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| Scam Email Excellent site about email scams with lots of examples. Have you received this email? Is it a scam? Is it a hoax? | Hello Dearest.
It's my pleasure to write you this letter in due respect and equally with heartful of tears and sorrows since we have not known or met ourselves previously.Please i mean not to harm you, but only i am in a desperate situation right now and I need urgent assistant from you. After going through this my message, it will be your decision, whether for you to render me help or to leave me to my faith, but whatever you decide, bear in mind, i am in a serious trouble and need your help. please With sincerity kindly do me a favour an assist me out of this situations in the name of God, I promisse i will reward you with 18% of the money and 5% for every money used in this tansertion after the money have been move to your account Immidiatelly . and i will be so glad if you could allow and lead me to the right channel towards your assistance to my situation. I will make my proposal well known if I am given the opportunity. I would like to use this opportunity also to introduce myself to you.
Anyway, I am miss Mariam Sidime 25years old girl,the only daughter of Col Dr Sidime Elias .My father is now late,he died during the last crisis in my country (Liberia) West Africa. He was one of the high officers in the leadership of formal president Charles Taylor who is now in exile after many innocent souls were killed My father was unlucky to be among those that were killed by the rebel. On that faithfull day The main reason why I am contacting you right now is to seek for your assistance in the area of my future investment and also for a help hand over some huge amount of money in my possession to you. This money. (us, 7.7 Millon Dollars) was deposited some years ago by my father, he made me the sole beneficiary.
Please, I am now asking you to stand on my behalf to make this claim, to stand as my partner oversea and in time of the investment as well.As I have mention earlier I will make the procedure to this issue to be well known to you if you could give me the opportunity to do so. Please attach your direct contact informations. as you reply to me. in other to give you the contact where the money is keept.
Thanks and remain bless in the lord.
with best regard
Miss mariam. | The Lottery Scam | FORTUNE SEASONAL PROMO
#15 STAMFORD BRIDGE LIVERPOOL UNITED
KINGDOM
Ref: FILO/98766/23/SVFY
Batch: 15/25/1203
Ticket Number: 025-11464992-750
Dear Lucky Winner,
After this automated computer ballot, your e-
mail address emerged as one of ten winners in
the lst category for the second prize with the
following data:You as well as the other winners
are therefore to receive a cash prize of
£ 5,000,000(FIVE MILLION BRITISH POUNDS)
each from the total payout.
Your prize award has been insured with your e-
mail address and will be transferred to you upon
meeting the requirements, statutory
obligations, verifications,validations and
satisfactory report.
To begin the claims processing of your prize
winnings you are advised to contact our licensed
and accredited claims agent/security company
for lst category winners with the information below:
You are also advised to give the following
informations to the claim's agent via email
CLAIMS PROCESSING FORM
First Names: -------------------------------
Sex: ---------------------------------------
Date of birth: -----------------------------
Residential Address: -----------------------
Telephone ----------------------------------
Mobile: ------------------------------------
Fax: ---------------------------------------
Occupation: --------------------------------
Nationality:. ------------------------------
Country: -----------------------------------
Winner's E-mail: --------------------------
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS,FROM ME AND
THE STAFF OF THIS GREAT PROMO.
WAYS OF COLLECTION
BANK TRANSFER
You are to keep all lotto information away from
the general public especially your reference and
ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of
double claims will not be entertained).
Once again congratulations!!!
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Mureen Bruce .
Fortune Games/Lottery Coordinator.
Email :mureen_bruce_desk08@yahoo.com.hk
==================================
Copyright 1994-2008 FORTUNE SEASONAL PROMO
-- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. | 419 Scams | Dear Recipient,
In our quest to expand and create awareness of our products and services, MITSUIOIL FIELD India,is seeking to recruit the services of individuals and/or companies that will serve as both local and international agents/representatives and indeed intermediaries between us and customers; assist us with some logistics jobs as well as receiving payments on our behalf and remitting back to us.
You need not worry about handling products or rendering services to customers other than being a payment officer and your reward will be on commission basis deducted at source. This means that your reward will depend on how many payments you handle as you will receive a percentage (%) of any amount handled.
If you wish to be an agent of our enterprise, please contact our affiliate officer;
Vinay Patel
vinaypatel@web2mail.com
Subject to your acceptance of this offer, you shall be given more information about the job and your remuneration.
Yours faithfully,
MR. Narasimham Vadlamani.
