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The story used here is a variation of a story which crops up quite regularly. It’s a “I’m sick with cancer and have a pile of money to give away”. Not forgetting,  “I am religious too”.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Hoi Ngo 2006 <hao-uk@hn-ams.org>
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 7:58 PM
Subject: MY DEAR BELOVED,
To:

MY DEAR BELOVED,

Please read this slowly and carefully, as it may be one of the most important emails you ever get. I am Mrs.Lin Campolin from Greece. I was married to Late Randi Campolin.The CEO Veekrol Link Ltd London United Kingdom, a seasoned contractor in England. He died on Monday, 31 July, 2000 in Paris.

We were married for eleven years without a child.After his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home. When my late husband was alive, he deposited the sum of £5.3Million GBP in a bank in England,which is now wasting there. My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to better the lives of the less privileged. I need honest and trust worthy individual that will utilize this money in accordance with my instruction.

I want the funds to be used in funding religious organisations,orphanages and less privileged propagating the word of God. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit thismoney and my husband relatives are very unkind to me and I don’t want my husbands hard earned money to be misused. I am not afraid of death hence I know here I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my course and I shall hold my peace. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank, for them to process the and transfer the funds to you.

For legitimacy, you will be issue you a letter of authority that will empower you as the original-beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me, Any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing for another individual for this same purpose. Waiting to hear from you.

EMAIL: mcampolin@yahoo.com

Thanks,
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Lin Campolin

You can certainly recognise the African crooks are doing their best to stay up to date. I would say most people have heard of Dafur and the atrocities which have been carried out there.

This message wants to give you the impression that you are dealing not only with a princess, but also someone who seems to be helpless in their situation. As always, a pile of money is the bait.

My Daddy was a King

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From: FROM MISS PRINCESS HADIZA IBRAHIM. <001@yahoo.com>
Date: May 6, 2008 12:29 PM
Subject: ASSALLAMUALAIKUM,DEAR SIR PLEASE ME AND MY AGED MOTHER NEED YOUR URGENT RESPONSE AND ASSISTANCE
To:

Miss Princess Hadiza Ibrahim
(Dr Ibrahim Family)
Rue 261 Arafat Grand Yoff
Dakar Senegal.
Urgent fund sum of USD$7,500, 000.00 dollars (Seven Million,Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) Transfar Assistance.

(CONFIDENTIAL)
I am making this request to you with tears in my eyes and I feel that Almighty Allah, will touch you with His spirit to listen to me and my family,crying for help and answer me without delay since my breadwinner is no more and this is our only hope in life. Your positive response will give me the greatest joy and relief, Furthermore you can indicate your option towards assisting me as i believe, almighty Allah will bless and reward you aboundantly.
I am a female student from Dafur University , Cocody campus in Sudan,but am currently living in Dakar Senegal as a refugee with my mum and younger brother,because of the war that just happened in my country of origin. I am 23yrs old. I’did like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented.I will love to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you. I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if you can be able to help me in this transaction.
Well, my father died earlier two months ago. He was a king (Traditonal King), which our town citizens titled him over sixteen years before his death.I was a princess to him and I am the only person who can take care of his wealth now because my junior brother is still young and my mother is not literate enough to know all my father’s wealth.He left the sum of USD 7,500, 000.00 dollars (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) in a Commercial Bank here in Dakar Senegal .This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell petroleum development company (S.P.D.C) and chevron oil company operating in our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in our jurisdiction.
I don’t know how and what I will do to invest this money somewhere in abroad, so that my father’s kindred will not take over what belongs to my father and our family, which they were planning to do without my present because I am a female as stated by our culture in the town.Now, I urgently need your humble assistance to TRANSFER this money from the Bank, into your account.I strongly believe that by the grace of God, you will help me invest this money wisely.
I am ready to offer 10% of the total amount to you if you help us in this transaction and another 10% interest of Annual After Income to you, for handling this transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over.If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me in transfering this fund,
please kindly get back to me.

hadiza_ibrahim200@yahoo.com

N.B : MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRECT AND MAKE IT CONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVES THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE. DONT DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY “PLEASE”, BECAUSE THE SECRECY OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF IT.

