Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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

Friday, April 29, 2005

Scams come in many forms, this one purports to come a from a commerical import export business.

However, as you will note it is based in Nigeria.

Nuff said!

Dear Sir/ Madam,
SUB:SUPPLY ORDER AND BUSINESS PROMOTION.

we are international reputable commercial organization marketing foreign sales factors, wholesale distributors, manufacturers representative, and importation general.

Presently we are actively engaged in sourcing of the under listed items for an urgent contract supply to our home government and we have been in this line of business for many successful years satisfying our numerous customers and government with all their needs. Our recent expansion and desire to promote trade and industry in your country has afforded us the opportunity to post this offer here for an urgent contract supply of the under listed items.

T-shirts ,computers,computer parts, building materials, pharmaceutical products, men & ladies garments, bed sheets,mosquito nets ,electronics,cameras,fax machines, mobile phones,leathers, industrial machines, raw food items and general goods from your country. Please if you can supply us with the above listed items, do not hesitate to inform us by mail so that we can get you intimated of all you need to know and thereby recommend you for the supply.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kindest Regards,
Rev.Franklin Uche,
Director, Policy and Program Implementation
Federal Ministry Of Internal Affairs
Fed. Sec.Garki 2, Abuja
Nigeria

Tuesday, April 26, 2005

I received this scam today, the writer seems to think that I am an expert on brewery installations.

Utter bollocks!

These morons don't even try to sound convincing.

The fact that this purports to coem from Nigeria ought to give a you a clue as to its honesty.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I got your name and address through online business
directory as an expert and professional in the
establishment of a standard brewery plant.

My name is Umaru El-Rufai the owner and fouder of EL-RUFAI
AND CO, I am into consultant based in Nigeria. Our services
include:

Private Consultancy
Company representation
Commission agent

We have been mandated by one of our clients to search for a
specialist brewery engineer / expert / builder, who can
handle from start to hand over of a modern standard brewery
plant, which will be sited in Cotonou, Benin Rep.

We want to know your ability and capability to readily
handle this project as all the infrastructures and resource
for the successful commencement of the project has been put
in place.

We hope this is the beginning of a long / fruitful business
relationship with you.

We are expecting your soonest reply top enable us send to you details about
the capacity for quotations.

Thanks and best regards

Mr. Umaru El-rufai.

Director
Tel:

Monday, April 25, 2005

Scammers, as we all know, are the scum of the earth.

They prey on the greed and stupidity of others, in their never ceasing quest to enrich themselves at the expense of others.

However, there is a particular kind of scammer that is even more repugnant than the norm. This scammer is the kind that preys on the generosity and kindness of others, by claiming to be working for a charity or church.

Here is a fine example of one such scam, that I received today; note the pathetic mis-spelling of the word muslim.

Needless to say the scammer is not really a pastor.

I WANT YOU TO EMAIL US BACK TO OUR
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS.THIS WILL
MAKE US TO GET YOUR REPLY FAST


Praise the name of the lord the most high God

Dear beloved Friend,

I greet you in the name of our lord JESUS CHRIST the only son of God that is
and to come.

This proposal might come to you as a surprise but, I want you to
give or borrow me your listening hear as a true and good faithful
saint of Christ.

My name is Pastor Elijah paul I come to you as
one of the end time minister of Christ to propagate the word of God
and make the people see more light into Christinity.

I and some other true minister of God have come to notice by the
inspiration of the Holy spirit that more
than 50-60% percentage of NIGERIAN are MUSLAIM and more
are still been converted everyday minute per minute and second p
er second and I tell you according to census about 70 percentage
of Nigerian citizen are now strong MUSLAIM now.

Why are they so? Because of high level of poverty and starvation
in the country. we have also discover that his so called religion
ISLAMIC have a way of using this avenue of POVERTY
to convert our FELLOW brothers and sisters.

Therefore, we have a task or role to play by stopping them,
this will cause us by coming together joint hand to hand
because this people so called MUSLAIM have their purpose
and plan by coming up with the following scheme and programmed

which are as follow;

1. Free Education
2. Job Employments
3. financing every activities they are about to carry out.
4. getting assistance and support from other faithful and
true followers of their so called ‘MUHAMMED’ including organization
and individual in abroad most especially your country.
5.Building of schools for the least privilege and care for Orphan.
6.Also in their Tertiary institution they make available of help
to all student who are in one needs or the other and they
also provide scholarship and sponsored the students and voluntary
their self to help in all means all because they wanted to propagate
and spread the word ‘’ISLAMIC’’ and convert our beloved
brothers and sisters.

