Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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

Saturday, July 31, 2004

How nice, a scammer who doesn't want me to feel sorry for him.

Well don't worry, I don't.

This guy claims to be dying of cancer; but he is philosophical, claiming that he believes we all die sometime.

How very true!

The cancer seems to be a little unusual, as it has "defiled" medical treatment.

The scammer claims to have been a bad lad and mean spirited during his lifetime, well that at least is true.

Now that God has "called him" (why do these guys always bring God into their scam?); he now wants to make amends by giving away a "huge sum" of money, $15M, to charity.

He wants me to help him, in exchange I will get 10%.

Sorry chum; your story has been used before, and is a lie.


Dear Friend,
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.
My name is MR Barukh Mellamed a Crude Oil merchant in
Iran,i
have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .
It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and
right now I have only about a few months to live,
according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never
generous, I was always hostile to people and only
focused on my business as that was the only thing I
cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know
that there is more to life than just wanting to have
or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come
to this world I would live my life a different way
from how I have lived it. Now that God has called
me, I have willed and given most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul
so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last
good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some charity organizations in Austra, cameroun,
liberia,Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore. I once asked members of my family to close
one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have
there to charity organization in Bulgaria and
Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as
they seem not to be contended with what I have left
for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the
huge cash deposit of fifteen million dollars
$15,000,000,00 that I have with a finance/Security
Company abroad. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations.

I have set aside 10% for you and for your time.
God be with you.
MR Barukh Mellamed
Email Address

Wednesday, July 28, 2004

I've won the Cyber Lottery, well I am thrilled!

A certain Mr Bull wrote to me, telling me that this was the first draw of its kind; now that really is "Bull".

He claims that I have won 1.5M euros, all I have to do is to send my personal details to his agent.

The agent will doubtless tell me that there is a processing fee etc.

It is all a con, do not fall for it.


FROM:PROMOTION DEPARTMENT OF CYBER LOTTOS INTERNATIONAL WINNING NOTICE
FOR CATEGORY C WINNER -
Ref No:lL/03/457014/SP

We are happy to inform you that your email address has been selected as
one of the lucky email addresses in the category "C" of the online lotto
conducted by Cyber Lottos International.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

The cyber-Lottos was conducted by a first of its kind automated computer
balloting system,where by email addresses of(30,000 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 1,500,000.00 euros
Reference number for your prize is:lL/06/458290/SP,Ticket number:[PL/ILN/AA81248464].

As a category "C" winner,you have been selected by computer balloting system where only email addresses are soughted,from a total number of 30,000 email addresses drawn from all over the globe.

After an automated computer ballot of our International Promotions
Program,only ONE winner emerged in this category and therefore you are to receive a payout of 1,500,000.00 euros.To immediately claim your prize, please contact our fiduciary agent below are the contact
information of fiduciary agent:

MR.MARTIN LAWRANCE
FIDICUARY AGENT
CYBER LOTTOS INTERNATIONAL
CYBER CENTER,
CALLE LIMA,1
28945 FUENLABRADA,MADRID
SPAIN.
TEL:
EMAIL

Provide Prize reference number-lL/06/458290/SP and winning ticket
number-[PL/ILN/AA81248464] for confirmation. In your best interest(s)you
must initiate contact within one week of receipt of this correspondence.
Cyber Lottos International code no: lL/67840/SP

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,
Alex Bull,
Promotions Manager
Cyber Lottos International.

You are to provide the below details,to enable the speedy evaluation and
processing of your winnings.we advice that you adhere strictly to their
procedures to avoid any disqualifications and subsequent cancellation.

1. your full names
2. your full home / office address
3. direct telephone/fax numbers and email
the above detailed information will be absolutely necessary to file in
your claims.

PLEASE NOTE: YOU ARE TO KEEP ALL LOTTERY INFORMATIONS FROM PUBLIC AS WE
WILL NOT ENTERTAIN CASES OF MULTIPLE CLAIMS PROCESSING OR COMPROMISE THE
PRIVACY AND SECURITY OF ALL OUR WINNER.THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE DATA
PROTECTION ACT OF THE CYBER LOTTOS INTERNATIONAL.

