Obvious e-mail Scam is Obvious.

This e-mail combines tactics from several other e-mails. It claims to have your "inherited payment", It claims to have received your e-mail address from a list of scam activities, and it asks you to send them money so they can send you money. Obvious scam is Obvious.


Scam e-mail Below:

EXTREMELY URGENT;
Dear Sir/Madam,

This message is coming to you from the compensation unit, Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF). We wish to inform you that compensation payment has been assigned to you after a long time of failed attempt on your inherited payment. Your name and Email address was found in the list as one of the victim of scam activities. In view of this development, you will be paid the sum of US$1, 700,000.00 as compensation. Please note; Money Gram Headquarter office has been assigned with the responsibilities of transferring the total sum to you instrumentally.

Furthermore, an agreement was reach between the Money Gram and the Ministry of Finance that you will not be charge for  transfer cost of total sum, rather the agreement has it that all beneficiaries should show commitment on their part as indication that they are willing to receive their entitlement by paying $88.00 USD as commitment charges. This will enable the Money Gram office to move your first installment to your location for pick up.

Therefore, you are advised to forward your full information and send them the required commitment fee to Money Gram Payment unit on ( moneygram.files@rocketmail.com ) Contact person is Mr. Usman Bello, for instruction on how to send the required commitment for completion of your payment.


CONGRATULATIONS!

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Sanusi Audu Shagari
Scam Compensation Unit
Federal Ministry of Finance

ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION Scam

This scam is just like the rest. It claims to have found my e-mail address as a victim of a scam (I've never replied to one of these e-mails, so we know it is fake already). It asks for all the regular info and your identity (which they should know already if they were legit.). This is a scam. Don't fall for it.

Scam e-mail Below:

ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Mr.Ibrahim Lamorde the chairman of ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION (EFCC). EFCC in alliance with economic community of West
African states (ECOWAS) with head Office here in Nigeria. We have been
working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Western
part of Africa With the help of United States Government and the United
Nations.

We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various
parts of west African countries which includes (NIGERIA, REPUBLIC OF
BENIN, TOGO, GHANA CAMEROUN AND SENEGAL, EVEN ASIA AND LONDON) and they
are all in our custody here in Lagos Nigeria.

We have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The
United Nation Anti-crime commission and the United State Government have
ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky
people around the globe.

This email is being directed to you because your email address was found
in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard disk in our custody here
in Nigeria and with the information gardered from this Scam artist, we
notice that you have been scammed of so much money and have decided to
complensate you you with a little token to recover the lost of your fund.
You are therefore being compensated with the total sum $3.5 Million
Dollars. We have also arrested all those who claim that they are
barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or
want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist.
Since your name appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a
compensation of US$3.5 Million, we have made arrangement to Transfer the
fund through wire transfer which you cannot pay any transfer fee or cost
rather you will only open none resident account with the transfer bank ,
where you will have full access to the Account you open where the US$3.5
Million will be deposited before final transfer to your account in your
country through your order.
Feel free to contact the processing officer Mr. Paul Nelson with your
provided information’s required for verification below.

CONTACT PERSON: MR. PAUL NELSON
CONTACT EMAIL ADDRESS:  paul4nelson4efcc@aol.com


Provide the information bellow to enable the processing of your payment /
opening of the account through the transfer bank.

1)YOUR FULL NAME.
2)YOUR ADDRESS.
3)YOUR CELL NUMBER.
4)YOUR OCCUPATION .
5)YOUR IDENTITY.
6) COUNTRY .

Contact Mr. Paul Nelson with the information required for verification to
enable him start the processing of your Account opening.
We guarantee your safety and wish you the best of luck.

Best Regard,

Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde
CHAIRMAN ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION
(EFCC) FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT, NIGERIA PLC,
LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Yet another Nigerian Bank Scam

This one is 2 funny. The subject line said "Can You Be Honest". The e-mail starts off like most scams: Client deposited lots of $, client died, banker wants to split the $ with a random stranger... This one had some great elements in it. The original depositor did everything we associate with rich people... Stock Broker, Oil Importer, Diamond/Gold Merchant. and the best thing is... This banker, just found out (from a former employee of the depositor) that the depositor died in the World Trade Center Attacks on 9-11-2001... over 10 years ago!

