Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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Examples of the "Nigerian scam" that flood my email box everyday.

Friday, December 31, 2004

WARNING!

This email is doing the rounds at the moment.

It claims to come from SouthTrust Bank; it does not, it is a scam.

Do not log into their site, and reveal your pin codes etc.

Dear Customer,

SouthTrust Bank, is committed to maintaining a safe environment for our customers. To protect the security of your account, SouthTrust Bank, employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the SouthTrust system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind you that on Dec. 30, 2004 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with SouthTrust's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. We encourage you to log in and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible. Allowing your account access to remain limited for an extended period of time may result in further limitations on the use of your account and possible account closure.Visit now Online Banking page and perform verification process: Log In to Online Banking Page


Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Please understand that this is a security measure meant to help protect you and your account. We apologize for any inconvenience.

Sincerely,
SouthTrust Bank., Account Review Department

Tuesday, December 28, 2004

A scammer, claiming to work for Barclays bank in Ghana, wrote to me today.

He says that he has $10M in an account, that Barclays know nothing about; now really, how likely is that?

He says that he can offer me a risk free arrangement; whereby I would claim the money for myself, and split it with him.

Oh, by the way, he is a Christian..so that's alright then isn't it?

How stupid does he think I am?

This is a con, which I have reported to Barclays.

DEAR SIR, PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. MY NAME IS DR.KOFFI ANSELEM,THE REGIONAL MANAGER OF BARCLAYS BANK OF GHANA.I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONSULTANT. THIS PROPOSAL IS COMING TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH.I AM A FORTY NINE (49) YEARS OLD, MARRIED WITH TWO LOVELY KIDS,A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN AND A MAN OF PEACE. I HAVE PACKAGED A FINANCIAL TRANSACTION THAT WILL BENEFIT YOU AND I AND THIS IS A RISK FREE TRANSACTION. WITH MY POSITION IN THE BANK AND JOB OBLIGATIONS I DISCOVERED A CERTAIN SURPLUS WHICH HAVE BEEN THERE FOR YEARS AND WILL REMAIN THERE EVEN TILL THE END OF TIME. IT IS MY DUTY TO SEND IN A FINANCIAL REPORT OF OUR BRANCHES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.I DISCOVERED THAT MY BRANCH IN WHICH I AM THE MANAGER MADE TEN MILLION,SIX HUNDRED AND EIGHTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$10,680,000.00) WHICH MY HEAD OFFICE ARE NOT AWARE OF AND WILL NEVER BE AWARE OF.I HAVE PLACED THIS FUNDS ON WHAT WE CALL ESCROW CALL ACCOUN
T WITH NO BENEFICIARY. AS AN OFFICER OF THIS BANK I CANNOT BE DIRECTLY CONNECTED TO THIS MONEY, SO MY AIM OF CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND GET 20% OF THE TOTAL FUNDS AS COMMISSION. THERE ARE PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED, IT WILL BE A BANK TO BANK TRANSFER. ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS ABSOLUTE SINCERITY, TRANSPERANCY AND YOUR EXERCISING OF STRICTEST OF CONFIDENCE. I WILL PRESENT YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY TO THE DEPOSIT AND BACK IT WITH ALL THE NECESSARY PAPERS AND THE HEAD OFFICE WILL ORDER THE TRANSFER OF THE FUND INTO YOUR STATED ACCOUNT. IF YOU ACCEPT TO WORK WITH ME I WILL APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH. MY PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER IS . CALL ME IF YOU THINK WE CAN WORK TOGETHER SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE DETAILS.I WILL ALSO LIKE YOU TO CONFIRM TO ME THAT YOU HAVE ACCEPTED THE RATIO GIVEN TO YOU AS I KNOW THAT IT IS GENEROUS ENOUGH. THANKS YOU IN ADVANCE AND MAY GOD BLESS YOU.I NEED TO ASCERTAIN YOUR WIL
LINGNESS TO WORK WITH ME SO THAT SOMETHING PRACTICAL WILL COMMENCE AFTER THE THE NEW YEAR HOLIDAY. SINCERELY YOURS, DR.KOFFI ANSELEM.

Monday, December 27, 2004

Now the scammers have moved on to Iraq.

I received this pile of nonsense today. It starts out by saying that it is genuine and not a hoax, at this point you know full well that it is a scam.

The writer claims to be in the US forces in Iraq. He claims that he has $18M, that was not stolen, he then proceeds to explain that he found it buried in the sand; ie, if it exists which it doesn't, then it was stolen.

The letter then follows the usual scam format; he needs help to transfer the money, keep this confidential etc etc.

Please don't be stupid enough to fall for this, it is a con.

Dear Sir,

NOT FOR THIRD PARTY (CONFIDENTIAL)
AND I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
NOT A HOAX MAIL, IT IS REAL.

With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed
up courage to contact you.I am an army Sgt. from Fort Hood Tx.now
serving with the third infantry contingent mission stationedin Iraq;I
actually found your contact particulars in a business journal.

I am seeking your experience and assistance to evacuate the
sum of $18.5Million United Sates Dollars to USA or any othersafe country.
This is no stolen funds, and there are no risks involved.

SOURCE OF FUNDS:
During the third month of the raid here in Iraq, Myself and
a few other soldiers while conducting a routine search in a
location near one of Saddam.s old palaces, uncovered large
sums of money buried in barrels with piles of weapons and
ammunitions which we believed must have been part of
Saddam's hidden treasure. We agreed not to turn over the cash or
declare it to our authorities that brought us here, so we shared it
amongst ourselves, since there was noting we could do having considered
that there is no amount or kind of compensation that can make up, be
quantified,or justify the risks we have taken with our lives in this
hell hole.

I was given the sum of $18.5Million Dollars as my own
share, and had nowhere to conceal such bulk monies here,
so I had to employ the services of a contact
to me by a German colleague. The said contact facilitated
the movement of the funds to a safer location entirely
outside Iraq, it was deposited in a security vault of a
in dubai(UNITED ARAB EMIRATES) for safety purpose.

What he knows is that the funds belong to an Asian American
who died in the war, and trusted me to turn in the money
to his family. One passionate appeal I will make to you
is not to discuss this matter with any third party, should
you have reasons to reject this offer, please destroy this
mail, as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us. I do
not know for how long we will remain here, and I have survived two
suicide bomb attacks by the grace of God.

It may be difficult for us to communicate frequently for
security reasons, so as soon as I am sure you are willing
to help, I will link you up with the contact and close
confidant who will work with you to get the money into
your care. On your immediate correspondence with the
contact which I will introduce to you, he will need to
release to you the document and secret code in which the
funds was safeguarded with so you can proceed for claim
and collection, but only when he has ascertained your
seriousness and totality to commit your time in seeing
to the success of this. We will also discuss your
percentage when it is convenient to do so but the
first thing is for you to get hold of the funds first.

In the meantime, please contact me through
my private email address: ()

Respectfully,
Billy.

Tuesday, December 21, 2004

Some scams are more plausible than others.

It is fair to say that this one is not at all plausible.

The scammer, an improbably named Mr Comfort Allen, writes to me from the Ministry of Finance of an unnamed country.

He talks about my claim for a fund, I have never made any claim.

He then asks me to reconfirm my email and fax details, which of course were never sent to him in the first place.

He then asks me to send a "promissory" note, assuring him that I will give him some money.

All in all, highly unconvincing!

ATTEN:

I am a director with the Federal Ministry of Finance and was instructed
by the Hon Minister of Finance to find out before the end of this month,
WHY your contract/ claim of your fund have not been credited to your account,
after instructions has been passed to all various Government quarters that
all over due contract/ claim payments should be released as a lot of petitions
by beneficiary's has been received by the Minister.

what this office want you to reconfirm, with your telephone and fax numbers,
any other information, WHY you have not received your payment up-till date?.
However I will give
my assistance to make sure your file is in order for payment as two people
came for the claim of the fund and submitted account saying that you are
not well.

but you must give me a promissory note stating your willingness to give
me a reasonable amount of money from your contract payment immediately you
get the payment.

Regards,

Mrs. Comfort Allen
(Deputy Director Federal Ministry of Finance)
Note: Forward your replies to this alternative email address:

Wednesday, December 15, 2004

Another con, only 10 conning days left until Christmas.

This one claims that I have won $2.5M in the British Lottery.

Absolute nonsense!

Don't be fooled by these scumbags, there is no money; it is just a con designed to steal your identity and/or money from your bank account.

