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Having read these messages almost every day for the last 10 to 12 years it’s interesting to see what these people come up with.

Like this one. A simple story with no way to confirm it to be true and written to fit anyone who reads it.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: J O Date: Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 2:51 PM
Subject: FROM J O 24.8.2008
To:

Attention Beneficiary

This is an official notification of funds deposited in your name by a late customer of our bank .We arrange for the safe keeping of special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy.

A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the said benefactor when the funds were being deposited, made you the beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor’s identity 18 months after you, the beneficiary, has received the funds.

The funds totals US$7.5M (Seven Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal origin and are available in the form of CASH.

You are hereby advised to reconfirm your Full Contact Information for verification with information contained in our database in the format stated below.

After verifying the details with the information we have in our database,you will be contacted to personally claim the funds in our bank where its being kept with the Consignment Deposit Information(C.D.I) that will empower you to do so.

This Consignment Deposit Information (C.D.I) is what is needed to claim the funds and will only be sent to you after all your information has been verified and confirmed to be true. Information should therefore be sent in the manner stated below so as to ensure that no mistake is made.

Your Full Name: ……………..

Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip

Code) …………………..

Date of Birth (Day/Month/Year):……………..

Direct Telephone/Mobile Number………………

Your Occupation:…………………

Fax Number: ……………………..

_______________________________________

Complete the above and send back to me as soon as possible.

Congratulations in advance.

Thank you and I sincerely remain

Mr. John Olejczak

John Olejczak, 419 scam

Tags: 419 scam, Amount Of Money, Benefactor, Beneficiary, Circumvention, Encumbrances, Fortune, Full Contact, Hundred Thousand, John Olejczak, Non Disclosure Agreement, Official Notification, Safe Keeping, Sun Aug, United States Dollars

Benjamin tells the “son of a politician who died and left me his money” story. He even explains how the money should be invested.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: benjamin cossa
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 9:59 AM
Subject: My Regards,benjamin cossa
To: beijami23cossa@gmail.com

My Regards,benjamin cossa
Address : Joycemary Residence.
01 BP 54286 Abidjan 01-RCI
Abidjan-Cote d’Ivoire

Dearest One,

Good day.

It is my pleasure to contact you for an assistance to investing my inheritance in your country/company.I inherited the sum of (Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) $8.500.000.00, from my late father Mr. Banny cossa, who as a business man and politician here in my country (sierra leone) My father lost his life in 2004 during the rebel uprising in my country.My late father Mr.Banny Cossa,he deposited the money presently with a bank for security reasons in Abidjan Capital city of Cote d’ Ivoire which he wanted to used for his political activties in our Country before he was assassinated.

Now i have decided to invest the money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for good economic/security and political stability.I want you to help me claim and receive this money which you will help me to investment the money in your Country.

I will like to invest part of the money into these three investment in your Country but, if there is any other business that is better than what i suggestion, I will be very glad to follow your advice.

1). Real estate

2). Transport industry

3). Five star hotel

If you can assist me i will be pleased to offer you 20% Of the total money while the balance will be invested by you,Once I hear from you I will give you details of the deposit.

I await your soonest response.

Respectfully Yours,
benjamin cossa

Benjamin Cossa, Ivory Coast, 419 scam

Tags: 419 scam, Abidjan, Banny, Benjamin Cossa, Business Man, Cossa, Dearest One, Economic Security, Fri, Hundred Thousand, Ivory Coast, Money Story, Political Stability, Politician, Rci, Rebel Uprising, Security Reasons, Sierra Leone, Star Hotel, Transport Industry, United States Dollars

This e-mail goes to great detail to explain what the crooks want to do. Now the funny thing about it, is fact that the deceased’s personal details are kept anonymous. They only go on to say that he had the same surname. It is written so that the e-mail would fit anybody who receives it.

Reading the text you get the impression it has been written by an educated person with a good command of the English language. It’s a far cry from the usual mumbo jumbo and semi-official language which is often used in other messages.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mr Stewart Barculo
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:44 PM
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE
To: undisclosed-recipients

Standard Life Bank,
30 Lothian Road,
Edinburgh EH1 2DH
EMAIL ;stew_bar22uk@yahoo.com.hk

Good day,

I am Stewart Barculo, Staff of Standard Life Bank Limited.

I am contacting you concerning a deceased customer and an investment he
placed under our banks management Eight years ago. I would respectfully
request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect
the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail.