Scam e-mail Below:

I, AM BARRISTER WILLIAMS WHITE, & CO.CHAMBERS, L.L.B.L.L.M B.L LEGAL PRACTITIONERS, SOLICITORS AND CONSULTANTS, MEMBER DRAFTING COMMITTEE 1995.PLOT 121, NIGERIA LAGOS.


Dear Friend:

I am Barrister Williams White.... Calling from Nigeria West Africa. I am Barrister Williams White, English speaking Beninoise, Solicitor and Financial Attorney/Consultant. I was moved to contact you based on the present condition of things here.

There is a foreigner who registered with my Legal firm as his personal Attorney and he was a stock broker as well as a one time secret agent in importing oil from overseas for our former Ministers. My client was also a Diamond/Gold Merchant.

So, on 2nd June 2001 my client, Mr. George, made a fixed deposit for US$46,500,000.00(Forty Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars Only) with a Bank here in Nigeria, with standing statement/agreement with the bank that all correspondences in respect to the fixed deposit contract must be sent to him through my humble chambers. Upon maturity, the routine notification was sent to me, which I dispatched to his forwarding address as usual without a reply. After a month, I sent a reminder which I received from the bank without any reply again.

Finally, I discovered from my client's contract employee that he died among many others on Sept.11, 2001 Terrorist attack. He died without making any WILL and all attempts to trace his relatives were fruitless. I also discovered that he did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his fixed deposit contract with the bank. Hence I seek your consent to present you to this bank as the next of kin based on the official letter I just received from his bankers reminding me that BENINOISE LAW states that at the expiration of (12) years the money will be reverted to the ownership of the BENINOISE Government if I do not confirm the next of kin to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to my deceased client so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not go into the hands of some corrupt government officials. Note that this transaction is simple and risk free because I will provide expert legal services that will guarantee the successful execution of this deal. If you are interested, please contact me as soon as possible through phone,

I shall provide you with more details and how we shall proceed with the claims. I expect you to observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be profitable for both of us. And if you are interested contact me through this my private E-mail Address:(barr_wwhite01@superposta.com)

I wait for your urgent reply with your personal telephone number and your full data's, so that we can proceed with the proper documentation of the transfer to your favor through legal processes.

Thanks as I wait for your Honest reply.
Best Regards,

Hon. Barrister Williams White.
+23470-8831-3041.
Private Email: (barr_wwhite01@superposta.com)

Barbara Cole Scam (AKA: the Cinderella Scam)

I called this the Cinderella Scam. Teenage girl, dad died and left her a lot of money. Evil step mother. All it needs is a white knight, and the scammer hopes that is you. It is human nature to want to help people in a bad situation, and that is what these people count on. They take advantage of your good nature, and everyones need of extra cash to try to take whatever cash they can get from you. don't believe them.

Scam e-mail Below:

Hello ,

 

I'm Barbara Cole, I'm 15 years old girl I live in Bolton UK before my Dad passed away in a car accident 5 years ago, I now live with my step mother in Warrington.

 

My mother died immediately she gave birth to me. My late Dad Mr. Norman Cole was a big business man in UK before he died in a car accident 2007 I am the only child of my Dad, he died 3 days after the accident.

 

He Willed all his life savings to me, I have been trying to collect the funds from the bank but the bank MD CEO refused, he said I should present someone old enough so he can transfer the funds to the person that I can’t be in control of the huge amount of funds because I am still a teenager and it is against the UK law. I would have told my step mother to assist me in collecting the funds from the bank but she is not a good woman, my Dad warned me about her before he died, now that I live with her I now understand that what my Dad said about her was true, because she doesn’t give me attention she don’t care if I am alright or not.

