Yet Another Nigerian Scam

[Livinginexile]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

FROM DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDSDEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN

INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE MATCHSVOTE COPORATION;

DATE:26/07/2007

REF NUMBER:575061725

BATCHNUMBER:8056490902/188

WINNING NUMBER:KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 26th of

july

2007 from the AUSTRALIA NTERNATIONAL E-MAIL BALLOTTING PROGRAMME,Which is fully

based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail

addresses,Your name was attached to ticket number; number;575061725

8056490902 serial number 6741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus number

17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. you have

been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS) incash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the

total

cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in 2nd category.

All participant were selected through computer balloting system drawn

form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia,

United

States,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our

international promotions program which is conducted anually.This

Lottery

was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some international

companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the

communities where they have operational base.

Furthermore your detail (e-mail address) falls within our GHANIAN

representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon and

your prize of US$250,000.00 will be released to you from this regional

branch office in NIGERIA.We hope with part of your prize,you will

participate

in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent DR MRS

MARYANN

ALLEE Email:[email protected]

To file for your claim.Please quote your reference, batch and winning

number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification

as

well as your full

name,addressand telephone number to help locateyour

file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information

confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your

prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to

avoiddouble

claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by

non-participant or un official personnel.

NOTE,all winnings must be claimed before 21st of AUGUST 2007; otherwise

all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to

charity

organization. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Rev.Willy Anderson.(co-ordinator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR agent DR MRS MARYANN

ALLEE

EMAIL;[email protected]

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES THAT HAVE

BEEN INDICATED FOR CLEARIFICATIONS.

[kratindaeng]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

FROM DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT INTERNATIONAL

PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARDSDEPARTMENT AUSTRALIAN

INTERNATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE MATCHSVOTE COPORATION;

DATE:26/07/2007

REF NUMBER:575061725

BATCHNUMBER:8056490902/188

WINNING NUMBER:KB8701/LPRC

CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release on the 26th of

july

2007 from the AUSTRALIA NTERNATIONAL E-MAIL BALLOTTING PROGRAMME,Which is fully

based on an electronic selection of winners using their e-mail

addresses,Your name was attached to ticket number; number;575061725

8056490902 serial number 6741137002.

This batch draws the lucky numbers as follows 4-13-33-37-42bonus number

17,which consequently won the lottery in the second category. you have

been approved a lump sum pay of US$200,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED

THOUSAND DOLLARS) incash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02 from the

total

cash prize shared amongst eight lucky winners in 2nd category.

All participant were selected through computer balloting system drawn

form Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from canada,Australia,

United

States,Asia,Europe,Middle East,Africa and Oceania as part of our

international promotions program which is conducted anually.This

Lottery

was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of some international

companies as part of their social responsibility to the citizens in the

communities where they have operational base.

Furthermore your detail (e-mail address) falls within our GHANIAN

representative office in Africa as indicated in your play coupon and

your prize of US$250,000.00 will be released to you from this regional

branch office in NIGERIA.We hope with part of your prize,you will

participate

in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3 Billion international draw.

HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE: Simply contact our fiducial agent DR MRS

MARYANN

ALLEE Email:[email protected]

To file for your claim.Please quote your reference, batch and winning

number which can be found on the top left corner of this notification

as

well as your full

name,addressand telephone number to help locateyour

file easily.

For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this information

confidential from the public until your claim is processed and your

prize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to

avoiddouble

claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme by

non-participant or un official personnel.

NOTE,all winnings must be claimed before 21st of AUGUST 2007; otherwise

all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventually donated to

charity

organization. Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!

Best Regards Rev.Willy Anderson.(co-ordinator).

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL.CONTACT YOUR agent DR MRS MARYANN

ALLEE

EMAIL;[email protected]

YOU MUST CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT WITH THE E-MAIL ADDRESSES THAT HAVE

BEEN INDICATED FOR CLEARIFICATIONS.

Ah yes, I won that last week.... God bless Willy Anderson.......

[kayo]

... sO ERMM... what else is new?

[LaoPo]

... sO ERMM... what else is new?

