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This one is not a plane crash, but an earthquake.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Ahmed M.Tanko <mrahmedmm@orange.net>
Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Subject: REPLY FAST IF YOU ARE INTERESTED.
To: mrahmedmm@orange.net

From: Mr Ahmed Mao. Tanko
Bills & Exchange Manager
Bank of Africa (BOA)
TEL 226 78 12 12 77 .
Burkina faso West Africa.
 
                                                     Compliment of the season,
Good day and how are you doing with your family? Hope fine. Please let this message do not be a surprise to you because i got your contact information and lay all the trust in you before i decided to disclose this confidential and successful transaction to you.
 
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.
 
PROPOSITION;
 
I discovered an abandoned sum of $9M(NINE Million United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in Algeria Earthquake on 23 may 2003. Since his death,none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir.The bank cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.
 Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out for the funds $9M (NINE Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary’s next of kin.It may interest you to note that i have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the followings:
 
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
 
These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made.I shall be compensating you with 45% on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be mine. Your share stays with you while the rest of mine shall be for investment purposes in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust i have bestowed in you, I awaits your urgent email reply to proceed .

Regards,
Mr Ahmed Mao.Tanko

Tags: 419Scam, Money Transfer Scam, Ahmed M.Tanko

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This is an almost exact copy of the previous message. The name has been changed slightly and a different e-mail address is being used.

It almost looks like they are split testing this message.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Miss.Ema Oke <misssemaoke@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 26, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
To: e@yahoo.ca

Dear Sir,

My name is Mrs. Okere. I work with the Barclay bank Ghana West Africa.
kindly be informed that we have over draft of US$29.5Million dollars in our bank. So based on this matter, I and my pattern has decided to contact a foreign person like you whom shall then contact our bank as the beneficiary to the fund as we shall present you to the bank.
You will get 40% plus 5% of the total sum for your assistance. Be advised that you will be responsible for any charges out side the bank, which is why we are giving you the above mentioned 5%. But be informed that all transfer charges at the bank shall be deducted from the total sum.

All required of you for now is just to call me on my direct cell phone +233 206777941, or forward your cell phone number so that I can call you and advise you on how to start your first contact with the bank. We need a lawyer as well for our documentations. Remember on no condition shall my name be mentioned before the bank, because I work there, I hope this is well understood by you.

Regards,
Mrs. Okere.
Ghana, Accra.
West Africa.

Tags: Africa, Contact, Dear Sir, Documentations, Mail, Mao, Money, Money Transfer, Money Transfer Scam, West Africa, Yahoo

There has been a definite increase in the so-called Agent or Representative scams. This is hardly surprising considering the amount of people having living on a minimum wage or social security these days. A lot of people are looking for ways to earn extra cash, without having to work extra long hours. That’s the kind of person this type of e-mail is targeting.

Just this last weekend, a documentary on German TV showed a similar case. The story was the following: The "Agent" was required to store packages for a foreign company. They would receive payment per package. They showed a  fictional family did not suspect a thing could be wrong with this.

Of course, soon after the family signed up as an Agent they started receiving packages with all sorts of multimedia and computer products. They diligently checked the goods and stored them in their apartment.

Some time later the packages were picked up by a Russian, who spoke no German. Up until this point the couple had not received any payment. The Russian gave them a notebook instead of money.

A couple of days later the police called on the couple and arrested them for commodity fraud.

Here’s a Chinese variation on this theme:

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: PARTNER NEEDED!!!!!!! (18-Mrz-2006 20:39)
From: liu_chan_2006@yahoo.com.hk
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

Dear Intended partner.,

On behalf of China HuaMao Arts & Crafts Organisation, it? our pleasure to introduce  to you our new sales/marketing initiative as we are world leading producer and export of artificial arts and crafts. The company maintains a comprehensive database of  inter-national trade in artificial arts and crafts, we export into Canada/America and some parts of Europe.

We are surfing for genuine and honest agents who are capable of sales and marketing  of our goods and services in what ever location they are. Our motive is to start off  from collections of outstanding accounts owed by various customers willing to make out payments now after which agents shall be promoted to sales/marketing section of  this programme based on their credibilities/accountabilities of accounts  collected/retrieved.

Please if you are interested reply by email with your phone/fax number and your full contact addresses and note ,there is no obligation whatsoever.

A remuneration can be worked out for your services as our overseas representative. We anticipate your earliest response in this regard.

Mr.Liu Chan
CEO HuaMao Arts & Crafts
No.46 Shangnan Road, Shanggan Town
Minhou County Fujian,China

Tags: 419 scam, representative fraud, agent scam, internet fraud

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