 

If you are interested please reply me on my email: ( barbaracole@live.com)

 

Best Regards,

Barbara Cole

The DHL e-mail Scam

So this scam has many hallmarks of a scam. First, they address you as if the money is yours, and you are expecting it, yet they want your name. Second, there is a fee. (If this was legit, the would have just paid any fees out of your money before they sent it to you.)
2 easy rules to live by when dealing with anyone on the internet. Never pay for $. Never take "extra money" (In a cashiers check or something), and then pay the other party back from your real money.

Scam e-mail Below:

Attention:Please! ,

We have registered your ATM CARD of (US $850,000.00) with DHL Express
Courier Company with registration code of (  011-827-8947  ) to avoid
expiry.

We succeeded in registering Your ATM CARD with DHL Express Courier Company
to ensure that they complete delivery of your atm card this week or by
next week.

Your to contact them with your current delivery informations such as bellow:

Your full name:
Your home Address:
Your existing Phone number:
Country:/City:
Age/Sex:
Your Id;

Here is the contact informations of DHL OFFICE:
Name of Dir: Daniel Roland .
E-mail: dhl-benin@wss-id.org
Tel:+229-97823114

Base on the charges involve for the delivery,we have paid for their
Insurance & Delivery fee.The only fee you have to pay them is their
Security only.Please indicate the registration Number of (  011-827-8947
) to them when contacting and ask them how much is their delivery fee so
that you can pay the money to them and remember not to pay any order money
after paying their delivery fee.

Best
Regards,
Mrs.Goodness Obed.

The Inheritance Scam

These pop up now and then. They claim someone with no next of kin has died, and the overseeing official wants your help to steal the estate. This one is very fun. It uses the standard next of kin claim, and adds in that the deceased used to work at a Nigerian Bank. Now I'm not saying there aren't crooked bankers and politicians out there (have you seen our economy?), But I am pretty sure that anyone crooked enough to try to steal money this way, wouldn't e-mail a random stranger for help.
*Just on a side note, I did receive a scam e-mail once very similar to this one, except it said the deceased (who died in a car accident in Switzerland) was my father. They even had his name. I have a good relationship with my father, and he is still alive, so I was able to call him, and have a good laugh about that scam, but I can just imagine what it must be like for someone who has never met their father to receive an e-mail like that... Don't fall for these scams. If it looks true to you, do some research.

Scam e-mail Below:

FROM THE DESK OF BARR.TONY GEORGE
PRIVATE EMAIL:
barr.tonygeorge@live.com
URGENT INHERITANCE CLAIM

Good day,

I know
this proposal will come to you as a surprise especially when you do not
know the writer, considering the huge sum of money involved which could
make any apprehensive.

Let me start by introducing myself to you. I am
Barr. Tony George, the attorney to Late Kim Norris from Montreal Canada
who used to work with the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) as an adviser to
CBN Governor on banking supervision, who died in an air crash on the 3rd
of June 2012 alongside with 152 other passengers who boarded Dana
airline flight 9j992.

I saw your contact during my private search at
the information center here in my country chamber of commerce and
industry and I want to believe that you will be very honest, committed
and capable of assisting in this business transaction.

Firstly, let me
explain the source of this funds and what you are expected to do. A
Canadian citizen from Montreal (Late Kim Norris), adviser to CBN
governor on banking supervision who has been working with them since
2008, was a victim of Nigerian Dana Airline crash.

The deceased, Late
Kim Norris, banked with Keystone Bank formerly known as Bank PHB which
is his secret account and has a closing balance as of May 2012 worth
$31m (Thirty One Million US Dollars) which Keystone Bank now expects a
Next-Of-Kin to claim as the Beneficiary of the funds, efforts has been
made by the Bank Directors to get in touch with the Late Kim Norris's
family or relative but to no success based on the perceived possibility
of not being able to locate Late Kim Norris's Next-Of-Kin, the
management under the influence of Bank Chairman and the Board Of
Directors are making arrangements for the funds to be declared unclaimed
and channeled to an unknown account.

It is based on this that I have
contacted you to stand as the Next-Of-Kin of Late Kim Norris so that the
funds will be released and paid into your account as the Beneficiary and
the Next-Of-Kin to the Late Kim Norris.

