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This kind of e-mail has been posted here so often, I don’t think it’s worth commenting.

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From: jamesrchardson @ yahoo. com
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Subject: DEAR BELOVED
To:

Hello Dear,
As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.I am the above named person but now undergoing medical treatment now in Europe. I am Dr.James Richard,AN EXPARTRIATE ENGINEER who worked with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) AND AN oil merchant / contractor with The Federal Government of Nigeria.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, 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 seams to care about. 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 alms to charity organizations in the United State, 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 Oman,Algeria and Malaysia and here in spain. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself anymore. I once asked my close assocaites and friends 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 eighteen million dollars Usd$18,000,000 that I have with a finance/Security Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatche it to charity organizations as my next of kin and benefactor of this fund.I have also set aside 20% for you and for your time and effort.Please contact me via my email address jamesrichard6408@yahoo.co.jp if you are interested.

God be with you.
Dr.James Richard

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Here we go with a typical lost or suspended account. Doing a quick research I was not able to find an prominent “Eward Merril” which would fit the deceased account story which is being used here.

This is unusual in that the crooks like to quote press releases which give their stories some creedance.

The person calling himself William Zuma says he is from South Africa. Now that could be true, but it is hard to prove. To tell the truth, it’s not all that important, because to run the Advanced Fee scam the crooks don’t actually have to be in the country they claim to come from.

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From: William X. Zuma <wxz2u2000@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:44 PM
Subject: William
To: wxz2u2000@hotmail.com

From: William X. Zuma
Phone:+27 79 758 5599
Email:zumawills@yahoo.com

Dear Sir/Madam

I will like to solicit your help in a business proposition, which is by nature very confidential and a top secret. I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one worried and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to worry, as all will be well at the end of this endeavor.

I am William Xhozi Zuma, Client Service Manager of one of the prime banks in Johannesburg South Africa, my partners and I have decided to seek your help in the transfer of some amount of money requiring maximum confidence from my bank. A foreigner, Late Dr. Edward Merrill, who was an oil merchant and contractor was our customer here at our bank and had a balance of US$106 million which the bank now expects his next of kin to claim as the beneficiary .

So far, valuable efforts has been made to get to his people but to no avail, as he had no known relatives more because he left his next of kin column in his account opening forms blank and he has no known relatives . Due to this development our management and the board of directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed, returned to South Africa being the point of origin and subsequently paid into the Reserve Bank purse. Usually, funds of this nature end up in the greedy pockets of some politicians due to our corrupt society.

To avert this negative development my colleagues and I have decided to look for a reputable person to act as the next of kin to late Dr. Merrill, so that the funds could be processed and released into his account, which is where you come in. Whereby you cannot come here in person for this transaction, we shall make arrangement with a qualified and reliable attorney that will represent you in liaising with my bank for inconveniency of you coming to my country.

All legal documents to aid your claim for this fund and to prove your relationship with the deceased will be provided by us. Your help will be appreciated with 20% of the total sum. Please accept my apologies, keep my confidence and disregard this letter if you do not appreciate this proposition I have offered you. Thank you very much for your time.

I wait anxiously for your response via secure email id: zumawills@yahoo.com.

Yours truly,

William Zum

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Yes, this is an inheritance scam story. Mark keeps it anonymous, that way he doesn’t have to do much research on a suitable deceased millionaire.

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From: Mark Akume
Date: 2008/4/22
Subject: Strictly for you only
To:

Dear Sir,
In this world of not knowing whom to trust i have decided to intimate you with a personal guided financial finding in my bank branch (National Investment Bank of Ghana) in which i am the acting managing director. I have been acting as the manager pending when the manager who is on course will resume for six months now and in my capacity i have discovered this account which have been left untouched for two and half years. On careful investigation i discovered that the owner of this account originally maintained two accounts with the bank. One of the accounts is savings account while the other is domiciled dollar account. The savings account was closed exactly one year eight months ago by a lady who claimed to be a fiancйe and business partner of the account owner.

