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This week I received a message about an African banker who wants to transfer a few million dollars to my account – It came from the New York Times

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The fellow who wrote this post has a good command of the English language. At least he has written it in a semi-official tone to give the impression he really is an attorney at law.

To create urgency, he is using the argument often used saying the account will be confiscated.

By whom? For what?

It’s not that easy to confiscate an account. It would only occur when the account was used for illegal purposes and then only with a court issues a writ to do so.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: HENRY ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES <info@chamber.com>
Date: 2008/10/18
Subject: RE-INQUIRY
To: undisclosed-recipients

HENRY ADAMS AND ASSOCIATES
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATES
NO. 24, BEDFORD STREET,
AMPTHILL, BEDFORDSHIRE,
MK40 3NN, ENGLAND.
TEL: +44 703 591 8986
FAX: +44 871 503 2518

Email:adamschamber@hotmail.com

I am Henry Adams, an attorney at law. A deceased client of mine, Mr. Seith G.Daniel has bequeathed you as His Heir, who died as a result of Heart-Related problem due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 – 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on: http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I’m contacting you as the Next of kin (Heir) to approve the release of the money left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit valued at thirty two million dollars (US$32 million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to contact you (Next of Kin), or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent and approval as the Next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late client, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you as His Heir. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client’s next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your approval about this and your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this mail proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt response. Please contact me at once to indicate your approval. I will like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via my private EMAIL:(adamschamber@hotmail.com) and treat with absolute confidentiality and sincerity.

I look forward to your quick reply.

Best regards,
Henry Adams
Attorney at Law

Variations of this one come in every week.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MRS ANGELA STONE
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:52 PM
Subject: DEAR BELOVED
To:

Dear Friend,

My name is Mrs Angela Stone,a widow of late Mr. Frank Stone,former
owner of Petroleum and Gas company ,here in Ghana.I am 68years old,
suffering from long time cancer of the breast.From all indications my
condition is really deteriorating and it’s quite obvious thatI may not
live more than 4 months according to my doctors.This is because the
cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage.i dont want your pity but
i need your trust.

My late husband died early last year from heart attack, and during the
period of our marriage we couldn’t produce any child. My late husband
was very wealthy and after his death,I inherited all his business and
wealth.The doctor has hinted me that I will not live for too long
again,so I have now decided to spread all my wealth,to contribute
mainly to the development of charity in Africa, America, Asia and
Europe.I am sorry if you are embarrased by my mail.

I found your e-mail address as a real Child of God for over a month
now that i have been praying to know if really you are working
according to the direction of God.And after all my fasting and prayer
i am convinced,and i have decided to contact you,but if for any reason
you find this mail offensive,you can ignore it and please accept my
appology.Before my late husband died he was a major oil tycoon,in
Ghana and deposited the sum of10million dollars (Ten million dollars)
in a Security company,some years ago,thats all i have left now,i need
you to collect this funds and distribute it yourself to charity.

So that when i die my soul can rest in peace.the funds will be
entirely in your hands and management.i hope God gives you the wisdom
to touch very many lives,and that is my main concern.20% of this money
will be for your time and effort,while 80% goes to charity.

God bless you.

Mrs.Angela Stone.

This one is easy:

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.

———- Forwarded message ———-
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.

The subject line is the best part of this one “In Trust & Confidence”.

Apart from that, it’s just a warmed up inheritance story from west Africa

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Andykeita
Date: Thu, Sep 4, 2008 at 5:10 AM
Subject: In Trust & Confidence
To: andy_keita6@yahoo.cn

From Mr Andy Keita.
Country: Abidjan Cote Ivoire
Address Plateau Cocody
Dear one,

My name is Mr Andy Keita. I work with Cote D’Ivoire bank as an
accountant foreign operation department. In the discharge of my duty,
I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for
three years now with Six Million Dollars ($6m) in it. I contacted my
director and we sent out staff for enquiries and discovered that the
account holder was death with the next of kin.

I am writing you so that we can work with you to remit the money into
your account as the next of kin. It is simple process which will take
a short while to process Outside this. I look forward to receive your
urgent response.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best regard
Andy Keita.

Unfortunately, there are enough people around who believe this story too.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Acct. Donald Duke.
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:17 AM
Subject: CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK BANK BENIN
To:

CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK BANK BENIN Greetings Dear Beloved Friend, I want to inform you about my success in transferring your money into an ATM master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of money around. The total amount has been coded into ATM master card; please contact the Bank ATM payment center for more instruction on how to make use of the ATM card to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the globe. I will be traveling to CHINA for business project with my own share of the total money. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how. Now you can contact the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT of ECOBANK BANK BENIN on this email(michaelkohnatmpaymaster23@live.com)pn.. +229-9704-6911 they will send you the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($2.500, 000.00) which is your own share for all the sufferings at that time. That is compensation for all your past efforts I really appreciated your consistency at that time. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the world, the maximum withdrawal is Ten Thousand United State Dollars per day. Feel free to get in touch with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and give them direction on where to send the ATM card to you, the only money they will request from you is the activation fee of $99.99, so contact them right away. Do not hesitate to contact the ECOBANK Benin ATM payment department center with the information i gave to you and also re-confirm the following information to them as listed below: 1. Full Name…………………… 2. Current Address……………… 3. Phone Number………………… 4. A Copy of your identity………. 5. Your Nationality…………….. 6 Your pic……………………. Forward the above information to Prof. Michael Kohn, the head department officer of ATM payment center ECOBANK Bank Benin Republic. Phone: +229-9704-6911, Email michaelkohnatmpaymaster23@live.com) Please do let me know immediately you receive the ATM card so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. I will be very busy in CHINA for the project am going to have there with my partner. So contact the ATM center immediately, they will give you more details of the ATM service. Finally, be informed that I left instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the DEPARTMENT and they will send the CARD to you with out any delay. Best Regards, Acct. Donald Duke.

Donald Duke, 419 scam, ATM card

I would say the next best thing to a lottery is to give the money away

Joe/Anayo wants me to contact Fedex Benin. I wonder how many shipments are waiting for me there?