MITSUIOIL FIELD
A-103, Bussa Apt,
M.Bhargava Marg,
Santa Cruz (W),
Mumbai - 400054, INDIA
www.mitsuioilfield.com
| I would like to hold back certain information for security reasons for
now until you have find the time to visit the BBC websites
stated below to enable you have insight as to what I'm intending to
share with you, believing that it would be of your desired interest one way or the other
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
I will be vivid and coherent in my next message in this regards, meanwhile,
confirming you have visited the site and that you have understood my intentions?
could you send me a mail in my very
confidential email: sgtwitvision@Army.com I will await your thoughts.
Thanks,
Best Regards
SGT. Tony King.
| | Unknown scam and spam coming in lately, it’s a swindle anyway (probably a fraud attempt or phishing scam) | Jordan Flint Sybil Woods Client ID: 757TTz2
Hi,
One of our employees tried to contact you this week regarding your situation.
Assuming you still owe more than 10k, you are automaticaly able to participate in our new program that ensures lowered monthly costs, improved rating and help building a nest egg for your future.
Confirm your information by clicking here and we will be in touch shortly with more details, remember there is absolutely no obligation on your part....we just want to be sure you are aware of all your options at this time.
Have a great day,
Name
Freedom4U Inc.
tilestandoff@arenig.com geodesicpecuniary@ausco.net | The Art Scam | Hello
I came across your work of art through a friend of mine that reside in Amsterdam and i would like to purchase some of your work for my resident in Warsaw I am a Banker by profession i reside in Poland . I would like to know if it possible for me to make a purchase and if you could gladly send me your website so that i could select the onces i would like to purchase.Kindly get back to me with the details have requested.
Regards
Mackerel | Hello sales,
Am MR Henry Matt i live in united kingdom,Am very much happy when I came across your item,i will like to order for some ITEMS in
your store and i will be paying by casheir check or money order,so kindly get back with your website address,so that i can choose the items needed.
Henry | Remain Blessed! | Dear Beloved,
I hope this email meets you in Good health , I am Mrs Sherry Rawlins
married to Late Mr Desmond Peter James Rawlins, a well established
business man, I got your email address through the Internet .
For the past 2 years I have been going through so much depression and i
am willing to share my pains with you. Please, I want you to take this
offer seriously, not just because my health depends on it, but also
because your effort will be highly rewarded.
I lost my husband and my only son to a car accident and this has really
shorted life for me. To crown it all, my late husband relatives accused
me of causing the accident for the two people i love most in my life.
After the funeral ceremony, my late husband's relatives took all my
belonging and everything belonging to me and my family because I do not
have a child for their brother anymore. It was hell for me, so i had to
leave the house. But before i left my home, I took along with me the
documents concerning my late husband investment in one of the bank in
Europe.
Please I need you to help me secure this fund for my health and charity
purpose.
I will communicate with you via email as i need us to keep this project
secret until the funds gets to your account in your country
Please I need you to send me your details which includes your
name in full,
Address
tel/fax
With reception of this information it will enable me write a letter of
authorisation for the purpose of partnership to the bank so you will
represent me as my partner, in order that the investment fund be released
for you to commence on my project.
I am trusting in you as my only family
write back to me ...please
Remain Blessed ,
Mrs Sherry Rawlins | The Iraq Stash of Money Scam. If a deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. The so-called "419" scam!
FROM:SERGEANT GILES BRIGHT.
Camp MXP-512 Third Infantry Division Unit (T.I.D.U),
Abul Uruj, Baghdad, Iraq.
Dear Friend,
This mail will definitely be coming to you as
a surprise, but I must crave your indulgence
to introduce myself to you. I am Sergeant
Giles Bright, an American soldier, currently
serving in the third infantry division Unit
in Iraq.
I am currently in Kuwait on duty break. I and
my partner Darren D. Braswell, 36, of
Riverdale, Ga., (died Jan. 7 near Tal Afar,
Iraq, when the UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter in
which he was a passenger crashed). Braswell
worked for the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service. We secretly moved some abandoned
cash in a mansion belonging to the former
president, Saddam Hussein and the total cash
is US$20,200,000.00 (Twenty Million two
hundred thousand Dollars).
As I write this letter to you, this box is
here with me in cash as I secretly moved it
out of Iraq to Kuwait. You do not have to be
afraid of anything as no one else knows about
this and everything is safe. I would be
pleased and grateful to you if you could
assist us in receiving this box for us on
your behalf as I will be heading back soon to
camp in Iraq to join my colleagues. Of
course, I will give you some money for your
efforts. We have limited time now, kindly get
back to me immediately. Moving the funds out
of here is not going to be much of a problem
as arrangements are being made towards that.
