Dear Beloved

It won't take you long to work out the story of this scam. "Mrs Johnson" is a) rich, b) widowed, c) childless, d) a Born Again Christian, e) dying of cancer and f) a scammer.

Yes. This is the old, old story. Same scam, just fill in the blanks to customise. Even the most brainless scammer can (and does) send out this scam.

"Mrs Johnson" is just a scammer - hoping to take money from you by charging you fees.

Dear Beloved in Christ,

I am Mrs.Sheila Johnson the wife of Mr Harold Johnson,my husband worked with
the Chevron/Texaco in Kenya for twenty years before he died in the year
2001.We were married for ten years without a child. My Husband died after a
brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Before his death we were both born again Christians,Since his death I decided
not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is
against.When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$3.5M.(Three
Million Five Hundred Thousand U.S.Dollars) with a Bank in Asia.

Presently,this money is still with the Bank and the management just wrote me
as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for the release of this money or
rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf
if I cannot come over.

Presently,I'm in a hospital in Kenya where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer.I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors
have told me that I have only a few weeks to live.It is my last wish to see
this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World.Because
relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness,I
cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to any of
them.

Please,I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect the
Funds from the Bank,I want a person that is God fearing that will use this
money to fund churches,orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and
to ensure that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth.I took
this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and
my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's hard
earned money to be misused by unbelievers.I don't want a situation where this
money will be used in an ungodly manner.Hence the reason for taking this bold
decision.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
soundless voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always.I
don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are
possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of my
attorney who is in Asia as he will be the one to assist you in laying
claims for this funds.

Kindly send your reply to my private email address which is as follows:
sheilajohnson001@yahoo.com.hk
Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs.sheila Johnson.

Dr Chase Logan (Claim Director)

Yawn. Not the usual PayPal scam. A scam lottery draw. PayPal don't hold random email draws. Nobody does. You haven't won anything. Just delete the email and don't reply. If you make the mistake of replying, you will find a scammer asking you for money.

Congratulation

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Email: claimdepes@gmail.com
Tel:+34 603 108 054
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KEEP AS CONFIDENTIAL

"Mr James Thambo" tells me the usual, hackneyed story. He's a dishonest bank official. He had a wealthy client who died leaving millions of dollars. His client's family are also dead. Guess what??? Oh, go on, you don't need me to tell you, do you? Alright, I will then. Yes - "Mr Thambo" just needs your help and you and he can share the money. Not.

"Mr Thambo" is a scammer who wants to take money from you. Delete the email and don't reply.
KEEP AS CONFIDENTIAL

I am a staff of a bank in Africa. I will give you the name of my bank and other important information when I receive a positive repsonse from you. I work in the operations department where I serve as account officer to numerous customers.

One of our customer whom I worked as his account officer was a wealthy diamond merchant from a neighbouring country Sierra Leone. He lost his family in the war and dispute, unfortunately he died last year in 2008. I want you to be my partner, all you would have to do is act as the next of kin of the dead man and the whole money in the account will be In-herited by you as beneficiary and transferred into your designated foreign account in your country.

I have secretly kept all the necessary documentations that you will require to claim the money in from this account. The total money in the account is U$D17 Million.
Your share will be 30% which is USD5,100,000. My own share will be 69%, which is USD11,730,000. We shall both agrre to set aside 1% which is USD170,000 for any expenses incurred during this process with the bank. Reach me immediately by mail so that I can give you further details,also provide me your full names and direct telephone number to reach you should you be willing sincerely to assist me.

Yours truly,
Mr. James Thambo.

No subject

Nothing new in this scam. "Mrs Gilbert" is a) a widow, b) filthy rich and c) suffering from cancer. Oh yes - and d) she wants to give all her money to me, or you, or any one of the thousands of other people that received this email.

"Mrs Gilbert" is a scammer - who wants to take money from you by charging you fees.

00I am Mrs.Rita Gilbert, the wife of Mr.Sam Gilbert, my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco in Russia for twenty years before he died in the year two thousand and four.We were married for ten years. My Husband died after a brief illness. When my late husband was alive he deposited of seven million five hundred thousand Pounds with a Bank in Europe. This money is still with the Bank account has been DORMANT and if I,as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf (note that you need to activate this ccount).Presently,Am in the hospital in Russia undergoing treatment for esophageal cancer.Reply to email:ritagilbert_74@yahoo.com.hk

Your Ref: SNT/ATM/822

"Dr Conklin" tells me he is head of the "intentional remittance" department. Do you suppose his organisation also has an "unintentional remittance" department. That would be the department responsible for losing the organisation a lot of money, I would imagine.

