Stupid Punts!

Stupid Punts!

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

Thursday, March 30, 2006

Substitute "No Hope" for the phrase "New Hope" and you have a more realistic description of this pathetic scam.

You do not "win" lotteries unless you enter them, it really is as simple as that!

EURO MILLIONS ESPANA
AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT
BERCELONA.SPAIN.
http://www.loteria.com/euro.php


EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMM

We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lotto programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS held on the 30th of december,2005. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.All 10 winning addresses was randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails Your email address emerged alongside with 10 others as a category "D " winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.

Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTO to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).

Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of 466.812,79 euro (Four hundred and sixty-six thousand, eight hundred and twelve euro,seventy-nine cent)only .The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:

(i)the file Ref number: PR/04679/ASS
(ii)Result winning numbers:8-16-19-43-45-1-4
(iii)email ticket number:754/22/76

To immediately claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.

EURO MILLIONS AGENCY S.L
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Mr.Costa Vella
calle colon 1(28972).Barcelona,spain.
TEL:
TEL:
EMAIL TO:

The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you,note that you are to cantact within two days After this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.

N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:
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1.Please quote your Reference number,your full name and address,Country, Telephone,mobile,fax number and occupation to your calim agent.

2.Your winning prize is not deductable until your winnings has been processed,approved and transfered to you by your claim agent above.The beneficiary is responsible for the(VETT/APPROVAL CHARGES)of his fund to his/her country.

For verification on your lucky winning prize,you are to visit our online site(http://www.loteria.com/euro.php) and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS was held (30th of december 2005)and there you will find your result winning number.

Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.This promotion programm is sponsored by euro millions to encourage the use of internet.All informations have to be kept out of public until you have received your winning prize,this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.

Sincerely,

Maria Jose.
Promotions Manager
Euro Millions

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This e-mail transmission contains information

Wednesday, March 29, 2006

What a faker!

Ref: ZA-296-ENQR / Wing Lung


I work for Yokozuna Financial Consultancy that is in the middle of a very important enquiry. I am getting in touch with you on behalf of ourclient, which is a top Chinese Bank (Wing Lung Bank).We are conducting a search for any next of kin for a particular investor who has passed on.

Please do you have any relatives who migrated to Hong Kong in 1977 and passed away in 1991. Also are you aware of any relatives who might have been into real estate or a huge investor in Energy.

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

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

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

Thanks
Nera Wangushi
Email Address:

Monday, March 27, 2006

This scammer claims that I have won money from the Microsoft lottery.

How stupid does he think I am?

YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WON $ 1,000,000.00 Reply to: microclaims001@netscape.net


FROM THE DESK OF THE COORDINATOR [MICROSOFT GLOBAL EMAIL LOTTERY]
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT B.V. 44 Boeing Avenue, 9459 PE Schiphol-Rijk.
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Ref. Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number: 538901527-BC722


Dear lucky winner,

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Our Global Email Lottery program held on the 20th March, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 37511465899-6410 with serial number 4872-510 drew lucky numbers 7-14-88-23-3545 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for the sum of $ 1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United States Dollars).

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000 company and 30,000,000 individual email addresses from across the Globe as part of our International Promotions Program. This program takes place every three years. We hope with part of your winning you will take part in our next USD 50 million international lottery.

To file for your claim, please contact our claim office:
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DR. ROY HANS (MICROSOFT LOTTERY CLAIM OFFICE)
32 Palmstraat, Amsterdam-Netherlands.
Tel:
FAX
E-Mail:
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Note: For easy reference and identification, find below your reference and Batch numbers. Remember to quote these numbers in every one of your correspondence with your claims agent, also indicate your country and city.
Ref. Number: 132/756/40027
Batch Number: 538901527-BC722

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

Sincerely yours,

Mrs. Susan V. Smith
Lottery Coordinator.

Friday, March 24, 2006

I received this email twice today, addressed to me and addressed to a made up name. The two letters were "signed" by two different people.

On the face of it, to the uninitiated, it could be genuine. Unfortunately it is a scam.

