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Archive for October, 2009

THANKS FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING

From the Editor: Congrats to the National Investment Bank of Ghana, on earning the $5.5 million that you’re employee is want’s me to help him steal. i’m still waiting for the ultimate scam story, make sure you send yours in.
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Friday, October 30th, 2009

HELLO DEAR,
Compliment of the day!

I am Kwame David, a high ranking officer National Investment Bank of Ghana, Accra branch, Ghana. I got your information on a recent Global Trading Network Program held in our bank, I have this fund which I will like to entrust in your care, and the reason for chosen you is because I know you can handle the fund properly and also wish to invest the fund according to your professional advice.

I am 47years old married with two lovely kids. I am a man of peace and I don’t want problems only hope we can work together for a common goal. If you don’t want this proposal, I will not contact you again.

I have packaged this financial transaction because I know it’s going to be of a great benefit to the both of us, as a high ranking officer of the National Investment Bank; it is my duty to send in a financial report to my Head Office at the end of each business year.

On the course of the last two year 2007 business report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (5.5M USD) which my Head Office are not aware of and will never be aware of it.

I have placed this funds on what we call Suspence Account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, this informed my contacting you. Indeed I will appreciate if you can receive this money in your bank account and get 30% of the total funds.

There are practically no risks involved, it is simple bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as one of our customer who has been banking with us and the depositor of this funds with my branch, so that upon your request for its immediate transfer my head Office will not hesitate to transfer it to your designated bank account.

If you accept to work with me I will appreciate it very much and advice you expedite by sending your reply immediately. kwamedavid@tbdtech.info

Thank you in advance and May God bless you and family as I wait to hear from you.

YOURS SINCERELY,

KWAME DAVID

GREETINGS FROM THE UK HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

From the Editor: So the british parliment over budgeted and they want to send me money for giving it charity. I think this deal is just too complex for me.
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Thursday, October 29th, 2009

Dear Friend,
GREETINGS FROM THE UK HOUSE OF PARLIAMENT

This might startle you a little as you might have seen or read about me but really don’t know me in person. Well, I am Rt. Hon Margaret Hodge MP. A British politician and Labour Party Member of Parliament for Banking. I was the first Minister for Children appointed in a newly created post with the Department for Education and Skills and presently Minister of State in the Department for culture, Media and Sport under Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth of the United Kingdom.

I got your contact info via your country’s national directory and intend introducing a project concerning charity in your country and maybe neighbouring countries around you.

A few months ago, I was compelled to make an over estimation during a budget and set aside the sum of Six Million Three Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds (Ј6, 300,000.00GBP) with the sole intention of channeling it all into charity which I am  delegating you to executed on my behalf with complete supervision of my Attorney as he will also be the one in charge of securing these funds into your custody.

This transaction will result to you being paid a commission of 11% of the investment capital and the balance, distributed to charity organizations of your choice or reinvested and the net income, used for rehabilitating
charity organization in and around your country through you/your agency annually for the period of five years or a little more. The last time I orchestrated this sort of Grant, the individual in Australia succeeded in
successfully setting up three standard orphanage homes in less than a year. I have never been so proud of such a noble individual. I hope we would have a reoccurrence in your case. If you are willing to execute this Humanitarian Project, You must understand that I desire absolute confidentiality and professionalism on this issue.
For security reasons as regards my reputation, I will not be able to communicate regularly with you; but my Attorney will take up the processing on my behalf and get these funds processed and released to you without any delay.
I don’t plan on benefiting anything from this project, but will be absolutely fulfilled, if and only if you remain sincere to me on the handling of this project with utmost sincerity and confidentiality; and eventually utilize the funds for the purpose which I have explained to you above.
Kindly respond urgently if you are interested as the fund have been tied down for too long, so I can equip you with the necessary details, alongside my Attorney’s contact information, so as to commence the transaction properly; on the other hand, if you are not, please let your intentions be known or better still, Kindly relent from replying this email.

You could get personal info on me via my official website, but do not try contacting me via any personal information you may lay your hands upon on the internet as almost all my contact info are connected to the British House of Parliament data base except the ones I personally sent to you; as I don’t want our effort and my reputation, jeopardized.

Kindly send your response to this E-mail: rthmargarethodgemp@xxxxxxxxxx.com

Sincerely,

THE RT. HON MARGARET HODGE
DEPARTMENT FOR WORK AND PENSIONS,
RICHMOND HOUSE, 79 WHITEHALL,
HOUSE OF COMMONS, xxxxxxxx
LONDON, xxxx xxxx

Mail me if you think we can work together

From the Editor: So they apparently have some funds that don’t belong to them that they’ll send me, let me keep 30%. Great deal.
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Monday, October 26th, 2009

My Dear Friend

My name is Mr. Godwin Kwesi . I work with the Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana as the Regional manager, Tema Branch, in the Accra Region of Ghana .