REPLY TO:

Tuesday, July 27, 2004

A certain Dr Kojo Williams wrote to me today, asking for my help.

He notes that he is indignant in writing to me, I think that's not the right wording Dr Kojo!

He has $35M that he wants to put into my bank account; carry on, Dr Kojo, "I'm listening!".

The problem, from a moral viewpoint, is that the money (which of course doesn't exist) comes from deliberately over invoiced contracts for arms etc.

He happily admits it is stolen, he then says that there is no risk to me in working with him; surely a contradiction Dr Kojo?

He notes that the plan was deliberately "hatched out", with "lope holes (sic)" closed off.

This man is committing a criminal offence against the English language.

The final paragraph makes me laugh, it seems that our dear friend (Dr Kojo) wishes to use the money that he has stolen to finance his life as an "honourable businessman".

Well if you fall for this load of tosh, you are a feeble minded, dishonest, greedy moron; and deserve to get fleeced.

From:Dr.Kojo Williams
Tel:
Accra-Ghana.

dear,
I am Dr. Williams kojo,the chairman,contract awarding
And tender committee of the African Union(A.U)with
sub-head in Accra Ghana.

Forgive my indignation,if this letter Comes to you as
a surprise and if it might offend you Without your
prior consent.I got your contact during my search for
a reliable person to entrust this money transfer
project with.My colleagues and I involved in this
project have Agreed to seek your mutual partnership
into this huge Money transfer project.

we wish to transfer the sum of(thirty-five million
united state dollars)US$35,000,000.00 to your personal
or company Account.
This fund originated from over invoiced Contract bills
awarded by us for the supply of Ammunitions,hard and
soft wares, pharmaceutical and Medical equipment to
the ecomog peace keeping mission In Liberia and
sierra-Leone civil wars.
This over Invoiced sum was deliberately hatched out
and Carefully protected with all attendant lope holes
Sealed off.It was our consensus to seek your
assistance to Provide us with the facilities to
transfer this money Out of West Africa.This is born
out of our belief in The non-stable economy and
spurious political nature of this sub-region.

The original executors of the contracts have been
Dully paid through ERB(Eco Resources Bank)
This over invoiced sum is suspended in an escrow
account awaiting claims by any foreign person/company
we may front as the owner.Based On the law and ethics
of our service to A.U,we as Civil servants are not
allowed to operate a foreign Account.

This is the more reason why we needed your assistance
to provide an account that can hold this funds when
transferred to your country. It is however agreed, as
the person providing the account to secure the funds
in your country,you are offered 15% of the total sum
as commission,80% will be held on trust for us, while
5% is set aside to reimburse expenses incurred in the
course of executing the project.

The project is expected to be successfully completed
within 14 days if you accord us the maximum
cooperation needed from you.
As with the case of all organized(sensitive)and
conspired projects, we solicit for your unreserved
confidentiality and utmost secrecy in this project.We
hope to retire peacefully and lead a honorable
business life afterwards. There is no risk involved.
Call me upon the receipt of this mail for more details
on the procedure through my phone
number

Honourably Yours,
Dr. Williamskojo

Monday, July 26, 2004

The old lottery scam is back again.

This time I have won $250K.

PAHH!! I don't get out of bed for less than $1M these days.

The scammer here claims that the lottery is promoted by Bill Gates, what a load of tosh!

If you fall for that, then you will fall for anything.

As usual there has been a "mix up with the numbers".

I hope this little scam gets shut down ASAP.

Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of
the Lottery Winners International programs held on
the 26/07/2004.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
275114656588-6410 with serial number 5798-510,batch
number
466270566,lottery ref number 6676629735 and drew lucky
numbers 8-60-88-23-66-45 which consequently won in the
1st category, you have therefore been approved for a
lump sum pay out of US$ 250,000.00(Two Hundred and fifty 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 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three year. This lottery was promoted and sponsored by Bill Gates, President of the World Largest software, we hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next year USD 1 million international lottery. To file for your claim contact,glober trusty,Email:.Remember all winning must be claimed not later than
10th of august,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.Mary Edward (Lottery Coordinator).




