Your order N###

This was picked up by my spam catcher, but I thought I would post it in any case. I do make travel arrangements on-line, but not with this service, and I have never received an email like this one to welcome me to any such service - typically nothing that will print in less than three pages with all the fine print attached.

This email also came with a zipped file attached called "print-ticket.zip". I'm too chicken to open it, so I will delete it. Attachments from suspicious sources always trip my spidey-sense - could be just additional information to sucker me in, or be a virus or malaware to steal from me or otherwise mess me up.
_________________________________

Dear client,

We appreciate deeply your decision to get our new service – “Purchase your airplane ticket On-line”

You have just created your account:

login: (they actually inserted my own email address here)
password:

The balance of your credit card is $392.73.
We are glad to inform you that each time you are getting flight tickets with the help of our site you are given a reduction of 10%!
In the ZIP archive added to this letter you can find purchase Invoice and your flight ticket. So just colour print the ticket and start your wonderful journey!

Good luck,
Northwest Airlines

I Have Sent The Money!!!

I am not sure if the sender is trying to sell me on getting a Western Union gold card, trying to get my information, or get me a fraudulent card so that they can scam me that way.

The email appears to be directed to me personally; however, I doubt that I am the only recipient. I also think that the only ones who are going to get scammed are the greedy types who think that they have received someone else's email by mistake, or those that think that money comes to those who want it badly enough.

Sorry folks, if you you got an email like this one, they want everything they can get from you, but have no interest in giving you anything in return.

The request for information below shows that they do not know or care who I am. They just want my information and for me to set myself up for the scam.

________________________________________________
Hi!

I am just dropping by on this kinkos store to email you and let you know that I have just sent the payment via Western Union in your name as I do not have your account details correct.

I also want you to have the payment information below:

Money Transfer Control Number (MTCN): ###-###-####
Amount Sent: $105,000 USD
Text Question: Favourite Colour?Answer:

You can go to any Western Union location right now and pick up the cash quick. I hope that you have a Western Union card? You will need this to send or claim amount above $6,000 USD from any Western Union agent location.
My company will be sending my team to Chile this week.

I am already on my way to join my team in completing the unfinished bridge construction project in Chile. We may leave town tomorrow and I couldn't go without dropping the payment information with you. We may spend 2 to 3 monthsthere before the job would be completely finished.

Remember that if you do not claim the money before 9 days, they will call back the money to my card. And if you do not have the Western Union Promo/Gold Card,you cannot pick up the cash.

I may not be around to reply any of your emails now, but I will talk to you as soon as I return.

If you do not have a Western Union card, you may contact the western union agent details below so that they will provide a Western Union card for you immediately and also send you a copy of the voucher of the payment that I made, via email.

Contact the office below for your Western Union card:

Contact Person: Derek Wright
Email:

Send the below details to him

Your Full Name:
MTCN number: (as above)
Telephone:
Address: (including state and zip code)

As soon as the office gets the above information, they will use the credentials to create your Western Union card right away without any delay.

That is all to it. I hope to talk to you as soon as we are back on the errand or call it project.

See ya.

Terry Noland.

Apply For Low Interest Rate Loan

I know one thing, I will not try to borrow from a company that cannot spell collateral or operates with a hotmail reply address. As with other scams, this email has a different source email - one that appears to have been used previously on another type of scam.

Short but sweet. Some people just like to rack'em up - send out enough emails someone is bound to bite - but not me.
________________________________________________________________
Are you in need of loan?Free collatera loans,we offer loan services of different types ranging from full loans to subordinate loans best designed foryou.All interested applicant should contact us through our email address.

FIRST INFORMATIONS NEEDED ARE:
Full Name:
Location:Age:
Contact Phone numbers:
Amount Needed:
loan Duration:
monthly income:
Email:@hotmail.com

Microsoft 2008 Promotions

Guess what, I have won a huge amount of money through Microsoft, Peugeot, and an assortment of other recognizable company names. I won't be collecting any of it though. The sums are sufficiently large that I do not believe that it is part of any promotion, there is no product placement, product offers, or any sales pitch of any kind. They just want me to believe that they have so much money sitting around that they are willing to share it with me for no particular reason.

I find it amusing that the senders sometimes do not even bother to concern themselves with having a suitable source email - like Microsoft is going to send me an email through a Comcast email address.

I also won the Irish National Lottery again - second time this week and several times this past year. I never even bought a ticket. Guess the people in Ireland are just so wealthy that they thought they would share the wealth with people in other countries.

Attn Your Atm Card Payment Is Ready

This one was interesting, it appeared as a Yahoo Calendar event with an invitation to RSVP, including a link - I did not click to find out where that would send me (don't want to know).

The incoming email address seems to match the name given, and the invitation shows my email address as the intended recipient. This does not mean that it is legitimate, only that they have found an interesting method of reaching people though Yahoo. The sender is a Yahoo.com user.

But I am not clear if this is a scam for money, or a trick to infect my computer with a virus. I do not click on links or open attachments on scam emails as a general safety measure.

I have actually reached the point where I have directed all of my friends to an alternate personal email address as my Yahoo is so contaminated with these emails that it has become virtually useless. My Hotmail does not receive even a fraction of these emails, and Hotmail is the address I give out when subscribing to or ordering anything - I would expect Hotmail to be bombarded, but it is Yahoo that is plugged. I only hope that by identifying all these emails as "Spam", I might be helping Yahoo to clean things up, but no sign of that yet.
__________________________________________________________________

You're invited to: Attn Your Atm Card Payment Is Ready
By your host: Veronic Fasschoni

Message: Attn Your Atm Card Payment Is Ready

It was resolved and agreed that your Atm Card payment is ready$1.2m United States will be released to you contact them now.with your full name/address; @live.com /to Claim your Fund.Thanks

Date: Monday September 1, 2008
Time: 11:15 am - 12:15 pm (GMT +00:00)
Location: Attn Your Atm Card Payment Is Ready

Will you attend?

RSVP to this invitation

We Apologize, for the delay of your payment of $950.215.00.

ROFLMAO...The source email address label is misspelled "Shell Petroleum Comapany" and of course the source and reply email addresses are different - for which there is no logical explanation other than the same reason all other scammers do it.

I truly hope that no one fell for this very crudely crafted scam letter. Like another one I posted recently, this one is upfront in its request for a fee just under $200.00, and if anyone is foolish enough to send them any money, I can guarantee that you will receive another letter requesting additional funds to cover other fees and disbursements necessary to bring the money out of Nigeria.

This company is not connected with any actual petroleum company of a similar name, and even if it were, no company is going to be donating just under a million dollars to just anyone for no particular reason. No company is going to reduce its profit margin just to share the wealth, and when they do make donations, it is to organizations that are able to issue a receipt suitable for tax reduction purposes.

I think that the scammers are just getting lazy and hoping to snag people who are just either insanely greedy or just not awake.
____________________________________________________________________
Managing Director
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria, Ltd
21/22 Marina
PMB 2418
Lagos
NIGERIA

Aug 29th, 2008



Dear Winner,

We Apologize, for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences AndInflict that we might have indulge you through.