We have a vision and mandate to carry out and for this
vision to materialize or actualize we need you and your contribution
morally, financially and spiritually to this great mission.

Remember, the Bible says MONEY answer all(everything)

We are Also pleased to inform you in sincerity, honesty and in
truth that we had faithful and true CHRISTIAN brothers and
sisters who are ready to give us their assistance and support
us morally, financially and spiritual most especially praying and
fasting for this grate and wonderful mission.

This is our Objectives and plan;
1. Building of BIBLE school where we can fully propagate
and bring the people in the fear of GOD and bring them out of darkness into
light.
2.provided a good package for the orphan
3.Funding of Pastors, teachers ,apostle, Evangelist and other men of God that
has higher calling.
4.Distributing of Gospel materials such as Bible, Anointed books written by men
that was inspired by the Holy Spirit and others
5.Provided food for the poor and the needing.
6.provision of drugs to the hospitals in the course of CHRISTIANITY
7.that he sent his only begotting son JESUS CHRIST to die for and To spread the
word, and teaching of GOD

Finally, if you know that you are the true and faithful
worshipper of GOD And are proud to be one of his
son and daughter make haste to help now in this mission do not delay.

How can you help now.

We need your moral, spiritual and most especially your financial
support to be able to achieve all this aim.

Remember, whatsoever you make happen to other God will make happen to you.

If you have not giving your life to christ know that you are endenger your life
and also know that expect you are saved you are not save.to reture back to
God as you pray this prayer JOHN3;1-end

Lord JESUS come into my life,forgive me all my sin and cause me
to do your will and restore on to me your Holy spirit i receive you as
my lord and personal saviour.

Please do not forget to send all your details contact including
your phone number, fax number, full mail address and your
picture photograph to use this as a point of contact to link
you to God in prayers As he finally
reward and bless you.

Your Faithfully.
Pastor Elijah paul
Co-ordinator/President.

Friday, April 22, 2005

This scammer claims to be the Head of Audit of Continental Bank, of course he is not.

He claims to have $15M in the account of a dead person, and wants me help him steal it by committing fraud.

Now, at this stage, you would have thought that even the most dimwitted of people would have realised that this is a scam.

Unfortunately, there are people in this world who are very stupid and very greedy. These idiots fall for this nonsense.

I trust that you are not amongst them?

From Mr.Husaini Hamza,
Head Audit Department,
Continental Bank,
Cotounu, Benin Republic.
TEL:

Attention please,

Good day and God bless you. It is with deep sence of commitment, faith and
trust that I make this confidential risk free business proposal to you
for your assistance. I am deeply sorry if I have in any manner disturbed
your privacy.

I am Mr.Husaini Hamza the head of the Audit Department of Continental
Bank in Cotounu Benin Republic. Recently, I discovered a domant account
with a huge amount of money which amounted to USD15.500,154.22 (fifteen
million, five hundred thousand, one hundred and fifty four dollars, twenty
two cents) that belongs to one of our numerouse customers MR.PIERE JOHNSON
from Germany who happened to die in a ghastly motor accident few years ago.
During the period of my investigation I discovered that the deceased left
no will and nobody behind to come for the claim of this fund as his next
of kin. Since then I have made several inquiries to see if I can locate
any of the deceased relatives but all efforts have proved unsuccessful.

Therefore, I decided to contact you to assist me put up claim to this fund
with this bank as the deceased next of kin for the claim of the fund. I
want to also bring to your notice that as the Head of the Audit Department
of this bank that this fund will be paid to you directly into your account
from our affiliate bank in Madrid Spain which is the CITY BANK ON LINE but
we have to obtain the approval from our bank here which is the Continental
Bank of Benin and after the approval has been obtained, they will instruct
our affiliate bank in Madrid Spain to effect the transfer of the fund into
your account. Be also informed that I have with me all the necessory information
of the deceased which will help us claim the fund successfuly.

Your positive response to this proposal will be highly appreciated and I
will futher give you the details of how you shall present the claim from
this bank. Feel free to call me on my private number for
any question you may wish to ask me.

Anticipating your urgent reply.

Regards,
Mr.Husaini Hamza.

Tuesday, April 19, 2005

Another scam lottery is doing the rounds.

