We have always been fascinated by stories of pirates and lost treasures. I think almost anyone would fall for the idea of finding a lost fortune on an island, in the attic or a secret passageway in Grandma’s old house.
That is part of the secret behind the abandoned or deceased accounts, that the Africans like to tell us about. They play on the secret wishes that people have to make their lives better.
So they lead unsuspecting victims down the rabbit hole which unfortunately, does not have a happy end.
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From: Barr Anthony Poveda
Date: 23 Dec 2008 15:41
Subject: FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST
To:
¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo!
Ahora puedes escribirme a:barranthonyp@yahoo.com.co
- FROM :BARR ANTHONY POVEDA : MY LEGAL OBLIGATION AND SINCERE REQUEST Barrister Anthony Poveda PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES 101 CORNHILL LONDON EC7V 9NP , UNITED KINGDOM .Phone No: +447-522-385-345 Fax No: +447-005-942-277 PLEASE SEND ALL YOUR REPLY TO MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL: barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com Attention; Sir/ Madam, Before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but I do have limited choice. My name is Barr. Anthony Poveda a Queen Council, working with PRINCIPLE & ASSOCIATES London. Actually, I got your contact address from the U.K Chambers and Commerce of Industries searching for a reportable business partner in your countries public records. My Late client MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, a business mogul who had casinos and restaurants, Her wealth which was made through Oil bunkers business in Russia, She lived in Spain for many years, my client, her husband and their one child were involved in an underground train crash in the eastern city of Valencia as Victims of the Tuesday, 4 July 2006, Incident that befall the Spanish. You can confirm through this website (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/5143738.stm) Before her death, on my advice as his lawyer she deposited the sum of US$38.6M (Thirty Eight Million, Six Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) with a bank here in London under a very strong insurance bond. The bank has mandated me to present any family her/inheritor for claims before the account gets confiscated or reverts to the government treasury, as unclaimed funds. I have search for any of my late client’s relative which has been impossible for me to accomplish as he did not declare any other person, address, partner or relatives in the official paper works of his deposit. Mrs CEPARO GRANT ROMAN was my private client. I have to let you know that absolute confidentiality is required in this transaction and involvement of a third party is not acceptable. Besides I am doing this on my own personal capacity and do not wish to bring my office into it.SHARING ARRANGEMENTS:The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after 3 Financial years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner, and a Spanish Citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for investment in your Country as soon as the Transfer is completed.EXECUTION OF THE PROPOSED DEAL:Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, Please include your Information as stated Below.1.YOUR FULL NAME 2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER 3.HOME ADDRESS 4.COMAPNY NAME AND ADDRESS.Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to MRS CEPARO GRANT ROMAN, with my position as his lawyer, I will now appoint and recognise you as the heir. I will obtain every relevant document from the probate to make your claim legal. Note that this process is not risky in any manner and it is completely legal but might not be justified morally. Once the fund is released to you, I am proposing 40% of the total sum to you for your involvement.10% would be set aside for any expenses that could be incurred during the transaction. I would retain 50% for myself. Note that when the whole documents are ready, it would be your responsibility to approach the bank and make application for the release and transfer of the said funds. If this proposal does offend your moral values please pardon me. Otherwise reply via Fax by complete the Form enclose in this letter. Or you can call me on Tel no: +447-544-616-482 for furt! her clarification.Best Regards Barrister Anthony Poveda barranthonypoveda101@gmail.com
Meltus Ade is attorney with 12.5 million US Dollars for you
Yes, the ill fated plane crash story keeps on cropping up, doesn’t it?
The question is, if you had 12.5 Million US Dollars would you still be working as a pilot?