However, we were Having some minor problems with our payment system, thisis Inexplicable, And have held us stranded and Indolent, not having theAspiration to devote our 100% Assiduity in accrediting foreign payments.WeApologies once again from the Records of outstanding winners due forpayment With {SHELL PETROLEUM NIGERIA ANNUAL DONATION} your name andParticular was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding winnerswho are Yet to received their payments.

You Are advice to contact the GLOBAL SPEED COURIER COMPANY LIMITED to knowwhen they will deliver your BANK DRAFT value US$950.215.00 . we have paidfor the delivering charges.The only money you have to send to them is theinsurance and airway bill cost of your BANK DRAFT value US$950.215.00,which is which is $185.00 Us Dollars to received your package.The companywill deliver it to you on C.O.D so this insurance and airway bill $185.00Us Dollars is the only money you have to send to them.

CONTACT PERSON;
DR.DAVID MARK MANAGERGS
Courier Company Limited Nigeria
E-mail:(@live.com)
CONTACT PHONE

Try to contact them as soon as possible to avoid increasing the insurancefee. Provide them with the following details, as this will enable them toprocess and release of your cash prize without any delay. to avoid anymistake on the delivering, make sure your address is correct.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address---------------------------
Home telephone---------------------
Office telephone---------------------

Let us know as soon as you receive your package.

Regards

Ron van den Berg
Managing Director

Re: Private Investigation

A nice variation, but still a fraud. This fellow, like so many others, has two email addresses - the source (which may or may not be spoofed) and the requested reply address. Note that in nearly every case (perhaps all of them) you cannot just hit reply to contact the senders, they always request that you email them at a separate email account.

In this case the source email actually looks like it is from the "AIB Group" and due to the nature of the content of the email provides a reasonable explanation for providing a separate roaming account to reply - both appear to belong to a sender named Myles. Of course, if Myles were really from an organization known as the AIB Group, he would be just as concerned about his outgoing emails as his incoming emails. There is no reason for two email addresses.

The original email does not have any email address or name in the "To:" slot, so this email was broadcast to a lot of people. And, since the purpose for selecting me is because I share the same name as a deceased person with a lot of money, I would expect that Myles would at least use some form of my name to address me personally, but he does not. Nor does "Myles" ever name the person who has died.

Since my name is not identifyable by my Yahoo email address, there is no reason to expect that anyone in Ireland would know who I was or my email address.

This is a scam pure and simple, and if you received a similar email to this one and think that may be he is just emailing all people with the same name, let me know your name and I will let you know if is the same as mine.

The body of the email is below:
_____________________________________________________________________
Goodday,

My name is Myles Gallagher, I am a senior partner in the Technical AdvisoryBoard of Allied Irish Bank Group (Senior Security Specialist). We are conductinga standard process investigation on behalf of "AIB Group", the InternationalBanking conglomerate.

This investigation involves a client who shares the same surname with you andalso the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at "AIBGroup", the Private Banking arm of Allied Irish Bank. The client died in testateand nominated no successor in title over the investments made with the bank. Iwould respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail private andrespect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail.

I contact you independently of our investigation and no one is informed of thiscommunication. I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believewould be of interest to you. You share similar details to the late fellow; I amprepared to place you in a position to instruct the firm to release the depositto you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I amprepared to share the money with you, that is, I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50.

I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would havedrawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit. But onthe other hand, you with the same very name as the depositor's would easily passas the beneficiary with right to claim. I assure you that I could have thedeposit released to you within few working days.I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find nointerest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you donot be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, deletethis message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career becauseyou do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myselfwho have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole privatebanking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against goodconscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of myindustry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones in alifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once, I have found myself intotal control of my destiny. These chances won't pass me by. I ask that you donot destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me moveon with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is anopportunity to provide them with new opportunities.

There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. Ihave evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing towork with me. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune hasblessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in mylife. Lets share the blessing. If you find yourself able to work with me,contact me through my email account below. If you give me positive signals, Iwill initiate this process towards a conclusion.

I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences,but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that successand riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I havelearned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we canbe of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon.

Kind regards,

Myles Gallagher.

@live.co.uk

Re:..... (Nigerian Scam with a Hong Kong twist)

As is typical, the source email address (as it appears in my email) and the requested reply to email address are different, and there are no emails appearing in the "To:" section, indicating a broadcast email to multiple addresses. Both of source and reply to addresses to appear to belong to Hong Kong, but the content is classic Nigerian scam.

I am only posting this one because it is from a different location than I have seen before. I receive so many on a daily basis that it seems pointless to post them all. Many are also nearly identical. I do hope by now that no one is still falling for these. Since I am receiving so many of these, I imagine that others are too and that has to look suspicious. But, one never knows.
__________________________________________________________________
FROM: MR PATRICK CHAN.

(@yahoo.com.hk)

Dear Friend,

Let me start by introducing myself.I am Mr.Patrick Chan Executive Directorand Chief Financial Officer of the operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.Ihave a secured business suggestion for you.Before the U.S and Iraqi warour client Major Fadi Basem who was with the Iraqi forces and alsobusiness man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18calendar months, with avalue of Thirty million United State Dollars ($30,000,000.00) only in mybranch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the warearly this year.Again after the war another notification was sent andstill no response came from him. We later find out that Major Fadi Basemand his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit theirhome. After further investigation it was also discovered that Major FadiBasem did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including thepaper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last timehe wasat my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in mybank.So,Thirty million United State Dollars($30,000,000.00)is still lyingin my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it.Whatbothers memost is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 4 yearsthe funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government ifnobody applies to claim the funds.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as aforeigner to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that youwillbe able to receive his funds.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE:

I want you to know that I have had everything plann ed out so that weshallcome out successful. I have contacted an attorney that willprepare thenecessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major FadiBasem , all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provideme with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence hisjob. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also filein for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letterof probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that willbe provided by you.There is no risk involved at all in the matter as weare going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare allthe necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion inall matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred toyour nominated bank account weshall share in the ratio of 60% for me, 40%for you Should you beinterested please send me the following informationsbelow,

1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address.

I will prefer you reach me on my private email address below And finallyafter that i shall provide you with more details of this transaction.Yourearliest response to this letter will be highly appreciated.

(@yahoo.com.hk)

Kind Regards,

Mr.Patrick Chan.

FROM BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION

Amazingly enough, the associated and source email addresses (two different), are both apparently British, but once again, this email has been broadcast to every Tom, Dick and Harry they can find an address for. And what is with the ATM cards? This has been a very popular method of payment offered by these "compensation" type emails.

Although I have received numerous scam emails, I have never been scammed so there is no reason to compensate me - unless they wish to compensate me for the inconvenience of having to delete hundreds of these emails while trying to locate expected emails from people I actually want to here from.

I would expect that the British High Commission would at least have a secretary capable of producing a proper email in the Queen's English. But no such luck, the language in this email is not a lot better than what appears in the other Nigerian scams.

