Monday, February 6, 2012
Monday, January 9, 2012
Attention' Attention' Attention'
*From:* UPS DELIVERY COMPANY
*To:*
*Sent:* Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:44 PM
*Subject:* Attention, Attention, Attention.
UPS Courier Head Office
70 International Airport Road
& nbsp; Mafoluku, ogun state Nigeria.
Email: upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
Attention' Attention' Attention'''
Date: 25 / 21 / 2010
Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
Attention, Attention, Attention.
The UPS courier Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential address to avoid wrong delivery.
This is the UPS courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one MR JOHN OLU along the delivery process there came a misunderstanding between you and the Nicon Insurance Company in regard of their request as per their insurance certificate which happens to be course of your parcel pending for the past one year.
Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the UPS Company has finalized everything with the Nicon Insurance Company of Nigeria as the company organization has also listed 24 valuable parcel's to be intact in their office after the released of the parcel's from the Nicon Insurance Company.
The following information is needed in order to reconfirm your information here in our office so go ahead and fill it and send it to us with the Payment slips so that we can add it to your payment file.
NAME...
ADDRESS...
CELL PHONE...
OCCUPATION & AGE...
We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contain the sum of 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) is among the 24 parcel's listed which is now in out office and also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your private residential address, which is an indication that you can now re-send your residential address back to the UPS company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this e-mail (upscourierservier@one.co.il
Without hesitations you are to pay the required sum of $90 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week only, as you know your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating demurrages? Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel that was almost gone if not for the love that the good God.
We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days time and it will get to your door step the second OR third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your sender and the tracking number of your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you will also know will arrive at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your favor.
And also the UPS Courier Service Company is hereby to inform all their customers by eradicating all their communication with the scam mails that are going all-over the world be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil plans. UPS provides access to a
growing global marketplace through a network of supply chain, transportation, and Business related information services.
PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE MR. Monday John
SENDERS NAME-------
SENDERS COUNTRY-----
RECIEVERS NAME ------ Monday John
RECIEVERS COUNTRY ---- PLOT 223 UPS HOUSE, SANGO OTA NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION ------------GOOD
TEXT ANSWER ---------------. DAY
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$90
AND ALSO WITH THE CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN)
UPS is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of Companies -a UPS that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.
WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
Mr. Jerry Mike
upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
UPS COURIER SERVICE MANAGING DIRECTOR..
N/B: SEND ALL THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO :
upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
*To:*
*Sent:* Sunday, December 25, 2011 3:44 PM
*Subject:* Attention, Attention, Attention.
UPS Courier Head Office
70 International Airport Road
& nbsp; Mafoluku, ogun state Nigeria.
Email: upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
Attention' Attention' Attention'''
Date: 25 / 21 / 2010
CLAIM NOTIFICATION.
Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday: Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
Attention, Attention, Attention.
The UPS courier Service Company are hereby passing an essential massage to all our valuable customers to be very careful while presenting their receivers residential address to avoid wrong delivery.
This is the UPS courier service company mailing you as per your parcel that was brought to this company to be delivered to you by one MR JOHN OLU along the delivery process there came a misunderstanding between you and the Nicon Insurance Company in regard of their request as per their insurance certificate which happens to be course of your parcel pending for the past one year.
Meanwhile we are hereby happy to inform you that the UPS Company has finalized everything with the Nicon Insurance Company of Nigeria as the company organization has also listed 24 valuable parcel's to be intact in their office after the released of the parcel's from the Nicon Insurance Company.
The following information is needed in order to reconfirm your information here in our office so go ahead and fill it and send it to us with the Payment slips so that we can add it to your payment file.
NAME...
ADDRESS...
CELL PHONE...
OCCUPATION & AGE...
We are happy to inform you once again that your parcel that contain the sum of 500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) is among the 24 parcel's listed which is now in out office and also with your name as the receiver despite that we lost your private residential address, which is an indication that you can now re-send your residential address back to the UPS company where your parcel can be delivered to you without hesitation with this e-mail (upscourierservier@one.co.il
Without hesitations you are to pay the required sum of $90 via Western Union Money Transfer or Money Gram so that your parcel can be delivered to your residential address before it accumulate a demurrage after one week only, as you know your parcel is not just an ordinary parcel but with a huge amount and I think you understand what I mean by accumulating demurrages? Which you will not allow to happen to your recovery parcel that was almost gone if not for the love that the good God.
We assure you that your parcel will arrive at your country in two days time and it will get to your door step the second OR third day as soon as this company receive the balance left by your sender and the tracking number of your parcel will be sent to you via e-mail immediately so that you can track it yourself to see your parcel coming on the way and you will also know will arrive at your country because we operate in trust and loyalty in your favor.
And also the UPS Courier Service Company is hereby to inform all their customers by eradicating all their communication with the scam mails that are going all-over the world be careful with their e-mails so that your parcel will not be in danger with their evil plans. UPS provides access to a
growing global marketplace through a network of supply chain, transportation, and Business related information services.
PAYMENT INFORMATION OFFICE MR. Monday John
SENDERS NAME-------
SENDERS COUNTRY-----
RECIEVERS NAME ------ Monday John
RECIEVERS COUNTRY ---- PLOT 223 UPS HOUSE, SANGO OTA NIGERIA.
TEXT QUESTION ------------GOOD
TEXT ANSWER ---------------. DAY
AMOUNT TO BE PAID---------$90
AND ALSO WITH THE CONTROL NUMBER (MTCN)
UPS is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up that revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family of Companies -a UPS that's bigger, stronger, better than ever.
WAITING TO READ YOUR E-MAIL.
YOURS AFFECTIONATLY.
Mr. Jerry Mike
upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
UPS COURIER SERVICE MANAGING DIRECTOR..
N/B: SEND ALL THE REQUESTED INFORMATION TO :
upscourierservier@one.co.il
Tel: +234-803-188-4137
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A Serious Question
What kind of person can at the same time be non-native English speaker but fluent enough in English to write this without obvious spelling mistakes, although with obvious stylistic mistakes, using a japanese character set, using words like "impromptu", sending this via a server in Korea, from an email account based in Hungary, with a response email address based in Brazil, and still create such a crap of a story and believe or hope that anyone would fall for it ?
That's a serious question.
That's a serious question.
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Reply-To:
From: Mrs.Ellen
Subject: PLEASE UPDATE,
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To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Date 28th November, 2011
Payment: file: cbn/ABJCN/11.
Reference No. 35460021
Code of conduct : ( CBNXX11)
Attn:Beneficiary,
I was instructed to initiate contact with you on an urgent issue, kindly note that your Part payment of $2.3 Million Dollars were re-called and re-deposited into the "federal suspense account" with the bank For an ATM CARD for your payment to be easily affected for your use.
Because the people that claim you sent them to come and claim your approved funds of $2.3 Million Dollars.
The office of the Executive Director Atm Department (Rev.Samuel O. Samuel), was visited in his office by three gentlemen YESTERDAY,really these men were unexpected by him because their visit was impromptu. He ask them why they came to see him in person and they said that they came to collect the inheritance/contract funds bill which rightfully belongs to you as shown in your file with us, on your behalf and by your authorization, They also forwarded These Account
Bank Name: JP Morgan Chase Bank
Routing:021000021
Bank Account No. 828884932
Bank Phone #: 718-859-5101
ACCOUNT NAME: Arwa Gabr
BANK NAME: JP Morgan Chase Bank
BENEFICIARY'S BANK ADDRESS: JP Morgan Chase Bank. 270 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10017,USA.
ACCOUNT A/C: 828884932
SWIFT CODE:CHASUF33
Routing:021000021
Bank Account No. 828884932
Bank Phone #: 718-859-5101
ACCOUNT NAME: Arwa Gabr
BANK NAME: JP Morgan Chase Bank
BENEFICIARY'S BANK ADDRESS: JP Morgan Chase Bank. 270 Park Ave, New York, NY, 10017,USA.
