that it’s not true.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Dr.Jim Peter &lt;jimpeter@hotmail.com&gt;
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Subject: Swift message?
To:

Mr. Jim Peter
The Legal Representative
No: 12, Satellite Town Lagos Nigeria

Hello ,

Get back to me immediately for necessary steps concerning your inheritance , Sequel to your none – reply of my earlier email to you dated 02/03/06. On behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of your deceased relation in 2002, I wish to notify you that your name appeared in the codicil and last statement of the deceased and you entitled to his fund US$7,000,000.00 deposited with a Bank here and the bank here has made me know that the US$7,000,000.00 will be release to you through their payment oficer with Citi bank of United States of America. You are advised to reconfirm to me your details as required below to enable the release of your funds worth US$7,000,000.00 to you through our payment outlet in the U.S.A :- i also want to notify you that as soon as the bank release the fund to your account i will be comeing to your contact address that you will send to me now so that i will teke my own because I will have 45% and you 45% the other 10% will be for any payment that we make before the fund release to your account we will teke it out from the 10%

(1). Your full names :
(2). contact address :
(3). Phone :
(4). Cell phone :
(5). Age :
(6). Occupation :
(7).I D

As soon as the above are provided the paying bank will contact you for wire transfer release.
Regards,
Barrister Jim Peter

Technorati Tags: 419 Scam, Inheritance Fraud

Most Africans succumb to corruption in their every day lives. They either suffer at the hands of people who relieve them of their money or they are the ones who want the cash.