This too is a scam aimed at previous victims hoping to recoup their losses. But alas, any who respond to this email are doomed to incur even more losses. This is just the lastest twist in the Nigerian scams.
_____________________________________________________________________

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Metro Plaza, Plot 991/992
Zakari Maimalari Street
Cadastral Zone AO,
Central Business District, Abuja.
TEL:

E-MAIL:

Attention, The BRITISH High Commission in Nigeria,Benin Republic,Ghana and Bokinafaso received a report of scam against you and other British/US citizens and Malaysia,Etc. whom the country of Nigeria/Benin,Bokinafaso And Ghana have recompensed you due to meeting held with Four countries Government and the world high commissions against fraud activities by the Four country Citizens. Your name was listed among the victims by the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit (NFIU). A recompensation has been issued out in ATM CARD to all the affected victims and has been already in distribution to all the bearers. Your ATM CARD was among those that was reported undelivered as at on Friday and we wish to advise you to see to the instructions of the Commitee to make sure you receives your ATM CARD immediately for your depositing into your account. NFIU further told us that the use of Nigeria Couriers and the Benin was abolished due to interception activities noticed in the above mentioned courier services in Benin,Nigeria and Ghana and thereby have made a concrete arrangement with the DHL Courier Company for a safe delivery to your door-step once the beneficairy meets up the demand of the conveyancy. We advise that you do the needful to make sure the NFIU dispatches your recompense on Monday. You are assured of the safety of your draft and availability and be advised that you should stop further contacts with all the fake lawyers and security companies who in collaboration scammed you. Call me at: immediately to check if the delivery date suits you.

Yours in Service, Mr. Richard GozneyCONSULER,
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
ABUJA.

Please I Need Your Help U.S ARMY(Strictly Confidential)

Note that the incoming email address for the following email did not match the name of the person that this email is supposed to be from (I have not included it, but it appears that our U.S. soldier with Swiss background is emailing from an email address belonging to a French man in France - not Iraq). And presumes that no one will notice that the US army is using a gmail account.

It is possible for someone to borrow someone else's email while in the hospital, but "she" appears to have a gmail account which means that if "she" has access to the internet, "she" also has access to that gmail account, which could have been used to send out the original email request. The originating email and the reply email given are two separate accounts.

This email was also not sent to me specifically, the "To:" section of the email is blank indicating that it has been broadcast to as many email addresses as the source computer has access to - so much for the need for secrecy. Of course, really clever scammers have figured out how to make it look like I am the sole recipient of the email scam email, but this scammer is simply pushing them out.

While the originating address appears to be in France, the pattern is classic for a Nigerian style scam.
_____________________________________________________________
Dear Friend,
My name is Sergeant, Selma Linda George. I am a U.S soldier with Swiss background, serving in the military with the army 3rd infantry division. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ( $ 3.2 million USD )three million, two hundred united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no stolen money, and there are no danger involved.

I am presently in a hospital recovering from injuries sustained in a suicide bomb attack. Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam's old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. Please view website for confirmation;

The website may or may not even be authentic, I did not bother to confirm it as it would not make any difference, as anyone can link to any website story and claim an affiliation.

The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to move the money to a security company in Bangkok Thailand which have a branch in United States precisely New York it was deposited as a diplomatic baggage. They are now waiting for us to provide the name of beneficiary who they will transfer the funds to.

The reason I want you to claim the funds on my behalf is that as a soldier, I cannot present concrete evidence on how I made such a big amount of money down here. Besides the US Government is trying their best to keep their eyes on soldiers here in order to effect a high level of discipline among us. The moment I am sure that you are willing to assist me; I will give you the information of the security company and the security code of the baggage. I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give to me.

One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldiers here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and I have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this and other reasons i will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, I honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately, please contact me as soon as possible, my only way of communication is email.
Respond only through this my private email below:-
Email: - @gmail.com

yours in Service.

Sergeant Selma Linda George

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY - Deja Vu all over again

The following email is nearly identical to one I just posted, except that this one lacks the fancier formatting with logos and photos. They just switched up a few details and sent it out.

The OCEANIC BANK PLC is a name that is appearing in a lot of my incoming emails. All of them scams.

The Nigerian scammers are getting crafty, but don't be fooled - no body is going to give away millions of dollars.
___________________________________________________________________
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.

Motto: No Body is Above the LAW

Date: 25th 2008.

FROM THE DESK OF: Alhaja Waziri

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

RE: BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS

Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the visit to the America President Mr. George W. Bush, his speech to the united nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last visit to South Africa, British, France and the UNGA United Nations General Assembly in New York), a total sum of $2.8 Billion has been mapped out by the SENATE to settle all outstanding foreign debts owned to contractor this year.

It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels. On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal republic of Nigeria abroad.

I am William Udo Chairman Economic And Financial Crime Commission, a committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able President MUSA YARUDU. The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign contractors whose payment is overdue. During the last military dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank collaborate with imposters and abandon our contractor half way with levies and taxes.

Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now. These are those who has shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions.

But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because, there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Peter Woo, who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank account in China. So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed of Assignment in favor of Mr. Peter Woo, thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China Group Ltd, A/C #: USD114-102-5567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered bank, 138-141 1st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, the Landmark, 15 Queens Road, Central Hong Kong, Swift Code: SCBL 11k111. If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. Peter Woo to receive your payment on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details, to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done by your local representative with the assistance of some (Union Bank of Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our investigation.

This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as soon as this information needed from you is submitted, either by Telegraphic Transfer or by international Certified Bank Draft. We are sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department of the CBN or Union Bank or any Government parastatal. This is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment. This office supersedes every other department in the CBN ,every other banks in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning would be yours.

Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by writting back because we want to make your payment to youwithout any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.

The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:

1)Dr.ken in U S A
2) PROF CHARLES SOLODO
3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI
4)DR. R.RASHEED
5) MR FALOLU NIYIZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC
6)BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7) MR JOHN NWAEZE UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
8)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
9)MR MARK JAMES/ FOR WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
11)MR CUPPA ACOKA.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
12)Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia
Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member

The above listed names are been traced/investigated by our team and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she will go to jail for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constituition of Nigeria under section of criminal law.

So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes dont waste time to indicate it immediately.
We applogise on behalf of the President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again. And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk and you never find your money because your funds in the total sum $30,000,000.00 (Thityty Million United States Dollars) is now with the OCEANIC BANK PLC a commercial recently approved by the Presidency to fulfil all foreign payments.

Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office.

Best regards,

MRS Alhaja Waziri
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).

( BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS / SCAMMERS)

Wow, the following email came with a full colour logo at the top and a photo of the gentleman at the bottom. And this email and the World Cup email are both formatted much nicer than the others I have seen - in fact, I would wager that both came from the same source. The styles are identical.

In this "compensation" email, they have listed other scammers that they claim have been arrested, some of the names listed appeared on other emails and might be familiar to those who have been receiving scam emails - even some emails similar to this one - remember Mr. Robert Mueller of the FBI?