ACCOUNT A/C: 828884932
SWIFT CODE:CHASUF33
Note that they actually tendered some vital documents which proved that you actually sent them for the collection of these funds,The listed of the documents which was tendered to the bank today are: 1. Letter of administration., 2. High court injunction., 3. Order to release.
Due to the nature of his job, he cannot afford to make any mistake in releasing these funds to anyone except you who is the recognized true beneficiary to these funds $2.3Million Dollars, Because Government has give the order that your payment should made trough ATM CARD because of Security reasons as a foreigner you can use the AMT CARD any where in the world.
Kindly attain to these message by re-confirming your full address such as Full Name,Receiving Address, Direct Telephone Number and age, You have been noted now to proceed with Rev.Samuel O.Samuel on his direct email address because he is waiting to receive your information for the delivery of your ATM CARD. Contact Person: Rev. Samuel O.Samuel Director, ATM Payment Department. E-mail address: infoukpaytm@globomail.com
Note that for security reasons your funds is assigned with code of conduct has been given to you by the Ministry because the Fraudsters, This is the code ( CBNXX11) please note that code of conduct and all your email response should carry this code as the subject.code of conduct ( CBNXX11) and any email with out the code do not respond.
Yours faithfully,
Mrs. Elle
Friday, November 11, 2011
This warm feeling of being in the care of benevolent officials..
Reply-To:
From: National Security Agency
Subject: NSA
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:51:56 -0700
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
National Security Agency (NSA) Headquarters.
http://www.nsa.gov
Firstly, my name is LTG Keith B. Alexander (Director, National Security Agency). We are contacting you today because we are taking over your Online Safety. We all know that rate of fraudsters and scammers online are so much that we all receive 200 messages per day claiming to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a Government Worker in Nigeria,Senegal,Ghana. All those stories are lies used by fraudsters to extract money from people.
Right now, we are dealing with the President of Nigeria and the Issuing Bank Of your Fund. With this, we are 100% able to deliver your funds to you without further delays. In-order to deliver your funds to you, we need your Full co-operation, understanding and Mutual Trust.
Therefore, stop further communication with any firm, offices or individual so you can successfully receive your funds. Get back to me as soon as you read this so I can direct and instruct you on how to receive your funds from the legal Issuing Bank.
Contact Email:
nsa_gov1@yahoo.com.hk
nsa.gov1@yahoo.com.hk
Tel:+34 678 821 148
Director, National Security Agency
Chief, Central Security Service
LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA.
From: National Security Agency
Subject: NSA
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 04:51:56 -0700
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
National Security Agency (NSA) Headquarters.
http://www.nsa.gov
Firstly, my name is LTG Keith B. Alexander (Director, National Security Agency). We are contacting you today because we are taking over your Online Safety. We all know that rate of fraudsters and scammers online are so much that we all receive 200 messages per day claiming to be the Federal Bureau of Investigation or a Government Worker in Nigeria,Senegal,Ghana. All those stories are lies used by fraudsters to extract money from people.
Right now, we are dealing with the President of Nigeria and the Issuing Bank Of your Fund. With this, we are 100% able to deliver your funds to you without further delays. In-order to deliver your funds to you, we need your Full co-operation, understanding and Mutual Trust.
Therefore, stop further communication with any firm, offices or individual so you can successfully receive your funds. Get back to me as soon as you read this so I can direct and instruct you on how to receive your funds from the legal Issuing Bank.
Contact Email:
nsa_gov1@yahoo.com.hk
nsa.gov1@yahoo.com.hk
Tel:+34 678 821 148
Director, National Security Agency
Chief, Central Security Service
LTG Keith B. Alexander, USA.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Not for Blog???
This is not necessarily for the blog. I am sending it because it is special in being:
1) a relatively "professional" one, in terms of how it's written
2) a particularly vicious one, in terms of what it suggest that you do
3) a not-so-smart one, in the sense that they forged some email headers, but forgot to remove some other email headers which show that it was apparently sent to a bunch of individual recipient addresses ill-gotten from some list, all starting with "av" or "aw", in alphabetical order.
It is vicious because it is one degree smarter than the usual ones who just ask to provide your home address, telephone and bank details in reply.
Evidently, here they are not asking for any details themselves, but they are trying to tempt the recipient(s) into intervening to stop some (imaginary) transfer about to be done, and maliciously try to re-direct this transfer to their own account, presumably providing their own bank details instead in the process.
So I guess that if you get tricked, you wouldn't necessarily feel very clean about complaining to officialdom later..
It would maybe be enlightening to get in touch with the other hapless recipients and ask ourselves in common what joins us, that we all appear on the same list.
But maybe that's also something which many of these people would not like to talk about.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:34:18 -0400
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
X-PROLinux-Envelope-To: avmes.togo@caramail.com, avn@arkvalleynews.comcompany, avneet_1105@hotmail.com, avnffzz@lnubb.se, avngd7x420@aol.com, avnstv@yahoo.com, avnvarma@yahoo.co.in, avnyytny@lnubb.pbz, avo@srk.ngonet.ee, avoidreality@aol.com, avoidreality@comcast.net, avon_andrea06@yahoo.com, avon_uk@yahoo.com, avonlakeshoreman@hotmail.com, avonreppstapleton@yahoo.com, avovick@yahoo.com, avpbynolear4813@nby.pbz, avprfzvyr2@erqvssznvy.pbz, avpronol_tbbqobl@ubgznvy.pbz, avpt@fnsvaru.arg, avpubynf@ubgznvy.se, avrcuyugan@yahoo.com, avrezny@ubgznvy.pbz, avril52@libero.it, avrilpunk319@yahoo.com, avrkumar@hotmail.com, avron1@bezeqint.net, avs.81@wanadoo.fr, avs2001@bwwonline.com, avs@spb.mot.com, avs_fan_33roy@hotmail.com, avsa@earthlink.net, avscyaew@gfjwpqny.com, avsfan992004@yahoo.com, avshadow61@yahoo.com, avsubmit@symantec.com, avswlsn@cs.com, avto1025@mail.ru, avtrevn@lnubb.pbz, avv.decristofaro@virgilio.it, avv.guandalini@infinito.it, avv.mazzocchi@tiscalinet.it, avvocato@avvocatocandiani.it, avyaeiakn@juno.com, avynawna_thcgn@lnubb.pbz, avyrfu@jsgrpu.arg, avzvfu_yvznlr@vaqvngvzrf.pbz, aw102003@yahoo.com, aw@ice-sa.com, aw_preciado@awc.cc.az.us
X-PROLinux-G-SPAM: No
CHIPS TERMINAL OPERATOR.
Operator: V97322
20: Transaction Reference Number : 3255879/123COV
21: Related Reference : 3255879/124COV
Message Coder: *1238CC-7624XX*
PIN: MT 202 / FIN MT 202 COV-General Fin Inst Transfer
Ordering Customer: Secure Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C
CHIPS Receiving Institution: HSBC PRIVATE SECURED BANKING LONDON UK
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Be Notified that your overdue blocked funds ($12,500,000.00) has been unblocked and approved for urgent release through Telephone Wire Message Banking Facility of the PRIVATE SECURED HSBS BANKING LONDON UK, and accorded with MT202 COV Wire Stream into your receiving bank account details: U.S Bank Trust, N.A, MN // Swift Code: USBKUS4TCOR // Account No.: 1534-5958-1457// Routing No.: 121122676 // Account Beneficiary Name: Richard B. Salazar; Beneficiary Address: 5021 Laguna Blvd, Elk Grove, CA 95758.
