Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

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Tuesday, August 30, 2005

This scammer tells me that I am trustworthy, well that is correct.

Unfortunately, he is not.

He claims that he has $5M inherited from his father, who was poisoned by his business associate.

Why do I find that strangely unreassuring?

He wants me to help him get his hands on the money.

A nice plan, with one minor flaw; there is no money!

If you receive one of these emails, don't fall for it.

It is a scam.

Dear Friend,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you. I beleive you are a reputable and responsible trustworthy
person I can do business with, as a matter of trust, I must not hesitate
to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am the only child of my late parents, Dr.& Mrs. Jean Williams. My
father was a very wealthy Gold Merchant based in Darka-Senegal,
My father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outings to discuss a business deal.

Before the death of my father in a Private Hospital in Senegal,
he secretly Told me that he has some money with a security company
in Europe which amounts to the sum of($5.5m) Five Million
five hundred thousand United States Dollars deposited as
"Photographic Materials"with a Security Trust Company in Europe
with my name as the Next of kin,which he deposited on the the 24th Nov 2003

Also his last words, was that I should make sure that i look for some
one who will help me collect this money for me immediately after his
burial so that his enemies will not know my where about, then from
there that I should find a possible way of moving out of Africa and
naturalize in a foreign country where I can put up solid investment
with with the money. Right now, am staying here with a Teacher and
his family of 4.Although they are very poor, but they are also very
caring.According to my dad, it was because of his wealth that he
was poisoned my his business associates.

Therefore, I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where I will transfer this money and use it for Investment purposes
specifically,he advised that I should invest in Real Estate.

I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways;

1. To serve as the guardian/Next of Kin of this fund.
2. To assist me in putting this sum of money in safe keeping by
accepting to recieve it from the Security company with a letter of
Authorization from me.
3. To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further
my education and,
4. To secure residential permit for me in your country.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you a percentage that you will not refuse
from the total sum as compensation for your effort/input after the
successful completion of the transaction.

The details of the Security Company, the Certificate of Deposit and
the Deposit's Pin Code (DPC) as well as the depositor's reference
number will be released to you as soon as we established a cordial
relationship and have the full Identity of each other. You will agree
with me that it will be unimaginable doing a transaction of this
magnitude without prior knowing each other, I will need you to send to
me your Telephone and Fax Numbers for further communication.If you
are not Interested, Please do not reply to this mail, delete it from your
system.
Thank you while expecting to hear from you soon.please me.

Mark Williams

Monday, August 29, 2005

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Wednesday, August 24, 2005

Great, I have won $1M!

Bugger!

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

Another fake lottery scam is doing the rounds.

If you receive one of these, throw it in the bin it is worthless.

DE LOTTO

INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT.



REF Number: MDU/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 19th August 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 10th September 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. M. de Bruijne.
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, provide the following when replying:

Name:
Nationality:
Country of residence:
Tel number:


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 numbers in all correspondence.

Finally, we call on you to make sure that you save a copy of this mail and 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,
Wendy Witkamp.
De Lotto.



NOTICE: You have received this message from De Lotto international prize dept. at your e-mail address because you have visited on of our sponsored sites and have voluntarily given your email address to receive mails from their sponsors.If you wish to be taken out of this list do not reply to this mail, reply to the agent with the words remove. If you are not the intended recipient, you must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print or copy any part of this message. If you believe you have received this message in error, please delete it and all copies of it from your system and notify the sender immediately by reply e-mail. Thank you.

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

Another fake lottery scam is going the rounds.

This one tells me that I have "won" 450K Euros.

Pah!

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

BONANZA MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL EUROPEAN PROMOTIONAL
ADDRESS :VIA SPERONARI / 38
PO BOX :20101-MILANO - (ITALIA)
***************************************************************************************************************
(CUSTOMER SERVICES)
REF : IT/ 840 /RD2/68
BATCH: 074/05/ZY369RDSM ***************************************************************************************************************
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the Bonanza Millions Lottery
International programs held on the 8th AUGUST 2005. in ITALY.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 0039/784 573 038 with Serial
number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers:41-6-34-56-46-8 which subsequently won
you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to claim
a total sum of (€450,000.) Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euro cash credited
to file KTU/6703527541.
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of
your funds to you as soon as you make contact with them.
All participants were selected randomly from the 'World Wide Microsoft Web'
site through a computer ballot system and extracted from over 100,000 company

