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Another 419 scam type of message using a “plane crash” story, with the difference that this fellow says the money is in a Bank of Ireland account.

Meltus Ade is attorney with 12.5 million US Dollars for you

Yes, the ill fated plane crash story keeps on cropping up, doesn’t it?

The question is, if you had 12.5 Million US Dollars would you still be working as a pilot?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: meltus meltus <meltus_meltus2003@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: 2008/12/20
Subject: RE: PLEASE TREAT AS MOST URGENT
To: recipients <undisclosed>

Urgent and confidential:
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister MELTUS ADE the lawyer to a Foreign Pilot who died in an air crash in the year 2002, in the illfated Kenyan AirWays.The late Pilot deposited the sum of US$12.5 Million with a Security Company. Due to the present predicament of my client, the family till now can not be located and me as their Attorney wish to contact you to act as his relation tosecure the release of the money from the Security and Finance Company and the Security Company has agreed to release the money through their Unit in either Europe or Asia which ever is nearerto you. or even arrange to reach you in a Country near to America or Canada as you want.For your effort and assistance to this and to facilitate the collection ofthe money, you will take 45% of the total money.and me and my Partners will have 45% while we shall 5% to the Charity Home and 5% will be set aside for all expences like telephone calls and all other expences that may arise in the cause of this transaction on our both sides.You will also assist me and my colleagues to invest our own share of the fund in your country since the family of my late Client is now and has remained unknown and I will not want this fund to be sent to the treasury or Vault.Please send me your phone No and reply through this email:   for quicker communications.Your reply is urgently expected
Thanks.
Sincerely,
Barr. MELTUS ADE

This one was sent in by one of my Swiss readers today. The reader’s surname was .…

Yes, you guessed right. The reader’s surname was Noll.

So you do see that these crooks, research and target names which fit in with any tragedy they can find to use as a 419 type of story.

The most well know name used for this type of fraud, is Andreas Schranner, who died in the Concorde plane crash in Paris.

—–Original Message—–
From: Issa Law Chambers [mailto:issalawmail@yahoo.com.ph]
Sent: Mittwoch, 17. Dezember 2008 11:17
To:
Subject: Attn ***** Noll

Rue Roi Dakodonou Carré No 48,
B.P. 272 Cotonou Du Benin
Tel : (+229) 93848049

Dear Noll,

I am Barrister Issa Saibou the private attorny to Mr Anders Noll, a national (Gold Refiner) in Benin Republic West Africa,Here in after shall be Referred to as my Client. my Client, His wife and his family where involved in a car accident near Cotonou-Lome express-road. All occupants of the vehicle Unfortunately lost their lives.Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his Family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in Repatriating the money left behind by my Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank .These huge deposits where lodged particularly, with the “Bank in Benin here” where the Deceased had an account valued at about $10.5 million dollars (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars). The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.

Now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have The same last name so that the proceeds of this account valued at $10.5 million dollars can be paid to you and i will be entitle to 10%.I will procure all Necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make .All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, but you must also agree not to disclose or pass any information related to this business to any body for security reason and to avoid eye brow , And we are going to achieve this , therefore i want you to send your direct telephone number to fcilitate communication.

You can call me at +229-93848049

I await your Call Asap after replying.

Thanks
Barrister Issa Saibou

There is no account waiting to be plundered. And he’s talking rubbish saying the account will be written off. That does not happen in inheritance cases. The  money stays where it is, until the real next of kin is found.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: David Harrington <natalie3143@aol.com>
Date: 2008/10/19
Subject: Bussiness Proposal( Urgent & Confidential! )!
To: undisclosed-recipients

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. David Harrington, an accountant with a commercial bank here in London.

I discovered recently that one of our customers who died in a plane crash years ago has no next of kin at all to claim GBP5.5 million he deposited in our bank so many years since his death. The money will be written off and sent to her majesty’s treasury and banks treasury as well if nobody comes to claim it in the next 30 days. The bank just issued the circular for the last time.