Friday, July 23, 2004

Compliments of the Season!

What a bizarre way to start a letter. Too early for Christmas, and too late for Ascot; methinks it is a scam!!!!

The writer claims that her father, a diamond dealer (that should immediately alert you to a scam), was poisoned by his business associates. Now that should really warn you that something "dodgy" is afoot here.

He left $13M, and she wants me to help transfer the money etc etc.

I will, so she says, get blessed by God if I help her. Needless to say, 20% of $13M may also act as some form of inducement.

However, don't be deceived; this is a scam, there is no money.

I am afraid that we will all have to continue working for a living.

Dear,

I know my message will come to you as a surprise,first of all, I will like to say Compliment of the season to you, I am Miss.Prisca Adeng and writing to you from ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE,WEST AFRICA .I hope you will Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into a business relationship with you.I beleive that you will be a trustworthy person that i can do business with and I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

My father Mr Lucas Adeng was a very wealthy DIAMOND DEALER, the economic capital of SIERRE LOANE,He was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip. My mother died when I was very small and since then my father took me sospecial. Before the death of our father on october 2003 in a private hospital here in ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE, he secretly called me by his bed side and told me that he has the sum of THIRTEEN MILLION ,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND United State Dollars.USD($13,500,000) deposited in one of the Banks here in ABIDJAN and that he used my name as his first daugther and the only child for the next of Kin in depositing of the fund.Although according to him,he told me that he left an instruction with the bank that incase he died or still alive I should look for a foreign partner whom I can confide in who will help me transfer this money out of Africa.

He also explained to me that it was because of this that he was poisoned by his business associates.That I should seek for a Foreign partner in a country of my choice who will help me transfer this money and use it for investment purpose such as real estate management or hotel management .

Sir, I are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways:

1)To please help me transfer the money from the bank here to your bank account which you will provide which this money would be transferred to.

2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am only 22years old.

3)To make a feasibility study and recommend some worthwhile business investments which flourishes there in your country, My approach is in view of our ill-experience in business. This fund been the basis of our future and business ambition,your honest assistance and advise will be appreciated so much while relying on your guidance for profitable business establishment in your country.

4)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a resident permit in your country. Moreover,I am willing to offer you 20% of the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the successful transfer of this fund into your nominated bank account overseas. I will forward all the documents concerning this deposit to your interest to assist me in this my situation and I believe that this transaction will bring us together on your signify interest to assist me.

Please, Help me to get out of this terrible situation and our Almigthy God will bless you. Antcipating to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless

Best regards.

Miss.Prisca Adeng.

N/B: Please respond through my alternative email address

Thursday, July 22, 2004

Dear oh dear, the Australians now seem to be involved. Not really though, the reality is that the use of an African address is now so suspect that only the terminally deranged would actually fall for it.

Our dear old scammers now pretend to be Australian.

In this letter, the scammer offers me the chance to help him shift a "huge sum of money" (how professional) from a deceased person's account.

Needless to say, I am expected to pretend to be the next of kin; in other words I am expected to commit fraud.

Same old shit, just a different address.

From: 99 Queen Street, Melbourne
VIC 3000, Australia.
Date: July 7th, 2004


ATTENTION: The President.

My name is Mr Sidney Stone, Head of Securities,
Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Melbourne
I am contacting you on business transfer of a huge sum
of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one
apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that
all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

We discovered a Huge abandoned sum in an account that
belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along
with his entire family. Since his death, none of his
next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay
claims for this money as the heir.
We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to
have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by me for
the funds to be released in your favour as the
beneficiary next of kin. It may interest you to know
that we have secured from the probate an order of
madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiary. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of
our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with
your full names, address and direct contact numbers.

These requirements will enable us file letter of claim
to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals
in your favour before the transfer can be made.We
shall be compensating you with a million dollars on
final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall
be for us. Your share stays while the rest shall be
for us for investment purposes. If this proposal is
acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent
mail.

Please reply to EMAIL: , I will
introduce myself fully pending your response.

Regards,
Sidney Stone.