I have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us. As the branch manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana , it is my duty to send a financial report to my head office in the capital city, Accra , at the end of each financial year.

Following the release of the second quarter financial report, ending June 2008, I discovered that my branch made Six Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($6,850,000.00); from the transactions accruing to the account of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). This was not detected by the renowned auditors from my head office.

I have moved the funds into what the bank call Escrow Call Account with no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I can not be directly connected to this money for obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in your bank account in your country; which I know is possible if you liaise properly with me and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit.

The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to your designated bank Account.

Mail me if you think we can work together.

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr. Godwin Kwesi (Mr)

Branch manager (S C B).

As soon as you receive my mail please reply me.

INHERITANCE CLAIM

From the Editor: So is every banker/lawyer/government official in the developing world is ready to give away money away. Doesn’t matter that they have fiduciary duty to deliver to legitimate heirs. Any random schmuck can be sent this money, just send your information!
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Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

Dear Partner,

I am  Leslie, I  am one of the director of our bank, I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy, I’m sending you this proposal  due to the economy recession we are all in now, I have decided to do this so that you and I can survive this economic crunch. On the 2nd of January 2005, I received a call that one of my customer Died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and only child while on Vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand, since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my customer’s extended relatives and until date have not succeeded.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before it gets confiscated by our bank or declared Unserviceable by our bank where this deposit is lodged.
Now, the bank Directors has called a board meeting regarding this fund. My main motive right now is to share this great opportunity with you by presenting you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since all his banking details are with me as his personal Account Officer. And the deceased Account valued atUS$10,000.000 (Ten Million United States Dollars).
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as next-of-kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10,000.000 can be transferred to you as inheritance and Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund.

We shall start the first transfer with US $5000.000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars only), upon the successful actualization of the first transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account.

I have the original copy of Certificate of Deposit of the funds, which will be used to substantiate our inheritance claims. All I Require is your consent and honest co-operation to enable us see the deal through.

Furthermore, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

Do contact me immediately if you are interested via my private email

Leslie Webster

CONTCT THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER NOW

From the Editor: So, they’re going to send me $1.2 million, in $4500 increments via Western Union. what’s up with that? they have stock in western union? the fees will eat up half. Fortunately i won’t have to worry about getting my hands on this cash….
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Sunday, October 18th, 2009

My Dear ,

Now we have arranged your payment of ( $1.200.000.00 ) united state dollars in atm payment card to be sent to you through western union money transfer payment:Your payment will sending to you by western union, the amount you will receive per day is $4.500 The minister trust funds of Benin Republic will send you the currently standards track details you need to pick up your ($4.500) payment by western union, you will receive every day till you receive the ( $1.200.000.00 ) united state dollars, now no need to send you this atm card because you can not be able to withdraw the atm card due to the atm master card contain large money on it.

The director administrtor trust funds have already signed your payment, now you are free to comply with wemaco payment office on this email: (westernunionbbc@xxxxxxx.com ) However, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your payment by western union per $4,500 a day.

Mr Frank Gilton, western union department Financial Bank Benin, Tel Phone: +229-xxx-xx-xxx-xx E-mail: (westernunionbbc@xxxxxx.com) The financial western union payment canter has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.

Note that the administrator payment need this details from you to process your payment:

Receiver ……….

Address: ……………..

Country: …………….

Tel: …………

Test question: ……….

Answer: …….

Comply now because as soon as you sent this required details to Mr. Frank Gilton he will start sending your payment by western union Regards,call him on his tel phone numbers as soon as you send him an email to enable him proceed the transfer to you today.

Thanks and have a nice day.

