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Posted in 419 Scams  by Administrator on October 30th, 2009

I am Mrs Elizabeth Etters, a devoted Christian. I have a
foundation/Estate uncompleted {valued at 2,142,728.00 US Dollars} and
need you to help me finish it because of my health, Everything is
available. Please contact me for more details. Private Contact email:
E-mail: elizabeth.etters1960@rogers.com
Thank you.

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My name is Mr. Kwaku Peter, a politician and an immediate past member of Ghana Parliamentary (MP).I am a member of my party’s executive committee on contract awards.My aim of contacting you is to crave your indulgence to assist me in securing some funds abroad for safe keeping which incidentally was kept to help me finance the just concluded elections campaign last December 7th 2008, which the winner was finally decided through a runoff election held on 28th December 2008. Unfortunately for my party the National Patriotic Party (NPP) lost the government seat to our opposition Party the National Democratic Congress (NDC).But with my immediate assistance, and contact, I was able to deposit some money in a security vault with a commercial bank in Ghana pending when I will found a trustworthy person to move out the fund from Ghana to overseas bank account for business investment.The need to contact you arose from the fact that the present elected government vow to crack down on past immediate government functionaries of (NPP) and trying to trace all the funds that was made through contract awards and other mouth watering deals during our tenure in the office from the year 2000 to 2008, if they succeed in tracing this fund to us, they will seize it and thereby incapacitating my life time opportunities.I wish to relocate this fund in a foreigner’s name to avoid any trace. All I need from you is an assurance that you can handle the amount involved (US$19,500,000) comfortably and that I can also trust you.Be fully rest assured that there is no risk involved since I have taken care of every underground work relating to the perfection of this opportunity. I want you to immediately inform me of your willingness in assisting and co-operating with me, so that I can send you full details of this transaction. I will also appreciate if you can maintain the confidential nature of this letter and the whole transaction process.Please if you are not interested in this business, let me know in time, so that I can contact someone else.Yours sincerely,Mr. Kwaku Peter.

Hi dear, I offer this from my heart

I am Mrs Helen Philips. from Ivory Coast ,I am 58 years old,i am
suffering from a long time cancer of the breast,from all indication my
conditions is really deteriorating and it is quite obvious that i can’t
work or do any stressful thing,according to my doctors they have advised
me that i may not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer
stage has gotten to a very bad stage.

I was brought up from a motherless babies home was married to my late
husband for twenty years without a child ,My Husband (johnson Philips)
died in a fatal motor accident.
Since his death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited
belongings and deposited all the sum of USD3.5million dollars with a Bank
here in Ivory Coast but later I instructed the bank to move the funds to
United states of America where i intended investing the money in Real
Estate.Presently, this money is still with the bank in USA and the bank
just wrote me as the true owner to come forward to receive the money which
i have explained to them my situation then they advised i rather issue a
letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf since I can
not come over because of my illness or they get it confisticated or return
back to the US treasury Department as unclaimed fund and instead of
getting it confiscated i rather have someone whom i can trust to recieve
the funds and utilise it according to my wishes.

Presently, I’m in a hospital in Ivory coast where I have been undergoing
treatment for my sickness . I have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have less than three months to live that it
has gotten to chronic stage.

It is my last wish to see that this money is invested/donated to any
individual of my choice and distributed each year among the charity
organization,E.g the poor homes,the motherless babies home where i came
from,the deaf homes,and churces etc All i seek for is a God fearing person
like you ,who will carry out my last wishes and before i emailed you today
i prayed and put confidence to send you this email. I took this decision
today.

As soon as I receive your reply with your your contact details such as
phone or mobile contact, name and address I shall give you the contact of
the bank in Florida USA where the fund is deposited. All i need from you
is a confidential assurance that the funds when recieved by you will be
used for the said purpose,Nowadays there are so much scams going on in the
internet and it is diffcult to trust but i dont know why the my Faith
still approved me to email you about this.

Waiting for your URGENT reply at my private E-mail [
hellenphilips44@yahoo.co.nz ]

God Bless you,
Mrs Helen Philips.