This one claims to come from the Power Wheel Lottery.

The scammer claims that Bill Gates is involved, of course he isn't.

Ignore it, it is a con.

POWER WHEEL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: VAN RUSSELLSTRAAT 59 1124 HG AMSTERDAM -THE NETHERLANDS.

REF: PWLI/DA965I-02/AL
BATCH: 7793/737867/KJL

ATTENTION:

RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE: PWLI

We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 15th April, 2005 of winners of the SCIENTIFIC GAME PROMO LOTTERY; THE NETHERLANDS / INTERNATIONAL, PROGRAMS held on 17th March, 2005. Your email address attached to ticket number 025/078742; with serial number 05908 drew the lucky numbers 25-35-09-74-82, and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000 US Dollars (ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in credited to file REF NO. PWLI/DA965I-02/AL. This is from total prize money of 15,900,000.00 US Dollars shared among the international winners in our 1st - 4th categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, New Zealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of International Promotions Program, which is conducted annually. CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now in custody of a Financial Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE. 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.

This lottery program was organized by our group of philanthropist promoted and sponsored by Mr. Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc, eminent personalities like the sultan of Brunei, Multi Choice and other corporate Organizations. This lottery program was organized to improve the use of computer software and for the benefit of every Microsoft user. We hope with part of your prize, you will support our enormous programs around the GLOBE as we wish to align you in advance.

To begin your claim,please contact our fiducial agent

MR ANTHONY VAN HEIM
GULF ATLANTIC S A.
TEL: +
Email address:
Alternative email:

Be informed that non residence of the Netherlands will have their win processed accordingly, as required by the Netherlands Gaming Board (NGB) prior to award payment policy for international winners and also required by your authorized paying Bank. Be advised that your paying Bank will effect payment swiftly upon satisfactory report, verifications and validation provided by this processing Agent. All prize money must be claimed not later than THREE (3) weeks of receipt of this notice. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences with your agent. Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Susan Van Borch

Lottery Coordinator POWER WHEEL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL, THE -NETHERLANDS

Monday, April 18, 2005

This scam claims to come from a company looking for relatives with the same surname as the deceased.

Needless to say they don't say what the surname is.

The unwary, and stupid, will assume that it is the same as theirs.

However, this mail is sent out to millions of people; all of whom have different surnames.

Unless you have not realised it by now, it is a con.

Respectful Greetings,

This e-mail is from the firm of Gardener & Gardener, London,
UK.

My name is Paige Maria Anderson.I work for the firm Gardener
& Gardener,London UK. Gardener & Gardener is 1 of 3 appointed
commissioned agents
assigned to undertake a search by H.S.B.C Private Banking. We
are acting under the mandate of H.S.B.C Private Bank to
investigate the background of a client who shares the same
surname with you.
The clients personal data sheet contains
insufficient/inconclusive information to conclude an effective
background check. We are attempting to identify persons who
may be connected to this person in any way whatsoever to
enable us conclude due processes. Note: we respect your
privacy and dont request you to reply with more information
than is necessary to enable matching of your submissions with
those already in our possession. A yes or no answer will
suffice.

Please note the following details, do you know any person who
fits this profile? :

First name of deceased: Peter / Pierre

Last known city/country of residence: Normandy, France

Mothers maiden name: De Winter.

Date of Birth: 1st October 1930.

Profession/Occupation: Art dealer

We repeat that we need no personal/private details from/about
you, and a yes or no answer will suffice.

We ask for your immediate response to this investigation that
we may put a close to this matter.

Thank you.

Paige Anderson

Managing Partner.

Gardener & Gardener

Sunday, April 17, 2005

I received a mail today with the title "Congratulations you have won the Canadian Lottery".

Imagine my disappointment when I opened it to read the following pile of garbage!

