CHECKMATING THE CONS

LOTTERY SCAM FROM MICRRROSOFT

2010-10-19T04:32:00.001-07:00

FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, MICROSOFT CORPORATION WORLD LOTTERY UNITED KINGDOM.61-70 SOUTHAMPTON ROW BLOOMSBURY LONDON UNITED KINGDOM WC1B 4AR.
REFERENCE NO: 875061725/07
BATCH NO: 505649092/188
WINNING NO: PB8701/LPRC
WINNER: NO17

ELECTRONIC EMAIL AWARD WINNING NOTIFICATION AWARD PRESENTATION CENTER: UNITED KINGDOM

DEAR WINNER,

MICROSOFT CO-OPERATION MANAGEMENT WORLDWIDE ARE PLEASED TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE A WINNER OF OUR ANNUAL MS-WORLD LOTTERY (MEGA JACKPOT LOTTO PROGRAMME) CONDUCTED ON:5 TH OF MAY 2009

YOUR PERSONAL E-MAIL ADDRESS OR COMPANY EMAIL WAS ATTACHED TO THIS YEAR’S MSWLL. WITH SERIAL NUMBER 7741137002 DREW THE LUCKY NUMBERS 5-13-33-37-42, AND CONSEQUENTLY WON IN THE FIRST LOTTERY CATEGORY. YOU HAVE THEREFORE BEEN APPROVED FOR LUMP SUMS OF $ 1,000,000 (USD ONE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PAYABLE IN CASH CREDITED TO FILE REF NO: ILP/HW 875061725/07 THIS IS FROM TOTAL PRIZE MONEY OF $ 25,000,000 USD, SHARED AMONG THE TWENTY-FIVE (25) LUCKY INTERNATIONAL WINNERS IN FIRST AND SECOND CATEGORY.

ALL PARTICIPANTS WERE SELECTED FROM WORLDWIDE A COMPUTER BALLOTING SYSTEM THROUGH OUR MICROSOFT COMPUTER BALLOT SYSTEM DRAWN FROM 21,000 NAMES, 3,000 NAMES FROM EACH CONTINENT (CANADA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, UNITED STATE, EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST, AFRICA AND OCEANIA, AS PART OF INTERNATIONAL "E-MAIL" PROMOTIONS PROGRAMME, WHICH IS CONDUCTED ANNUALLY FOR OUR PROMINENT MS -WORD USERS ALL OVER THE WORLD TO ENCOURAGE THE USE OF INTERNET AND COMPUTERS WORLDWIDE.

YOUR FUND (CERTIFIED CHEQUE) HAS BEEN INSURED WITH YOUR REF NO: ILP/HW-475061725/07 AND WILL BE READY FOR TRANSFER AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT YOUR CLAIM AGENT DR SMITH WALKER . YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS SHOULD BE USED IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, PLEASE NOTE THAT, YOU ARE TO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER VIA EMAIL OR TELEPHONE AS WE ARE PROMOTING THE USE OF E-MAIL. ALSO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO CALL HIM TO CONFIRM YOUR WINNINGS AND GOVERNMENT TAX PAYMENT THAT IS ALL, AS HE WILL PROVIDE YOU WITH THE NECESSARY DETAILS ON HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE. AS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOL YOU ARE TO QUOTE THIS SECURITY CODE MSW/MAY/XX07 TO YOUR CLAIMING AGENT. THIS IS TO PREVENT SCAM.

CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS AGENT OFFICER IN UNITED KINGDOM.
NAME: DR. SMITH WALKER
EMAILdrsmthwalker134@gmail.com
TELEPHONE: +447031975608

NOTE: IN ORDER TO AVOID MISTAKES, PLEASE REMEMBER TO QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE AND BATCH NUMBERS AND YOUR SECURITY CODE OF MSW/MAY/XX07 IN ALL CORRESPONDENCES WITH YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER. DO NOT REPLY ANY OTHER MAILS LIKE THIS ON NET, AS THEY ARE A LOT OF SCAM ARTIST OUT THERE PRETENDING TO BE US.YOU MAY SEE MAILS LIKE THIS DO NOT REPLY. DO CONTACT YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER, DR. SMITH WALKER IN UNITED KINGDOM. YOU WILL BE ASKED TO PROVIDE SOME DETAILS AND AS WELL LET YOU KNOW THE COUNTRY OF THE PAYING CENTRE AND ALSO TO ENABLE THE OFFICE PROCEED WITH YOUR WINNING CERTIFICATE AND FILE KEEPING.

CONGRATULATIONS, ONCE MORE FROM THE ENTIRE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF MICROSOFT CO-OPERATION TO ALL OUR LUCKY WINNERS. THANK YOU FOR BEING PART OF THIS PROMOTIONAL LOTTERY PROGRAM. OUR SPECIAL THANKS AND GRATITUDE TO ALL THE ASSOCIATES FOR ALLEVIATING POVERTY ROUND THE WORLD.

