Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Fallacious, Boneheaded Idiot....

Just when you think they can't get any stupider...

Date: Tue, 18 May 2010

From: "Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)" agent.kelvins@fbi.gov
Reply-To: agent.kelvins@gmail.com

Subject: SUBJECT: RECALL OF FUND

New York Field Office
Federal Bureau of Investigation
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10278

(612)-241-8292

ATTN. Beneficiary

SUBJECT: RECALL OF FUND

I am KELVIN SMITH, An Agent of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Be informed that your fund has been recalled back from the OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTRE. This Recall was after the interception of the fraud attempt by some group of suspected fraudulent officials who was trying to divert the fund to another account by some officials in OFFSHORE PAYMENT CENTRE.

It was detected after reconciliation of payment files which was directed by Commissioner’s of The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Legal Department After the financial submitting which mandated Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to investigate all outstanding Cash Dollars presently in offshore countries including Dubai and approved payment which is presently with every agency in the world that has not been claimed which your payment fall within.

The fund was called back based on these findings, that upon thorough examination of your dept records. (to ascertain the genuineness of the chargeable claims), and to determine whether or not the procedures of Cash Transaction were carried out in conformity with the existing regulations, based on open tender policy, the following discrepancies were duly discovered.

1. Your payment procedures were being handled in an unusual transaction pattern, which gave the avenue for all these fallacies and also bogus promises which is totally impossible in any part of the world and also to use it as a blackmail means of extorting money from you. All these contributed to make it impossible for you to receive your fund.

2. There was a large scale documentary pilferage, procedure diversions, (using un-existing Taxation exercise, documentary subversions, procedural hijacking through fraudulent manipulations, all meant to divert your attention by frustrating you out of patience for possible diversion of your payment to other account.

Based on that your fund has been recalled back by the order of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and presently deposited with our Holding Bank, which the details of the Holding Bank will be given to you after reconfirmation of your information that confirm you as the right beneficiary of the said recalled fund by providing the following y to this office:

1) Documents issued to you on this payment
2) All the payment that was requested or made by you with the receipt if any made by you.
3) Your Identification
4) The account which you want the fund to be transfered into

On receipt of this we will immediately start the process by re investigating the issue and then recomend for immediate release to your account which you will provide and if any payment that you did is wrongly we will trace the payment and then return back to you.

Do not hesitate to respond to this email for your interest, you are not into any watch list rather we are advise to take up the issue to safe gaurd you from being scammed.

We wait your response.

Be dully guided.

NB: YOU ARE ADVICE TO STOP ANY COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OFFICE EXCEPT WITH THIS OFFICE AND BANK OF AMERICA AND ALSO FORWARD ALL THE DOCUMENTS RELATING TO EVERY TRANSACTION YOU ARE INTO FOR PROPER ADVICE WITH THE NAME OF THE OFFICER THAT DO HANDLED THE TRANSACTION.

KELVIN SMITH
FBI Special Agent

Sunday, May 9, 2010

In a word?

NO


Date: Sat, 8 May 2010

From: "AM0011" pjt000882@telefonica.net
Reply-To: pjt000882@hosanna.net

Subject: trust

can you to invest on behalf of my client please get back to me

EXTREMELY URGENT AND IMPORTANT.........HONEST

Honest? Oh yeah ~ unh hunh, unh hunh... Workin' it... Workin' it...

Date: Sat, 8 May 2010

From: "Mr. Lamido Sanusi" cbn.paymentdipatment1982@gmail.com
Reply-To: cbn.paymentdipatment1981@gmail.com

Subject: EXTREMELY URGENT AND IMPORTANT.........HONEST

EXTREMELY URGENT AND IMPORTANT.........HONEST

FROM THE DESK OF MR LAMIDO SANUSI NEW EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.
Tel: +234-704-262-5997

CONTRACT #: AV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

ATTENTION: OUR HONORABLE CONTRACTOR,

I want to inform you that i am the new sworn President of Central bank of Nigeria, therefore i want you to know that Prof Charles.C Soludo is no longer in this bank, so i will advise you just stop every conversation you have with him, and just know is you have any deal with, and also just know that from today onward i will be the the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA governor you need to communicate with. And also i want you to confirm back to me if you were the person who sent some men to my office to claim your funds on your behalf?