The source email even appears to be one that might be authentic, it is foreign and not one of those Hotmail or Yahoo (or Rocketmail) accounts. But this one is just like all the rest. It is a scam.
_________________________________________________________________

FROM MR. HUHU RIBADU (ASSISTANCE)
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
NIGERIA INVESTIGATION BUREAU
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.

Motto: No Body is Above the LAW

( BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS / SCAMMERS)


ATTENTION: FUND OWNER,

BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS

Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the visit to the America President Mr. George W. Bush, his speech to the united nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last visit to South Africa, British, France and the UNGA United Nations General Assembly in New York), a total sum of $2.8 Billion has been mapped out by the SENATE to settle all outstanding foreign debts owned to contractor this year.

It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels. On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal republic of Nigeria abroad.

I am Nuhu Ribadu Chairman Economic And Financial Crime Commission, a committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able President Olusegun Obasanjo. The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign contractors whose payment is overdue. During the last military dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank collaborate with imposters and abandon our contractor half way with levies and taxes.
Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now. These are those who has shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions.

But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because, there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Peter Woo, who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank account in China. So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed of Assignment in favor of Mr. Peter Woo, thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China Group Ltd, A/C #: USD114-102-5567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered bank, 138-141 1st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, the Landmark, 15 Queens Road, Central Hong Kong, Swift Code: SCBL 11k111.

If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. Peter Woo to receive your payment on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details, to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done by your local representative with the assistance of some (Zenith Bank of Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our investigation.

This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as soon as this information needed from you is submitted, either by Telegraphic Transfer or by international Certified Bank Draft. We are sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department of the or any bank here in nigeria such as central Bank of Nigeria. (CBN), Union Bank of Nigeria, First Bank of Nigeria and United Bank for Africa. or any Government parastatal. This is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment.

This office supersedes every other department in the CBN ,every other banks in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning would be yours.

Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by writting back because we want to make your payment to youwithout any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them. The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:

1) EGBO TONY , (CLAIMING TO BE PROF CHARLES C. SOLUDO)
2) BARRISTER YEMI WILLIAM/ LAWYER.
3) Mrs. Mariah Bow
4)MR. STEVE GRANT(CLAIMING TO BE ZENITH BANK FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER)
5) BARRISTER AWELE
6) BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7) DR. HANZ MUSSA UNION BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
8)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
9)Mr Eric William Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance / Board Member
11)MR CUPPA ACOKA. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
12)Mrs. W. D. A. Mshelia Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member
13) Barrister Williams Benjamin
14) Robert Mueller FBI.
15) Ibieh Lucky Uju.
16) Mr. Vivian Nelo
17) SENATE BUNZA.
18) PETER EZE (CLAIMING TO BE PROF CHARLES C. SOLUDO)

The above listed names are been traced/investigated by our team and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she will go to jail for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constituition of Nigeria under section of criminal law.
So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes dont waste time to indicate it immediately.
We applogise on behalf of the President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk and you never find your money because your funds is now with the NATIONAL WESTMINISTER BANK OF LONDON a Bank recently approved by the Presidency to fulfil all foreign payments.

Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office Economic And Financial Crime Commission.Contact me immediately you receive this message for more information or send your reply to this email:

Yours Sincerely

CHAIRMAN. NUHU RIBADU.
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).

2010 World Cup Lottery Winner ( You Have Won US$1,000,000)

The following email came complete with animated flag, at least three photographs, a signature, and a spinning globe. This is by far one of the most sophisticated scam emails. It is not the only one purporting to be connected with the FIFA 2010 World Cup, but it is the nicest.

Alas, it is a scam. No one wants to give away large sums of money for nothing. I did not buy a ticket to the games, I am not a sponsor of the games, I am not a subscriber or recognized customer for any of the sponsors, so there is no reason for my email to have been entered into any draw. And their excuse of using this as a means of raising awareness for the games would have been more believable if this were merely an advertisement for the games with some information for the games, but no such luck - other than 2010 and South Africa, I have learned nothing about the games, and the sponsors are listed as anonymous so I cannot even support them.

Fancy scam, but still a scam.
________________________________________________________________



FROM THE PROMOTION MANAGER
SOUTH AFRICAN ORGANIZATION
COMMITEE 2010 WORLD CUP
LOTTERY PROMOTION
1200 PARK HURT, BALFOUR UNIT
JOHANNESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.

WINNING INFORMATION:
WINNING NUMBERS: 10 21 22 25 29 39 48 Batch: 13/26/DC36
Customer Service: 583 NCA 86924Ref: EAASL/931OYI/03


CONGRATULATION!

CALL YOUR CLAIM AGENT NOW ON PHONE NUMBER +27 730 385 679

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release today from South African Organization Commitee 2010 World cup lottery International Promotion held in Sydney Australian. This lottery was made to create awareness of the upcoming South African 2010 world cup that will be held in South Africa. This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used,therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it, no ticket was sold. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: AF991234567 with! Serial number 26277 drew the winning number: 10 21 22 25 29 39 48, which was randomly selected by our central computer system, subsequently your lottery award is in the 2nd category. Your name have therefore been short-listed to claim a total sum of US$1,000,000(One Million United States Dollars) in cash credited to file KPC/9030108308/03.This is from a total cash prize of US$120,000,000 Million US dollars, shared amongst the first One Hundred (100) lucky winners in this category world-wide.



Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Lottery booklet representative office in Johannesburg South African as indicated in your play coupon. In view of this, your US$1,000,000(One Million United States Dollars) would be released to you by our African Bank. Our African principal agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you call him. All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web sites through computer draw system from ni ne hundred thousand names from Canada, Australia,United States, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceanic. This promotion takes place annually.You are advised to keep this winning very confidential until you receive your lump prize in your account or optional cheque issuance to you. This is a protective measure to avoid double claiming by people you may tell as we have had cases like this before.



Note that this program was largely promoted and sponsored by a group of philanthropist, industrialists from the Internet hardware industry and some other multinational firms who wish to be anonymous.
OUR SPONSORS


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Please be warned.To file for your claim, please call our African CLAIM AGENT as soon as you read this message for immediate release of your fund , also send your full names,home and office phone number, winning numbers, and your full address to our registered claim agent in address below:


Firm: CORY I. CASH & Associates
Name: MR CORY I. CASH
PHONE: E-MAIL: @yahoo.com


Be informed that the appointed agent will be required to swear affidavits of lotto claim also.
YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMING AGENTS IMMEDIATELY. ANY BREACH OF CONFIDENTIALITY ON THE PART OF THE WINNERS WILL RESULT TO DISQUALIFICATION.
KIND REGARDS

JEFFERY R. MIKE
PROMOTION MANAGER



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Ref : HSBC BANK INVESTMENT

Short but sweet. This email came from someone claiming to be from the HSBC Bank and announcing his new email address (as if I knew his old one). His new contact email is through "rocketmail.com" which is a public email service, not one typically used by any bank.

He wants to know if I can be trusted with $7 million dollars to invest for him, sure I can invest seven million dollars, but I can just imagine how much money it could cost me to find out that Mr. Anthony isn't really looking for a business partner.
_____________________________________________________________________

I have a new email address!