SINCERELY.
MRS BETH MOOD

MRS. TAKIYYAH A'ISHAH
(CO-COORDINTOR).

LOTTERY SPONSORS: CHIEF SPONSORS;

MICROSOFT CORPORATION UK, MICROSOFT CORPORATION AFRICA,
MICROSOFT CORPORATION USA, MICROSOFT CORPORATION ASIA

Past winners

fund transfer scam

2010-10-16T15:13:00.001-07:00

From Susan&Daniel‏
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From: Susan Kalon (susankalon018@yahoo.com)
Sent: Sat 10/16/10 10:30 AM
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From Susan&Daniel

Dear Respectful Sir.

Warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I am aware that this is not a formal approach in starting a relationship, but as time goes on, you will realise the need for my approach. My email to you will come as a surprise since i don't know you in person. But if this message comes to you out of your wish, i am very sorry. I hope that you will read through this email and understand how difficult things can be for someone in a particular period in life. I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist us not to betray us at the end.

My name is Susan,i was 20 Years old when my father died 2 years ago in a gold mine in MENDE, Republic of Sierria Leone. He was into legal gold minning,he has succeded in saving the sum of $9 Miilion U.S.D (Nine million United State Dollars.) in (BOA) being one of the prime banks here in Abidjan during his Business on Gold, before he went on a trip to Republic of Cote D‘Ivoire West Africa near by country to our country to save his money for security reasons because of the political problem in our country.

Since the death of our father our step mother has been trying to kill us, she has been given us a lot of problem and she have collected every thing from us and now she still need the deposit certificate to claim this fund but I can‘t give this to her because this is all we have to leave with. I am 22 years now while my brother Daniel is 20 years old of age and we still need to go to school and have a better education and start a new life.

Our step mother knows that our dad has such money but she don‘t know where exactly the fund is been deposited. Right now we are hiding here in Ivory Coast . Our father used my name "Susan Kalon" as the next of kin to the deposited fund. And we ran away with the deposit document, so nobody have access to the money now except me and my younger brother Daniel.

We need help from you to asist us to transfer this money to your country for investment and you will be sincere to invite us to your country without cheating us or doing bad to us on my arrival with my brother, we are willing to offer you 15% of the total sum after the transfer of this fund into your account in overseas. Please mail me urgently to know your stand before we start looking for help elsewhere, you‘re the first person we are contacting in this issue.

Please permit me to ask, can you honestly help us as your own people and can we completely trust you? We are kindly requesting for this vital information from you if you agreed to assist us out of our problem: (1) Your full name (2) Your Personal telephone number. I will also want you to tell me more about your self in your reply to my letter to you.

Thank you and God bless you as you help we orphans. Hoping to hear from you soon. I will be expecting your urgent reply, thanks.

My regards
Miss Susan and Brother.
Email: susankalon018@yahoo.com

Reasons people respond to scams

2010-07-31T03:37:00.001-07:00

Everybody has a weakness, and scammers target this weakness. Furthermore people almost always have a low point in their lives, points were they are in need of more money, love, security and the likes. It’s at this point they are most susceptible to 419 scams.
419ers are coming up with new tricks by the day; these tricks of theirs exploit different vulnerabilities in human behaviour while they apply various deceptive and persuasive techniques to accomplish their task. Reasons why this so called “unprofessional scams” are successful are tied to the following;
Greed-
In the early days of 419, this was apparently the needed prerequisite to falling for such scams. Even today that 419 scams has become over 20 years old, greed is still playing a major role in 419 scams such as fund transfer scams, lottery scams, black money scam, embezzlement scam and investment scam, just to name a few. Individuals, companies or even nations in which greed is inherent in its members to a far greater degree are more susceptible to classic 419 scams. People who would like to make huge sums of money without critically considering the conditions of making such goldmine.

Personalized scam-
419 scams are carried out at a personal level in a bid to make the target believe the offer is unique. Scammers take their time to build a relationship with their targets, in this period of gestation; the scammer notes the key weakness and strength of the targets. Having achieved this the scammer now moves to the aggressive phase-419ers ensure that the scams are well adapted to the needs of each of their targets, putting the strength and weakness of the victim into consideration, hence making it very difficult for the victim to escape as the trust built between the target and scammer makes it even more difficult for a third party to make the victim doubt the authenticity of the deals.

Environmental factors-
Just as in the case of the scammer the environment places a very critical role in the vulnerability of victims to some types of scams. As in cases where the victim grows in an environment where they don’t come across such acts of deceptions, such individuals are dazzled by scams such as the famous wash- wash scam (were some sort of so called rare chemical is used to was out dollar bills). Further more such individuals don’t have any idea about the dexterity of 419ers, failing to note that there are only very few with 6 million dollars in West Africa. Persons who grow up in environments where people are trust worthy and leaders fulfil their promises tend to readily trust others and wouldn’t believe that anyone would want to cheat them.