Assalamu alaikom Good day and God blessings accord with you and your family.I must apologizes for barging this message into your mailbox without a formal introduction of myself to you, i am Sarah W. Kareem, In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking Efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my late husband last wishes on earth to the Services of humanity in your country, by reaching out for less privillage and the poor under your suspervision, However,before my late husband untimely death, he kept some money somewhere in a long-term deposit in a Financial institutions but he died before the maturity of the fund,upon reading from you. I will release to you the Depositor code, the actual amount involved and a letter of authorization for onward retrieval since I am in a hospital undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer to avoid CONFISCATED or declared unserviceable by the vault company because they have given me a mandate to present a heirs for the collection. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to the less privileged in the society and other charity organization. I know you may wondering why i choose you for this selfless services to less privileged Because my relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them. Any delay in your suggestion will give me room in sourcing for an individual for this Same purpose, as we have no time to waste. Thank you and may the Almighty bless you.Yours in faith, Mrs Sarah W. KareemSend your reply to this E-mail:sarahaliyu@yahoo.frE-mail:mrssarah.kareem@yahoo.com.hk

Sir,Permit me to introduce myself, my name is Mr. Bashiru Bakare, I work with Union Bank of Nigeria Limited as (Assistant Auditor),in the discharge of my duty,I stumbled on this domiciliary account that has remained dormant for three years now with Five million dollar (US$5m) in it. I contacted my director and we sent out staff for enquiries and discovered that the account holder died in an accident.I am writing you so that we can work together to remit the money to you as the next of kin because this money belongs to a foreigner and has to be claimed by a foreigner.I guarantee this transaction under a legitimate arrangements that will not breach the law by both parties, it is simple process which will take a short while to process.If I hear from you,I will tell you all you need to Know about the money.Best Regards, Bashiru Bakare.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW

FROM THE DESK OF: Mrs. Farida Waziri
Attention: Beneficiarry
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 OBAMA, 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 Madam Freda Waziri 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 (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
localrepresentative(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 writing back because we want
to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and
bring this names to book if only of 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) goerge peters
3)DR. R.RASHEED
4) SENATOR DAVID MARK
5)MRS LINDA HILLS
6) DR. HANZ MUSSA
7) UNION BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
8william james
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. Mrshelia
Deputy Governor - Corporate Services / Board Member
13) PASTOR DESMOND
14)MR GEORGE PETERS

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 constitution 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 apologize 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 $6.8MUSD is now with the CENTRAL BANK
OF NIGERI 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. Call me
immediately
you receive this message for more information or send your reply to this
email us : info.efcc.Nigerian.0999@gmail.com
Best regards,
Mrs. Farida Waziri
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).

Hello, this is Delan Perez i gave my lawyer peter hills your compensation funds contact him on (p.hills1996@sify.com) tell him how and where to transfer it to you, write him directly I’m very busy in japan at the moment thanks Perez

HELLO, I am Paul Brown manager in one of the prime bank in southafrica.Six months ago ,my late customer died in a fatal accident and was buried at the state cemetry.My late customer (Name) has an account with a credit balance of Ten million dollars ($9,620,000:00),which has been dormant for a very long time. My good friend ,am contacting you because i want you to claim this money with me. i have the necessary information and documents that would enable us this claim.Please kindly send me your urgent reply to enable me know which other step to take towards the claim of this money. Regards, Paul Brown

Good Day,

Greetings from Firstplus Financial Group Plc.

Firstplus Financial Group Plc is offering out loan to the General public with a
very low rate of 0.5%. We offer a personal and business loans. Are you in debt
and you need an urgent loan? Do you need a real estate loan? Do you need
secured or unsecured loan? Need financing but do not know how to go about
securing a loan? Contact us for help. Financing should not be a mystery. We
would love to fund projects at hand and offer personal loans as well to you,
your firm/partners and clients. A loan process can be completed within a space
of one week provided the terms of the loan contract are agreed upon. Look no
further, contact Firstplus Financial Group Plc today via email.

Email:firstplus_group@hotmail.com

Name:
Amount Needed:
Country:
Mobile/personal Phone Number:
Home phone Number:
Purpose:

We only give out loans from £5,000 - £1,000,000,000 with a maximum
time
duration of 30years.

Yours in Service,
Gina Evans,
Customer Account Manager.

Dear Friend,

Permit the manner with which I am seeking your assistance but I am short of options and have no other choice. I am John England from the hospitality state (Mississippi), an army contractor attached to the US Military force in Iraq. The reason why I’m explaining my finding to you is to seek for your assistance to enable you contributes immensely to the actualization of my dream.

I am attached to the US army for the sole purpose of reconstruction work in some parts of Iraq. As you very well know, Iraq is gradually undergoing a rebuilding process in some parts and there is much need for reconstruction which is why I come in. I evaluate the level of destruction and offer professional advice in line with the way they intend rebuilding. Work has been risky no doubt and challenging as sometimes we are faced head on with armed insurgents where we lose some soldiers during confrontation. I have had my own share of losses as I lost a friend whom I have known for 12years. On the 30th day of May 2009, at about 1200hrs during a normal inspection routine along Haifa Street where there is long thoroughfare of high-rise buildings which were built and occupied by the late Saddam Hussein while he was still alive, I along with 3 soldiers proceeded to a marked site and as I commenced evaluation work while I was closely guarded by soldiers, I
discovered an unusual bulge! In a cellar=3D20 which presumed to be a storage room.