And make sure any email you get from CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA THAT DOESN'T HAVE THE CODE DONT RESPOND TO THAT.

You will be also advised to take note of this code word i am giving you now, which will be HONEST, in any of my email you didn't get the code word HONEST there I will advise you never to reply to the email and you will know that is is nothing but HOAX, If you want me to give you more information on this i will advise you call me for more information, i don't want you to get to the hand of the wrong people, make sure you don't make mistake and do as i have instructed you to do, Note every conversation you get from the former CBN governor is nothing but a HOAX, or trying to scam you.

We Apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences and Inflict that we might have indulge you through. However,we were Having Some minor problems with our payment system, which is Inexplicable, and have held us stranded and Indolent, not having the aspiration to Devote our 100% Assiduity in accrediting foreign contract Payments.

We Apologies once again, From the Records of out standing contractors due for payment with the federal government of Nigeria, your name and Company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding Contractors who have not yet received their payments..

I wish to Inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and can be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will be released to record in my file your outstanding contract payment is US $5.500,000.00 (five million five hundred Thousand United States Dollars).

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:

1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax
3)Company name,position
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Working/Passport's
6) Valid home address/ not P.O BOX

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired Transfer into your nominated bank account directly from central bank of Nigeria.

Mr. Lamido Sanusi
NEW Executive Governor. C.B.N
Tel: +234-704-262-5997


Saturday, May 8, 2010

I'm trying to lose Patience...

Date: Fri, 7 May 2010

Reply-To: lucasbarclaysban@sify.com
From: "Barclays Bank,UK" BarclaysBank@BarclaysBank.UK

Subject: I decided to initiate this payment arrangement

London, E14 5HP.
Registered No: 1026167
Contact Person: Mr Chris Lucas
Contract Payment lucasbarclaysban@sify.com
Webpage: www.barclays.com.

RE: INTENDING DIVERSION OF FUNDS VALUED, Ј5,500,000.00 (FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLING ONLY)

I decided to initiate this payment arrangement to you based on the prevailing reports reaching my office and the intense nature of payment. This is to inform you about the recent plan to transfer your fund to you via; Diplomatic Immunity Cash Delivery Payment System.
This system will be easier for you and for us. Every necessary arrangement will be put in place for the securing of all required security documents to cover the money. The Money is coming in a security proof boxes, the boxes are sealed with Synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine.
I will use my position of office to make sure this consignments (fund ) are been safely and legally release to You. The boxes are coming with assigned UK accredited diplomatic agents who will accompany the Box to your approved destination address.
For a hitch free and safe delivery, you are required to furnish me immediately upon receipt of this message with the below stated information: (1) Your full house address (2) Your identity such as, international passport, driver's license or national identification card. (3) Your contact phone numbers. (4) Name of the nearest international airport close to your location. The diplomatioc Agents attached will travel with these required information's For the delivery of your fund.
They will call you immediately they arrive Your country's airport. I hope you understand me. IMPORTANT NOTE: The diplomatic Agents does not know the original contents of the boxes. For security reasons, what we declared to them as the contents of the consignments are Sensitive photographic Film Material.
Note that we will not declare the contents of the box as money to diplomat, So you are asked on the contents, please tell them the same thing ok. Contact me immediately and I will let you know how far I have gone in cuncluding with the arrangement. I will secure the clearance Certificate that will be tagged on the boxes which I will dispatch along with the security inner Keys of the consignments to enable you access these consignments as soon as it delivered to you.
This clearance instrucments will make it pass every custom check point all over the world without hitch Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me Immediately you receive this message
Please I need your urgent reply because the boxes are schedule to airlift as soon as we hear from you.
Best Regards,

Mrs Patience Wheatcroft
Foreign Settlement Department Manager
Barclays Bank, London,UK.


Header Analysis
The following IP addresses were extracted from your headers:

IP Address
194.74.237.34 United Kingdom (Basingstoke)*
41.217.65.14 Nigeria (Lagos)*
* The last IP listed is usually the originating IP address

Real cloak and dagger stuff...

They might not want to know you but they wanna get real cozy with your bank account... BTW, does anyone know why a Nigerian bank would be using Slovakian emails? Just sayin'...

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010

Reply-To: mrslynnsmith@inMail.sk
From: "MRS LYNN SMITH" postmaster@jspi.com.cn

Subject: Your Urgent Response Needed.