Were I to respond I would find that one of, or all of, the following things would happen:

1 I would be asked for an upfront processing fee, which I would never see again

2 My id would be stolen and used for fraudulent transactions

3 My bank account would be used for money laundering.

Do not respond to this scam if you receive one of these emails.

I represent a company seeking for part-time
financial contractors. I will describe the offer in a few words below:



Our company XEX ltd is a trading - financial company is
seeking for employees to work with financial correspondence.

Requirements:
- basic knowledge of computer (email),
- free time (approx 1 hour per day),
- good communication skills



To be our representative on the full-time/part-time basis, either one
of the following options is required (a perfect candidate would be
eligible for all three):


- bank account to withdraw/receive funds,
- ability to cash money orders and certified checks (only for USA, UK and DE),


We are an international trading company. Our main office is located in
Ukraine.



The policy of our business is similar to a multi-level telemarketing
company, except for our correspondence managers do not sell anything,
they are in charge of delivering the financial communication from our
customers to our company main office.
Money turnover of our company already reached the certain heights and
we are in search of regional managers, who are willing to manage our
customers database.


Salary schedule is contract-based, our employee will receive payments
based on their work load. Usually it is about $18000 per year, tax
applied. This is a part-time job, our contract worker needs to prove
his ability to manage correspondence in order to qualify for higher
rates and full-time job status.



Our regional employees have good perspectives of increasing their
work-load and salary, depending on their efforts.

We need two representatives, so please respond fast if you would like
to start immediately. In this case, please email for more details.
We will email or fax you back an application form.




Sincerely,
Elnora Kelly
Please reply to:
Team manager
XEX ltd

Thursday, March 23, 2006

A scammer who claims to be a Liberian general wrote to me today.

He rambles on about diamonds and the like, suffice to say it is a con.

Avoid at all costs!

Dear Friends,


I wish the best in life for you and your family, and I hope you will receive this mail in good spirit and respond quickly with ultmost secrecy and confidentiality,I got your address through my professional relationship in discharging of my duties for my government.



My name is Gen. Anthony Johnson. and I was the chief of security and operations for former president Charles Taylor of Liberia.Please protect this mail for the safety of my life and that of my family to avoid us being tortured or killed by his left behind secret agents.



Please I humbly beg you from the bottom of my heart to listen very carefully,the situation in my country is very critical and chaos, uproar and hostilities had brought the country to its knees and from intelligent report the center cannot hold anymore for former president Charles Taylor and his government.



The intense pressure from united states, united nations,international community and west African peace keeping to[Ecomog] had made him former president Charles Taylor to step aside and gone on exile and also pressure to face war crime charges against humanity.



Listen very carefully, you know my country Liberia is very rich with diamonds,and with my position as former chief of security and operations I have accumulated so much diamonds which I had sold to generate close to us$30Million over the years and it is this fund that I want to move to you for safe keeping.

The fund are in boxes in dollar denomination and it would be sent to you through diplomatic courier service with your name as the beneficiary within few days.

Please would you do me a favour to receive this fund for me? Else the government in power will seize the fund and plunder it. If you are capable and know that you will truly and honestly help me, write me now, time is no more on my side.

I will give you 30% of the fund and I will come to you country to take my part. Extend a friendly hand and help me. Please bear in mind that this fund is not a loaned or stolen money but rather a hard earned money generated.If you are willing to help me in this transaction,please furnish me with the followings:



(1) Your telephone number, Fax number (Mobile phone if any)

(2) Your postal address

(3) Your full name and a little pre-amble about yourself -I mean your age, Marrital status, What you are doing for aliving e.t.c

You can reply to my private email address for your good interest for this transaction :



Yours Sincerely,

Gen.Anthony Johnson.

Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Robert Mugabe's son wrote to me today, well at least that is what the scammer would try to have me believe!

Suffice to say, it is a con trick; and not a very good one either.

I hope that none of you are stupid enough to fall for this obvious scam.