I decided to have a go at it only for me to kick the metal covering and find a metal box (6 in number) piled on top one another which were locked with a padlock each. Upon forcing the boxes open, we discovered several guns, amour and some boxes amongst which two contained bullets, one filled with hard drugs(heroine)and the other two to my amazement contained some US Dollars which amounted to $23.2M after I and two of the soldiers counted them for about 3hours. I believe the boxes if not owned are linked to the Al Qaeda and Ayman al-Zawahiri.

I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy so that we can have the money to our selves, they all agreed to the plan and we were going to get the money out of the country but first we had to hide the money in some safe and untraceable location. This made me to consult with a friend in our force who went with me and the two other officers to secretly keep the boxes in a safer place after which we handed over the drugs and the weaponry to our superiors..

I am now in desperate need of a “Reliable and Trustworthy” person like you who would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars for me up on till my assignment elapses here. We cannot afford to leave the boxes here in Iraq for any reason since Iraq is getting unsafe and dangerous everyday. We have20no idea what could happen next as everything remains inconclusive at this point. I am fully aware of what your thoughts would be next which is why I intend to include my picture as well as my I.D. for you to know whom you are dealing with.

I assure and promise to give you 15% of this fund, however feel free to negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this deal. Please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret within you so that my job would not be jeopardized. Please I will only respond to your email on this E-Mail ID; englandjohn21@googlemail.com

My Sincere Regards,
John England

DEAR VICTIM,

THIS IS THE OFFICE OF THE INTERNTIONAL MONETARY FUND BENIN- REPUBLIC MONITARY CENTRE.

WE THE (IMF) RECEIVED A SIGNAL OF ALL THE VICTIMS FROM THE SCAMMERS IN AFRICA AND ALSO YOUR PAST LOST OF HUGE AMOUNT FOR PAST YEARS THERE ABOUT .

AFTER GOING THROUGH YOUR FILE WE HAVE TO HAND OVER YOUR FILE TO THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT THAT ARE COMPENSATING ALL THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FALLEN VICTIM IN AFRICA .

THEREFORE THE REPORT WE GOT FROM THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT IS THAT YOU ARE TO BE COMPENSATE WITH THE AMOUNT OF ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,500.000 USD ).

THOUGH YOU MIGHT HAVE SPENT LESS OR MORE THAN THAT GIVEN AMOUNT BUT WITH ALL DUE RESPECT WE ARE APOLOGISING YOU TO KINDLY ACCEPT THIS OFFER AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT COMPENSATION OVER YOUR LOST MONEY.

DEAR VICTIM: AT THIS MOMENT WE HAVE GOTTEN AN APPROVAL FROM THE MINISTER OF FINANCE DR MARK PADONOU TO START THE TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY. BE INFORM THAT WE HAVE STATED WORKING WITH BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION .

YOUR PAYMENT INSTRUMENT HAS BEEN PASSED TO THE BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) TO TRANSFER YOUR ONWARD SUM AMOUNT INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT.

YOU ARE THEREFORE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE OFFICER INCHARGE BELOW HERE WITH THE BELOW DETAILS FOR THE NEXT STEP.

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. YOUR FULL HOME ADDRESS:
3: YOUR COUNTRY:
4. YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5. A COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT:
6.YOUR AGE:
7.4 COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT PHOTOGRAPH

CONTACT PERSON: DR JAMES ALBERTO
DIRECT EMAIL: i.m.f_controlagency@live.fr
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:+229 98 574399

Our Ref: UN/EU/CITIBANK/511

UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION AND EUROPEAN UNION ORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favor for your contract entitlement/award winning payment with the UNITED NATION to your nominated bank account. Now you’re new Payment,United nation Approval No;UN5685P,White House Approved No:WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No:XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number , therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR ANDREW WOLLEY, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE CITIBANK OF UNITED KINGDOM, with the help and monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK which is our official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United Nation, has look up to make sure you receive your fund valued $8.3m. So contact: MR ANDREW WOLLEY on his contact information,Direct Citibank Telephone No :
447035987900, Fax Number::+44 844 4435282, Telephone Number::+447035987900 Email:andrewwolley59@yahoo.com.hk for immediate release of your contract/inheritance/Award Winning claim Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, You are required to send bellow information for your transfer.