BRITISH LOTTERY HEADQUARTERS:
CUSTOMER SERVICE,
*******************************************
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON. LONDON
*******************************************
Ref: KPC/9080118308/02/TCA
Batch: 12/25/0034

ATTN: WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery
International programs held on the 25th of November, 2004 in London. Your e-mail
address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number
5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7, which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00
(Two million, Five hundred thousand, United States Dollars) in cash
credited to file KPC/9080118308/02/TCA. This is from a total cash prize of
US $125 Million dollars shared amongst the first fifty (50) lucky
winners in this category.

This year Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British
Lottery. The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in
U.K. history. The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two
winners in a May 2000 drawing of The Big Game Mega Millions'
predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon.
In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, Five hundred
thousand, United States Dollars) would be released to you physically by our
affiliate Bank. Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with
him.

All participants were selected randomly from 'World Wide Web' site
through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised
to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is
processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to
claim your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary
agent with the below details for processing of your claims.
**************************************************
Name: Mr.Frank Anderson.
E-mail:
Foreign Services Manager, Payment and Release order Department,
TRANS-ATLANTIC S.A LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM
**************************************************
Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be duly
completed early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double
claim.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated
agent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this
program.

Yours faithfully,

Smith Carpenter.
AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.

Tuesday, December 14, 2004

I received this email today, from some idiot claiming to work for the Bank of Nigeria.

He says that despite never having met me, or knowing anything about me, he is happy to transfer $15M into my bank.

Now please, think about this for a minute; does this not seem to be a slightly odd thing to do?

He claims the money belonged to a dead person, and he wants me to pretend to be the next of kin.

In other words, he is asking me to commit fraud.

Let us be clear, there is no money.

Those people that fall for this scam are incredibly stupid, dishonest and greedy.

I trust that you do not fall into this category!

From: Mr Foster Uche
Senior Manager:Bills and Exchange
Inland Bank of Nigeria
Lagos Branch
E-mail

Dear Friend,
How are you today and how is your family,i hope you are

all fine,if so thanks be to God.

I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and

profitable business proposal, though I don't know you

neither have I seen you before but my confidence was

reposed on you when i saw the name of your company and

contacts through a bussiness jornal ,i confidentialy write to

you for a bussiness relationship with you.

I am the senior manager of Bills and Exchange Inland Bank

of Nigeria. The intended business is thus; We had a

customer, a Foreign resident in Nigeria,by name

Mr.Thompson Thorn, he was a Contractor with

Chevron/Texaco Nigeria limited .He has in his Account in

my branch the sum of US $15 Million(Fifteen Million

Dollars).Unfortunately, the man died with his families few

years ago in a bomb explossion in ikeja part of lagos sate in

Nigeria ,and until today non-of his next of kin has come

forward to claim the money.

Having noticed this,and with the understanding of my

soonest retirement from the banking industry ,I decided to

do business with you and release the money
to you as the next of kin to Mr. Thompson Thorn for
safety and subsequent disbursement.

I personally do not want this fund to be transferred
into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. That is why
I wanted the funds to be moved out of the bank before I
proceed on my retirement from the banking services by
next year. The need for a foreigner as next of kin in
this project is occasioned by the fact that the
customer Mr. Thompson Thorn was a foreigner and a
Nigerian cannot stand as his next of kin or heir.

As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me

indicating your interest, then I will furnish you with the

whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully

concluded. For your assistance i have agreed to give you

(30%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction,

thereafter I will visit you over there in your country for

disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

To enable the immediate transfer of the
funds into your nominated bank account, you will first apply
to the bank as the next of kin of the deceased,
indicating your bank account number and location
wherein the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of
your acknowledgement indicating your interest, I will
send to you the text of the application that you will
send to the Inland Bank Nigeria plc authority for an
approval to submit your claims.

Send your reply through my email and indicate your
interest to this bussiness so that we can proceed with actions
to get the funds transfered to your bank account over there in

your country .

If you are interested ,send immediately to me your full

contact
details for effective communication that this transaction

needs.


send to me Your
________________

1-----DIRECT FAX NUMBER
2-----MOBILE NUMBER
3-----OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBERS

SEND TO ME YOUR REPLY OF INTEREST TO MY

E-MAIL AS BELLOW OR AS ABOVE
_____________________________________________

E-mail

Looking forward to urgently hearing from you .

Yours Faithfully,

Foster Uche.
E-mail

Monday, December 13, 2004

How nice, I have won another lottery!

This time I have won the princely sum of $500K; very convenient, as Christmas is fast approaching.

Unfortunately this is a scam, there is no lottery and no money.

Don't fall for this tired old trick, you will be sorry if you do.

254 EGASTRAAT,
354tz
AMSTERDAM,
NETHERLAND.
WROM: TTZRCLBDXRQBGJSNBOHMKHJYFMYXOEAIJ
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
SCFN: GWK/5333/025648/03UAD.
BATCH: 241/2002/BLL.
ATTN: CEO,
We are pleased to inform you of the release today
the 11th december 2004 of the CONTINENT SOFTWARE
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/PROMOTIONS, netherland held on
the 19th september 2004. your company/individual name
attached to the ticket numbers 1001-58255563-2285
with serial number 8888/03 drew from the lucky numbers
02-22-00-66-99-85-52-12-36-50, which consequently
won the lottery in the FIRST category. You have
therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS (US500,000.00) in
cash credited to security file number
GWK/5333/025648/03UAD.This is from a total cash
prize of US$20 million share among ten individuals and Six
international companies lucky winners in this
category.
CONGRATULATIONS.
Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance
Department in the security company to your name ,Due
to the mixed up of some numbers and names, we ask
that you keep this winning a top secret from the public
notice until your claims has been processed and
remitted to your account as this is apart of the
security protocol, to avoid double claiming or
unwarranted taking advantage of this program by
participants.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from the 100,000 company/individal
email addresses from all over the world as part of
our international promotions program, which we conduct
every decade. We hope with a part of your winnings ,you
will take part in our next end of year stake us$20million
international lottery.
TO begin your claims, please contact your claim
agent in (Lottery payment centre), MR.robinson williams(Director of
operations).
TEL..
email()
For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of
your choice. remember,all winnings must be claim not
later than 15th december 2004, After this date,All unclaims funds will be
returned to the promotion company.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please
remember to quote your security credicted file
number and batch numbers and also with your telephone and fax numbers
respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent. Furthermore,
should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim
agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from all members of our
staff and thank you for being part of our promotions
program and publication.
Yours sincerely,
MR. KENNETH GRAM.
(promotion manager).

Sunday, December 05, 2004

This amusing little missive arrived in my email box today.

The writer claims to be in the Nigerian military; and claims that he has a couple of boxes with a "huge sum of money" in them, around $34M.

He explains that the reputation of Nigeria has been "dented" by the infection of fraudsters etc; he needless to say assures me that he is not one.

The business will be of immense interest to me and him. He says that his boss has sent him a "massage", asking for him to arrange for a quick investment of the money.

Sorry old son, try some other "mug".

FROM:IBRAHIM IDRIS
Email: ,

I know you will be surprised to read from me, a stranger and in this regard
but please understand that I desperately solicit for your experience on
your profession as the key Account Manager, Banking & Financial Services
Topcall UK Limited, to bring to success this important business that is
definitely going to be of immense interest to you and me.

I got your contact through the business section of your Embassy in Lagos
Nigeria (Topcall UK Limited) I am also aware that the World business trust
of these days has been dented much by the activities of some unscrupulous
elements that undertake on several fraudulent activities of which my country
is highly infected. This circumstance has dampened my courage to do this
mail to you for fear that my request might be branded as such.

May I give you for now, only a vivid explanation of what these is all about
with the hope that you will be willing to go ahead with me in this proposal
and thereby be furnished with all details subsequently. I am myself still
a Soldier in the Nigerian Military. I worked directly under the CSO (Major.Aliu
Mustafar) to our Former Dead Head of State (Gen. Sani Abacha). My direct
Boss, the Chief Security Officer (CSO), has been under detention since this
present Government of President Olusegun Obasanjo.

I have kept in my hometown, for my direct boss, since our days together
in the Government house and immediately after the death of the Head of State
a consignment in two trunk boxes containing a very huge sum of money, cash
in American Dollars.

Last week my boss sent a massage to me, giving me the contact of his old
friend, now a diplomat. He wants me to arrange quickly for someone in the
UK to receive and invest this money for us. I am expected to give this
consignment to the diplomat in Lagos and he will deliver same consignment to our person
in the UK.