Yours sincerely,
Miss Princess Hadiza Ibrahim

I often wonder at these plane crash stories. If you have been here often you know that the Andreas Schranner story has been regularly posted here. It goes something like this “a multimillionaire died in a plane crash and left a pile of money in an African bank”. The writer goes on to say “we now need some one to pose as the next of kin to claim this lost money”. The reason for this being there are no living inheritors and we would like the money for ourselves. huh!

So where does this go from here?

Anyone who falls for this story contacts the crooks and immediately gets put through the mill. Form one e-mail to another he gets more and more involved, sending documents and setting himself up as the legal next of kin. Or so he thinks …

In reality, he is just corresponding with the crooks in the guise of lawyers, bankers and notaries.

Once he has gotten in this deep, they push him to pay a fee of say, 800 Dollars or better Euros. It could be for taxes, lawyers or bank costs, whatever. Of course, it is an imaginary fee and it doesn’t really matter for what the crooks claim the payment to be for.
They put the pressure on the “victim” to pay, saying the deal cannot go through without it. Naturally the crooks can’t don’t have the money to pay the fee. They are only poor Africans.

Needless to say the money should be sent through Western Union and once this is paid, they push the poor victim for more.

They push him for what they can get. Which means that victims which are gullible enough, pay anything up to 20,000 Dollars and more.

This often means financial ruin for the victims. For the African crooks, it’s a way of life.

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From: Evans Efedua <evans_info@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 9:48 PM
Subject: Proposition
To:

Reply-To: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk

MIME-Version: 1.0

Content-Type: text/plain

Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit

Message-Id: <20080418194729.AA873AFDF3E@m162.magenta.fastwebserver.de>
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 19:40:12 +0200 (CEST)

From: Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc
Victoria Island.
Email: evans_efedua2007@yahoo.com.hk
 
Dear Friend,

My name is Mr. Evans Efedua, I am  the Manager, Credit and Foreign bills of  Regent Bank Plc. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of US$15.5M  (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)  from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care off, and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION:

I am the account officer of a foreigner named  Late Mr. Morris Thompson who died in an air crash along with his wife  and only daughter on the January 31 in an Alaska airline Flight 261 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below  which was published by www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska  airlines.list

Since his death, none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident himself  and his wife (May their soul rest in peace). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the 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  by me for the funds  to be released in your favor as the beneficiary’s next  of kin. Because after four years the money will be called back to the bank  treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of  the bank.  So it is on this note I decided to seek for whom his name shall  be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow  the bank directors to share this money among themselves at the end of the year. It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order  of mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.  All I need from you is as follows:

1.   Your confirmation of your ability to handle this Business for me.
2.   Your word that you will keep this business as Confidential as possible at all times until we conclude this business.
3.   Your telephone and Fax numbers for communication.
4.   Age and Occupation.

I shall be compensating you with 30% (thirty percent)  on final conclusion of  this project for your assistance, while we will retain 65% (sixty-five percent) and 5% (five percent) goes for expenses because I intend to retire after the conclusion of this  business. If this business is acceptable by you.  Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you.

Your faithfully,
Mr. Evans Efedua
Manager Credit and Foreign Bills
Regent Bank Plc

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Evans Efedua

but you run the risk of losing a pile of money if you fall for this …

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From: AL-QASSAB GH ABDULLAH
Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 12:51 PM
Subject: Assalam Alaikum
To: undisclosed-recipients

Assalam Alaikum

I got your email address through Islamic organization directory over the Internet.

I hope in the name of ALLAH that I have the right person who will assist me.

