Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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

Wednesday, November 30, 2005

Here we have a nice little note from the improbably named Barrister Kofi Afis.

This scammer claims to have $45M, relating to the estate of his dead client...believe that, and you will believe anything!

Anyhoo, "barrister" Afis wants me to help him commit fraud; and pretend that I am related to his dead client.

Now really, if a "barrister" encourages you to commit fraud how far can you trust him on anything else he says or does?

He is a stupid, dishonest and unpleasant little man; he and his message and should be scorned and consigned to the trash can.

DEAR SIR,
I am Barrister.Kofi Afi, a solicitor at law and a personal
attorney to( Late Mr. Giulia A. Gaelle, A
foreigner ) here in after shall be referred to as my
client. My client worked as an independent contractor
to the Ashanti gold Company here Ghana. On the 21st of JANUARY 2002 my
client, his wife and their only daughter were involved
in a(BOMB EXPLOSION) unfortunately they were among
the casualties.

Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any
of my client's extended relatives
but
to no avail. I have contacted you to assist in
retrieving fund valued at Forty five Million five hundred United States
Dollars only ($US45, 500,000.00) left behind by my
client with a security deposit Company in (Madrid Spain)
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable
by the security company where this amount is deposited.
Before his demise, he never motioned having any
relatives nor cousins. After several attempts to
trace any of his relative, I decided to contact you.
One fact and truth remains clear, that anybody I present to the
Finance company as his next of kin, shall inherit the
fund and it is based on this fact that I ask you to
get back to me immediately so that we will discuss on
terms of partnership in this issue so that I will
forward your name to the security company as his
legitimate next of kin
backed up with a sworn
affidavit of oaths from the magistrate court of
ghana.
Be advised that this transaction is confidential and
secret,as regard my legal status.
I will brief you more as soon as i hear from you.
Please get back to me through this e mail:
Thanks
yours
Barrister kofi Afis
Esq. Principal Attorney,
Ghana

Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Another fake lottery win has dropped into my mailbox today.

This one claims to be based in the Netherlands, yet used the logo of the British National Lottery in the original mail.

How stupid do they think I am?

Needless to say, it is utter bollocks.

If you receive one, throw it away.


The National Powerball LoterijKikenstraat 17431104kg AmsterdamNetherland(Customer Services)WINNING NOTIFICATION:Ref: XYL /26510460037/05Batch: 24/00319/IPD

Dear Winner,We happily announce to you the draw (#1024) of the NETHERLAND NATIONAL LOTTERY,online Sweepstakes International program held on Monday 28th November2005.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:56475600545 188 withSerial number 5368/02 drew the lucky numbers:

which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category i.e match 5 plus bonus.
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €1,000,000( One Million Euro) in cash credited to file XYL /26510460037/05 .

This is from a total cash prize of 10 million Euro shared amongst the (10) lucky winners in this category i.e Match 1 plus bonus.

All participants for the online version were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 unions,associations,and corporate bodies that are listed online. This promotion takes place one time in a year .

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our European booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your Euro 1million ( One Million Euro) would be released to you by any of our payment offices in Europe.

Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claim is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize.This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.

Please be warned. To file for your claim, please contact our claims agent:
Overseas Claims UnitNetherland Lottery FiduciaryDr Rudolff Decker Email:
Tel:+
cc:
Our European agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him. You may wish to establish contact via e-mail with the particulars presented above citing the batch and reference numbers to this letter.
Our winners are assured of the utmost standards of confidentiality, and press anonymity until the end of proceedings, and beyond where they so desire. Be further advised to maintain the strictest level of confidentiality until the end of proceedings to circumvent problems associated with fraudulent claims. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program.Goodluck from me and members of staff of the Netherland Powerball National LOTTERY.
Yours faithfully,

DR. GEORGE HARRISOnline co-ordinator for Netherland NATIONALLOTTERY,

An Eynsham mother scooped a Lotto jackpot fortune of €2,372,694 on Wednesday 17th August 2004, thanks to her dedicated grandparents

Monday, November 28, 2005

Oh great!

A fake lottery win has just dropped into my mailbox.

A nice way to start the week;)

FROM:INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAMME.
E.A.A.S Lottery Headquarters:
Euro-Afro Asian Sweepstake Lotto Lottery
An Affilliate of Foundmoney International
Paleisstraat 5,
2514 JA Den Haag
(Customer Services)
Ref:NL/11034/78
Batch:089/07/pb 359.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We happily announce to you the draw of the Euro-Afro-Asian Sweepstake Nederlandse staatsLoterijk, Lottery International Programmes held on the 8th November, 2005 in Den-Haag.

Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 400 678456 G45 with serial number Sanddi-zasd5-062-1/2 which subsequently won you the lotto lottery in the 2nd category. Lucky numbers are 20-15-10-20-35-40 (bonus no 15). You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of €2,100,000,00 (Two Million One Hundred Thousand Euro) in cheque. This is from a total cash prize of €10,500,000.00, shared amongst the five (5) lucky winners in this category.
Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Euro-Afro-Asian Nederlandse staatsLoterijk booklet representative in Europe, Den- Haag in the Nederlands (Holland) as indicated in your play coupon.

To fight for your claiming of €2,100,000.00 (Two Million One Hundred Thousand Euro) Cheque. Kindly contact your fudiciary agent to commence the release of your money.

All participants were selected randomly from online names through world wide websites and exacted from 500,000 individuals and companies.
This promotion takes place annually and it's sponsored by Bill Gates and the Nederland's Staatsloterij to encourage people more for the use of internet and computer world wide.

To file for your claim, contact your agent: Gido Van Peter. Email: Tel: +. Opening time, 9.00 to 17.30 (Monday to friday). Please you take tour to our site for more information: www.staatsloterij.nl

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are to contact your agent with the following informations below for our record keeping:

1. Your name in full, contact address, age.
2. Private telephone/fax number.
3. Occupation.
4. A scan copy of your international passport or Driving Licence.
5. Tickect number.
Winners under 18yrs of age is authomatically disqualified.

Congratulations!!!


Sincerely,
Y. van der Oort.
EURO AFRO-ASIAN Zonal Coordinator.
Staatsloterijk Nederlandse.

Saturday, November 26, 2005

Another day, another fake lottery "win"!

THE LOTTERY CO-ORDINATOR,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
RE / AWARD NOTIFICATION
BATCH NO: NL/EU/1899/66788
REF. No: NL/EU/1570/60754/002
www.dayzers.nl


WINNING NOTIFICATION / PROCESSING ADVICE This is to inform you of the
release of the DAYZERS LOTTERY BALLOT INTERNATIONAL/ WORLD GAMING BOARD
held on the 4th of October, 2005. Due to the mix up of number, the
results were released on the 21th of NOVEMBER 2005.

Your email address attached to Ticket No:4586394333 with Serial No
2214654777 drew the lucky numbers of 44-01-55-40-89 which subsequently won
the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum payout of ?500,000.00
EUROS (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EUROS ONLY) in credited to a file reference
number KHLM8774352087 This is from total prize money of
?3,000,000.00(THREE MILLION EUROS) shared among the six international winners in our
1st category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn form 25,000 company email addresses and
3,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and
website all over the world as part of International Promotions Program,
conducted every TWO years ,and this is promoted and sponsored by eminent
personalities.

CONGRATULATIONS! Your funds is now in custody of a financial/Security
company insured in your FILE REFERENCE and covered with HIGH INSURANCE
POLICY 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. Your lucky winning number falls within our zone C {London}
European booklet representative office for payment. To begin the claims processing of
your prize winnings you are advised to contact our licensed and accredited claims and
financial agent for your category with reference,batch,telephone and fax numbers.

Name: DAVID BRIMLEY, Foreign Operations Manager (Independent Finance and
Securities Co) London, UK.
TEL: Tel: Fax:
Email:()


Make sure that you quote your winning references in all your
correspondence with them.

Please be aware that your Paying Authority will Effect Payment Swiftly
upon satisfactory Report, For due processing and remittance of your
winning prize to designated account of your choice, please treat as
urgent.

NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delay and complications, please
remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your
corespondences 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 and remember
all winning must be claimed not later than 25th of DECEMBER, 2005
thereafter all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.


Sincerely yours,
Mrs.Vos Kamper,
Lottery Co-ordinator.

Anyone under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified

Thursday, November 24, 2005

This scammer has written to me before, at least twice.

She claims to have a box of money, $10.5M, that belonged to her father who was poisoned.

She wants to go into business with me.

This is a total con; only the insane, stupid or greedy would fall for this.

From: Miriam Rose Muduo
Av.12 RD 16,Apt.39B, Triechville
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
Email:


Dear Friend,
; (PROJECT/2005/PWM/M.MUDUO-INVESTMENT)
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you .I am
Miriam Rose Muduo. The dauther of late Chief and Mrs. Alaine Muduo JP. My father was a very wealthy gold merchant who based in Abidjan the economic capital of Cote D'Ivoire
His business associate on one of their business outings poisoned him to death.
When my mother died on the 21ST October 1994, my father took my brother and me so special because we were motherless.