On my curiosity i discovered that the owner of the accounts who was an oil merchant from your country died of heart failure two years ago and since then nobody have made any claim on the current account and no transaction have been carried out in the account throughout the two years. On checking the opening files of the account i also discovered that the owner has no next of kin and his last known address is Golden Tulip Hotel where he stays anytime he is in the country.
I have made all required bank inquiries which are normally made to trace owners of account which are left untouched for over two years and i discovered that nobody outside the bank have knowledge of this account. I have thought over this account for six months now and since it is left untouched with no one having knowledge of the account i have decided to have the money in the account removed to a safer place. The amount in the account is $2.6m with accumulated interest sum of $260,000.00(Two Hundred & Sixty Thousand Dollars)It is for this reason that i am contacting you so that i will use you to remove the money and close the account. I decided to contact you, a foreigner because of protection of my status and making sure i am not short changed which will happen if i deal with someone from my country. It is also much easier for the money to be claimed and transferred outside the country. It is for the reason of closing the account that i am contacting you.

I want you to stand as the beneficiary of the account by filing for next of kin of the account so that i will officially approve your request and have the money paid in your name. We shall share the money 80% for me and 20% for you. All i need from you is your co-operation and secrecy during and after the claim.

Get back to me with your full names, contact address, your age and marital status and phone number(s) for communication and i will employ the service of an attorney who shall process the paper work. As soon as I receive your response I shall open up on all details

Thank you and awaits your response ASAP.
Mark Akume

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I just got this e-mail this morning. Achmed Abdul-Azeez says he has cancer of the esophagus. This person is using the same text as has been often seen before.

This time however, he sent not only three e-mails, but with the second he sent a photo.

This is just to try and prove that he is honest and sincere about what is written in the e-mail! Don’t forget, the e-mail is a standard text and is often in use! So there cannot be any truth behind the e-mail and picture.

Of course the question is, is the man in the picture Achmed or not? I don’t believe that is important. The main thing is, people believe it is Achmed and have pity on his situation.

Considering the world wide move to help the Indian Ocean rim after the Tsunami. Achmed is appealing to people to help donate his money for charity work. Why doesn’t he talk to his bank? Simple, the scam only works this way. He needs victims who willingly cooperate with him, thinking they are helping, but are only being taken for a ride.

Here’s the e-mail:

Dear Friend,

Greetings to you and a Happy and prosperous 2005.Please permit me to introduce myself.

I am Mr. ABDUL-AZEEZ Ahmed a SAUDI National and a crude oil Merchant before I was diagnosed with esophageal cancer which has defiled all medical solutions and according to medical experts I only have a few more months to live.

As you read this you do not have to feel sorry for me as it is a universal truth that we all must die someday, the only problem with mine though being that I have particularly not lived my life well in spite of my wealth and possessions as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich I was never generous, I was never caring about people but only dedicated my time and resources on my business as that was the only thing I cared about. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just accumulating all the wealth in the world as I lay helplessly on my sick bed.

If I was given a second chance to live again I sure would live my life a different way from how I have lived it owing to what has befallen me now. As my last days alive are drawing closer and closer I have already willed out most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends.

I also want my soul to be at peace with God and for him to be merciful on me and accept my soul and to this regard I have resolved to give my remaining funds to charity organizations as I want this to stand as one of the last deeds I indulge in on earth before I die. Though I have already distributed money to some charity organizations, Now that my health has deteriorated so badly I can no longer continue with this myself and also I do not trust my immediate family members or close friends on this as I have once asked them to close one of my accounts and distribute the funds therein to charity organizations in Bulgaria,Sri-Lanka India and Pakistan they greedily kept the money to themselves. Hence I am contacting you with this as I have lost confidence in them because it is obvious they are not contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my funds which no one knows of is a cash deposit of Eighteen million U.S Dollars ($18,000,000,00) stashed in 2 trunk boxes and declared as Personal effects of high security value which I have with a finance/Security Company in Europe. All I am asking of you is to assist me in making the collection of this deposit and dispatching the funds to any charity of your choice after keeping 20% of the funds
for yourself and your family.10% of these funds should be to cover any expenses that might be incurred in the process of making this claims.

Please contact me as soon as you get this email if you are capable and sincere to handle this transaction on my behalf so I can forward you with all relevant documents necessary for the claims and the name of the security firm where the funds are deposited.

God bless you as I await words from you. Please inform as soon as possible if you are not interested so I can proceed to seek for someone else to carry out this on my behalf. Find attached a picture of me along with this email for your perusal.
azeezabdul2005@netscape.net

ABDUL-AZEEZ Ahmed

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