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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

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Not very easy to read, this one.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Micheal Williams
Date: Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 4:11 PM
Subject: LEGITIMATE TRANSACTION
To:

¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!
Ahora puedes escribirme a:micwills777@yahoo.com.co

- Dear Friend,Permit me to present this proposal to you I apologize if
I offend you for sending this mail to you however, is a matter of
urgency and I would appreciate it if you can give attention to it. My
name is Micheal Williams(QC.), Solicitor and Financial Adviser to late
Mr. Bradley Robinson a property magnate and building contractor based
here in the U.K. On the Thursday July 7, 2005, my client Mr. Bradley
Robinson, 64, his wife Maria, 62, their daughter Andrea, 38, her
husband Christian, 57, and their children Katharine, eight, and
Maximilian, 10, died inside a bus that a bomb was planted in.
Hallmarks of al-Qaeda .For more information about this crash and
people, visit his Website:
//www.guardian.co.uk

his death he has directed me to liquidate these investments into cash
and depositthe proceeds into his account with a Financial/Security
Institution. My client was a successful and an accomplished family
man, who made enough fortune before his untimely death. He left behind
a large deposit in his investment account in the Financial/Security
Institution. Upon his death the Financial/Security Institution
contacted me as his Solicitors and Attorney to provide them with a
next of kin or foreign partner since the families he provided as next
of kin for the claim died with him in the crash leaving a vacuum to be
filled. I had made several inquiries on my own to locate any of his
relation but all has proved unsuccessful.Two weeks ago, the
Institution adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his
next of kin or his foreign business partner/associates based on the
Agreement he sign with the Institution for the fund to be released or
transferred to his next of kin (His family)! Or Foreign
Partner/Associate within 28 working days or forfeit the money to the
Institution as abandoned by the owner with no trace of next of kin.
The institution had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of
1936 to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given
to me.By virtue of my closeness to the deceased and his immediate
family, I am very much aware of my client financial standing. I have
reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to
present you as the next of kin or foreign partner of my deceased
client therefore, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of
Kin or foreign partner to the Deceased since you are qualified so that
the full proceed from his Account valued at #22.2 Million British
Pounds Sterling can be paid to you. I am proposing a negotiable
commission of 25% for you. I have all the required information and
shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to
back up our claim all I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Trust me as his personal consultant that this is arisk-free
transaction. If you think you are capable of handling this, get back
to me immediately and provide your personal contact details and e-mail
for further correspondence.Thank you and God bless. Yours truly,Micheal
Williams

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it is just an imaginary organisation used to base this story upon.
There is also an online game with this name.

According to Wikipedia, this is the definition of “Diplomatic Corps”:

The diplomatic corps or corps diplomatique is the collective body of
foreign diplomats accredited to a particular country or body.

That means they do not have any dealings with “clients”.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Harry Williams
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 6:59 AM
Subject: ***Urgent Response***
To: undisclosed-recipients

Attention:Sir/Madam,

We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments
for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We work in
collaboration with top firms all over the world as we have earned a
name as a service whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality
are revered.International missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the world
have used our services to satisfaction.

A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that can assist her and
her family in retrieving her package containing some amount of money
from a Diplomatic Corp in Europe.The benefactor and her children have
been confined only to their country home and all their calls and
movements are monitored, as a result,its absoultely impossible for
them to do anything as regards retrieving the money.

Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being
contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on
their behalf.

The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of six years
and its USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars). These funds are
fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has
no criminal origin.

The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted
when the funds were being deposited and these documents would prove
the source of the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are
clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism.

For your assistance in this transaction,the benefactor and her
Children have agreed to give you 30% of the total amount of money
which is equivalent to US$22.5 Million (Twenty Two Million,Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and this role simply entails
retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats in Europe and
all the information needed to claim the funds would be sent to you as
soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as
providing the following information to facilitate the smooth
conclusion of the transaction.

1) Your Full Name: —————————————————–
2) Your Address:——————————————————–
3) Your Telephone Number:——————————————-
4) Your Fax Number:—————————————————
5) Your Mobile Number:———————————————–
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:—————————————————————

I await your response Urgently.

From Mr.Harry Williams

****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be
legally privileged.
If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,reproduction,
copying,distribution, or other
dissemination or use of this communication is strictly

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The last message of this kind offered a Cash Card with 850 thousand US Dollars on it. Sure it sounds good, but it’s not very logical, is it?

Looking through the message, it has all of the Hallmarks of typical 419 scam e-mails:

1. It uses only Freemail accounts
2. The sender is a “Reverend”. That’s a title only used for representatives of protestant churches. It’s highly unlikely they would be working for a bank as well.
3. The “Central Bank of Nigeria” is quoted as being the remitter bank.
4. They quote I will be getting an inheritance.
5. And of course, I will be getting millions of US Dollars with no strings attached.

That’s enough to mark it as suspect, I would say.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: officebox01 Gazeta.pl <officebox01@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 24, 2008 at 10:34 PM
Subject: From CBN Releasing Of Your Fund To You Via ATM CARD PAYMENT.
To:

From Desk Of Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Dept. International Remittance
Swift Card Payment Center
Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN).

Dear Beneficiary.

This is to notify you that your over due inheritance funds of US$7.5m has been programmed to be paid to you through ATM Swift Card Payment.

Therefore,you should get back to this office with your home or office address and your Phone Number where your SWIFT ATM Card will be dispatched to.

As soon as I receive your information required I will process your payment legally and will issue your ATM SWFIT CARD which your total funds US$7.5M will be loaded on your ATM Card and I will dispatch it to your domain without any further delay.

Finally,as soon as i finish the processing of your ATM PAYMENT CARD i will scan it and forward to you via email attachment while the Original Copy will be dispatched to you through courier service.

Look forward to hear from you soonest and get back to me via email:(officeroom001@yahoo.es)

Congratulation?s.

Yours Sincerely,

Rev.Johnson Uzoma
Director (CBN, IRD, and ATM)
Dept. International Remittance
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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