Got one from the "Bank of Scotland" 2 days ago (and informed them about the scam)

LaoPo

[November Rain]

The latest ones I've had have been about donating to worthwhile causes. Obviously picked up that we're a non-profit org. I was a beneficiary in Ted Heath's will the other week. Seemingly he was a great philanthropist & had heard all about our good work. Nice, huh? I didn't reply though, can't think why not....

[baboon]

Maybe I am missing something, but how can anyone be so stupid as to believe they have won a prize from a scheme they have not even participated in? Seriously, how can people be so fooled?

[kayo]

Miss. Rain,

Ted Heath was a great philanthorpist. He was also a very great uncle to me, hugely disregarded by my family.

Nonetheless, he did leave to me, as his only nephew and believer, a small, but considerable fortune.

He has asked, of course, that I spend the money on good causes, which I have every intention of doing, of course.

Now, the only issue is that he was so disregarded by my family that there is now no way for me, as his only heir, to DIRECTLY connect with the monies required to continue his good deeds.

Shoulsd you allow me to use you kindness to use your account as a transfer component, I should assure you, upon successful transfer, a SUM of no less than FIVE Million (5,000,000) British Pounds as a percentage of the total, for your generous help in this matter.

All I ask is total access to everything to do with you account, including your signature, a couple of passport photo's and all usual details. Some of your fingerprints might be beneficial, earning you a bonus.

[canadiangirl]

Yeah, I can't believe this stuff works on anyone. Well, you know what they say...

[Naam]

Yet Another Nigerian Scam

YAAAAWWWWWNNNNN....

[November Rain]

Kayo, you're not that bishop that contacted me re old Teddy boy, are you? That's more or less what he asked for!

Our klown, a man of the cloth. Oooh, I've got new respect for you, now. Ignore what I just said about you in 47 - I didn't realise you were a bishop! :D

[steveromagnino]

Kayo, you're not that bishop that contacted me re old Teddy boy, are you? That's more or less what he asked for!

Our klown, a man of the cloth. Oooh, I've got new respect for you, now. Ignore what I just said about you in 47 - I didn't realise you were a bishop! :D

Check out 419 eater dot com.

No spaces!

Some brilliant scams to scam the scammers. A great read.

[JetsetBkk]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

And who says they do?

Yet Another Nigerian Scam

YAAAAWWWWWNNNNN....

Yeeeees - you're threads are so much more interesting: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=132716

[t.s]

Yet Another Nigerian Scam

YAAAAWWWWWNNNNN....

Ive seen your posts lately, who are you to comment?

[Donnyboy]

Kayo, you're not that bishop that contacted me re old Teddy boy, are you? That's more or less what he asked for!

Our klown, a man of the cloth. Oooh, I've got new respect for you, now. Ignore what I just said about you in 47 - I didn't realise you were a bishop! :D

Check out 419 eater dot com.

No spaces!

Some brilliant scams to scam the scammers. A great read.

just had a look..brilliant! esp the ones with a fish balanced on his head

[Donnyboy]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

And who says they do?

Wikipedia does here

"The Nigerian scam is hugely successful. According to a 1997 newspaper article: 'We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in the last 15 months,' said Special Agent James Caldwell, of the Secret Service financial crimes division. 'And that's just the ones we know of. We figure a lot of people don't report them.''Although the "success rate" of the scam is hard to gauge, some experienced 419 scammers get one or two interested replies for every thousand messages. It is claimed that an experienced scammer can expect to make several thousand dollars per month"

[Crossy]

Maybe I am missing something, but how can anyone be so stupid as to believe they have won a prize from a scheme they have not even participated in? Seriously, how can people be so fooled?

People do, amazingly, fall for these

I had a mail from an Indian collegue who had a friend who had fallen for one of the 'British lottery' scams (a standard pre-payment scam) and had sent a considerable (very considerable to them) sum by one of the money transfer systems, of course the scammer is now asking for more for 'additional paperwork'. I felt really awful telling this chap that his life savings was most likely beyond recovery

[pumpuiman]

See how to fight back

Check out the photo's of the guys with fish on their heads (trophy room)....priceless!

