Spam Scams
Sep 17, 2011 at 12:29 Like most people, I get a steady stream of spam emails promising me unexpected wealth from unlikely sources. Most of these are so absurd (and so poorly written) that I'm astonished anyone is ever taken in by them, but they do have some entertainment value in their own right...
Dear Friend,
I am Dr. John C.C Chan a Korean Republc, happily married with children, and i am a Director of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, in charge of the International Remittance department. I have a confidential business you of 25.5 million dollars for you.
Please endeavour to reply me if interested johnccchan9@aol.com
Thanks,
Best Regard,
Dr. John C.C Chan.
Complement of the day
I am Mr Song Lile. I have a business proposal worth $19.5m where am needing your assistance. For more details, email me at (song.li28@yahoo.com.hk) or you can also reach me on my mobile +85295348675
Kind Regards,
Mr. Song Lile.
I am Mr. Ming Yang,I have an obscured business suggestion for you.Your services will be paid for.Contact ming_yang33@live.com
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Dear Mr/Mrs,
Thank you for opening my email now. Do not click on reply button, just send your email to me on: barr.peters_smith2@yahoo.com
In short, I am Barr. Peters Smith(a layer by profession and Chattered accountant), working for the Ziraat Bankasi Bank of Turkey as the present External Auditor. And so just last week, I discovered a very large sum of money belonging to a late customer of the bank.
This account has been dormant for a very long time since 1999 (12years now). The Investigation and personally research I have conducted shows that he died along his entire family in a fatal plane crash 12years ago and has left nobody to benefit the funds totaling 11.3 Million GBP.
So I am contacting you having found your email address and am proposing if you will be interested to stand in as the next-of-kin. I have all the legal documents to put you forward as the sole beneficiary of the funds, being a barrister at law.As well all files purporting to the funds in the bank are in my possession so you do not have even one little cause to worry about.
All you have to compensate me with will come as your personal will. I am not going to task you. If I can not see any one to stand in, then my bank will send the money to the bank treasury as unclaimed funds.
Looking to receive from you with these details to proceed.
Full Name.....................
Sex...........................
Age.......................
Occupation....................
Mobile No.....................
Email Address.......
Residential Contact...........
Marital Status................
Region...............
State and Nationality.........
With kind regards, Call me on:+44-70-4573-9682. Email me on:
barr.peters_smith2@yahoo.com
Barr. Peters Smith
Good morning,
I am Barrister Mrs. Jen See, an attorney at law.
I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust.
I need your urgent assistance in transferring a huge sum of money immediately to your account. (amount undisclosed for security reason).
I will send you full details on how the Project will be executed; I want you to furnish me with this detail’s:
(1)NAME..............
(2)AGE:................
(3)SEX:....................
(4)PHONE NUMBER:.................
(5)OCCUPATION :....................
(6)YOUR COUNTRY:....................
Please note that this is legitimate,if you get any similiar mail from someone please do not reply.
After transaction you and i will Share the money between ourselves,the percentage will be discuss later.
Best regards,
BARRISTER MRS.JEN SEE.
(Attorney at Law)
OFFICAIL LETTER..
William Wilcox cleomir@inpa.gov.br
God Day,
My names are Mr William Wilcox, I work in the Euro Lottery. I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of £4,528,000GBP, should you be willing to assist me in this project, you will be giving me just 30% of your winnings. contact my below private e-mail: williamwilcox123@live.co.uk
Regards,
William Wilcox
Mr Muhammad Fariq
Mr. Muhammad Fariq mrmuhammadfariq01@gmail.com via yahoo.com
Dear Friend,
I am Mr Muhammad Fariq the head of file department of Bank of Africa (B.O.A) here in Burkina Faso / Ouagadougou. In my department we discover an abandoned sum of (US$18mllion US Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his family in plane crash.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for the safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you, while 60% would be for me. Then after the money is been transferred into your account, I will visit your country for an investment under your kind control.
You have to contact my Bank directly as the real next of kin of this deceased account with next of kin application form. You have to send me those your information below to enable me use it and get you next of kin application form from bank, so that you will contact Bank for the transfer of this money into your account.
Your Full Name....................
Your Home Address.................
Your Age..........................
Your Handset Number...............
Your Occupation...................
I am waiting for your urgent respond to enable us proceed further
for the transfer.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Muhammad Fariq
My Dear,
My name is Larissa Ijere Paul, 21years old originated from Guinea Bissau. I decide to contact you after my prayers, I really want to have a good relationship with you. My father Dr.Ijere Paul was the former Minister for SPLA Affairs and Special Adviser to President Salva Kiir of South Guinea for Decentralization. My father Dr.Ijere Paul and my mother including other top Military officers and top government officials had been on board when the plane crashed on Friday May 02, 2008.
After the burial of my father, my uncle conspired and sold my father's properties to a Chinease Expatriate and live nothing for me. On a faithful morning, I opened my father's briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in one bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money so that I can start a better life and take care of myself. On my arrival, the Branch manager of the Bank whom I met in person told me that my father's instruction to the bank was the money be release to me only when I am married or present a foreigner trustee who will help me and invest the money in overseas.
