Richard I have gotten so many of those it is ridiculous. Sometimes I reply and sometimes I just forward it to the hosting service provider. Maybe pass them to the CIA instead?
FROM BENDEWOR BEN:(bbenderor@latinmail.com)
ALTERNATE EMAIL:(bbendewor@hongkong.com)
Dear Friend,
Compliments of the season,I would like to firstly send to you the best wishes of good health and success in your pursuits particularly through my proposal as Contained in this letter. Before going into details of my proposal to you, I must first implore you to treat with the utmost confidentiality, as this is requiredfor its success.
My colleagues and I are senior officials of the Federal Government of Nigeria
got one with a new twist today
just how is this guy a prince? his father is a farming king i guess?
the will really cracks me up.
FROM: PRINCE JIDE WILLIAMS
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.
EMAIL: jidewilliams2000@epatra.com
REQUEST FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE/INVESTMENT
Dear Sir/Madam ,
My names is PRINCE JIDE WILLIAMS, the elder son of Mr. ANTHONY WILLIAMS, of Zimbabwe. It might be a surprise to you where I got your contact address, I got it from network on line, South African. During the current crises against the farmers of Zimbabwe by the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white owned farms in our country, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members and their followers.
My father was one of the best farmers in the country and knowing that he did not support the president’s political ideology, the president’s supporters invaded my father’s farm burnt down everything, shot him and as a result of the wounds sustained, he became sick and died a! fter two days. And after his death, I with my younger Brother decided to move out of Zimbabwe for the safety of our lives to South-Africa.
BUT, before he died HE WROTE HIS WILL, which reads “(MY BELOVED SON ,I WISH TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE SUM OF ($25,000,000=00). MILLION U.S DOLLARS WHICH I DEPOSITED IN A BOX WITH A SECURITY COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG (SOUTH-AFRICA). IN CASE OF MY ABSENCE ON EARTH CAUSED BY DEATH ONLY”. You should solicit for reliable foreign partner to assist you to transfer this money out of South Africa for investment purpose. I deposited the money in your name and it can be claimed by you alone with the deposit code. Your
mother has all the documents. Take good care of your mother and brother."
From the above, you will understand that the lives and future of my family depends on this money as much, I will be very grateful if you can assist us. I with my younger bro! ther are now living in South-Africa as POLITICAL ASYLUM SEEKERS and the financial law of SOUTH-AFRICA does not allow ASYLUM SEEKERS certain financial rights to such huge amount of money. In view of this, I cannot invest this money in South-Africa, hence I am asking you to assist me transfer this money out of South-Africa for investment purposes. For your efforts, I am prepared to offer you 20% of the total fund, while 5% will be set aside for local and
international expenses and 75% will be kept for me and my family.
Finally modalities on how the transfer will be done will be conveyed to you once we establish trust and confidence between ourselves. Looking forward to your urgent reply. For detailed information.
NOTE: THE KEY WORD TO THIS TRANSACTION IS ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
RISK FREE. YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY
APPRECIATED.
BEST REGARDS,
jide williams
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From: “Mustapha Gambo” musgambo@myself.com
Reply-To: musgambo@myself.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2003 17:07:23
Subject: Attn: The Managing Director/Ceo
ATTN: Managing Director/Ceo
DEAR SIR,
IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I WRITE TO MAKE THIS REQUEST TO YOU.
MY NAME IS GENERAL MUSTAPHA GAMBO (RTD). I SERVED IN THE NIGERIAN ARMY DURING
THE TENURE OF OUR LAST MILITARY PRESIDENT NAMED GENERAL SANNI ABACHA. DURING
MY ACTIVE SERVICE I DID A LOT OF DEALS AND SECURE ABOUT US$28 MILLION (TWENTY-EIGHT
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS). DUE TO MY POSITION IN THE GOVERNMENT I DID NOT
WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW ABOUT THIS MONEY, FOR THIS REASON I PARKED THIS MONEY IN
TRUNK BOXES, AND USED MY POWER TO DEPOSIT THE TRUNK BOXES IN A SECURITY COMPANY
SOMEWHERE IN LAGOS, THE FORMER CAPITAL OF NIGERIA.