Before the death of my father on the 29th November 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan, He sincerely called me on his bedside and told me that he had a sum of US$10,500,000 (TEN MILLION FIVE HOUNDRED THOUSAND U.S DOLLARS) kept in a security company here. He also said that the security company does not know the content of the Trunk Boxes.
He also put my name in Depositing the 1 boxes as the beneficiary and next of kin.

He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates, That 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 and further my education, I want you to assist me in clearing this fund into your account overseas as a beneficiary of the fund, and also use it for an investment purpose, such as real estate management. My interested areas of investment are; REAL ESTATE, HOTELS, PETROLUM INDUSTRY & MINING, TRANSPORT or in any good investment you may advise me on.
I am honorably seeking for your assistance To serve as the guardian of this fund since I am a student with no business experience.

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 to your nominated account. Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me, as I believe that this transaction would be concluded within 14 days, from the day you signify interest to assist me.

Waiting to hear from you soonest. Have a nice day and remain blessed.

Yours Truly,
Miriam Rose Muduo

Wednesday, November 23, 2005

Here we go folks, another fake lottery win has dropped into my mail box.

I get around 4 of these a week, sometimes several from the same company.

How lucky I am!

The bottom line is, that it is a fake; were I to respond, and to try to claim the non existent money, then they would try to charge me a "processing fee".

I would of course never see my "winnings", as they don't exist!

Dollar Lottery Mega Million International
European Promotional Draws
***************************************************************************************************************
Via Gallarate Nr. 156
20152 Milano
Italia
***************************************************************************************************************
Claims Department
Ref: DLMM/763419850/05
Batch: 003/05/53104DLMM
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Dollar Lottery Mega Million
Sweepstake
Lottery International programs held on SATURDAY 29TH OF OCTOBER, 2005.
in ITALY.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 00073210 with Serial
number 4115/05 drew the lucky numbers: 05-31-75-04-25-07, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 2nd category. You have therefore been approved to
claim a total sum of Seven Hundred And Fifty Thousand United States Dollars
( US$ 750,000.00 )
in cash credited to file Ref. No:DLMM/763419850/05.This is from a total
cash prize of US $ 11,250,000.00 , shared amongst the first Fiftenn (15)
lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through
computer draw system and extracted from over 150,000 individual/ company
e-mail addresses. This promotion takes place annually.
In view of this, your US$750,000.00 ( Seven Hundred And FiftyThousand United
States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office in europe.
To begin your lottery claim, do contact the claims manager :
MR. JOHN OLIVER
CLAIMS MANAGER
DOLLAR LOTTERY MEGA MILLION INTERNATIONAL

N.B :The above changes is to avoid scam interception.
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 27TH JANUARY,2006.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next year
sweepstake.
In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications do remember to quote
your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.
Furthermore, should there be any change of address do not hesitate inform
your claims manager as soon as possible.
Congratulations once more from our members of staff and thank you for being
part of our promotional program.
Yours Sincerely,
MRS. ANGELA PIERLUIGI
megadollarlottery@zwallet.com
Lottery Coordinator
***************************************************************************************************************
DISCLAIMER: This communication is for the exclusive
use of the intended recipient (s) and shall not attach
any liability on the originator, Dollar Lottery Mega Million International.
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 Dollar Lottery Mega Million Int. CAN.

Tuesday, November 22, 2005

This scammer attempts to pull at my heart strings, by pretending to be dying from cancer.

For good measure, she notes that her husband is dead; and that she has $25M, which she wants me to distribute to charity.

A nicely written piece of fantasy.

There is no $25M, she (more than likely it is a he) is not dying from cancer.

The scammer is trying to steal my id, and raid my bank account.

If you receive one of these, destroy it.

Greetings,

My name is Mrs.Mariam Ahmed, widow to late Mr.Hassan Ahmed former owner of Petroleum and Gas company, here in Kuwait. I am 68years old, suffering from long time cancer of the breast. From all indications my condition is really deteriorating and it's quite obvious that I won't live more than 2 months according to my doctors. This is because the cancer stage has gotten to a very bad stage. I don't need your sympathy but I need your trust.