I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well, I will say that my mind convinced me that you are the true person to help me. More so, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my uncles have threatened to assassinate me. The amount is $5.7 Million and I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso. You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country. So my dear I decided to run to one Christian camp in Burkina Faso where I am presently seeking hiding now since I will go back to my country Guinea Bissau because my uncle will killed me if. I wish to contact you personally for a long term relationship and investment assistance in your Country. My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$5. 700, 000.00 in a Bank with my name as the next of kin as told you. That is why she planned to take way my life to enable him claim the money in the bank.
However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is my intention to compensate you with 30% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. As soon as I receive your interest in helping me, I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Please do keep this only to your self. I beg you not to disclose it till I come over because I am afraid of my wicked uncle who has threatened to kill me. I will send you my picture in my next email and tell you more about me. Hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Miss Larissa Ijere Paul
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Complement of this season. I am Mr. Zuofu from Hong Kong, i have a client that made a fixed deposit of $ 55M USD in my bank branch and he died with his entire family leaving no next of kin, am ready to share 50/50 with you if you decide to stand as my late client next of kin, then kindly furnish me immediately with the following information for further details.
1, Full name / Age
2, Address
3, Mobile. number
4, Fax number
Please be informed that this transaction will be legally put in place to guaranteed you 100% safe and risk free, be rest assured
Waiting for your kind reply.
Sincerely,
C.zuofu
Hong Kong
Attention Customer,
There is an issue involving $900,000 USD which was called to Our Bank(Eco Bank) from THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE concerning your compensation of $900,000.00 USD has been forwarded to Western Union Money Transfer and An instruction has come directly from Mr.Jona Akim of Ministry Of Finance.
He asked us to start sending your fund installmentally $5000 per a day through western union money transfer.This type of transfer means you will be recieving $5000 every day through western union until the total of $900,000 USD is completely transfered to you.
Today,our bank has effected your first payment of $5000 through western union. Now you have to Contact Rev Paul O.Sawadogo on his contact below as he is the person incharge of your payment.
The Western union Agent is:
Name: Rev Paul O.Sawadogo
Email:unite@fastservice.com
Tel 00226 70 52 23 72,
Money sent Through Cornelis Zwaagstra, amount sent $5,000.00 to you today. So contact Rev Paul O.Sawadogo on above email address and tell him to give you needed information and also for him to help you pick the $5,000.00.
Recomfirm your address
(1)Your Full name: ................
(2)Your Phone number: ...................
(3)Your Contact address: ..................
(4)Your Country :.......................
contact Rev Paul O.Sawadogo ASAP on how to get the payment information,
Yours in Service.
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso
Mrs Faith Traore,
An arab (IRAQ)made a fixed deposit of $24,500.000.00 in my bank branch where am a director and he died with his entire family in the war leaving behind no next of kin,if you choose to stand as my deceased client's next of kin. if interested mail me at the address below:
My associate has helped me to send your first payment of $7,500 USD to you as instructed by Mr.David Cameroon the United Kingdom prime minister after the last G20 meeting that was held in United Kingdom, making you one of the beneficiaries. Here is the information below.
MTCN Numbers: 6096147516
Sender First Name Johannes
Second Name Davis
I told him to keep sending you $7,500 USD twice a week until the FULL payment of (£820000.00 Dollars) is completed.
A certificate will be made to change the Receiver Name as stated by the British prime minister, send your Full Names and phone number via Email to: Mr Garry Moore Email:wuclaims_01@yahoo.co.jp
You cannot pickup the money until the certificate is issued to you.
Regards
Mr. Garry Moore.
Tel: +(44) 703 596 3900.
Dear Friend,
For your kind attention. I will be very glad if you do assist me to relocate this sum of (US$10.5M) to your account for the benefit of our both families.
This is a genuine business,only i cannot operate it alone without using a Foreigner who will stand as a beneficiary to the money, that is why i decided to contact you in a good manner to assist me and also to share the benefit together with me.
By indicating your interest I will send you the full details on how the business will be executed.
Please keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.
Regards,
Mr.Jonathan Dambo
Kindest Attention,
I am Mrs Grace Smith, A Portugal national,i have been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live. I am very rich, but was never generous; I have given most of my assets to my immediate family members.
I have decided to give alms to charity organizations. I cannot do this myself anymore because of my health. I once asked members of my family to give some money to charity organizations, they refused and kept the money.
I have a huge cash deposit of Twenty Million dollars with a finance House abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations. You will take out 30% of these funds for your assistance and Effort.
Please send me the following details:
[1] Full Names:
[2] Contact address:
[3] Direct Telephone
[4] Date of birth:
[5] Occupation:
{6} Self Identification.
Regards,
Mrs Grace Smith.