Edited July 27, 2007 by pumpuiman

[STOUTBOY]

Had a few regarding missing bullion in Iraq.

[chiliwasabi]

I just received this email, this one seems legit to me though

FROM: PATRICK CHAN

Email:#######@yahoo.com.hk

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Patrick Chan Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer

of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd.I have a Secured business suggestion for you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Col. Hosam Hassan who was with

the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit

for 18 calendar months, with a value of Thirty million United State

Dollars ($30,000,000.00) only in my branch. Upon maturity several

notices was sent to him, even during the war early this year. Again

after the war another notification was sent and still no response came

from him. We later find out that Col. Hosam Hassan along with his wife

and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that

hit their home.What bothers me most is that according to the laws of

my country at the expiration 4 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 Col. Hosam Hassan so that

you will be able to receive his funds.I have contacted an attorney

that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the

next of kin to Col.Hosam Hassan.There is no risk involved at all in

the matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the

attorney will prepare all the necessary documents.

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, Should

you be interested please send me information,s below,

1. Full names and Age

2. Private phone number

3. Current residential address.

I will prefer you reach me on my private Email address or Fax it to my

private fax machine number below ;

Email: ########@yahoo.com.hk

Fax: +########

And finally after that I shall provide you with more details on this

transaction. Your earliest response to this letter will be highly

appreciated.

Kind Regards,

Mr. Patrick K.W Chan.

[jayjayjayjay]

Dam, missed out by two digits.

Only one of the few Australian companies that process financial payments through Nigeria!!!

[LaReina]

There was a news documentary that talked about the scams and some of the people who have fallen from them.

Form a medical Dr. to a US congress man.. amazing.. what greed will do to a person.

The one I like the best is the black money. Where they show you a suitcase of black cards which they need special ink to wash the cards which are really 100 dollar bills. Only they CAN'T afford to buy the chemcials, so they will sell you the entire suitcase of black money.

A five yr old, would tell you to get a loan and wash the money yourself. A grown up, will pay for the suitcase, and moan about being conned.

[LaReina]

a friend sent me this.. and the saying..

A fool and his money soon part.

a hit song in Nigeria was written based on the 419 scam.

http://www.tlcafrica.com/I_go_chop_your_dollar1.mov

I Go Chop Your Dollar

I don suffer no be small

Upon say I get sense

Poverty no good at all, no

Na im make I join this business

419 no be thief, its just a game

Everybody dey play am

if anybody fall mugu, ha! my brother I go chop am

Chorus

National Airport na me get am

National Stadium na me build am

President na my sister brother

You be the mugu, I be the master

Oyinbo I go chop your dollar, I go take your money dissapear

419 is just a game, you are the loser I am the winner

The refinery na me get am,

The contract, na you I go give am

But you go pay me small money make I bring am

you be the mugu, I be the master… na me be the master ooo!!!!

When Oyinbo play wayo, them go say na new style

When country man do im own, them go de shout bring am, kill am, die!

Oyinbo people greedy, I say them greedy

I don see them tire thats why when them fall enter my trap o!

I dey show them fire

[garro]

It is not so much a scam but more an idiot tax

[LaoPo]

Hmmmm...don't know if these scammers are that intelligent, always using the same HUGE amounts they're talking about.

If they would use a kind of 'official' looking but much more simplified mail and lower amount of money [that you won], they would make a lot more.

If they would send out emails telling that you had won, let's say US$ 6.000.-- and you had to 'register' in some kind of form, for let's say $ 30.--,........................ thousands of people would most likely step into the trap...

Nobody would file a complaint because of the low amount and shame...

Even the Police would do nothing, unless thousands would file a complaint and even then...

NO ?

LaoPo

[kankaroo]

To the OP, I am not bashing your thread by saying this, but if everybody posted on a Nigerian scam letter they have received onto this forum we would have no more room for other posts.

Take a look at this..........

http://www.urgentmessage.org/

[kankaroo]

It is not so much a scam but more an idiot tax

LOL !

