Crime Online

I find the subject line is remarkable.

The Africans have obviously recognised that trust, especially online, is necessary to enable them to get people to contact them.

What they have not recognised, is the fact that you can’t tell someone you are trustworthy, but you also have to prove it. Not only in word, but also in your deeds and how you treat people.

Of course, that is something the Africans don’t have the need or time for.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Fedric Obutu <fredrick7_obutu@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2009/2/20
Subject: Reply With All Trust Michael Holdcroft
To:

OBUTU CHAMBERS & ASSOCIATES.
SOLICITORS, ADVOCATES TRADE MARK AGENTS.
RUE,327 THEARTRE NATIONAL,BOULEVARD LOME TOGO.

RE:TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS INHERITANCE CLAIM (US$10,500,000,00
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Attn       20-Feb-09
Michael Holdcroft

Please do not be offended if this message comes to you as I ought to have sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal to you but I acted as I did due to the importance and urgency of this business. Which ever way you may look at it, let it please you to respond quickly either negatively or positively.

My name is Barrister Fedrick Obutu,I am a Legal representative, and Attorney to Late Mr Phillip Cornell. In the Year 2004, my client by name Mr.Phillip Cornell passed away,leaving behind a cash inheritance of Ten million Five hundred thousand United States Dollars ($10,500,000,00).My late client and bosom friend grew up in a “Motherless Babies Home”. He had no family, no beneficiary nor next of kin to the inheritance consignment left behind at the finance security company batch no xx2604AF. The Financial law of inheritance clearly allows for the deceased security company to use deceased consignment as deemed fit, should the inheritance consignment be left unclaimed after the death of the consignment owner.

As you may know,next of kinship is not limited to relation of the deceased,nor is it confided to the circuit of parental relationship,rather it is by choice of the benefactor as regards to whom he wish to make his WILL to(beneficiary) either formally by write up,or informally by secret information disclosure to beneficiary be him/her business partner,relations, Kinsmen,Or Friends or Well Wishers.and whereby the deceased did not mention anybody as the next of kin as in this case, then whoever that comes up with concrete information as contained in his account establishment file/record is assumed to be the next Of kin automatically, because you wouldn’t Have any knowledge of these secret information of the deceased if you are not his next of Kin Or close to him either by relationship or friendship as in private disclosure and i have all this informations and will forward it to you at the appropriate time.

I have contacted you to assist me in repartriating this fund left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge amount was deposited. The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days as the policy of the bank is to overrun over four years of unserviceable and dormant accounts.They have a veritable excuse as they knew that my client was dead.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relations all this while, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased. This is to enable us salvage the proceeds of his account and get it paid to you instead. I have this obssession that if the directors of the Bank confiscated the money, it might not be put into proper and useful ventures to benefit the poor masses of this world. I was contacted and all necessary burial arrangements were made and the remains of the family buried in the public cementary. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients either blood families or the extended relations. My concerted search proved abbortive. Perhaps, you may not be related to him but it behoves on us to seize this golden opportunity to salvage his savings since I could not locate any relation of his either dead or alive..

The Inheritance Law clearly leaves the proof of who is or is not the next of kin, to the deceased Lawyer to prove. As the deceased Lawyer,the Law says l have the final say of who is the beneficiary of the deceased consighnment.

This is 100% percent legal. As a lawyer I know this.As this will be a testimony for you and me if you make up your mind,for the claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law. Therefore, should this proposal appeal to you and on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.

Regards,
Fedrick Obutu

Another 419 scam type of message using a “plane crash” story, with the difference that this fellow says the money is in a Bank of Ireland account.

It’s amazing how many African banks have deceased or abandoned accounts isn’t it?

Now Joseph says he discovered the cash at his bank and now he says he has put the money in an Escrow account.

He says if I allow him to name me as the beneficiary there will be no risk. Sounds good doesn’t it? What he means is, he has absolutely no risk of being caught robbing people’s money.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: josephkm@cantv.net
Date: 17 Dec 2008 19:21
Subject: From: Mr. Joseph Kamara/I write you this proposal in good faith.
To: josephkm@cantv.net

From: Mr. Joseph Kamara.
145 Rue de commerce plataeux
Abidjan.
Cote D’Ivoire.