Should you be willing, you will be offered a percentage (As may be agreed
between us) of the entire sum as your partake and you will invest and manage
ours for us. To guide your decision, the entire sum is US $34M.

I hope you will except to undertake in this transaction with me, I look
forward to your reply mail as soon as possible since this has to be undertaking
also, as soon as we can reach an agreement, with regard to the diplomats
schedule.



Thanks

Ibrahim Idris

Tuesday, November 30, 2004

Beware the Sun Trust scam that is currently doing the rounds.

This scam is a good example of the phishing scams that are becoming very popular.

Here the writer claims to be from Sun Trust Bank, and asks me to click on a link to verify security details.

The site, and mail, all look genuine.

However, do not be fooled; the scammer will steal your pin code, and raid your account.

No genuine financial organisation would ever write to you asking for your pin code.

Dear SunTrust Valued Member,

Recently an alarming amount of fraud and identity theft attempts are targeting Suntrust customers.

In order to safeguard and prevent unauthorized access to your SunTrust Internet Banking account, we are currently performing regular maintenance update of our security measures.

Your account has been randomly selected for this verification purpose, and you will now be taken through a series of identity verification pages. Please follow the instructions below.


Login to your Suntrust Internet Banking account using your account's CID and password.
Complete the requested information and confirm your identity as a customer of SunTrust.


Protecting the security of your SunTrust Banking account is our primary concern, and we apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Please be aware that we will have no other liability for your account or any transactions that may have occurred as a result of your failure to confirm your account.

* Please do not reply to this message. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
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Monday, November 29, 2004

Here is another form of the Nigerian scam.

In this instance the writer claims to need my services, to help him recover monies that are owed to him.

There are no monies owed, he wants your bank details for one or both of the following reasons:

1 He will steal from you

2 He will use your account to launder money (derived from drugs or arms sales)

Avoid at all costs!

Dear sir / Ma,

Goodday to you.

I am Kevin Maxwell. I will want to solicit for your assistance to help collect a cheque that is due for payment to me for services i rendered.

Please if you are willing to assist, i will want you to furnish me with your particulars, so as to enable me give you further details.

Please sir, you have to be an honest and trusted person, as more payments will be made through you. Please send your response to my private Email:

I await your urgent response.

Regards,
DR.KEVIN MAXWELL

Wednesday, November 24, 2004

Today the scammers wrote to me in French.

Same old bullshit. The writer claims to be the son of some dead person, who had a lot of money.

The writer wants me to help him invest $24M etc etc, for which I get 15%.

Message to scammers: guys, if you are going to try to commit fraud, at least write in the same language as the recipient.

Morons!

Monke Adam's ET Sylvie

Abidjan(Cote D'Ivoire).

Bonjour,

Je viens par la présente solliciter de votre haute bienveillance, une assistance
de grande importance.

Je me nomme Monsieur Monke Adam's je suis le fils de feu Dr.Divine Monke
ex Directeur des Mines de la république de Sierra-Leone.

Mon père à été assassiné par des rebelles de Sam Bockary lors d'une visite
sur un site d'exploitation d'or et de diamant situé à 230 KM de FREETOWN,la
capitale de notre pays.

Après le décès de notre père,la vie est devenue très difficile pour nous
comme on était constamment menacé par les rebelles.Compte tenu de cette
situation difficile, ma mère s'est arrangée avec un des meilleurs amis de
mon défunt père pour nous faire quitter le pays.

Ma mère a donc pris sur elle tous les biens de mon père qui étaient dans
son coffre fort qui sont deux caisses metallique et tous ses documents
importants
qu'elle a emmené avec moi en Côte d'Ivoire .

Nous sommes présentement en Côte d'Ivoire avec des biens y compris la somme
de 24 millions des dollar Américains.Comme nous ne connaissons personne
en Côte d'Ivoire,ma mère a décidé de déposer les deux caisses metallique
dans une compagnie privée de sécurité de la place afin de les sauvegarder
et protéger cette importante somme d'argent que nous ne pouvons garder sur
nous à l'hôtel.

Compte tenu du climat politique instable en Cote D'Ivoire et que notre famille
est très connue dans la sous région, ma mère a décidé de chercher un partenaire
afin d'investir cette somme hors du continent dans des domaines rentables,c'est
donc la raison pour laquelle nous venons vers vous pour solliciter votre
assistance et nous aider à investir dans votre pays.

La meilleure méthode pour conclu cette transaction vue la tention politique
en cote D'Ivoire, serai d'expédier les fonds dans votre pays .

Dès l'arrivée de ces fonds dans votre pays, vous allez les récupérer et
les sauvegarder et engager les démarches pour nous aider à venir s?établir
dans votre pays.

Nous avons prevu pour vous les 15 % du montant total de mes biens.
Répondez-moi le plus tôt possible.

Merci que DIEU vous bénisse.

Monke Adam's ET sa soeur Sylvie

Monday, November 22, 2004

Someone has written to me today, claiming to be the wife of the ex president of the Philippines.

Of course she is!

She claims to have $18M, which the authorities wish to seize.

Needless to say she needs my help in "consummating" a deal, whereby I would claim ownership of this money.

Aside from the shocking destruction of the English language, the writer is also guilty of telling porkies.

There is no money, and she (if indeed the writer is a she), is not the wife of the ex president of the Philippines.

Don't waste your time with this one, it is a con!

Dear friend,

This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for
your
unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction.
By way of summarized profile of myself, I am Senator Luisa Pimentel
Estrada,
a 74years old lady and the first wife of Joseph Ejercito Estrada
(former
head of state and President of Philippines) who is presently held in
detention in a hospital outside manilla,Philippines.
However, the current administration of Gloria Arroyo(The President of
Philippines) the present Government have resolved to freeze all known
assets
of Joseph Ejercito Estrada including properties at home and abroad and
are

presently embarking on to seize the various bank accounts of my Husband
in

Switzerland,UK and Australia. We cannot be held responsible for the
sins
of
my Husband. In view of this plight, I expect you to be trustworthy and
kind
enough to respond to this distressed call to save our family from a
hopeless
future. And if you agree to help, we shall discuss the disbursement
ratio
in
our next correspondence after we have been acquainted. In fact, the
attack

on our family (The Estrada's) is so devastated to an extent of seizing
our

traveling passport, family accounts, trying some members of our family
in
court for offences allegedly committed by my Husband and even restrict
us
from seeing my husband.
Ihave carefully moved out these funds (US$18 million), before my
husband
was impeached to an offshore Deposit Company.From past experiences,
many
people I had regarded as close friends has capitalize on my family's
travail
to run away with my money. In order to avert this negative development,
I
in
conjunction with my son (DANIEL) now seek your permission to allow my
attorney do a CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP/REASSIGNMENT OF CREDIT of stated
funds
from the deposit company to your name, so that the funds (US$18million)
would be released to you as the new owner (on behalf of me and my
family).In
view of this grievous threat to our Economic and personal survival, our
family trustee have secretly protected the deposit, you are to assist
us
to
lay claims of the consignment with the aid of all legal documents that
will
be forwarded to you as time goes on.
I am writing because when I deposited the money in the deposit company,
I
told them that it belonged to a foreign business partner and my present
position will not allow me to claim the funds. Consequently, I will
present
you as the owner of the funds in the Deposit Company so you can be able
to

claim them. This is simple. I will like you to provide immediately;

1. Full names
2. Contact address
3. Telephone and fax numbers

Once I receive this information, we will prepare the necessary
documents
that will put you in place as the new owner of the funds. The money
will
then be released to your custody by the Deposit Company, for us to
share.
No
doubt this proposal will make you apprehensive,please we employ you to
observe utmost confidentiality and rest assured that this transaction
would
be most profitable for both of us because we shall require your
assistance

to invest our share in your country (buying of properties like houses,
hotels etc). This is why your urgent action and response is of priority
to

enable us concluding this transaction in a timely and professional
manner.

Awaiting your swift response via this email address:

indicating your interest pls.
Thanks and regards,
Luisa Pimentel Estrada.
ALTERNATIVE email

Thursday, November 18, 2004

Eric writes to me, saying that he has $24M.

Yeah right!

He seems to have some idea that I am stupid, and will fall for this scam.

Then, for good measure he brings in his family; to try to put some emotional pressure on me.

Eric...piss off!

PLEASE!

I AM MR MAYOR ERIC OKADIGBO 28YRS,THE FIRST AND ONLY SON OF THE
FORMER
SENATE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA,DR.CHUBA OKADIGBO WHO PASSED ON LATE
LAST YEAR.