DEAR SIR,
Compliments of the day,I understand quite well that this message will sound so strange to you but it is a very serious matter that we need to tackle together very urgent. Before i proceed further,Let me formally introduce myself to you .I am MR. JOHNSON MUGABE, 30 years of age, the first adopted son of president Robert Mugabe, the current Zimbabwean President. I am contacting you today for an urgent assistance to transfer into your account the sum of US$ 19.8 ( NINTEEN POINT EIGHT MILION STATES DOLLARS). I hope that you may be aware of the recent differences that is going on rigth now between my father and the opposition party in my country, this also brought about the commonwealth community sanctioning my father and freezing all his foreign account both in America and britain.This decision was carried out during the 4 days Commonwealth meeting that was held in Malawi in a part of South East Africa recently.
It will interest you to hear that i never supported my fathers treatment to the white zimbabwean citizens, and this has seriously brought about some personal misunderstanding between me and my father.I have been opposing him since the past five (7) years. Fight so hard to see that he leaves the presidential seat after governing for past 32 years On this account i disassociated myself from him and we do not have any thing in common right now.He even forced me to leave the country with immediate effect after receiving the sanction from the common wealth community, Although he thought that i am behind his delimma. In the year 2004 when i was in good term with my father, he gave me a treasure box containing the sum of US$19.8 milion to deposite in a private security company in Thailand for safe keeping, So i did exactly as he instructed me without disclosing the actual content of the box to the security company,every documents was signed and documented in
my names and details.This money has been lying in the security company for the past 8 months.
Now that he sent me out on exile, i left zimbabwe to Thailand where i am currently seeking political assylum.My aim of travelling to Thailand was to claim the money and transfer it out of Thailand to any other country that will be safe for investment. I am contacting you therefore on the account that you will support me to secure the fund in good condition and also come over to Thailand so that we can both claim the fund together, and then we travel down to your country for proper investment of the fund.
I have visited the security company and made every neccessary enquiry concerning the fund and it is still intact in the security house.I will compensate you with 7%of the total sum (i.e US$ 1,386 000.00) and i have set aside another 8% (i.e US$1,584 000.00) for any expenses that may be incured during the transaction. Please this is a very confidential matter that needs utmost secrecy and confidentiality, so i am really pleading to you to try as much as possible to keep every aspect of this confidential. Please also do not reveal it to any one as my hope and futture solely depend on this money and if you are willing to work with me and assist me on this transaction,then do not hesitate to contact me immediately by sending me your TELEPHONE and FAX NUMBERS,and reply me through my e-mail address for us to carry on with the next step of the transaction.
Hoping to receive your positive response soonest.

BEST REGARDS,

MR. JOHNSON MUGABE

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

My thanks to one of my visitors who sent me this scam.

They claim to be based in the UK, yet use the American spelling "center".

Come on chaps you have to do better than that, if you are going to trick people out of money!

Yahoo!mail Lottery Promotion
Support Center
Bevan House
51 Bevan Avenue
Conwy LL28 5AF
United Kingdom
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTION MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRICE AWARD DEPARTMENT.
REF NO: BTL/4410X1/02
BATCH NO: 11/05/0104
RE: AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION/ FINAL NOTICE
Yahoo Email Lottery Promotion wishes to inform you the results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Yahoo world wide held on Saturday 11th March, 2006. Your email address was attached to ticket number 71210900545-319, with serial number 0382/05 drew with lucky numbers 11-43-42-17-50-43, and consequently you Won the lottery in the (A) category. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from Microsoft users from company and individual email addresses of all kinds of domain.

You have therefore been approved a lump sum of ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS.
Be adviced to 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, For the release of your prize money, kindly contact your prize release agent:
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Agent: Mr Kenneth Taylor
Email: kenntaylor@london.com

Tel:+447031846398

Fax:+447075757030

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You are to provide the information below to your funds release agent to process your winnings.
Name:
Address:
Occopation:
Nationality:
Age:
Tel:
Fax:
Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds to you as soon as you contact him. Also remember to quote your lucky number for confirmation on your winning in every correspondences with your funds release agent.
All winning must be claimed not later than 31st of march, 2006. After this date all unclaimed funds will be returned to Yahoo Email Lottery Treasury as unclaimed. Furthermore, should there be any Change of your address; do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations!! again from all our staffs and thank you for being part of our promotional lottery program.
Yours faithfully,
Dr Paul Gray
Zonal Co-ordinator
(Promotions Manager)

Monday, March 20, 2006

These scam emails would be marginally less annoying if the scammers learnt to write them using decent English.