My late husband died early last year from heart attack, and during the period of our marriage we had no child. For this reason, I was the heir to his vast businesses and wealth after his death. My doctors have informed me that I will not live for more than 2 months, which is a difficult thing to accept but I have accepted it in good faith. Still, I have one mission to accomplish in the limited time I have left and so I have now decided to spread all my wealth to contribute mainly to the development of charity in Africa, America, Asia and Europe.

Before my late husband died, he was a major oil tycoon in Kuwait and deposited the sum of 25 million dollars (Twenty Five million dollars) in a company in Europe some years ago, that is all I have left now and I need you to collect this funds and distribute it yourself to charity, so that when I die my soul can rest in peace. The funds will be entirely in hands and management. I hope God gives you the wisdom to touch very many lives, that is my main concern. 10% of this money will be for your time and effort, while 90% goes to charity.

I am sorry if you are embarrassed by my mail, I only found your e-mail address on the web directory and decided to contact you. But if for any reasons whatsoever you find this mail offensive, you can ignore it and please accept my apology.

God bless you.

MRS. MARIAM AHMED.

Monday, November 21, 2005

-A box containing $35M

-A dead body

-An "innocent" person needing help to move the money to a safe country

-A poorly written email

-The mention of God

It must be a Nigerian scam!

There is no money, just a conman looking to fleece the naive and greedy.

Dear friend,
I got your contact through a desperate and personal search on the web for someone I could really trust as I have prayed over it and I wish to express my interest to handle this matter with you as I believe that you are reliable in handling these type of international transaction.

Though we have not met before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.however is not mandatory or in any manner compel you to Honor against your will,

I am Zani Rasaqq, 22 years old Girl and the only Daughter to the former Minister of Mines and Energy who was killed during the Sierra-Leone crisis by the rebels.

I am now residing in Brunei as refuge and my father before his untimely death left behind a box containing physical cash of US$35 Million (thirty five million US dollars) Which he safely deposited in a security vault during his regime in the office and now I need a foreign business man or woman who may stand as my guardian and benefactor to this fund by acting as my father foreign partner so that I can retrieve the money from the security company and transfer it to the persons foreign bank account for safe keeping and proper investment to secure my future.

I am just 22, years old and a highly school college girl, with little knowledge of business which is why I am in need of a partner whom will assist me to get this fund released for investments in his or her country while I proceed with my education.

Dearest, I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance on this regard, and If you know you are capable of handling such a huge amount of money respond to me and I will compensate you by giving you 30% of the total fund and Note also that you must keep this transaction secret as my life is at stake if any one hears of this transaction .

Please,Consider this and get back to me as soon as possible to enable me give you the full information's that will be needed but please if my proposal do not suit your interest please confirm to me as to enable me solicit for another person.
Thank you so much and God bless you abundantly.
Yours sincerely,
Zani Rasaqq

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Another fake lottery folks!

If you receive one of these, throw it away; it is worthless.

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD DEPT
LUCKYDAY LOTERIJ NL, Laan van Hoornwijck 55, 2289
DG Rijswijk, The Netherlands.
Nederland.

Attention: Lucky Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER ONLY.

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the last final annual draw
14-11-2005, of our International Lottery Programs.

The online cyber lotto draws was conducted from an exclusive list of
25,000,000 e-mail addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked by an
advanced automated random computer search from the internet. No tickets were
sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as a
winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached Ref Number:
UPL/2031/8161/04; Batch Number: R3/A312-59 and Ticket Number: 025/ 078742,
with serial number 05908 drew the lucky numbers 25-35-09-74-82. You are
therefore to receive a cash prize of $1,500,000.00. (One Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout, This is from
the total prize money of 18,900,000.00 US Dollars (Eighteen Million, Nine
Hundred Thousand US Dollars) shared among the international winners in our
1st - 4th categories. CONGRATULATIONS!!!. Your prize award has been insured
with your e-mail address and will be transferred to you upon meeting our
requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and
satisfactory report.

To file in for the processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our Certified and Accredited claims office for category "A" winners
with the information below:

**********************************************
Mr. Northcott Simon Timothy
LUCKYDAY PROCESSING OFFICE
Email:
Tel. No: +
Fax. No:
**********************************************

You are advice to provide him with the following information:
Names:.........................................................................
Telephone/Fax number:...................................................
Nationality:.....................................................................
Age:.............................................................................

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter
unclaimed funds would be included in the next stake. Remember to quote your
reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your
reference and ticket numbers. (This is important as a case of double claims
will not be entertained).Members of the affiliate agencies are automatically
not allowed to participate in this program. 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.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs. Rita van Brook
Promotion Manager.