You can now email me at:

Can you be trusted for the custody of $7m for my investment in your country ?- Bob Anthony(HSBC BANK)

YOU HAVE WON 750,000 POUUNDS

I won another lottery that I never entered. Wow, how rich would I be if I collected on all these lotteries (I delete dozens every week)? Not very, these are scams sent out to everyone in the hopes that someone will bite and then send it certain fees to help arrange for the money to be sent to another country. The original email also uses a Hotmail email address for their contact email. I have seen some that at least try to mimic a likely email address for the name brand company they are spoofing. But this cheapskate scammer didn't put out any extra effort or cash for their scam. Hint: many larger big name companies not only do not use a Hotmail address as a contact email, but may even have their systems set up so that their employees cannot access Hotmail through the company internet service.

Gotta love the little copyright notice on the bottom. But I bet they hope that they were just clever enought that the actual Nokia company won't sue them for copyright infringement.
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NOKIA SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION
2nd Floor Berkley Square House
London W1J 6BD London
United Kingdom.
Ref: QGSL/941OYI/02
Batch: 12/25/DC34

Dear, Sir/Madam

You are a winner of the NOKIA SWEEPSTAKES PROMOTION internationalprogramme held on the 17th of August 2008 in London of all email addresses of people that are active online we only select five people annually asour lucky winners through electronic balloting system without the winnerapplying or buying a ticket to win this lottery prize. We congratulate youfor being one of the lucky winners selected for the nokia prize award,Youhave been approved to claim a total sum of 750,000 pounds (seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds ) incash credited to file KPC/9080118308/02. Tofile for your claim, please Contact the Nokia cash officer by email withthe below details for processing and release of your lottery prize to you.

Mr. Arch Stanton
Email:
Tel:

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please quote yourreference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designatedagent. Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this programme. Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery programme.

Sincerely,

SIR Alan Conwell
Nokia zonal coordinator .
The Nokia Mobile staff

Copyright ©2008 Nokia. All rights reserved.

ICPC NIGERIA (Anti-Fraud Unit) ..........................we fight against fraud, funds delay and imp

Yes, they are at it again. The Nigerian scammers are out to grab some more money from suckered nailed by other Nigerian scammers, perhaps even themselves but not necessarily.

I have never responded to one of these scams so I have never lost any money; but, here I am getting emails offering to compensate me for my losses. The originators of these emails (I have received several variations), do not know me, do not know my name and are just sending to every email they can locate in the hopes that they will reach someone who was scammed before and is hoping to receive a little of their losses back.

Nigeria is used as a base for many of these scammers because the fraud is so easily perpetrated from Nigeria. If the government of Nigeria was interested in who lost money in these scams they might start by working harder to prevent them from occurring in the first place. But, they do not have any interest in giving money away to people who thought that they could get something for nothing or very little.

If anyone out there got suckered before, do not let them do it again. This is a scam.
______________________________________________________________________

ICPC NIGERIA (Anti-Fraud Unit)
......we fight against fraud, funds delay and impersonation.
Head Office: Plot 802, Constitution Avenue
Zone A9 Central Area
P. M.B 535, Gar ki Abuja
TEL : +234 70 394 66 934
*****24HRS SERVICE *****

Dear Sir/Madam,

LETTER OF COMPENSATION/SETTLEMENT.
This letter will definitely be amazing to you because of its realistic value.

Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of Inheritance Payment transaction with some impersonators some while ago.

I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like to introduce myself; I am (Mr. Williams David the Legal chairman of "ICPC", (Nigeria's Anti-Fraud Unit).

On the 1st of October 2000, the former President of The Federal Republic of Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a Commission named the "ICPC", (Nigeria's Anti-Fraud Unit) which is duly registered under the United Nations (U.N.O). This particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/funds delay/impersonation of Government Officials. Secondly, we are mandated by the US Government to settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large and also to create a good relationship with the international bodies.

Presently, we are being paid by the American government in other to avert beneficiary funds delays/fraud here in Nigeria.

So far in this present year, we have settled the likes of (Mrs. Debbie Hargrove, Mr. Michael Wagner etc). Through the Security code system introduced by Bank of America that makes sure each beneficiary funds is deposited in a way that only you can effect the TRANSFER yourself or order a Diplomatic Delivery if you want the funds to be brought to your door step.

You are being contacted by this office today dated (19th August, 2008) because your Case File (A) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet. From our intelligent investigations and Probing processes we discovered that you are a victim of fraud/funds delay.
The "ICPC", is faithfully under my governance as the Legal Chairman of the great Commission and to this Authority I took an oath of allegiance to settle all fraud victims peacefully.
This Memorandum is to notify you that you will be settled by the Nigerian Government from our initial Reserve Deposit Account of your Inheritance funds valued at GBP 15,000,000.00 only at the estimate of USD$ 25,100,000.00 . Your settlement will be actualized within 3working days after your response to this Official Letter.

For further clarification/investigation kindly send the below information to us immediately:

1. Your residential address and full name:
2. Mobile and fax number (for regular official contact).
3. Amount which you have lost previously.

These above-mentioned information’s will officially enable us to carry out our verification processes and after that your compensation sum/Inheritance Funds will be Electronically wired into your designated Bank account or through a Diplomatic Delivery Service, depending on which mode you prefer.

Your immediate compliance to this will expedite actions on your Payment because here in this office, we have a lot of listed victims to be settled.

Officially Signed,

Mr. Williams David
Chairman ICPC Nigeria.
Powered by Information Communication Technology Dept., (C) 2008 ICPC Nigeria, registered trademark

MESSAGE FROM REV FATHER JOHNSON SCOTT

A reverend from the United Nations? And he wants to sell me ten million dollars for a measely $500,000.00 donation. After espousing the fact that a cool penny is better than millions of dollars.

My mother always told me that a penny saved is a penny earned - by not falling for this scam, I just saved myself $500,000.00.

I have to wonder if this one will get any bites. It is hard to imagine that anyone capable of rounding up $500,000.00 in liquid assets would be dumb enough to part with it over an email like this one. Even if one were greedy enough to want to shoot for the ten million dollar prize, such a one would be too greedy to want to risk half a million dollars in the process.
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THE UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL DUTIES OFFICE
LONDON UNITED KINGDOM.

Greetings to you,I am Rev.Johnson Scott, a senior staff with the World Bank fact finding & special duties office. I am writing you this letter because cool penny is better than millions of dollars. It is better for one to live and die poor honest man than a rich dishonest one.

I and the chief security officer (CSO) of this organization have arranged with an officer in computer section engineer Peter Cliff to bring out part of your total pending payment sum amounting to US$10 million. Why we did this is because according to information gathered from the bank?s/security computer, you have been waiting for a long time to receive your moneywithout success. As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in respect of your pending payment, your problem is that of interest groups. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those people are merely doing paper works with you and that explains why you receive fax and phone messages from different people everyday. Also wefound out that some of the officials of the parastatals have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you receive your money. I can assure you that this may last for years yet nothing happens if you do not do away with those officers that you call your partners. And for security reasons do not tell anybody that you have your money until you receive cash at your door step.The money is in a security-proof box weighing 75kg.