Hello my dear,

I strongly believe that this mail must get at you by god's grace, as i do not know you in person and not quite sure of your current tel/fax number for me to be sure, but i know how i manage to get this mail address which i used to communicate you.

However, i am Mrs. Lynn Smith and i am working with the nations apex bank; accounting unit/telex department central bank of Nigeria. My aim of writing is not to know you as i have no interest of knowing you and would not like to know you unless if needs be

But i am telling you this based on my believe as person who does not like evil or cheating and would not like to be called for explanation as a result of this information i am giving to you below. As a straight forward person, i believe that any man/woman is my brother/sister according to my believe irrespective of where you must have come from we are same human being. This information is as regards to your payment in Nigeria .

Now as i am contacting you, payments are going on to those that are aware of this information because this information was not gazette to the public awareness. These exercises have started for sometime now but there are a lot of pranks some corrupt officials in the central bank that diverted your funds to a bank in Switzerland. From the information, the secretary of probe panel and verification on contract and next of kin matters and the chairman of the committee and some other officials summed up with to divert your funds.

This information as a result of my recent departmental research and i called them to question but they tried to bribe me, but i refused because i am not a cheat. I have to inform you that your! Funds interest at tune of usd$14.1 million was transferred into a Swiss account provided by a fake lawyer portrayed himself to be your lawyer.I must inform you that the officers involved are always in communication with you , so you should stop talking with them and do not tell them that you are waiting for the transfer.

Since we have an evidence at hand, hereby advised you to contact the authorized (C.B.N) security and finance company in Abuja who is in control of your payment and the approved lawyer attached to the security and finance company in the name of Mr. Clement obed and explain everything to him as your file was sent to him on the 18th December, 2009 and when contacting the lawyer quote your file reference number CBN/PTM/XX/009 he is the final stone that breaks the camels back

My advice to you based on this information is that you should boldly call Mr. Clement obed the lawyer at the security and finance company on his direct email/ telephone number .he is the person in charge of all the legal clearances for this on-going payment exercise and ask him that he should help you in making sure your fund is paid to you immediately and do the changes to move your funds to your original account and follow his directives

He might want to know how come you got his direct email, you can tell him anything (please, don't quote me) but insist that he should help you in making sure your payment is done, and for more clarification or to ensure him that you really know what you are saying, quote the following code no: FGN/PED/CBN-X342XPTM2009 under category 'C' i.e. your code (please this information is classified).

I believe that at the end of the day, he will ask you to forward your payment information and bank co-ordinates to him for his processes as he will direct you properly on how to follow up for your fund to be made to you without further stress. If you contact him i will know because he must contact my office for your information -confirmation records.So go ahead and call him now and don't be afraid of him or anybody, any person apart from him is definitely a fraud.

Contact him on:

Contact person- Mr. Clement Obed
Email- mrclementorbed@inMail.sk

Yours sincerely,

Mrs. Lynn Smith

Nigerian Numbers Game

Date: Sat, 8 May 2010

From: "P B" oula460@amorki.pl
Reply-To: mrphilipbrown2014@rediffmail.com

Subject: FROM PHILIP BROWN

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CBN HEADQUARTER ANNEX, TINUBU SQUARE
TINUBU LAGOS NIGERIA.

YOUR IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT

NTRACT#MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria,your name and company was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who have not yet received their payments.

I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment is US$12 000,000.00 (twelve million United States dollars).Kindly reconfirm to me the followings:

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 NAME
6) BANK ADRESS
7) ACCOUNT NUMBER
8) SWIFT CODE/ ROUTING NUMBER
9) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS
10) COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE

As soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired to your nominated bank account directly from Central Bank of Nigeria.

YOURS FAITHFULY

MR, PHILIP BROWN
MANAGER
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

Fraudulent, Banal and Inane

People who are victimized by scammers (ie: rent scams, puppy scams, etc...) have my empathy. People who get ripped off by scammers for being greedy don't.

The only thing stupider than this scam is the person who gets sucked into it.

Date: Fri, 7 May 2010

Reply-To: govcbns1@emailclick.com
From: "FBI" tracy@kconline.com

Subject: FBI ALERT ON YOUR FUND {CODE 111}

ROBERT MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON D.C
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

We believe this notification met you in a very good present state of mind and health. The Federal bureau of investigation (FBI) Washington,D.C in conjunction with some other relevant Investigations Agencies here in the United states of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction going on with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as regard to your over-due contract payment which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly.