Cut off principle
Once the scammer has gained the victim’s confidence and has successfully convinced the victim to part with a little money, the scammer would consistently threaten to cut off / call the deal off if the victim doesn’t make a little more payment for phony reason- usually there would be someone to be bribed, some certificates to be acquired, some kind of payments to be made and the list of excuses continues. When the victim is milked dried, the scammer encourages the victim to borrow or use any means necessary to raise the required sum without which the deal wouldn’t sail through. The victim eyes is been focused on the windfall in contrast to the relatively small amount of money they would have to part with, this phenomenon is called “phantom fixation”.
The aim of the scammer is to delude the victim into believing that once the deal sails through, he/she would experience a lifestyle transformation. Having this at the back of one’s mind could lead many a person into commit many crimes in a bid to raise the required “small amounts of money”, which never seizes to end.

POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK!

2010-07-04T15:47:00.000-07:00

Attention Beneficiary,‏
From: ATM CARD (atm@cbn.net)
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Sent: Sat 6/26/10 10:25 PM
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Attention Beneficiary, Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

un-nest-co fraud

2010-07-03T15:12:00.001-07:00

Qualification numbers (154/4456/011).‏
From: UNESCO (info@unesco.org)

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Sent: Wed 6/30/10 10:08 AM
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CONVERSATION WITH A SCAMMER 2

2010-06-14T23:57:00.000-07:00

URGENT REPLY NEEDED‏
From: Elisabeth Koffi (elisabethkoffi@gmail.com)
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Sent: Sun 5/23/10 7:03 PM
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Dear Trusted Friend,

Greetings to you and your family,in my search for a reliable and responsible person and having gotten your contact through prayers and pains taking efforts via searching i made on the internet on my bed side. I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs Elisabeth Koffi, I'm a 59 years old woman, I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai,i was also married with two children.

My husband and my two children where involved in a plane crash in the Dec,25th Before this happened,my business and concern for making money was all I care for,i never really cared about other values in life.

But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families,i have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless,i have also donated some money for humanitarian needs,only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Indonesia, Haiti, Chile and Philippine due to Storm and Quakes in china and singapore that made peoples desperate in life.

I was moved with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there or any part of the world like Asia/ Europe and America that might still need any financial help,i have kept (US.6 Million) Six Million United States Dollars, in a long-term deposit in a Finance company.

Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for Oesophagi Cancer at International Memorial Hospital Benin.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few weeks to live,It is my last wish to see this money distribute to victims of earthquakes in and displaced people in Haiti and Chile and other charity organization in the World like i said,i have enclosed for you the Current Photogragh I took below Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you to help me collect the deposit with the help of my Lawyer and distributes it accordingly Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 30% of it to yourself.feel free if you can give me your trust in this transfer that you are going to share this money according to my direction when it gets to you.

Please If you are willing to help,please reply by including your phone number as soon as possible,again I will allow you to communicate with the financial company directly upon the receipt of your reply because I want this project to be completed before the end of this month because am not sure of my life.

Please if you are interested reply my private address
mrselisabethkoffi@msn.com

Best regard.

Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2010 15:19:53 -0700
From:
Subject: re;trusted friend
To: mrselisabethkoffi@msn.com
I read your email and i really sympathize with your story, please let me know in which capacity i can help. But i would need proof and hard evidence because these days we here all sort of stories and i need you to convince me that this is not one of those scam letters, stay blessed

RE: re;trusted friend
From: Mrs Elisabeth Koffi
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To:

Dear Friend,

Thanks for the reply to my mail message. I am into a great treatment here and I have went to different hospital and they confirmed that i will not survive .I will be having operation next week here in Benin hospital,i dont think if i can survive it. I want you to handle this project and that is why i want to know you the more.
i will like you to answer the following questions to me.

1 Are you married.If yes how many kids do you have?

2.Tell me if the 30% is ok for you to carry on this project of Godly work?
I will send you more details for your kind understanding as soon as i receive your reply. Well as for now my present health condition is very bad and to that am not giving much privilege to speak on phone ,But i will try and speak with you even for a second.

Now I will like to give you more information on what you should do as to get all vital information to clear this fund and make sure it goes into your own account.

I have a lawyer by profession who I have already given some of the vital information before because I was so scared when the doctors pronounce my death. You know what that means. Now I will try to discuss with the lawyer today about you because he is the only one that visit me now at the hospital each day that comes and go.

I will let him understand that you are my late husband brother that we are have been waiting for a long time who will handle all our funds and who will use it to do Gods own work.
I will send his full information to you by the time I confirm your second mail reply. I will also give you the contact information of the BANK were we deposited the funds so that you can contact them by your self through the help of my lawyer here in benin.

The lawyer will have much to help you because I can not move and can not do any more thing as for now only waiting for the day God will call me to glory.