I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is informed
of this communication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts
that I believe would be of interest to you. In 2000, the subject matter;
came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private
banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of
Fifty million united states dollars, which he wished to have us turn over
(invest) on his behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case; I made
numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief
operations officer of the private banking sector, especially given the
volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. We met on numerous
occasions prior to any investments being placed. I encouraged him to
consider various growth funds with prime ratings. The favored route in my
advice to customers is to start by assessing data on 6000 traditional
stocks and bond managers and 2000 managers of alternative investments.
Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and
made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued
profit and interest stood at this point at over ten million United States
Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired
low risk guaranteed returns on investments.

In mid 2001, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to
make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in here in the United
Kingdom. He directed that I liquidate the funds and deposit it with a
security firm. I informed him that Standard Life Bank would have to make
special arrangements to have this done and in order not to circumvent due
process, the bank would have to make a 9.5 % deduction from the funds to
cater for banking and statutory charges. He complained about the charges
but later came around when I explained to him the complexities of the task
he was asking of us. Cash movement across boarders has become especially
strict since the incidents of 9/11. I contacted my affiliate and made the
funds available to the security firm. I undertook all the processes and
made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the
funds deposited with the security firm. The Security Firm is a specialist
private firm that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and
blue chip corporations that handle valuable products or undertake
transactions that need immediate access to cash. This small and highly
private organization is familiar especially to the highly placed and
well-connected organizations. In line with instructions, the money was
deposited with the security firm.

The deceased told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his
arrival from Norway later that week. This was the last communication we
had, this transpired around 25th February 2003.In June last year, we got a
call from the security firm informing us that the inactivity of that
particular portfolio. This was an astounding position as far as I was
concerned, given the fact that I managed the private banking sector I was
the only one who knew about the deposit at the security firm, and I could
not understand why the deceased had not come forward to claim his deposit.
I made futile efforts to locate the deceased. I immediately passed the
task of locating him to the internal investigations department of Standard
Life Bank. Four days later, information started to trickle in, apparently
our client was dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead
of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France.

We were soon enough able to identify the body and cause of death was
confirmed. The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible
surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to come
forward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with private banking
affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but
also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his
bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking,
opening an account with us means no one will know of its existence,
accounts are rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to
make the accounts anonymous. This bank also gives the choice to depositors
of having their mail sent to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring
that there are no traces of the account and as I said, rarely do they
nominate next of kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating
next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this
case; the deceased died without a testate. In line with our internal
processes for account holders who have passed away, we instituted our own
investigations in good faith to determine who should have right to claim
the estate. This investigation has for the past months been unfruitful. We
have scanned every continent and used our private investigation affiliate
companies to get to the root of the problem. It is this investigation that
resulted in my being furnished with your details as a possible relative of
the deceased. My official capacity dictates that I am the only party to
supervise the investigation and the only party to receive the results of
the investigation. What this means, you being the last batch of names we
have considered, is that our dear late fellow died with no known or
identifiable family member. This leaves me as the only person with the
full picture of what the prevailing situation is in relation to the
deposit and the late beneficiary of the deposit.

According to practice, The Security Firm will by the end of this financial
year broadcast a request for statements of claim to Standard Life Bank,
failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the
deposit back to Standard Life Bank. This will result in the money entering
the Standard Life Bank accounting system and the portfolio will be out of
my hands and out of the private banking division. This will not happen if
I have my way. What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical
practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to
the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world
aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge
rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain
portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general
direction of what I propose. There is Fifty Million Dollars deposited in a
security firm, I alone have the deposit details and they will release the
deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the
existence of this deposit for as far as Standard Life Bank is concerned,
the transaction with our late customer concluded when I sent the funds to
the security firm, all outstanding interactions in relation to the file
are just customer services and due process. The security Firm has no
single idea of what’s the history or nature of the deposit. They are
simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that
comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of
money trying to track this man’s family; they have investigated for months
and have found no family.

The investigation has come to an end.

My proposal; you share the same surname with our late client; I am
prepared to place you in a position to instruct the security Firm to
release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt
of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. That
is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release
the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50.I would have gone ahead to
ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line
to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit. But on the other hand,
you with the same very name as the original depositor would easily pass as
the beneficiary with right to claim. I assure you that I could have the
deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank
of the final closing of the file relating to the deceased I will then
officially communicate with The Security Firm and instruct them to release
the deposit to you. With these two things: all is done.

