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The funny thing about this e-mail is the fact, that Joesph claims that his father was a close friend to John Garang (pictured to the right). The refugees from Dafur don’t usually have powerful friends in the government as they are basically in a war zone directed by the Sudan Government against their own citizens of African decent.

So this is basically someone from Ghana trying a fast deal, using Dafur as a front.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Joseph Kumar And Mother <troynmud@charterinternet.net>
Date: Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 6:38 AM
Subject: Your Help Is Needed Please
To:

Hello,
My name is Joseph Kumar from Sudan Darfur due to the war and killing in my country Sudan my mother and I need a reliable person for a possible transaction concerning my late father funds. My late Father was a prominent politician and also in sales of gold, and mines,in Sudan (Mr.William Kumar) who is a very close friend to the late vice president of Sudan ( Late vice president John Garang). We need your help. Please All you need to do now is for you to contact us for more information if you are interested in this transaction. Once again We need your help.

Thanking you in advance for your anticipated and swift response on receipt
this letter.

Best Regards,
Joseph Kumar And Mother (Buduburam Refugee Camp Accra Ghana)

Whoever came up with that name?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jerry Freeman <gerryfreeman@eircom.net>
Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS!!!CONTACT CLAIMS OFFICE.
To:

National Postcode Lottery

Attn: Winner

We bring to your notice the winning letter from Nationale Postcode Lottery {United Kingdom Promotion Company} held on the 8th of August, 2008 through Internet ballot System among 10,000 Microsoft users.

Subsequently, your email address attached to ticket number 24.2.6.37.15.45 won contract sum of 800,000.00 Pounds ,winning number 100364,ref number 00786.We request you to pay serious attention to this notification by contacting the claims department with claim information and procedures of claim.

Mr. Williams Brown
Tel: +44-871-794-2686
Fax: +44-7006-090-400
Email:unityfinance@sify.com

Congratulations once again from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,
Jerry Freeman
National Postcode Lottery

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

It’s not often that German freemail companies get misused for 419 scam types of e-mails. The Africans don’t usually speak the language and as such they don’t find their way around the sites.

Non the less, this one is obviously doing the 419 scam and is quoting an African, Okeke Frank as the contact man.

Now Frank’s e-mail address is from the French language version of Hotmail. So you can see that they certainly look for alternatives for their e-mail accounts.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:  <thomas.guettler@freenet.de>
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Subject: Dear Friend,
To: thomas.guettler@freenet.de

Dear Friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund. Now,I want you to contact my secretary on the information below.Okeke Frank,

Ask him to send to you the total sum of (USD$1.2Million) in a Cashier Draft, which I kept for your compensation.

So contact him immediately on his e-mail: (o.kfrank@hotmail.fr) and send him the below information toenable him deliver your cashier Draft to you.

NAME:…………………………AGE……………………
ADDRESS:…………………….OCCUPATION:…………
PHONE:……………………….COUNTRY:……………….
COMPANY:…………………..

Regards

Mr,Thomas Guettler

Tags: 419scam, Internet Fraud, Freenet.de

This one is short and to the point. Could it be more successful than the long messages?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE <yahooawards@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:40 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION.(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)
To:

DEAR WINNER,This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two
Hundredand Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(GBP 250,000)for 2008 Prize
promotionwhich is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.You are
requested to contact our co-ordinator with the following
informations;Fullname.Country.Address,mobile Number,Occupation,Sex,Name:
Mr.Druv Matindale Tel+44-703-198-0757 E-Mail:(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)

Tags: DruvMartindale, Lottery Scam

If this is really a genuine plead for help, Reverend Clement is going about it the wrong way.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:Rev. Clement Chukwuyem<ch_clem1@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 8:44 AM
Subject: ORPHANAGE AND MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME
To:
ORPHANAGE AND MOTHERLESS BABIES HOME
NO. 91 LIMCA ROAD, NKPOR,
ANAMBRA STATE NIGERIA.
orphan_home11@yahoo.com

AN APPEAL FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT.

Calvary greetings to you in Jesus name amen. I know this letter might come as a surprise to you but I was inspired to do so as a result of the Orphans and motherless babies under my care.

Initially, I stated this work with few children and I was able to take care of them. It was later many children were brought to me and I was making every effort to meet up with their daily needs.

Based on this, I started sending financial appeal to Individuals, Government, Corporate bodies and Organizations for financial support to enable me continue with this God work and services to humanity.

If not that people some times listen to my cry for financial help, in fact, there is no way I would have continued.