All documents and proof to
enable you get the funds have been carefully worked out as I have
secured from the different offices concerned for the smooth transfer of
the fund to your nominated account. It has been agreed that the owner of
the account will be compensated with 30% of the remitted funds, while my
Law Chamber keep 65% and 5% will be set aside to offset expenses both
locally and international.

If this proposal satisfies you, please reach
me through my direct email address for more information and also send me
your contacts: your name in full; your phone number; Nationality;
Driving License or International Passport for quick and easy
communication.

I await your urgent response; all the best and God bless
you. Please email me on this my private email address for security
reason.

Yours faithfully,
Address: barr.tonygeorge@live.com
Barr. Tony
George.

Another Nigerian e-mail Scam

Since Nigeria has practically become synonymous with e-mail fraud (not of their own doing, I'm sure most of these scam e-mailers have never even been to Nigeria. They just claim they are from there), I am surprised that people still respond to e-mails from Nigeria promising great wealth. This one isn't even subtle... It asks for your "identity". If random foreign officials offering to send you 10.1 million dollars of US aid in exchange for your identity doesn't sound fishy to you...

Scam e-mail below:

OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER

TO THE PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

GET BACK TO ME AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVINIENCE

 

Attention,

 

I am Lt. Gen. Peter Olu, National Security Adviser to the New President Dr Goodluck E. Jonathan Federal Republic of Nigeria. I decided to contact you because of the prevailing security report reaching my office and the intense nature of policy in Nigeria. This is to inform you about our plan to send your fund to you via cash delivery. This system will be easier for you and for us. We are going to send your contract part payment of US10.1 Million to you via diplomatic courier service.

 

Note: The money is coming on two security proof boxes. The boxes are sealed with synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine. This fund was brought to us from America; it was meant for our Local AFEM market. But since the money was not used, I will use my position as the National Security Adviser to the President to send this fund to you.

 

The boxes are coming with a Diplomatic agent who will accompany the boxes to your house address. All you need to do now is to send to me

 

1. Full Name: .........

2. Telephone Numbers: ...........

3. Your Age: ........

4. Your Sex: ...........

5. Your Occupation: ............

6. Your Country: ............

7. City: ...........

8. Your Home Address: ................

9. Marital Status: ................

10.Your identity such as, international passport or driver license........................

 

 

The Diplomatic attached will travel with it. He will call you immediately he arrives your airport. I hope you understand me.

I will let you know by the special grace of God when the boxes are airlifted.

 

Note: The diplomatic does not know the original contents of the boxes. What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film Material. I did not declare money to them please. If they call you and ask you the contents please tell them the same thing Ok, I will let you know how far I have gone with the arrangement. I will secure the Diplomatic immunity clearance certificate that will be tagged on the boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic consignment.

 

This clearance will make it pass every custom checkpoint all over the world without hitch. Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me immediately you receive this message. If you need more information about this, I will give you the details how to contact the diplomat for more information on how to carry out the plan.

 

I need you response because the boxes are schedule to leave as soon as we hear from you. Reply me immediately you receive this message via Email (peteroluo1960@yahoo.co.jp ) Call me on my direct PH/FAX: (234-7063938455)

 

Best Regards,

Lt. Gen. Peter Olu

The Singapore Bank Scam

This is very similar to other bank scams, just the location has changed. It still uses the 40/60 split, but this one claims to have 105 million Euro. Obvious scam.

Scam e-mail Below:

Good day,

I am Mr. Cham Tao Soon, Chairman Audit Committee of UOB Bank, Singapore. I
have a project for you in the tons of One Hundred & Five Million EUR,
after successful transfer, we shall share in the ratio of forty for you
and sixty for me. Please reply for specifics.

Contact Email:mr.chamtaosoon1@yahoo.com.hk

Yours,
Mr. Cham Tao Soon.