Friday, November 18, 2005

This scammer claims to work for the Federal Government of Togo.

He wants to use my bank account to transfer money from Togo to then use to buy property.

A few points:

1 He is a liar

2 There is no money

3 Once he has access to my bank account he would then empty it, or use it for money laundering purposes

4 He uses the scammers' favourite word, "modalities"

If you receive one of these throw it away.

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT

LOME-
LOMEGAN TOGO

FROM:DR.DUKE MATTHEW

E-mail:mattheee11@hotmail.com

Dear Sir,

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE

I write to
inform you of my desire to acquire estates

or landed properties in
your country on behalf of the

Director of Contracts and Finance
Allocations of the

Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Togo.

Considering his very strategic and influential

position, he would
want the transaction to be as

strictly confidential as possible. He
further wants

his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now,

untill the completion of the 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.The deal, in brief, is

that the funds with which we
intend to carry out our

proposed investments in your country is
presently in a

coded account at the Togo Apex Bank i.e(the BANQUE

CENTRALE DES ETATS DE L'AFRIQUE DE L'OUEST)

and we need your
assistance to transfer the funds to

your country in a convenient bank
account that will be

provided by you before we can put the funds into
use

in your country. For this, you shall be considered to

have
executed a contract for the Federal Ministry of

Works and Housing in
Togo for which payment should be

effected to you by the Ministry, The
contract sum of

which shall run into US$18 000 000 Million,of which

your share shall be 20% 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 abroad. For this too you

shall also
serve as our agent. In the light of this, I

would like you to forward
to me the following

informationed below:

1. Your 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

my above
stated email address after which we shall

discuss in details the

modalities for seeing this transaction through.

Your quick response
will be highly appreciated. Thank

you in anticipation of your
cooperation.

Yours faithfully,

DR.DUKE MATTHEW

PLEASE ALL REPLY SHOULD BE SEND TO THIS E-MAIL FOR

SECURITY REASON...
Private E-mail

Thursday, November 17, 2005

Yet another fake lottery win!

How many times have I "won" this one? I have lost count.

FROM: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES MEGALOTERIA ANNUAL LOTTERY PROMOTIONS.
WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR CATEGORY "A" WINNER.

Dear Lucky Winner,

RE: GLOBAL SWEEPTAKES MEGALOTERIA PRIZE AWARDS WINNING NOTIFICATION!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual
Final draws of Global Sweepstakes Megaloteria Lottery Programs held on the
11th, November 2005.

METHOD OF SELECTING WINNERS:
Participants were selected anonymously through online cyber ballot system
(Computer Ballot) from over 35,000 companies and 70,000 individual names
and e-mailaddresses all over the world. At the final draw your e-mail
address emerged
as the winner of our last jackpot.

This promotional program takes place annually as the year ends, and it is
promoted and sponsored by Orient software corporation (Orient Networks).
It is met to reward some individuals and corporations who have devoted
their time and resources surfing the World Wide Web (www) .No tickets were
sold.

After this automated computer ballot, your e-mail address emerged as the
winner in the category "A" with the following:

Ref Number: 4549/337-5247/LNI
Batch Number: 26371545-LNI/2005
Ticket Number: 7746017
Draw Lucky Numbers: 821009-121

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of $ 500.000,
00(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD).
Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be
transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations,
Verifications, validations and satisfactory report.

To begin the claim processing of your prize winnings, you are advised to
contact our licensed and accredited claim agent for category "A" winner
with the information's below:

Mr. Milan Ahrens,

Financial Director,
Elite Trust and Finance Agency,
De Amsterdamse Poort, Bijlmerplein
888 1102 MG Amsterdam
1000 BV Amsterdam,The Netherlands.

E-mail:

TEL: +

FAX: +

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than the 28th of November
2005. After this date all unclaimed funds would be included in the next
stake. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

Due to mix up of some numbers and names/programme abuse, we ask that you
keep your winning information confidential until your claim 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.

Anybody under the age of 18 and members of the affiliate agencies are
automatically not allowed to participate in this program.

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.


Yours faithfully,

Mrs. Mar yam Van Duke.

Lottery Coordinator.

Tuesday, November 15, 2005

Another fake lottery...my how these things keep coming!

EXECS VENTURES BV

GERNOSTRAAT 522B, 2746 TG,ROTTERDAM-NETHERLANDS

WINNING NOTIFICATION

REF NO; EV6162688-29

To the e-mail bearer,

Sequel to the annual lottery draw of the above named establishment in europe,conducted on the 3rd of November,2005.I am glad to notify you that your e-mail address attached to ticket No ;627462128TW won in the third category a lump-sum of Two hundred and fifty thousand dollars(USD250,000;00).