My Father, Mother, Brother, Sister, if you receive this letter and God touches your heart, kindly assist the orphans and motherless.

No amount is too small, we will continue to remember you in prayer and God will not forget your contributions to the orphans and motherless.

Thanks and be blessed as you render services to God and humanity.

Yours in the service of God and humanity
Rev. Clement Chukwuyem

Tags: 414scam

huh? Did I miss out on something?

Seeing this is a reminder, I wonder how many people actually respond to this e-mail. I should imagine that some people would actually believe they failed to get previous messages.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Arie <as424055@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Appropriate Mail2
To:

Good day,

I may have to trouble your sense of personal achievement and reward for an opportunity properly taken advantage of.I wish to notify you again
that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of US$21, 000, 000.00 (Twenty One Million United States Dollars Only) in the intent of the deceased
(name now withheld since this is our second letter to you).

We contacted you because we trust you and therefore we can present you as the beneficiary to this inheritance funds since there is no written
will from our late client.

Our legal services aim to provide you with a complete service as we are prepared to provide you with all the documents required by
the holding security company to enable them release this inheritance funds to you as the Next of Kin.

All the papers work required will be processed in your acceptance of this deal as we are prepared to offer you 40%, 50% for us,
while 10% should be given to any Orphanage home in your  country.

We request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance.

Your prompt response is highly imperative.

Yours sincerely,

Arie Sonius

Tags: 419scam, Arie Sonius

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.

Oh yes, it was the 135 US Dollar shipment fee for FEDEX.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: markuba9 Gazeta.pl <markuba9@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 24, 2008 at 6:08 PM
Subject: CONTACT IMMEDIATELY FOR YOUR ATM CARD VALUE $1.500 000 00
To:

My Dear ,

I have contacted my secretary to confirm if you have received the compensation draft cheque of (US$1.500.000) which I issued in your name, but he told me that he could not send it to you because of the courier charges. Now I have called my bank to cancel any payment regards to the draft cheque and then authorized them to transfer the payment into ATM CARD in your name which they did.
As of now be informed that all charges has been paid and the ATM CARD is going to be in your name, but to reactivate the ATM Card you have to forward your current informations as requested below to the bank and the only money you will pay to the bank is US$130.00 for the ATM Card Reactification fee, then they will send you the ATM CARD for your immediate use.
Here are the informations you have to forward to the bank:

1. YOUR FULL NAMES:______
2. Postal ADDRESS:_______
3. PHONE NUMBER:_________
4. CELL NUMBERS:_______
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:________
6. SEX:_____
7. AGE:_____
8. OCCUPATION:________
9. NATIONALITY:________

CONTACT PERSON: Dr.Thomas Akabike Robert
Director, ATM Foreign Operation Dept
ECO Bank Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Phone: + 229 977 247 17
Fax: +229 23 787 601.

Email: (ecobankplc47@yahoo.fr)
Get back to me once you received the ATM CARD ok.

Thanks and God bless you.
Mr markuba.

This one came in from 2 different e-mail accounts:
okey_patrick2@Gazeta.pl and
okey_patrick21@Gazeta.pl

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Patrick Okey

The FEDEX mail has been coming in quite regularly over the last few weeks.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: iscolljonas14 Gazeta.pl <iscolljonas14@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 4:50 AM
Subject: FedEx Diplomatic Delivery
To: iscolljonas14@gazeta.pl

Dear Friend,

I have paid for the delivery of your consignment by the FedEx company Benin Republic. They promised that your consignment will leave immediately they  received your re-confirmed informations to avoid wrong delivery. Now contact them with your full informations through their email address (fedexshipping_diplomatic_courier@yahoo.fr
Phone number +229 9394-9986.
Here are the requested informations needed by the Director Of The FedEx Diplomatic Division which they instructed me to email you to provide while contacting them for easier identification when the diplomat arrives in your country:
Kindly re-confirm to them the followings:
Your Full Name: ____________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not
P.O.BOX) :
Name of City of Residence:____________________
Country:____________________________________
Direct Telephone Number: _____________________
Mobile Number:______________________________
Nearest airport:______________________________
Working Identity Card/Int’l Passport:_____________
Ocupation:________________ Position__________
I registered it with the FedEx Courier company in the name of Computer accessories as its content and i didn’t let them know that it contains funds of US$1.500.000.00 because of fear of betrayal.

Yours faithfully
Mr. Iscoll Jonas

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, FEDEX Benin