It might interest you to know that we have taken out time in screening through this project as stipulated on our protocol of operation and have finally confirmed that your contract payment is 100% genuine and hitch free from all facet and of which you have the lawful right to claim your fund without any further delay. Having said all this, we will further advise that you go ahead in dealing with the Central Bank office accordingly as we will be monitoring all their services with you as well as your correspondence at all level.

In addition, also be informed that we recently had a meeting with the Executive Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, in the person of Sanusi Lamido, and Mr. Kingsley Agwor along with some of the top officials of the ministry regarding your case and they made us to understand that your file has been held in a base depending on when you personally come for the claim. They also told us that the only problem they are facing right now is that some unscrupulous element are using this project as an avenue to scam innocent people off their hard earned money by impersonating the Executive Governor and the Central Bank office.

We were also made to understand that a lady by the name Mrs. Joan C.Bailey from OHIO has already contacted them and also presented to them all the necessary documentations evidencing your claim purported to have been signed personally by you prior to the release of your contract fund valued at about US$10,700,000.00 (Ten million seven hundred united states dollars),but the Central Bank office did the wise thing by insisting on hearing from you personally before they go ahead on wiring your fund to the Banking information which was forwarded to them by the above named Lady so that is the main reason why they contacted us so as to assist them in making the investigations.

We were further informed that we should warn our dear citizens who must have been informed of the contract payment which was awarded to them from the Central Bank of Nigeria, to be very careful prior to this irregularities so that they don't fall victim to this ugly circumstance. And should in case you are already dealing with anybody or office claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria, you are further advised to STOP further contact with them in your best interest and then contact Immediately the real office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) only with the below information accordingly:

NAME: Sanusi Lamido.
OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria,
Central Business District,
Cadastral Zone, Abuja, Federal
Capital Territory, Nigeria.

Email: govcbns1@emailclick.com

NOTE:

In your best interest, any message that doesn't come from the above email address should not be replied to and should be disregarded accordingly for security reasons. Meanwhile, we will advise that you contact the Governor of the Central Bank immediately with the above email address and request that they attend to your payment file as directed, so as to enable you receive your contract fund accordingly.

To this effect, you are required to reconfirm and authenticate the information below for certainty and onward processing and release of your fund as we will not be held liable for any wrong payment.

YOUR FULL NAME:
COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE:
YOUR PHONE NUMBER:
SEX:
AGE:

nsure you follow all their procedures as required by them as that will further help hasten up the whole procedures as regard to the transfer of your fund to you as designated. Also have in mind that the Central Bank of Nigeria equally have their own protocol of operation as stipulated on their banking terms, so delay could be very dangerous. Once again, we will advise that you contact them with the above email address and make sure you forward to them all the necessary information which they may require from you prior to the release of your fund to you accordingly.

All modalities has already been worked out even before you were contacted and note that we will be monitoring all your dealings with them as you proceed so you don't have anything to worry about.

All we require from you henceforth is an update so as to enable us be on track with you and the Central Bank of Nigeria. Without wasting much time, we will want you to contact them immediately with the above email address so as to enable them attend to your case accordingly without any further delay as time is already running out.

Should in case you need any more information in regard to this notification, feel free to get back to us so that we can brief you more as we are here to guide you during and after this project has been completely perfected and you have received your contract fund as stated.

Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.

Best Regards,

Robert S. Mueller III

Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Don't bank on it.. Part III

There appear to be an unending supply of unclaimed bank accounts lying about where the owners have come to a tragic end with no one in their families, business associated, friends, etc... having a clue about the gadzillions just lying about waiting to be plucked up by not-so-trustworthy bankers, lawyers or whatever...

Like the sad sack of shit I found stinking up my mailbox this morning !