I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE SUM OF TWENTY FOUR MILLION
UNITED STATE DOLLARS {$24,000,000.00},AND THE TOP LIST OF
MY PRIORITY IS WHERE TO INVEST THIS MONEY OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY.
"REASON BEST KNOWN TO ME" .
I URGENTLY NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING A RELIABLE
GENUINE TRADE OR COMPANY WHERE I CAN INVEST THE FUND AND
IMMEDIATELY MEET YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR SETTLEMENT.

PLEASE I WILL KINDLY WELCOME YOUR ADVICE TOO.
I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT MAIL REPONSE. I NEED YOUR
SUPPORT, I AM PRESENTLY PASSING THROUGH
SOME DIFFICULT TIMES WITH MY MOTHER AND THREE SISTERS BASED
ON THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT POLICIES ON RETRIVING SOME FUNDS
AND PROPERTIES OWNED BY PAST GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONERIES.

HOWEVER,THE $24M IS PRESENTLY KEPT SECRETLY AWAY IN A SECURITY
COMPANY OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY, UNDER THE AUSPICES OF MY LATE
FATHER'S ATTORNEY WHO HAS THE DOCUMENTS TO THIS.
PLEASE SEE THIS MAIL AS A CLARION CALL TO SAVING HUMANITY.

MY MOTHER AND THREE SISTERS WOULD BE HAPPY TO HEARING YOUR POSITIVE
RESPONSE.DETAILS WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU REPLY THIS MAIL.

PLEASE REPLY US ON

ERIC OKADIGBO,
(for the family)

Monday, November 15, 2004

Bloody hell, another lottery win!

This time 1M Euros, the scammer even manages to drag Bill Gates into it; thus trying to add credibility to an incredibly obvious scam.

It is a con.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

EURO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL.
FROM: INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
REF: EML/2277777009/01
BATCH: 34/064/IPD /SL
RE: WINNING NOTIFICATION / FINAL NOTICE

Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Euro millions Lottery
Winners International E-mail programs held on the 13th of August 2004.
Your E-mail address attached to ticket number 30001415366-609 with
lucky main number 20 27 41 43 50 drew lucky star numbers 05 08, which
consequently won in the 2nd category, you have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of 1.000.000.00 Euro. (One Million Euro)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your
winning information confidential until your claims has been processed
and your money remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol
to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants.
All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn
from over 100,000 company and 50,000,000 individual email addresses and
names from all over the world.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of
Microsoft, the world's largest software company inorder to enhance and
promote the use of Internet Explorer Users and microsoft-wares around
the globe. This promotional program takes place every three year. We
hope with part of your winning you will take part in our end of year 50
million Euro International lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent: DR.PETER
STRANSSER (ALEXANDER CONSULTANT & SECURITIES)
TEL:Email:

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 19th of November
2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next
stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch
numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change
of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

Sincerely yours,

Mrs.Alonso Perez Antonia
Lottery Coordinator.
www.euro-millions.net

Sunday, November 14, 2004

Another lottery win!

This time $1.5M..if these wins were genuine I would be as rich as Bill Gates by now!

However, they are cons; designed to extract personal details and money from the gullible.


EURO MILLON LOTTERY.
C/PRINCIPE DE VERGARA 49,280046 MADRID-ESPANA.
TEL/FAX:
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/ PRIZE
AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: RF/300001000/04 BATCH: 30/1445/YSP
ATTENTION: LOTTERY WINNER.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery WinnersInternational programs held on the 20/09/2004. Your e-mail addressattached to ticket number 736255517-4000 with serial number 620000,BATCH: 30/1445/YSP, REF: RF/300001000/04 and drew lucky numbers2-5-6-20-50 which lump sum pay out of US$1.416,000.00 (ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN THOUSAND United States Dollars) CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 40,000 company and 20,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every year.This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Association of software producers. we hope with part of your winning, you will take part in our next year US$20 million international lottery. To file for your claim, please contact our fiducial agent.

EURO MILLON LOTTERY
MADRID SPAIN ,
PHONE NUMBER (),
Mrs. Linda Williams OPERATION MANAGER,
Email :

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 148Nov,2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do informour agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.

Yours Sincerely,

MS.ANNA KELLY
FOR: MANAGEMENT.

Friday, November 12, 2004

Another "bleeding heart" scam letter arrived in my mail box today.

The writer, a woman, greets me in the name of God. She then claims to be dying, and claims that she has $18M left to her by her dead husband.

She says that she wants me to use the money to help others.

All I have to do is send details of my address etc; thus leaving me open to identity fraud.

Don't fall for it; there is no money, there is no dying woman.

It is a con!

Dear Sir,
I greet you in the Name of GOD.
I am MRS REBECCA ATKINS from South Africa.I am married to Late MR SMITH ATKINS of blessed memory who was an oil explorer in Kuwait and Brunei for fifteen years before he died in the year 2000.
We were married for twelve years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both devoted to our God and respect other who serve him. Since his death, I too have been battling with both Cancer and fibroid problems. When my late Husband was alive he Deposited the sum of $18.5million (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred thousand U.S Dollars) with a Deposit Company in Europe.the money is deposited as Family Valuables/Treasure for security reasons.
Recently, my doctor told me that I have only six months to live due to my cancer problem, and this lead to a stroke attack which bother me most though because I cannot move as I use to. Having known my condition I decided to entrust this fund to either a philanthropic organization or devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instructs herein.30% of the US$18.5million goes to you to ensure that you are prepared for the task ahead, 60% of this money will be used in all sincerity to fund philanthropic organization, orphanages, widows and 5% will go to the family Attorney who will prepare the Authorisation and the balance 5% sent to me to at least prepare for my funeral and off-set my medical bills.
I am taking this decision because I don't have any child or devoted relations whose behavior has left much to be desired while I am ill and above all I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an UnGodly manner,hence this bold decision. Since my health is Retrogressing by the minute, you will have to send your POSTAL ADDRESS, CONTACT PHONE NUMBER AND FAX and a little details about yourself, because I got your address from the internet after a thorough search. As soon as I receive this information from you I will make arrangement to prepare the Authorization through the family Attorney for you to get Possession of the Deposit. As soon as I receive your reply to my confidential email address.

and the authorization is given to you by me, I will give you the name and contact of the Deposit Company where the money was Deposited in Europe, for claims to the consignment.
Until I hear from you, I pray that this letter bring you and your family good tiding while my dreams to help humanity rest squarely on your shoulders. May the Almighty God continue to guide and protect you.
Remain Blessed,
MRS REBECCA ATKINS.
NOTE; All replies should be forwarded to my confidential email address:

Thursday, November 11, 2004

I have won 2.5M Euros on the Royal Netherlands Sweepstakes, or some such non existent company. Well in truth, I have won nothing, it is just a scam.

Were I stupid enough to answer this, they would ask for an upfront processing fee; which of course would disappear into the ether.

Don't waste your time with these people, they are trying to con you.

FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF ROYAL NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKES BV WINNING
NOTICE FOR CATEGORY B WINNER - Ref
No:RNS/01/1836547290/NL
We are happy to inform you that your email address has
been selected as
one of the lucky email addresses in the category "B"
of the online
lotto conducted by our company ROYAL NETHERLANDS
SWEEPSTAKES BV here in
Amsterdam. CONGRATULATIONS!The cyber-Lotto was
conducted by a first of
its
kind automated computer balloting system, where by
email
addresses(25,000 email addresses),were extracted from
all continents of
the world. A
draw was held in different categories and winners
emerged from
different parts of the world and they are entitled to
various cash
prizes
depending on their different categories.Thus, you are
entitled to a
prize
money of €2,500,000,00 (Two Million,Five Hundred
Thousand Euros).
Reference number for your prize
is:RNS/01/1836547290/NL,
Ticket number:RNS/147/01/80.
As a category B winner, you have been selected by
computer balloting
system where only email addresses are soughted,from a
total number of
25,000 addresses drawn from all over the globe.After
an automated
computer
ballot of our International Promotions Program, only
FIVE winners
emerged in this category and therefore each are to
receive payouts of
€2.5,000,000,00 (Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand
Euros) from the
total of
€12,500,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
EUROS).
To immediately claim your prize, please contact our
Category "B"
financial handlers ROVAK FINANCE & SECURITIES COMPANY
BV,below are the
contact information of their financial director:
Mr.Van Maroney
Financial Director
ROVAK FINANCE & SECURITIES COMPANY BV
Cruquiusweg 31 1019 AV Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.
Tel:
Tel/Fax:
email: Vanmaroney@financier.com
Provide Prize reference number-RNS/01/1836547290/NL
and winning ticket
number-RNS/147/01/80 for confirmation. In your best
interest(s), you
must initiate contact within two weeks of receipt of
this
correspondence.
ROVAK FINANCE & SECURITIES COMPANY BV
are to handle all
matters with
regards to claiming of your prize money. You are also
advised to send a
copy of this email,to your claims agent Mr.Van
Maroney,
when contacting
him.
You may be required to provide any of the above
information during the
process of collecting your prize. We congratulate you
once again and it
is our hope that you participate in any of our
international programs
in the nearest future.
Thank you.
Sincerely,
Caroline Hesnik
Promotions Manager
ROYAL NETHERLANDS SWEEPSTAKES BV

Tuesday, November 09, 2004

Another fake lottery win has landed in my in box.