addresses. 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.
MR. NICK JOHNSON
CLAIMS MANAGER
Email:
Email:
Note that all claims process and clearance procedures must be dully completed

early to avoid impersonation arising to the issue of double claims.
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, All prize money must be claimed
not later than 29th OCTOBER, 2005.
After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. 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. Note: Anybody under
the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours Sincerely,
PROF. BONANZO MILLEIAD.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR
FOR BONANZO MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES PROGRAM
***************************************************************************************************************
DISCLAIMER: This communication is for the exclusive use of the intended
recipient (s) and shall not attach any liability on the originator, BONANZA
MILLIONS LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM.
If you are the addressee, the contents of this letter are intended for your
use only and it shall not be forwarded to any third party, without first
obtaining written authorizations from the originator. It may contain
information, which is confidential and legally privileged and the same shall
not be used or dealt with by any third party in any manner without
the specific consent of Bonanza Millions Lottery Int .

Monday, August 22, 2005

PHISH WARNING

Be warned there is a fake email doing the rounds, purportedly from the Halifax.

If you receive one of these, do not click on the link;it is a phish, designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.

Dear Halifax Customer,

This mail is to inform you about the important urgent updates of our service
you are requested to please follow the link below and update your HALIFAX
ONLINE account.

https://www.halifax-online.co.uk/_mem_bin/formslogin.asp?Updated_Account



Thanks

M. Mark Johnson
(Security & Fraud Update Incharge)
Halifax Online Banking Ltd.

Thursday, August 18, 2005

Why do these scammers think that I will fall for a pile of old garbage like this?

The very mention of Africa sets the alarm bells ringing.

Come on chaps, show some imagination!

ATTENTION
Good day, and best wishes of the day with all honour and due respesct.I am Dr.Edward Abasi, the Accountant General of a Bank in Africa.I humbly request your kindest assistance in the transfer of money amounting to $35.000,000.00 in my bank. On June. 1994, an oil consultant/contractor with the oil ministry, Mr.Alfred .C Walker, he made a fixed deposit of U.S $35 million dollars in my bank. We sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a remind errand;finally his employers wrote to inform us that Mr.Alfred died in an automobile accident, that he died without making a will while our attempt to investigate his next of kin proved fruitless only God knows why he made it this way.When he was making deposition in my bank, he did not declare his next of kin in his deposit application form, when I reminded him he said he wished it so, in the conservative manner of our bank, I did not turn down his request rather honor it considering his net worth. The point is that his employers are not aware of his deposit with us;therefore I am the only person who knows about Mr. Alfred's deposit of $35,000,000.00 which i would not like to disclose to the government,which is now lying in a dormant account portfolio.

I am looking forward for a reliable foreigner who will stand or assist with good heart and trust as the next of kin to Mr. Alfred.I have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin,as well as transfer the $35,000,000.00 abroad for us to share. I will use an attorney who will represent you as the beneficiary to series of affidavit in support of your claim including certificate of origin of the money,power of attorney, which empowers you as the sole trustee/executive to the estate of Alfred. Please note that you may not be required to sign any transfer document as the appointed attorney will do all, if you are not able to come over.If you agree to act as the next of kin/beneficiary to enable me transfer/convert the money to our benefit use. I will give you 25% of total amount while 5% will take care of any unforeseen expenses may incurred in the course of concluding this transaction.please you will also ignore this letter and respect my trust in you by not exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested.

I am urgently and confidentially waiting for your earliest response.
Thanks and God bless.

Dr Edward Abasi. (Accountant General)
Please kindly indicate your interest to me only via my private email
as stated below.

Wednesday, August 17, 2005

My thanks to Tony, who forwarded me this pile of shit from "Barrister Mohammed".

Same tired old story; a dead body, a large sum of money and a request to commit fraud.

Quite rightly, and easily, Tony saw that this was a scam.