ALSO I DECLARED THE CONTENTS AS CERTIFIED TREASURY TO THE OFFICIALS OF THE
SECURITY COMPANY. I SPECIFICALLY DECLARED ALSO THAT THE TRUNK BOXES BELONGED
TO MY FOREIGN ASSOCIATE SO THAT THEY WILL NOT SUSPECT ME. WHEN I WAS DOING THIS,
WHAT I HAD IN MIND WAS THAT, AFTER MY RETIREMENT I CAN CLAIM THE BOXES AND USE
THE MNEY TO BUY REAL ESTATE AND VILLA.
PRESENTLY, THIS DEMOCTRATIC GOVERNMENT HAS DECIDED TO LOOK INTO THE ADMINISTRATION OF GENERAL ABACHA AND THE GENERALS THAT SERVED UNDER HIM, ON THIS PROCESS THEY SIEZED ALL MY ASSETS, FROZE ALL MY BANK ACCOUNTS, AND IN ADDITION, THEY SEIZED ALL MY TRAVELLING DOCUMENTS. ALL I HAVE NOW IS THIS $28 MILLION, WHICH I DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY COMPANY IN LAGOS. AS THINGS STAND NOW, I CANNOT TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA, AND THAT IS WHY I WANT YOU TO ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING THIS MONEY SO THAT YOU CAN ALSO HELP ME TO INVEST THE MONEY INTO ANY PROFITABLE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY OR GO INTO A JOINT VENTURE WITH YOU. ALL YOU ARE GOING TO DO FOR ME IS TO COME DOWN TO LAGOS WHERE THE SECURITY COMPANY IS LOCATED AND CLAIM THE BOXES AS MY FORIGN ASSOCIATE ON WHOSE BEHALF THE TRUNK BOXES WERE DEPOSITED.
ALL YOU WILL DO IS TO OPEN AN ACCOUNT IN ONE OF THE INTERNATINAL BANKS IN LAGOS
WHERE WE WILL PAY IN THE MONEY IN YOUR NAME, AND AFTER THAT, YOU WILL NOW ORDER
THE BANK TO TRANSFER IT OUT TO YOUR COUNTRY WHERE WE WILL INVEST THE MONEY IN
BUSINESS.
IF YOU FINALLY AGREE TO DO THIS BUSINESS WITH ME, I WILL GIVE YOU A PERCENTAGE OF
THE MONEY FOR ASSISTING ME. THIS SHALL BE DICUSS IN OUR SUBSEQUENT MAIL. IF I HEAR
FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU THE CONTACT OF THE SECURITY CPMPANY SO THAT YOU CAN
CALL THEM AND ARRANGE ON HOW TO CLAIM THE CONSIGNMENT ON MY BEHALF.
I WILL SEND YOU ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS USED IN DEPOSITING THE CONSIGNMENT
AND I WILL ISSUE YOU ALSO SOME DOCUMENTS TO CONFER THE OWNERSHIP OF THE CONSIGNMENTS TO YOU. THE DOCUMENTS INCLUDE; CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT, POWER OF ATTORNEY AND LETTER OF AUTHORITY.
CONTACT ME THROUGH THIS EMAIL OR FAX NO:�1-4400378.
AWAITING YOUR REPLY TO PROCEED WITH THE BUSINESS. YOU SHOULD SEND ME YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBER TO CONTACT YOU TO DISCUSS MORE ABOUT THIS.
REGARDS,
GEN. MUSTAPHA GAMBO (RTD)
Richard do you know anything about this one? Seems it is not the Nigerian Scam letter. But then again I guess it could be…
De Lotto Netherlands
41132, NL-1007 DB AMSTERDAM
www.delottonetherlands.net
FROM: THE DESK OF THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,
REF: EGS255125600777 AND BATCH NO: 54/1017/IDL.
ATTENTION: Sir/Madam,
RE/ AWARD NOTIFICATION
We are pleased to inform you of the announcement today, 22th january 2003, of
winners of the DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS LOTTERY / INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
held on 28TH december 2002 as part of our end of year bonanza.
You or your company, attached to ticket number 034-1416-4612-750, with serial
number 6521-11 drew the lucky numbers 31-51-22-24-39-43, and consequently
won the lottery in the 3rd category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
out of US$800,000.00 in cash credited to file REF
NO. REF: EGS255125600777. This is from total prize money of
US$13,600,000.00 shared among the seventeen (17) international
winners in this category. All participants were selected through a computer
balloting system drawn form 25,000 names from Middle East, Asia, Africa,
Canada, Europe and North America and Oceania as part our International
Promotions Program, which is conducted annually.