Congratulations and be advised to keep confidential till your prize is processed to avoid multiple applications/filings.All participants were selected randomly by a computer software ballot device.

This promotion is sponsored by a group of corporate establishments and accredited charitable organizations in Europe.

Be informed that a minimum of 10% of your prize must be donated to a remarkable charity organization in your locality on receipt of your prize.To file for your claim and other enquiries,please contact your fiducial agent;

Mrs Angela Vladimiron,Execs Consultant 03(e-mail;)

Congratulations once more,

Sincerely yours'

Angelina Thomson(Ms)

NB;Kindly state your Ref No and Ticket No when filing for your claim.

Monday, November 14, 2005

A scammer tells me that I have won $500K in a fake lottery.

Pah!

I don't get out of bed for less than $1M.

If you get one of these, throw it away; it is a fake, there is no lottery and no money!

FourthCasinos & Maurilyn Lotteries,
Corporate Headquarters: Maliebaan 38-40, 3581CR,
Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Dear Sir/Madam,
Congratulations!
With utmost joy, we are pleased to inform you of the result of the
FourthCasinos & Maurilyn Lotteries Inc. programs, held on the 12th, of November
2005, which drew a cash prize of $500,000.00. Your e-mail address attached to
Ticket/Code number 0087411652337 with claim/reference number
085093785/92 drew these lucky numbers 007-49746-041-764-64-2091, which
consequently won in the 1st category. You have been approved to receive a cash
prize of $500,000.00 (Five hundred thousand USD).
Be advised that due to incessant mix up in cash prize transfer to previous
winners, we advise that you keep your winning information confidential until
your claim has been processed and released to you. This security measure is
critical; its a measure put in place to avoid double claims, transfer and
unwarranted
abuse of this program by other participants.
METHOD OF SELECTING WINNERS:
participants were selected anonymously through a private ballot system (computer
ballot) from over 35,000 companies and 70,000 individual e-mail addresses all
over the world. At the final draw your e-mail address emerged as the winner of
our last jackpot.
This is promotional program takes place bi-annually, and it is promoted and
sponsored Orient software corporation (Orient Networks). It is met to reward
some individuals and corporations who have devoted their time and resources
surfing the world wide web (www) with their email addresses.
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 5 working days from today.
After the expiration of that time frame, if your funds are unclaimed, it will be
refunded to us and included in our next draws.
We hope you will use part of your cash prize to participate in our next
$10 million draws in March 2006.
Lastly, in order to avoid unnecessary delays/complications with the transfer of
your funds to you, please always remember to quote your Code number in all
correspondence with our paying bank (Deutsche Bank-Amsterdam). Furthermore,
should there be any change of your present address, please notify us immediately
so to make the appropriate adjustment.
Congratulations from the management and staffs of fourthCasinos & Maurilyn
Lotteries.
-----------------------------------------------------
Kindly, immediately, contact our Paying Bank (Deutsche Bank-Amsterdam) for your
payment advice.
Send them following e-mail:
I?????(your names)??.., with e-mail address???..(your e-mail address)?..,
contact address???..(postal address)??.and code number:???.(quote your code
number)??.is the winner of the last FourthCasinos & Maurilyn Lotteries, with a
cash prize of $500,000.00. Kindly advise me with details of the process of the
transfer of my cash prize within the next 5-working days.
Contact details of our Paying Bank:
Contact person: Mrs.Jane Hermann & Mr. Richard Van Robben.
Department of Private Banking,
Deutsche Bank, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
E-mail:
Tel: (
Fax: (
Congratulations.
Yours in services,
Amstel Bakker.
(Lottery Coordinator)
Note: Participants below 21 years are automatically disqualified.
All e-mail transmission/correspondence are 100% protected by our Secure Socket
Layer (SSL) server.

Thursday, November 10, 2005

PHISH WARNING

There is another PayPal phish doing the rounds.

This one claims that there has been some unauthorised activity in my account, and asks that I click through on a link to verify my account details etc.

This is a phish, designed to trick you into revealing your account details.

If you receive one of these do not click on the link, throw the mail away.

PayPal Security Measures!

We are contacting you to remind you that: on 8 November 2005 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account, one or more attempts to log in to your PayPal account from a foreign IP address.

