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Just take a look at this post and you will see it’s been used before:
http://crime-online.info/2008/04/dr-sallis-esophegal-cancer-story/

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: PRESTIDGE FINANCE
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Subject: GOOD-DAY,
To: undisclosed-recipients

NAME: AZIZZ .M. JAFAR
Occupation: Merchant/Trader
Age: 10/04/1960
Location: Dubai.

Dear Friend,

As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I
believe everyone will die someday. My name is Azizz .M. Jafar a
merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Oesophageal
cancer.

It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have
only about a few months tolive,according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared
for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich, I
was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on
my business as that was the only thing I cared for.

But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life
than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God has called me, I have willed and given most of my
property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as
well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so, I have decided
to give also to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the
last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to
some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now
that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore.

I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and
distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in
Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and kept the money to themselves.

Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended
with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of
Eight Million Dollars [$8, 000, 000, 00] that I have with ANZ BANK AND
SECURITIES.I will want you to help me collect this deposit and
dispatched it to charity organizations.

I have set aside 40% for you and for your time.

God be with you,
AZIZZ M JAFAR.

This fellow wrote his message completely in red.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR OSWARD
Date: Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 12:41 PM
Subject: From: MR. OSWARD (BOA).
To:

From: MR. OSWARD (BOA).
Bills & Exchange Manager
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
TEL+226 70-39-86-89
BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.

ATTN,

Sorry to distract your attention, I am MR. OSWARD the bill and exchange manager in the bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

In my department, I found the deposited fund amounted $30M (Thirty Million United States Dollars) owned by a disease customer who died in the air crash with his entire family.

However, I shall detail you with the full information as soon as I hear from you.

Can you be able and capable to assist me by providing me with your receiving bank account where this fund will lodge in your favour?

I shall give you 30% of the total sum as soon as this fund hits your account and I shall visit you in your country for the shearing.

Please this is very confidential. If you are interested, please forward me the bellow information’s;

Your name: ……………………….
Your country: …………………….
Your phone Number: ………………….
Your Tel/fax: ………………………
Your age: ………………………….
Your occupation: …………………..
Thank for your anticipated co-operation

Yours Faithfully.
Mr.Osward

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

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.

George can’t be reached by phone because he is away in Japan for the next 6 months. Japan must be really backward, if they don’t have telephones…..

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: george_suba6 Gazeta.pl
Date: May 21, 2008 1:13 PM
Subject: CONTACT HIM IMMEDIATELY
To:

Dear Friend,

I am DR, GEORGE SUBA and I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund transferred. Now I want you to contact my secretary on his email address below and receive your compensation of $450,000.00 U.S dollars from him:

NAME: Mr. Niklass Andersen
EMAIL: niklass_andersen123@live.fr
Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:
Your full name___________
Your address____________
Your country____________
Your age_______________
Your occupation_________
Your Phone number______
Note that if you did not send him the above information complete, he will not release the cheque to you because he has to be sure that it is you. Ask him to send you the total sum of ($450,000.00 )USD CASHIER’S CHEQUE ,which I kept for you. Note also that I will not be reached by email or phone for now because I am currently away in Japan for investment purpose with my share and I will be busy till about six months time or a year.
Best regards,
DR GEORGE SUBA

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

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To be honest if a real medical student sent me a message like this, I would suggest they consider another profession, like a road sweeper, for example.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: JELO <RPORDON@infinito.it>
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 8:08 AM
Subject: HAPPY TO MEET YOUR CONTACT ONLINE AND NEED YOUR HELP,please call me at 00229 97689290
To: 10@orange.fr

My name is Miss Quien Jelo from Sierra leone and medical.dear I,m interesting to be your friend after seeing your details here on the Internet as i want to relocate to your area for living and invest of my inheritance fund.

I know you will be surprise to receive this message from complete stranger from Sierra Leone you have never seen or meet or discuss with but it is a great pleasure writting and knowing you over here.
I know there is no violent and crisis in your country and that lead to my contact with you as i want to reside there.

I have contacted you before and no response or reply from you and wondering if you got early message i sent to you, please let me know if you receive this one again it by writting to my email below.

All i need from you is to help us get the total money transfered into your account for investment once we change the beneficiary in your name and favour as the person we authorise and empower for the clearance .
I am going to write to you and explain to you in details once i hear back from you.

I NEED YOUR DIRECT PHONE TO ENABLE ME CALL YOU AND DISCUSS WITH YOU AS THIS MESSAGE IS BEYOUND EXCHANGING ONLY EMAIL MESSAGE BECAUSE THE FUND IS THE ONLY HOPE OF MY LIFE AND LIVING AFTER THE DEATH OF MY PARENT IN WAR IN IVORY COAST.