This time I have won 850K Euros, the only trouble is this is a con.

Don't be stupid enough to fall for this!

CASHOUT LOTTO BV
CASHOUT PLAZA, SUITE 1102AP
AMSTERDAM ZUID-OOST
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
Ref: OYL/265104060037/02
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the CASH-OUT LOTTOS Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held today the 27th OF
october,2004 IN THE
NETHERLANDS.This is a computer generated lottos of internet users using
email addresses as draws.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 275-1085-8862-005 with Serial
number 8786-35 drew the lucky numbers: 5 16 22 36 37 65, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum
of 850,000.00 EUROS {EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS}) in cash
credited to file
0YL/265104060037/02.This is from a total cash prize of
8.5 MILLION EUROS , shared amongst the first Ten (10) lucky winners in this
category.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site{web users}
through computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.
This promotion takes place annually.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European
booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In
view of this, your 850,000.00 EUROS (EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND EUROS)
would be released to you by our payment office in europe.
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the
release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information
confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you
in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.

This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be
warned.
To file for your claim, please contact your claims
agent:

MR VAN MORGAN
Email:
Tel/Fax:

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with your claims agent.

Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.
Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
MRS SUSAN DE MEER
CASH-OUT LOTTO Co-ordinator
NOTE:PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS OFFICE MAKE SURE YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS
AGENT ABOVE.ALSO MAKE SURE YOU SEND DOWN YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO
YOUR
CLAIMS AGENT FOR EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION

Wednesday, November 03, 2004

Soliciting for a business relationship?

Paaah! I am afraid it is yet another Nigerian scam.

Here the scammer claims that his dear old daddy has $26M, which he wants to invest in the West.

He needs my help in this "risk free" transaction.

It is a con, don't waste your time with it.

SOLICITING FOR A BUSINESS VENTURE AND PARTNERSHIP

Good morning,with warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings.I hope this mail meets you in good time.However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past,I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefits.I duly appologize for infringing on your privacy if this proposal is not acceptable to you.

First and foremost,I wish to introduce myself properly to you.

I am Mr.Michael Shaw, the son of the former Liberia finance minister (Mr. Emmanuel Shaw) under the past government of Charles Taylor.

I presume you are aware of the political crisis in my country which affected my father's health.

At the end of Charles Taylor's regime,he was exiled to Nigeria where he currently resides.Majority of his officers including ministers like my father,are having their accounts frozen by the present government because they were uncomfortable with the past regime.

We then jointly decided within the family to relocate the family funds outside liberia for investmest.

I am contacting you because of a good friend of my father (Dr.Thomas Clark) who visited your country recently and told my family about you and your country.

Following the above reasons,I have been subsequently adviced by my father to come to Europe to invest his money.So,I am soliciting for your co-operation and confidential assistance to take custody of Twenty six million united states dollars (US26.000.000).And also to front for me in areas of business which you desire profitable.Left alone, this would prove extremely difficult if not impossible because of the bureaucratic nature of the western world.

To show my preparedness and appreciation to conduct this business with you,I shall give you 15% of the total funds and 5% commission on any profit that we might realise in the process of investing the funds.5% shall be set aside for any eventual cost that may occur in the process of this transaction.

Please,I need your entire support and co-operation for the success of this business venture,and also your utmost confidentiality.

Be rest assured that,this is absolutely safe with no risk involved.I do hope my proposal is acceptable to you.

You can reach me through this e-mail address:

Thank you in anticipation while looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Best regards,

Michael Shaw.

Sunday, October 31, 2004

I have won another lottery; this time the scammer claims that I have won £10M, he also claims it is £5M.

Really guys, if you are trying to scam me at least keep your story straight!

UK Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
UK Sweepstake Lottery
an Affiliate of watergate inc.
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Tel/Fax:E-MAIL:
Ref: UKSL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the UKSweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 1st of February 2004 in London.Your Name and e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545 188 with Serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You are therefore, been approved to claim a total sum of 10,500,000.00 (fivemillion, five hundred thousand pounds) in cash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02.This is from a total cash prize of 125 Million pounds, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your 5,500,000.00 (five million, five hundred
thousand pounds) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.Our agent will immediately commence the process to
facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you make contact with him .All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to cailm your prize. This is a part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be warned.To file for your claim, please contact The Officer
inchrges with the below details for processing of your claims.
GLOBAL NETWORK SECURITY COMPANY LTD.
LONDON UK.
OFFICER: Mr GERALD MEYER
TEL:
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your
reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our
designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Sincerely,
Richard Wood.
Tell:
UK Zonal Coordinator

Friday, October 29, 2004

Here is another variation of the Nigerian scam.

This time it purports to come from a team of investigators; who are looking for the next of kin of a deceased person, with a sum of money deposited in a bank.

It is a scam, the giveaway is that they do not address me by name; also no reputable firm of investigators would contact a potential next of kin via email.

The real giveaway is the fact that the scammer introduces himself by one name, then goes on to sign off under another.

What a moron!

I have forwarded it to the Bank of Scotland fraud investigation department.

My name is Tony Gray.I am a senior partner in the firm of BELETS Consultants:
Private Investigators and Security Consultants. We are conducting a standard
process investigation on behalf of The Bank of Scotland, the international
Banking
conglomerate. This investigation involves a client who shares the same
surname with you and also the circumstances surrounding investments made
by
this client at The Bank of Scotland.

The Bank of Scotland Private Banking client died intestate and nominated
no successor in
title over the investments made with the Bank. The essence of this
communication with you is to request you provide us information/comments
on
any or all of the four issues:

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation who shares your same surname whose
last known contact address was Cannes, France?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a
person at the Private Banking Division of The Bank of Scotland?

3-Born on the 1st of June 1927

4-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume
status of successor in title to the deceased?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar
with
this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and
our inquiries surrounding this personality. You must appreciate that we
are
constrained from providing you with more detailed information at this point.

Please respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity
to close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

Rob Lenox

For:BELETS Consultants


Thursday, October 28, 2004

This is an example of the nastier form of Nigerian scam letter.

In this type of letter, the writer preys on the the charitable and gullible; by portraying themselves as sick/dying, and pretending that they wish to pass on their great wealth to charitable causes.

The reality is that the scammer steals the id of the respondent, and then proceeds to raid their bank account.

No matter how distressing this story, do not fall for it.

Dear Friend,

I greet you in the name of GOD.I am MRS MAGRETTE AKIM from South Africa. I was married to Late MR. SAMUEL J. AKIM of blessed memory who was an oil explorer in Saudi Arabia for twelve years before he died in the year 2001.We were married for Fifteen years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Since his death I too have been battling with Cancer of the Lungs(MESOTHELIOMA),I have gone for a corrective surgery,but it wasn't successful and as a second alternative, my options are left with therapy Treatment.My option is Radiation Threpy, it is only by the grace of God that i am hopeful. When my late Husband was alive he deposited the sum of $12.5million (Twelve Million,Five Hundred thousand U.S Dollars) with a Security Company in oversea. the money is deposited as Family valuables/Treasure for s! ecurity reasons.
Recently, my doctor told me that I have but alimited live due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me Most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to entrust this fund to either a philanthropic organization or Devoted individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instructs herein.30%of the $12.5million goes to the individual as entitlement,I want this individual to use 55% of this money in all sincerity to fund philanthropic organization, orphanages, and an extral 5% for your expenses that u may incure in trying to see this Transaction through.
widows and 20%be sent back to me pay for my medical bills and for my upkeep before i meet my creator .I am taking this decision because I don't have any child or devoted relations that will inherit this money I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an Ungodly manner. Hence the reasons for this bold decision. my health is Retrogressing by ! the minute, you will have to send your contact phone number and detail s about yourself, so that I will forward them to the Security company As soon as I receive your reply to my mail address: magrette_akim@hotmail.com

I shall give you the contact information of the Security Company and the country in oversea where the money was deposited.