The Scam the Scammed Scam

I love this scam. This one is creative. The scam is aimed at anyone that has already fallen victim to another scam. They tell you the other guy is a scam, but they have your money and will deliver it to you for a small fee. Since I have never responded to a scam e-mail, I can only assume they are mass mailing this. Talk about a needle in a haystack! they send this out to anyone hoping to find someone who is already being scammed and will believe them over the other scammers.

Scam e-mail Below:

423 Maltima District
EFCC.Abuja-Nigeria
Tel: +234-8175379060


Attn: Dear Friend .

We appreciate your email. Sorry for the late response. We were very
busy transferring funds to other beneficiaries

This compensation was endorsed by the United States Government and the
United Nations in conjunction with the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME
COMMISSION (EFCC).

The ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) uses this opportunity
to apologize to all beneficiaries who have been victim of different
scam coming in from West Africa countries. This compensation is a
recovered payment that was allocated by the United Nation Anti-Fraud
Unit, in conjunction with the United States Government that EFCC
should pay all scam victims a compensation of $1.5 million Dollars
through their choice of payment.

On this behalf, the United States Government and the United Nations in
conjunction with the ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) have
held several close door meeting concerning the eradication of this
scam artist and fraudster. After several investigations, we have been
able to track down some of this scam artist and fraudster, of which we
have also recovered back more than half a billion united states
dollars.

Your name was included among those lucky affected beneficiaries who
are to receive a compensation of $1.5 Million through our swift card
payment center. All you need to do is comply as directed to enable
you claim your funds without any delay. You are required to choose
your choice of delivery for me to activate your ATM Card including
your Pin to access it. We have 2 ways of payment which you are to
choose the one of your choice.



please reconfirm our personal details for security reasons

phone no----------------

full name----------------

house address--------------------------------------------

nationality-------------------------

occupation---------------------------------

age

Furthermore each of these payment options has their cost of delivery
pending on your choice of payment. Below is their cost of delivery.

(A) Through Wired Bank Transfer, The cost of transfer is $1000 usd and
your funds will be transferred within 24 into your bank account.

(B) Through Courier Delivery, The cost of delivery is $90 and your
package (ATM MASTER CREDIT CARD) will be delivered directly to your
doorstep in 2days.

If you are still dealing with any of this scam artist and fraudster,
you are advised to stop every communication with them, otherwise you
will be held responsible for your misfortunes. It is very obvious you
have been dealing with imposter who claim they are barristers, bank
officials, Lottery Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be
the next of kin of such funds which do not exist. They have only
deceiving you.

You are most required to pay for the delivery charges of your $1.5
Million Dollars to ensure you receive your funds. We cannot deduct the
delivery charges from the $1.5 million dollars. Note: for security
reasons you have been assigned a code/ password which is {TT7270CBN}.
This code is the reference number for your ATM card and its being
disclosed to you alone.

I look forward to hear from you with your choice of payment as soon as
possible or you call +234-8175379060 for more details.

Have a nice day.

Thank you.
Mr.Ibrahim Lamorde

Dying of Cancer Scam

This one is simple, a dying man wants to give you 40% of his wealth for you to donate the other 60% to charity. This is a scam. Any lawyer that deals in estates, trusts, and wills can set up your donations to charity after you are gone. And as high priced as lawyers are, they still won't charge 40%

Scam e-mail below:

Dear friend,

I am robert peters and i have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has defied all forms of medical treatment, and  Right now, I have only about a few months to live  and I want youto Distribute my funds of fifty-eight million dollars  $58,000,000 united states dollars to charities. i have set aside 40% for you and your family
keep this as a secret to yourself.

yours truly,

Robert peters

Another African Bank Scam

This e-mail was kinda fun. It is one of those e-mails that ask you to pretend to be the original depositor of a sum of money, and then he will transfer the money to your bank account (which means he will want your bank info) and then you and he will share the money. This is how most of these scams work. they send you a fake cashiers check, or do a wire transfer. You send them a check for their share, and then they reverse the wire transfer, or you find out that the cashiers check is fake. meanwhile, they made off with their "share".