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From: meltus meltus <meltus_meltus2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2008/12/20
Subject: RE: PLEASE TREAT AS MOST URGENT
To: recipients <undisclosed>
Urgent and confidential:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister MELTUS ADE the lawyer to a Foreign Pilot who died in an air crash in the year 2002, in the illfated Kenyan AirWays.The late Pilot deposited the sum of US$12.5 Million with a Security Company. Due to the present predicament of my client, the family till now can not be located and me as their Attorney wish to contact you to act as his relation tosecure the release of the money from the Security and Finance Company and the Security Company has agreed to release the money through their Unit in either Europe or Asia which ever is nearerto you. or even arrange to reach you in a Country near to America or Canada as you want.For your effort and assistance to this and to facilitate the collection ofthe money, you will take 45% of the total money.and me and my Partners will have 45% while we shall 5% to the Charity Home and 5% will be set aside for all expences like telephone calls and all other expences that may arise in the cause of this transaction on our both sides.You will also assist me and my colleagues to invest our own share of the fund in your country since the family of my late Client is now and has remained unknown and I will not want this fund to be sent to the treasury or Vault.Please send me your phone No and reply through this email: for quicker communications.Your reply is urgently expected
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Barr. MELTUS ADE
Although this fellow says he got the money through a crude oil deal, it doesn’t really matter. As usual, the Africans are using a story which could have a little credability to lull people into thinking this could be real.
It’s not.
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From: Captain kelvin cole
Date: 17 Dec 2008 18:42
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
To: recipients
Dear Sir/Madam,
My Name is captain Kelvin Cole with the United States troop in Iraq,on war against terrorism.
Based on the United States legislative and executive decision for withdrawing troops from Iraq after this present American election which president obama won,I have been deployed to come and work in your country’s military base soonest.
Our mission is to help beef up terrorist targeted states,mostly the United states and the European Union on the war against terrorism.
I want to inform you that I have in my possession the sum of $16.2 million USD. which i got from crude oil deal here in Iraq.
I deposited this money with a red cross agent informing him that we are making contact for the real owner of the money.It is under my power to approve whoever comes forth for this money.
I want to invest the money in your country as soon as I am deployed into your country for a good bussines, anyway you will advice me on that since I am not a business person. I want to move this money to your destination where you will receive it as the beneficiary,so I need someone I could trust.
If you accept,I will transfer the money to where you will be the beneficiary because I am a uniformed person and I cannot be parading such an amount so I need to present someone as the beneficiary.
I am American and an intelligence officer for that so I have a means of transferring the money through diplomatic courier service .I just need your acceptance and all is done.
Please if you are interested in this transaction I will give to you the complete details you need for us to carry out this transaction successfully.I decided to find someone that is real and not imaginary so that I can be sure that the person is real.
I believe I can trust you. where we are now,we can only communicate through our military communication facilities which is secured so nobody can monitor our emails,then I can explain in details to you.I will only reach you through email.I just have to be sure whom I am dealing with.
If you are interested please send me your personal mobile number so I can call you for further enquiries when I am out of our military network.
I await for your contact details so we can go on.In less than 5days the money should have been noted on your custody and I will come over for my money and to invest it in a business together with you.I will give to you 30% of the sum and 70% is for me.I hope I am been fair on this deal.
Get back to me with your full information:
YOUR FULL NAME………
YOUR FULL ADDRESS………………..
A SCAN COPY OF YOUR DRIVERS LICENCE/ INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER………
NEAREST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT……
1.The lady is terminally ill
2. She was poisioned
3. She has a few million US Dollars she want to give to some trustworthy person
4. and, of course, please contact someone in the Ivory Coast for details.
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From: Best Attah
Date: 2008/9/6
Subject: FROM MADAM FAITH ATTAH LETTER PLES HELP MISS MARY JOY BASIM
To: best_attah14@yahoo.co.th
FROM MADAM FAITH ATTAH LETTER PLES HELP MISS MARY JOY BASIM
Hi Dear, oneThis is Mrs. Faith ATTAH her if from Trinidad & Tobago. I
am writing from the hospital in Cote d’Ivoire, therefore this mail is
very urgent please. I was told by the doctor that I was poisoned and
has got my liver
damaged and can only live for some months. I inherited some money
($18.500 Million dollars )from my late Husband and I cannot think of
anybody trying to kill me apart from my step mother in order to
inherit the money, she is a citizen of Cote D’ Ivoire.
I want you to contact my house girl with these informations
below:Miss Joy Mary Basim Address: Rue De La Princess L/G 152 Cocody
Abidjan, Cote D’Ivoire.Western coast Africa) Email /
(bestjoy40@yahoo.com) Please call Rev.Pastor Michael Coulibaly 00225
09 54 05 12 as soon as you received my project proposal,so that he
will inform us to check our emails in order to get back to you on what
nex to do. Important forward these Informations: (driving license or
id card) and your telephone numbers to assure her that you shall never
cheat or betray when you have access to this funds.