CONGRATULATIONS!
Your fund is now deposited with Financial Trust Group, a
security, House insured in your name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and
names, we ask that you keep this award strictly from public notice until your claim
has been processed and your money remitted to your account. This is part of our
security protocol to avoid double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants of
this program.
We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate in our
end of year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
To begin your claim, please contact your claim agent;
TH OMPSON SELLECK
FINANCIAL TRUST GROUP,
LONDON,
TEL/ FAX: Tel/Fax: +442076919301.
Tel/Fax: +442076919430.
Satellite phone: +8821646685846.
EMAIL: thompsonselleck4@uymail.com
for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a
designated account of your choice.
Remember, you must contact your claim agent not later than 28th of january,
2003. After this date, all funds will be returned as unclaimed. All correspondences
to MR.THOMPSON SELLECK,either by fax or email,should have this EMAIL sent
along with it and also, your FULL ADDRESS, YOUR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE and
your EMAIL ADDRESS to which this email is sent,should be clearly and BOLDLY
WRITTEN IN YOUR RESPONSE with your claims agent.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember
to quote your reference and batch numbers in every one of your correspondences
with your agent. F urthermore,should there be any change of your address, do
inform your claims agent as soon as possible.
Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for
being part of our promotions program.
Sincerely,
SHIRLEY JENSEN.
THE PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
DE LOTTO NETHERLANDS.
N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the winners
will result to disqualification. Please do not reply to this mail. Contact your claim
agent
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My God, do you mean to say these things are fake? Does that mean I won’t get my money back?
At least my deposit is safe, having been personally guaranteed by H.M. the Sultan of Boogastan.
Doesn’t anybody use the junk mail filter :?
Here’s a new one!!:
Dear Sir,
My name is Mr. V.A Giwabomba, The Assistant Manager, credit and foreign bills of UNITED BANK PLC. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank, his name is Mr. Khali Hamzatte with account number 17-25652007 he was among the 143 people who died in the GULF AIR FLIGHT 072 plan crash on the 26th of August 2000.
Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of $1,257,645,321.12 [One billion two hundred and fifty seven million six hundred and forty five thousand, three hundred and twenty one dollars and twelve cents] which has been with my branch for a very long time.
Mr. Hamzatte was a sharecropper on an oil field in Kuwait, and through frugal management of his family’s finances managed to amass this not inconsequential amount of excess funds which he deposited in my bank for safekeeping.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no information was filled in for the next of kins position, and as it is the bank has started a review of all three-year dormant accounts, this is done on a yearly basis. All dormant funds are remitted into the government treasury, hence I want to use this sizable opportunity in asking your assistance in the successful transfer of this funds to a safe account away from the government.
In view of this I got your contact through uprooted search after realizing that your Name and Country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 40% of the total.
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, bank’s fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer to your country will be facilitated through a most secured method to be agreed upon by both parties, this transaction can be finalized within at the shortest possible time. When you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr. V.A. Gimba Giwabomba
DEAR SIR,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.
I got your contact from the internet. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names. I am JAMES KONE, the only son of late Mr and Mrs David Kone. My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death (with a rare Russian poison) by his business associates on one of their outing to discuss on a business deal. He died a horrible death, and I am sure you do not want to know the details.
When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me and my junior brother special because we are motherless. Before the death of my father on 30th June 2000 in a private hospital here in Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum of $12,500,000.01 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand dollars and one cent) left in a suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as his first son for the next of kin in depositing of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge amount of money his business associates supposed to balance him from the deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate management).
Sir, we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
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To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
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To serve as the guardian of this since I am a BOY of 26 years.
Moreover Sir, we are willing to offer you 10% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designated account overseas.
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
JAMES KONE
Monkey, you should feel honoured. God led this boy of 26 to your doorstep, er, mailbox. It’s the chance of a lifetime!
This is a little more than 1 year old, but I thought it might have some interest anyway. It is a twist, because they want to go through our company, not me as I private person. I have removed our company name for obvious reasons. I complained to eudoramail, and they could inform me that the account was just closed, due to many complaints.