Suffice to say, this one is a con throw it away if you receive one.

Million Dollar Lottery International
Euro Afro Asia Promotional Draws
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Claims Department
Ref: MDLI/000254813/123
Batch: 65/IT/007654MDLI
WINNING NOTIFICATION:
We happily announce to you the draw of the Million Dollar Lottery
International program drwas held on FRIDAY 4TH OF MARCH, 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 616003251 with Serial
number 05-05/22514 drew the lucky numbers: 08-25-75-31-04-67, which subsequently
won you the lottery in the 3rdcategory . You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of Five HundredThousand United States Dollars ( US$ 500,000.00 )
in cash credited to file Ref: MDLI/000254813/123 .This is from a total cash prize of US $ 12,500,000.00 , shared amongst the first Twenty-Five (25) lucky winners in this category.
All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 500,000 individual/ company e-mail addresses. This promotion takes place annually.
In view of this, your US$500,000.00 ( Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) would be released to you by our payment office in Europe.
To begin your lottery claim, do contact the claims manager :
JOHN COLLINS
CLAIMS MANAGER
MILLION DOLLAR LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL
agentjohncollins@netscape.net
Note that all winning must be claimed not later than 15TH MAY,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 and batch numbers in all correspondencies with your claims agent.
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,
DR. MARIA ANGELA ZAURI
million_dollar@zwallet.com
Lottery Coordinator
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DISCLAIMER: This communication is for the exclusive
use of the intended recipient (s) and shall not attach
any liability on the originator, Million Dollar Lottery 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 Million Dollar Lottery International. CAN

Sunday, March 19, 2006

This scam arrived in my mailbox today.

The scammer claims to be a lawyer working for a dead client, she claims that I am bequeathed a large sum of money and that letters to me have been returned unopened.

Needless to say this is a scam:

1 If she really had my address the letters would have got through

2 The scam letter is poorly written, and contains numerous spelling and grammatical errors

3 I have never heard of the "dead" man

were I stupid enough to respond, the scammer would ask me to pay a "processing" fee; after that, I would never hear from her again.

NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
MR. HENDRIK JAN
Solicitor, Advocate and Notary
Public Office
Tel:
Email:

Attention: Bequest Beneficiary

Attn: Friend,

Congratulation! On
behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Morgan
Williamson, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter to you
through the Post Office was returned undelivered, therefore I now
attempt to reach you via your e-mail message as it appears to be the
next and the only option left unexplored.

Engr. Morgan Williamson
(late), made you a beneficiary in his will, he left Fifteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$15.5m) to you in the
codicil and last testament to his will. My client,Engnr Williamson was
a pioneer member of STRABAG CONSTRUCTION CO.LTD, a God fearing person
and Philanthropist.

He died on the 9th day of February 2004 at the
age of 82 and his Will is now ready for execution. Please If I reach
you as I am hopeful I will, endeavor to get back to me as soon as
possible to enable me conclude my job so as to be very free from any
blames or blame that might come up in the near future you should
forward along your current telephone and Fax numbers, your current
mailing address for verification.

You can also write through my
chambers email address which is on this letter, I congratulate you for
this is a significant honor indeed as it behooves you therefore to act
at once to avoid risk of forfeiture to the deceased family.

Respectfully yours,
Karin Meijer.
{Secretary}

Note: As your solicitor
i please advice to keep this information from member of the public
until your inheritance is duely and claimed.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Another pathetic fake lottery "win" has been sent to me today.

These guys never give up!

NATIONAL POSTCODE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND PROMOTIONS.
Afdeling Ledenservice Van Eeghenstraat 70 1071 GK Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,SCFN: GWK/5668/022248/03WEED.
BATCH: 241/2002/BLL Ticket No:31121-562-56H-902-449.

Attn:
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 7th of March 2006, of the NATIONAL POSTCODE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/PROMOTIONS, NETHERLANDS held on the 23rd of January 2006.