Every information you will need to get this fund cleared from the BANK here in Cotonou Benin to your own bank account will be given to you by the lawyer.

But please what you will do for me is after clearing the funds and into your account, Make sure you never forget to use 70% for Humanitarian service and also the lawyer because he is such a nice man who has the fear of God in him. I will want you to use some part of the money to build a church and to help the less privedged and use the rest of 30 percent for yourself.

Please send your address include your passport copy because the lawyer will use it for the change of name in the bank and will have to make it legal at the high court of Benin.

What you will only do for me is to gather Children of GOD brothers and sisters and pray for my soul because I really know that my time on this earth is over.
I Wait to hear from you as soon as possible to proceed.
Thanks
Mrs Elisabeth Koffi

CONVERSATION WITH A SCAMMER

2010-06-14T23:28:00.000-07:00

This is one of the numerous mails some of our contacts send in. This is a series of emails between one of our contacts and a scammer (fund transfer scammer)

Mail 1
From Miss alice kone‏
From: alicekone1@cantv.net (alicekone1@cantv.net)
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Sent: Sun 5/30/10 9:30 PM
To: alicekone1@cantv.net

My Dear ( this addressing has shown clearly that the scammer has no/limited knowledge of who the target is)

My name is alice kone, I am 26 years old girl. I lost my parents and my only brother of 14 years to the war in my country congo. I am lucky that I was taken to this place by one midwife who have families here in Ivory coast. I am staying in a missionary refugee camp in Abidjan,but this place was not comfortable for me.

I would like to appeal to you confidentialy to assist me concerning my late father's company deposit here in Abidjan of $6.5,000,000 million dollars I want to move out of from here because the crisis that started here over years now is still on because of political crisis and there is no sign that it will be well with the country for now.

Also the condition in this camp is not condusive for me i had naver be into this condition before when my late was alive, Can I trust you to provide your informations and a place for me to stay with you in your country? Can I also trust you to care for me and to help me invest this money in your country? will you promise me that the moment this money enterd into your hand that you will not betrayed me?( hear the scammer is trying to turn tables- trying to make the target believe that the sender is more likely to be a victim of this transaction)

If you are willing to help me out please indicate in your next mail to me and let me know so that I will give you the contact of the security company to enable you openup your comumications with the security company officials, when i see your seriousness to assit me in this my critical condition then i will give you the whole document issue my late father, rightnow is still with me and that is my last hope for now. wating to hear from you as soon as possible.

Mail 1 response

I read your story and must tell you i sympathise with your plight, please let me know in what capacity i can be of aid to you, but before you do that you must confirm that you are genuine- i mean i need real evidence because these days we here all sort of things. I need to know if you are genuine!
Mail 2
Dear Massimo,

Thanks for your mail response and for your concern. I write to inform you that every thing about this transaction is legal and genuine as I have the legal deposit document which the security company issued to my later father with me and I am willing to send it to you if can assure me that you are going to handle this transaction confidentially and with the fear of God.

What I need from you is to stand for me as my foreign partner and to receive.
The fund for onward investment with you and assist me in coming over to your country for our mutual investment of the fund in your country. If you are willing to stand and cooperate with me, kindly let me in your next mail by sending me your full contact information so that I give you all the details on how we are going to proceed in this transaction.

Awaiting your response,

Regards,

Alice Kone.
…………………………………………………………………………….

mail 2 response
Dear Alice
Am so glad that you are a spiritual person and i appreciate the trust you repose in me, but as a righteous person i would like to see evidence "no matter how small" of your claims and i would guarantee you that your funds would be effectively managed and i would do all that is necessary to facilitate your coming over to Italy. Personally i am very courteous in dealing with people i dont really know, but in your case something tells me you are genuine, but i would like to see evidence for me to be 100% sure that you claims are real.
stay blessed Alice

mail 3
Dear Massimo,
Thanks for your mail and for your assurance that you are going to manage my money well and that you will help me to come over to Italy for our mutual investment there.
Based on your request, I have attached the legal deposit document which the security company issued to my late father as of proof what I am telling you with my I.d card here.
For your information, I want you to know that my late father deposited the money as family valuables for security reason and the security company does not know that the box contains money.
In your return mail you should kindly send me your full contact information which I will submit to the security company for them to contact you for a way forward. Please you should keep this document very confidential .
Awaiting your response.
Thanks and God bless.

Alice Kone.

FAKEBOOK NOTIFICATION

2010-05-31T22:51:00.000-07:00

Facebook Notification - application‏
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Sent: Mon 5/31/10 3:57 AM
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INTERSWITCH THIEVES AGAIN

2010-05-31T22:46:00.001-07:00

Interswitch Alert..‏
From: Interswitch Nigeria (security@interswitchng.com)
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Sent: Mon 5/31/10 7:15 PM
To:

Dear InterSwitch Card Holder,

An extra verification has been introduced to make your transaction more secure and protect you, this measure will include an SMS/Email verification which will be sent to Mobile Number or Email addresses. You would be upgraded to the new more secure VERVE CARD if yours had not been upgraded

Due to this, you are requested to Verify/Register your ATM DEBIT CARDS, X-CHANGE CARDS, and CASH CARDS including your phone number (Mobile/GSM) and email addresses where verification codes will be sent to.