Yesterday we went to four courier companies to make arrangements on how to ship them by courier to you. DHL, EMS, FEDEX, UPS all said that they must open the boxes for inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something we want to avoid because the box is padded with synthetic nylon and to open it, you have to cut the pad before you will meet the buttonthat you will press to open the dial code-lock. There is no way you can open the box and be able to close it again because it was padded with machine. We told the courier services that the box contained film materials and when open will spoil the materials. We did not declare money because courier does not carry money.

Today a friend of mine who is diplomat disclosed to me that there is a security courier service they use to send diplomatic materials and information from one country to another. It has diplomatic immunity and consignment cannot be checked by any customs anywhere in the world. I have met the officials of the security courier service and concluded shipping arrangement with them, which they will commence as soon as i have your go ahead order. The diplomat will help me so we do not have any problem. We have concluded that you must donate Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) to any charity organization I designate as soon as you receive your money. To this effect, you will send us a promissory note for Five Hundred Thousand United States dollars (US$500,000.00) along with your address for sending the box by courier. Please maintain topmost secrecy as it may cause a lot of problems if found out that we are using this way to help you. Do not ever tell anybody know about this until
you have

Yours faithfully,
Rev.Johnson Scott.

Fedex

I have received so many emails over the past few months from Fedex Courier Company (or variation thereof) claiming that they are going to courier me huge sums of money for a mere $200.00 to cover the courier charges (from some place in Africa).

This seems to be a trend - now they seek up front (in the first email) an amount of money to get us started. In an earlier email it was $98 USD, in another about $250 USD, now $200 USD. The idea is to see just how gullible we are. If we send in this money without even having to enter into a trust building conversation, the scammers know that they can hook us for more. After all, if we have already sent in a few hundred dollars, what's a few more hundred dollars to complete the deal for a few million? And who wants to admit that they were taken in for a couple hundred bucks - even to themselves.

This is an amazing con, but more amazing is that anyone would fall for it. No one gives money away for no reason, and no one is going to "sell" you millions of dollars for a few hundred dollars.

I have received so many of these Fedex scam emails that I am certain that everyone has seen at least one. And if you ever wondered - yes, this is a scam.

I have also received a few Asian emails from Western Union, often very simple offering me large sums of money. And I am still winning lots of lotteries that I never entered. I just wish I could have this kind of luck with the lotteries I actually bought tickets for.

Federal Bureau of Investigation

First off, while the website information and the source email address do appear as if they could belong to the actual FBI, I am certain that the FBI could produce a better letter. This letter was prepared by someone who can barely write in English and note that the country of Nigeria is mentioned. Guess where this email originated. (Note also that the original email in my Yahoo account is even less formatted that what I have here.)

This email is out of date, but I thought I would post it in any case. I have been receiving a number of them and I want at least one example online.

This was not sent to a single email address, but sent in bulk - lots of people got this and some will be foolish enough to try for it.

On the plus side, it does provide some useful information at the bottom. Do not go giving out your personal information to someone just because they phone you up and ask you for it (or email you for it either). Anyone can claim that they are with the FBI, or NCIC, or the Supreme Court of Nigeria. But that does not make it so.
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Anti-Terrorist And Monetary Crimes Division
FBI Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau Of Investigation
J.Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw
Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
www.fbi.gov
DATE: 06-26-2008

Attention Fund Beneficiary,

This is an official advice from the FBI Foreign Remittance Telegraphic Dept, It Has Come To Our Notice That The C.B.N Bank Nigeria District HasReleased 15 Million Great British Pounds Sterling equivalent to 30 Million U.S Dollars Into Bank Of America In Your Name As TheBeneficiary, By Inheritance Means.

The C.B.N Bank Nigeria Knowing Fully Well That They Do Not Have Enough Facilities To Effect This Payment From The United Kingdom To Your Account, Used What We Know As A Secret Diplomatic Transit Payment S.T.D.P To Pay This Fund Through Wire Transfer, They Used This Means To Complete The Payment.

These letter serves as notification of the present transaction confirmed in your name, on our research and investigations as a mode of operation with theFBI Banking Commission, we investigated a fresh transfer what of million dollars as mentioned above in your name. The funds are undergoing properverifications to proof the legitimacy of the transaction, you are to provide all the legal documents to back up the transaction and clear all requirementson your behalf.

They Are Still, Waiting For Confirmation From You On The Already Transferred Funds Which Was Made In Direct Transfer So That They Can Do Final Crediting ToYour Account. Secret Diplomatic Payments Are Not Made Unless The Funds Are Related To Terrorist Activities Why Must Your Payment Be Made In SecretTransfer, If Your Transaction Is Legitimate, If You Are Not A Terrorist, Then Why Did You Not Receive The Money Directly Into Your Account, This Is A PureCoded ,Means Of Payment? Records Which We Have Had With This Method Of Payment In The Past HasAlways Been Related To Terrorist Acts, We Do Not Want You To Get Into Trouble As Soon As These Funds Reflect In Your Account In The U.S.A, So It Is Our Duty As A Word Wide Commission To Correct This Little Problem Before This Fund Will Be Credited Into Your Personal Account. The funds are presently on hold forfurther proof of the legal documents before releasing directly to you.

Due To The Increased Difficulty And Unnecessary Scrutiny By The American Authorities When Funds Come From Outside Of America, precisely Africa, The FBIBank Commission For Europe Has Stopped The Transfer On Its Way To Deliver Payment Of 15 Million GBP. EQV. 30 Million US Dollars To Debit Your Reserve Account And Pay You Through ASecured Diplomatic Transit Account (S.D.T.A). We Govern And Oversees FundsTransfer For The World Bank And The Rest Of The World.

We Advice You Contact Us Immediately, As The Funds Have Been Stopped And Are Being Held In Our Custody ,Until You Can Be Able To Provide Us With ADiplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(Dist) Within 3 Days From The World Local Bank That Authorize The Transfer From Where The Funds Was Transferred From ToCertify That The Funds That You Are About To Receive From Nigeria Are Antiterrorist/Drug Free Or We Shall Have Cause To Cross And Impound ThePayment, We Shall Release The Funds Immediately We Receive This Legal Documents.

We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful person to receive thisfund, because of the amount involve, we want to make sure is a clean and legal money you are about to receive. Be informed that the fund are now in UnitedState in your name , but right now we have ask the bank not to release the fund to anybody that comes to them , unless we ask them to do so, because wehave to carry out our investigations first before releasing the fund to you.

Note that the fund is in the BANK OF AMERICA right now, but we have ask them not to credit the fund to you yet, because we need a solid proof andverifications from you before releasing the funds. So to this regards you are to re-assure and proof to us that what you areabout to receive is a clean money by sending to us FBI Identification Record and also Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer(DIST) to satisfy to us that themoney your about to receive is legitimate and real money. You are to forward the documents to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if youdon't have it let us know so that we will direct and inform you where to obtain the document and send to us so that we will ask the bank holding thefunds the Bank Of America to go ahead Crediting your account immediately. This Documents are to be issued to you from the World Local Bank thatAuthorized the transfer, so get back to us immediately if you don't have the document so that we will inform you the particular place to obtain thedocument in United Kingdom U.K, because we have come to realize that the fund was Authorized by H.S.B.C Bank in London.

