These Are Not Articles, They are Scams
My favourite is the one that swears me to secrecy, let's see if it is here... Of course it is:
"Greetings,
I am an investment consultant working with International Commercial Bank Accra Ghana. I will be happy to work this deal out with you if you have a corporate or personal Bank Account and if you are capable to keep TOP SECRET. I need strong Assurance that you will never let me down, as I can arrange and provide you details/documentatal proof so that funds ($8.5million) will be transferred into your account as the next of kin to the late depositor whom you share same last name with. During one of our periodic auditing I discovered a dormant accounts with the said balance {Eight million Five Hundred Dollars only} this account has not been operated for the past years. As at this moment I am constrained to issue more details about this business until your response is received.
If you are not familiar with my Bank profile, please take a moment of your very busy schedules to read about my Bank. I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible. If you are interested kindly revert back with your C.V (Curriculum Vitae) contact me only at dajaa_fidele14@mailworld.net
Thank you for your time and attention.
Warmest Regards,
Mr.Dajaa Fidele
Investment Consultant.
International Commercial Bank
Accra Ghana
Email: dajaa_fidele14@mailworld.net
Tel: +233 521589454"
I'm confident that plastering this all over the Internet is not only fun but possibly effective! Well, and this:
THIS IS A SCAM!
What can I say? I never could keep a secret...
There have been more, so let's see...
"From: WESTERN UNION [mailto:salt@iaana.or]
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 6:19 AM
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Claims
Dear Western Union Customer,
You have been awarded with the sum of $750,000USD by our office, as one of our customers who use Western Union in their daily business transaction.
This award has been selected through the internet, your e-mail address was indicated and notified. Please provide Mr.David Green with the following details listed below so that your fund will be remited to you through Western Union.
1. Name:______
2. Address________
3. Country:_______
4. Phone Number____
5. Occupation:________
6. Sex:_________________
7. Age___________________
Mr. David Green
Tel: +234 705191 8825
E-mail:wunit01@9.cn
As soon as these details are received and verified, your fund will be transferred to you. Thank you, for using western union"
The weird e-mail addresses are one tip off that this is totally made up; it went out to undisclosed receipients; and of course, I never use Western Union.
Personally, I get these for much higher amounts than $750,000, so this low-ball offer simply won't do... But there are always more:
"FROM: MR. TERTIUS OMAR
FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO
PHONE NUMBER +22674122225
Dear Friend,
I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never meet before. I am the FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER of B.O.A Bank of Africa, 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 ($18.4M) Eighteen Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars immediately to your account. The money has been dormant (in-active) for Nine years in our Bank here without any body coming for it.
I want the Bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer MR. RICHARD BURSON FROM USA the owner of the account who died a long with his supposed next of kin in plane crash since 2000. I don't want the money 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 money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.
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 full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business.
Thanks and waiting for your urgent response
Best Regards
Mr. Tertius Omar"
I'm sure he is waiting with baited breath...
"ANXIOUSLY WAITING UR REPLY
Dear Friend
I am Mr Ail musa banker with this bank (BANK OF AFRICA).Burkina Faso.
I am in search of a reliable partner that will assist me with a bank account as to transfer the sum of USA$17,700,000 Million Dollars into and subsequent use the money for investment in properties in your country.
You will be required to:-
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum
(2) Advise on lucrative areas for investment
(3) Assist me in purchase of properties.
If you are willing to assist me in this transaction, your share will be 30% of the total amount transfer. We shall be considering several sectors with our main focus on Government Bonds, Property Development, Loan and Equity Financing for small and medium sized companies.
Upon your reply I will send you full details on how the business will be executed. If you are interested and in position to guide me towards this noble and sensitive project, I will appreciate to have you as my trusted partner to invest and manage this fund. Send me your contact information as follow
1) Name.....................
2) Nationality........................
3) Occupations ............................
4) Residential addresses ........................
5) Ages...........................
6) private telephone numbers. .....................
This information's will be use to write a letter of claim and send to you as to forward it to the bank for the released of this money.
Waiting to hear from you soonest.
Regard
Mr Ail musa"
You know what a militant nut I am about people not spelling words correctly? This loser lost me the moment I saw "Ur" instead of "your". LEARN TO SPELL. Better yet, go out and get a job! What the hell is wrong with you?
Another one, and who is this slimeball calling me "my dear"?
"To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Hello My Dear.
Hello My Dear,
My name is Madam Mulic, i came from the Republic of Burkina Faso.I have a proposal for you,i know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before, this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor it against your WILL. It's just my urgent need for foreign business associate that made me to contact you for this transaction.
There is this huge amount of Six million five hundred thousand United States dollars which my late husband deposited, awaiting for claim before he was assassinated by unknown gunmen.