Dear Friend,

I write you this proposal in good faith.

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit you and me.

I am a manager in a bank in Abidjan Cote D’Ivoire.

it is my duty to send in a financial report to our head office at the end of each business year.

On the course of the last year 2007 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made USD$3,500.000 (Three million Five hundred thousand united state dollars) which our head office are not aware of and will never be aware of.

I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary.

As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds as your commission.

I am also willing to invest my own part of the money into any moving business in your country after the accomplishment of this project.

There are practically no risks involved, it will be a bank to bank transfer, and all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that our head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
I have finalized all plans to transfer this money out and waiting for your coperation to make it work.

I will get 70% While you take 30%.

Mail me back so that we can go over the details.

Please let us make it faster as you provide your full information below:

FULL NAME………………………..
ADDRESS………………………….. ……
AGE…………………………..
OCCUPATION…………….. ……………….
MARITAL STATUS…………………………………
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER…………………………………….

I am waiting to hear from you urgently.

Yours truly,
Mr. Joseph Kamara

Not much to say about this one. Notice how they mention not quoting the name of the deceased?

That way, this fits anyone who gets it.

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From: Mr. Harry Gow
Date: 18 Dec 2008 15:04
Subject:
To: clerk.s@newbailey.co.uk

Greetings,

I am Mr. Harry Gow (Barrister)

I understand that through Internet is not the best way to link up with you because of the confidentiality which my proposal demands.

However, I have already sent you this same letter one month ago, but I am not sure if it did get to you since I have not heard from you, hence i am constrain to reach you through the Internet which has been abused over the years.

I wish to notify you again that You were listed as a Heir to the total sum of (Three 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 Heir to the inheritance funds.

We therefore reckoned that you could receive these funds as you are qualified by your name identity. Please indicate your interest immediately for us to proceed. I shall feed you with full details of this transaction upon receipt of your reply towards this proposal.

All the legal papers will be processed upon your acceptance by our legal representatives. 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.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Best Regards.
Mr. Harry Gow (Barrister)

Telephone +447024058780

This one was sent in by one of my Swiss readers today. The reader’s surname was .…

Yes, you guessed right. The reader’s surname was Noll.

So you do see that these crooks, research and target names which fit in with any tragedy they can find to use as a 419 type of story.

The most well know name used for this type of fraud, is Andreas Schranner, who died in the Concorde plane crash in Paris.

—–Original Message—–
From: Issa Law Chambers [mailto:issalawmail@yahoo.com.ph]
Sent: Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2008 11:17
To:
Subject: Attn ***** Noll

Rue Roi Dakodonou Carré No 48,
B.P. 272 Cotonou Du Benin
Tel : (+229) 93848049

Dear Noll,

I am Barrister Issa Saibou the private attorny to Mr Anders Noll, a national (Gold Refiner) in Benin Republic West Africa,Here in after shall be Referred to as my Client. my Client, His wife and his family where involved in a car accident near Cotonou-Lome express-road. All occupants of the vehicle Unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in Repatriating the money left behind by my Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank .These huge deposits where lodged particularly, with the “Bank in Benin here” where the Deceased had an account valued at about $10.5 million dollars (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.

Now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have The same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 million dollars can be paid to you and i will be entitle to 10%.I will procure all Necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make .All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, but you must also agree not to disclose or pass any information related to this business to any body for security reason and to avoid eye brow , And we are going to achieve this , therefore i want you to send your direct telephone number to fcilitate communication.

You can call me at +229-93848049

I await your Call Asap after replying.

Thanks
Barrister Issa Saibou

With a touch of christianity and a story which has been told a thousand times (some of them are posted in our archives), this one is obviously trying to lure believers in God to part with their money for Christmas.

On an aside note, this one was obviously sent from a Yahoo website serving an eastern cyrilic language, at the same time quoting an e-mail account from yahoo.fr.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Juliet Kone
Date: 15 Dec 2008 09:38
Subject: My Dearest Beloved One In Christ,
To: juliet.kone009@yahoo.fr

My Dearest Beloved One In Christ,
Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
I am Sister Juliet Kone from Kuwait. i am married to Mr. Henry Kone who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days Before his death we were both again Christian. Since his death decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars USD$7.500 left in a storage company here in Abidjan , I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to charities through you. You may be wondering why I chose you.But someone has to be chosen. I am 43 years old and was diagnose for cancer about 2 years ago, after the death of my husband who had left me everything he worked for. I have been touched by the Lord to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to charity through you
for the good work of God, humanity, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband’s hardearned funds inappropriately to charities through you for the good work of the Lord, and to help the motherless, lessprivileged and also for the assistance of the widows.