Your email address attached to the Ticket No:31121-562-579-902-449 with Serial No: 8622K/04 drew from the Lucky No:03-44-00-66-99-34-52-19-36-51, which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of TWO MILLION EURO ( €2.000.000.00 ) in cash credited to security file number 5668/022248/03WEED. This is from a total cash prize of 8 Million share among four individuals in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the security company to your name ,Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account as this is apart of the security protocol,to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from the 100,000 company/ individual email addresses from all over the world as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct every decade.

We hope with a part of winnings ,you will take part in our end of year stake USD$20million International Lottery Program..TO begin your claims, please contact your claim agent and send the information below:

TEL/FAX NUMBERS.
SERIAL/SECUIRITY FILE NUMBERS.
YOUR FULL HOUSE ADDRESS.
A SCAN COPY OF YOUR VALID IDENTITY.
EMAIL ADDRESS.

Find below the contact of your claim agent.

NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ AGENCY:
Mr.Dennis Koman (Director of operations).
Tel :
Fax :
Email:

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice. Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than on the 20TH of March 2006. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be returned to the promotion company.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your security credited file number and batch numbers respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.

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

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Deborah H williams,
(promotion manager ]

NOTICE: You have received this message from National postcode lotterij NL international prize dept. at your e-mail address because you have visited one 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.

Tuesday, March 14, 2006

A little advice to the scammers who keep sending me their shit, learn to write English and learn to spell!

Con tricks only stand a chance of succeeding if they seem plausible.

CONTACT US!!!YOUR EMAIL ID HAS WON 500.000:00USD.

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

Dear Sir / Madam,

We are happy to inform you that you
have emerged a winner under the second Category,This is part of our
promotional draws. The draws are being officially announced today 11th
of March 2006. Participants were selected through a computer ballot
system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies from Africa, America, Asia,Australia,Europe, Middle East, and
Oceania as part of our International Promotions Program.

Your e-mail
address, attached to ticket number 50941465206-529, with serial number
5772-54 drew the lucky numbers 3-4-17-28-35-44Â and consequently won in
the Second Category.
You have therefore been awarded a lump sum pay out
of 500.000.00 (Five Hundred ThousandDollors), which is the winning
payout for Category B winners. This is from the total prize money from
2,000,000 shared among the 2 winners in this category .

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.In
your best interest to aviod mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we
request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly
confidential until the process of transferring your won prize has been
completed, and your funds remitted to your account.

To file for your
claim,please contact the fiduciary agent.

Mr Phelp Grant Mrs Cheryl
Klein Huis
NETPOINT CLAIM MANAGEMENT SERVICES.
(Claims undewriter,
Claims assessor,Claims adjustor,claim negotiator)
TEL/
FAX/
Email:

You
are advised to contact the agents by email
N.B: Remember to quote
these numbers in your correspondence with your claims agent.
REFERENCE
NUMBER: LSLUK/2031/8161/04,BATCH NUMBER: 14/011/IPD
Congratulations
once again from all our staff.

Sincerely Yours,

Iries Van Guus
Lottery Coordinator.

Saturday, March 11, 2006

This pile of illiterate shit arrived in my mailbox today. It purports to come from a certain Dr Yinka, who claims to be chairman of Ecowas Contractor's Debt Reconciliation Board.

Aside from the ludicrous grammar and atrocious spelling, viz:

"Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this unofficial channel.I got your contact from a proffesional..."

He proposes that I commit fraud, by claiming non existent assets that I have no entitlement to; then, for good measure, he assures me that the fraud is 100% legal.

Lying scumbag!

From Dr Rasaki Yinka (SA)
Chairman,Ecowas Contractor's
Debt Reconciliation Board
Accra - Republic of Ghana



ACCOUNT PROVISION FOR $45M


Forgive my indignation if this message comes to you as a surprise and may offend your personality for contacting you without your prior consent and writing through this unofficial channel.I got your contact from a proffesional database found in internet while searching for a reliable and honest person that will assist me safeguard funds into an account.Due to the amount involved since this deal is my last hope,I have to consult my spiritual Leader who directed me to contact you after series of prayers/fasting before this letter to you.