Monday, July 19, 2004

The attorney of the Central Bank of Nigeria (a highly respected and honest institution!) sent me this fine piece of prose today.

He talks about a "huge" sum of money (a very professional term), $40M, which seems to have been obtained illegally.

Never one to be concerned about the finer points of law, our scammer friend is happily asking me to compound the fraud; and transfer the money (which let me remind you does not really exist) to my account.

I must maintain absolute secrecy, oops!

Pathetic!

FROM DESK OF MALAM MUSTAPHA
ATTORNEY TO CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CODE:NNPCUSD40M
EMAIL:

DEAR SIR/MADAM

URGENT AND LEGAL.
THIS MAIL IS FROM THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY TO THE
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA .I WAS CONTACTED BY THE
REMITTANCE OFFICER OF THE BANK IN CONJUCTION WITH
THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM COORPERATION [NNPC]
PAYMENT OFFICER TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE OVERSEA
PARTNER WHO WILL BE WILLING TO ASSIST IN RECIEVING
HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY FROM THE BANK. THE AMOUNT
IS FORTY MILLION DOLLARS[USD40 MILLION]
THIS FUND EMANATED FROM THE AMOUNT MEANT TO BE PAID
TO A COMPANY THAT SAID TO HAVE EXECUTED A CONTRACT
WITH NNPC.REALLY NO CONTRACT WAS EXECUTED AND SUCH
COMPANY DID NOT EXIST.[GHOST COMPANY] THIS FUND WAS
APPROVED BEFORE THE FORMER PETROLEUM MINISTER WAS
SACKED FOR LOSS OF HUGE SOME OF MONEY FROM NNPC
ACCOUNT WITH THE CENTRAL BANK.

DR. GAUIS OBASEKI, THE FORMER OIL MINISTER IS SECRETLY
INVOLVED IN THIS DEAL.WE HAD A MEETING WITH HIM
THOUGH HE IS NO MORE THE OIL MINISTER.
NOW THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS PLANNING TO SET UP A
COMMITTEE TO PROBE THE FORMER MINISTER,THAT IS WHY AN
URGENT MEETING WAS HELD TO LOOK FOR A RELIABLE OVERSEA
COMPANY TO RECIEVE THIS FUND.THE FUND HAS BEEN SENT
OUT AS A CONSIGNMENT AND IS TAGGED PHOTOGRAPHIC
MATERIALS. ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED.

WE DO NOT WANT TO REMIT THE FUND THROUGH REGULAR
BANKING PROCEDURES TO AVOID BEING TRACED.
DO SHOW YOUR INTEREST BY SENDING YOUR DIRECT
TELEPHONE AND FAX LINES, YOUR ADDRESS AND PROOF OF
IDENTITY WITH THE CODE:NNPCUSD40M TO THE ATTORNEY
WILLIAMS HOPEWELL VIAS EMAIL: FOR
PROMPT ATTENTION.PLEASE IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED DO
NOT EXPOSE US BECAUSE OF OUR JOB.FURTHER DETAILS
WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU AS

WE HEAR FROM YOU.
THANKS,
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR MALAM MUSTAPHA (ESQ)
[ATTORNEY TO CBN]


Saturday, July 17, 2004

This character claims to be Hope Savimbi, related to some dead person in Africa.
 
He says that the letter may seem "strange but true", echoes of The Twilight Zone here I think!
 
He claims that he had to pray first, before writing to me, problem is that the idiot wrote to me a few months ago; his prayers don't seem to work.
 
Anyway, it is the usual tale of large sums of money (ranging from $18M-$1BN) sitting around in boxes.
 
He wants me to help move a safety deposit box and pick up a percentage.
 
Total and absolute tosh!
 