I will send you all the required documents needed for the collection of the funds, and they include:
1. Memorandum of understanding, stating our terms of Agreement.

2. letter of Authority to the Security Company authorizing them that the said deposited money, henceforth you are now the legal recipient .

Authorization will be forwarded to you .Until I hear from you,my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders. May the Almighty God continue to guide and protect you.

Regards,

MRS MAGRETTE AKIM
NOTE:All replies should be forwarded to my confidential email

Wednesday, October 27, 2004

What do we have here?

-A dead body
-$28M
-No next of kin
-100% risk free
-Invocation of God

Aah, it must be a Nigerian scam.

Here the writer asks me to help him steal $28M (which does not exist), from the bank account of a person who never existed.

He assures that it is better that he get the money; rather than a corrupt government official, tautology surely?

He also assures me that I am the only person that he has contacted, this of course is a huge whopper. He has emailed thousands with this daft story. Unfortunately, the law of averages indicates that a few of these people will be stupid and greedy enough to fall for this amateurish con trick.

Not I, and not you I hope!

FROM: MR SIMON DAMA.
GRAND FINANCE AND TRUST BANK.
RUE CLUB DE L' AMITIE,
0251 B.P. 1625 COTONOU,
BéNIN REPUBLIQUE.
SWIFT: GRAFITR CTNOU
MAIL:


Dear Friend,


In Oder to transfer to overseas $28.5 million(USD)
from GRAND FINANCE AND TRUST BANK,Bénin Republique.
I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable
and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide
either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank
a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c
can serve to receive this funds quitely.

I am Mr. Simon Dama, the accountant/auditor of
the above Finance Corporation in Cotonou,
Bénin Republique and personal confidant to An Australian
Engr Donald Pepper who died in a ghastly motor
accident(year 2001) in Bénin Republique.

Engr Donald Pepper, is An Australian,and a prosperous oil\Gold
merchant, he died in the year 2001 without having any
beneficiary to his assets including his account here in
Bénin which he opened in the above stated bank in the year
2000 as his personal savings for the purpose of expansion
and developement of his company in Africa before his
untimely death in 2001.
And from my Investigation,I found out that No other person
knows about this account because he(Engr Donald Pepper)
never knew that he is going to die so soon, and so
his purpose was not achieved. If I don't remit this money
immediately, it will get lost(may be it will go into the
pockets of the corrupt government officials who will never
use it for any reasonable thing at all).
I dont want to miss this opportunity because it comes ones
in a life time.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
cannot be approved to a local person here, without a valid
foreign international passport, but can only be approved
to any foreigner with valid international passport or drivers
license and foreign a/c, this is because the money is in
US Dollars and the former owner of the a/c, Engr Donald Pepper
is a foreigner too, and as such the money can only be
approved into a foreign a/c.

However, I am revealing this to you with belief in God
that you will never let me down in this business.I don't
know you and have never seen you before,I only got your
contacts from an international directory which my
secretary provided for me. You are the first and the only
person that I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to
take. Send also your private telephone and fax number.

I need your full co-operation to make this work because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information of this account,
which I will give to you, upon your positive response and
once I am convinced that you are capable and will meet up
with instruction of a keybank official who is deeply
involved with me in this business.
I want to tell you that this transaction is 100% risk free
and legal because all the documents that will back up this
transaction will be available, so that no body will
question the fund when it is finaly tranfered to your
account.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25%
of the total amount.I look forward to your earliest reply
in this my private email navigator:

Thanks for your time.

Your's faithfully,

Mr. Simon Dama.


Tuesday, October 26, 2004

This scumbag from Nigeria wants me to help him steal $28M.

All I have to do is to provide him with my bank details.

Needless to say, I have no intention of assisting a thief. Additionally, there is the small matter that the money does not really exist.

All that would happen, in this "safe" transaction, is that my id would be stolen and my bank account raided.

Only a moron would fall for this.

Daniel Taiwo
Niger-Delta Development Commission
No.1, NDDC S Avenue,
Port Harcourt, Rivers State,
Nigeria.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Daniel Taiwo the Director-General of Nigeria-Delta Development

Commission (NDDC), Constitutionally mandated with the responsibility of


managing of Niger-Delta Development Fund for the development of the

region.
Niger-Delta is the south-south geographical area of Federal Republic of


Nigeria. The region is endowed with natural resources, which constitute


about 95% of our national income. Consequently to the exploration of Oil


and Gas, there has been verse ecological and environmental pollution in


this region.

Rather unfortunate, the region lacks most infrastural amenities. These

and much more have necessitated the establishment of Niger-Delta

Development Commission, immediately after the inception of this present


democratic government in Nigeria.
Sequel to the passing of bill by the National House of Assembly (the

legislative organ of the Government) and duly accented to by the

president, legitimizing the operations of the Commission by an act of

law. The Commission has, therefore, been constitutionally empowered to

implement a policy, which will relatively address the long-standing

neglect of the region.

Encouraging, the commission having successfully inherited the fine

accruing from the violation of the Associated Gas Injection Act of 1979,


the oil companies operational in the region have also been mandated to

pay 2% of their taxable profit to Niger Delta Development Fund, kept in


NDDCS account in Central Bank of Nigeria- with my commission having

jurisdiction over the fund.

The fund has since incurred well over hundred million dollars. The

commission having performed its duties diligently in identifying,

negotiating and awarding people oriented contracts worth millions of

dollars, myself and colleagues want to have Twenty Eigth million five

hundred thousand Six and Ninty us dollars (US$28, 500, 690.00)

transferred abroad for our personal use. Consequently, we want you to

assist have the fund remitted into your account.

Upon your acceptance to collaborate with us, we will front you to have

performed a contract with the commission, therefore, the beneficiary of


the fund. Every document in respect of the contract, legitimizing you as


the true beneficiary of the fund and authorizing you its immediate

remittance into your nominated account shall be obtained and perfected.
Importantly, however, due to the nature of the fund and the need to

have the esteemed personality of myself and colleagues involved in this


transaction protected, we have agreed to jointly invest the fund in your


economy.

The proceeds of the investment, you shall be, as will be agreed, pay to


our respective offshore account. I must assure you that this transaction


is safe on all its totality; however, absolute confidentiality is

required even after the fund has been remitted into your nominated

account. Note, for your assistance you shall be compensated with 15% of


the fund while 5% is for any expense incurred during the transaction.

You are hereby required to furnish me with the following information?s:
1. Bank name and address
2. Particulars of your bank account
3. Your full name, address and private telephone and fax numbers.
On the receipt of the above information?s, the fund shall be remitted

into your Nominated account within 14 working days.

I await your immediate response.

Best Regards

Daniel Taiwo.

Monday, October 25, 2004

Phishing is a variation of the Nigerian scam.

A phisher aims to con you into revealing your pin codes and bank details. This is usually achieved by emailing you, saying that there is a problem with your bank account.

The email asks you to click on a link, which takes you to a "legitimate looking" site; purporting to be the website of the bank/credit card company.

You are then asked to input your pin codes etc.

Do not fall for this, it is a con.

No legitimate bank would ever ask you to reveal your pin code by phone or net.

Here is a fine example of a phish, allegedly from SunTrust bank.

Dear SunTrust customer,

We recently reviewed your profile, and suspect that your bank
account may have been accessed by an unauthorized third party.

Protecting the security of your account and the SunTrust network
is our primary concern.We appreciate your assistance in helping us
to maintain the integrity of the entire SunTrust system.

As a security measure, we have temporarily
limited access to sensitive SunTrust account features.
Please take 5 minutes out of your online experience and renew your
records and you will not run into any future problems with the online service.
However, failure to update your profile will result in account deletation.
For more information about how to protect your account, please visit
SunTrust Security Page - Notification expires on October 28, 2004.

Once you have updated your account records your internet banking
service will not be interrupted and will continue as normal.

Please follow the link below
and renew your personal information.

Thursday, October 21, 2004

Sam Jerry Benson wrote to me today. His email contained the following warning signs:

1 Diamonds
2 Dead body
3 $22M in a box
4 Christian
5 Investment
6 Keep this confidential (oops!)
7 Sierra Leone
8 Business relationship

When you see these words/phrases you know that it is a con.