My main purpose of sending you this message is because of the way I found you and perhaps trustworthy to give you this priority of shipping this consignment to any address that you think is very secure and safe in your country. It will interest you to note that you stand to receive 40% of the money that's inside the consignment after successful conclusion of the transaction.
Please i will like you to contact the Security and Finance Firm, indicating to the Firm that you are authorize by me,to call as the foreign business Associate of my late husband to make inquires on how the consignment could be shipped to your destination.
I thank you immensely for your co-operation and understanding.
Yours Sincerely
Madam Mulic."
Unbelievable... This one is another nut and you might have noticed that they all cite the same city and country. I'm mystified by the information that they asked for. No bank account, but the religion and cell phone number?
"To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: MONEY TRANSFER OF ($15,000,000.00)
MONEY TRANSFER OF ($15,000,000.00)
Dear Partner,
I presumed that all is well with you and your family, Please let this do not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you.
I, Mr. ABU NASSAR THE FOREIGN ACCOUNT MANAGER of our bank and i have had the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of FIFTEEN MILLION, UNITED STATES DOLLARS($15,000,000.00) for our success. This is an abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation
and audit of the year against 2009.
Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 6years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As an honor and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guiding our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a Burkina Faso citizen, you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased.
On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 40% } will be your share in respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank account,{ 50%} will be my share being the coordinator of the transaction while the rest { 10% } being will be shared to the respectable Organizations Centers such as Charity Organization, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World.
If you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability and confidentiality on his transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success as an insider in the bank ok. Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facilitate an easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply, so that i will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this project immediately.call me on +22565917861
(FILL THIS FORM BELLOW PLEASE AND RESEND IT TO ME)
1) Your Full Name:-.................................
2) Your Age:-............................................
3) Marital Status:-.....................................
4) Your Cell Phone Number:-..................
5) Your Fax Number:-................... ...........
6) Your Country:-......................................
7) Your Occupation:-.............. ..................
8) Sex:-.....................................................
9) Your Religion:-.....................................
10) Your Private E-mail Adress:...............
Yours sincerely
Mr. Abu Nassar."
So I shouldn't cheat him when so clearly he is hoping to swindle me!
"To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: THE NETHERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY
THE NETHERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY
2010 LOTTO WINNERS OF 850,000.00 POUNDS
REF. NUMBER: NL/BC7756468/WW15
COUPON NUMBER: NT/847241/WOT
AWARD NUMBERS: NL 56/7766
EMAIL TICKET NUMBERS: EAASL-180377
BATCH NUMBERS: MC11/834/8PDH /EU
THE FILE REFERENCE NUMBERS: HL/5674/41/08/MICS
SERIAL NUMBERS: NLLO/006/NL45660
ELECTRONIC MAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR A CASH PRIZE OF EIGHT HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND POUNDS (850,000.00) FROM INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM HELD ON SATURDAY THE 10TH OF APRIL 2010 IN THE NETHERLANDS.
YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED TO CLAIM A TOTAL SUM OF 850,000 IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE EAAL/9080118308/04. PLEASE NOTE THAT YOUR LUCKY WINNING NUMBERS FALL WITHIN LONDON THE UNITED KINGDOM BOOKLET REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE IN LONDON AS INDICATED IN YOUR COUPON. IN VIEW OF THIS, YOUR 850,000 WOULD BE RELEASED TO YOU BY AN ACCREDITED COMMERCIAL BANK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM .
OUR AGENT IN LONDON WILL IMMEDIATELY COMMENCE THE PROCESS TO FACILITATE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUNDS AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT THEIR OFFICE. TO FILE FOR YOUR CLAIM, PLEASE CONTACT OUR CORRESPONDING AGENT IN LONDON IMMEDIATELY YOU READ THIS MESSAGE SO THAT THE WILL GUIDE YOU ON HOW TO APPLY FOR YOUR CLAIM: -
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE, CONTACT OUR CLAIMS DEPARTMENT:
MR MAMUDA
CONTACT EMAIL: nlol10220nlol@gmail.com
PHONE NUMBER: +44-7105-9241-33
KINDLY FILL THE CLAIMS VERIFICATION/PROCESSING FORM BELOW EMAIL IT TO HIM!
FULL NAMES OF BENEFICIARY:
CONTACT ADDRESS:
CITY/STATE:
COUNTRY:
NATIONALITY:
SEX:
AGE:
MARITAL STATUS:
TEL NO:
FAX:
OCCUPATION:
AMOUNT WON:
REF. NUMBER:
COUPON NUMBER:
CONGRATULATIONS ONCE MORE FROM ALL MEMBERS AND STAFF OF THIS PROGRAM TO ALL THAT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON THIS LOTTERY AND THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF OUR PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM.
SINCERELY,
DIALLO. A (JR)
CUSTOMER SERVICE: 680 NCA 8519428
THE NETHERLANDS ONLINE LOTTERY"
Why so many? These are all the ones that came in this week!
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