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Please kindly re-confirm the authorization of your account details as above for verification purpose as the original transfer will be done by you. The Telephone Wire Transfer Details and Transfer Procedure will be sent to you via email or fax, Please re-confirm also your email and fax number. We hope all information are correct in this message analysis in your favor. If you have any questions as regards this matter, kindly contact DAVE TWIGGS, General Counsel, at chipstransfer1@live.com or at Tel: +44-704-572-9025,fax: +44-870-950-3353
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Thank You Very Much For You
Sincerely,
Miss. Julia Frank
For Dave B. Twiggs
Operator Message Department
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
24 MORAY PLACE ABERDEEN SCOTLAND AB15 7BD
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2011 The Clearing House Association L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.
Friday, September 9, 2011
Attn Recipient
From: Barr Humphrey W. Cofi (esq.)
Solicitor in charge,
Hum.Wahab cofi & associates law firm
Avenue yennega 01 bp 1026 Ouagadougou 01
Burkina Faso
West Africa
Phone-(+226) 78 78 46 25
Attn Recipient;
Do not classify this proposition as internet hoaxes in which
we're knowledgeable of and may it never sounds skeptical to your humanitarian understanding.
The significant profession of the above law firm is to preserve the independent
of the judiciary for human right cum legal professional representation
worldwide, Madam/Sir; Please you're humanitarian sympathetic assistance is
needed by the above law-firm. How do I need your assistance may be your question.
Herewith, a daughter of my late client is now 18 years of age in the
jurisdiction and her late father made a fix deposit of €10, 200, 000, 00 EUROS
with her name in one of the leading banks here before he was call to glory.
Since the death of my late client, the family members are
threatening to take away the life of the young girl in other to confiscate the
father assets and she has being in asylum somewhere waiting for her to come up to
age of maturity in the jurisdiction in which we celebrated on 30th June
2011. After her birthday party celebration hosted indoor, she cried to me
to look for a God fearing human in your country that can receive the (10.2M
EUR) in his or her account so she can come over there and continue her
education while you keep on doing business with the money till she get married
to a man of her (choice) and then counterbalance with you.
Following is the counterbalance ratio; the principal fund
(10.2M EUR) is hers, and any profits made while trading with the money will be
sheared 70/30. 70% of the profit is yours and 30% is hers. If you can be an (honest)
helper to this situation kindly provide your full name, country and mobile
telephone number. Call me at +22678784625 as soon as you reply this mail.
Yours in service,
Humphrey W. Cofi
Solicitor in charge
Saturday, July 30, 2011
My Good Friend
Hello my good friend.
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do not remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded.
I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Paraguay who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in Paraguay that was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you shown during the course of the transaction.
I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of US$900,000.00. I have left a certified international bank draft for you worth of US$900,000.00 cashable anywhere in the world. My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr. Michael Atuanya, on his direct email address at :[ mikeatuanya@hotmail.fr ] for collection of your bank draft. I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you ask him for it.
At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand.Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, also comply with Mr Michael Atuanya`s directives so that he will release the draft to you without any delay.
CONTACT: Mr. Michael Atuanya.
Email address: mikeatuanya@gmail.com
Email address: mikeatuanya@w.cn
Therefore, you should send him your full name, address and telephone number, for him to release the bank draft to you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Ashley Almanza
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family. You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you do not remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded.
I am using this opportunity to inform you that this multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance of another partner from Paraguay who financed the transaction to a logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you. But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund out of my bank to my new partner's account in Paraguay that was capable of assisting me in this great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you shown during the course of the transaction.
I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you with the sum of US$900,000.00. I have left a certified international bank draft for you worth of US$900,000.00 cashable anywhere in the world. My dear friend I will like you to contact Mr. Michael Atuanya, on his direct email address at :[ mikeatuanya@hotmail.fr ] for collection of your bank draft. I authorized him to release the Bank Draft to you whenever you ask him for it.
At the moment, I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the new partner are having at hand.Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of my heart, also comply with Mr Michael Atuanya`s directives so that he will release the draft to you without any delay.
CONTACT: Mr. Michael Atuanya.
Email address: mikeatuanya@gmail.com
Email address: mikeatuanya@w.cn
Therefore, you should send him your full name, address and telephone number, for him to release the bank draft to you.
Thanks and God bless you and your family.
Ashley Almanza
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Fun to Read
Reply-To:
From: Luqman Abdikarim
Subject: GOOD DAY
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 02:43:50 +0800
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Good Day,
Greetings to you and your family, I am Abdikarim Luqman Labaan the son of late Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja . I am 29yrs old, and my mother name Aziza Abdikarim Labaan 50years old widow. I am the next of kin to the Metallic strong box containing 6.5m USD clean cash which is lying down in Malaysia for safe keeping.
The fund is not a stolen or drug fund, my late Father was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond Corporation Company in my home town in Somalia. My father died as a result of power struggle. It was a political struggle. After his death I and my mother had to move to Ghana high commissioner in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to resettle and also because of the consignment which was deposited by my late father Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja with security company before it was shipped to Malaysia but we are also not safe because if those in Somalia understand that we are still alive, they will come after us and our life will be in serious danger as some of them are aware that we have this kind of fund.
The original person who suppose to clear and receive the consignment on our behalf here in Malaysia as our foreign beneficiary he later betrayed us after my mother had made all efforts to ship the consignment out of Africa [Somalia] to Malaysia. He later called us that he is going to take 70% of the total fund that was when my mother stopped the diplomat not to deliver the consignment to him anymore because he is a greedy man. My mother now sent me to Malaysia to monitor the consignment. That is the reason why we are seeking for your urgent assistance to stand as our new beneficiary to make claims of the consignment for us as our trustee
Please does render us your TRUST and keep this transaction confidential for security reasons, because the fund is our life and our future. At the end of this transaction, we have agreed to offer you 20% for your assistance and 10% for any expenses that we may carry out during this transaction like phone calls. We intend to invest wherever we finally reside and I believe you could be of useful assistance in area of investment. Please do not under estimate our request because it is very important we are planning to invest in a hotel business in your country. i will forward to you all the vital documents covering the consignment once i get your responds. Please kindly send your full information through my email:luqman_aziza@live.com
I shall appreciate an urgent response
Yours Faithfully,
Luqman Abdikarim.
From: Luqman Abdikarim
Subject: GOOD DAY
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 02:43:50 +0800
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Good Day,
Greetings to you and your family, I am Abdikarim Luqman Labaan the son of late Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja . I am 29yrs old, and my mother name Aziza Abdikarim Labaan 50years old widow. I am the next of kin to the Metallic strong box containing 6.5m USD clean cash which is lying down in Malaysia for safe keeping.
The fund is not a stolen or drug fund, my late Father was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond Corporation Company in my home town in Somalia. My father died as a result of power struggle. It was a political struggle. After his death I and my mother had to move to Ghana high commissioner in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to resettle and also because of the consignment which was deposited by my late father Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja with security company before it was shipped to Malaysia but we are also not safe because if those in Somalia understand that we are still alive, they will come after us and our life will be in serious danger as some of them are aware that we have this kind of fund.
The original person who suppose to clear and receive the consignment on our behalf here in Malaysia as our foreign beneficiary he later betrayed us after my mother had made all efforts to ship the consignment out of Africa [Somalia] to Malaysia. He later called us that he is going to take 70% of the total fund that was when my mother stopped the diplomat not to deliver the consignment to him anymore because he is a greedy man. My mother now sent me to Malaysia to monitor the consignment. That is the reason why we are seeking for your urgent assistance to stand as our new beneficiary to make claims of the consignment for us as our trustee
Please does render us your TRUST and keep this transaction confidential for security reasons, because the fund is our life and our future. At the end of this transaction, we have agreed to offer you 20% for your assistance and 10% for any expenses that we may carry out during this transaction like phone calls. We intend to invest wherever we finally reside and I believe you could be of useful assistance in area of investment. Please do not under estimate our request because it is very important we are planning to invest in a hotel business in your country. i will forward to you all the vital documents covering the consignment once i get your responds. Please kindly send your full information through my email:luqman_aziza@live.com
I shall appreciate an urgent response
Yours Faithfully,
Luqman Abdikarim.