+ADw-div+AD4APA-pre+AD4- Assistance with investment I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or land properties in your country on behalf of the outgoing Director of Denel, South Africa's arms parastatal. (Check www.denel.co.za +ACY-lt+ADsAPA-a href+AD0AIg-javascript:ol('http://www.denel.co.za')+ADsAIgA+-http://www.denel.co.za+ADw-/a+AD4AJg-gt+ADs- for more information) Considering his very strategic and influential position, he wants the transaction to be strictly confidential as much as possible. He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent. I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. Denel paid the money in advance as a commitment fee for a deal that never happened. The arms parastatal had hoped to sell weapons worth billions to the undemocratic Saudi regime. The highly unusual payment was approved in 1996 by the Denel board, then headed by Absa deputy chairperson Dave Brink. For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the Ministry of Mining and Energy in South Africa for which payment should be effected to you by Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run into US+ACQ-16.6Million (Sixteen Million, Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) of which your share shall be 20+ACU- if you agree to be our overseas agent. As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates and setting up trust accounts abroad. For this too you shall also serve as our agent. In the light of the above, I would like you to forward to me the following information's: 1. Your name Company name and address if any. 2. Your personal fax number. 3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication. You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through this email. After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through. Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thanks in anticipation of your cooperation. Yours faithfully, Mr. Trevor Tutu TEL: 82-047-5205 +ADw-/pre+AD4APA-/div+AD4-

Thursday, April 14, 2005

Another fake lottery scam hit my mailbox today.

This time it comes from "Cyperlotteries", I have a feeling they mean Cyber.

The bottom line is that this is a con.

Do not fall for it.

AWARD NOTIFICATION.
CYPERLOTTERIES INTERNATIONAL LOTTO.SPA PROMO/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
ADDRESS: VIA RONCHI 40-43, 10091 , ALPIGNANO ..
REF: KOS/87777453-47/04
BATCH: 677/65854398/GA
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE:
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement on the 9th of APRIL,2005. of winners of the CYPER PROMO LOTTERY / INTERNATIONAL,PROGRAMS held on 5TH,APRIL,2005 for the 2005.ALL GAMES PROMOTION Your email address attached to ticket number 99-00004658, with serial number 63520 drew the lucky numbers 11-21-33-42-43-63, and subsequently won the lottery in the 1st category. You have therefore been approved of a lump sum pay out of EUR1,500,000.00(ONE MILLION AND FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS) in credited to file REFERENCE NUMBER:KAL/77-C765916493.This is from total prize money of EUR2,500,000.00 shared among the international winners in our 1st -5th categories. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from Australia, NewZealand, America, Europe, North America and Asia as part of
International Promotions Program, which is conducted
annually.CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds is now in custody of a financial
Security company insured in your FILE REFERENCE Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names,we advice that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your designated account or any other form of claim. This is
part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous
acts by participants of this program. This lottery program was promoted
by our group of philanthropists. We hope with part of your prize, you
will participate in our end of year high stakes EUR10,000,000
EUROS International Lottery in the year 2005. To process your claim,
please contact your file/claim officer: MRS BRITHNEY WOOD of CYPER
LOTTERIES INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION,SPA. email to . Make sure that you quote your winning
references in all your correspondence with them. Please be informed that NON RESIDENCE of ITALY will be required to procure an Affidavit of Lotto
Claim/Court clearance certificate from the Court in ITALY prior to award
payment policy of Organisers/European Gaming Board as required by the paying Authority.
Please be aware that the Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly
upon satisfactory Report, Verifications and validation provided by this
processing Agent. For due processing and remittance of your winning
prize to designated account of your choice, please treat as urgent.
Remember, all prize money must be claimed not later than 27th of
MAY 2005.After this date,all funds will be returned and treated as
unclaimed.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
correspondences with your agent and all reply must be via email as to
ensure the legibility. Furthermore, should there be any change of your
address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations once again from our team of staff and thank you for
being part of our promotional program. Note: Anybody under the age of 21
is AUTOMATICALY DISQUALIFIED.
Sincerely,
MR DELIO WALSH.
(Lottery Coordinator).

Wednesday, April 13, 2005

Another lottery scam thrusts itself into my mailbox today.

This time the scammer claims to be with the Zeeman Lottery, and that I have won 500K Euros.

It follows the usual line that "there has been a mix up with the numbers", how incompetent these people are!

Don't be stupid, and fall for this, it is a scam; they will attempt to charge you a "processing fee", then you will never hear from them again let alone see your "winnings".

Dear Lucky Winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of our Zeeman Lottery programs held on the 30th of March 2005.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 013-2316-2055-437 with serial number 91740-98 drew lucky numbers 37-13-34-85-56-42 which consequently won in the 1st category with Ref. Number:NIL/67-B931062538,Batch Number:17/9803/5DF and Credited file Number:TWX06/9071545/89

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of 500,000.00 Euro (Five Hundred Thousand Euro) in cash credited. This is from a total cash prize of 10,500.000.00(Ten million,Five hundred thousand Euro)shared among the international winners in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims have 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 80,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place once every year, we hope with part of your winning you will be lucky in our next year 10 million Euro international lottery.