IP Address
Time
Country

80.53.1.130
November 7, 2005 15:05:08 PDT
Poland

80.53.255.174
November 7, 2005 15:07:58 PDT
Poland

141.85.99.169
November 8, 2005 15:13:09 PDT
Romania

141.85.99.169
November 8, 2005 21:28:08 PDT
Romania

195.61.146.130
November 8, 2005 21:33:43 PDT
Romania


In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement and to ensure that your account has not been compromised, access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved. To secure your account and quickly restore full access, we may require some additional information from you.


To securely confirm your PayPal information please go directly to https://www.paypal.com/ log in to your PayPal account and perform the steps necessary to restore your account access as soon as possible or click bellow:


To continue your verification procedure click here


Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Wednesday, November 09, 2005

Another fake lottery win, I won this very same "lottery" last year.

Amazing, given the fact that I did not enter it; nor is there in fact any such lottery registered in the UK.

They scammer claims that the lottery is based in the UK. However, the phone number given is South African.

If you receive one of these, throw it away; it is a fake.

British Lottery Headquarters:
Customer Service
28 TANFIELD ROAD,
CROYDON.LONDON
Ref: BTL/491OXI/04
Batch: 12/25/0304
WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the British Lottery International programs held on the 1st of November 2005 in London.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 564 75600545-188 with serial number 5388/02 drew the lucky numbers: 31-6-26-13-35-7,which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of US$2,500,000.00(Two million, five hundred thousand, United StatesDollars) in cash credited to file RPC/9080118308/04 made available from a total cash prize of US $125 Million dollars, shared amongst the first Fifty (50) lucky winners in this category. This years Lottery Program Jackpot is the largest ever for British Lottery .The estimated $125 million jackpot would be the sixth-biggest in U.K. history.The biggest was the $363 million jackpot that went to two winners in a May 2000 draw of The Big Game, Mega Millions' predecessor.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our booklet representative office in Europe as indicated in our play coupon. In view of this, your US$2,500,000.00 (Two million, five hundred thousand,United States Dollars) would be released to you by our affiliate bank in London.Our agent will immediately commence the facilitation of release of funds to you as soon as you establish contact. All participants were selected randomly from world wide web sites through a computer drawn system and extracted from over 100,000 companies.This promotion takes place annually. For security This is part of precautionary measures 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.

AGENT: Mr. ADAM T.T. HOB
TEL:+
Email:
To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote your reference/batchnumbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staff of this program.Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.

Sincerely,
Mr Michael Ronin
Zonal Coordinator

Tuesday, November 08, 2005

PHISH ALERT

Be warned, there is yet another PayPal phish infesting the net at the moment.

This one looks extremely plausible, as it contains numerous graphics and links.

However, as with all the other phishes, it is a con designed to trick you into revealing your passcodes.

PayPal confirm that it is a fake, and are taking action to shut down the website that it links to.

In the meantime, should you receive one of these, do not click on the link but throw the email away.

Text, without graphics, of the phish follows below:

Protect
Your Identity

Dear PayPal Member,

Identity protection matters. And PayPal works day and night to help keep your identity safe. That's why we created a new Identity Protection area for update your PayPal records to help you increase your privacy and protect your identity.

PayPal's world class fraud investigators share 5 important actions you can take to help prevent identity theft and protect your account.


Update Your Profile

If you've closed a credit card or bank account recently, remember to go to PayPal's website to update your profile.

This new security statement will helps us continue to offer PayPal as a secure and cost-effective payment service. We appreciate your cooperation and assistance.


Sincerely,
The PayPal Team

Monday, November 07, 2005

Oh joy!

Another fake lottery win.

This one comes complete with spelling mistakes.

As with all of these frauds, if you receive one, throw it away.

DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,
ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR
EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL NL
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOUDA, NEDERLANDS.


REFERENCE-NUMBERS: 33145/2005nl/Dpa
BATCH-NUMBERS: 991/LDNL/001
WINNING SECURITY-CODE: NL97036/DPA-WSD


SUBJECT: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.



Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 3rd November, 2005 and that you were one of the FOUR LUCKY
WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to:

SERIAL-NUMBERS: 001-3562
LUCKY-NUMBERS: 7-9-0-1-2-9

which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of $500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 75,000 company and 350,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.Please to file in for
your claims,contact our Claim's Agent:



MR WELLINGTON VAN BLINKMAN
Foreign Remittance operation manager,
ATAXIA CONSULTING AGENCY.
Reply-Email:
Telephone: +



Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10TH
NOVERBER , 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,if you
wish to file in for your claims,you are
therefore requested to qoute the following claims requirements to the above
reply email address:

1. Reference ,winning Security Code and Lucky-Numbers.
2. Your Full Names and Address
3. Telephone and Fax Numbers.

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,
MR TOM WAARDEN

Saturday, November 05, 2005

Another fake lottery win.