Avoid this like the plague!

Dear friend,

I am well confident of your capability to assist me in a
transaction for mutual benefit of both parties, ie (me and
you) I am also believing that you will not expose or betray
the trust and confidence I am about to establish with you. I
have decided to contact you with greatest delight and
personal respect.

Well, I am Sam Jerry Benson, son to Chief Fidelis Benson
late former Director of finance,Chief Fidelis Benson
Sierra-Leone diamond and mining corporation.

Few days before the death my father, he confided in me and
ordered me to go to his underground safe and move out
immediately, with a Deposit Agreement and Cash Receipt he
made with a security Company in Abidjan Cote d‘Ivoire
where he deposited One Iron Box containing USD$ 22 million
dollars cash (TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS). This money was
made from the sell of Gold and Diamond by my father and he
have already decided to use this money for future investment
of the family.

Thereafter, I rushed down to Abidjan with these two
documents and confirmed the deposit of the fund by my
father. Also, I have been granted political stay as a
Refugee by the Government of Cote d‘Ivoire.

Meanwhile, my father have instructed me to look for a
trusted foreigner who can assist me to move out this money
from Cote d‘Ivoire immediately for investment.

Based on this , I solicit for your assistance to transfer
this fund into your Account, but I will demand for the
following requirement:

(1) Could you provide for me a safe Bank Account where this
fund will be transferred to in your country or another
nearby country where taxation will not take great toll on
the money ?

(2) Could you be able to introduce me to a profitable
business venture that would not require much technical
expertise in your country where part of this fund will be
invested ?

Please, all these requirements are urgently needed as it
will enable me to establish a stronger business relationship
with you hence I will like you to be the general overseer of
the investment thereafter.

I am a Christian and I will please, want you to handle this
transaction based on the trust I have established on you.

For your assistance in this transaction, I have decided to
offer you 15% percent commission of the total amount at the
end of this business. The security of this business is very
important to me and as such,I would like you to keep this
business very confidential.If you are willing to assist me
Please kindly reply me immediately.

I shall expect your urgent response thanks.

Regards,
Sam Jerry Benson




Wednesday, October 20, 2004

Oliver Aristide wrote to me today, yeah right!

Oliver claims to be the brother of the recently deposed Aristide of Haiti. Seemingly there is a bank account, containing $137M, which is in the name of a dead business associate.

All I have to do is pose as the next of kin, ie commit fraud, and pocket the money.

Dear old Aristide promises that he will use the money to help the poor.

I have to send my details, in order to complete the "modalities". Whenever you see the word "modalities" you can be sure it is a scam, our boys all seemingly went to the same grammar school.

Utter tosh!

Dear Friend,

I write you in good faith, hoping that you will treat this letter as a
desperate search for assistance.
I am Oliver Aristide, the half brother of the recently ousted president
of Haiti Rev. Aristide, who has just been granted asylum in South Africa.

Because of the hurried nature of my brother’s exit from Haiti, he left
the country with the money he could and all his life savings has remained
in Haiti while he left in a hurry in order to safeguard his dear life.
I am in possession of Deposit documents, with which my brother’s
personal business associate Scott D. Morton, Deposited the sum of USD137,500,000
(One Hundred and Thirty Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S Dollars) in
a bank on behalf of my brother. This money was fixed by his associate in
order to beat any probing eyes in the country and when my brother had to
leave hurriedly, this money remained untouched because the associate of his
died in a plane crash, with this money lying in the Bank. We now wish to
have a Next of Kin who must be a foreigner, to stand as beneficiary of this
money so we can move the money to any of the developed countries, preferably
America or Britain. My brother quickly and desprately needs to send
money to the flood victims without anyone knowing the donation is from him.This
is why we seek your assistance to stand as the beneficiary of this money.
All necessary modalities have been put in place to have the money moved
very quickly without attracting attention.
If you agree to work with us to secure this money, we will be willing
to allow you keep 20 percent, 30 percent will go towards humanitarian
relief efforts for the flood victims back home and 50 percent will be kept for
my brother until he is able to get a permanent place for his asylum, by
then all the tension will also have died down.

I can be contacted alternatively at the following Email address:


Thank you for your anticipated cooperation and assistance.
Regards,
Oliver


Avoid it like the plague, it is a con.

Tuesday, October 19, 2004

Mr Tony Adams, from the Bank of Nigeria, has written to me.

He claims to be an account officer there, and that he has access to a dormant account containing $9M.

This little scum bag asks me to pretend to be the next of kin of the owner (who has died), ie commit fraud; in order to access the funds.

My "friend" Tony then states that "there is no risk".

-There is no account.

-There is no "Tony"

-It is a con.

Don't be a dishonest prat and fall for this con.

HABIB BANK NIGERIA LIMITED
AN AFILIATED BANK OF PAKISTAN
A BANK WITH A DIFFERENCE

FROM THE DESK OF
TONY ADAMS
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
HABIB BANK NIGERIA LIMITED
SUBJECT:CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL
ATTENTION:

PRIVATE MEMO
With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal, which I believe, would be of great interest to you. I am sorry for the inconveniences this letter might cause you, but I have no other alternative than to seek for your help, please bear with me.
I am Mr. TONY ADAMS.I am in charge of International remittance at Habib Bank Nigeria Limited. There is a dormant account in my bank and the owner of the account is deceased and I am the account officer to the account of the deceased.
There is a credit balance of ($9 million dollars) which has been dormant for five years now and further investigation, I discovered that the account and the money belong to a deceased foreign contractor in Nigeria.
With my current position in the International Remittance Department on the bank and also as a civil servant I cannot lay claims on this money. What I need from you is to use your name as next of kin and make you the rightful beneficiary so that I will use my position, in moving the ($9 million dollars) out from Nigeria.
Every record concerning this fund and all the legal documents backing the funds are in my possession, which will be forwarded to you once you indicate your interest. I intend to part you with 30% percent of the total sum for your assistance while 70% percent will be for me. Indicate your interest immediately so that I will give you all the detailed information on this issue.
Please my good friend, I want you to limit this matter personally to your self what ever your decision might be through my email address ()
NOTE: That 30% percent is for your assistance
There is absolutely no risk involved.
Thanking you in anticipation.

Kindest Regard
TONY ADAMS
Habib Bank Nigeria Limited
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT

Friday, October 15, 2004

The UK National Lottery have written to me again. Seemingly I have won another £2.5M in the space of 2 days!

What utter tosh!

Batch No: WD18/0065/04RN
Our Ref: UKNL/255457004/04
Our Ref: UK-NL/0627/04

Dear our treasured lucky winner,

RE: BONUS LOTTERY PROMOTION PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION

We are pleased to notify you of the release today as dated of the "UK's National Lottery International
Promotions programme held on the 14th,of October,2004.Participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from 50,000 names and email addresses from Europe, America, Asia, Australia, New
Zealand, Middle-East, Africa, and North & South America as part of our international promotions
programme conducted annually to encourage
prospective overseas entries.

We hope with part of your prize awards, you will take part in our subsequent lottery jackpots. The result
of our computer draw 844 of this day selected your names and email address attached to Ticket Number
034-22478556 with serial number 129 drew the lucky number 16-25-27-32-35-43-42 which consequently
won the lottery grand prize awards in the 2nd category.

Therefore, you have been approved a lottory jackpot lump sum prize awards winning of £2,500,000.00
(Two Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling Only) in cash prize credited to file Ref. No:
UKNL/255457004/04. This is from the total prize of £125,000,000. 00 (One Hundred and Twenty Five
Million, British Pounds Sterlings) shared among the Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category as part of our
promotional programme for this year 2004. This is your opportunity!Your prize awards has been insured in
your names and ready for claim.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2004) high stakes £2.6
billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact our foreign payment center claim agent
immediately;

MR ANTHONY DOGLAS
COASTAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LTD
EMAIL :

For due processing and mailing out of your prize check you.Remember, you must contact our foreign
payment center agent not later than two weeks from today. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

MARY BRIGGS
THE GENERAL MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY DEPARTMENT

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.

14349

Thursday, October 14, 2004

I have won $2.5M, no I haven't.

Today I received another fake lottery scam, this time purporting to come from the UK National Lottery.

As usual "there has been a mix up with the numbers", and I am asked not to disclose my win; OOPS!

In the interests of wasting their time, I have written to them claiming my money.

They will write back pointing out that there is a transaction fee.

Don't fall for it, it is a scam.