Proposal : In the course of discharging my duty while reconciling our debt on Ecowas contractors files who has not received their balance payments on the contracts executed by them.After going through some old files ,I found out that one of our Foreign Contractor who died some time ago was among the contractor's whose funds are to be paid. I made several attempts to locate his other family members or relations which proves abortive as was not contained in his contract information with us.I thought wisely to transfer this money out now Ecowas is prepared to pay all contractor's outstanding bill than loosing it to Ecowas since its ethics has a stipulated years for such debt after which the debt will be deleted from Ecowas record and will be termed as Bad Debt which will be shared among Ecowas Top management which i am not included.This is why i am contacting you to assist me safeguard this Fund in your account.I would have executed this deal without contactin
g you but due to our country civil service code which prohibits us from operating foreign accounts and also the fund will only be released to a foreigner as the next of kin to the Deceased Foreign contractor.

As an account owner for this transfer,You will be entittled to 30% of the total fund,20% will be used to set up humanitarian organisations to be managed by both of us in your country to help needy,motherless babies and other less priviledged people While I take 60% for my investment in your country then 10% will be set aside to take care of any incidental charges which might arise in the course of the transfer.Due to my position.I have all his personal contract information which will be released to you on demand to pursue the payment approval from Ecowas.All the arrangement to put claim on the fund legally as the apparent heir of the deceased has been perfected.Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return I demand your complete honesty and trust.

NOTE : This transaction will be strictly based on the following terms and conditions as I have stated below:(a)My conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence.

(b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality (c) That you will not ask for more share or try to sit on the funds once it is under your custody, or any form of blackmail to allow you run away with this fund.


(d) That upon receipt of the funds you will release the funds as instructed by me after you have removed your share of 20% from the total amount before my arrival in your country as it might take me time to retire and get my travel documents ready before arriving.This transaction is 100% legal and risk free and we hope to conclude this deal within 14 working days if you accord me your unalloyed support and co-operation. I give you my word that you are completely safe in doing business with me.

Transactions like this have been successfully carried out in the past by some of my collegues and now they are outside enjoying their wealth with their foreign collaborators.

Looting and corruption is rampant in this part of the world ,thus explaining why you might have heard stories of how money is been taken out of this country through foreigners assistance like you, this is because everyone is making desperate attempts to secure his/her family future, so that when retires from active service he/she will not languish in poverty since Civil servants were not properly taken care of.

If this deal further interest you,sand mail for more detailed information and discard this information if you won't participate due the sensitivity of the transaction.As am an employee of Ecowas and always busy in the office especially now that other contractors will be coming for their funds send me mail.

God Bless You.

Dr Rasaki Yinka.

Wednesday, March 08, 2006

This fake lottery purports to be based in the Netherlands, yet the email address from which my "winning" notification was sent is based in Canada.

Bottom line, it is a con; do not fall for it!

NATIONAL POSTCODE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY AND PROMOTIONS.
Afdeling Ledenservice Van Eeghenstraat 70 1071 GK Amsterdam,
The Netherlands.

FROM: THE DESK OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,SCFN: GWK/5668/022248/03WEED.
BATCH: 241/2002/BLL Ticket No:31121-562-56H-902-449.

Attn:
We are pleased to inform you of the release today the 7th of March 2006, of the NATIONAL POSTCODE INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY/PROMOTIONS, NETHERLANDS held on the 23rd of January 2006.

Your email address attached to the Ticket No:31121-562-579-902-449 with Serial No: 8622K/04 drew from the Lucky No:03-44-00-66-99-34-52-19-36-51, which consequently won the lottery in the FIRST category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of TWO MILLION EURO ( €2.000.000.00 ) in cash credited to security file number 5668/022248/03WEED. This is from a total cash prize of 8 Million share among four individuals in this category.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!.

Your funds is now deposited with our Payment/Finance Department in the security company to your name ,Due to the mixed up of some numbers and names,we ask that you keep this winning a top secret from the public notice until your claims has been processed and remitted to your account as this is apart of the security protocol,to avoid double claiming or unwarranted taking advantage of this program by participants.

All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from the 100,000 company/ individual email addresses from all over the world as part of our international promotions program, which we conduct every decade.