Presently, I have informed my consultant about my decision in willing
this fund to charity through you. I wish you all the best and may the
good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and
always extend the good work to others. If you are interested in carrying out this task, I will inform you, How to arrange the release of the funds to you. I know I have never met you but my mind tells me to do this, and I hope you act sincerely. I decided that 30% of this money should be taken by you from the total sum upon the success release of this fund, because I am now too weak and fragile to do things myself because of my cancer
I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that “the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development.

With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the Information’s I will also issue you an authorisation letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth.

Please always be prayerful all through your life.Contact me on my email any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
Hoping to receive your reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
From Sister
Juliet Kone

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The fellow who wrote this wants you to believe that, because he states he is the director of UK bank, he is trustworthy.

It’s just another African scam e-mail.

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From: Patric Bale <bale_patric@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 16 Oct 2008 16:12
Subject: CAN YOU HANDLE THIS
To:

Attention

I am Mr. Patric Bale Provincial Director in a prominent Bank here in the United Kingdom. I have an urgent suitable and confidential business proposition for you.

On June 6, 2004, a foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the South Africa Mining Corporation, Mr. Richard Moss made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$18,300,000 (Eighteen Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars) in my branch here in the United Kingdom. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.  After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the South Africa Mining Corporation that Mr. Richard Moss passed away after a brief illness. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.

 I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Richard Moss did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$18,300,000 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.  No one will ever come forward to claim it.  According to the United Kingdom Banking Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

 Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Richard Moss so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the Attorney placed to handle this transaction will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two Attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world which you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.  The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 75% for me and 25% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details (upon your positive reply the Bank and other relevant details shall be given to you that will help you understand the transaction).

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Thanks and regards.

Mr. Patric Bale

Branch Manager

It certainly sounds good. They are basically counting on previous victims being totally naive.

They don’t actually call it a lottery in this one, but it’s written like the Yahoo & MSN scam e-mails which have been reported often here. Instead of MSN they name Windows Live as the cooperation partner. Looks as though they are modernizing.

Yes, “orphans from Abidjan” is a favourite theme which is often used in scam e-mails.

Of course, the obligatory “father poisoned by business partners” is included.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: susan ochai <susanochai@sify.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 9:21 PM
Subject: CRY FOR HELP IN MY LIFE
To:

CRY FOR HELP IN MY LIFE
From Susan Ochai
Box : 01 BP 54286 Abidjan
01-RCI
Adress : Abidjan-Cocody
12 Rue des Jardins, Villa 154
APPEAL
FOR URGENT BUSINESS ASSISTANCE IN YOUR COUNTRY.
Please Email me on the
my private ID susan1ochai@yahoo.fr

Dear One,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship  with you. I am Susan, the only daughter of late Mr. and Mrs. OJEN Ochai. My  father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan the economic capital of  Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on  one of their outings on a business trip.

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so  special. Before the death of my father on January 2001 in a private hospital  here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he  has the sum of Eight million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.  US($8.500,000) left in fixed/suspense account in one of the prime banks here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only daughter for the next of Kin in  depositing of the fund. He also explained to me that it.

was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates.  That I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice where I  will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or other wise and profitable investment.

I am honourably seeking for your assistance in the following ways:

(1)To provide a bank account into which this money would be transferred to
(2)To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 19 years without investment knowledge.
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your  country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as  compensation for your EFFORT/INPUT after the successful transfer of this  fund Into your nominated account overseaswhile 3% will be maped out for any  expenses we may incure. Furthermore, please indicate your options towards  assisting me as I believe that this tr ansaction would be concluded within  Seven working days you signify interest to assist me.
Please Email me on the my private ID susan1ochai@yahoo.fr

Anticipating to hear from you soonest.
Thanks and God bless.
Sincerely yours,
Susan Ochai