Please Register/Activate your cards now by clicking HERE and then do as required. (Failure to verify your ATM Card's details correctly will lead to immediate Card suspension)

HELLO, A SCAMMERS WANTS TO MEET YOU!!

2010-05-31T22:43:00.001-07:00

Facebook Notification - application‏
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Sent: Sun 5/30/10 8:13 PM
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ANOTHER FUND TRANSFER SCAM, PLS SCAMMERS IMPROVE!! 2

2010-05-31T22:33:00.005-07:00

From Miss alice kone‏
From: alicekone1@cantv.net (alicekone1@cantv.net)
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Sent: Sun 5/30/10 9:30 PM
To: alicekone1@cantv.net

My Dear

My name is alice kone, I am 26 years old girl. I lost my parents and my only brother of 14 years to the war in my country congo. I am lucky that I was taken to this place by one midwife who have families here in Ivory coast. I am staying in a missionary refugee camp in Abidjan,but this place was not comfortable for me.

I would like to appeal to you confidentialy to assist me concerning my late father's company deposit here in Abidjan of $6.5,000,000 million dollars I want to move out of from here because the crisis that started here over years now is still on because of political crisis and there is no sign that it will be well with the country for now.

Also the condition in this camp is not condusive for me i had naver be into this condition before when my late was alive, Can I trust you to provide your informations and a place for me to stay with you in your country? Can I also trust you to care for me and to help me invest this money in your country? will you promise me that the moment this money enterd into your hand that you will not betrayed me?

If you are willing to help me out please indicate in your next mail to me and let me know so that I will give you the contact of the security company to enable you openup your comumications with the security company officials, when i see your seriousness to assit me in this my critical condition then i will give you the whole document issue my late father, rightnow is still with me and that is my last hope for now. wating to hear from you as soon as possible.

ANOTHER FUND TRANSFER SCAM, PLS SCAMMERS IMPROVE!! 2

2010-05-31T22:33:00.003-07:00

URGENT REPLY NEEDED‏

2010-05-27T23:41:00.001-07:00

Final Notice : Secure Your ATM Card Information Now ! ! !‏CBN Nigeria

2010-05-17T18:11:00.000-07:00

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Sent:	Fri 5/14/10 4:53 AM
To:

Dear card Holder,,

We have received your information from your designated bank and we implore you to re-confirm your ATM Card details/informations.This is part of our Duty to serve you better.

As of this moment, we have temporarily prevented you access to your account.

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100% scam

2010-05-06T14:45:00.000-07:00

FirstBank Alert On Your Account ! ! !‏
From: First Bank Plc (FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com)

Sent: Tue 5/04/10 10:26 AM
To:
Dear Valued Customer,
Your access to Online Service has been suspended due to a mis-match of access code between your Security details.
To enable you continue accessing your online account, it will only take you few minutes to re-activate your account.
Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant activation of your account and Security information

SAME STORY, BUT THIS TIME IN FRENCH

2010-05-06T14:24:00.000-07:00

préstamo de urgencia‏

From: DAVID MORSUN (INFO@FAIRHAVEN.CO.UK)
Sent: Thu 5/06/10 8:36 PM

To:

Hello.
I am DAVID MORSUN,[MD FAIRHAVENLOAN COMPANY] a reputable lender who offers loan fund for entrepreneurs and women who need loans for trade with affordable loans within minimum of 2 years to 50 years and the interest rate of 2%, which we loan fund in pounds, euros and $ USD, with a maximum of 500000000, pounds, euros and $ USD and at least 5,000 pounds, euros and $ USD, If interested get back to us with the following information below

APPLICATION FORM.....
Name:........
Address:..........
Country:..........
Occupation:........
Loan amount required:........
The duration of the loan:........
Monthly Income:...........
Phone Number:...............
All applications must be submitted directly to the email below
fairhaven.loan_lenders@yahoo.com
DAVID MORSUN
Tel: +44 7024044635

latest 419 scams, couldnt be funnier!!

2010-04-27T15:14:00.000-07:00

Congratulation for winning 750,000.00 GBP!!‏

From: INFO (amicdent@webtelmex.net.mx)

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Sent: Tue 4/27/10 6:20 PM

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Congratulation for winning 750,000.00 GBP.Your email address was amongst those chosen this quarter and you are to send usyour full details to enable

the processing of your winning cheque of 750,000.00 GBP, A Dell Inspiron 6400 Laptop, A British LotteryBranded T-shirt and A British Lottery Branded Baseballcap.