I hope the rest of you are equally on the ball!

to Address Book
To: i
Subject: TO THE FAMILY OF LATE MR.MARK KULA
Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 05:01:33 -0700


Good Day


How are you and the family?Hope you are cool.I know
you dont know me.I am Barr.Isa Mohammed,solicitor and
notary public,the personal attorney to Mr.Mark
Kula,the president Diamond Safaries co.Ltd.Lagos. Who
is a national of your country.On the 21st of April
2003, my client, his wife and their only son were
involved in a car accident along Ogun / Agbara express
road.Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the
event of the accident, since then i have made several
enquiries to locate any of my clients extended
relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.


After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided
to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate
any member of his family but of no avail, hence I
contacted you.I contacted you to assist in
repatriating the money and property left behind before
they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
bank where my client lodge these huge deposits.


Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about U.S$9million U.S dollars.
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide
the next of kin or have the account confiscated within
a short time.


Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives for over some years now,I seek your consent
to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you share the same surname so that the proceeds
of the account valued at U.S $9 million can be paid to
you for both of us to share the funds; 50% to me and
40% to you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require. I have all necessary
legal documents that can be used to backup the
claim.All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this deal through. 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 through my e-mail to
enable us discuss further.
Thanks for your kind co-operation


Please kindly reply me on

Regards,



Barrister Isa Mohammed

Monday, August 15, 2005

The improbably named Samuel Macpeople (note the "p" ought to be a "P") wrote to me today.

Seemingly I have the same surname as that of a dead client of his, who surpisingly had $5M in his bank account.

Mr Macpeople wants me to commit fraud and claim the money for myself.

But don't worry, he says that I should have "no fear" and that there will be no hitches.

How stupid does he think I am?

THE MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK BENIN.
COTONOU BENIN
WEST AFRICA.



Dear SIR/MADAM,

I am Mr.Samuel Macpeople the manager, foreign remittance Africa development bank
Benin.Cotonou Republic du Benin west africa.,I am writing following the fact
that our deceased customer shared the same surname with you and based on this
fact,our search for our deseased customer's next of kin produced you as someone
who could champion this course and help us pull this fund to a reliable foreign
bank account for the benefit of us all.

In my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of USD5.5 million
Dollars (Five million, five hundred thousand US Dollars) in account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in
November 1998 in a plane crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin
to come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless somebody
applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our
banking guide lines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that his supposed next
of kin or relation died along side with him during the plane crash leaving
nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department
now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you
as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent
disbursement since Nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go
into the Bank's treasury as unclaimed.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money
remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be tranfered into the Bank's
treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this
business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an
indegine can not stand as next of kin to this family.

We agreed that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect
to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses
incured during the business and 60 % would be for me and my colleagues.

There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement
according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as
arranged, you must apply first to the Bank as relation or next of kin of the
deceased , your private, telephone and fax number for easy and effective
communication.The money will be paid in Draft to be cashed in any part of the
world.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the
application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
hitch free and that you should not entertain any form of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immeidately.

Yours faithfully,
Mr.Samuel Macpeople

Sunday, August 14, 2005

Another fake lottery!

EUROPEAN UNION INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL WINNERS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
Ref. Number:DH/4167/05
Batch Number:13/5260/HL

ATTENTION.
Sir/Ma/Miss,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the
winners of the EURO STAKES (eul)LOTTERY
euro lottery programs held on the 21st of
June,2005.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
0767--45363763--254 with serial
number 2015--05 drew lucky numbers 44-5647-567 which
consequently won in the
3rd category.
This promotional program takes place every three years
in
different developed countries,the lottery was promoted
and sponsored by the
President of the World Largest software,Bill Gates to
increase the awareness of
microsoft software packages.
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.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
of
500,000,00 euros(Five hundred thousand euros)
in cash,credited to your file
with the Ref. Number:DH/4167/05 and Batch
Number:13/5260/HL.
This is from a total cash prize of US
$6.000.000.00(Six million Euros)shared among the
Twelve international winners in this
category.
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 in order to
avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this
program by some
participants.
We hope with part of your winning you will take part
in our next year
24 million euro international lottery.
To file for your claims please contact our financial
agent:

Philip Thatcher,
Foreign Operations Manager,
of the (Hyppo Finance and Securities),
Amsterdam,Netherlands.
TEL:+
email:( )

Remember all winning must be claimed not later than
19th of August,2005 thereafter all unclaimed funds will be included
in the next stake.
please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and
complications
endevour
to quote your reference and batch numbers in all first
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.Veronica Smith,
lottery cordinator.