Dear Friend,This letter may come to you as a surprise due to thefact that we have not yet met. The message could bestrange but real if you pay some attention to it. Icould have notified you about it earlier on at leastfor the sake of your integrity but I decided to prayabout it first. Please accept my sincere apologies.In bringing this message of goodwill to you, I have tosay that I have no intentions of causing you anypains.I am Mr. Hope Savimbi, first cousin of the late rebelleader Jonas Savimbi of Angola who was killed on the22nd of Febuary 2002 . I managed to get your contactdetails through the internet myself by researchbecause time is of the importance and I wasdesperately looking for a person to assist me in thisconfidential issue.My late Uncle, Jonas Savimbi was able to deposit alarge sum of money in different banks in Europe beforehis death, and the movement of his family members(including me) is restricted. We are forbidden toeither travel abroad or out of our localities.Presently our movement are monitored.Right now there is a rush for all my Uncles's wealthboth  home and Abroad by the Government and by my Unclesextended family and relations who are claiming thatmost of the wealth was got by Arms smuggling andilleagal precious stones mining and therefore illegal.His wealth has been estimated to be $500 million toover $1 billion and being close to my Uncle I happento be in possesion of documents and information ofsome of the wealth. Approx. $250 million and only mytrusted mother knows that I have this information.Presently, the sum of US$18,000,000.00 (EighteenMillion Dollars) cash my father transfered to Europebefore his death which is presently deposited withsome security firms in Europe.What my family requires from you is to assist us toretrieve this funds and have it safeguarded pendingthe time my family will be given residential statushere in the Netherlands where we are presently seekingpolitical assylum .You know my uncle was a rebelleader in Angola before his death My reason for doingthis is because it will be difficult for the Angolangovernment to trace my uncle's money to anindividual's account, especially when such anindividual has no relationship with us .I am currently and temporarily living in Holland withmy family where we are seeking refugee status.I willsend you all the necessary information concerning thistransaction as soon as you forward to me yourconfidential telephone and fax numbers for easycorrespondence.I plan to use this money to safeguard my familiesfuture. It is very essential that you understand thatthe kind of trust and confidence I want to put in youis extraordinary, and an act of desperation on mypart, in order not to lose this money. Also, ensurethat this contact with you should be treated withutmost secrecy.Your role in this project, is clearing the safetydeposit box containing the money which is deposited inmy name from the Security and finance company, afterwhich, the money will lodged into an accountpreferably a new account you should open for thistransaction.  My share of the money will be returnedto me when my asylum application in this country isgranted, and I have permission to do business and openan account here.For your reliable assistance, I will reward you withFifteen Percent  of the money.I have with me, the Certificate of Deposit for theconsignment containing the funds, which will be usedfor claim from the security company, and the releasecodes of the vaults. Also, everything will be legallyprocessed for transfer of ownership to you, and thistransaction should be completed immediately dependingon your prompt response.I thank you in advance as I anticipate your assistancein enabling me achieve this goal.Please contact me whether or not you are interested inassisting me. This will enable me scout for anotherpartner in the event of non-interest on your part.To know more about the struggle by UNITA to liberateAngola, click on the link below and read.http://www.the-idler.com/IDLER-02/3-16.htmlhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stmTHANKS,GOD BLESS.HOPE SAVIMBI

Friday, July 09, 2004

I Died in 2000

I would like to advise you all that reports of my death are somewhat premature. However, the writer of the scam below doesn't seem to realise that.

The scammer, who claims to be a barrister, has written to me to tell me that I died in car crash a few years ago. Apparently I left $10M, he now wants me to impersonate myself to get my money back.

Needless to say, the transaction is "perfectly legal"!

One small point here, I am not dead; nor indeed did I have $10M.

However, always happy to waste the time of a scammer, I have written back pointing out that I am not dead and asking him to return my money immediately.

I will let you know if the idiot responds.

Attn: Mr Frost.
Sir,
I am Barrister James Obi, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Kenneth Frost , a national of your country who use to work with Shell-development Company in Accra-Ghana. Herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Kumasi express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposit is lodged. Particularly, the finance company where my late cleint had an account valued at about 10 Million Dollars has issued me a notice as his attorney to provide his next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name, so that the proceeds of this account including valuables and cash valued at us$10 Million will be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 60% to me and 40% to you I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honestco-operation to enable us conclude this deal.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my email or phone:. Contact me immediately so that we can discuss further about this issue.
Best regards,
Barr. James Obi.

Saturday, July 03, 2004

Hooray, hooray I've won the National Euro Lottery.