Friday, April 29, 2011
Notice
Now seriously, tell me that the message below does not prove once and for all that all these so-called spam messages are in reality some highly sophisticated and coded means of communications for sleeper foreign agents in the USA.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: NOTICE
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2011 15:52:41 +0100
CC: recipient list not shown: ;
Hello my dear,
I strongly believe that this mail must get at you by God's grace, as i do not know you in person and not quite sure of your current tel/fax number for me to be sure, but i know how i manage to get this mail address which i used to communicate you. However, i am Mrs. Joy Moses and i am working with the nations apex bank; accounting unit/telex department central bank of Nigeria. My aim of writing is not to know you as i have no interest of knowing you and would not like to know you unless if needs be.
But i am telling you this based on my believe as person who does not like evil or cheating and would not like to be called for explanation as a result of this information i am giving to you below. As a straight forward person, i believe that any man/woman is my brother/sister according to my believe irrespective of where you come from, we are same human beings. This information is as regards to your payment in Nigeria .
As i am contacting you now, payments are going on to those that are aware of this information because this information was not gazette to the public awareness. These exercises have started for sometime now but there are a lot of pranks some corrupt officials in the central bank that diverted your funds to a bank in Switzerland. From the information, the secretary of probe panel and verification on contract and next of kin matters and the chairman of the committee and some other officials summed up with to divert your funds.
This information as a result of my recent departmental research, i had to call them to question but they tried to bribe me, but i refused because i am not a cheat. I have to inform you that your! Funds interest at a tune of usd$14.1 million was transferred into a Swiss account provided by a fake lawyer portrayed himself to be your lawyer.I must inform you that the officers involved are always in communication with you , so you should stop talking with them and do not tell them that you are waiting for the transfer.
Since we have an evidence at hand, you are hereby advised to contact the authorized (C.B.N) security and finance company in Abuja who is in control of your payment and the approved lawyer attached to the security and finance company in the name of Mr. Tony Uche and explain everything to him as your file was sent to him on the 7th of March,2011 and when contacting the lawyer quote your file reference number CBN/PTF/XX/010 he is the straw that breaks the camels back.
My advice to you based on this information is that you should boldly call Mr.Tony Uche, the lawyer at the security and finance company on his direct email/ telephone number .he is the person in charge of all the legal clearances for this on-going payment exercise and ask him that he should help you in making sure your fund is paid to you immediately and do the changes to move your funds to your original account and follow his directives.
He might want to know how come you got his direct email, you can tell him anything (please, don't quote me) but insist that he should help you in making sure your payment is done, and for more clarification or to ensure him that you really know what you are saying, quote the following code no: FGN/PED/CBN-X342XPTF2011 under category 'C' i.e. your code (please this information is classified).
I believe that at the end of the day, he will ask you to forward your payment information and bank co-ordinates to him for his processes as he will direct you properly on how to follow up for your fund to be made to you without further stress.So go ahead and email him now and don't be afraid of him or anybody, any person apart from him is definitely a fraud.
Contact him on:
Email- tonyuche@yahoo.cn
Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Joy Moses
A valid reason for dying?
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Barr.Mr. Gunther.Siegfried
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:29:09 +0800
From: Mr Gunther Siegfried
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Dear,
As a matter of urgent, A client of mine Mr.Omar Ali whom here shall be referred to as my client,Passed-on as a result of health reasons on November 2004. His ill health was due to the death of all the members of his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf Near Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported in Cnn:/0008/23/bn.08.html
etc...
Gulf of Mexico oil spill - one year on
I can't resist when they are good. You need to read it twice to really get it.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Gulf of Mexico oil spill - one year on
Date: 22 Apr 2011 10:17:22 -0700
From: VINE AKIM
Reply-To: vine.akim@ymail.com
To: aw@ice-sa.com
VINE AKIM (vine.akim@ymail.com) has sent you a news article
--------------------
Personal message text:
I'm Vine Akim, Special Aid on English to Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory-Coast,He is captured and his funds in a security firm is $255,000,000 for onward transfer. Contact me for detail. 15% for you.
Akim.
+233271957836
--------------------
.. no wonder he lost, if all his sidekicks were similarly qualified.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Gulf of Mexico oil spill - one year on
Date: 22 Apr 2011 10:17:22 -0700
From: VINE AKIM
Reply-To: vine.akim@ymail.com
To: aw@ice-sa.com
VINE AKIM (vine.akim@ymail.com) has sent you a news article
--------------------
Personal message text:
I'm Vine Akim, Special Aid on English to Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory-Coast,He is captured and his funds in a security firm is $255,000,000 for onward transfer. Contact me for detail. 15% for you.
Akim.
+233271957836
--------------------
.. no wonder he lost, if all his sidekicks were similarly qualified.
BBC says it's true
An interesting one... partly because of the provided link, which points to a story I do not remember having read at the time. Style a bit weird, but hey this is supposed to be an army person.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 'Hello'
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:41:55 +0430
From: Belinda Schrumm
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
2011/04/19
Hello,
I am Capt. Belinda Schrumm MS RD LD, USA MIL - MEDCOM -AMEDCS; I was the Chief Nutrition Education & Training Branch Program Director, before I was deployed to Camp Arifjan Kuwait, from there to Camp Al-Tadamun Adhamiyah-Baghdad presently in Camp Gibraltar Afghanistan.
For security reasons, certain information’s will not be disclose for now until you have accessed the BBC website stated below to enable you have an insight on what I intend sharing with you, which I am confident you can handle it to the best of your ability.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm
Kindly respond back to me haven’t visited the above website, to enable us discuss this to the best of your understanding.
Thanks,
Cpt. Belinda Schrumm.
An Opportunist
Greetings
Hello and good day to you,
My name is Selinat Abijat kounate and I have lived in my lovely country Libya since I was born I worked in a bank just off the capital in Tripoli
And now since this revolution has begun my country surfers we have lost a dear leader due to obsession of power we hope the UN and the World will be kind to us. I have given this situation a lot of thinking and decided to inform some one about this, recently my country has been undergoing a revolution and this has affected so many of us and our well being. But fortunately for me before protesters burnt and attacked the building where I work as a staff in one of the biggest banks in Libya I secured some documents belonging to a former customer who is dead now due to the revolution, is name is Daniels Barrimer and he has ($ 1.700, 000, 00.) one point seven million US Dollars in our bank volt which has been moved to a security company owned by the Canadian banks in my country.
I really do not know who to trust so decided to contact you even as I don't know you before but because it is better for me Security-wise and conscious so that I don't get into trouble.
I have secretly verified and checked the content of the box before it was moved to the security safe house. This is a violation of the policy of my bank: however with your assistance and help we can secure and collect these ($1.700, 000, 00.) without any problems. I have the all the INFORMATION/ PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS THAT ARE NEEDED and shall also secure some important bank papers in your favor fronting you as our dead customer to enable us claim this funds or his next of kin. While assuring you that there are no risks involved.
Kindly contact me by my alternate email add: (selinatabijat@live.com)
I can't share more than these, I hope you will understand.
Expect to receive your response urgently.
Regards,
Selinat Abijat
Friday, April 8, 2011
Bayer !
This one is an original (once you skip the first paragraph). I've never seen this particular approach before.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER, BUSINESS OFFER****
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:28:30 +0530
From: DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
GOOD DAY, my Name Is DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER The Product Sourcing Manager of BAYER PHAMARCUETICAL CONSULTANCY(BPC) Bayer pharmaceutical research agency and I am Personally contacting you for a legal and profitable opportunity that will open doors for Unimaginable financial rewards for both of us. This mail will come to you as a surprise as you do not know me and never met me before.
company Bayer Pharmaceutical Laboratories Limited) here in the U.K is in need Of a certain bio-agricultural product named-(OGBO MONO HERBAL SEEDS).