The alternative would be for us to have The Security Firm direct the funds
to another bank with you as account holder. This way there will be no need
for you to think of receiving the money from The Security Company. We can
fine-tune this based on our interactions. I am aware of the consequences
of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that
you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and
destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and
forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not
approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like me who have
made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking
sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good
conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my
industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come
ones’ way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for
once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances won’t
pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work
with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me.
I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new
opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well
worth undertaking.

I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you
refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows
of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has
planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let’s share the
blessing. If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through
this email account stew_bar22uk@yahoo.com.hk if you give me positive
signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to
inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny
knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting
me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through
my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will
provide for you and also through this email address. I do not want any
direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as
they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in
line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe this
instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a
wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as
to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is
nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter
of gold.

This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do
not betray my confidence.

Kindly send your response to my private email address:
stew_bar22uk@yahoo.com.hk

I Await Your Response.

Stewart Barculo.

Stewart Barculo, Standard Life Bank

Tags: Banking Sector, Business Discussions, Chief Operations Officer, Crooks, E Mail, Edinburgh, Educated Person, English Language, Far Cry, Funny Thing, Hk, Integrity, Lothian Road, Mumbo, Private Banking, Standard Life Bank, Stewart Barculo, Subject Matter, Undisclosed Recipients, United States Dollars, Urgent Response

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.

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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

Tags: Bank Of Africa, Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou, Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, Dr George, Dumba, E Mail, Foreigner, George Brumley, Honest Person, July 21st, Marshal, Ouagadougou, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, Personal Confidant, Personal Savings, Plane Crash, Prime Bank, State Dollars, United States Dollars, Untimely Death, West Africa

The story is somewhat confused as this message talks about contractors and next of kin. Could it be I am the next of kin to a contractor?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MR. GEORGE SMITH <christine.peycelon@wanadoo.fr>
Date: Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM
Subject: URGENT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION………
To: undisclosed-recipients

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,
LAGOS-NIGERIA

OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/067

Attn: Honourable Contractor

RE: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE ON CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

Following the protest of the International Community, The World Bank, IMF and the instruction by the President and Commander in Chief of the armed forces(UMAU MUSA YARADUA) that all outstanding forieghn debts especially next of kin payment should be released to the benefeciaries forthwith unconditionally.

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Government of Nigeria. Your name and company was discovered as next of kin on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments. I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from the record in my file, your outstanding contract payment is $10,500 000(Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, Fax and Mobile #.
3) Company name, Position and Address.
4) Profession, age,sex and marital status.
5) Any kind of identification

As soon as this information are received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your bank account directly from Central bank of Nigeria or any of the asisters bank and a copy of the transfer confirmation informations will be given to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it.

YOURS SINCERELY,

MR GEORGE SMITH,
DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMMITERNCE DIPERTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA CBN.

Tags: Age Sex, Bank Draft, Bank Of Nigeria, Central Bank Of Nigeria, Commander In Chief, Contract Payment, Forthwith, George Smith, Government Of Nigeria, Hundred Thousand, Imf, Immediate Payment, Marital Status, Nigeria, Payment Notification, Tinubu Square, Undisclosed Recipients, United States Dollars, Victoria Island Lagos, Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria, Wanadoo Fr

huh? Did I miss out on something?

Seeing this is a reminder, I wonder how many people actually respond to this e-mail. I should imagine that some people would actually believe they failed to get previous messages.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Arie <as424055@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Subject: Appropriate Mail2
To:

Good day,

I may have to trouble your sense of personal achievement and reward for an opportunity properly taken advantage of.I wish to notify you again
that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of US$21, 000, 000.00 (Twenty One Million United States Dollars Only) in the intent of the deceased
(name now withheld since this is our second letter to you).

We contacted you because we trust you and therefore we can present you as the beneficiary to this inheritance funds since there is no written
will from our late client.

Our legal services aim to provide you with a complete service as we are prepared to provide you with all the documents required by
the holding security company to enable them release this inheritance funds to you as the Next of Kin.

All the papers work required will be processed in your acceptance of this deal as we are prepared to offer you 40%, 50% for us,
while 10% should be given to any Orphanage home in your  country.

We request that you kindly forward to us your letter of acceptance.

Your prompt response is highly imperative.