The improbably named Linda Charm tells me that I have won a poxy $1M, with the chance to win $1BN.

Utter bullshit, it is a con; there is no such thing as the National Euro Lottery.

NATIONAL EURO LOTTERY,
ALFONSTRAAT B56-58
1002 BS AMSTELVEEN,
AMSTERDAM,
THE NETHERLANDS.


FROM: THE PROMOTIONAL SECRETARY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT


ATTENTION:

After a successful completion of the 2nd category draws of NATIONAL EURO
LOTTERY, held on 25th June 2004, we are pleased to inform you of the official
announcement today, that you have emerged one of the winners of the NATIONAL
EURO LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, which is part of our promotional draws.

Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000
names/email addresses of individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia,
Australia, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and New Zealand as part of our
International Promotions Program.

You are attached to ticket number N.E.L. 714-5-9827, drew the lucky numbers
N.E.L.03- 15- 23- 25- 35- 40 and consequently won in the 2nd Category.

You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out of US$1,000,000.00(One
million united state Dollars) which is the winning payout for 2nd category
winners. This is from the total prize money of US$5,700,000.00 shared among the
three international winners in the 2nd category.

CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with a financial institution with REFERENCE NUMBER:
N.E.L A718-3 and batch number BATCH NUMBER: 224-DA, insured on your name.To
avoid mix up of numbers and names, we request that you keep this award strictly
from public notice until the entire process of transfering your claims has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account. This is part of our security
protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

We also wish to bring to your notice our end of year (2004) high stakes where
you stand a chance of winning up to US$1.3 billion, we hope that with a part of
your prize you will participate.

Please contact your claims agent immediately,to begin your claims process;

MR. KENT DOUGLAS
CLAIMS DEPT. MANAGER,
NATIONAL EURO LOTTERY,
EMAIL:

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of
your choice. Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 15-20th of
July 2004.

NOTE: To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote
your reference and batch numbers provided above in your correspondence with your
claims agent.


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

YOURS Sincerely,

LINDA CHARM
(PROMOTIONAL SECRETARY)

Friday, July 02, 2004

A gentleman claiming to be a Barrister wrote to me today.

He claims to be working for his late employer, seeking to find his employer's relatives in order to settle an estate of $9M.

Now here's a funny thing, he can't find any relatives!

Consequently he would like me to pretend to be next of kin, in order that I may claim the estate. In other words, he wants me to commit fraud.

Read it again, if you don't quite grasp it, a man claiming to be a barrister is asking a complete stranger to commit a fraud.

How likely is that?

This scum bag then goes on to suggest, with a straight face, that the transaction is legal.

It is fraud, it is a criminal offence; it is NOT LEGAL!!!

Finally, as if he hasn't even read what he has written, he notes that he wants an honest person to do business with. Yet he is asking me to pose as next of kin, I would therefore have to commit fraud; ipso facto I would be dishonest.

Dear Friend,

I am Barrister Alex David (Esq) a solicitor. I was the Personal
Attorney to late Henry Williams an oil merchant/contractor with
CHEVRON PETROLEUM COMPANY here in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 1999,
my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a
automobile accident and unfortunately they lost their lives.

Before my Client died, He had a huge fund deposit valued at
US$9,000,000,00 Dollars in a Citi Trust Bank Ltd. here in Nigeria. As
his personal Attorney, I am in possesion of all legal documents which
shows the entire transaction between him and this Bank in relation to
this fund deposit. Consequently, the Bank mandated me to look out for
any of his extended family relatives to stand in as the next of
kin/beneficiary of this fund deposit.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any
of my clients extended family relatives, but to no avail. After many
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the
Internet, but this attempt was equally unsuccessful. Unfortunately,
today 23rd day of June, 2004, the Citi Trust Bank Ltd. gave me an
ultimatum of Ten working days to provide the next of Kin or have this
fund confiscated. This is why I have contacted you to render assistance
in repartrating the money and properties left behind by my client, before
they will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by this bank.

