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Messages like this one show that the Iraqi conflict is still an ideal background for 419 scams. The stories are hardly researchable and the conflict is full of myths.

Does anyone know what an “obscured business suggestion” could be?

The funny thing about this e-mail is the sender address. Do you see it?

The so called Mr. Liu Yan is using an account with the name paulsmiths_uk@yahoo.co.uk.

Now why would he do that?

Because Liu Yan/Paul Smiths or what ever his name is, was just too lazy to set up a new account for his new scam message.

On the other hand, he has a localised Hong Kong Yahoo addresse as a so called private account. If that one is 006, how many accounts may he have there?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR LIU YAN Date: May 15, 2008 1:50 AM
Subject: Your Response Is Highly Needed
To: undisclosed-recipients

Good day,

I am Mr.Liu Yan a transfer supervisor operations in investment section in Bank of China Ltd,Hong Kong.I have a obscured business suggestion for you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Mohammed Jassim Ali who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months,with a value of Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch.

Upon maturity several notice was sent to him,even during the war early this year.Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him.We later find out that the general and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that General Mohammed Jassim Ali did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit.And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.So,Nineteen millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.What bothers me most is that according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration 5 years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to
claim the funds.

Against this backdrop,my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to General Mohammed Jassim Ali so that you will be able to receive his funds.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you.

If interested send your your response to my personal email
address:liuyann006@yahoo.com.hk

Regards
Liu Yan

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A short message offering 24.5 million US Dollars from Hong Kong.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Patrick Chan <pchan@info.net>
Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Subject: Respond
To: undisclosed-recipients

I am Patrick Chan I work with HANG SENG BANK, HONG KONG.I have a Business Proposal of Twenty four million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars for you to handle with me from my bank,if you are interested please send me your full names,privatephone/fax and current residential address and finally after that I shall provide you with more details.
Kind Regards
Patrick Chan

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Hang Seng Bank, Patrick Chan

Tags: 5 Million, Advance Fee Fraud, Business Proposal, Full Names, Hang Seng Bank, Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong, Hundred Thousand, Lt, Patrick Chan, Residential Address, Short Message, State Dollars, Undisclosed Recipients, United State

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

What do you think?

Of course, this is not really from Publishers Clearing House …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Subject: 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand UNITED STATE DOLLARS)
To:

PUBLISHERS CLEARING HOUSE INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS PCH INTERNATIONAL
GIVEAWAY KAULAR LUMPAR MALAYSIA

Dear Publishers Clearing House Beneficiary,

We the Board of Directors for Publishers Clearing House(MY)
officialorganisers of the Publisher’s Clearing House Giveaway Programme
brings to your notice that you are the lucky winner and beneficiary of the
justconcluded giveaway prize of 500,000.00 (Five Hundred Thousand UNITED
STATE DOLLARS) with the Giveaway #- 13101, Batch # - PCH/008-13101, Ref. #
- 012057-SSL. To file for yourclaims ,

please follow below instructions:COMPLETE THE BELOW INFORMATION & FORWARD
TO PCH FUDICIARY AGENT*Required Details:
Complete Names,
Contact Address,
Present Country,
Telephone#, Mobile#,
Email,
Occupation,
Sex,
Marital Status.
*Amount Won:*
Giveaway Number:*
Batch Number:*
Reference Number:
FIDICIARY AGENT: Mr.GREGORY FRED.
EMAIL: gregoryfredcenter@live.com
Please note that the information required will not be furnished to
anythird party and will be used for the purpose at which it is
required.Beneficiaries are warned to keep their claims confidential until
theyhave completed the remittance process to avoid double claiming
andunwarranted abuse of this programme. Warmest
Congratulations,JOHN LAMBERT

Tags: Batch Number, Beneficiaries, Beneficiary, Board Of Directors, Contact Address, Giveaway Prize, Half A Million, Hundred Thousand, International Promotions, John Lambert, Lucky Winner, Marital Status, Message Image, Million Dollars, Mr Gregory, Publishers Clearing House, Reference Number, State Dollars, Telephone Mobile, United State, Wikipedia

It looks as though this story is being pushed quite hard by the crooks at the moment. I think this must be the 4th or 5th shipment waiting for me at Fedex benin.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr JOHN EZE <johneze01@yahoo.com>
Date: Apr 24, 2008 4:36 PM
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX COURIER COMPANY
To:

Reply-To: info_fedx_courierdeliverycomp01@yahoo.com
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Message-Id: <20080424142222.E7A396966@rcmdxwebc01.cavtel.net>
Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:18:21 -0400 (EDT)

Dear Friend,Greetings

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft worth of (usd $1.650.000.00)ONE MILLION SIX  HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS which my boss left with me before he travelled out,but I did not hear from you since that time. Then with the help of a friend who is a Bank manager I cashed the money and deposited it as a BOX containing African clothes with FEDEX COURIER COMPANY LIMITED, Cotonou, Benin Republic.