[pattayadave]

Maybe I am missing something, but how can anyone be so stupid as to believe they have won a prize from a scheme they have not even participated in? Seriously, how can people be so fooled?

People do, amazingly, fall for these

I had a mail from an Indian collegue who had a friend who had fallen for one of the 'British lottery' scams (a standard pre-payment scam) and had sent a considerable (very considerable to them) sum by one of the money transfer systems, of course the scammer is now asking for more for 'additional paperwork'. I felt really awful telling this chap that his life savings was most likely beyond recovery

you'd be supprised even nigerians fall for it.

419 being the # for the act of parliment for the dealings of fraudulent acts (not supprisingly by goverment ministers)

[think_too_mut]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

And who says they do?

Ronald Reagan's neurosurgeon fell for it as did 1 NASA scientist.

It's a 5 billion US$ a year business, someone must be feeding it?

It was reported in an article by "The Register", IT industry site last year.

[JetsetBkk]

I can't belive some people actually fall for this.

And who says they do?

Ronald Reagan's neurosurgeon fell for it as did 1 NASA scientist.

It's a 5 billion US$ a year business, someone must be feeding it?

It was reported in an article by "The Register", IT industry site last year.

Wow. I never knew there were so many gullible people in the world. (By the way, they've removed the word 'gullible' from the latest edition New Oxford Dictionary.)

I've got a folder full of scam emails. Here's a selection:

It is with great honor and privilege that I write you.I am Michael Boateng

a 30- years old bank staff of the treasury department of ,INTERNATIONAL

COMMERCIAL BANK LTD ,ACCRA,GHANA which is one of Ghana's leading retail bank

with over 30 branches scattered across Ghana.I humbly solicit for your

confidentiality in what I have to tell you as my good find out in my

department.

Every five years,Ghanaian banks transfer to its treasury millions of dollars

of unclaimed deceased depositors funds in compliance with the banking laws

blah blah blah

East-West Australia Lottery,

9701 Alexander Mall, Adelaide,

East-West Australia.

(East-West Australia Lottery is an affiliate of MCI Networks).

Santon Square, Complex 21, Netherlands.

From: Ms. VERA KALIHOFF.

e-mail :

(Lottery Coordinator)

Sir/Madam,

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the East-West Australia

Lottery (international program) held on the 26th April. 2007. Your e-mail

address attached to ticket #: 34090322816 with prize # 43568000/12 drew

€1,000,000.00 which was first in the 1st Category of the draws. You

have been approved to receive €1,000,000.00 (One Million

Euros).Because of claims mix-up and the limited time claims pay-outs blah blah blah

Dear Friend,

I will like to use this medium to introduce myself to you properly. My name is Felix Garang, i am a citizen of Sudan, i am now residing in Ghana presently of which i came to claim my inheritance. I came to Ghana for a purpose and a mission which i would want you to partake in it also because of the rising situation that came up during my stay in Ghana.

I am from a family of three (3) comprises of two boys and a girl, but unfortunately for me i lost the rest siblings of my family together with my father in Sudan during the conflict (civil war). My Father died as a result of an attack on his life by the rebels leader who invaded in late 2005. My Late Father was the former personal assistant to the minister of mines,

works and energy before he was killed, and also before he became working for the Government of my country Sudan, he was dealing on sales of Gold and Diamonds of which he got his fame as a Gold and Diamond Merchant in my country.

This is why i have to contact you, before the death of my late father he came to Ghana to deposit a trunk box of money containing $8 million USD. which he got from the sales of his Gold and Diamonds blah blah blah

From :Johnson Amed.

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

([email protected])

APPEAL FOR BUSINESS ASSISTANCE.

Dear ,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you.

I am Johnson Amed. only son of late Mr. and Mrs. Amed Morgan . My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings on a business trip .

My mother died when I was a baby and since then my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on March 2005 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Six million,five hundred thousand United State Dollars. USD ($6,500,000.00) left in fixed / suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his blah blah blah

Who could believe this nonsense? Apart from Ronald Reagan's neurosurgeon?

A case of "som nam naa"?

[November Rain]

It's not stupidity that makes one fall for these scams, though, is it? It's greed.