Date: Thu, 6 May 2010
Return-Path: johnsfizo11@hotmail.com
From: "johnsfizo11@hotmail.com" johnsfizo11@hotmail.com
Subject: VERY_CONFIDENTIAL_BUSINESS_PROPOSAL_FOR_YOU

MR JOHN SFIZO
THE CHIEF AUDITOR (F.N.B).
JHB R.S.A.
SOUTH AFRICA
Telephone; +27 76 047 6608.
contact E-mail: johnsfizo@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam,

I know that this massage will come as a surprise to you since we dont know each other, but for the purpose of introduction, I am Mr John Sfizo,THE CHIEF AUDITOR of First National Bank of South Africa (F.N.B). There is an account opened in this bank in 1998 and since 2004, nobody has operated on this account again. After going through some files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money urgently, it would be returned to the treasury.

The owner of the account is Mr. Smith Andreas, a foreigner and miner at Kruger Gold Co., a geologist by profession and he died. Since 2003, no other person knows about this account or anything concerning it. The account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is US$18,500,000.00 (Eighteen million, five hundred thousand united states dollars).

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because the money cannot be approved to a local bank here but can only be approved to any foreign account because the money is in United States dollars and the former owner of the account Mr. Smith Andreas also a foreigner.

Please reply urgently so that I can inform you of the process and procedure to actualize this transaction. Send also your private phone numbers, email address including details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the funds will be safe. I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I need your full co-operation to make this project succeed because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this account, which I will give to you later immediately if you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity may never come again in my life. I need a truthful person in this business because I dont want to make mistakes. I need your strong assurance and trust.

With my position now in my office, I wil get the neccassry approvals for the transfer of this money to any reliable account that you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. Transfer will be completed through a corresponding bank and I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going into your account.

I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to receive this fund in your account. I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account via a coresponding bank with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 25% of the total amount, 70% will be for me while 5% will be for expenses that will be incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply through my e-mail address:

CHIEF AUDITOR

Mr John Sfizo
Telephone; +27 76 047 6608.
contact E-mail: johnsfizo@gmail.com

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Do I get a charioteer too? Mebbe Russell Crowe? :)

Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010
From: "Mr. Michael Powell" info@chariot.co.uk


CHARRIOT AWARD DEPARTMENT
151 Canada Square, Canary Wharf,
London E14 5DY, United Kingdom

Serial No: 51622

Ref No: CAD/WIN/008/07/03/LUK

WINNING NOTIFICATION LETTER

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting sweepstake held recent where your e-mail id was picked. This is a millennium scientific computer game in which email addresses were used.

t is a promotional programme aimed at encouraging internet users;therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it, You have been approved for one of the prizes along side four other lucky winners.Your prize is worth 1,000,000.00 Pounds Sterling (One Million Pounds Sterling),as you won in the forth Category of the programme.

To file for your claims, please provide the underlisted informations:

Verification Department

Mr. Michael P owell
Telephone:+44 702 402 6837
+44 704 571 8449
Email: charriotaward101promo@gala.net

VERIFICATION FORM

1.FULL NAME:
2.CONTACT ADDRESSS:
3.SEX:
4.AGE:
5.OCCUPATION:
6.NATIONALITY:
7.PHONE NUMBER:
8.DATE OF WINNING NOTIFICATION:
9.Serial No:
10.Ref No:

Good luck from me and members of CHARRIOT AWARD DEPARTMENT

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Michael Powell
CHARRIOT AWARD DEPARTMENT

Header Analysis
The following IP addresses were extracted from your headers:

IP Address Probable Country

69.95.226.14 United States (Rochester)
41.138.179.252Nigeria (Lagos)*

* The last IP listed is usually the originating IP address

Monday, May 3, 2010

O lucky me...

Date: Tue, 04 May 2010
From: navidadinter2abc@centrum.cz
Subject: Contact Dr Richmond Pepito!!!

Contact Dr Richmond Pepito!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you about the result of the Loteria Navidad International Program held on the 28th of April 2010 in Madrid Spain. Your e-mail address attached to Reference number 310863974- with Batch number 190-422-744 drew out the winning numbers 53152, and ticket number 190 which consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of € 950,000 (Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Euros)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to the mix up of some numbers and name's we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed and your money Remitted to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and Unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn From over 30,000 company and 60,000,000 individual email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years.This lottery, was promoted by the software corporation to compensate Some few individuals with website and email addresses, we hope that with part of your winning you will take part in our next year €50 million international lottery.
*****************************************************************
To file for your claim, please contact our FIDUCIARY AGENT:
Dr. Richmond Pepito of GLOBAL SEGUROS .S.A
TEL: +34687605938
Email: saveuro@aol.es
**********************************************************************
To further confirm your winning amount and authenticate this program, we advice that you consult your winning information by login to our official website: http://loteria.abc.es and carefully type in 53152 at NUMERO and 190 at IMPORTE then click on COMPROBAR to confirm your winning amount.

Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 15 days of this notification. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake. Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications please remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all Correspondence.

Mrs. Juliet George.
(Vice Presidente, Lotiria ABC, Spain)

Opportunity knocks and I'm not answering...

Date: Mon, 3 May 2010
From: Thomas Pare tompare2@gmail.com
Reply-To: tompare@voila.fr
Subject: Opportunity

Opportunity

From: Mr.Thomas Paré.
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Hello,

I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trust worthy person to entrust this huge project with. My name is Mr.Thomas Paré., Director, Accounts and Auditing Department of a financial institution here in Burkina Faso. With due respect, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us.

At the bank's last accounts/auditing evaluations, I came across an old account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we learnt was among the deceased passengers of an air crash on August 1997 he died along with his supposed heirs. The account has remained dormant since it was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for future investment by the client.

Since his demise, no one has applied for claims over this fund and it has been in the safe deposit account until I discovered that it cannot be claimed since our client is a foreign national and we are sure that he has no next of kin here to file claims over the money. As the director of the department, I decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too.

The client was a foreign national and you will only be asked to act as his business partner and I will supply you with all the necessary information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred into.

As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money due to civil service code which does not allow civil servants from owing or operating foreign currency account coupled with the fact that the fund is huge thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account on my behalf

I intend to part 40% of this fund to you while 60% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original business partner to the owner of this fund so that the fund can be legally processed to your name and be transferred to your account. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response and expect the following data from you.

1. Your Name.

2. Your Nationality.

3. Cell Phone Number.

4. Age and Occupation.

With Regards,


Mr.Thomas Paré.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

This is so not hot....

Another contribution for my DO NOT CLICK list:

From: fatimamiah872@hotmail.com
Subject: COMFIRM YOUR HOTMAIL ACCOUNT NOW TO AVOID IT CLOSED!!
Reply-To: account-service2010@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 May 2010

Turning a new leaf... Welcome to your newly designed monthly newsletter. Fall is in the air and with the new season comes a newsletter design that better matches the new look of Hot mail.

Dear Account User

CONFIRM YOUR WINDOWS LIVE ACCOUNT SERVICES. VERIFY YOUR FREE HOT MAIL ACCOUNT NOW !!!

This Email is from Hot mail Customer Care and we are sending it to every Hot mail Email User Accounts Owner for safety. we are having congestion's due to the anonymous registration of Hot mail accounts so we are shutting down some Hot mail accounts and your account was among those to be deleted. We are sending this email to you so that you can verify and let us know if you still want to use this account. If you are still interested please confirm your account by filling the space below.Your User name password date
of birth and your country information would be needed to verify your account.

Due to the congestion in all Hot mail users and removal of some Hot mail Accounts Hot mail would be shutting down some Accounts You will have to confirm your E-mail by filling out your Login Information below after clicking the reply button or your account will be suspended within 24 hours for security reasons.

User name:
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After following the instructions in the sheet your account will not be interrupted and will continue as normal. Thanks for your attention to this request. We apologize for any inconveniences.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his/her account after two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently.

Sincerely

The Windows Live Hot mail Team

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Header Analysis
The following IP addresses were extracted from your headers:

IP Address Probable Country
65.55.34.87 United States (Bellevue)
65.55.34.71 United States (Bellevue)
41.155.50.61 Nigeria*

* The last IP listed is usually the originating IP address


So How Come?

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I have two blogs at the moment - Here Be Dragons which is devoted to rental scams primarily sourced through Craigslist although the proliferation of free ad sites has widened the hunting grounds. Many additions come from other sources (ie: blogs/anti-scam sites/online community ad sites) or are provided by people who want to share their experiences. There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch is for copies of scammail that I find in my mailboxes ~ sometimes I can't resist the odd acerbic comment but for the most part I post 'em because the more that people do, the fewer fools they get to gull. Dunno what to say about me that would be very interesting ~ I'm a granny who reads, gardens and crafts as the mood strikes me. :) I don't particularly care for the social predators on this planet and this blog is part of my way of saying so.