Saturday, August 13, 2005

This scammer at least tried to make his letter look professional.

He claims to be the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (at which point you throw the mail away).

He claims that my company is owed $15M.

All I have to do is send him a copy of my passport (never ever do that) and a few other docs.

In order to add "credibility" to his scam, he has attached the logo of his "company" and even his (or someone's) photo.

How reassuring!



CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS-NIGERIA

(OFFICE OF THE GOVERNOR)

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS


From the Desk Of:
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor (CBN)

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT / NO:
MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the federal Government of Nigeria, 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 US$15.5M, (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) Please re-confirm to me if this is Online with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me the followings.

(1) Your full name.
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) company's name,position and address.
4)profession, age and marital status.
5) Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to prove yourself.

As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft from central bank of Nigeria and a copy will be given to you for you to take to your bank and confirm it,



YOURS SINCERELY,





PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN).

Friday, August 12, 2005

Aside from the fact that the author of this email is a spammer, and should therefore be shot for being scum of the earth; his willful destruction of the English language should also not go unpunished.

Goodday sir
15TH MARCH 2005 This letter was bound out of my desire to establish a business mutual relationship with you. I got your contact through the International Trade and Chamber of Commerce (ITCC) in Senegal Dakar.When am seeking for investment and relable partnership.

My name is John Agaufu , the son of Mr Mark Agaufu ( the former Deputy Minister of Finance under the austed Civilian Government), who was killed and mutilated by military junta lead by major Paul Koroma, after over- throwing the elected Government of President Tijan Kabba in Sierra Leone.
I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events and disturbances/civil war in Sierra Leone .

But by the pressure of the civil war, my mother and I escaped out of Sierra Leone into exile in senigal dakar, where we have been living under political asylum for TWO years.
Sadly, my mother died of cancer- three months ago and was buried in Senigal Dakar . Prior to her death, she handed me over some secriet deposit documents, which my father made in a finance firm in Europe..The deposit that is worth ($10,5 Million ) United
States Dollars, was money paid to his corporation by it's overseas customers in the heat of the conflict.
He made the deposit in his name with the hope of converting the fund to his personal use at the end of the war but he was killed- when the conflict intensified as a result of his opposition to the
rebel forces.
I have contacted the finance firm Coporate office in europe to confirm the deposit and establish ownership.
Due to the death of my mother, and the prolonged return of peace in Sierra Leone I have decided to solicit for the participation of an honest and trust worthy person or company, that will assist in the transfer and business re-investment of this money.
I cannot do it alone due to my present social status as an asylum seeker and my total ignorance of the business world. You will be given a negotiable percentage of the money at the end of transaction.
If you are interested in the above proposal,please contact me immediately through my E-mail address indicated above for more details.
You must maintain absolute confidence to ensure success. Thanks in anticipation of you favorable reply Please your fax and phone number is also needed for easy contact.
Please been using this private E-mail:
() for security reasons.
Yours faithfully.
John Agaufu

Thursday, August 11, 2005

This scammer thinks he can tempt me to be an idiot, and respond to his email, by offering me a share of a mere $4.5M.

Pah!

I don't get out of bed for less than $20M these days.

From: Henry Traore
E-mail :
Abidjan, Cote d'ivoire
Tel: +
Peace Be Unto You
I am Mr Henry Traore the only son of late Mr. Christopher
Traore . My father and mother were very wealthy farmers
and cocoa merchant when they were both alive
After the death of my father,long ago, my mother was
controling his business untill she was poisoned by her
business associates which she surffered and died .
Before the death of my mother on March 2005 in a
private hospital here in Abidjan where she was
admitted, she secretly called me on her bed side and
disclosed to me about the sum of four million five
hundred US dollars thousand . USD ($4.5million ) she
left in suspense account in one of the bank here in
Abidjan , it was the money she intended to transfer
oversea for investment before she was poisoned.
She instructed that I should seek for a foreign
partner in any country of my choice who will assist me
transfer this money in oversea account where the money
will be save and invested wisely.
Because of the current political problem here in Ivory
Coast I decided to transfer the money to abroad where
it will be save and invested. therefore, I am crying
and seeking for your kind assistance in the following
ways:
(1) To provide a safe bank account into where the
money will be transferred for investment .
(2) To serve as a guardian of this fund since I am a
boy of 20 years old .
(3) To make arrangement for me to come over to your
country to further my education and to secure a
resident permit for me in your country.
As soon as I receive your urgent reply indicating your
interest to assist me to successfuly transfer the
money into your yet nominated account , I would give
you all necessary information you may require.I have
mapped out 20% of the total funds as mode of
compensation for your effort for assisting me with
this request. Expecting your urgent response via my
email