I want to transfer money for investment into your country/business as such I would like to make contact with people like you residing in that country for assistance Note,the funds are already with a security company which also has branches in Asia, Europe and America for safe keeping. If you are willing to assist me.

This is all you will do for me,You will help me contact the security company for the release of the funds to you as my next of kin, as I cannot travel out from Iraq at the moment because of certain conditions which I will explain to you if we work together(my traveling documents are not yet complete).

The fall of Saddam Hussein has brought destruction / Hell to our great country and everything is practically difficult now and opportunities are closing up,the new government is trying to frustrate our businesses.

What I require from you are as follows:

1. You should make arrangement with the Security Company to secure the funds on my behalf.

2. You will be entitled to 30% of the total sum involved for your assistance, and 5% of the funds will be set aside for reimbursement of any kind of expenses incur as a result of this transaction by both parties.

3. As soon as you confirm to me by e-mail your readiness to claim the consignment from the Security Company, I will send the PIN code number of the consignment to you and also the security Company’s information.

4. Please note that this project is 100% risk free but you must keep it very secret and confidential with strong assurance that you will not let me down at all.

I have made all necessary arrangement getting for the probate order from court that necessitate you as the next of kin and this document will allow you deposit the money to any account of your choice safely.

Please if you’re interested to assist me, reply back with this Email address [quasa100@rediffmail.com]

I await your prompt reply.

Regards,
Abdullah

Another Ivory Coast e-mail. In this one Rebels killed the husband, who of course left a pile of money (and Gold Dust) in a security company. Strange. I’ve heard that somewhere before …

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From: patriciaerahuyi011@yahoo.co.jp Date: Dec 22, 2007 5:47 PM
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
To: patriciaerahuyi011@yahoo.co.jp

CONFIDENTIAL
FROM; MRS PATRCIA ERAHUYI&
PRINCE JOHN ERAHUYI
ABIDJAN COTE D・IVOIRE.
INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
ATTN;MD/CEO

In brief introduction, I am MRS PATRCIA ERAHUYI the wife of late chief MR PETER ERAHUYI, who was the director general Gold Mining Corporation of Sierra Leone (S.L.M.C) Freetown. The source of your contact gave me courage to write to you, I am writing you to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of ten million USD (10,000,000.00) and Gold dust now in the safe custody of a security company in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire to your private account pending.

According to my late husband the money was miscellaneous income from mining activities overdraft and minor sales, before the civil war between the rebel forces that almost destroyed my country, following the forceful removal of the democratically elected president AHMED TEJAN KABBAH by the rebels, my late husband had already made arrangements for me and my son PRINCE JOHN to be evacuated to Abidjan Cote d’ Ivoire with our personal effects, also directed us to here he deposited the trunk boxes containing the Gold and money in the custody of Security Company here in Abidjan for safe custody. Also he did not disclosed the real content of the boxes to the Security Company officials. he only deposited it as an African artworks for export to his foreign partner abroad for the Security of the Money and the gold. During the war my late husband tried to escape to join us here in Abidjan unfortunately he was attacked and killed by the rebels. My late husband was attacked and killed by the rebels because of his loyalty to the president.

Now I知 with my son PRINCE JOHN in Asylum camp here in Abidjan suffering without any care or help, without any relation, we are now like refugees, our only hope now relies on the boxes deposited in the Security Company by my late husband. To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the following ways.

( 1 ) To assist us claim the boxes from the Security Company as a co beneficiary/ foreign partner.
( 2 ) To transfer this money with your name to your destination account in abroad.
( 3 ) Make a good arrangement on how to invest wisely in abroad
( 4 ) To secure a good college for my son PRINCE JOHN to further his education.
( 5 ) To make arrangement for us to ravel with you to your country after you have transferred the money. Please be inform that all the necessary documents issued to my late husband at the day of deposit are in
our custody. For your assistance, I and my son PRINCE JOHN have decided to give you 20% of the Total money. Please feel free to contact us trough the above email address.