Enough frivolity. "Dr Conklin" is clearly a scammer. One with a tenuous grasp of English. He doesn't want to send you many, intentionally or otherwise. He wants to take money from you - by charging you fees. Ignore him.

Our Ref: FGN/SNT/RAL
Your Ref: SNT/ATM/822

Attn:

I am directed to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations
are correct, Therefore we are happy to inform you that arrangements have been
concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible and in our bid to
transparency.

It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Number: 5428050011004432 have
been approved in your favor, The ATM Card Value is $315,810.00 USD (Three
Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ten USD Only)

You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of $5,000.00 USD is permitted
on withdrawal per day and are duly Inter Switch so you can make withdrawal in
any location and ATM Center of your choice.

We have concluded delivery arrangement with the ups courier services. Please
note that the UPS Courier Company is fully insured by Nicon Insurance
Corporation.

Please you advice to pay for the delivery cost of your parcel which is
($89.00USD) so that I will know how to proceed, and please be informed
that the
delivery will be made to your address in 48 hours (2 days) after our
confirmation of this payment for delivery, as you know that the delivery fee
receipt will be used to attach on your payment delivery documents to avoid
being delayed by customs.

Treat urgently and note that your ATM Card is ready and available for dispatch
to you, send me your phone number so i can give you a call for more details.

Regards,
Dr. Harris Conklin
HEAD OF INTENTIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
Tel: +234 706 0515 527

Good Day

Yet another story of a dishonest bank official who had a client who died in a disaster along with all of his family - leaving millions of dollars in the bank which the dishonest bank official just happens to want to share with you. Does that sound likely? Of course not.

There is no money - this is a scammer who wants to take money from you by charging you fees.

PLEASE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I HAVE ATTACHED THIS MESSAGE TO YOU BECAUSE OF THE CONFIDENTIALITY

FROM: MR. JAMES ZENZO

JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA.

+27-73-31-21837

I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to starting a relationship but I believe knowing each other starts from a step of which I believe I am not making a mistake exposing this very important business deal to you?

Firstly, let me identify myself without any intention of equivocation,I am James Zenzo, manager of auditing and accounting department of my bank here in Johannesburg, South Africa. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum $9.6million (Nine Million Six Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. MIKE HALL) who died along with his entire family in the 2005 Tsunami in Asia.

You can as well visit this website for more information about his death: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/4153821.stm

Since we got information about his death, as my bank have been long expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because my bank can not release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased. Unfortunately I learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the disaster leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you, so that the money can be release to you as the next of kin. I will send you full details on how the business will be executed as soon as you show me your interest in this proposal by sending to me your contact information and willingness to be my partner in this project.

We shall discuss about percentage upon your positive respond, Do send to me the followings to enable us proceed to the next level.

1. Age. (2) Residential address (3) occupation (4) private telephone. Waiting to hear from you.

My Regards,

James Zenzo

NB: Please if you are not interesting in this proposal, kindly delete the message. Thank you.

Good day

Imagine that your parents are dead and your father "secretly" told you that he had left millions of dollars. Oh - and you are living in New York. Would you - a) hire a respected attorney to help sort out your affairs, or b) send thousands of emails to random people across the world, headed "good day" and telling them you want to move to their country?

When you've puzzled out the answer, you will realise this is a scam. As far as I'm aware, you can get a perfectly good "education" in New York.

If you reply, "Mr Bongo" won't deposit millions of dollars into your account, he will start demanding money from you. Delete the email and don't reply.

Good day,

my name is Ukuon Bongo i am 22yrs old, i am the son of the late president who goes by the
Islamic name called El Hadj Omar Bongo butis Real Name Omar Bongo Ondimba. My mum is the second wife of my father and her name is Edith Lucie Bongo but she is dead, shortly after her death was when my dad died in a clinic in the Spanish city of Barcelona, He died at the Quiron clinic Hospital on Monday 8 June 2009 Time 18.17.You Can Read Articles about my late father the president in the websites below;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8088399.stm

Right now I am in New York here in USA looking for a trusted person to help me. Before the death of my late father he secretly called me by his bed side as i am the only son of my late mother and i am his favourite and he told me of a deposit of sum $20M USD (Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) he gave me a secret concerning a deposit he made in security company in Abidjan (Cote Divore) on the 12th of May 2008. As it is now my Older brother who is the Defence Minister in Gabon Ali Ben Bongo is trying to figure out everything but my father warned me to keep it for myself and look for a foreign investor who will take care of me and help me invest the money and so that i can further my education. This is the reason why i am contacting you for help, if you are interested I am ready to offer you 30% of the total sum for your help so that you can help me transfer this money into your account so that i can move over to your country and continue my education and live my life !
all over again Looking forward to
Sincerely Yours.