When sending the information you are to include your ordernumber 37096218 as your secret number of your

parcel.1. Full Names: 2. Address: 3. Age: 4. Sex: 5. MaritalStatus: 6.Occupation:7. Phone numbers: 8. Fax number:

9. Country.

Hello‏

From: rita.kone@cantv.net (rita.kone@cantv.net)

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Sent: Mon 4/26/10 9:50 AM

To: rita.kone@cantv.net

Abidjan, Ivory Coast.

West Africa Dearest One.

+225 01 41 18 35

Warm greetings to you and your family in the name of God. I introduce my self to you with all faith, trust and hope you will understand to assist me not to betray me at the end. I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise but I will like you to take this as one of the things people over come on this earth. And I know that it is God that led me to get your contact so that you will be of help to me. Before I will go on let me introduce my self to you so that you will be able to know me well.

My name is Miss Rita Kone my mother is from united state of America why my father is from Abidjan Cote Divoire in west africa. My father and my mother where living in America and I was born in America. My mother died when I was only 7 yrs and I am the only daughter to my parents so when I was 9yrs my father took me to his own town in africa where he Establish a company since then I am with my father till on the 1st of January 2008 my father died in a car accident why coming back from a club meeting. So after the burial of my father his brothers send me away I mean my uncles and they said that I am not the daughter of there brother so they took all my father had, houses and his company and they said that in africa here that woman did not have any right over her father property so they drove me away from my father house and I can not do anything to them because I am only 18yrs now.

Then the only thing I have now is the documents that my father used to deposit the sum of Ten million, five hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD ($10.500,000) in a trunk box with a security company here in this country and know one knows about this .My father disclosed this to me because I am his only child and he told me that he wants to use this money to Establish another company in overseas and he hand over the documents to me and tell me that encase anything happens to him in any way that I have to take this document and look for a foreigner from oversea, who will help me to claim this trunk box from the security company and send it out from this country to his or her country. And he told me that I should not let the security company to know about the content in the trunk box because the security company did not know any thing that is in the trunk box because he told them that it is family valuables.

Since my father's family have drove me away and I have no where to go or stay so I went to the security company to claim the trunk box, and the director have agreed to release the trunk box to me as the next of kin and the trunk box was deposited with my name as the next of kin but I see that I can not claim this on my own because I am only 18yrs I can not handle the money that is inside so that is why I contact you to help me claim this trunk box and ship it to your country so that I can be able to come to your country for you to help me Establish an investment then I will continue my Education in your country .Please I will reward you if you can assist me on this please.

I will give you the documents if you agreed to help me with trust and honesty without any disappointment.

I will stop until I hear from you.

Best Regards

Rita Kone,

Effect of fraud

2010-04-23T20:31:00.000-07:00

“The challenges we face in our society should not be used to neutralise the gravity of this so called “white collar crimes”, as their effects on the system is far reaching and on the victim can hardly be quantified.”- Fagbohun Oluwole

The effect of 419 scams can be viewed from 3 points;

1 The victim

2 The system and international community

3 Nigeria

The victim

1 As many of the victims have developed a seemly long trusted relationship with their scammer, it becomes really audacious to make them believe that they are been scammed, if they are confronted, there is a high tendency that they may just call their trusted scammer so as to be reassured that everything is on course. Being in this state is really pitiful, as the victim cannot or does not want to face the idea that he/she has been fooled.

Even when the victim is milked dry, the scammer skilful employs his victim to take a series of loans which would be paid as soon as the deal sails through, and this never happens. When the victim is beyond ruined and his scammer breaks contact, it finally dawns on the victim what was said all along. This kind of people find it really difficult trusting people in life, they go through emotional stress which could lead to illness, they could become fugitives as they may have been encouraged to do something shady in a bid to raise funds.

In some cases, such occurrence could lead to relationship breakdown, while in extreme cases were the victim finds the matter to difficult to swallow, they commit suicide. Anyone who has a heart, fully aware of the effects of 419 on the victim would desist from such acts.

The system and the international community

How often have done we here that this or that legal tender is not acceptable. Cheques and promissory notes which are legal means of payments have been rubbished, as scams fabricate “evil twins”, which could need more than an expert’s eye to detect. Hence, it could take days to be sure that one wasn’t given a bogus or a stolen cheque. The post, mobile phones, email accounts and websites have all suffered dearly. In the same vein banking systems have been called into question, as some of their policies unknowingly aid scams.

This days, the difference between hackers and scammers is getting slimmer, as they have moved from been cousins to brothers. Their activities tend to collide and in many cases lead to the same results- loss of money. Phishing, spoof website and vishing are now used to extract targets financial information or account password. Other dangers posed by hacker include; cyber stalking, cyber defamation, salami attacks and identity theft.

Because of the gravity of 419, many governments and private societies all over the globe spend huge amounts of time and money in setting up organizations, units and bodies to fight 419, were the case otherwise these resources could be channelled to better use.