THESE CONDITION IS VALID UNTIL 29TH OF JUNE 2008 AFTER WE SHALL TAKE ACTIONS ON CANCELING THEPAYMENT AND THEN CHARGE YOU FOR ILLEGALLY MOVING FUNDS OUT OF NIGERIA .GUARANTEE: FUNDS WILL BE RELEASED ON CONFIRMATION OF THE DOCUMENT.

Final Instruction:
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60-Credit Payment Instruction: Irrevocable Credit Guarantee
61-Beneficiary Has Full Power When Validation Is Cleared
62-Beneficiaries Bank in U.S.A., Can Only Release Funds
62-Upon Confirmation From The World Bank/United Nations.
64-Bearers Must Clear Bank Protocol and Validation Request
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The FBI today is providing a warning to the public against an ongoing scheme involving jury service and internet/phones fraud. The public needs to be awarethat individuals identifying themselves as U.S. court employees have been telephonically contacting citizens and advising them that they have beenselected for jury duty. These individuals ask to verify names and Social Security numbers then ask for credit card numbers. If the request is refused,citizens are then threatened with fines illegally.

The judicial system does not contact people telephonically and ask for personal information such as your Social Security number, date of birth or credit cardnumbers. If you receive one of these phone calls, do not provide any personal or confidential information to these individuals. This is an attempt to steal or to use your identity by obtaining your name, Social Security number and potentially to apply for credit or credit cards or other loans in your name. Itis an attempt to defraud you. Crime and fraud is real, so be careful.Working closely with our partners in intelligence, law enforcement,military, and diplomatic circles, the FBI’s primary responsibility is to neutralize terrorist cells and operatives here in the United States and helpdismantle terrorist networks/money laundry and internet fraud worldwide.

Although protecting the United States from terrorist attacks and money laundry is our first priority, we remain committed to the defense of America againstforeign intelligence threats as well as the enforcement of federal criminal laws, all while respecting and defending the Constitution. If you’ve ever watched one of those crime dramas on TV and heard the term “NCIC” mentioned in passing and wondered what it was, you’re probably not alone.

NCIC, which stands for National Crime Information Center, is one of the unsung heroes of crime-fighting—little known to the public, but used everyday by law enforcement officers nationwide and even across the border to take terrorists and criminals off the street, find missing persons and property, andsave lives. We’re very proud of NCIC’s legacy, but what’s most important to us is what it can do today,” says Bush. “We’re constantly trying to make itbetter and faster.” And we have, with a major technical upgrade in 1999 and important additions of terrorism and gang information in recent years.

Robert S. Mueller, III Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation

YOUR COMPENSATION FUND..

Wow, if I had actually ever been scammed, this letter might look awfully appealing. They are going to compensate me for my losses and a little extra for my trouble, and all I have to do is send them my information and $250.00 to release the funds - unless they find out that they need some more funds for something else, which they always do.

They drop the names of the Supreme Court of Nigeria, the F.B.I., and a whole host of top governmental officials - but do not be fooled. These are the same Nigerian scammers out to get just a little more from all the saps they ripped off the first time.

I have received a few variations of this email, and it is mass sent. The Government of Nigeria would go broke just shipping out millions of dollars to everyone who responded to this email and sent in their $250. Fortunately for Nigeria, they are not going to be paying out any money, but someone is going to become very rich collecting all those cheques from many hopeful applicants who do not want to imagine that they can be taken in twice.
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SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA
FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF JUSTICE
IDRIS LEGBO KUTIGI
THREE ARMS ZONE, P.M.B. 308,
GARKI -ABUJA (FCT)Email :
DIRECT TELE :



ATTN :BENEFICIARY,


This is to acknowledge you that your name and e-mail address was found among the list of foreigners that have been scammed by Nigerian fraudsters. It might interest you to know that we have signed an agreement with the United States Government during our first meeting this year with our President and Commander In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA and the FBI to fight against this fraudulent act and to return all contract funds that have been stolen and people who have been scammed too. A total sum of ($3.5million) United States dollars in cash has been set aside for compensation which will be delivered to your door step by a diplomat. We have actually been authorized by the Presidency, Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Governing Board of the Central Bank of Nigeria to investigate the unnecessary delay of your payment, recommend and approve your claims for payment if certified as genuine.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that you have been scammed before. From the records of outstanding claims due for payment submitted by the United Nations, your name is next on the list of the outstanding bills to be settled, I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.

Kindly re-confirm the following information to the Supreme Court of Nigeria, for final verification of your details so that the funds will be transferred to you:

1) Your full names
2) Phone number (mobile should be included)
3) Your contact address
4) Current Occupation
5) Your drivers license or (any card of identification)

Please, we demand an urgent response to this matter and to work with us to enable us track these miscreants. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I) is working together with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria to eradicate scam in this country. I want you to follow your fund code below, which is given to you by the Supreme Court of Nigeria (NG19048FGN). You are to keep this code for security purposes.

Also, note that every beneficiary shall be responsible for shipping fees which cannot be deducted from the fund because there is a bond holding the consignment that states that only the sole beneficiary of the fund is permitted to open it after it has been sealed by the Foreign Payment Department. The shipping fee is $250 only (Two hundred and fifty dollars only) and note that this is NON-NEGOTIABLE. Also note that the Supreme High Court here will alert the United State Bureau and also your State Police immediately your shipment leaves the shore of Nigeria so as to avoid any restriction and problem when the fund get to its port of destination.

CONGRATULATIONS.
HON. JUSTICE IDRIS KUTIGI
SUPREME COURT OF NIGERIA.
Email :
DIRECT TELE :

NB: YOU MUST BE READY TO PAY THE SHIPPING COST, OTHERWISE, DO NOT REPLY THIS EMAIL.

CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE: This email message, including any attachments, is intended only for the use of the intended recipient and contains 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.

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

This is a very involved version of the inheritance scam. They even work extra hard to make it seem legitimate by seeming to want to be certain that they have the right beneficiary, but really anyone will do - after all, I got this email, and I am betting a lot more got this same email in their inboxes - there was no specific email address in the "To" section fo the email, it was mass sent to hundreds if not thousands, possibly millions of emails around the world.

I have received a few different emails almost exactly like this one. With only slight variations.
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CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY,
THE HONORABLE, GOVERNOR OF CBN.
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA.
Our Ref: CBN/OHG/OXD1/2008
Your Ref:.................................
TELEX: CENBANK.
PAYMENT FILE: CBN/BEN/08.

Attn: Beneficiary

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR FUNDS.