UK NATIONAL LOTTERY
183 RUPERT GROOVE
SE14 ERN LONDON
UNITED KINGDOM

FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: DLS/5181/7390007/04
BATCH: 2101/14/LPP

DEAR SIR/MADAM

RE: AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today,09TH OCTOBER,2004 of winners of the
UK NATIONAL LOTTERY/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, held on 28TH AUGUST 2004.You/Your
company, attached to ticket number 025-1146-1992-750, with serial number 2113-05 drew the lucky
numbers 7, 16, 22, 31, 3, 58, and consequently won in the Third Category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 in cash credited to file
REFNO.DLS/5181/7390007/04.This is from total prize money of US$125,000,000.00 shared among the
Fifty(50)international winners in the Third category.Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 100,000 Names/Email Addresses from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,Canada,
Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our International Promotions Program.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public
notice until your claim has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our end of year (2004) high stakes US$1.3
billion International Lottery.To process your claim, please contact our foreign payment center claim agent
immediately;

AGENT: MR. WILSON ROBERTSON
Email:

For due processing and mailing out of your prize check you.Remember, you must contact our foreign
payment center agent not later than one weeks from today. After this date, all funds will be returned as
unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your
reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with our foreign payment center
claim agent.Furthermore,should there be any change of your address, do inform our foreign payment
center claim agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely,

STACY GRANT
THE MANAGER,
UKNATIONAL LOTTERY

N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners will result to disqualification. Please do not
reply to this mail. Contact your claims agent.


Wednesday, October 13, 2004

Our friends from Nigeria have branched out from "business propositions", to begging letters.

This one received today, contains all the heart rending nauseating gush; so well designed to pull the heart strings of the charitable and gullible.

It includes dead parents, and a person trying to complete their education. The writer even uses the phrase "I will surely die in pain", tosh!

I have nothing but contempt for the scum that send these. They are trying to take advantage of those people who try to help the less fortunate.

Do not fall for it.

My name is Kelvin Adewale, I am a student of UNN(university of
Nigeria,Nsukka)Along the time I have had series of stories to tell,my latefather
was a civil Engineer, mum was a nurse,she died last year jenuary,my dad
collected laon from the bank before he died we are three in numbers,I am the
first of the children,we are two boys and agirl,my immediate  younger
brother is in high school,the other girl is  still in elementary,she is
about 10years old,after since my mum and dad died,I have been the bread winner
of my family,/younger ones,I work and school and some times do hared labour just
to meet up with our demandi do not realy to boarder any one with my burden but
now , I have vo choice left for me,but now I have to,cos I have been droped out
of school becos I could not meet up with the demand of my school.i only have
twoyears and three months to graduate out of school and my younger ones might be
dropping out of school If i am unable to pay there school fees and other
requirement,it is often said that no man is an island of his own,some body may
wonder if I can not sell my father properties to cover up my expencses,the truth
is that , we only have few properties left,cos most of our father properties has
been ceased by the bank,also my relatives has refused todo something about our
case(I and my bro. and my sister),so u can see that I have no choice than to
tell  it to the world,cos I keep silent,I will surely die in pain,I have no
help,except God.Now; we hardly feed this days,things are fallen apart,I am
begging in thename of God, to please help me in any way u can,I do not mind,I
have to get back to school,please try and show brotherly love,may God almighty
reward you in all ways of understanding

Just faithfully

Kelvin Adewale.

Tuesday, October 12, 2004

Here is rather an alarming statistic, that I came across yesterday.

It relates to a variation of the Nigerian scam, known as "phishing".

Phishing is an email that purports to be from a bank, or credit card company; it states that they need, for security reasons, to check you security details such as pin code etc. It often redirects you to a site, that looks like the genuine site of the bank; it is not!

This of course is a con; no genuine bank, or credit card company, would ask for pin codes or passwords via the net or via a phone call.

All that happens in these cases, is that the fraudster takes the passwords and raids the victim's bank account.

Apparently, although it seems to be an obvious con, some people have fallen for it.

In the USA last year there were over 57 million known phishing emails sent out, and a reported level of theft from peoples' bank accounts and credit cards of over $1BN.

I find it very worrying that people are so easily conned.

Remember, if your receive a "phishing" email asking for your details:

-Report it.

-Do not respond to it.

-Never give out your password or PIN details, to anyone.

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

Monday, October 11, 2004

My thanks to Celestine for sending me this scam.

It follows the "we have a dead person with your surname" format.

They scammers try to get the recipient to commit fraud, by asking the recipient to pretend to be related to a dead person who didn't really exist anyway.

There is no dead body, there is no money; it is just a scam.

Mr. Alex Chiromah
Foreign Operations Office,
International Trust Bank Plc.,
ICON House, 6th Floor, Idejo Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Email:

Dear Young Compilment

I am Mr. Alex Chiromah, Divisional Head, Foreign Operations Office with
the International Trust Bank Plc. I was personal account manager to one
late Engineer Walter Young, of your country, who till his death was a contractor
with Impressario Nigeria Limited, Moenier Oil & Gas Consult and Nigerian
Ports authority. On the 28th of November 1999, Engr. walter, his wife and
their two children were involved in a car accident along Gwagwalada express
road and all occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.


At the time of his death, Walter had a deposit of $15.6 Million which was
proceed of a contract work he just concluded with the Nigerian Ports authority.The
payment was made with an Ecobank cheque which I personally cleared.


Unfortunately, till this moment no one has come as his relation for his
deposit with us. My colleagues and I humbly request your attention to this
matter so that we can present you as his next of kin or beneficiary to his
deposit.

It is not a very difficult thing to do especially as you share the same
last name with him and it will not take time too. All we need is to change
the name and particulars of his next of kin to yours in our computer database
and we file in an application for the release of the fund through the Probate
Office in your name.

It does not necessarilly mean that you must be here to conclude the deal,we
may request that the money be sent to Europe or even the United States for
payment. Please contact me as quickly as possible on email;.We
will talk about the sharing ratio as soon as you get in touch with me.PLEASE
MAKE SURE THAT YOU USE GIVEN EMAIL ADDRESS Email;

Kind regards,

Mr Alex Chiromah.



Sunday, October 10, 2004

Hooray!, or as the ill written email I received today says, Hurray!..I have won $1M.

No I haven't, it is just another scam from a non existent lottery company; the Total Links Lottery company.

Same old shit, same person; just a different company.

One slight change to the normal format, they actually admit that they will charge $695 "processing" fee. This "fee" is not normally mentioned until you get in contact with them.

Needless to say, once you have paid your fee you will never hear from them again.

Don't fall for it, it is a con.

TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V.
LAAN VAN HOORNWIJCK 55,
2289 DG RIJSWIJK.

AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION.
Hurray! You have been selected as one of the five lucky winners in the second
edition of the TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V. promotional draws. You have
therefore been approved for a huge payout of $1,000,000.00(USD) One Million
Dollars Only.

How was the selection process done?

Winners were randomly selected from an initial database of 500,000 e-mails which
was eventually downsized to 5,000 from which we eventually selected the final
and lucky five. The process was done through the computerized email balloting
system selecting e-mails from The Middle East, Asia, Africa, Canada, Europe, USA
and South America.

The process of collecting your winnings is to be handled by our agent ADVOCATE
DON PETERS JOHN LAW FIRM. To ensure a smooth collection of your grand prize, You
are to contact our filing Officer accredited Attorney by email or fax within a
week of receiving this notice. Please find full contact details below:

ADVOCATE DON PETERS JOHN,
LEGAL ADVISER,
GUBTERHOF 45 2324HJ,
AMSTERDAM-NETHERLANDS.
TEL: .
E-mail:

In contacting your filing agent please provide him with the following
information below:

REFERENCE NO: TCL/31251231-04
BATCH NO: 12001
S.C.F.N: 7769066
SERIAL NO: 1021940/AB

Furthermore you are seriously advised to keep all winning lottery information
and numbers from the public in line with our company security protocol to avoid
double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by unscrupulous
individuals. Please contact your claims agent as instructed above.

Please be informed that you are expected to send the
Administrative/Legal/Processing fees between (€695:00) EUROS for the processing
of your winning sum of $1,000,000.00(USD).

On behalf of all our staff in TOTAL LINKS LOTTO program, we Congratulations!

Note: Any Winner under the age of 18 years is automatically disqualified.

Mr. Stella Van Bosch.
(Lotto Co-Ordinator).
TOTAL LINKS LOTTO INTERNATIONAL B.V.