The activities of the modern scammer translate to millions of dollars lost by nations.

“Over $41 billion dollars has been lost till date and 9.3 billion in2009 from the activities of over 300,000 Nigerian scammers, globally”- ultra scan investigators

HSBC SCAM!

2010-04-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

HSBC Important Notification : READ ,‏

From: alert@online.hsbc.co.uk (alert@online.hsbc.co.uk)
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Sent: Mon 4/19/10 12:06 AM
To:
Dear HSBC ® Member ,
Our security departament have noticed an illegal money transfer from your HSBC
internet banking account .
We advice you to log in to your internet banking account using the link below to notify
us if you made this money transfer from your account , failure to do so may result to illegal
withdrawal from your internet banking account .
If you feel that you did not made this transfer , or there has been some third party activity
to your account . Click the HSBC Online Banking login link below to report this possible
forgery , and so to avoid monetary losses resulting from any unauthorised account use or
online acount theft.
http://www.HSBC.Co.Uk/1/2
We are commited to provide you with a first-class service .
Your sincerly ,

i guess by now we can easily detect that this email is a phishing one, but for those who fail to note the glaring signs of fraud. here we go;
1 the website is incorrect, when you click on it, you are redirected to a spoof website and besides the link giving doesnt belong to HSBC for that matter.
2 A well respected bank like HSBC wouldnt employ persons who would litter their alleged email notifications with all sort of grammatical blunders.
3 If you use hsbc, you wouldnt find their email in your junk and they wouldnt need your details because they already have it.

ANOTHER FUND TRANSFER SCAM, PLS SCAMMERS IMPROVE!!

2010-04-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

From: DR CHAN JOHN (info2010.com@[98.213.241.9])

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Sent: Tue 4/13/10 4:27 AM

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I am Dr Chan John (Managing Director and Deputy Chief Executive Hang Seng Bank Hong Kong), before the U.S and Iraqi war our client Gen. Zaki Zazidel who was with the Iraqi forces and also businessman made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Five million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch.Upon maturity several noticiendes was sent to him, even during the war which began in 2003.
Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that Gen. Zaki Zazidel along with his wife and only daughter had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit His Resident. After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Zaki Zazidel did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Five million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 5 years and six month 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
WHAT IS TO BE DONE:
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen. Zaki Zazidel , all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your personal phone number/fax so that the attorney can commence his job.After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favour for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in this 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, also please send me your personal private cell phone/fax number. And finally after that I shall provide you with more details of this operation. I shall be waiting for your response and assurance along with your recent residential address.
Kind Regards,

Dr Chan John

BLAH BLAH BLAH SCAM

2010-04-15T16:35:00.000-07:00

Final Notice: ATM Alert! From CBN Nigeria‏

From: Central Bank of Nigeria (customerserives@cbn.com.ng)

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Sent: Wed 4/14/10 11:30 AM

To:

Dear ATM Card Holder,
Your access to your atm card has been suspended due to fraud attempt on your atm card.
To enable you to continue accessing your atm card, please fill the customers form by using the link below
Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant activation of your ATM card account and Security information.
http://cbn2010.t35.com/cbn2010.html

Disclaimer: Failure to adhere to this warning would cause your Atm card Access to be suspended.
SANUSI LAMIDO

Governor Of Central Bank of Nigeria

Central Bank of Nigeria © 2010.

FirstBank Alert On Your Account.‏ LETS SAY ANOTHER SCAM

2010-04-08T14:33:00.000-07:00

From: FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com (admin@cult.cu)
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Sent: Wed 4/07/10 2:00 PM
To:
Dear Valued Customer,
Your access to Online Service has been suspended due to a mis-match of access code between your Security details.To enable you continue accessing your online account, it will only take you few minutes to re-activate your account.Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant activation of your account and Security information

http://chrishollowaygroup.com/media/system/FirstBankonline/BANKAWAY.html

*Important*
NOTE: FAILURE CAN RESULT TO PERMANENT ACCOUNT SUSPENSION.
Security Advisor

First Bank of Nigeria Plc © 2010.

FUND TRANSFER SCAM

2010-04-08T14:29:00.000-07:00

Another fund transfer joke, really am getting bored with the same story line, same millions of dollars and blah blah blah
hello please read‏ From: andrew mensah (info@andrew.com)
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Sent: Thu 4/08/10 6:18 PM
To:
Hello,
I got your contact from a professional database when I was searching through the internet for a reliable, honest and trustworthy person to entrust this with. I was simply inspired and motivated to pick your details from the many names in the list of the directory. I am Mr. Andrew Mensah, the Director of Payment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghana. My office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and Financial institutions in Ghana concerned with foreign contract payments. I am the final signatory to any transfer or remittance of huge funds moving within banks both on the local and international levels in line to foreign contracts settlement.
I have before me list of funds, which could not be transferred to some nominated accounts as these accounts have been identified either as ghost accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. I can now include your name among the people expecting the funds to be transferred into their account, on this note; I wish to have a deal with you as regards to this unpaid funds. I have all the files before me and hope to fix your data correctly once i hear from you as one of the beneficiaries.