Yours sincerely,

Arie Sonius

Tags: 419scam, Arie Sonius

Tags: Advantage, Arie, Beneficiary, Complete Service, Deceased Name, E Mail, Friendly Reminder, Gmail, How Many People, Inheritance, Letter Of Acceptance, Lt, Mail2, One Million, Opportunity, Orphanage Home, Personal Achievement, Security Company, Sun Aug, United States Dollars

It’s been some time since this one has been around. I imagine these crooks with the Olympics just started, the Chinese touch could be quite lucrative.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From:Mr. Hon-Hing Wong<<honghingwong@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 1:50 PM
Subject: KIND ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
To: undisclosed-recipients

MANAGING DIRECTOR
DAH SING BANK LTD
36TH FLOOR DAH SING BANK
FINANCIAL CENTRE LTD.
108 GLOUCESTER ROAD,
HONG KONG

MAIL:mrhwong006@gmail.com

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Hon-Hing Wong , Managing Director Dah Sing Bank Ltd, Hong Kong.
I am contacting you with respect to a portfolio amounting to $35,520,000
USD (Thirty Five Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollar) deposited by a German Merchant named Mr. Mathew Schneider.

On the 18th of October 2002 Mr. Mathew Schneider deposited $12,000,000
USD (Twelve Million United States Dollars) under our portfolio management
department for four years and the deposit matured on the 18th of October
2006 with over 196% growth which amounted to a total of $35,520,000 USD
(Thirty Five Million, Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand United States
Dollar).

Mr. Mathew Schneider, has since passed away without stating his next of
kin because he deposited the funds in our establishment at a point he was
finalizing divorcing his wife and had no kids coupled with the fact that
he was an orphan, this funds has since mature and the roll-over on the
funds has also expired.

This sum of $35,520,000 USD (Thirty Five Million, Five Hundred and Twenty
Thousand United States Dollar) is still  in my possession in my Bank
lifeless and unnoticed because there will never be a claim on the funds
and all material and immaterial documents and certificates relating to the
funds is also in my possession.

According to the Hong Kong Law regulating cases of this nature which is
also typical to other Asian countries, at the expiration of 5 (five)
years, such funds will revert to the ownership of the Government for
financing military operations, such as purchasing of arms and ammunitions
for the military.

In order to avert this negative development, I will like to seek for your
permission as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Mathew
Schneider so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not be use for
financing weapons which will further enhance the courses of war in the
world in general.

The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 35% for you and the balance of 5% for  will be responsible
for the major /trivial expenses incurred in the course of the transaction.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this project will be done
by my attorney and with my position as the credit officer guarantees the
successful execution of this project. If you are interested, please reply
immediately.

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with further information’s
and modalities that will help you understand the transaction.

You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
project would be most profitable for both parties because I shall require
your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks and regards.
Mr. Hon-Hing Wong

Tags: Hon-HingWong, Advance Fee Fraud, 419 scam

Tags: 419 scam, Asian Countries, Bank Ltd, Centre Ltd, Chinese Touch, Crooks, Dear Friend, German Merchant, Gloucester Road, Hing, Hong Kong Mail, Kind Assistance, Management Department, Managing Director, Mathew, Orphan, Portfolio Management, Sun Aug, Undisclosed Recipients, United States Dollar, United States Dollars

I wonder how many corrupt bank managers there are in Africa? I expect there are quite a lot.

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From:  <tonykante@executivemail.co.za>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Subject: Urgent Transaction
To: tonykante@executivemail.co.za

Amalgamated bank of South Africa
ABSA Building ,
 Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,
P.O. Box 3915 Pretoria 0000
Johannesburg, South Africa.

From: Mr. Tony Kante
Mobile num: +27 78 592 4817
Private: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know that this message may come to you as a surprise since we do not know each other before now, but for purpose of introduction, I am Mr. Tony Kante, an Auditor in ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA. During my usual auditing in the bank, I found out about an account opened in this bank in 1990 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account.

After going through some old files in the record, I discovered that the owner of this account is Mr. Smith B. Andreas, a foreigner, and a miner at Kruger Gold Co, died since1997. And no other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation has proven as well that his Company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is Forty Million United States dollars (USD$40 M).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can only be approved to a foreigner with a proof that he is related to the deceased,  Mr. Smith B. Andreas.

I need your full co-operation to make this work; I want you to come in as a distance cousin to late Mr. Smith B Andrea. And the management will be ready to approve the transfer of this money to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later.  If you are able and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and abide to my instructions and advice, we shall all benefit because this is a life time opportunity. With my position now in the bank I can lobby for the transfer of this money to your account, which you will provide with the assurance that the money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. As I will apply for my annual leave the money gets to your account.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms from the departments of Justice and finance . This is my private email address: tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax numbers including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit. At the conclusion of this business, you will get 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might incur during the transfer process.

Yours truly,

Mr. Tony Kante
+27 78 592 4817
tonykante2@executivemail.co.za

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Tony Kante, South Africa

Tags: 0000, Absa Bank Of South Africa, Amalgamated Bank Of South Africa, Auditing, Bank Managers, Bank Of South Africa, Beneficiary, Foreigner, Johannesburg South Africa, Kante, Kruger Gold Co, Life Time Opportunity, Madam, Mr Smith, Nbsp, Pretoria, Pretorius, Strict Confidence, United States Dollars, Van Der Walt

The same old story of a 22 year old needing a guardian.

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From: Stella Moroba <m.stella86@yahoo.co.in>
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 at 11:05 PM
Subject: From stella moroba…..
To: m.stella86@yahoo.co.in

From stella moroba…..
Avenue 16 Rue 13
Treichville Abidjan
Ivory coast
 
Please Permit me to inform you of my mind, Because I have make up my mind to write to you this way. however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will in my earnest search for a reliable individual who can assist me to make this transaction a reality after going through your profile i decided to contact you to help me out of my problem.With my believe in God that you will never let me down.
 
I am a 22 years old lady now, i was born on the 1of january 1986 to the family of moroba and my father name is Joseph he is a very wealthy gold and cocoa   merchant who based in ACCRA   and  ABIDJAN respectively,  and my mothers name is Sheila.and  I am there only child.well when i was a kid i went to a private  schools and things were going on well for me and my parents my mother died  on the 21ST  october 1995, My father took me  so special because i  am motherless. and he shower all his love on me and promised me that he will never have another woman because he did not want me for any problem.but has fate his my father got dead last year.but before  the death of my father on the 12th  june 2007 in a private hospital here  in Abidjan,
 
he called me secretly to his bed side and told me that he kept a sumof $9.500 000 (Nine million five hundred thousand united states dollars) in a bank in Abidjan Cote D’ivoire. meanwhile that he used my name as the next of kin in deposit of the fund.He also explained to me that it was because of this money he was poisoned by his business partner and that i should seek for foreign partner in a country of my choice where i would transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, such as;real estate investment or stock market investment. Plesae, i am honourably soliciting your kind assistance as follows.
 
1) To provide a bank account where this money will be transfered into.
2) To serve as the guardian of these fund  ,since i am 22yearsold..
3)To make arrangement for me in your country to continue my educational career and to   procure me a residential permit in your country.  
 
I am inclined to offer you 15% of the total sum as a mode of compensation for your effort after the successful transfering of these fund to your nominated account  overseas.Please i will be very happy if this transaction will be concluded with in seven (7) working days from now.I am expecting to hear from you as soon as
possible,
  
Best regard
 
stella moroba

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Same old story about an expiring bank draft.

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From: edwardchubby4 Gazeta.pl &lt;edwardchubby4@gazeta.pl&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 6:06 PM
Subject: Good Day!!
To:

Good Day!!

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable Bank Draft of $1.8 MILLION United States Dollars, but I did not hear from you since for a couple of weeks now.

Then I went to the bank to confirm if the draft has expired or getting near to expire and Dr.Wilson th Director Bank of Africa told me that before the draft will get to your hand that it will expire.

So I told him to cash the $1.8 MILLION USD UNITED STATES DOLLARS to cash payment to avoid losing this funds under expiration as I will be out out of the country for a 3 Months Course and I will not come back till ending of june 2008.

The money was now package in consignment box and was deposited with the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY BENIN , Cotonou, Benin Republic What you have to do now is to contact FEDEX COURIER COMPANY as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your Consignment to you ,For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance premium.

The only money you will send to the FEDEX COURIER COMPANY to deliver your Consignment direct to your postal Address in your country is ($155.00 US) 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 $155.00 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 FEDEX COURIER COMPANY now for the delivery of your consignment with this information bellow;

Directors Name:DR. MARK OLISE
Companys Name:FEDEX COURIER COMPANY
Email:( infofedexcouriercomp@netcourrier.com )
Telephone number;+229 9391 1954

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your Postal address and Direct telephone number 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.

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 $155.00 US Dollars for their immediate action.

Note this. The FEDEX COURIER COMPANY don’t know the contents of the Box. They did not know the contents was money. this is to avoid them delaying with the BOX. Don’t let them know that box contents money ok.

I am waiting for your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Edward Chubby,

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