This is the favour I need when you have gotten the consignment box:1)
Give 15% of the money to my house girl Miss. Mary Joy Basim
as she has been there for me throughout my illness and I have
promised to support her in life. I want you to take her along with you
to your country to continue her education and establish her as your
daughter/ family member because she is an orphan.
(2) Give 25% of the money to Charity Organisations and Churches on my
name Mrs.Faith Attah so that my soul may rest in peace Amen.(3) Use
10% of the balance money to fly my body to bury
in my home country based on the fact that i was poisoned by my step
mother so i do not want my step mother to be the one to bury me.Let
Joy sends you her photos as she has no passport to be
sure of whom you are dealing with. Joy is so little girl of 17 years
old therefore take good care of her when she come to meet you.
This should be a code between you and miss Mary Joy Basim in this
transaction “Hospital” any mail message without this code “Hospital”
is not from Joy or me as I don’t know what will happen to me in the
next few hours.Please, make sure that you forward your national
identity card or driving license to Miss.Mary Joy Basim
when contacting her to enable her give you all necessary information
that you may need to contact the Security Company Custody
directly.Miss.Mary Joy Basim will tell you more about me when you
reach her. And if I don’t hear from you within two days, I will look
for another person immediately.Please bear in mind ,I don’t want you
to expose this transaction to anybody around you there or here until
you and Mary Joy finished every matter with the security company
Official and have the inherited consignment box to your care as
Investor.
May God bless you and use you to accomplish my wishes forever.
Pray for me always please.Email / (bestjoy40@yahoo.com)
please.Email ( faithattahples(A)yahoo.com)
com) Please call Rev.Pastor Michael Coulibaly +225 09 54 05 12
Mrs.Faith Attah BEST
Thank you Holy Father.
As soon as they talk about accepting customer payments and sending the
rest cash on to them, you just know what they are doing.
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From: ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
Date: Sep 5, 2008 1:11 AM
Subject: PART TIME JOB OFFER (work from your home)
To:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We have a job opening for the position of Accounts recievable
position. Would you like to work from your home and get paid weekly?
We are offering this position to all interested applicants. Please
carefully read through.
ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY is a well established Manufacturing
Firm,That delivers, delivering high quality precision furnitures
products to some of the largest and best known companies in far back
Asia ,the Regions Of America and Rest of The world for a long time.
You will find our high quality furnitures in the BEST products on the
market today.
We serve the entire United States and a growing export
market,particularly in the supplies of selected products. Superior
products including Sofas & Loveseats,Bedding Ensembles, Chairs &
Ottomans. Your primary task for now , as a representative of the
company is to coordinate payments from customers and help us with the
payment process.You are not involved in any sales. Once orders are
received and sorted we deliver the product to a customer. After this
has been done the customer has to pay for the products but in most
cases we make our clients prepay for orders or items they order for.
About 90 percent of our customers prefer to pay through Certified
Checks or Money Orders drawn from the United State based on the amount
involved.
We have decided to open this new contract-to-hire job position for
solving this problem.
Your First Primary task(Collection of Payments):
1. Receive payment from our Customers or Clients.
2. Cash Payment at your Bank or any cashing facilities near you.
3. Deduct 10 % which will be your percentage/pay on Payment processed
4. Forward balance after deduction of percentage/pay to any of the
offices you will be contacted to send payment to, You’ll have a lot of
free time doing another job, because this job is part time, you’ll get
good income.
But this job is very challenging and you should understand it. We are
considering your application because you satisfy our requirements and
we are sure you will be an earnest assistant till we start running our
branch office in your state.
Get back to us with information below information , so that we can
add your mailing address to our Regional database and forward it to
our customers for them to send payments.
First name……………….
Middle name………………
Last name………………..
Address Line 1……………
Address Line 2……………
City…………………….
State…………………….
Zip/Postal code…………..
Age……………………..
Marital Status……………
Nationality………………
Home phone……………….
Cell phone……………….
YOUR PREFFERED MODE OF COMMUNICATION EITHER BY PHONE OR BY EMAIL.