Definitely, I know that this letter will be a surprising one to You. Firstly, I will like to introduce myself formally as Prof. Charles Soludo, the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). You are been officially contacted by me today because your Inheritance Funds were Re-deposited into the "Federal Suspense Account" of CBN last week, because you did not forward your Claim As the Right beneficiary. Well known to all, The Central Bank of Nigeria is the mother Bank of all commercial Banks here in Nigeria. Really these men were unexpected by me because their visit was impromptu.i had to ask them why they came to see me in person And they said that they were here to collect the Inheritance Bill Sum of (US$20,000,000) which rightfully belongs to you, on your Behalf.

At this development I asked them who authorized them to come down To Nigeria for the Collection of this Payment and they told me That you asked them to come and collect this Funds on your Behalf. infact this was the biggest shock that this Bank have ever Received so far because your Inheritance Funds is still in the "Federal Suspense Account" of CBN, yet you sent these men to come and collect this Funds on your behalf without notifying us. We in this Bank do not understand why you sent these men to come and Collect your Funds on your behalf. If actually you want them to help you Collect your Inheritance Bill Sum, at least you should have informed me as the Executive Governor of this Bank.

They actually tendered some Vital Documents which Proved that you actually sent them for the Collection of this Funds. Honestly, it really baffles me that you took such decision without my consent. Here are the Document which they tendered to this Bank today:

1. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION.
2. HIGH COURT INJUCTION.
3. ORDER TO RELEASE.

Actually, these Documents which they tendered to this Noble Bank is a clear Proof that you sent them to Collect this Funds for you. Finally, told them to come back tomorrow morning and they promised To come back. As the Governor of this Noble Bank, I was supposed to Release this Fund to them but I refused to do so because I wanted to hear from you first.

Due to the Nature of my job, i will not want to make any mistake in Releasing this Funds to anyone except you whom is the Recognized Bonafide Beneficiary to this Funds.

Kindly clarify us on this issue before we make this Payment to these foreigners whom came on your behalf. In receipt of this Confidential Letter, you are required to call this Bank immediately You receive this Letter Telephone:0112348053146182

Waiting to hear from you as soon as possible

YOURS SINCERELY,
PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

I have deposited the cheque with Oceanic bank.

Nice and simple. No body offers money to complete strangers for nothing. At the bottom they do ask for 98USD, but that hardly covers the $2.5 million they want to give me.

One would have be extremely gullible to fall for this one.
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This is to informed you that I have deposited the cheque with Oceanic bank to process it into an MASTER CARD for you. All the arrangement of processing your cheque of US $2.5M Into Master card will be made on your contact with ATM DEPARTMENT.

CONTACT PERSON.
REV.DR.DOUGLAS O.DUNGA;
DIRECTOR OF ATM DEPARTMENT BENIN.
EMAIL: rev.douglas_departmentx2x@live.fr

Send them your contacts informations to enable them process your ATM Master card fast.

YOUR FULL NAME.
FULL ADDRESS.
PHONE NUMBER
COUNTRY.
SEX.

Note.That they have finally agreed to collect $98usd from you for the processing of your Bank draft into master card.

Be waiting to hear that you have contacted.
MY REGARDS.
MR.David Obi

ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT IMMEDIATE ORDER FOR YOUR PAYMENT

Well I do not know anyone in Nigeria, so clearly this is not my inheritance, but either I missed an email in a series, or they are hoping that I will be greedy enough to steal someone else's inheritance. In any case, this is just a new twist on an old fraud.

They do not know my name, are asking for my full identification information (which they should already know if this was legitimage). They are offering me an ATM, but while this may seem risk free, I know that it cannot be. They just found a new angle, and Nigeria is famous for money scams.
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OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Urgent Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your inheritance payment.Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like these have to stop if you wish to receive your payment this week since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific that is the latest instruction from MR. PRESIDENT, ALHAJI UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. AND EFCC NIGERIA As well the INTERPOL and FBI.This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is twenty thousand dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please let us know by contacting the card payment center: contact person DR DANIEL WATAC:My Direct Telephone Phone number+234 8050685399

email address:

And also send the following information:

1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address were you want them to send the atm card
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification

The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out $4,000,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your Payment. For oral discussion, call and email me back as soon as you receive this important message for further direction and also update me on any development from the above-mentioned office.
Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-822) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

Best Regards

YOUR PAYMENT AGENT,
Dr. DAVID MARK
SENATE PRESIDENT (Federal Republic of Nigeria)

VanderKamp Farms

I have been getting inundated with so many fraudulent emails lately that it is hard to imagine that anyone could still be getting fooled by them. Even the hoaxters are working harder to trick people - the following copy of an email I received even tries to convince the reader that this email is not hoax, even though it is almost exactly the same as all the others.
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Dear Friend

I beg you in the name of God take this email seriously because it is a true story and not one of the hoaxes you and I receive everyday, I need your help and I mean every word of it please have no doubt about that, the sincerity of my word.Ronnie VanderKamp is the name and am running the VanderKamp Farms here in Zimbabwe (former Rhodesia) one of the last of the white farmers left in this country of ours though I and my wife have restricted movement by government orders,right now production is near zero. After the truth and reconciliation panel I was relunctantly given back my family's farm to run, my parents were murdered during the crisis years back when President Mugabe just started his revolution that has turned our country to a place where a loaf of bread is sold for 10 billion Zimbabwe Dollars.

For I and my wife Ronnie we must leave now and we are working towards that though to get our passports ready will take months or a year due to the state of the nation.

Where I need your help

Just received word from the Ghanaian agency we long supplied agricultural inputs that they are ready to pay us within this week without any delay or failure which may cause loss of funds. Verification and confirmation of our supply contract payment file have been concluded by the Foreign Operations Department of BPI Bank there in Ghana and our due disbursement of US$1,800,000 (One Million Eight Hundred Thousand USD) can only be paid to us via an online transit account with BPI Bank.

Our Limitations

1. Our International Passports are under process and the chaotic situation of our country responsible for the months or year delay so we cant open account with no ID.

2. We cannot possible bring this money back into Zimbabwe with another 7 more years of hell ahead since Mugabe has been re-elected once again through a campaign of violence against us his people.

3. We cannot leave the country immediately and fly to Ghana to take care of the matter since we have no passports.

4. Finally we are incapable of opening an account with BPI Bank in Ghana and do not intend loosing this funds, which we have decided to invest in your country when out of Zimbabwe.

Here In Zimbabwe we have a denied access to the outside world hence we had no option but to seek for someone and trust in the person, we hope that person is you as we will gladly take the chances of your partnership in going through the process of receiving the funds from the bank in Ghana as our foreign partner, if you understand it is risk free and there are no expenses involved you would only need to set up the account with BPI Bank through the submission of an account application form and your ID, then we will provide all documents to the Ghanaian agency to pay in the draft into the account while you make the transfer of the funds online to your bank account in your country , keeping it in trust for until we are out of Zimbabwe soonest.

Respond with your FULL NAME, TELEPHONE NUMBER & CURRENT RESIDENCE for more details and directions,your cooperation will not be in vain and we will expect you to tell us how much you want for all your efforts.Please note NO TELEPHONE CALLS, the government is not reading but is listening.

Best Wishes.

Ronnie VanderKamp
Farm Owner
VanderKamp Farms