1) YOUR FULL NAME:
2) ADDRESS,CITY,STATE AND COUNTRY.
3) PHONE,FAX AND MOBILE
4) COMPANY NAME(IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS
5) BANK DETAILS,ACCOUNT NO,ROUTING NO,/SWIFT CODE AND BANK ADDRESS.
6) PROFESSION,AGE AND MARITAL STATUS
7) COPY OF YOUR INT’L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE

NOTE: YOUR PERSONAL CONTACT/COMMUNICATIONCODE WITH CITIBANK IS(511),YOU ARE ADVICE TO SEND YOU FULL BANKING INFORMATION TO THE CITIBANK OF LONDON INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE DIRECTOR HEADED BY MR ANDREW WOLLEY AND MAKE SURE YOU SPEAK WITH HIM, WITH YOUR NEW PAYMENT CODE FOR RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT AND SEND HIM ALL YOUR BANKING INFORMATION NOW. CONTACT CODE(511)

OFFICER:MR ANDREW WOLLEY.
POSITION:DIRECTOR,INTL,REMMITTANCE CITIBANK LONDON.
TELEPHONE OFFICE/BANK:+44703598790,
TELEPHONE,+447035987900
FAX NUMBER::+44 844 4435282,
EMAIL:andrewwolley59@yahoo.com.hk

SIR FRANK PETERSON.
(CHAIRMAN COMMITTE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT UNITED
NATION AND USA GOVERNMENT).

Good day,

Compliments and good wishes to you and your family.My name is
Sgt.Monrow Derek, I am an American soldier, I am serving in the
military of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, as you know we are being
attacked by insurgents everyday and car bombs. We managed to move
funds belonging to Saddam Hussein’s family in 2003. The total amount
is US$7.5 Million dollars in cash, mostly 100 dollar bills, this money
has been kept somewhere outside Baghdad for sometime but with the
speculated troop withdrawal by president Obama, we are afraid that the
money will be discovered hence we want to move this money to you for
safe keeping pending the completion of our assignment here. You can go
to this web link to read about events that took place then via this
site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm we are ready
to compensate you with good percentage of the funds, No strings
attached, just for you to help us move it out of Iraq. Iraq is a war
zone.

We plan on using diplomatic means in shipping the money out as
military cargo using diplomatic immunity. If you are interested I will
send you the full details, my job is to find a good partner that we
can trust and that will assist us. Can I trust you? When you receive
this letter, kindly send me an e-mail signifying your interest
including your most confidential telephone numbers for quick
communication also your contact details.

This is risk free.

With regards

From Sgt.Monrow Derek,

Hello Sir/Madam,
We are local gold miners from the village of Takwa in Ghana and we
have available for sell Gold dust at the local market price,
interested buyers are kindly requested to contact us for further
details while the offer lasts (We can also deliver to the buyers
destination on a good arrangement with the help of our Fiduciary
agents.
Thank you while we hope to hear from you soon.
Daniel Frimpong
Sales Director

Attention Please, I am barrister don and I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund transferred. Now I want you to contact my secretary on his email address below and receive your compensation of $2.5m from him: NAME: Obala Unwurah EMAIL: obalaunwurah@ir.ae Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information: Your full name_________________________ Your address__________________________ Your country___________________________ Your age______________________________ Your occupation____ ____________________ Your cell Phone number______________________ Note that if you did not send him the above information complete, he will not release the cheque to you because he has to be sure that it is you. Ask him to send you the total sum of ($2.5m )USD CASHIER’S CHEQUE ,which I kept for you. Note also that I will not be reached by email or phone for now because I am currently away in Japan for investment purpose with my share and I will be busy till about six months time or a year. Best regards, barrister don

Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref:
This is to officially inform you that(ATM Card Number; 4278763100030014) has been accredited with your favor.Your Personal Identification Number is 2900. The ATM Card Value is $6.8MILLION USD. Please Contact Mrs.Linda Hill (mrs.lindahill1985@yahoo.com.hk) With the Please provide my Secretary the following details for processing:

* Full Name:
* Delivery Address:
* Sex:
* Age:
* Occupation:
* Phone Number:
* Country:
* Means Of Identification:

(Note you will be paying a courier delivery fee, so remember that before replying this mail).

Regards,
Senator David Mark.
Phone:+2348037193625
Executive,Committee On ATM-CARD Payment.

RE:: AM TRUSTING YOU!!

Dear Friend,

Please treat this mail as a matter of urgency.