Your response to this email is needed , so that we can reconfirm your
mailing address details we have in our database.We will be updating
you as soon as the payment is being sent to you and you will be
directed as to where to have the remaining 90% of the money sent to,
after the deduction of your 10% pay on any payments received and
processed by you.A swift acknowledgement of the receipt of this email
will be appreciated.
Thanks For Your Total Understanding.
Eric Petterson,
Staffing and Recruiting Dept,
Regional Manager,
ASHLEY FURNITURE COMPANY
www.ashleyfurniture.com
Email: ashleyallfurniture@hotmail.com
STATUS OF YOUR RESUME !
N.B:Note: We will never ask you for anything more than that
which we have stated above. No bank names, No bank account number,
No routing number, No credit card, No passwords, No SSN# etc. If anyone asks for
those on our behalf please do not give out this info.This is to
ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.
Just for a change the money mentioned in this message is not embezzled, leftover money from a contract or in a forgotten account somewhere. Just to make sure the reader does not have any guilty feelings, they write it has “no criminal origin”.
Maybe someone, some day will write that the money doesn’t exist either…
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From: joyce
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Subject: Urgent assistance needed.
To: ash@coldclimbs.co.uk
From Joyce DAVIDSON
Dear
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I am Madam Joyce DAVIDSON. I am in the position of US$12. Million which I want to invest in a lucrative business venture in your country. This money is of no criminal origin as it was released from the alluvial gold dust sold during the war when my late husband the governor of Bouake Provinces. I now want to move this money abroad and invest it in a profitable ventures as time is now ripe for such move.
What I ask of you is :
1.To assist me invest this money in a profitable business venture in your country or any other suitable country where you have good connections.
2.To manage this fund in a profitable manner preferable a joint venture.
3.To help me relocate after the successful transfer of this fund to your account.
I will give you 20% for your kind assistance to me. I will give you further details as soon as I hear from you. Please,
I wait for your response.
Best wishes
From Joyce DAVIDSON.
RE: AN OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENT ON ACCRUED INTEREST OF Ј1,800,000.00 GBP.
This is a notification that your contract fund, inheritance or Lottery Wining, which was deposited in our bank; BNP Paribas Bank Plc., since 1994-2007 has accumulated an interest sum of Ј1,800,000.00 GBP only. Base on the joint agreement signed by the board of trustees of BNP Paribas Bank Plc., the management has mandated us to pay you the accrued interest pending when approvals would be granted on the principal contract/inheritance Sum.
Therefore, you are advised to forward to us immediately
Beneficiary Full Name:
Address: Tel:
Fax: Age/sex:
Occupation:
Bank Details, with Account Number, Swift Code etc.
To this email address: hamiltonxx@sify.com
Your prompt attention and urgent reply to this message is needed. For immediate attention call on the above phone numbers.
I wonder how many corrupt bank managers there are in Africa? I expect there are quite a lot.
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From: <tonykante@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Subject: Urgent Transaction
To: tonykante@executivemail.co.za
Amalgamated bank of South Africa
ABSA Building ,
Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,
P.O. Box 3915 Pretoria 0000
Johannesburg, South Africa.
From: Mr. Tony Kante
Mobile num: +27 78 592 4817
Private: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za
Dear Sir/Madam,
I know that this message may come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before now, but for purpose of introduction, I am Mr. Tony Kante, an Auditor in ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. During my usual auditing in the bank, I found out about an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account.
After going through some old files in the record, I discovered that the owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co, died since1997. And no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation has proven as well that his Company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is Forty Million United States dollars (USD$40 M).
I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can only be approved to a foreigner with a proof that he is related to the deceased, Mr. Smith B. Andreas.
I need your full co-operation to make this work; I want you to come in as a distance cousin to late Mr. Smith B Andrea. And the management will be ready to approve the transfer of this money to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later. If you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and abide to my instructions and advice, we shall all benefit because this is a life time opportunity. With my position now in the bank I can lobby for the transfer of this money to your account, which you will provide with the assurance that the money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. As I will apply for my annual leave the money gets to your account.
I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the departments of Justice and finance . This is my private email address: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za
Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. At the conclusion of this business, you will get 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.
Yours truly,
Mr. Tony Kante
+27 78 592 4817
tonykante2@executivemail.co.za
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