This scammer claims that the lottery is supported by Bill Gates and the Sultan of Brunei.

Yeah right!

NEW DUTCH HOLLAND
FROM MR. ANDREW SMITH.
(LOTTERY COORDINATOR)
Dear
Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that as a result of our recent
lottery draw held on the 14 th October 2005. Your e-mail address
attached to ticket number 27522465896-532 with serial number 652-662
drew lucky numbers 7-14-18-23-31-45, which consequently won in the
2nd
category. You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out
of 1,000,000 (Euros)(One Million Euros only) Note that all
participants in this lottery program have been selected
randomly
through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 companies and
30,000,000 individual email addresses from all search engines and
websites.

This promotional program takes place every year, and is
promoted and sponsored by eminent personalities like the Sultan of
Brunei; Bill Gates of Microsoft Inc and other corporate organizations.
This is to encourage the use of the Internet and computers worldwide.
For security purpose and clarity, we advise 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 claims and unwarranted abuse of this program by some
participants. We look forward to your active participation in our next
year USD50 million slot.

You are requested to contact our Lottery
coordinator below to assist you with your winnings and subsequent
payments. All winnings must be claimed not later than one month
after
the date of this notice. Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications, 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 and thank you for being part of our
promotional program.

NOTE: YOU ARE AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIED IF YOU
ARE BELOW 18 YEARS OF AGE.

Sincerely yours,

MR. ANDREW SMITH.
LOTTERY COORDINATOR)

Friday, November 04, 2005

Another fake lottery win!

This one for a mere $500K.

Pah!

I don't get out of bed for less than $1M.

DESK OF THE PRESIDENT,
ZONAL CO-ORDINATOR
EMAIL LOTTERY PROMOTION
LUCKYDAY INTERNATIONAL NL
PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
GOUDA, NEDERLANDS.


REFERENCE-NUMBERS: 33145/2005nl/Dpa
BATCH-NUMBERS: 991/LDNL/001
WINNING SECURITY-CODE: NL97036/DPA-WSD


SUBJECT: CONGRATULATION!!! YOU HAVE WON.



Dear Winner,
We are delighted to inform you of the result of Email Lottery Promotion
held on the 3rd November, 2005 and that you were one of the FOUR LUCKY
WINNERS and your e-mail address attached to:

SERIAL-NUMBERS: 001-3562
LUCKY-NUMBERS: 7-9-0-1-2-9

which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay of $500,000(FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS)
CONGRATULATIONS!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!! CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!

Please be informed that all participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 75,000 company and 350,000,000 individual
email addresses and names from all over the world.Please to file in for
your claims,contact our Claim's Agent:



MR WELLINGTON VAN BLINKMAN
Foreign Remittance operation manager,
ATAXIA CONSULTING AGENCY.
Reply-Email:
Telephone: +



Please do remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 10TH
NOVERBER , 2005.
After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.
Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,if you
wish to file in for your claims,you are
therefore requested to qoute the following claims requirements to the above
reply email address:

1. Reference ,winning Security Code and Lucky-Numbers.
2. Your Full Names and Address
3. Telephone and Fax Numbers.

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,
MR TOM WAARDEN

Tuesday, November 01, 2005

The fact that this email purports to come from Africa and uses the phrase "100% risk free", gives me no cause for confidence.

The fact that it asks me to help the scammer steal money from a bank account, which of course doesn't really exist, puts the final nail in the coffin.

I trust that none of you are stupid, greedy or dishonest enough to fall for this obvious con trick?

FROM THE DESK OF: MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA),
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,WEST AFRICA.


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Dear Friend,

I am MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Bank Of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso 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 investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died on October 31st 1999 in a plane crash and the 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.

USD 7,350, 000.00 dollars (seven Million, Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars) As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive information through the Burkina-faso chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here in Ouagadougou Burkina-faso.

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 us 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 this country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in this bank. This is the
actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also
telephone bills, while 65% will be for me and my partners. Please, you have been adviced to keep "top secret" as I am 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 this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any country you advice us to invest in.All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when I hear from you. I look forward to receive your phone and fax numbers for easy communication,This is my email address; >.

Yours faithfully,

MR RICHARD OUEDRAOGO,

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