I have just removed {$6.5 Million} United States Dollars from my Bank treasury
{coffer} without the knowledge of anyone. I did this because I will not fold my
arms and see my bank confiscate this fund that rightfully belong to one Mr.
Tanka Bahadue Magar, a Japanese citizen. I see this as an opportunity because
Mr. Tanka happens to be my personal client in the Bank, and this is why am
asking for your assistance to assist me secure the fund there in your country
for me. As am talking to you right now the {$6.5Million} is layinglow in a
security company here in my country {LINK EXPRESS TRAVEL} where I personally
deposited it as luggage.

The fund is inside a sealed silver trunk box of about 925×820x850/2000 mm}.Note
that the security company are not aware of this move, and they don’t even have
any slit knowledge that the luggage is containing fund because I deposited it
as { UNITED NATION’S PROPERTY} And as you may know United Nation’s Property can
not be inspect in any port of entry in the world}. As arranged with them, the
fund will be conveyed to you through Diplomatic measures, this of cause is the
means which some of our Government officials uses to transfer stolen funds
abroad without any stoppage in the port of entry provided all relevant back- up
documents are in place. This of cause is the main reason why I took such risk by
removing the fund from the Bank coffer not minding my job or personality.I
believe you will agree with me that if this fund is been transferred into your
account, it will definitely raise alarm because your bank will be demanding for
huge Tax and more importantly they may request you reveal the source of the fund
and that may not be in our own good knowing fully well that the fund does not
belong to any of us.

Waiting for your own opinion as regards this deal.

Regards,

M.

Good Day madam.

My name is moses kabala 18 years old from Seri alone and I am here now in Ghana to fulfill my late fathers will, he stated clearly until his death I was the only and elder son .

My father Late DR Goodluck Kabala, a nationality of Seri alone who until his death his a diamond merchant, back home at Seri alone,he deposited the huge sum of $18.5million U .S Dollars with Global Security Company here in Accra Ghana and I have been there and I also have all documents that is covering the fund there with the company but they want me to inform my late father business partner whom I want my fund to be transferred to as my foreign beneficiary to contact them for confirmation and to avoid problem after release and transfer of the fund. I was there this morning to see the company Director and he disclosed to me that I have to inform my late father’s business partner first before anything can be done, due to the agreement between my late father and the security company.

Please I want you to help me contact them telling them that you are my late father business partner and that you want them to start working on the release of the fund and transfer into your account. I will give you %30 if you can help me contact them and get the fund transfered to you immediately and %20 will be for any expencies incured during the transfer of this fund to you. All I want is that as soon as you have the funds in your account,you will make arrangement for me to come over for the disbursement of the fund and you will also introduce me to a very good and profitable investment to invest my own part of the fund.

I have not disclosed this to anyone before since I arrived here in Ghana, because I don’t want to die like my late father who was killed by his own personal adviser, but with faith i open up this to you.

Please I will be waiting to hear from you, as soon as possible,for i need this fund out of ghana very urgently.

Yours Faithfully.
Moses Kabala.

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28
Oct

ScamBuster 314

Posted in 419 Scams  by Administrator on October 28th, 2009

I am Mr.Yi Kwan, a transfer supervisor on
investment in Standard Chartered Bank,Hong
Kong.I have a business suggestion for you.

In late 2004 our customer Abdul Hussein
Khazal Al Basri who was a journalist with al
hurra channels and also business man made a
numbered cash lodgement for 12 months,with a
value of Eighteen million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars only in my
branch.

We have sent him several letters and emails
before and after the maturity.We later found
out that the journalist and his three month
old only son had been killed during the war
as they left their house in Basra.

On investigation it was revealed that Abdul
Hussein Khazal Al Basri did not declare any
next of kin in his official papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit.And he
also confided in me the last time he was at
my office that no one except me knew of his
lodgement in my bank.So,Eighteen million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars
is still lying in my bank and no one will
ever come forward to claim it.What bothers
me most is that according to the to the laws
of my country at the expiration of 7 years
the funds will revert to the ownership of
the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies
to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop,my suggestion to you
is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand as the next of kin to Abdul Hussein
Khazal Al Basri so that you will be able to
receive his funds.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion
in all matters concerning this issue.Once
the funds have been transferred to your
nominated bank account we shall share in the
ratio of 60% for me, 40% for you.

If interested send your response to my
personal email address:
mr.yi_kwa@yahoo.com.hk
Regards

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Tera al-Manduma Co
al-Basrah Iraq Republic

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KARIM TARFIQ
Email: tarfiqk@yahoo.com
Tera al-Manduma Co
Al-Basrah Iraq Republic.
Al-Basrah Iraq Republic.Business Relationship.