The product is a rare and essential bio-agricultural specie with monosodium glutamate (MSG)used, for the production of a vaccine called HYALURONIC®Injectable by this Company and distributed as part of foreign aid to Countries in War and Refugee camps Throughout the world under the habilitation of the U.N (UNITED NATIONS WORLD WIDE) For the Treatment Of critical diseases Like. Cancer, mycoplasma, Psysoriasis, Prevention Of HIV and other related Pathogenic viruses..Etc...
I Write To You concerning the Negotiation Of This Product over there In India Because I Need A Stable And Reliable Partner Who Will Purchase The Product Out From The Producer ( Local farmer) In India At The normal price rate of 3,500 INR Per Sachet Of 5 Grams As It Is Been Sold By The local Farmers In India, And Re-sold To The U.K Company here At The Rate Of Us$150 Dollars Per Same Sachet Of 5 Grams, as This Company Needs 2000 Sachets Of This Product On monthly supply basis.
This Essential raw material Is a Local Product that is Cultivated by local Farmers in India Like Any Other Eatable Farm Product. It Is An Ayurvedic Product Without Any Content Of Nicotine In It. While Many Underdeveloped Countries Use Ayurvedic Products In its Raw Form, it is being refined in The Western World Laboratories Before use. This Ayurvedic Herbal seed Is Not Illegal in Any Way to Any Authority.
Please Note that once made available, The Company Will Immediately Send Its Executive Purchase Manager to Come To Your Country (India) for purchase and Payment of This Product from you With Cash To pay on delivery.
My Proposal:
I will provide you with All Necessary guide lines And Information You Need for you To Do This Business Successfully on my behalf. All You Need To Do Is To Stand As a Middleman. Between The Producer (local farmer) In Your Country And The U.K Company here by Purchasing Out The Products And Supplying Without Allowing both Parties To Meet Or Have Each Other's Contact.
I Personally Devised This Idea To Protect Future Transactions as It Will Also Be An Additional Business Opportunity Outside Your Specialization. This Business Is very Lucrative Without Any Risk.
SEND your contact information to me in your reply:
TEL........................................
ADDRESS..................................
OCCUPATION...............................
Awaiting your urgent response
REGARDS!!!!!
DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER
Mobilephone:00447017043498
Product Sourcing Manager
Email: drjameshargreavescooper@hotmail.co.uk
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER, BUSINESS OFFER****
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:28:30 +0530
From: DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
GOOD DAY, my Name Is DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER The Product Sourcing Manager of BAYER PHAMARCUETICAL CONSULTANCY(BPC) Bayer pharmaceutical research agency and I am Personally contacting you for a legal and profitable opportunity that will open doors for Unimaginable financial rewards for both of us. This mail will come to you as a surprise as you do not know me and never met me before.
company Bayer Pharmaceutical Laboratories Limited) here in the U.K is in need Of a certain bio-agricultural product named-(OGBO MONO HERBAL SEEDS).
The product is a rare and essential bio-agricultural specie with monosodium glutamate (MSG)used, for the production of a vaccine called HYALURONIC®Injectable by this Company and distributed as part of foreign aid to Countries in War and Refugee camps Throughout the world under the habilitation of the U.N (UNITED NATIONS WORLD WIDE) For the Treatment Of critical diseases Like. Cancer, mycoplasma, Psysoriasis, Prevention Of HIV and other related Pathogenic viruses..Etc...
I Write To You concerning the Negotiation Of This Product over there In India Because I Need A Stable And Reliable Partner Who Will Purchase The Product Out From The Producer ( Local farmer) In India At The normal price rate of 3,500 INR Per Sachet Of 5 Grams As It Is Been Sold By The local Farmers In India, And Re-sold To The U.K Company here At The Rate Of Us$150 Dollars Per Same Sachet Of 5 Grams, as This Company Needs 2000 Sachets Of This Product On monthly supply basis.
This Essential raw material Is a Local Product that is Cultivated by local Farmers in India Like Any Other Eatable Farm Product. It Is An Ayurvedic Product Without Any Content Of Nicotine In It. While Many Underdeveloped Countries Use Ayurvedic Products In its Raw Form, it is being refined in The Western World Laboratories Before use. This Ayurvedic Herbal seed Is Not Illegal in Any Way to Any Authority.
Please Note that once made available, The Company Will Immediately Send Its Executive Purchase Manager to Come To Your Country (India) for purchase and Payment of This Product from you With Cash To pay on delivery.
My Proposal:
I will provide you with All Necessary guide lines And Information You Need for you To Do This Business Successfully on my behalf. All You Need To Do Is To Stand As a Middleman. Between The Producer (local farmer) In Your Country And The U.K Company here by Purchasing Out The Products And Supplying Without Allowing both Parties To Meet Or Have Each Other's Contact.
I Personally Devised This Idea To Protect Future Transactions as It Will Also Be An Additional Business Opportunity Outside Your Specialization. This Business Is very Lucrative Without Any Risk.
SEND your contact information to me in your reply:
TEL........................................
ADDRESS..................................
OCCUPATION...............................
Awaiting your urgent response
REGARDS!!!!!
DR.JAMES HARGREAVES COOPER
Mobilephone:00447017043498
Product Sourcing Manager
Email: drjameshargreavescooper@hotmail.co.uk
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Just to advise you not to put your savings anywhere near England or Wales. Particularly for short-term investments.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: notice
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2011 19:16:02 +0100
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY
25 THE NORTH COLONNADE,
CANARY WHARF, LONDON E14 5HS
(Company No. 01920623)
E-mail: fsa.ukgov@bk.ru
FROM THE DESK OF LORD ADAIR TURNER
CHAIRMAN, FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (FSA).
It has come to our notice via our central monitoring computer that a huge fund 1,950.000.00 British pound sterling has been credited in your name for transfer with a London Bank.
Under the stipulated enabling Law of the Government of Great Britain and Wales and other Commonwealth States, any huge fund that has been found in our computer system waiting to be transferred without claims for a period of 6 months or less, shall be confiscated and forfeited to the Government of Great Britain and Wales.
We do hereby ask you to contact this office immediately for ratification within the 3 days of this notice or consider your fund confiscated. We appreciate your urgent co-operation.
LORD ADAIR TURNER,
CHAIRMAN, FINANCIAL SERVICES AUTHORITY (FSA).
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
P.S.
It also looks like the diplomatic representative of the Commonwealth States was not very attentive when that law was drafted. Interesting email address too.
Friday, February 11, 2011
Scam Alert!!
This one is really cute.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Scam Alert !!
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:09:58 +0100
From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs [ no-reply@mfa.gov.ng ]
Reply-To: [ ngsvcc@hotmail.com ]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Ref: An Open Letter To All Scam Victims,
Attention,
If you have sent money to Nigeria in the course of getting one fund or the other, you are required to send your name and address to us via the email address stated below for verification at Western Union and MoneyGram to see if truly you have sent money by Western Union or MoneyGram to Nigeria and after verification if truly you have sent money to Nigeria in the course of getting one fund or the other that means you have been scammed and you will be reimbursed with the sum of twenty thousand dollars only.
The transfer charges of the twenty thousand dollars have been paid and the fund has also been insured by the Federal Government of Nigeria to avoid unnecessary deduction from the fund. Please note that we have never held any scam victims compensation program in Nigeria. This is the First-Of-Its-Kind. Do not be deceived!
Send your name and address for verification to: ngsvcc@hotmail.com
Please do not respond to email which asks you to send your username and password.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Joshua Oluwa
Oversea Communication Department
====================================================
We sincerely apologies for all the damages you must have gone through in the hand of Nigerian fraudsters. We are Projecting favorably the image of the government and people of Nigeria locally and internationally through a proactive mechanism (in line with global best practices) of informing, enlightening and educating Nigerians and the International Community about Nigeria.