TO:
XXXXX International
FROM:
Banga Kabila bangakabila@eudoramail.com
Company: Vibaka Congo Ltd
Phone: 242-873-762-9413, Fax: 242-873-762-9413
Country: Congo
Subject: ASSISTANCE
I am very much interested in entering into a mutual business relationship with you, after going through your company’s profile yesterday. I am Mr BANGA KABILA,a brother to the president and also the son to the second wife of the late PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO(DRO), President LAURENT DESIRE KABILA, who was assassinated on January 16 by one of his security aides.
I am under several pressures from this present military Government headed by the first son of my late husband GENERAL JOSEPH KABILA, who felt victimized due to the family problems between his biological mother and I. He has probed my family financial resources and has gazetted all the family’s properties. Just recently he seized all the known family deposited funds put in my care by my father, through his friend who was the appointed Governor of CENTRAL BANK OF CONGO (CBC).
So,I was mandated to scout for a very reliable foreign investor-cum-participant with a solid background, who is not known as my associate and who will help me to claim the total sum of $30,000,000.00 (Thirty million U.S dollars) currently with a security company which I now intend to use for investments outside my country, Congo.
Consequently, It is only this $30m that they cannot trace because the fund was deposited overseas. Therefore, I crave your assistance in removing this fund because I cannot do it alone as the Government’s searchlight is still on me.
What I would like you to do is to indicate your interest by acknowledging this mail so that I can introduce you to the security company for the claim.
The company is willing to assist me concerning the fund. I would also like you to assist in investing this fund but I will not want my identity to be revealed. I will also want to buy properties and stock in multinational companies and to engage in other safe and non-spectacular investments.
May I at this point emphasize the high level of confidentiality which this business demands and hope you will not betray the trust and confidence I wish to repose in you.
In conclusion, if you are ready to assist me, I shall put you in the picture of this business, tell you where the fund is currently being maintained by the security company and also discuss other modalities including your benefit for your services. For this reason, kindly furnish me with your contact viz: your RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS (for the purpose of sending any document), PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS for smooth communication.
Hoping your response will be positive while looking forward to it.
Best regards
Banga Kabila (Mr)
you could reach me or my mother on telephone
+873762941347 or fax +873762941349
Another fraud scheme we have (almost) been dragged into is the one where they show interest for our products, and are ready to do a major, but not impossible, big purchase from us. For them to issue the purchase order, we have to register as an approved supplier with the trade board, paying a couple of thousand US$.
We almost fell for it, because the fee was just a few % of the potential sales, so we considered it marketing cost. However, when we did a web-search for the trade council without finding any information, and started asking more probing questions, they backed off.
I think this kind of scheme has a much bigger potential to succeed, because most (all?) companies want to sell, and if the fee is only a fraction of the potential order, it is easy to go for it. And, as some of us know, a couple of thousand here and there is also money.
US$30,000,000 seems to be a popular sum with the people who run these scams. I just received this today.
ATTN: THE PRESIDENT/CEO
I humbly crave your indulgence in sending you this email and should it not meet your business or personal ethics, please accept my apologies in advance.
My name is James Harryson, a senior partner and the chief executive of Harrymarshll solicitors situated at 77 North street, London HG4 1DS.
I am writing this letter to solicit for your support and assistance to carry out this project concerning a late client of mine who died in June 2002 by name Prof.Stanley kings, a contract physician to the Chairman of Royal Bank of Scotland.
He died with his wife and his two children in a fatal car crash while on holidays abroad last summer in Toronto, Canada.
Lying in his inactive account with the Barclays Bank at 54 Lombard Street, London is the sum of Thirty Million United States Dollars ($30,000,000.00).
Ever since he died I have instructed the Bank to place a stop on all transactions on his account pending when his next of kin would come forward for necessary actions.
Unfortunately he has no family members who are aware of the existence of the money and as such, I have decided to do business with you, standing in as the next of kin of late Stanley Kings, and then the money will be released to you, after the due processes have being followed.
Obviously I do not want this money to go into the Bank Treasury cause the banking law and guideline stipulate that if such money remains unclaimed for a period of 5 years the money will be transferred into the Banks Treasury as unclaimed depts. This would not take too much time to get done as I already have the necessary letters of Administration and court orders from the British high court which are part of the documents required by the Barclays bank to enable me certify the next of kin and process the transaction.
To do this work 75% of the money will be mine, 20% will be yours while 5% will be for any expenses incurred during the transaction.