Since i have all the documents available for the claims as i was the account officer who assisted him when he opened the FIXED DEPOSIT INSURED ACCOUNT with us then, I decided to solicit your assistance to stand as the next of kin so that you can apply for claims to the bank for them to approve it to you for further transfer to your account. After the approval and the funds confirmed into your account I will take a leave and come over to your country so that we can disburse the funds. 60% for me and 40% will be for you. The website link below authenticates the validity of this saddening information.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

There is no risk involved at all as I will back you up legally here through the judiciary since I know the procedure already. It is a very common practice/deal here and so many lawyers and bank here in Britain and any other part of the world including your country makes their money through this means. This time is now my opportunity and I do not wish to miss it as I may not be opportuned again in life. If I do not use this opportunity my bank or the government will surely convert the funds as theirs. Go through the another web link below to view list of unclaimed estates and inheritance here in United Kingdom and what has been happening. (www.bbc.co.uk/heirhunters)

Please get back to me through my confidential email: davidharr008@gmail.com for more clarification so that we may start off immediately. But if after reading this mail and you don’t want to partake in it do please pretend as if you did not read it and do not disclose it to another person considering the sensitive nature so that you don’t spoil my chances of making use of this God’s given opportunity and wealth as it has been prayer.

I await your quick response immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. David Harrington
Email: davidharr008@gmail.com

Just to remind you, Andreas Schranner was one of the people who died
in the Concorde crash in Paris. He was a wealthy man, but he has
nothing to do with this scam e-mail.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Sani Mandiouf
Date: Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Subject: READ AND GET BACK TO ME
To: sani_mandiouf1@altavizsla.hu

DEAR FRIEND,

I AM MR.SANI MANDIOUF,THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER. I WORK IN THE
AUDITING/ACCOUNTING SECTION OF THE BANK OF AFRICA(BOA),OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.

I HAVE A BUSINESS DEAL WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO THE BOTH OF US. THE
AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS EIGHTEEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USA
DOLLARS ($18.5 MILLION US DOLLARS) ,WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF
THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND
YOURS TOO. AND ALSO TO TAKE MY WIFE TO USA FOR TREATMENT OF LIVER
DAMAGE.

THIS MONEY WAS OWNED BY ONE OF THE CUSTOMERS IN OUR BANK.THE MAN’S
NAME IS CALLED ANDREAS SCHRANNER FROM MUNICH,GERMANY.HE WAS INTO
PROPERTIES AS HIS BUSINESS IN GERMANYAND BUSINESS COMMERCIALIST IN
WEST-AFRICAN REGIONS. HE HAS BEEN DEAD SINCE SIX YEARS AGO ON 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] WITH THE WHOLE
PASSENGERS ABOARD .

N.B.IN OTHER FOR YOU TO BELIEVE ME HONESTLY GO THROUGH THIS (website)
BEFORE YOU START WITH ME. BELOW IS THE WEBSITE:

( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi /world/europe/859479.stm)

AND SINCE THEN,NO CLAIM HAS BEEN PLACED IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT BALANCE.

I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT
BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND.

THE FUND COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THESE WAY;YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF
AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO THE DECEASED PERSON[ANDREAS SCHRANNER] OR AS
THE ONLY SURVIVING NEXT OF KIN,AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE
CARE-TAKER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER AND HIS
PROPERTIES.

I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS AND INFORMATIONS WITH WHICH A
SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL BE YOUR
GUIDIANCE AND INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION
SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT AND SURE
TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 40% OF THIS FUND FOR
YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR
EXPENCES BOTH OF US MIGHT INCURE DURING THE COURSE OF THIS
TRANSACTION.

SO IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SEND A REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY AND IN YOUR
REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR [PRIVATE PHONE AND YOUR FAX NUMBERS]
URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED AND THIS BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL
BETWEEN BOTH OF US.

BEST REGARDS,
MR.SANI MANDIOUF.
Bill & Exchange Manager(BOA)

Just another “George Brumley” message.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR MARSHAL DUMBA
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
To: marshaldumba34@orange.net

FROM MR MARSHAL DUMBA
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.

Dear friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF ($7,000.000.00 USD SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)

I want to transfer to overseas the sum of ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa. I would like to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it can receive money.

I am MR MARSHAL DUMBA an accountant and personal confidant to Dr.George Brumley who died together with his wife in a plane crash on the July 21st 2003 on their way to attendwedding in Boston, he is an American, a physician andindustrialist, he died without having any beneficiary to his assets including his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened as his personal savings for the purpose of expansion and developement of his company before his untimely death in 2003.