====================================================
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Scam Alert !!
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 18:09:58 +0100
From: Ministry of Foreign Affairs [ no-reply@mfa.gov.ng ]
Reply-To: [ ngsvcc@hotmail.com ]
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Ref: An Open Letter To All Scam Victims,
Attention,
If you have sent money to Nigeria in the course of getting one fund or the other, you are required to send your name and address to us via the email address stated below for verification at Western Union and MoneyGram to see if truly you have sent money by Western Union or MoneyGram to Nigeria and after verification if truly you have sent money to Nigeria in the course of getting one fund or the other that means you have been scammed and you will be reimbursed with the sum of twenty thousand dollars only.
The transfer charges of the twenty thousand dollars have been paid and the fund has also been insured by the Federal Government of Nigeria to avoid unnecessary deduction from the fund. Please note that we have never held any scam victims compensation program in Nigeria. This is the First-Of-Its-Kind. Do not be deceived!
Send your name and address for verification to: ngsvcc@hotmail.com
Please do not respond to email which asks you to send your username and password.
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Joshua Oluwa
Oversea Communication Department
====================================================
We sincerely apologies for all the damages you must have gone through in the hand of Nigerian fraudsters. We are Projecting favorably the image of the government and people of Nigeria locally and internationally through a proactive mechanism (in line with global best practices) of informing, enlightening and educating Nigerians and the International Community about Nigeria.
====================================================
Thursday, February 3, 2011
SI Agent in Charge replies:
About the purpose of the messages : I seriously suspect that these messages are a clever way for Al Qaeda and the Chinese, Russian and Venezuelan governments, to correspond with their secret agents camouflaged in our western democracies.
What better way than to send a message, than to broadcast it worldwide, disguised as a nonsensical Nigerian or Burkina Fasso scam.
Everybody will just have it automatically filtered out, except of course the real recipients, who will collect them, decode them and combine them to get the real hidden message.
Really, think about it. You can make the text as long or short as you want, use clear text words, make any speling mistake to fit the code, use fictitious bank account numbers to hide any numeric data, and so on.
It is even fun to write.
An example using the last of such messages :
Original message :
It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $5.5million due to past corrupt Government Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund. The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency Dr. Goodluck E. Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals/contractors and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract/Lottery/Merit Fund/Inheritance and the likes.
Now your payment will be send to you by ATM card that will be coming alongside a custom pin which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your bank account, because the ATM card will be registered with Interswitch. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Your ATM card would be sent to you via UPS. Because we have signed a contract with UPS which should expired by feburary 10th 2011. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
Decoded Message (retaining only words corresponding to the decoding grid) :
received $5.5million to corrupt Government Officials and individuals.
clear other individuals/contractors and the likes.
use up to $10,000 per day. the Master comes, with a handbook to enlighten you.
card sent to you via UPS. have signed a contract.
confirm you have received payment successfully.
Scary, huh?
FBI Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division
Now, I am having a fundamental doubt.
One would presume that this whole business rests upon the fact that, once in a very great while, someone falls for it, and actually sends them money.
Otherwise, natural selection and all that, they would disappear, right ?
But how can one, if smart enough to use email and read it, ever fall for something like this ?
So there must be another purpose to these messages.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: ALERT: Update About Your Fund.
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2011 15:21:11 -0500
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
Anti-Terrorist And Monitory Crime Division.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation.
J.Edgar.Hoover Building Washington Dc
Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday
Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
Dear Beneficiary,
Series of meetings have been held over the past 7 months with the secretary general of the United Nations Organization. This ended 3 days ago. It is obvious that you have not received your fund which is to the tune of $850,000.00 due to past corrupt Governmental Officials who almost held the fund to themselves for their selfish reason and some individuals who have taken advantage of your fund all in an attempt to swindle your fund which has led to so many losses from your end and unnecessary delay in the receipt of your fund.
The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Nigeria his Excellency President Good luck Jonathan to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum, Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes. Now how would you like to receive your payment? Because we have two method of payment which is by Check or by ATM card?
ATM Card: We will be issuing you a custom pin based ATM card which you will use to withdraw up to $3,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it and the card have to be renewed in 4 years time which is 2015. Also with the ATM card you will be able to transfer your funds to your local bank account. The ATM card comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it. Even if you do not have a bank account.
Check: To be deposited in your bank for it to be cleared within three working days. Your payment would be sent to you via any of your preferred option and would be mailed to you via UPS. Because we have signed a contract with UPS which should expire by February 20 2011 you will only need to pay $150 instead of $420 saving you $270 So if you pay before January 31 2011 you save $150 Take note that anyone asking you for some kind of money above the usual fee is definitely a fraudsters and you will have to stop communication with every other person if you have been in contact with any. Also remember that all you will ever have to spend is $150.00 nothing more! Nothing less! And we guarantee the receipt of your fund to be successfully delivered to you within the next 24hrs after the receipt of payment has been confirmed.
Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
Name: Donna L. Vargas: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991598420403 (www.ups.com)
Name: Rovenda Elaine Clayton: UPS Tracking Number: 1Z757F991596606592 (www.ups.com)
Note: Everything has been taken care of by the Federal Government of Nigeria, The United Nation and also the FBI and including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $150.
DO NOT SEND MONEY TO ANYONE UNTIL YOU READ THIS: The actual fees for shipping your ATM card is $480 but because UPS have temporarily discontinued the C.O.D which gives you the chance to pay when package is delivered for international shipping We had to sign contract with them for bulk shipping which makes the fees reduce from the actual fee of $420 to $150 nothing more and no hidden fees of any sort!
To effect the release of your fund valued at $850,000.00 you are advised to contact our correspondent in Africa the delivery officer John Will with the information below,
Email: contactjames_2011@yahoo.cn
You are advised to contact him with the informations as stated below:
Your full Name..
Your Address:..............
Home/Cell Phone:..............
Preferred Payment Method (ATM / Cashier Check)
Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent within 24 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything we are giving you a 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive payment/package within the next 24hrs after you have made the payment for shipping.
Yours sincerely,
Miss Donna Story
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with John Will of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon and commence investigation.
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Your Atm Card is now ready
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Attention: Your Atm Card is now ready.
Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:42:55 -0500
To: info@rbs.com
The Royal Bank of Scotland.
London Sw15 1RX
United Kingdom.
Tel : +44 (701) 113 2351
: +44 (871) 503 2832
Fax : +44 (870) 136 0500
Dear client,
Subject: RE: Approved payment release via our ATM CARD
The treasury department of Royal Bank Of Scotland computerized credit department has received computerized credit to upload your Contract/Inheritance Fund of ( $3.5m) Three million five hundred thousand united states dollars Via Our ATM Swift Card,which you will use to withdraw your Fund in any ATM cash machine Point in any part of the world as it will help you to withdraw at common cash machine (ATM) of US$1.500 per transaction.
In light of the above, we hereby request that you send immediately the below details
1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY:
3) PERSONAL CELL PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS:
5) YOUR AGE:
6) SEX:
7) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE:
Upon our conformation in accordance with the terms of our Deposit/ ATM Agreement which Govern the administration of your received computerized credit to program a ATM SMART VISA CARD to you, we shall program your ATM SMART VISA CARD as indicated in the signal as soon as we receive the above required information.
Your full compliance will enable us to activate your ATM CARD within 24 hours and dispatch to you for your immediate withdrawals at any ATM's machine near you.
Urgently confirm your receipt of this letter and comply accordingly,
Sincerely,
Mr Allen Wright.
Director.(Atm Department)
Friday, January 7, 2011
Something Else
Now this one is really something else.