Dearest one

Greetings and May the peace of gracious almighty father be with you,
please I have a transaction project at hand and i decided it is good to
write you regards to this project. I have a real good investment project
for the benefit of both -this however not mandatory nor will I in any
manner compel you to honor against your will. Your profile pushed me to
send you this mail, I am Williams Armani Junior, I am an18years old
student and an adopted child of the late Chief and Mrs. A. Armani. My
father was a highly reputable business merchant (under cocoa and gold
export) who operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days.

It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously during one of his
business trips abroad on 17th.January 2009.Though his sudden death was
linked or rather reviled to have been masterminded by my uncles his
brothers who travelled with him during his business trip that time. But
our good lord knows the best for me! His last wife who was supposed to
bear him another mail child died just three years out of food poisoning by
my uncle’s greediness to take over his wealth, and since then my father
took me so special. Before his death he called me that he has a suspense
deposit of (USD SD$18.300, 000) left in one of the leading finance company
in Abidjan, He further told him that he deposited the money to this bank
under my names as his next of kin incase of his death and that I should
disburse it to the family at maturity when died, luckily for me before he
died I have already secured for the original deposit copies and he aswell
issued a written order instruction to his lawyer to give to this finance
company with all the necessary legal documents to this fund to be release
to me at maturity, but due to the traits by my uncles I want you help me
secure for this funds in your country for security reasons and investment
purposes before they may kill me.

I am just under age and have no financial powers to process my claims to
this fund from this bank and I really don’t know what to do and where to
start. This is because I have suffered a lot trauma and have no financial
powers to start this project without legal trustee, this funds are to be
retrieved very urgently to avoid leaving it as an unclaimed funds as a
result of incessant political crisis in the country Ivory Coast where the
funds was deposited. The death of my father actually brought sorrows to my
life. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards.
Your suggestions and ideas will be highly regarded.

Now permit me to ask these few questions:-

1. Can you honestly help me as your son and invest this fund for our both
benefit and equal access ownership right as a joint account business
venture?
2. Can I completely trust you to handle this project for me?
3. What profit percentage of the total amount in question will be good for
you in other repay you any requirements this may take you from your
country to get a valid new account to transfer this funds into.

Guest addres: 23 Rue Des Republicain,
Koumassi 17 bp.1246 Abidjan 17
Abidjan-Cote D’ivoire

Please, consider this and get back to me as soon as possible to avoid my
uncles to my arrangement to move out this funds for my own disbursement.

Thank you so much. My Greetings to your family.

My sincere regards,

Williams A. Armani

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P O BOX 1101 ,
GYZA PYRAMID EGYPT .
PHONE :+20111384802.
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ANKR ANCIENT MYSTIC ORDER

This is the Ancient Egyptian Temple of powers were all
dreams and aspiration come through. Have you had any obstacles and
difficulty in any areas of your life? is it finance, health, academics, relationship no
matter the ordeal you are facing come to us and all your problems shall become a thing of the past.

We are one of the oldest and most powerful spiritual order from the
medieval time .In the world of lord of Ankr, everything is possible we are
here to help every one in need like we have always done in ancient times no
matter your religion, class or race humanity is one .

We have the following items in our temples : A spiritual brief case that
will make you a millionaire in less that 7 days and a magic wallet that will
make you never run out of cash.

we have ring for good luck, for gambling, lottery and winning in any event or
competition. We have magic powders to attracts the one you desire we also have
magic lipsticks for ladies only. A love portion that will make any one you
desire love you for ever this is for people over 25 years.

A ring to appear and disappear . We have talisman to make you win any kind
of contracts, to win in any elections and to win the most difficult court cases
it is also use for rapid promotion in offices and places of work.

We have perfumes to get more customers if you are a trader .
We have do as I say commanding oil for asking favors from people and they will
not refuse.

We have vision oil that will make you see things know things before they
actually happen. we have amulet for gun shot (magic bullet proof) to test this
you will put this over any pet a cat or a dog shot at it and you will understand the amazing powers of Antia.

We have instant cure barreness in women and impotency in men.

We can anoint and bless you to do wonderful things like starting a magic
theater, To get the job you have always dreamed of. To free your love one from prison, his/her release will be in legal manner.

Heavy spiritual invocation to communicate with spirits of our lost ones
these and many more we can do for you.

But there is one thing we dont do, that is to take the life of another person.

Your situation is never hopeless when we are concern.

MAY ANGELS BE WITH YOU

MR OKADIMA DICK
ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

ATTN:
This message might meet you in utmost surprise,However,Its just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction,I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso currently holding the post of a director auditing and accounting section of the bank.I have the opportunity of transferring the left over fund($12.5 m USD) which bellongs to one of my client who died along with his family in a plane crash.