Please reach me on my private email as above if willing to do business with me.
Thanks and regards,
James Harryson
----- Original Message -----
From: Giwa V A av_giwa@zwallet.com
To: maruichi@ho.furukawa.co.jp
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 7:57 PM
Subject: BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
Dear Sir,
My name is Mr. V.A Giwa, The Assistant Manager, credit and foreign bills of UNION BANK PLC. I am writing in respect of a foreign customer of my bank, his name is Mr.Khal Hamzat with account number 14-2552004 he was among the 143 people who died in the GULF AIR FLIGHT 072 plan crash on the 26th of August 2000.
Since the demise of this customer, I personally has watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of $1,257,645,321.12 [One billion two hundred and fifty seven million six hundred and forty five thousand, three hundred and twenty one dollars and twelve cents] which has been with my branch for a very long time.
Mr. Hamzat was a sharecropper on an oil field in Kuwait, and through frugal management of his family’s finances managed to amass this not inconsequential amount of excess funds which he deposited in my bank for safekeeping.
On this note, I decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin as no information was filled in for the next of kins position, and as it is the bank has started a review of all three-year dormant accounts, this is done on a yearly basis. All dormant funds are remitted into the government treasury, hence I want to use this sizable opportunity in asking your assistance in the successful transfer of this funds to a safe account away from the government.
In view of this I got your contact through uprooted search after realizing that your Name and Country is similar to the deceased. I will give you 40% of the total. (One quarter of this may be remitted to you immediately upon receipt of your banking details: including bank name, bank address, your account number, your password, and all other relevant details.)
Upon the receipt of your response, I will send you by fax or e-mail the application, my bank’s fax number and the next step to take. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this business is hitch free and that you should not entertain any fear as all modalities for fund transfer to your country will be facilitated through a most secured method to be agreed upon by both parties, this transaction can be finalized within at the shortest possible time. When you receive this letter.
Kindly send me an e-mail signifying your decision including your private Tel/Fax numbers for quick communication.
Respectfully submitted,
Mr. V.A. Giwa
Kinshasa, the Congo
NB: SEND REPLIES TO: av_giwa@yahoo.com
Damn! Over a billion dollars from growing cucumbers and chili peppers. That’s some sharecropping! 
We’ve all had those Nigerian scam emails.
Recently there was a guy in the news who actually
tracked them down and photographed them.
Now Ebolamonkeyman.
“It started as a hobby, but now it’s a little more than that.” he says.
He’s been arranging to meet them and getting
them to hold up comedy signs at the airport.
Very interesting site formosa. I always wondered how those guys pulled off the scam.
I just finished reading through the one on “Albert Fred” and found that the guy was asking for money to be sent to bank accounts in Taiwan. He listed three:
Shanghai Commercial And Savings Bank Ltd.
Savings Dept.Taipei,Taiwan
Swift Code:SCSBTWTP003
A/C No: 0310-8000-658107
A/C Name:Smart Products Co
International Commercial Bank Of China
Head Office
100 Chilin Road,Taipei,Taiwan
Swift Code:ICBCTWTP007
A/C No :007-53-03807-4
A/C Name:Boska Enterprise Co
Bank Of Overseas Chinese
Shyhlin Branch Taipei Taiwan
Swift Code:OCCBTWTP
A/C No: 023-007-00007680
Benef:Uniworld Development Co.
Can you believe this?! I wonder how many other Nigerian scammers are using Taiwan banks.
[quote=“formosa”]http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/
We’ve all had those Nigerian scam emails.
Recently there was a guy in the news who actually
tracked them down and photographed them.
Now Ebolamonkeyman.
“It started as a hobby, but now it’s a little more than that.” he says.
He’s been arranging to meet them and getting
them to hold up comedy signs at the airport.[/quote]
Well, not exactly. He uses a long series of absurd emails and photos to bait them into sending him a picture of someone holding up a sign with a secret code name such as “Mr. Bukkake.”
I don’t think too many people would actually risk flying all the way to Lagos, Nigeria to met one of those guys in person.
One guy calling himself Peter Aka did swallow the bait to go to the airport in Accra, Ghana not once but twice to meet what he thought was a hot porn star called Tiffany Mynx who was interested in him. But of course no one showed up looking for him.
Richard, why would anyone with an IQ over 10 require a warning against an obvious scam?