First, it is safe. The site you are directed to is really Western Union, and it is confirmed by their HTTPS certificate.
This is my guarantee, not the sender's.
Then follow the instructions and enter the data below.
Now isn't that clever ?
Well, anyway somewhat clever and likely to convince some.
First, it is safe. The site you are directed to is really Western Union, and it is confirmed by their HTTPS certificate.
This is my guarantee, not the sender's.
Then follow the instructions and enter the data below.
Now isn't that clever ?
Well, anyway somewhat clever and likely to convince some.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: WESTERN UNION BONANZA.
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 03:59:59 +0300
From: Western Union╝
Reply-To: western.wunion.union7@gmail.com
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Dear Sir/Madam.
As part of activities to mark the end of year (2010) and commence a NEW 2011,Western union is organizing a bonanza to disburse the total sum of 1,500,000$(One Million, Five hundred thousand Dollars)to you as the lucky customer who has patronized the company within 2010.
The first confirmatory payment of 15,000$ is now available for pick up in our office and to ascertain the existence of the funds, log on to western union link below with details for confirmation:
http://www.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=US
SENDER'S NAME:PETER BROWN
MTCN:3359024649
Once the confirmation is made, you are required to provide the following to activate the payment immediately:
a, Full Names.
b, Residential Address
c, Telephone Number
d, Age
e, Occupation
As soon as your response is received with details, the necessary steps and information would be provided to complete the pick up of the first payment of 15,000$ and then transfer the balance total of 1,495,000$ as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Peter Brown.(Western Union Coordinator)
The first confirmatory payment of 15,000$ is now available for pick up in our office and to ascertain the existence of the funds, log on to western union link below with details for confirmation:
http://www.westernunion.com/asp/orderStatus.asp?country=US
SENDER'S NAME:PETER BROWN
MTCN:3359024649
Once the confirmation is made, you are required to provide the following to activate the payment immediately:
a, Full Names.
b, Residential Address
c, Telephone Number
d, Age
e, Occupation
As soon as your response is received with details, the necessary steps and information would be provided to complete the pick up of the first payment of 15,000$ and then transfer the balance total of 1,495,000$ as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Peter Brown.(Western Union Coordinator)
Tuesday, January 4, 2011
hello, hello, one, two, can you hear me, hello
Welcome.
I am a computer programmer and consultant. In my day job, I write programs that process and analyse electronic data, set up computer systems which exchange information in all kinds of very technical ways using all sorts of Internet protocols and programming languages and operating systems, and I probably know the meaning of 50% of all the 2-to-5-letter acronyms (from AJAX to ZFS) which constitute the secret language of computer geeks. I can set up a website from the ground up, and I can break down a PDF document into individual bits of meaning. But then, I can just barely use my mobile phone to make phone calls, I have no idea how a blog works, and have never actually seen a Twitter message (is it really called a twit ?).
Anyway thus, this is my first blog. It is even my first post to any blog. Be warned.
So, presuming that you are still interested, how did I get to it, and what is this all about ?
Well, I do use email. Not the HTML kind of course, that is for sissies and marketing-types. But I have a mailbox, and like most of them it gets scam emails every day. Not very many apparently, compared to the statements of some of my friends or familiars, so either mine is not a very interesting target or my ISP is doing a reasonable job of filtering them out.
Unlike most of the people I know however, I do not immediately discard the "Urgent Business Proposal" or "Attention beneficiary!" emails addressed to "undisclosed-recipients", but I have taken to reading them, and as it so happens over a period of time my interest in them has grown.
If you read these messages in a certain way, day after day, and you start comparing them and remembering past ones, you will quickly start to find similarities, differences, tendencies, and styles. There is also humor in them, if mostly accidental. And there is even a big central mystery : how can this thing survive, and over decades ?
So there is a subject there, maybe a whole sub-culture, quite dynamic, but apparently totally ignored by our eminent sociologists, anthropologists, and evidently also by our busines and marketing consultants. And while this narrow and bizarre subject may not interest anyone else, it does it for me and I feel like commenting about it.
I could of course have simply kept notes to myself, but that is not much fun, and I wanted to share my observations. So I started swamping my old friend Ty's mailbox with selected quotes and comments, until presumably he could take no more and he gently but forcefully convinced me to start a blog instead, this blog. He even set it up for me, and I strongly suspect that at this very minute he is looking over my shoulder while I type, ready to gently coax me back into the right path if I would show the slightest sign of giving up and targeting his mailbox again.
So for better or worse and probably the latter, and for an undeterminate amount of time and with a healthy dose of scepticism, here it is, the blog about scams and maybe other things besides.
I am a computer programmer and consultant. In my day job, I write programs that process and analyse electronic data, set up computer systems which exchange information in all kinds of very technical ways using all sorts of Internet protocols and programming languages and operating systems, and I probably know the meaning of 50% of all the 2-to-5-letter acronyms (from AJAX to ZFS) which constitute the secret language of computer geeks. I can set up a website from the ground up, and I can break down a PDF document into individual bits of meaning. But then, I can just barely use my mobile phone to make phone calls, I have no idea how a blog works, and have never actually seen a Twitter message (is it really called a twit ?).
Anyway thus, this is my first blog. It is even my first post to any blog. Be warned.
So, presuming that you are still interested, how did I get to it, and what is this all about ?
Well, I do use email. Not the HTML kind of course, that is for sissies and marketing-types. But I have a mailbox, and like most of them it gets scam emails every day. Not very many apparently, compared to the statements of some of my friends or familiars, so either mine is not a very interesting target or my ISP is doing a reasonable job of filtering them out.
Unlike most of the people I know however, I do not immediately discard the "Urgent Business Proposal" or "Attention beneficiary!" emails addressed to "undisclosed-recipients", but I have taken to reading them, and as it so happens over a period of time my interest in them has grown.
If you read these messages in a certain way, day after day, and you start comparing them and remembering past ones, you will quickly start to find similarities, differences, tendencies, and styles. There is also humor in them, if mostly accidental. And there is even a big central mystery : how can this thing survive, and over decades ?
So there is a subject there, maybe a whole sub-culture, quite dynamic, but apparently totally ignored by our eminent sociologists, anthropologists, and evidently also by our busines and marketing consultants. And while this narrow and bizarre subject may not interest anyone else, it does it for me and I feel like commenting about it.
I could of course have simply kept notes to myself, but that is not much fun, and I wanted to share my observations. So I started swamping my old friend Ty's mailbox with selected quotes and comments, until presumably he could take no more and he gently but forcefully convinced me to start a blog instead, this blog. He even set it up for me, and I strongly suspect that at this very minute he is looking over my shoulder while I type, ready to gently coax me back into the right path if I would show the slightest sign of giving up and targeting his mailbox again.
So for better or worse and probably the latter, and for an undeterminate amount of time and with a healthy dose of scepticism, here it is, the blog about scams and maybe other things besides.
Urgent Response
While not really having anything remarkable by themselves (for an expert in these matters), some are enjoyable by the sheer accumulation of plagiarism (even approximate), inaccuracies, typos, spelling mistakes, vocabulary errors, implied duplicity, indirect or direct references to institutionalised corruption, naivete', and lack of elementary common sense.
This one of those.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Urgent Response,
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 01:18:23 +0800
From: MR Bello
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARD &
PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE,
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF
WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
ANNEX,LOME REPULIC OF TOGO.
EMAIL: bello_abass@yahoo.com.hk
ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR USD 16 MILLION.
Attn,
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.
I am Mr Abass Bello,The Chairman, Contract Awarding committee of the ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES ( ECOWAS)with Headquarters in Lome, Togo.
I got your contact through Network on line in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves a transfer of fund to a foreign account and I decided to write you.
After discussing my view and your profile with my colleagues,they were very much satisfied and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.We wish to transfer the sum of USD16m (Sixteen Million United States Dollars only.)into your personal or company`s bank account.