YOUR OWN BROTHER Barrister Mohammed Duko

I BRING YOU GREETINGS

From the Editor: Such a personal tragedy and to think that i can make money by helping the orphanages get this great inheritance. So she’ll send me $2.5 million and i can keep $250,000. This isn’t as crazy as someone offering me millions. of course it’s just as FAKE! do fall for these scams
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Wednesday, October 14th, 2009

I BRING YOU GREETIN

GS,
A CALL FOR  CALVARY WORK,
Dear Beloved In Christ,

I am Mrs Mariarin Johnston, I am married to Dr. Johnston Akoma From Ivory Coast , I and my late husband was into, Estate management and also a government building contractor before my husband earlier this year January 25 2007. We were married for eleven years without a child due my fibriod problem. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I have decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home . When my late husband was alive we deposited the sum of $2.5Million (USD) dollars in one of the bank here. Presently the money is still in the Bank.
Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Four months due to cancer problem. From all indications, my condition is really deteriorating and is quite obvious that I may not live more than two months, because the cancer stage has gotten to a very dangerous stage . Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to  good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.
I want to you use at last 90% this fund for orphanages, widows and and also propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained and take the remaining 10% to take good care of your good God Given Home. l took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money . This is why I am taking this decision to donate this fund for charity. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord..Exodus 14 VS 14 says that “the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace”.
I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health .My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth, always be prayerful all through your life.
Write to  me on the this email address immediately and any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another good person, for this same purpose.Assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
Hoping to receive your response immedaitely.
Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord.

l remain yours sister in Christ.
Mrs Mariarin Johnston.

Dear Friend

From the Editor: Interesting that this distraught, Nigerian widow is using an email from a hong kong site and that she did research before contacting her. If she researched me, she would have seen that i post letters like these!
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Monday, October 12th, 2009

我有新的電郵地址!
你現可電郵給我:mrs.generalabachahijia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.com.hk

- Dear Friend,

Kindly accept my apology for sending my mail to you. I ama true Allah fearing person, I want you to trust me and help me out in this my condition.Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within my country.

I got your contacts through personal research,and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you get back to me, Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you.My husband deposited $21.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate.

I will be happy if you can receive this funds and keep it safe I assure you something good out of the funds in return for your assistance. I will need your telephone numbers so that we can commence communication.please read and reply back asap with your telephone number.

Please my good friend i will advise to replyme through this email:mrsgeneralabach@xxxxxxxxxxx.com.hk

Sincerely Your,mrs General Abacha Hajia Mariam

VERY URGENT

From the Editor: Wow this lawyer in Nigeria want’s to give me a bunch of money from a dead guy who’s heirs can’t be found. Apparently they all died in a plane crash. I just have to praise lord for this ongoing good fortune of people randomly offering me money.
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Friday, October 9th, 2009

Hello

I am Barrister Ayon Richard,a solicitor at law and the personal Attorney To Mr.John Williams, a national of your country, who lived in Nigeria , Here in after  referred to as my client.On the July 2000 , my client was involved in a plane crash Unfortunately died along with his entire family.

I am contacting you to assist in repatriating his money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposit was lodged. Particularly, now that the ZENITH BANK, where the deceased had an account valued at about GBP 7.8 million Pounds  issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account Confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin Of the deceased Hence you are from the same country with him so that the Proceeds of this account valued at GBP 7.8 million Pounds can be paid to you. If you agree, we can discuss your percentage. I have all necessary Legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make for this fund to be released into your account.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal a success.

I guarantee you that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

ALSO YOU NEED TO KEEP THIS DEAL PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTAIL.

Awaiting your immediate response.

Best Regards,

Barrister Ayon Richard.

Investment Business Project Proposal

From the Editor: It’s truly amazing that in the midst of the credit crisis, that i’m being offerred a $45 Million investment in my business. Strange, back in 1999 and 2000, when VC’s where throwing money at websites with traffic, i couldn’t get $1 million. Isn’t the internet great? Now strangers can randomly offer millions in venture capital to people like us!
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Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Hello ,
I am resending my previous mail to you, i hope you do get it this time around and understand its content fully.

I find it pleasurable to offer you my partnership in business.I am contacting you briefly based on the Investment of Forty Five Million Dollars (US$ 45,000,000:00) in your country, as I presently have a client who is interested in investing in your country. I find it imperative to solicit for a partnership. Hence upon receipt of this letter, I implore you to kindly respond and let me know how possible it is to work with you in mutual partnership under the conditions that:

1. My client’s fund is legal cash.
2. My client is willing to invest immediately.
3. My client will pay you a commission of 30% of the investment fund for logistics and protocols.
4. My client desires absolute confidentiality in the handling and management of this brief.

I must draw your attention to the fact that I have kept the information’s herein this letter stated brief; as I do not know if you will receive this letter and or what your response will be, If you do have the interest and the capability to partner with me under the above stated conditions, I will appreciate your response sent back to me Immediately.

I will appreciate that you include a brief profile of your self and your company for me to better appreciate your personality. I look forward to your response and our partnership.Have a nice day.

Sincerely Yours,

John DaCosta
John DaCosta Investment Consulting
Reply to Email: xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com.hk