We hope with a part of winnings ,you will take part in our end of year stake USD$20million International Lottery Program..TO begin your claims, please contact your claim agent and send the information below:

TEL/FAX NUMBERS.
SERIAL/SECUIRITY FILE NUMBERS.
YOUR FULL HOUSE ADDRESS.
A SCAN COPY OF YOUR VALID IDENTITY.
EMAIL ADDRESS.

Find below the contact of your claim agent.

NATIONAL POSTCODE LOTERIJ AGENCY:
Mr.Dennis Koman (Director of operations).
Tel : 0031-644-751-919
Fax : 0031-847-566-979
Email: infolotterijnl@netscape.net

For processing and remittance of your cash to a designated account of your choice. Remember,all winnings must be claim not later than on the 20TH of March 2006. After this date, all unclaimed funds will be returned to the promotion company.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your security credited file number and batch numbers respectively in every correspondence with your claim agent.Furthermore, should there be any change of your address, do inform your claim agent as soon as possible.

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

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Deborah H williams,
(promotion manager ]

NOTICE: You have received this message from National postcode lotterij NL international prize dept. at your e-mail address because you have visited one 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.

Friday, March 03, 2006

New Credit Card Scam

Be warned there is a new credit card scam, which actually seems very plausible. This scam uses the phone, rather than the net.

The scam works like this: Person calling says, "This is (name), and I'm calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460 Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I'm calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a Marketing company based in Arizona?" When you say "No", the caller continues with, "Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that correct?"

You say "yes". The caller continues - "I will be starting a Fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number listed on the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security.

You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. "Do you need me to read it again?"

Here's the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works. The caller then says, "I need to verify you are in possession of your card". He'll ask you to "turn your card over and look for some numbers". There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the next 3 are the security Numbers' that verify you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the 3 numbers to him.

After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he'll say, "That is correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?" After you say No, the caller then thanks you and states, "Don't hesitate to call back if you do," and hangs up.

What the scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of the card.

Don't give it to them.

Instead, tell them you'll call VISA or Master card directly for verification of their conversation.

The real VISA will never ask for anything on the card, as they already know the information since they issued the card!

Thursday, March 02, 2006

This fake lottery scam asks me to provide personal details with my claim.

This is a very nice trick, were I to be stupid enough to reply the scammer would use my details to commit identity theft.

Do not, under any circumstances, fall for this con.

BONO LOTTO INTERNATIONAL,
10 C/Teresa,
Madrid 20068,
Spain.
FROM: THE
DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD
DEPARTMENT,
REF: GUPL/76-A18FYU125
BATCH:SP-850MTD79125/081

NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
We are pleased to inform you of the
announcement today, 1st March, 2006 the winners of the BONO LOTTO
INTERNATIONAL held on 28th FEBRUARY,2006.

Your email address attached
to ticket number 4589, with serial number A025-09 drew the lucky
numbers 37-13-80-65-56-87, and consequently won in category C.

You
have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay of $1,500, 000.00 in
cash credited to file REF NGUPL/76-A18FYU125.

This is from total prize
money of $10,000.000.00 shared among the international winners in the
category A,B,C.

All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from more than 100,000 companies/individuals from
Middle East,Australia,New Zealand,America, Asia, Europe and North
America as part of our International Promotions Program, which is
conducted annually.

                                              Â
CONGRATULATIONS!

Your fund is now deposited with CAJA MADRID ESPANA
(paying bank)Â insured in your email address.

Due to the mix up of
some numbers and names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from
public notice until your claim has been processed and your money
remitted to your account.

This is part of our security protocol to
avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of this
program.

We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in
our end of year high stakes $25 million International lotto.

To begin
your claim, please contact your paying bank immediately:

CONTACT
PERSON: Mr.Jose Luis Jack
EMAIL:
websit:
http://www.cajamadrid.es
PHONE:+


NOTE:You are to
contact our fiduciary paying bank with the details below:



                            CLAIM FORM

FULL NAMES OF
BENEFICIARY:.......................................

CONTACT
ADDRESS:.................................................

CITY/STATE:......................................................

COUNTRY:.........................................................

NATIONALITY:.....................................................

OCCUPATION:......................................................

SEX:.......................AGE:..................................

