The UK National Lottery is often used by the Africans. It’s a good way of getting unsuspecting people to depart from their hard earned cash to pay for all sorts of “Fees” for a prize they will never get.
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From: END OF YEAR PROMO
Date: 23 Dec 2008 14:42
Subject: You have won the sum of £2,500,000
To: email@cda.twcbc.com
Ref: UK/9420X2/68
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Dear Winner,
You have won the sum of £2,500,000(Two million five hundread Thousand Pounds Sterling) from UK NATIONAL LOTTERY on our 2008 end of year charity bonanza.The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users,from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.
We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as this is a monthly lottery. Failure to claim your win will result into the reversion of the fund to our following month.
You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting lottery number: LOTTERY NUMER:05-08-10-18-20-46-{43}. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program. Please be warned.
We are proud to inform you that your email has just won you the total sum of £500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand Great Britain Pounds) incash credited to file in the just concluded SWEEPSTAKES ONLINE LOTTERY DEPARTMENT held on 8th Sept 2008.
Your e-mail address attached to:
(A)Ticket Number: 22-1356-4096-988
(B)Reference Number: S.O.L.D/74-A0802742008
(C)drew the lucky numbers 3, 10, 22, 25, 31, 49 (bonus 4)
HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE,
Simply contact Dr Darren Burke for validation of your winning.
Validation Officer
Contact: Dr Darren Burke
E-mail: dr.darrenburke.desk@hotmail.com
Tel.: +44 70457 73031
For the immediate release of your funds,you are to provide the following details to your validating officer.
This person named Merlin is definately not a magician.
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From: Mr. Aidan Merlin
Date: Sep 2, 2008 3:20 PM
Subject: PRIVATE !
To:
Good day,
My name is Aidan Merlin, trained and working as Account Officer for
the Development Bank of Singapore (DBS). As regard this project, I had
taken pains to find your contact through personal endeavours.
I write to contact you about a Foreigner who died here in Singapore,
Twenty-two years ago leaving behind an estate/capital (US$12.8M with
interest) here in
Development Bank of Singapore (DBS) where I work till date, but nobody
has come forward or put an application for the claim. I feel it is
very important I include the websites of the unfortunate incident for
you to view, which claimed the life of the late investor.
I can confirm with certainty that the said Investor died intestate in
1986 and no next-of-kin to his estate and no body came forward all
these years. I am of the
settled conviction that using my insider leverage and working with
you, we can secure the funds in the account for ourselves instead of
allowing it pass as unclaimed funds into the coffers of the Government
of Singapore.
In pursuant of the above plan, we choose you in this transaction
specially because you bear the same NAME with the said Investor.
However you shall be handsomely rewarded for your assistance and
co-operation in this transaction; as my colleagues and I have
collectively agreed to allocate 20% of the total funds for your role.
However, if you are interested in carrying out this deal, you are
advised to email me the following information as stated below so that
we can immediately commence on the process on how the funds will be
released to you as the Next of Kin.
i. RE-CONFIRM YOUR FULL NAMES:
ii. CONTACT ADDRESS:
iii. DATE OF BIRTH:
iv. TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
v. OCCUPATION:
Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and I urgently wait to hear from you.
Best regards,
Aidan Merlin
mr.aidanmerlin@live.com
The Nigerian e-mails are not sent as often as they used to be. They
try to instill a sense of officialdom by claiming to be a Senator or
Govenor or what ever.
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From: AHMED MUHAMMAD MACCIDO
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:19 AM
Subject: INVESTMENT WITH YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FROM SENATOR MACCIDO
To: undisclosed-recipients
Dear Friend
I am Ahmed Muhammad Maccido (Senator). from Senate National Assembly
Chambers of Federal Republic of Nigeria
I write to honourably request your assistance in helping to receive amount
of money into your account for safe keeping and for furture investment in your
country.
MY HUMBLE REQUEST IS AS FOLLOWS:
By virture of my position as the chief supervisor of foreign contracts, the
sum of US$31,000,000.00 (Thirty One Million United States Dollars) is avialable
in escrow account that I intend to transfer overseas through your assistance as
a foreign partner.
This money is as a result of Over provision in the Federal government budget
for unpaid contract amount to foreign contractors who executed contract in the
Niger – Delta in Petroleum industry.
As soon as the contract amount is paid to you,I will share with you 40% and
60% for me,my share you will help me to invest in any profitable and lucrative
business in your country or any other country that you will so advise.
You can reach me by return mail,including
(1) Your full names and Age
(2) Your contact address and country of Origin
(3) Your company’s name (if any) Your Position Or Occupation
(4) Your confidential telephone (cell) and fax number
(5) Your international passport or Drivers License.
The above information will enable me brief you more details of the
transaction and also start the application process/documentation that will lead
to the release of the funds to you through bank to bank transfer.While waiting
for your quick response I remain your potential investment partner.
With this story, they start off by saying you get the cash card if you pay a “reactivation” fee of 135 US Dollars. Now I’ve seen that somewhere before.
A short message offering 24.5 million US Dollars from Hong Kong.
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From: Patrick Chan <pchan@info.net>
Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Respond
To: undisclosed-recipients
I am Patrick Chan I work with HANG SENG BANK, HONG KONG.I have a Business Proposal of Twenty four million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars for you to handle with me from my bank,if you are interested please send me your full names,privatephone/fax and current residential address and finally after that I shall provide you with more details.
Kind Regards
Patrick Chan
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 <nlstaatsloterij@gmail.com.nl> 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.
At least this message is written in an understandable English.
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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.
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