To file for your claim please contact our accredited agent:

Thomas Anderson
Tel:+
Email:

Payment arrangement would be made to you. And all correspondence should be related to the contact informations above.

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than 15 days from this day, unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications please remember to quote your ticket number and serial numbers in all
correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of your email address, do inform our accredited agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations once more from our members of staff, thank you for been part of our Lottery promotional program.

Sincerely yours,
Henry Van Brook (Lottery Co-ordinator)

Tuesday, April 12, 2005

PHISH WARNING

Another phish is doing the rounds, this time it purports to be from the LaSalle bank.

Needless to say it does not come from this organisation.

The phish wants you to click through on the link. This will take you to a fake site, where you will be asked to enter your passcodes etc.

Do not fall for it.

Dear Customer:

We've noticed that you experienced trouble logging into LaSalle Online
on
MM/DD/2005.

After three unsuccessful attempts to access your account, your LaSalle
Online Profile has been locked. This has been done to secure your
accounts
and to protect your private information. LaSalle Bank is committed to
making sure that your online transactions are secure.

You may unlock your profile by going to:


If you're still having trouble, online support is available for you at:


If you should have any additional questions or concerns, please contact
Customer Service at:


Thank You for using LaSalle Online !

LaSalle Online Reference Number: 284386

©2005 LaSalle Bank Corporation. All rights reserved. LaSalle Bank N.A. Member FDIC.

Monday, April 11, 2005

PHISH WARNING

The following fraudulent email is doping the rounds.

It claims to be from Paypal, it is not. Those that click through on the link, will find that the site invites them to disclose their passcodes etc.

Do not fall for it!

Dear
,
We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account
from a different IP address.
If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual log in
attempts may have been initiated by you. However, if you did not initiate
the log ins, please visit PayPal as soon as possible to check-up your
account information:


Thanks for your patience.
Sincerely,
PayPal

Sunday, April 10, 2005

I have won the Lottery International again!

This time $2.5M could be mine, not bad considering that I have never entered it.

Unfortunately it is a scam; all they will do, if I were to be stupid enough to respond, would be to charge me some money to "process" my award. Needless to say I would never receive my award, as it does not exist.

Don't fall for this scam.

FROM:Mr.Van Gogh
EUROPEAN PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF:EL3/9008/04

BATCH:8/163/EL.

Attn:Dear Sir/Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 1/01/2005. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number :EL-256413 with serial number: EL-122,batch number: EL-55,lottery ref number: EL-9318 and drew lucky numbers 5-1-8-11-4-22 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US$2,500,000.00 (Two Million, Five Hundred 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 a group of successful electronic dealers.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 paying officer:

Contact Person: Mr.Van Gogh
Tel:
Email:

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 2nd Of April,2005.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.

yours Sincerely,

Mr.Van Gogh

Friday, April 08, 2005

Here is an interesting variation on a theme.

This scam purports to come from a company looking for assistance in import export.

Now there may be those of you who would take this at face value.

However, think about it for a moment. Why would a professional company write to a complete stranger, who they know nothing about, to ask him to assist in their operations?

The answer is, no professional genuine company would ever do this.

You will also notice that the writer of the email is illiterate, not a good sign.

There are two possibilities:

1 The scammer is intent on stealing my bank details and id, or more likely

2 The scammer wishes to use my bank account to launder money

Either way, do not touch this with a bargepole.

GRAND IMPORT AND EXPORT COMPANY
I am MR MARK FOSTER, we are a group of business men who
deal on raw materials and export into america/europe
and canada
We are searching for representatives who can help us
establish a medium of getting to our costumers in
america/europe as well as making payments through you
to us.
Please if you are interested in transacting business
with us we will be very glad.
Please contact me {procurement officer}, .comSubject to
your
satisfaction you will be given the opportunity to negotiate
your mode
of which we will
pay for your services as our representative in
america/europe.
Please if you are interested forward to us your phone
number/fax and your full contact addresses.
Very Respectfully,
Briggs Smith, President
GRAND IMPORT AND EXPORT
Goods for Import / Export & Freight Fwdg. Svcs.
Units 3A & 3B, Olympic Way,
Sefton Business Park, Aintree Liverpool,
L30 1RD, UNITED KINGDOM

Thursday, April 07, 2005

I've won $1M on De Lotto!