address:

Yours
Henry Traore

Monday, August 08, 2005

PHISH WARNING

Be advised that a phish email, purporting to be from US Bank, is doing the rounds at the moment.

I received one today, inviting me to click on the link, and I don't even have an account with them.

Dear U.S. Bank account holder,

We regret to inform you, that we had to block your U.S. Bank account because we have been notified that your account may have been compromised by outside parties.

Our terms and conditions you agreed to state that your account must always be under your control or those you designate at all times. We have noticed some activity related to your account that indicates that other parties may have access and or control of your information in your account.

These parties have in the past been involved with money laundering, illegal drugs, terrorism and various Federal Title 18 violations. In order that you may access your account we must verify your identity by clicking on the link below.

Please be aware that until we can verify your identity no further access to your account will be allowed and we will have no other liability for your account or any transactions that may have occurred as a result of your failure to reactivate your account as instructed below.

Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.

https://www.usbank.com/account_verify/cgi/index.htm

Before you reactivate your account, all payments have been frozen, and you will not be able to use your account in any way until we have verified your identity.

Sunday, August 07, 2005

Another example of the pathetic attempts by scammers to trick people into paying them money.

Please don't be stupid and respond to these scum.

LAVIVA INTER-LOTTO. SP. LAVIVA LOTTO-Wheel E-game 2005,
Date: 20th - 07 - 2005
Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Email:l

Kindly acknowledge the receipt of this email to:u

Dear promotional ground Prize Winner,

RE: PROMOTIONAL GROUND PRIZE WINNER NOTICIFICATION: Europe/ America private
international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, LAVIVA LOTTO Group
International,
officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 19th July-2005
LAVIVA LOTTO GROUND PRIZE Wheel E-game which was conducted at our international
corporate office complex in Madrid,Spain.

We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email
coupon number which was selected among the 45 lucky consultation prize
winners.

Your email ID identified with coupon No.PBL2348974321 and was selected by
our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000
different
email addresses drawn for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the
50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email
provider companies.

You have won a consultation cash prize of US $1,000.000,00 (One Million US
Dollars) only. The LAVIVA LOTTO Group. SP, have approved a payout of your
consultation cash prize which will be remunerated directly to you by the
official Payment Agency Board. Our DUE PROCESS UNIT (DPU) will render to
you complete assistance and provide additional information and processes
for the claims of your consultation prize.

For due processing of your winning claim, please contact the DPU Information
Officer Mr. Alex Williams who has been assigned to assist you on or before
eight days on reciept of this notification.

Contact Info: You are to call Mr.Williams Immediately on his number listed
for further instructions.

useralex6270@netscape.net OR,



Tel:+

Once again congratulations from all our staffs on your promotional prize
winning, we hope you will partake in our forth coming LAVIVA LOTTO END OF
YEAR -Wheel Email-games.

Regards,

Mrs. Tasha Anderson.
(Group Coordinator) .

Saturday, August 06, 2005

"Dearest One..."

Ugh such gushing sentimentality...pass the sick bag!

Needless to say this scam email has been tossed into the bin.

FROM MISS ZAINEB DADIE
ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE
WEST AFRICA.


Dearest one,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. i have the believe that you are a reputable and responsible and trustworthy person I can do business with from the little information so far I gathered about you through your profile for a partner and by matter of trust I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Zaineb Dadie 20 years of age, the only daughter of late Mr Gabriel Dadie whom was killed by the rebels that attacked our country cote d'Ivoire west Africa and
took over our town (BOUAKE). I ran to Abidjan the economical capital of cote d'ivoire from were I am contacting you.
Before the death of my father he told me that he has a sum of US$17,300,000 (Seventhen million Three hundred dorlars) kept in a private Security Company here in Cote D'ivoire in my name as the next of kin.