All I want from you is your trust and
assurance that if the box gets to you, you
can keep it in a safe place until our
arrival. Please get back to me as your
response will determine our subsequent
correspondence.
You can read more on this website for more
information and explanation
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
Please do not expose us for security
reasons.
Get back to us with your
1. full names
2. contact address, and
2. telephone number
Yours in Service.
Sergeant Giles Bright.
| Greetings from Allah, by Dr. Mohammed Alsaud a nephew of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud from Saudi Arabia, in the New York Plaza Hotel | Dr. Mohammed Alsaud
New York Plaza Hotel
U.S.A.
E-mail: mohammed.alsalud1@gmail.com
Greetings from Allah,
I am Dr. Mohammed Alsaud a nephew of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud from Saudi Arabia. I have been his manager in New York Plaza Hotel, U.S.A for the past 10 years. He was suppose to compensate me for my worthy service at the expiry of the term as part of our agreement but deliberately refused because of my profiting service to him.
I am contacting you for a proposal that involve huge amount of money (US$ 8,000,000.00) which is presently with a financial institution I shall be referring you to; in case you have positive intention towards this transaction. These funds originated from some crude oil deals; I did without the knowledge of Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Alsaud.
And being that I am still working under him, I can not openly acclaim the ownership of these funds and invest it; lest he finds out and gets hold of everything because of his selfish attitude. That is why I need your assistance to help clear these funds as the new beneficiary and I shall give you further instructions on areas I wish to invest my share.
For your contribution, I am offering you 40%. It is completely risk free! And knowing our reputation, as personnel from the royal lineage of the Saudi Arabia, I hope you will handle this transaction with much diligence.
I am aware of what is happening on the internet but this transaction is genuine and should be taken with much seriousness.
Respond to my private email:(mohammed.alsalud1@gmail.com ) to signify your interest. Please, keep this pin code: kqm_2bwk9310g529 should the financial institution request for it in the future.
Remember to send your
1. Full Name:
2: Address:
2. Telephone/Fax:
4. Age, Country:
5. Occupation
to me by mail (mohammed.alsalud1@gmail.com ) so that we commence this transaction.
I await your urgent response.
Yours truly,
Dr. Mohammed Alsaud | an obscured business suggestion of $ 19,500,000.00 ???? | I'm Mr. Song Li, I work with the Hang Seng Bank here in Hong Kong.
I have an obscured business suggestion for you. There is the sum of $19,500,000.00 in my bank "Hang Seng Bank" Hong kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning these funds which means no one would ever come forward to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together so as to have the sum transferred out of my bank into your account.
Please do not be offended with the manner I contacted you. It was necessitated by the urgency and nature of this transaction. Should you be
Interested please send me your,
1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address
Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Li | Abandoned Sums and Unknown Next of Kin | FROM: MR NDATA CHATOU.
THE DIRECTOR, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO
WEST AFRICA.
I am the director in charge of Auditing and Accounting section of Bank of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso west africa.
I crave your indulgence as i contact you in such a surprising manner. But I respectfully insist you read this letter carefully as I am optimistic it will open doors for unimaginable financial rewards for both of us.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of 10 Million Five Hundred Thousand US dollars (US$10.5m) in account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died on 11th September 2001,in the evening of World Trade Centre Terrorist Attack.
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because bank cannot release it unless somebody applies as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately there is no one that comes for the claim.
It is therefore upon this that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that the money could be released to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and i dont want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. i agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a foreign partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 60% would be for me.
There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name,your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location wherein the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you by fax or email the full details of the transaction.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atorm of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me as soon as you receive this letter through email or my private number:00226 78878 963.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Ndata Chatou.
| Good Day,
Me and my junior brother Favor would obediently like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint business with you in your country.We have substantial capital which we honourably intend to invest in your country into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us as we do not have parents any more,they are both dead.
We shall be glad to reserve this respect and opportunity for you, if you desire, but do urge you to give the matter your immediate attention it deserves, feel free to email us back or call us on +221 76 663 7269 for futher clarifications.
Yours Faithfully,
Ms.Divine and brother Favor. | My Dear Good Day,
PLEASE URGENT ATTN.Do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics.I am Mr SULEMAN MUHAMMED The manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of my Bank.
In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of US$8.5M, (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with account number 14-2558-5976 that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his wife and only daughter in a plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight number 261 which crashed on January 31, 2000. You shall read more about the crash on visiting this site:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
The owner of this account is Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and for our bank to release the money to you. You have to follow the instruction which I will be send to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into our bank treasury as unclaimed bill.