Since I have been unsuccesful in locating the relatives for over two
years, and coincidentally you are from the same country, I seek your
consent to present you as the next of kin/beneficiary of late Henry
Williams fund deposit with this Bank for our mutual benefit. For your
assistance, you will be adequately compensated with 40% of the total
sum. 55% will be for me, and 5% will be set aside to offset all
incidential expences that might be incured in the cause of this
transaction. e.g phone call, payment of tax if so required by your
government etc. This transaction is 100% risk free as I have all
necessary legal documents to back up all our claims. I guarantee you
that the entire transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law,as all
documents/affidavit that will be required by Citi Trust Bank Ltd.
before the release of the fund will be procurred legally from the
federal high court of justice.

All I require from you is honesty and cooperation. Please realise that
the confidentiality of this arrangement must be maintained from now,
and even after the successful complition of this transaction,to enable
us see this deal through. If you will assist me, Please call me on my
personal phone or contact me via my private office box
for details.

Thanks and God bless.

Best regards,

Barrister Alex David.

N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication
in this mutual transaction to my private office email box
You can contact me on this number:

Thursday, July 01, 2004

Here is another scam, "doing the rounds", which I was sent by one of my visitors today.

It follows the tried and trusted format, the scammer claims to have been given the recipient's name by a trusted third party (how likely is that?).

The scammer claims that he has access to $12M left by a dead person in a bank account.

They want you (the recipient) to pretend to be the next of kin, in order to steal the money.

So, to be absolutely clear, they are asking you to commit fraud.

Are you happy to do that, are you happy to commit fraud and steal?

If so, then I have no sympathy for you when then steal your money.

Remember that if they are happy to commit a crime, ie fraud and theft, why should they then honour their deal and pay you the commission?

Also remember, the $12M doesn't actually exist.

This is a good time to repeat my advice as to what to do with these letters:

1 Do not reply to them.

2 Send them on to the criminal investigation bureau of your country, eg FBI, NCIS. This site has links to many of these organisations in the side bar.

FROM: MR. MARCEL WEST.
UNION TOGOLAISE DE BANQUE (UNION BANK OF TOGO.) 13 RUE
DE BLVD, B.P.850, LOME, TOGO.

GREETINGS,


MY NAME IS MARCEL WEST, the director in charge of
auditing and accounting section of UNION BANK OF TOGO
in West Africa.

With due respect and regard, I have decided to contact
you on a business
transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us
at the end of the transaction .

During our auditing in the bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a
deceased customer who died on november 1997 plane
crash in South Korea and since then his fund has been
dormant in his account with this Bank without any
claim of the fund in our custody either from his
family or relation
before our discovery to this development. Although
personally, I keep this information secret within
myself and partners to enable the whole plans and idea
be Profitable and successful during the time of
execution. The said amount is Twelve Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only---$12.5m.

As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through my good friend who works with
chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here

in Lome- Togo. It was him who recommended your person
to me to be viable and capable to champion a business
of such magnitude without any problem, although I
didn't give him details of this enterprise.

Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over
this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased,
get the required approval and transfer this money to a

foreign account has been put in place and directives
and needed information will be relayed to you as soon
as you indicate your interest and willingness to
assist me and also benefit your self to this great
business opportunity. In fact I could have done this
deal alone but because of my position in the country,
as a civil servant, we are not allowed by law of the
land to operate foreign account while still serving .
This is the actual reason why it will requires a
second party who will forward claims as the next of
kin to the Bank and also present a foreign account
where he will need the money be transferred into. I
will not fail to inform you that this transaction is
100% risk free, while I advise that you will maintain
absolute privacy through out the period of the
operation.

On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be
entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, 10%
will be set aside to take care of expenses that may
arise during the time of transfer while 60% will be
for me and my partners. Please, you have been adviced
to keep top secret as we are still in service and
intend to retire from service after we conclude this
deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in the
bank until you confirm the money in your account and
ask us to come down to your country for subsequent
sharing of the fund according to percentages out lined
above and further investment, either in your country
or any country you may advice us to invest in. All
other necessary informations will be send to you when
I hear from you.

I will appreciate you get back to me as soon as
possible stating your wish in this deal.

Yours faithfully,

MR.Marcel. B. West.