Ukuon Bongo.

Your Ref: SNT/ATM/822

$98 dollars sounds rather expensive for delivering a card. Perhaps this scammer should try putting the card in the regular post. That would probably only cost a few dollars.

This is what is known as an advance fee fraud. Yes - this is a scammer asking you for money. $98 in fact. There is no ATM card and you certainly aren't about to be sent $500k for no reason at all.

Delete the email and don't reply.

Our Ref: FGN/SNT/RAL
Your Ref: SNT/ATM/822

Attn:
I am directed to inform you that your payment verification and
confirmations are correct, Therefore we are happy to inform

you that arrangements have been concluded to effect your payment as soon
as possible and in our bid to transparency.

It is my pleasure to inform you that ATM Card Number: 5428050011004432
have been approved in your favor, The ATM Card Value is $315,810.00 USD
(Three Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Eight Hundred and Ten USD Only)

You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of $5,000.00 USD is
permitted on withdrawal per day and are duly Inter Switch so you can make
withdrawal in any location and ATM Center of your choice.

We have concluded delivery arrangement with the ups courier services.
Email.dr.harrisconklin@gala.net Please note that the UPS Courier Company
is fully insured by Nicon Insurance Corporation.

Please do inform us if you will be able to pay for the delivery cost
($98.00USD) so that I will know how to proceed, and

please be informed that the delivery will be made to your address in 48
hours (2 days) after our confirmation of this payment

for delivery, as you know that the delivery fee receipt will be used to
attach on your payment delivery documents to avoid

being delayed by customs.

Your full name
Home address
Phone number
Country

Treat urgently and note that your ATM Card is ready and available for
dispatch to you.

Regards,
Dr. Harris Conklin
HEAD OF INTENATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
Tel: +234 803 8414 508

ATTN: DIRECTOR/CEO

"Mrs Dan" addresses her scam email to the "Director/CEO". I can't imagine many directors or CEOs are going to be daft enough to open her email, let alone fall for the scam.

Yes - this is a scam. Usual story - husband dead, millions in bank, just need your help to move the money. If you make the mistake of phoning you will find a scammer demanding money from you.

Rant for the day - all these phones are answered. I'm sure if the mobile phone companies and Police internationally got together they could stop some of these scammers. They aren't interested and so the scammers continue unabated. It's big business - and the scammers know they can scam with impunity because NOBODY is interested in stopping them. End of rant for the day.

PLEASE KINDLY OPEN THE ATTACHMENT TO READ MY PROPOSAL.

FROM Mrs MONICA DAN

Dear Sir/Madam,

EMAIL monicadan11@gmail.com

CALL MY SON ON HIS NUMBER OGENE DAN +27 833 658 139

AWAITING YOUR REPLY

FROM MRS. MONICA DAN

#20 Riviona Road Sandton

Johannesburg,

TEL: +27-833-668 139

My Alternative Email Address: (monicadent14@gmail.com)

THE DIRECTOR/CEO

My name is Mrs. MONICA DAN the wife of Wilfred dan from Zimbabwe. This might be a surprise to you about where I got your contact address, I got your address from the South African Network Online (SAINO) when I was desperately looking for a trust-worthy person to assist my son who is currently residing in South Africa and so I decided to contact you.

During the past current war against the farmers in Zimbabwe from the supporters of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party members and his followers, he ordered all the white farmers to surrender their farms to his party members. My husband was one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not support Mugabe’s ideas Mugabe’s supports invaded my husband farm and burnt everything in the farm killing my husband and making away with a lot of items in my husband farm.

Before his death, my husband had deposited with one of the Security Company in Johannesburg, South Africa the sum of (US$25 Million Twenty Five Million United States Dollars). After the death of my husband, my son (OGENE DAN) decided to move out of my country to Republic of South Africa where my husband had deposited the money with the Security Company as valuables.

Please why I am contacting you is to assist my son to move this money out of South Africa because as asylum seekers he is not allowed to operate any Bank Account or assured of security our investment within the country.

We have agreed to offer you 30% of the total sum for your assistance, while 70% will be for me and my family, which I believe with your help we will invest it in your country.