MARITAL STATUS...................................................

TEL/FAX:.........................................................

NEXT
OF KIN:.....................................................

AMOUNT
WON:......................................................

REFENCE
NO:................BATCH NO:.............................

LUCKY
NO:..................TICKET NO.............................

SERIAL
NO:.................LOTTERY DATE:.........................


Remember
that this program is organised to enhance unity and also encourage all
micro-soft users all over the world. Congratulations once again from
all members of our staff, and thank you for being part of our
promotions program.

Yours faithfully,
REV. GEORGE HARRIS
Online
coordinator for BONO LOTTO PRIZE AWARD DEPT
Sweepstakes International
Program.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any
attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s)
and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and
prohibited from unauthorized disclosure under applicable law. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message, any dissemination,
distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you
received this message in error, please notify the sender by reply email
and destroy all copies of the original message.

                                                   WARNING!!!

ANY
MAIL RECIEVED OF THIS SUCH WITH ANY OTHER TRADE MARK OR ADDRESS SHOULD
BE FOWARDED TO THIS BOX IMMEDIATELY, THIS WILL HELP US TO FIGHT SCAM
AND LOTTERY IMPOSTERS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION.

Copyright © 1994-2005 Bono Lotto Priz Award. All rights reserved. Terms
of Service - Guidelines.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Another fake lottery "win". This time the scammer actually notes that I will be responsible for the processing charges.

The scam works by them asking me to pay "processing fees" upfront. Needless to say, were I to be stupid enough to do this, I would never hear from them again.

I hope that you are not that stupid!

EURO MILLIONS

AWARD/PROMOTIONAL DEPARTMENT

VALENCIA.SPAIN.

http://www.loteria.com/euro.php





EMAIL-LOTTERY AWARD PROMOTIONAL PROGRAMME



We are please to announce you as one of the 10 lucky winners in the email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS held on the 30th of december,2005. The late release of this result was due to difficulties encountered in sorting out mixed up numbers and email addresses.All 10 winning addresses was randomly selected from a batch of 5,000,000 international emails Your email address emerged alongside with 10 others as a category "D " winner in this year's euro millions award Draw.



Most recently the foundation set up the NEW HOPE LOTTERY to give out prizes based on the computer ballot system(THEREFORE YOU DO NOT NEED TO BUY A TICKET TO ENTER FOR IT.YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS WAS RANDOMLY SELECTED AS A WINNER).



Consequently,you have therefore been approved a MEGA JACK POT of 466.812,79 euro (Four hundred and sixty-six thousand, eight hundred and twelve euro,seventy-nine cent)only .The following particulars are attached to your lotto payment order:



(i)the file Ref number: EF/04679/SA

(ii)Result winning numbers:8-16-19-43-45-1-4

(iii)email ticket number:754/22/76L



To immediately claim your prize,contact the claim/paying agent on the telephone number below.



EURO TRUST AGENCY S.L

=========================

Mr.Sabastin Antonio

calle nazarat 99.5678,Valencia,spain.

TEL:

TEL:

EMAIL TO:



The above claim agent will assist you in the processing and remittance of your prize funds to you,note that not later than one week After this date if you do not contact and process your winning prize, all funds will be returned as unclaimed.



N.B:Terms and conditions to claim your prize:

**********************************************

1.Please quote your Reference number,your full name and address,Country, Telephone,mobile,fax number and occupation to your calim agent.



2.Your winning prize is not deductable until your winnings has been processed,approved and transfered to you by your claim agent above.The beneficiary is responsible for the VETT/APPROVAL CHARGES of your winning prize to his/her country.



For verification on your lucky winning prize,you are to visit our online site( http://www.loteria.com/euro.php) and indicate the date this email lottery programme draw of the EURO MILLIONS was held (30th of december 2005)and there you will find your result winning number.



Once again on behalf of all our staff,CONGRATULATIONS!!!.This promotion programm is sponsored by euro millions to encourage the use of internet.All informations have to be kept out of public until you have received your winning prize,this is to avoid double claim and unwarranted abuse of the programme by some participants.





Sincerely,

Maria Jose.

Promotions Manager

Euro Millions

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