No I haven't, it's a scam.

There is no $1M, and there is no lottery.

Don't be a gullible fool and fall for this tired old con trick, you will lose money.

DE LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

REF Number: EFON/231-ILGI0431/05
BATCH No: EAPA/15/096/TVFS
TICKET No: 20511465463-7644
SERIAL No: 472-9768-98
LUCKY No: 8-66-97-22-65-99

RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Sir, Madam

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International
programs held on the 5th April 2005 Your E-mail address attached to Ticket
number 20511465463-7644 with Serial number 472-9768-98 drew the lucky numbers
8-66-97-22-65-99, which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore
been approved for a lump sum payout of US$ 1,000,000.00 (One Million United
States Dollars). This is from a total cash prize of USD$10,000,000.00 Million
shared amongst Ten International Lucky Winners in the Category A + (Plus).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

This lottery is a promotional program by DE LOTTO, (Biggest lottery Organization
in the Netherlands) to advertise to the world its existence. All participants
were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 50,000 companies
and 2,000,000 individual email addresses from all over the world, as part
of our international promotions program, which we intend to conduct several
times a year.
Be informed that your documents have to pass our authority to obtain a clearance,
which shall be attached to your document in readiness of the subsequent onward
transfer into your nominated bank account with 24 hours of completion of
the authentication.
Due to the possibility of unscrupulous individuals filing a double claim,
we suggest that you keep this award strictly confidential until your claim
has been processed and notarized and your certificate of award obtained.
This is in conformity with the lottery claim regulations by our Organization
& the Netherlands Gaming Control Board.
This is part of our security protocol measures to avoid double claiming and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants/non participants.

All winnings must be claimed not later than 15th April 2005. After this date
all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Anybody under the
age of 18 is automatically disqualified.

To file for your claim, please contact our /your processing agent
Mr. Harry Herman.
Email:

NOTE: All winnings must be notarized and a certificate of award must be obtained
from the Netherlands Gaming Control Board to complete the claims process,
this certificate can only be obtained through legal representation so winners
will be referred to a lawyer to assist in this process. Winners are to cover
the legal charges for the notarization of the claims form and the acquisition
of the certificate of award not DE LOTTO.

In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please do forward
your Tel/Fax number to your processing agent. So you are to act fast in the
claiming of your funds, for delays will compel us to disperse your funds,
in other words, we shall divert your funds as stated above. Kindly remember
to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.

Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our/your agent
as soon as possible.
Finally, we call on you to make sure that you note every letter clearly as
stated for we will not be held responsible should there be any complications
in this transaction due to laxity on your part.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.

Yours truly
Johanna Pieterman
Lotto Coordinator

FOR ENQUIRIES/SUPPORT CONTACT MR HARRY HERMAN AT

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

These pesky scammers come from all over the place these days.

This mail arrived in my mail box today, purportedly from the Lombard Financial Consultancy for the Bank of Scotland.

However, it is a scam. They want me to pretend to be the next of kin of a non existent person.

Once I have sent them my bank details etc I will find my id stolen, or find that they are trying to charge me a "processing fee".

Please don't be stupid and greedy, these mails are con tricks.

Ref: ZA-296-ENQR / BANK OF SCOTLAND


I work for Lombard Financial Consultancy in the United Kingdom. We are in the
middle of a very important enquiry which has necessitated getting in touch with
you..
I am getting in touch with you on behalf of our client, which is a top United
Kingdom bank (Bank of Scotland).
We are conducting a search for any next of kin for a particular investor who has
passed on.

Please do you have any relatives who have lived in Belgium for the last 30 years
or more.
Also are you aware of any relatives who might have been into real estate or a
huge investor in
Energy.

We understand that this might be all too sudden for you, however we will
appreciate that you
get back to us even if no one of the above description is known to you.

This will help us put an end to this matter. The reason we are getting in touch
with you is because you share the same name with the individual.

Please can you send us a mail indicating if you know any one with the above
description. Also
If no one of such description is known to you please send us a mail stating
that, as this
Will help us stop further communication with you.
Can you please send your reply to
as I am in charge of this enquiry.
Please kindly get in touch by email to this enquiry, as this will enable us stop
further communication with you.

Thanks

Ms Wood Smith

Monday, April 04, 2005

Phish WARNING

There is another phish email doing the rounds.