After further investigation it was discovered that the deceased person did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, twelve million five hundred thousand united State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration seven years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the Burkina Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct ISLAMIC DEVELOPMENT BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you 60/30 while 10% will be mapped for expenses that may be incured in the preoccess of transfering this fund into your account. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the procentange 60/30. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvement in claiming the deposit.

I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating to the deceased person I will then officially communicate with my Bank and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.

I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector.

I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances wont pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking.

I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Lets share the blessing. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels;

I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you, Further more be informed that the fact that you are a foreigner give you the privilege to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as my deceased client had no relation all his family died with him in a plane crash and I can not use my relation because its not accepted here in Burkina Faso.

Also I am very confident that we will be able to establish the trust that is needed to complete this deal and all that I need from the time been is your willingness and commitment so that we can end this in the nest one weeks.Like I said before there is no risk involve as it will pass through international banking laws and all the necessary information will be given to you in later.I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe this instruction religiously Please, again, note I am a family man, I have wife and children.

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 success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon. Futher detailes of the transfer will be sent to you as soon as i receive a positive response from you.
Thanks.
MR OKADIMA DICK

GOOD LUCK
GOOD DAY? I WAS WAITING FOR YOU TO RE-COMFIRM YOUR INFORMATION TO
AVOID

ANY WRONG DELIVER OF YOUR ATM MASTER CARD PLEASE MAKE SURE THAT YOU

DON’T MAKE ANY MISTAKE IN YOUR ADDRESS AND THIS TRANSCATION MUST

CONCLUDE BY
THIS WEEK BECAUSE EVERY ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE

CONCERNING YOUR FUND WHICH
IS ABOUT $10.5M ONLY VIA FedEx COURIER

SERVICE. BELOW IS NEEDED IMMEDAITELY
FOR YOUR SUCCESSFULL DELIVERY
1) FULL NAME…….
2) HOME ADDRESS WHERE YOU
WANT THEM TO SEND IT….
3) DIRECT PHONE/OFFICE……….
4)
AGE/ACCUPATION……….
BEST REGARD
DR LAMIDO SANUSI
(THE GOVERNOR CBN)

OOD DAY

I AM MISS SAMIRA KAZIM.I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE I NEED YOUR HELP IN THE
MANAGEMENT OF A SUM THAT MY LATE FATHER DEPOSITED BEFORE HE DIED.THIS
MONEY IS $8.000.000.00 USD,EIGHT MILLION AMERICAN DOLLARS AND THE MONEY IS
IN A SECURITY COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN COTE D’IVOIRE. I WILL OFFER YOU 20%
OF THE TOTALL AMOUNT FOR HELPING ME TO RECIEVE THE TRUNK BOX.

MY FATHER WAS A VERY RICH COCOA FARMER AND HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS
COLLEAGUES AND NOW I WANT YOU TO STAND AS MY GUIDIAN AND APPOINTED
BENEFICIARY AND THE CONSIGNMENT WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOU IN YOUR
COUNTRY.SINCE I AM ONLY 19 YEARS OLD AND WITHOUT MOTHER AND FATHER PLEASE
I WILL LIKE YOU TO REPLY TO THIS EMAIL SO THAT I WILL TELL YOU ALL THE
INFORMATION. SO THAT YOU WILL GET ME PAPERS TO TRAVEL TO YOUR COUNTRY TO
CONTINUE MY EDUCATION THERE WHILE YOU HELP ME INVEST THE MONEY UNTIL I
FINISH MY EDUCATION.PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH ALL YOUR INFORMATIONS SUCH AS:

1 Your full Names and Age
2 Your Home address
3 Your telephone/MOBILE AND Fax Numbers
4 Your Occupation and Position.
5 Your picture and country identity.

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL
( samira_kazim@cantv.net)

THANKS.
MISS SAMIRA KAZIM.

From Lady Jennet Howell (Mrs.)

My name is Mrs. Jennet Howell; I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you/church. I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer about 2 years ago, now the medical report said I will not live long again,Immediately this report i decided on what to do.

After the death of my late husband, who has left with me everything he worked for, as the doctors told me I will not live longer because of this health problem, I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $2,400,000 (two million four hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord to help motherless,the less privilege ones and to assist the widows.

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly for this commitment. Please do your best to receive this fund and use it well and always extend the good work to others.
Contact my lawyer, Barrister Steve Tom with this specified.

Email: stevetom121@gmail.com
Barrister Steve Tom
Tell him that I have WILLED ($2,400,000.00) to you and I have also notified him already,not that i know you, I’m just doing what my spirit directed me to will this fund out to help people.