Can we talk about it.you can send me through my e-mail

please call me for us to discuss in details  00229-97689290

MY DATA:

MY NAME: MISS QUIEN JELO
MY AGE: 25 YERARS
MY OCCUPATION: MEDICAL STUDENT BEFORE THE WAR STARTED AND IN LEVEL 2
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE AND NO BABY YET
NATIONALITY: SIERRA LEONE

MY FATHERS DATA:

HIS NAME: MR. PATEL JELO
OCCUPATION: EXPORTER OF GOLD DURST AND HE DEPOSITED LARGE QUANTITY OF GOLD DURST FOR ME IN THE INSITUTION HERE WHICH WORTH AND WILL DISCUSS ON THAT ONCE OUR FUND IS CLEARED AND TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FOR INVESTMENT AS ARRANGED.
AGE BEFORE HIS DEATH : 52

NATIONALITY: SIERRA LEONE |
and can i have your private email address to enable me send my photos and datas id and the deposit document for your perusal and understanding and please make sure you keep this to yourself as this money is the only hope of my life and living and am trusting and confiding in you after seeing your details on the Internet.

All i need is your honesty

Jelo

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This one was tagged as suspicious by Google.

You can see it’s about the shortest scam e-mail which has ever arrived here. I don’t think you can make them shorter. The question is, would anyone actually believe this came from Microsoft?

It seems there is a real Ray Howard too

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MICROSOFT AWARDS
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 8:36 AM
Subject: WINNER!!!
To:

Your email address was drawn Winning prize: £1,000,000.00. To file for your claim kindly Contact your claims agent Mr Ray Howard with your: Full names, Age, Phone #, Country, Occupation, Sex, Home address, through the email address below.
Email: officemail_rayhoward@yahoo.co.uk

The Football World Cup is being held in South Africa in 2 years time. This is enough of a story for 419 to create an imaginary Lottery as a basis for the well know lottery scam type of E-Mail.

Scam - South Africa Lottery

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: msn online <online656@web.de>
Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Subject: FROM THE SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTERY BOARD
To: online656@web.de

SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

CONGRATULATIONS!

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement of the winners of the GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, as part of our promotional draws. Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our electronic business Promotions Program.

You qualified for the draw.as a result of our visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company, attached to ticket number 100-309-7482, with serial number 513-10 drew the lucky numbers 12, 19, 29, 30, 37, 40, BONUS O1, and consequently YOU HAVE won in the Second Category.

Your winning Ticket is Number. 100-309-7482
Your Serial Number. 513-10
Your lucky Numbers are. 12, 19, 29, 30, 37,40
Bonus Number 01
Your INSURANCE Number: LP3/7599.LTSA

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00 in cash, which is the winning payout for Second category winners. This is from the total prize money of US$7,000 000.00 shared among the Seven international winners in the Second category.

CONGRATULATIONS!
Please be informed that your won fund, US$US$1,000,000.00 is now deposited with the Global Omega Finance and Security Company insured with your email address which won you this prize, so we would like you to contact your agent and give them your full names so that they will re-insure your money with your full names. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account.

CLAIM PROCESSING FORM

1.Full Names .
2.Full Address .
3.Country of resident.
4.Nationality / Origin.
5.Tele /Cell numbers .
6.Occupation .
7.Lucky numbers .
8.Ticket numbers .
9.Sex.
10.Age.
11.Amount you won.

Call the claim manager on his telephone number for urgent processing and the immediate payment of your money and send your claim processing form via his Email address.
Remember, you must contact your claim manager not later than one week, which this message was sent to you. After one week, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

FOREIGN SERVICE CLAIM MANAGER,
MR. WILLIAM GUGU
EMAIL: info_2010worldcup@yahoo.com
TEL: 0027-731 139 488

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers and other information provided above and below in every one of your correspondences with your claims agent.

REFERENCE NUMBER: GLOR:39-4025-P
BATCH NUMBER: 7490-26004-ZZA

THIS GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA PROGRAM, IS A BONUS FOR THE WORLD FOR THE 2010 SOCCER WORLD

Congratulations” once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MR. MERVIN NKUMA
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA.
234, WOODMEAD STREET

UNIT 999 9TH FLOOR
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
GLOBAL MEGA LOTTERY SOUTH AFRICA
GOES INTERNATIONAL

AS THE 2010 WORLD CUP WILL BE HOSTED BY SOUTH AFRICA THIS PROGRAM IS SPONSURED BY: SOUTH AFRICAN LOTTO AUTHORITY. AND SUPPORTED BY: (Féderation Internationale de Football Association) FIFA SUPPORT AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA FIFA WORLD CUP 2010

Tags: LotteryScam, FIFA World Cup 2010