My Dearest,
Good day to you, I have decided to contact you after much thought considering the fact that we have not meet before, but because of the circumstance oblige me, I decided to contact you due to the urgency of my present situation here in the refugee camp, I am Miss Jenny Kipkalya Kones, 25yrs old female and I from Kenya here in Africa; my father was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong'a, in western Kenya. The plane crashed on Tuesday 10th, June, 2008. After the death of my beloved father my wicked step mother along with my uncles team together and sold everything that my late father had and share the money within themselves. Unfortunately to me I fined my father's briefcase and when I opened it I found a document, which my late father use to deposit the sum of Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($8.500.000.00) in International Micro De Finance Bank, here in Burkina Faso West Africa with my name as next of skin, right now I am in Ouagadougou Capital of Burkina Faso to withdraw the money so that i can start a better life and also further my education.
But on my arrival to the Bank, the Bank foreign Operation Department Director whom I meet in person told me that my father instruction to their bank is that the fund would only be release to me when I am married or present a trustee/partner who will help me and invest the fund overseas after the transfer, and the bank ask me to go and look for a foreign partner, that was why I decided to contact you, which I believe that you are going to be honest and reliable person that will help me and stand as my trustee/partner, so that I can present you to the Bank for the release and transfer of the inheritance fund into your bank account in your country, and It is my intention to compensate you with 40% of the total fund for your services and help and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest i will put things into action, in the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction, awaiting your urgent and positive response, Please do keep this only to your self, i beg you not to disclose it to any body till i come over because am afraid of my wicked stepmother, i will send you my picture in my next email, with due respect, i am pleading that you help me, i am giving all this detailed information with every transparency believing that you will have a clear picture of the base of help i need from you.
I hope to hear from you soon, May truth and love be the guiding word in my refuge,
Best regard,
Yours Sincerely
Jenny Kipkalya Kones.
FROM THE DESK OF MR ALHAJI JABURU,
DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF AUDITING
AND ACCOUNTING SECTION
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA FASO,
WEST AFRICA,
Dear Friend,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I am the Director in charge of Auditing section of Bank of African (B.O.A), I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Ten million united state dollars ($10.000.000m USD) immediately to your account.
The fund has been dormant (in-active) for 5 years in our Bank here without any body coming for it. I want to apply for release of the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer Mr. George Brumley Jr from Atlanta America (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash since on July 21 2003. I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer. view the website for more information about the deceased. (http://www.sptimes.com/2003/07/21/Worldandnation/12_Americans_die_in_K.shtml)
Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send you the application form you will fill and send to the bank for transfer of the fund into your bank account and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business. And also 10% had been mapped out for you for the expense you will make in this transaction and 50% is for me. I need you information so that I will send you the application form.
YOUR FULL INFORMATIONS
Your Name.
Your Home Addresses.
City.
Country.
Home Telephone.
Private Telephone.
Fax No.
Marital Status.
Age.
Occupation.
Religion.
Your picture.
Waiting for your urgent reply so that we will starts immediately,
Best Regards,
MR ALHAJI JABURU,
(B.O.A) BANK OF AFRICA
FROM MR.JAMES KUMALO
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT
CAPITEC BANK SOUTH AFRICA
(CAPITEC)ANNEX JOHANNESBURG
Private Email: jkumalo77@blumail.org
Dear Friend.
This Message Might Meet You In Utmost Surprise,However, It's Just My Urgent Need For Foreign Partner That Made Me to Contact You For This Transaction .I am a Banker By Profession With (CAPITEC BANK)South Africa And Currently Holding a Post As The Director Of Auditing And Accounting Unit Of The Bank.I Have The Opportunity Of Transferring The LeftOver Funds($18.5Million)Originally Owned By One Of My Bank Clients MR.KURT KAHLE Who Died Along With His Entire Family On 31 July 2000 In a Plane Crash. You Can Confirm Genuinely The Deceased's Death By Clicking On This Web Site http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Meanwhile The Whole Arrangement And Directives Needed to Put Claim Over This Funds As TheBona-fide Next of Kin to The Deceased Will Be Forwarded to You Upon Your Acceptance.Information Will Be Relayed to You as Soon as You Indicate Your Interest andWillingness to Assist Us And also Benefit Your Self to This Great Business Opportunity.
Hence,I am Inviting You For a Business Deal Where This Money Can Be Shared Between Us In The Ratio Of 60% For Me and 30% For You,While 10% Is Mapped Out For Expenses If you agree to my Proposal.Please,This has To Be Private and Confidential as I am Still In Service and Intend to Retire From Service after I Conclude This Deal With You.I Will be Monitoring The Whole Situation here In The Bank Until You Confirm The Money Is In Your Account and ask me to come over to Your Country For Subsequent Sharing of the Funds According to Percentage Previously Indicated and Further Investment,Either In Your Country Or Any Other Country You May advice me to invest in. All other necessary Information Will be Sent to You When I Hear From You.I Suggest You get back to me as soon as possible stating Your Willingness In This Deal.
Furthermore Please Contact me Through My Private Email Address above For More Info:
Regards
Mr.James Kumalo
Email: jkumalo77@blumail.org
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