As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits, I have the opportunity to write you based on this instructions,
I received two days ago from the parliamentary Committee on Contract Payments/Foreign Debts to submit the List of payment reports/expenditures and audited reports of revenues. Among several others, I have decided to remit your contract sum following my idea that we have a deal/agreement and I am going to do this legally.
My conditions are as follows: 1. The sum of USD$17.540.000.00 only will be transferred to you. After you have confirmed the transfer of the total sum into your account by telegraphic Transfer (T/T),in 3 Working days. I will fly to your country to meet with you for the sharing. The sharing will go like this: 35% for you and 65% for me as I intend to take care of the fees and charges to complete the transaction here in Ghana. If you are comfortable with this, you can get back to me with your details.
2. This deal must be kept personal, and all correspondence will be strictly by email and telephone, for security purposes. You must assure me of your 100% commitment and attention to enable us conclude this transaction in a couple of days. 3. There should be no third parties as most problems associated with such transactions or businesses are caused by agents or representatives. If you AGREE with my conditions, l will advise you on what to do immediately and the transfer will commence without delay as I will proceed to fix your name on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the three days mandate. Reply to: adhh11@live.com

Best Wishes
Andrew Mensah

WHEN WOULD THIS SCAM MAILS END???

2010-04-06T15:18:00.000-07:00

FirstBank Alert On Your Account.‏

From: FirstAlert@firstbanknigeria.com
Sent: Tue 4/06/10 2:51 PM
To:
Dear Valued Customer,
Your access to Online Service has been suspended due to a mis-match of access code between your Security details.
To enable you continue accessing your online account, it will only take you few minutes to re-activate your account.
Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant activation of your account and Security information
ttp://chrishollowaygroup.com/media/system/FirstBankonline/BANKAWAY.html
*Important*
NOTE: FAILURE CAN RESULT TO PERMANENT ACCOUNT SUSPENSION.
Security Advisor

First Bank of Nigeria Plc © 2010.

partnership needed‏
From: andrew mensah (andrew@ghana.gov.com)

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Sent: Tue 4/06/10 10:47 AM

To:

I am Mr. Andrew Mensah, the Director of Payment in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Ghana.

I have a proposal of about USD$17,540,000.00 for you.

I will however accept

THE LATEST CBN/INTERSWITCH FRAUD EMAILS

2010-04-05T15:28:00.000-07:00

Well, when some are enjoying and reflecting on the lessons of easter, others are trying to rip you off by misleading you into divulging your financial details to them. These are the latest letters circulating in town, please read and inform your loved ones of these scam emails. MY VERDICT =report all these kind of emails,happy easter.

Final Notice: ATM Alert! From CBN Nigeria‏

From: Central Bank of Nigeria (customerserives@cbn.com)
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Sent: Fri 4/02/10 2:56 PM
To:
Dear ATM Card Holder,
Your access to your atm card has been suspended due to fraud attempt on
your atm card.
To enable you to continue accessing your atm card, please fill the
customers form by using the link below
Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant
activation of your ATM card account and Security information.

http://cbn2010.t35.com/cbn2010.html
Disclaimer: Failure to adhere to this warning would cause your Atm card
Access to be suspended.

From: Interswitch Nigeria (e-business@interswitchng.com)
Sent: Sat 4/03/10 6:16 AM

To:
Dear InterSwitch Card Holder
An extra Security measure has been introduced to make your transactions more secure,this measure will include an SMS or email verification such will be sent to your mobile phone or email addresses,you would be upgraded to the more secure Interswitch VERVE Atm card if yours have not been upgraded
Due to this,you are requested to verify or register your ATM Debit cards including your phone number and email addresses where the verification codes will be sent to
Please upgrade your ATM cards now and then do as required
Click www.interswitchng.com/vervecard
Be notified that all ATM CARDS, X-CHANGE CARDS, and CASH CARDS must be registered on or before 15th April 2010

Failure to adhere to this warning would cause your ATM Access to be terminated within 48hrs

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Final Notice: ATM Alert! From CBN Nigeria‏

From: Central Bank of Nigeria (customerserives@cbn.com)

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Sent: Sat 4/03/10 11:56 AM

To:
Dear ATM Card Holder,
Your access to your atm card has been suspended due to fraud attempt on
your atm card.
To enable you to continue accessing your atm card, please fill the
customers form by using the link below
Click on the guide-link below and follow the directions to instant
activation of your ATM card account and Security information.
http://cbn2010.t35.com/cbn2010.html

Disclaimer: Failure to adhere to this warning would cause your Atm card

Access to be suspended.
SANUSI LAMIDO

Governor Of Central Bank of Nigeria

Central Bank of Nigeria © 2010.