Thanks and God bless you for your anticipation.
Best regards,
MRS PATRICIA ERAHUYI & SON

Ok, this is the regurgitated “I’ve got cancer and a pile of money for Charity” e-mail. There is no way you can dispute that. You can check on other versions with the above link.

Personally, I think Nita is either Joker or not very intelligent or maybe both. I say this because, seriously, do you know anyone called Black-Brown?

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From: nita brown
Date: Oct 25, 2007 10:05 PM
Subject: Greetings my dear
To: nita_blackbrown10@yahoo.com

Warm Greetings,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord, we have to worship our Lord Jesus christ with all our heart because we have determined to remain under the covering of His anointing, Obedience to His purpose and living a life that honours Him will keep us under His hand of blessing.

I am Mrs Nita Blackbrown markson from Kuwait. I am married to Mr Black brown who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2006.We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we were both born again Christian.

Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$10.7million dollars in a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.Presently, this money is still in bank.

Recently when l went to Medical check , my Doctor told told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Now l am back where my late Husband deposited the money and will go back for surgical operation immediately the money is transfered to your account as l will direct you on how to Donate the money

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a charity organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want an organization that will use this fund for orphanages, school and church ,widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that “Blessed is the hand that giveth”.I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by unbelievers.

I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that “the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace”

I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank here in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire.

I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church / Organisation or individual for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply. my private email address is ( nita_blackbrown10@yahoo.com)

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Yours in Christ.

Mrs Nita Blackbrown.

Jenifer has written another of those “I’m diagnosed with cancer and I want to a donate a whole pile of money to good christian soul” kind of e-mails.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Jennifer Wilson
Date: Jan 18, 2007 10:40 AM
Subject: Jennifer Wilson
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

Urgent Assistance
My name is Jennifer Wilson i am a dying woman who have decided to donate what i have to you/ church. I am 64 years old and i was diagnosed for cancer for about 7 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband who lived all his life in America, who has left me everything he worked for.
I have been touched by God to donate from what i have inherited from my late husband for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly. Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to forgive me and i believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in for an operation in less than one hour.

I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $5,500,000 (Five million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows according to (JAMES 1:27).

At the moment i cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my relatives are around my health status and me. I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware i have changed my will you and he will arrange the transfer of the funds from my account to you.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. Contact my lawyer in the Netherlands with this specified email below and his contact:

Email: barristerpeterso@aim.com
Name: Barrister peterson

And tell him that i have WILLED ($5,500,000.00) to you and i have also notified him that i am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work. I know i don’t know you but i have been directed to do this. Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last wish. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Regards,
Jennifer Wilson

Don’t you believe it?

——– Original Message ——–
Subject: URGENT & CONFIDENTIAL (02-Nov-2005 18:42)
From: ALBERTDUPREElsybvb@MAIL.GR
To: xxx@xxx.xxx

DR ALBERT DUPREE
EMAIL: aldupreechambers@netscape.net

21/10/05

Greetings,

As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.

My name is Albert Dupree, a merchant in Dubai, in the
U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer
which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in
carrying for my health. It has defiled all forms of
medicine, 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 focus 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 properties and assets to my immediate and
extended family members and as well as a few close
friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my
soul and so, I have decided to give arms to charity
organizations and give succour and confort to the less
priviledged in our societies, as I want this to be one
of the lastgood 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 my self 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 and
to the less priviledged 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($18m) that I have
with a Security Company in Europe for safe keeping. I
will want you to help me
collect this deposit and disburse it to some charity
organizations and to theless priviledged.

Please send me a mail to indicate if you will assist
me in this disbursement. I have set aside 20% for you
for your time and patience.

You can e-mail me at my private e-mail address:
aldupreechambers@netscape.net for easy communication
While I await to hear from you, may God be with you
and your entire
family.

Remain blessed,

Albert Dupree