This one purports to be from the Key Bank.

As with all of these phishes, it is a crude attempt to divert you to a scam site where you are invited to enter your passcodes and id.

Do not fall for it.

No legitimate organisation will ever ask you to reveal your passcode by phone, or email.

See phish below:

Dear Key Bank customer. Please read this message and follow it's instructions

Confirm Your Identity:
We are performing maintenance, which may interfere with access to your Online Services. Due to these technical updates your online account has been flagged and we must confirm that you are the rightful owner of the account. To Confirm Your Identity click the link below, Please make sure you do this in a timely fashion as we look forward of bringing you updates regularly

To get started, please click the link below:


Important information from Key Bank.
This e-mail contains information directly related to your account with us, other services to which you have subscribed, and/or any application you may have submitted.
Key Bank and its service providers are committed to protecting your privacy and ask you not to send sensitive account information through e-mail.

Key Values Diversity . KeyBank is an Equal Housing Lender .
By accessing and using this website, you agree to the terms and conditions and important legal notices below.
User Agreement , Linking Disclaimer , Arbitration Provision , Security , and Privacy Policy
Copyright © 1998-2005, KeyCorp. All rights reserved.

Sunday, April 03, 2005

This pile of utter tripe landed in my mailbox this morning.

The writer knows full well that my company has no contract with these people. He is trying to trap the dishonest and greedy, into claiming money that is not rightfully theirs.

If you are dishonest and stupid enough to go along with this, then you deserve to be ripped off.

FROM THE DESK OF THE
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
BANK CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'
AFRIQUE DE l'OUEST (BCEAO)
DR.CHARLES KONAN BANNY.

ATTN:HOURNORABLE CONTRACTOR,

It has come to our understanding that the contract that was executed by your company in Benin Republic with contract number BEN/RB/MIN/005 of Our records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the government of Benin Republic. Your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments. I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is $12.5 million dollars (twelve million, five hundred thousand united states dollars).Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile numbers.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.

As soon as these information are received, your payment will be made to
you in a certified bank draft from BANK CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE l'OUEST (BCEAO) and a copy will be sent to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it. You must respond to this mail as soon as you receive this letter for futher acquantance with me.REPLY TO:()

CONGRATULATIONS.

Regards,
Dr.Charles Konan Banny.
Executive Governor,
BANK CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE l'OUEST (BCEAO).

Friday, April 01, 2005

I have won 1M Euros, oops no it is an April Fool's day joke.

I am afraid that it is just another scam from the criminals who stalk the internet.

Don't be a fool and fall for this pathetic con trick.

MICROSOFT EMAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
FROM:INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION / PRIZE AWARD.
PROMOTING INTERNET USAGE OVER THE GLOBE
(MICROSOFT ENCOURAGE GLOBALIZATION)

FROM: THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
Microsoft B.V. Boeing Avenue 44 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.

RESULTS FOR CATEGORY "A" DRAWS
Congratulations to you as we bring to your notice,
the results of the First Category draws of MICROSOFT
LOTTERY INT. We are happy to inform you that you have
emerged a winner under the First Category, which is
part of our promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced
today 1st of April 2005. Participants were selected through a
computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of
individuals and companies from Africa, America, Asia, Australia,
Europe, Middle East, and Oceania as part of our
International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with
serial number 5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44 and
consequently won in the First Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out
of 1,000,000 (One Million Euros), which is the
winning payout for Category A winners. This is from the total prize
money from 2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.
In your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and
names of any kind, we request that you keep the
entire details of your award strictly from public
notice until the process of transferring 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/nonparticipants of this program.
Please contact your claims agent immediately for due
processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice:
To file for your claim,please contact the fiduciary
agent.
***********************************************
Mr.Sticker van Haren,
Prudent Trust Agency
Email :
Address:1156 H T NL-6400 AA SITTARD
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS.
Tel.:+
***********************************************

You are advised to contact the agents by email
within a week of receiving this notice.
Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find
below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to
quote these numbers in every one of your
correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04
BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Congratulations once again from all our staff and
thank you for being part of our promotions program.

Sincerely Yours,
MRS.ELIZABETH MOUS.
THE LOTTERY COORDINATOR,
MICROSOFT INT.

N.B: Any breach of confidentiality on the part of
the winners will result to disqualification.Contact your fiduciary
agent
immediately.