Sir, in the capacity of the next of kin, I am contacting you with due sence of humanity and responsibility and with few awareness that you will give it a sympathetic and mutual consideration.
I am honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.

(1)To provide a bank account where this money would be transferred to.

(2)To serve as the guardian of this fund and to contact the security company to take delivery of the consignment.

(3)To make arrangement for me to come over to your country to further my education and to secure a residential permit for me in your country.

(4)To provide good investment plans for the fund and to manage the fund for 5 years, during the investment period,only our profit will be shared annually 70% for me the investor while 30% will be for you the fund manager annually.

Moreover, I am willing to offer you 25 % of the total sum as compensation for your effort /input after the successful transfer of this fund to your nominated account overseas before the investments starts.
And I have maped 5% for any expenses that might be incured during the course of this transaction.

Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within a stipulate period of time you signify your interest to assist me.
Anticipating hearing from you immediately.

Thanks and be bless.
Best Regards.

Zaineb Dadie

Friday, August 05, 2005

Africa?

Modalities?

$35M?

Dead body?

It must be a scam email!

ATTENTION
Good day, and best wishes of the day with all honour and due respesct.I am Dr.Edward Abasi, the Accountant General of a Bank in Africa.I humbly request your kindest assistance in the transfer of money amounting to $35.000,000.00 in my bank. On June. 1994, an oil consultant/contractor with the oil ministry, Mr.Alfred .C Walker, he made a fixed deposit of U.S $35 million dollars in my bank. We sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a remind errand;finally his employers wrote to inform us that Mr.Alfred died in an automobile accident, that he died without making a will while our attempt to investigate his next of kin proved fruitless only God knows why he made it this way.When he was making deposition in my bank, he did not declare his next of kin in his deposit application form, when I reminded him he said he wished it so, in the conservative manner of our bank, I did not turn down his request rather honor it considering his net worth. The point is that his employers are not aware of his deposit with us;therefore I am the only person who knows about Mr. Alfred's deposit of $35,000,000.00 which i would not like to disclose to the government,which is now lying in a dormant account portfolio.

I am looking forward for a reliable foreigner who will stand or assist with good heart and trust as the next of kin to Mr. Alfred.I have worked out modalities of achieving my aim by appointing you as the next of kin,as well as transfer the $35,000,000.00 abroad for us to share. I will use an attorney who will represent you as the beneficiary to series of affidavit in support of your claim including certificate of origin of the money,power of attorney, which empowers you as the sole trustee/executive to the estate of Alfred. Please note that you may not be required to sign any transfer document as the appointed attorney will do all, if you are not able to come over.If you agree to act as the next of kin/beneficiary to enable me transfer/convert the money to our benefit use. I will give you 25% of total amount while 5% will take care of any unforeseen expenses may incurred in the course of concluding this transaction.please you will also ignore this letter and respect my trust in you by not exposing this transaction, even if you are not interested.

I am urgently and confidentially waiting for your earliest response.
Thanks and God bless.

Dr Edward Abasi. (Accountant General)
Please kindly indicate your interest to me only via my private email
as stated below.

Wednesday, August 03, 2005

Inexplicably this scammer calls me Arvizo.

Not a promising start!

The letter then mentions the word Nigeria, at which point it is tossed into the bin.

Dear arvizo,
I am the son of ex-inspector general of police ( Mr. Tafa
Balogun ),
I am Mr Gbenga Tafa Balogun,the federal Government of
Nigeria has discoverd
my father's secrect account & have confiscated it and I
strongly beleive
that if they also discover the money my father saved on my
name, they will
also ceased it. Please,permit me to front you to Claim the
money which was
deposited in a Bank
Based on the Current situation,I'm apprehensive to travel
to Europe
but if you can give your consent to assist me claim the
said money,The amount is USD$ 11 Million. I have made
every arrangement with the bank on how
you are to receive the money into your
bank account secrectely. I hope to come over to your
country as soon as this
funds come to your possesion.Because i would like
( you and i) to go into viable project which would suit both of
us in your country
If you agree to assist me,please forward your Telephone &
fax numbers
so as to talk with you & give you details of the Bank
and how
to go about it.