All I want you to do is furnish me with your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact my son on his private telephone number (OGENE DAN) on +27-833-658 139 or on his email address (monicadan14@gmail.com) Waiting for your urgent response.

Best Regards,

MRS. MONICA DAN

For The Family

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Apparently my email address has been off on a mission of its own. It entered the Spanish Euro Million draw without telling me. It's under age you know. I'm sure it's no old enough to make a claim.

If you're reading this - I bet your email address did the same thing, didn't it?

Enough. This is a scam. You haven't won anything - nor has your email address. This is a scammer who is hoping to take money from you by charging you fees

Your e-mail address have just won you One Hundred And Fifty thousand Euros
only(150.000.00)at the SPANISH EURO MILLION 2009 Lottery Promotion
Contact this office for more details:
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Please Keep this winning numbers confidential to avoid double claims,and you
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Paypal don't hold random draws, and they certainly aren't going to give away 1.2 million dollars to you. This is a scammer who is hoping to start taking money from you by charging you fees. Ignore him or her.

Attn User!!

This is to notify you that this e-mail address was entered during the Paypal
European selection Draw and has won the sum of $1,200.000.00 to claim
your winnings Funds contact your winning agent at Loteria Seguros Espana
S.A.

Contact Agent:Mr.Peter Fuergson.
E-Mail: managency5@aol.com
Tel: 0034-687-665-538

Winning Claims Requirements:

Winning Number: 21-763-88
Serial No:499-2
Reference Number: 471-94-258-09
Your Name:
Your Address:
Country:
Mobile Phone :
Occupation:
Age:

Sincerely Yours,
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Lottery Co-ordinator!!

Dear Beneficiary. Immediate Resolution of your funds payment.

Are you expecting an "inheritance claim" from Nigeria? I doubt it. So why are you reading this? You must realise this is a scam. "Mr Eldridge" doesn't want to help you move money from Nigeria, he wants to help you move YOUR money into HIS account. He's a scammer.

Dear Beneficiary,

I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency and expediency required.

It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees at the CBN that your present inheritance claims application
being handled by the Remmitting Bank in Nigeria is experiencing some man made irregularities.To this effect,it has become
neccesary for the Board of Trustees to invite trained Fund Transfer Specalists from the United States to resolve and regularize your fund
release with immediate effect.

We at Klaus Eldridge & Associates have been duly consulted by the CBN Board of Trustees and have been fully
informed about how the staff of the remmitting bank have been taking advantage of you by telling you to pay unneccesarily
exhorbitant charges which will only make your fund payment a long drawn out process.

Due to this we have decided to step into the process of your fund transfer to enable your funds to be transfered
within the soonest possible time you are to get back to us immediatly without needing to pay all the huge sums of monies that are
being demanded from you by the remmitting bank.

All proccesses to have your funds paid to you imediately through the CBN's Laison Remmittance Office in New York have been initiated to cut out unneccesary costs.You are advised
to keep this communication highly confidential as the CBN Board of Trustees have asked us to resolve this fund payment independent of the
office of the CBN Gorvernor to identify the principal participants in this unethical payment procedure.

Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no furtherfees or charges to the Remmitting Bank in Nigeria as they shall
no longer be handling your payment process.

We shall await your immedite correspondence with your direct telephone numbers for re-confirmation to my
confidential email address at(klauseldridge07@inmail24.com) so that we may conclude your payment immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Dr.Klaus Eldridge
Klaus Eldridge & Associates c/o CBN.

From Oba

"Caro" tells me he or she has "a preposition" - you can guess the rest. Millions of dollars and just needs my help, or yours, or anyone daft enough to fall for the scam. If you reply to caro you will find yourself being asked to send money. Delete the email and don't reply.

Hallo dearest One,
My name is Caro Oba 18 years old and a student. I have a preposition important that I will like to discuss with you. I write to inform you that I need your help in a financial transaction. I have Six Million Five Hundred dollars($6.500.0000.00) I want to invest in your country with your very help after going through your profile. This amount is an inheritance funds from my late mother as the only child. I will need your assistance to provide a good cridentials where the security company here can ship the whole amount for a profitable business project in your country until I am able to secure a better financial education that will enable me not to make poor money decision later in life that might take years to over come.
May I ask you this question?
Can I trust in you?
Please I need your assurance because I believe that we will have many things common in life after the whole money has been moved into your care as I am going to introduce you to the company here as my late mother business partner on your behalf.
Kindly reply me through my private email address at (carooba@live.fr) for more details if you are very serious to assist me.
Awaits your urgent response.
Thanks and God bless.
Yours
caro.