NB:
I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs. Jennet Howell

Dear customer,
You have a registered Package to be delivered to you.

Content: A Bank Draft of $49,000,And some important documents Registered
by officer of commonwealth organization
Reg .Number: P-01-402761625
Reg Date: 23/10/2009

Shipping charges tax and insurance fee had been paid for.Note: the only
payment you are to make is the security and handling charges of £290.00
for safe shipment to your postal address.

Contact FedEx Ship Manager
Mr.Allan Bailey
Email:customer.remitfedex@live.com

To reconfirm your Postal address and telephone Number/s.

Fill the below form:
Recipient’s Name….:
Address:…:
Phone…:
Country….:

Yours faithfully,
Mrs.Sangita Allwell Brown(customer service dept)

(DIRECTOR FOR REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT)
ATM/MASTER CARD DEPARTMENT
ADDRESS: 102 EYETORO CLOSE OFF IBA ESTATE
LAGOS, NIGERIA.

ATTN: Dear Beneficiary,

Compliment of the day to you from our head office, Am writing to inform you that we recieved an urgent letter from the Nigerian Government regarding the transfer/payment of your due funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd and we have been directed to act immediately towards this issue without any further delay to this process.

The reason why we are contacting you was because a lady by name
Mrs Clarine Johnson came to our office today with a written letter that we
should approve the funds on your behalf to her as your representative,so please check and know if you send any body by that name to claim this funds on your behalf as we will facilitate the transfer of the funds to her within 5 days from now as we will believe that she was truely sent by you as the original beneficiary of this funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd…

Your payment file was accessed today and we found out that your funds which is valued at the sum of $5million usd has not been paid yet because of lack of compliance with the directives as regards the delivery of your ATM CARD to you.

We have also contacted the ATM CARD COMPANY that issued the ATM CARD to you and they informed us that your ATM CARD can be activated online, this services enable you to make transfers or pay online bills from your computer at home direct to any bank account of your choice.

We also have a fast access delivery which means that your ATM CARD can be delivered to you upon 6hours after the delivery requirements has been acknowledged, so you will have to choose the option that you think will be the best for you and have it in mind that you have only 2 weeks to complete this process or the ATM CARD will be deactivated.

You are required to foward to us your full details as stated below if you do no advise us to transfer the funds onbehalf of MRS CLARINE ANDERSON.

Full Name:

Address:

Contact Number:

Age:

Occupation:

Country:

Marital Status:

I would also like to have your mobile number so that we can discuss all the details/updates on phone and that will make this pending transactions easy and fast

Best Regards
Dr Steven Jell
Director For Funds Transfer
ATM CARD Payment Dept.

LONDON SCOTTISH BANK PLC
Address: Mount Street London Scottish House Manchester,
Greater Manchester M2 3LS United Kingdom
Accountant Name: Mrs. Corrina Walker
E-mail address: corrinawalker@accountant.com
E-mail address: corrinawalker.lsb@live.com
Phone: +44701112 0315, Fax:+44701112 0315

To respected Beneficiary;
This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United Nations to pay 150 scam victims 280,000.00 GBP (TWO
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY GREAT BRITISH POUNDS) each. You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your 280,000.00 GBP
compensations funds.

Yours, sincerely
Accountant Name: Mrs. Corrina Walker(Accountant LSB)
E-mail address: corrinawalker@accountant.com corrinawalker.lsb@live.com
Phone: +44701112 0315, Fax: +44701112 0315

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UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting And Investigations Division.
From: Mr. Collins Smith.

To: Fund Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria yesterday from London, after series of complain from the FBI and other Security agencies from Asia, Europe, Oceania, Antarctica, South America and the United States of America respectively, against the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government over the rate of scam activities going on in these two nations.

I have met with President Musa Umaru Yar’adua of Nigeria who claimed that he has been trying his best to make sure you receive your fund in your account. Right now, as directed by our secretary general Mr.Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation of an amount of $10M approved by both the British government and the UN into your account without any delay. The only fee you will pay to confirm your fund in your account is your Notarization fee to the UN.
Sincerely, you are a lucky person because I have just discovered that some top Nigerian and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with One Mr. Richard Graves from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account. I have a very limited time to stay in Nigeria here so I would like you to urgently respond to this message so that I can advise you on how best to confirm your fund in your account within the next 72 hours.

For oral discussion, call me on this number which I just acquired in Nigeria today:+234-8037674163 and email us through this email address: (unitedwestand@gala.net )

Sincerely yours,
Mr. Collins Smith.

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