The amount involved is ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million United States Dollars), no other person knows about this account. I am contacting you for us to transfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary, I want to transfer the whole $7,000.000.00 (Seven Million United States Dollars) into a safe account abroad, but I don’t know any foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,But can only be approved to any foreign a/c because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Dr.George Brumley is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the inheritance procedures.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount,55% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

You should fill this form below and send to me immediately as soon as you receive this letter: THIS IS MY Email address_(marshal_dumba34@ymail.com)

Your Full Name: ………..
Your Address : ……….
Your Telephone: ……….
Your Age: ……………
Merital Status: ………..
Your Country: ………….

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Sincerely
MR MARSHAL DUMBA
MAIL ADDRESS (marshal_dumba34@ymail.com)

Marshal Dumba, George Brumley, 419 scam, OUAGADOUGOU

That sounds extremely logical. Does that mean you can confirm the birth of the deceased or the beginning of his death?

No matter, most people won’t understand what he means.

On a funnier note: does anybody know what he means by “Have A Green Day”?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Kweku Appiah
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 3:36 PM
Subject: BUSINESS
To: …

Dear friend,

It’s Just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am a Banker by Profession from Burkina Faso In West Africa and currently holding the Post Of Debt recovery manager in our Bank.
I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds
($30Million) of one of my Bank’s client who died along with his entire family in Kenya Plane Crash 2003.You Can Confirm The Genesis of the deceased Death .

You can view this site to know more.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html

Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this fund can be shared between us in the ratio of 40/50 / 10% for any incurable expenses that will come during the transfer, If you agree to my business proposal.
Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your mail. Have A Green Day.
Yours,
MR KWEKU APPIAH.

Kweku Appiah, 419 scam

Yes, it’s another e-mail from Ouagadougou touting an imaginary account, using George’s name to promote it. The reason is simple, George Brumley is easy to research on the internet. His background makes the story halfway believable.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR MARSHAL DUMBA
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 1:48 AM
Subject: URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
To: marshaldumba34@orange.net

FROM MR MARSHAL DUMBA
BANK OF AFRICA
OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO.
WEST AFRICA.

Dear friend,

RE: TRANSFER OF ($7,000.000.00 USD SEVEN MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS)

I want to transfer to overseas the sum of ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million United States Dollars) from a Prime Bank in Africa. I would like to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve as far as it can receive money.

I am MR MARSHAL DUMBA an accountant and personal confidant to Dr.George Brumley who died together with his wife in a plane crash on the July 21st 2003 on their way to attendwedding in Boston, he is an American, a physician andindustrialist, he died without having any beneficiary to his assets including his account here in Burkina Faso which he opened as his personal savings for the purpose of expansion and developement of his company before his untimely death in 2003.

The amount involved is ($7.000.000.00USD) Seven Million United States Dollars), no other person knows about this account. I am contacting you for us to transfer this funds to your account as the beneficiary, I want to transfer the whole $7,000.000.00 (Seven Million United States Dollars) into a safe account abroad, but I don’t know any foreigner. I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here,But can only be approved to any foreign a/c because the money is in US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c Dr.George Brumley is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be approved into a foreign a/c.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the inheritance procedures.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 40% of the total amount,55% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

You should fill this form below and send to me immediately as soon as you receive this letter: THIS IS MY Email address_(Marshal_dumba@hotmail.fr)

Your Full Name: ………..
Your Address : ……….
Your Telephone: ……….
Your Age: ……………
Merital Status: ………..
Your Country: ………….

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Sincerely
MR MARSHAL DUMBA
MAIL ADDRESS (Marshal_dumba@hotmail.fr)

George Brumley, Ouagadougou

Yes, this is a further adaption of the charity e-mail.

It’s interesting to note that the crooks mention an air crash, which they found reported on CNN. As a starter, they inform you of the delivery charge (£ 155.34 British Pounds), which gets you to accept fees from the beginning.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mrs. Emily Olivier Jackman &lt;emily313@gmail.com&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 7:19 AM
Subject: Read Carefully !
To: undisclosed-recipients

I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met before and you would also be asking why I have decided to chose you amongs the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I come in peace and something very positive is about to happen to your life right now and to the lives of others through you if only you can carefully read and digest the message below. The internet has made the world a global village where you can reach anybody you have not met before.

Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography,I am Mother Emily Olivier, 87 Years old woman and the wife of Late Sir Jackman Olivier who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT 14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva.Please see site below for more information. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html

After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now that I am old and weak I have decided to spend the rest of my life with my family and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my business life, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half of what we have worked for to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me and I am very weak and old now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I.

Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.

I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary of our last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting our offer that will cost you nothing. I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of £ 5,800,000.00 British Pound with FedEx express to deliver to you, what you have to do now is to contact the FedEx COURIER SERVICE as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you because of the expiring date.

For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

You have to contact the FedEx COURIER SERVICE now for the delivery of your cheque with this information bellow;
Contact Person: Mr. Mark Robbins
Email Address:fedexunitedkingdom@live.com

Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium and the Clearance Certificate Fee of the Cheque because I have already paid for them, the only money you are expected to pay is £155.34 British Pounds for the security keeping of the cheque so far.

I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because they don’t know when you will be contacting them and to avoid demurrage or further cost.

You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery and ask them to give you the tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address.

Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;

Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0433/F) of you draft, you are to also present it to them for verification before delivery.

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to ask them to provide you with the method they wish to use in receiving their security keeping fee of £ 155.34 British Pounds for their immediate action.

Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do is to invest wisely with it and do the same good to someone?s life someday as this is the only way this world would be a better community if we render selfless services to one another.

Be also notified that I will no longer be reading my emails or surfing the internet as I have retired completely from the outside world to my ranch, at this moment I have nothing to do with cars, emails and other luxuries, all further correspondence should be forwarded to the courier company for the delivery of your cheque to you..

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. Emily Olivier Jackman
Technorati-Tags: 419 scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Emily Olivier Jackman,

If you take a look at Wikipedia you will find an entry about Mr. Brumley. He was quoted to be a philanthropist and he died with several family members in a plane crash in 2003.

Now obviously this background is ideal for 419 scam crooks to misuse this information to put a bogus story about “lost” money in deepest Africa. Seeing that e-mails quoting money in Ouagadougou come in almost every day here, it does seem a favourite location for stories like this.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: HASSAN BILLY <mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 20, 2008 at 1:24 AM
Subject: Mr.Hassan Billy
To: “mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com” <mr_hbilly15@mixmail.com>

Mr.Hassan Billy
01 Avanue BP Pardou,
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
 
GREETINGS, PLEASE I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT ME THROUGH MY
PRIVATE EMAIL hbilly01@yahoo.fr
 
Complement of the day to you and your beloved family. Do not be astonished for receiving this mail. Please, I seek your permission and would want to get myself introduce to you. I am Mr.Hassan Billy. I work with BANK INTERNATIONAL OF BURKINA (BIB). I need your co-operation in receiving USD9.5M that has been in a dormant account with my bank for over 6years which belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that happened in Kenya, East Africa.  I will provide you with detailed informations on the modalities of this operation once I have your interest but I must say that trust flourishes business. Therefore let your conscience towards this proposal be nurtured with sincerity and I will not fail to bring to your notice that, this transaction is hitch-free risk and you should keep this transaction (TOP SECRET).
 
I agree that 35% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and 65% would be for me, thereafter I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Remember, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased, indicating your 1) Bank name, 2) Your bank account number, 3) Your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and my career as a banker, I will bring you up to date with all the informations as soon as I hear from you. If I don ‘t hear from you within a certain period I will assume you are not  interested.

Please, I want you to visit the website below for more informations about the plane crash and the Deceased DR.GEORGE BRUMLEY AND HIS FAMILY. 

www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html  www.news24.com/News24/Africa/News/0,,2-11-1447_1390626,00.html
 
Meanwhile, If you are willing, capable and honest for this transaction, Kindly indicate your interest by sending a response to my e-mail address at: hbilly01@yahoo.fr
 
Yours Truely,
Mr. Hassan Billy,

Tags: 419Scam, Inheritance Scam, Hassan Billy, George Brumley Jr.