The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after nine 9 years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The money has now stayed more than seven to eight years and I am preparing documentaion to prove that this money has been transfered to our bank treasury. It will be between me and you only that will know that the money is not transfered into our treasure.
This request of foreigner as next of kin in this transaction is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and as an insider i cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. In appreciation of your assistance, I am offering you 30% of the total sum. 5% for contingencies (cost of transfer/other charges) likely to be incurred during the course of transaction, while the remaining 65% is for me.Upon receipt of your reply.
I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application which you will complete and forward to our bank asking for this money to be paid to you as the next of kin to Mr;Morris Thomson. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this mail, And please give me this information bellow,
1. NAME IN FULL:................................
2. ADDRESS:.......................................
3. NATIONALITY:...................................
4. AGE:.............................................
5. Sex..............................................
6. OCCUPATION:......................................
7. MARITAL STATUS:..................................
8. PHONE............................................
9. FAX:.............................................
BEST REGARD.
MR SULEMAN MUHAMMED
| FROM: MR.ZONGO NOUFOU
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
AFRICA DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO. WEST AFRICA
ATTN. PLEASE
Good Day This message might meet you in utmost surprise; however, 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 Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank. I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds U.S $10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITEDSTATES DOLLARS ONLY) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on Monday 31 July 2000 in a plane crash. You can confirm the geniuses of the deceased death by clicking on this web site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Hence, I am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 50/40 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses. If you agree to my business proposal. Further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return mail, have a great day. Make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the account that you will provide to the bank. Don’t disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it.
CONTACT ME WITH THIS EMAIL ADDESS: ( zongo_noufou2008@myway.com ) or Call me +226 78122 580
Yours faithfully,
Mr Mr Zongo Noufou
| This an example of the Money Laundering Scam | Subject Compensation
Dear friend
I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund Now, I want you to contact my secretary on the information below NAME; Mr. Mario Ejimaco.
EMAIL:(mario_ejimaco2004@myway.com ) ask him to send you the total sum of (850,000.00)Eight hundred and fifty thousand usd in a bank draft, which I kept for your compensation. CONTACT HIM ON this email(mario_ejimaco2004@myway.com
)
Regards,
Rev Dr watson.
Yours faithfully, | For more information take a look at this website, Internet Fraud Advisory.
The Nigerian Scam (or 419 Advance Fee Fraud). Be warned, they promise millions but you could lose everything. | | | This an example of a recent Scam. | (We do however not really pity the people who are greedy and/ or believe in “a free lunch” and react to this, try to do business with those scammers and loose money in the process.) | Sir,
We sincerely regret to contact you through this medium.
We could not do otherwise given the urgent attention this requires.
We are here on a natioanl assignment in Iraq.In the course of our duty,we stumbled onto some huge amount in US dollars cash.
We have deliberated on the safest means of keeping this for ourselves given the nature of our assignment and the political situation down here.We resolved to get an associate out there to whom we can arrange and have the money sent to.Hence we are contacting you.
Your compensation is open for negotiation if you are interested.
Please let us know your interest or not for details
Regards
Greg Daniel | | Dearest Friend,
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay. Presently Iam in Paraguay 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 deposit that it failed us some how.
Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is paul on this e-mail:address(paul_way2007@yahoo.fr) ask him to send you the total of $800.000.00 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 touched with my secretary paul 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 suffer ness at that time. in the moment,
I am 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 my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, So feel free to get in touch with pauln he will send the amount to you without any delay.
Best Regards
Mr.Ronjohn | | One from our ‘favorite release Reverend’ | | Good day,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft but did not heard from you since that time then I went and
deposited the Draft with Apex Bank Plc here in Benin Republic, because
I travelled to Japan to see my boss and will not come back till next
month end. I have arranged with them to make your payment to you with their new ATM MASTER CARD which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE around the globe. You have to contact the African banks
Plc with your full contact informations such as follows.
1. FULL NAME
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release
yourATM CARD.
REV DR.PHILLIP OKOH DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT African banks
MOBILE : 229 93702430
EMAIL: a_bank_plc_benin@yahoo.fr
I have paid for the processing and delivery charges.The only Money that your are going to pay to them is only $96 Dollars which they will use to obtain the Affidevit Of Onwership from the Federal High Court Of Benin Republic. Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of your card before your draft gets Expired . Let me know as soon as you receive your Card.
Thanks
Gabriel Kofe
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