What you have to do now is to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your package to you. For  your nformation, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of the package.

The only money you will send to the Courier & Security Company to deliver your package direct to your postal Address in your country is ($105.00 US) HUNDRED AND  FIVE UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY,  being Security Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far. Again, don’t be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $105.00 US Dollars. I would have paid that but they said no because they don’t know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage.  You have to contact the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your package with this information bellow;

Contact Person:Dr.Chidinma uche.
Telephone:+229 93 41 55 22
Email Address:info_fedx_courierdeliverycomp01@yahoo.com

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm the following infomation to them again 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.

The infomations are;
(1.)YOUR FULL NAME……………………………………………
(2.)YOUR CURRENT HOME MAILING ADDRESS………….
(3.)YOUR HOME TELEPHONE NUMBER…………………….
(4.)YOUR CURRENT MOBILE PHONE………………………..
(5.)A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE FOR IDENTIFICATION………………………….
(6.)AGE………………………………………………………………
(7.)SEX………………………………………………………………
(8.)YOUR OCCUPACTION……………………………………….

Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $105.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.Do let me know immediately you recieves your package.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr JOHN EZE

Tags: Address Info, African Clothes, Bank Draft, Benin Republic, Certificate Fee, Clearance Certificate, Contact Person, Content Transfer, Courier Company, Crooks, Demurrage, Eze, Fedex, Fedx, Insurance Premium, Nformation, Security Company, State Dollars, Uche, United States Dollars

What do you think? Will send it with Fedex or DHL?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: DR FRANK SMITH <franksmith0011@myway.com>
Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Subject: Re:Notification
To:

From:DR FRANK SMITH
Manchester M27 5FX, United Kingdom.
Fax:TEL:+44 70457 04247.
 
Dear Sir /Madam,
 
This is to officially inform you that your funds of Ten Million United state Dollars only(US$ 10) has been approved for immediate delivery to you by cash payment via Consignment delivery to your door step .For the purpose of clarification,you are advised to reconfirm:
 
(1)Your Full Names
(2)Your Direct Telephone & Fax Numbers
(3)Your Physical Address
 
So that there will be no error during the delivery of the funds to you in your country of residence.Your quick response will be highly appreciated to enable us proceed further.
We awaits your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
DR FRANK SMITH.

Tags: 419scam, Dr. Frank Smith

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Eric’s e-mail is of the usual money transfer type. Of course, his father was killed mysteriously while in Europe. And guess what! He says his uncle did it!

It’s a fairy tale as always …

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: erickuame@mysinamail.com
Date: 2008/4/18
Subject: From: Eric Kuame .
To: erickuame@mysinamail.com

From: Eric Kuame .
 
Dear Respectful One,

Good a thing to write you. I have a proposal for you-this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.

I am Eric Kuame .22years old and the only SON of my late parents Mr.and Mrs.TOURE . My father was a highly reputable busnness magnet-(a cocoa merchant)who operated in the capital of Ivory coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously in France during one of his business trips abroad year 12th.Febuary 2003.Though his sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by an uncle of his who travelled with him at that time.
 
But God knows the truth!

My mother died when I was just 6 years old,and since then my father took me so special. Before his death on Febuary 12 2003 he  called the secretary who accompanied him to the hospital and told him that he has the sum of Ten million,seven hundred thousand United State Dollars.(USD$10.700,000) left in fixed deposit account in one of the leading banks in Africa. He further told him that he deposited the money in my name,and finally issued a written instruction to his lawyer whom he said is in possession of all the necessary but legal documents to this fund and the bank.

I am just 22 years old and a university undergraduate and really don’t know what to do.Now I want an account overseas where I can transfer this funds. This is because I have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast.The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your son ?
2. Can I completely trust you?
3. What percentage of the total amount in question will be good for you after the money is in your account?

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible.
 
Thank you so much.

My sincere regards.
Eric Kuame

Tags: 419scam, money transfer scam, eric kuame

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