This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by us for the supply of hard/softwares,phamaceauticals/medical items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apperals and other administrative logistics etc for the ECOMOG in Sierria-Leone and Liberia during the Peace Keeping Projects.
This DEAL was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected with all the attendant lope holes sealed off.As the Chairman of CAC,I have the cooperation and mandate of the Financial Director and the Secretary of the Organisation.We arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by different companies from different countries during the crisis.
It was our consensus to seek the assistance of a willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to transfer this money out of West Africa.This is borne out of our beleif in the non-stable and sporous political nature of this sub-region.
The original contractors have been duely paid by the Banque Centrale Des Etats De L`Afrique De L`Ouest (Central Bank of the West African States)through our bankers-INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA(IBA)UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE(UTB),ECO BANK,BTCI BANK LOME TOGO.
This balance is suspended in the escrow accounts awaiting claims by any foreign company of our choice.We intend to pay out this fund now as the organisation is winding up its activities since the aim of returning PEACE to the countries and the coast has been achieved.
Based on the laws and ethics of employment,we as civil servants working under this organisation, are not allowed to operate a foreign account.
This is the more reason why we needed your assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for safe keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive advise,assistance and partnership in your country.
It is however agreed,as the account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire sum as compensation, 65% will be held on trust for us while 5% will be usedto defray any incidental charges and cost during the course of the transaction.
This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 days if you accord us your unalloyed and due cooperation.You should provide the followings;
YOUR COMPANY`S NAME WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS,
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.(if available)
THE NAME OF YOUR BANK,ITS ADDRESS WITH TEL,FAX AND YOUR
ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE COMPLETE MAILING ADRRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY WITH TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
Upon the receipt of this informations,i will forward them to the organisation for ratification and subsequent payment.
As with the case of all organised (sensitive)and conspired DEALS,we solicit for your unreserved confidentiality and utmost secret in this business. We hope to retire peacefully and leave a honourable business life afterwards.There are no risks involved.
You can reach me through my private phone +228-8522437 for more details.
Thanks while i look forward to your positive reply.Please reply back to me on my private email id if you are interested bello_abass@yahoo.com.hk
With regards.
Mr Abass Bello
This one of those.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Urgent Response,
Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2011 01:18:23 +0800
From: MR Bello
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
OFFICE OF THE CHAIRMAN
CONTRACT AWARD &
PROCUREMENT COMMITTEE,
ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF
WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS)
ANNEX,LOME REPULIC OF TOGO.
EMAIL: bello_abass@yahoo.com.hk
"Strictly confidential"
Attn,
Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and if it might offend you without your prior consent and writing through this channel.
I am Mr Abass Bello,The Chairman, Contract Awarding committee of the ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF WEST AFRICAN STATES ( ECOWAS)with Headquarters in Lome, Togo.
I got your contact through Network on line in my search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction that involves a transfer of fund to a foreign account and I decided to write you.
After discussing my view and your profile with my colleagues,they were very much satisfied and decided to contact you immediately for this mutual business relationship.We wish to transfer the sum of USD16m (Sixteen Million United States Dollars only.)into your personal or company`s bank account.
This fund was a residue of the over invoiced contract bills awarded by us for the supply of hard/softwares,phamaceauticals/medical items,light and heavy duty vehicles, apperals and other administrative logistics etc for the ECOMOG in Sierria-Leone and Liberia during the Peace Keeping Projects.
This DEAL was deliberately hatched out and carefully protected with all the attendant lope holes sealed off.As the Chairman of CAC,I have the cooperation and mandate of the Financial Director and the Secretary of the Organisation.We arranged and over invoiced the contract funds supplied by different companies from different countries during the crisis.
It was our consensus to seek the assistance of a willing foreigner to provide us with the facilities to transfer this money out of West Africa.This is borne out of our beleif in the non-stable and sporous political nature of this sub-region.
The original contractors have been duely paid by the Banque Centrale Des Etats De L`Afrique De L`Ouest (Central Bank of the West African States)through our bankers-INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA(IBA)UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE(UTB),ECO BANK,BTCI BANK LOME TOGO.
This balance is suspended in the escrow accounts awaiting claims by any foreign company of our choice.We intend to pay out this fund now as the organisation is winding up its activities since the aim of returning PEACE to the countries and the coast has been achieved.
Based on the laws and ethics of employment,we as civil servants working under this organisation, are not allowed to operate a foreign account.
This is the more reason why we needed your assistance to provide an account that can sustain this fund for safe keeping and our future investment with your comprehensive advise,assistance and partnership in your country.
It is however agreed,as the account owner in this deal to allow you 30% of the entire sum as compensation, 65% will be held on trust for us while 5% will be usedto defray any incidental charges and cost during the course of the transaction.
This transaction will be successfully concluded within 14 days if you accord us your unalloyed and due cooperation.You should provide the followings;
YOUR COMPANY`S NAME WITH COMPLETE ADDRESS,
TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.(if available)
THE NAME OF YOUR BANK,ITS ADDRESS WITH TEL,FAX AND YOUR
ACCOUNT NUMBER, THE COMPLETE MAILING ADRRESS OF THE BENEFICIARY WITH TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS.
Upon the receipt of this informations,i will forward them to the organisation for ratification and subsequent payment.
As with the case of all organised (sensitive)and conspired DEALS,we solicit for your unreserved confidentiality and utmost secret in this business. We hope to retire peacefully and leave a honourable business life afterwards.There are no risks involved.
You can reach me through my private phone +228-8522437 for more details.
Thanks while i look forward to your positive reply.Please reply back to me on my private email id if you are interested bello_abass@yahoo.com.hk
With regards.
Mr Abass Bello
Certified Bank Draft
This one is barely understandable, but it has the distinctions of (a) being rather new and (b) being in fact rather subtle.
It would tend to imply that you are going to get the money not for being some vague relative or namesake of the deceased, nor for helping transfer Saddam's hidden gold reserves out of Irak, nor because the UN decided to compensate all victims of Nigerian scans or anything like it, but simply because you receive this email by mistake.
If it was better written (and avoided the tasteless capitals), it would be almost believable. Let's wait and see if it triggers better copycats.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Certified Bank Draft
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:19:08 -0500
From: Mrs. Alice Jane
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Good Day
I am using this opportunity to thank you for your effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account, I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the Cheque out of the company to someone else who was capable of assisting me in this great venture .Due to your effort,sincerity,courage you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you with the sum of $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY.).You are to contact the finance house for the collection of the certified bank draft.
Name: Mr. Fred Ade Williams
EMAIL: sw0987654321@rogers.com
Tel:- +23470-60-836-211
At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects I am having at hand. Finally, I have forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you contact them.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Alice Jane
It would tend to imply that you are going to get the money not for being some vague relative or namesake of the deceased, nor for helping transfer Saddam's hidden gold reserves out of Irak, nor because the UN decided to compensate all victims of Nigerian scans or anything like it, but simply because you receive this email by mistake.
If it was better written (and avoided the tasteless capitals), it would be almost believable. Let's wait and see if it triggers better copycats.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Certified Bank Draft
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2010 08:19:08 -0500
From: Mrs. Alice Jane
Reply-To:
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Good Day
I am using this opportunity to thank you for your effort to our unfinished transfer of fund into your account, I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the Cheque out of the company to someone else who was capable of assisting me in this great venture .Due to your effort,sincerity,courage you showed at the course of the transaction I want to compensate you with the sum of $1,000,000.00 (ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY.).You are to contact the finance house for the collection of the certified bank draft.
Name: Mr. Fred Ade Williams
EMAIL: sw0987654321@rogers.com
Tel:- +23470-60-836-211
At the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects I am having at hand. Finally, I have forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you contact them.
Best Regards,
Mrs. Alice Jane
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