Get back to me via my alternative email


Thanks and God bless.
Regards,
Gbenga Tafa Balogun

Monday, August 01, 2005

For reasons best known to this particular scammer, he has written to me in French.

Moron!

English or French, it is still a scam.

Serge C.
Tél: 00 229 964 550.
Cotonou - République du Bénin
Afrique de l'ouest.
PROPOSITION.

A votre attention,

Tout le plaisir est pour moi de vous écrire ce message
afin de solliciter votre précieux partenariat pour la réalisation d'une affaire
très importante qui doit être traitée dans la plus grande discrétion.

Je vous prie par conséquent de prendre acte , sans vous
étonner du choix que je porte sur votre personne en saisissant cette heureuse
opportunité pour prendre contact avec vous.
Avant tout, permettez moi de m'introduire auprès de
vous: je travaille au sein d'une société de consigne et de sécurité au poste de
Directeur des Opérations à Cotonou en République du Bénin.

Le 07 Novembre 2003, Monsieur MOHAMED Abdelaziz ibn
Yassin, diplomate de nationalité Libanaise a déposé au sein de notre société
deux (2) malles métalliques contenant chacune des fonds d'un montant de Douze
(12) Millions de dollars américains chacune.
Ce dépôt fut effectué grâce à ma complicité car notre
société n'est pas autorisée à garder des fonds en liquides mais chargée de la
protection des biens et des personnes. Nous avons donc pris la précaution
d'enrégistrer lesdites malles comme contenant des trésors de famille (effets
personnels, objets précieux et de valeur...).
Monsieur MOHAMED Abdelaziz ibn Yassin avait comme
activité de procéder à des transactions financières pour le compte de
commerçants grossistes qui lui confiaient des fonds. Avec son titre de
diplomate, il aidait donc ses derniers à sortir ces fonds du territoire
Béninois par avion sous la couverture diplomatique vers le Liban.
Le 25 Décembre 2003, monsieur MOHAMED Abdelaziz ibn
Yassin fut tué lors d'un crash d'avion survenu ici à Cotonou au Bénin; et
depuis lors aucun membre de sa famille, ni personne d'autre ne s'est rapproché
de notre société pour réclamer lesdites malles.
Le Conseil d'Administration de notre société, réuni à
une session extra-ordinaire, m'a confié la mission de rechercher et de
retrouver un ayant droit de Monsieur MOHAMED Abdelaziz ibn Yassin.

Je vous envoie donc cette lettre ce jour, afin de solliciter
votre collaboration pour:
1- entrer en possession des malles et disposer des fonds;
2- effectuer le transfert desdits fonds à l'étranger pour des investissements
dans diverses activités rénumératrices de révenus.
Ceci étant, la stricte confidentialité de cette
opération, m'oblige à faire recours à vous qui saurez mieux apprécier la
présente opportunité dans la mesure où je vous garantis une commission qui fera
l'objet d'un accord mutuel suite à une proposition convenable de votre part.
J'attends votre avis sur ladite proposition par mon
E-mail; et vous invite à Cotonou au Bénin pour constater la véracité de cette
affaire avant toute chose.
Mais le plus important est d'abord de pouvoir éffectuer
le retrait des malles afin que vous et moi puissions disposer des fonds.
Pour le transfert des fonds, nous nous raprocherons vous
et moi d'un cabinet financier ici à cotonou au Bénin pour solliciter son
concours et ses services.
Je vous prie donc de me dire le plus tôt possible une
programmation du fait de l'augmentation jour après jour des frais de consigne
desdites malles, quand vous pourrez venir me rencontrer et pour le retrait des
malles ici à Cotonou au Bénin.
NB: Pour information relative à ce crasch d'avion, vous pourriez visiter les
sites web
suivants:
-
http://lcn.canoe.com/infos/lemonde/archives/2003/12/20031225-101045.html

- http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/3348109.stm

- http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
Bien de chose à vous et à votre famille
Que Dieu vous bénisse
Cordialement
Serge C.
Tél: