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This is a typical story about dormant accounts without any heirs to claim it. Karim saysyou can be the one to claim it. No problem.

If you answer him you will soon find out that he will start telling you about difficulties which can only be solved if you pay him some money.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Karim Sule <mr.karimsule02@yahoo.fr>
Date: 2008/8/22
Subject: YOUR HELP PLEASE
To:

Vous êtes invité :: YOUR HELP PLEASE
Par votre hôte: Karim Sule

Message: DEAR FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE.I AM THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER. BOA BANK HERE IN BURKINA FASO.
I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF ($10.500) MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT CLAIM.

I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER,UPON YOUR REPLY.
I WILL GIVE YOU DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED

REGARD.
MR Karim Sule.

Date: vendredi 22 août 2008
Heure: 13h 00 - 14h 00 (GMT+00:00)

Technorati Tags: 419 scam, Inheritance fraud, Karim Sule

This one is short and to the point. Could it be more successful than the long messages?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE <yahooawards@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 4:40 AM
Subject: CONGRATULATION.(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)
To:

DEAR WINNER,This is to inform you that you have won a prize money of Two
Hundredand Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds(GBP 250,000)for 2008 Prize
promotionwhich is organized by YAHOO AWARDS & HOTMAIL/WINDOWS LIVE.You are
requested to contact our co-ordinator with the following
informations;Fullname.Country.Address,mobile Number,Occupation,Sex,Name:
Mr.Druv Matindale Tel+44-703-198-0757 E-Mail:(dr_uvukcoordinator03@live.com)

Tags: DruvMartindale, Lottery Scam

Now this one is short, but it is quoting a credit card that does not exist.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Dr Usman Shamshudeen
Date: 2008/8/10
Subject: YOUR SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT!!
To: info@betrug-online.info

新しいメールアドレスをお知らせします
新しいメールアドレス： yourswiftdreditcardpaymeuttaata@yahoo.co.jp

YOUR SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT!!

Dear Friend,

It was Resolved and Agreed that your inheritance/Contract Fund would be released on a special method of payment which tag Name Reads SWIFT CREDIT CARD.SEND YOUR NAME,ADDRESS,NEXT OF KIN.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER TO CLAIM YOUR FUND.

- Dr Usman Shamshudeen

Tags: 419scam, Dr. Usman Shamshudeen

As you can see, just lately the e-mails are repeating themselves. I reckon it’s just too much work to come up with something new.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: scott3 robort
Date: May 21, 2008 11:50 AM
Subject: CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT.
To:

CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT.

This is to inform you about my success in transfering your money into an ATM master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of money arround.We are the peole that coded this amount of money in the card and we are going to tell you how to make use of it.Presently i’m out of the coutry for investing my own part of the total money .

Meanwhile,i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in moving the cash despite that both of us could not make it.Now contact ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and their email address is(atmpayment_departmentbenin99@yahoo.fr) ask them to send you the sum of eight hundred and fifty thousand us dollars ( $850.000.00 in an ATM MASTER CARD which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much,So feel free and get in touched with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and instruct them on where to send your total share of the money to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment, i am very busy here investing with my new partner.Remember that you are going to pay a reactivation fee of $90.00 only and it is for the reactivation of your card against it’s expiry before the delivery is made.The reason for the reactivation fee is that the account has been there for a long time while the government was doing serious investigations on the right owner of the money before this conclusion was made.

Finally, I have forwarded instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the Confirmable ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the DEPARTMENTand they will send the CARD to you without any delay. DO FAST AND CONTACT THEM IMMEDIATELY OK?

Best Regards,
BARR.Robort Scott,

This is just an adaption of earlier e-mails.

Funny though, the contact man is in “Ouagadougou”.

Doesn’t that sound familiar?

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: maria Joseph
Date: May 21, 2008 2:21 PM
Subject: Maria Joseph from France urgent.
To: “maria_joseph51 @ latinmail. com”

Dear Friend.

I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from USA . Presently i’m in France for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.meanwhile,i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Ouagadougou Burkina Faso ,his name is Mr.Paul folouma on his email I.D secretaryfoloumaa@yahoo.fr ask him to send you the total of $100.000.00 which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter.I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary Paul folouma and instruct him where to send the amount to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, I’m very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so feel free to get in touch with Paul folouma, he will send the amount to you without any delay.

Extend my regards to your beloved family.

Yours Faithfully,
Maria Joseph from France urgent.

This one came in from 2 different e-mail accounts:
okey_patrick2@Gazeta.pl and
okey_patrick21@Gazeta.pl

Tags: 419Scam, Advance Fee Fraud, Patrick Okey

They don’t get shorter than this, do they?

As you can see, Google has already marked this one as suspicious. Which it most definitely is.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MICROSOFT AWARDS &lt;info_lotteryboard15x@comcast.net&gt;
Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 at 5:56 PM
Subject: WINNER!!!
To:

Your email address has won you: £1,000,000.00. To file for your claim kindly Contact your claims agent through his email address, Ray Howard, Email: officemail_rayhoward@yahoo.co.uk
Technorati-Tags: Lottery Scam, Microsoft

All of these companies are regularly misused for lottery scams. Basically the crooks are using the brand names to try and achieve a higher trust factor.

Trust is a very hard thing to gain online. And as the crooks are not in a position to provide their own trust factor, they use the names of well know companies and public persons to lull potential victims into believing what they are offering is an honest offer or, as in this case lottery company.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: MSN AWARD TEAM &lt;paulsmiths_uk@yahoo.co.uk&gt;
Date: Fri, May 9, 2008 at 1:59 PM
Subject: MSN AWARD TEAM
To:

–

Msn Award Team
Baley House, Har Road
Sutton, Greater London
SM1 4te United Kingdom.
Batch: 12/25/0340
Ref:MSN-Y/101OXI/02

Hello Winner

Congratulations to you, we bring to your notice the result of YAHOO LOTTERY WINDOWS LIVE.YAHOO & MICROSOFT WINDOWS. We are happy to inform you that your your email address in addition to millions of company and individual email addresses were extracted with a software and the addresses were scrutinized with a ballot system and after the process, 100 email addresses were selected and they were shared into 5 categories respectively and which you are a winner in the 3rd category of (500.000.00GBP) .Be informed that your cash donation has a hardcover insurance policy that makes it impossible to make any deduction of any kind, until the sum is finally credited into your designated account.

NOTE: Please contact the claims department With the following information.
1.Full name…………
2.Country…………..
3.Contact Address……..
4.Telephone Number…….
5.Marital Status………
6.Occupation………….
7.Age………………..

Mr. Daniel Moore
(VERIFICATION DEPARTMENT MANAGER)
PHONE:+44 794 679 1342
EMAIL:msnawardteam12@jmail.co.za
Technorati-Tags: MSN, Microsoft, Yahoo, lottery scam

Rur Uar? Now that is a very unusual name.

If there really is such a name, us humble Europeans would have a hard time trying to guess where it comes from.

The story he’s telling is the one with Global Max Couriers. Remember that one?

I don’t believe he’s in Germany, but it sounds good doesn’t it?
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: auruar7 Gazeta.pl
Date: May 7, 2008 6:49 PM
Subject: Contact Mr. Joseph Ulom Immediately
To:

Dear friend,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund with the assistance of new partner from Germany where I am presently for some business investment. Now, I want you to contact Global Max Vault on the information below:

CONTACT PERSON
Name:- Mr. Joseph Ulom
E-mail:- (mrjosephulom455@yahoo.fr)

Ask him to send to you the packaged consignment that valued sum of USD$2.8Million) which I deposited with them and I instructed him to release it to you once you contact him. So contact Mr. Joseph Ulom immediately on his e-mail and send him the below information to enable him deliver the packaged consignment to you.

Provide him with the following details as soon as possible to enable him process the delivery of the Funds in CASH as Diplomatic Consignment to your address in your country immediately without any unnecessary delays.

Your Full Name:……………………………….
Direct telephone and fax Numbers:…………………
Residential Address:……………………

Best regards,
Dr. Rur Uar.

Anybody know what Mrss. means? It could be it’s a new title like Mister. Or maybe it’s just a spelling mistake.

Other than further spelling mistakes, it’s interesting to note the use of “Evangelist”. Here in Europe or the US titles like this are not used. Maybe in Africa it is used similarly to Reverend or Pastor. Whatever the case, using this title is designed to give the message a trustworthy note. The crux of the matter is the question “Would you give a stranger with a religious title more trust than someone without a title?”.

———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mrss.Joy
Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Subject: CONTACT MY EVANGELIST JOHN PAUL
To:

Dear Friend,

I did not forget your past effort by trying to help me, now I want to inform
you that i have suceeded in getting those funds transferred
under the co-operation of a new partner from Japan.

Contact my Evangelist in Cotonou De Republic of Benin because I
have left the whole instruction to him on your behalf and instruct
him where to send the check worth of $2,9M with out any further
delay for your compensation.

His name is Evangelist.John Paul
Email: (evangelistjohnpaul@yahoo.fr)
Telephone: +229-97 49 42 13
NB:NOTE :BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND HIM

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE

REGARDS,
Mrss.Joy Godwin
Note call him on phone becuase, maybe is busy.