*just a note, I like that this guys name is Ethan Allen... I can't wait to get a fraud e-mail from Betty Crocker... the head of a bank in Nigeria

Scam e-mail below:

Hello.., Greetings to you.

I anticipate that you read this electronic message quickly and let me know your opinion on this classified information that I will release to you, Just to mention, I am a happily married man with 2 lovely kids and therefore I would not want to jeopardize this opportunity to change my financial status that will give my family a secured future.

My Name is Mr. Ethan Allen, Branch Manager with the International commercial Bank of Cote d’ivoire. I got your information during my search through the Internet. I am 48 years of age and married with 2 lovely kids, I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem, But I don't know how you will feel about this, Which I am telling you that this is real and you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I only hope we can assist each other. But if you don't want
this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again, Thank you..

I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as a Branch Manager of the International commercial bank; It is my duty to send back a financial report to my head office in the capital city at the end of each year, On the course of the last year 2011 end of year report, I discovered that my branch made Four Million Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollar [$4,850.000.00] which my head office are not aware of  and will never be aware of, Nor will they ever know that I am involved in this transaction. 

I have since place this fund into a Non-Investment Account without any beneficiary. As an officer of the bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE, while you will have 40% of the total fund. 

Note there are practically no risk involved, it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account. 

If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much. As soon as I receive your kind response, I will give you details on how we can achieve it successfully. Please contact me as soon as possible on this email address.

Best Regards,

Mr. Ethan Allen 

Dave and Angela Dawes e-mail Scam

This is very similar to the Adrian and Gillian Bayford Lotto Scam (that you can view my post about here). here is a link to a news story about this variation. Remeber, if it seems to good to be true, it usually is. Don't take my word for it, research. before you give info to someone you don't know, do some searches online on them, the e-mail address they use, and if any scams are associated with them.

Scam e-mail below:

Attention:
My wife and I won the biggest Euro Millions lottery prize of £101,203,600.70GBP and we just commenced our Charity Donation and we will be giving out a cash donation of £1,500,000.00GBP to five(5)lucky individuals and ten (10)charity organizations from any part of the world. To verify the genuineness of this email and our winnings, please see our interview by visiting the web page below;
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/8820740/101m-lottery-jackpot-winners-Dave-and-Angela-Dawes-to-give-millions-to-friends-and-family.html

Your email address was submitted to my wife and I by the Google Management Team and you received this email because we have listed you as one of the lucky millionaire.

The Lazy Banker e-mail Scam

Here is a little scam e-mail I received last night. This one is simple, and just asks you to email them back for more information. If you did correspond with them, I am sure they would have a similar story to all the other "banker" email fisher attempts. They will have access to a multi-million dollar account and the account owner is deceased, missing, or in jail. they want you to help them get the money out before the government, the bank, or someone else seizes it. They are asking you to do something criminal because that excuses them from robbing you in their mind.


Scam e-mail below:

Dear Respectful Friend,I have been in search of reliable someone,so when I saw your name,I was pushed to contact you and see how best we can assist each other. I am Mr. Kwame Johnson,a Banker here in GHANA.I believe it is the wish of God for me to come across you on the internet now. I am having an important business discussion I wish to share with you which I believe will interest you because you are going to benefited from it.Hope to hear from you for more details.Mr Kwame Johnson

Yet Another Nigerian e-mail Scam

So here is another Nigerian e-mail scam. This one is claiming to have 14.7 million of some dead guys money, and they want to call you "next of kin", then split the money. This must be one of those "It's okay to scam people who are willing to scam themselves" type of deal. Claiming you are next of kin when your not, or trying to get a dead guys money when he didn't will it to you is fraud, it is illegal. If an email from someone you don't know is asking you to do something illegal, then it is most likely a scam.

scam e-mail below:

Dear Sir/Madam



I am Richard Eze a solicitor at law. I am the Personal Attorney to Paul

Kim , a National of your Country, who has lived in Nigeria for the past

fifty years, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client. In

April 2002, my client was involved in a fatal car accident along

Lagos/shagamu express road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately

lost their lives; my client was one of them.



I have contacted you to assist in repatriating most especially, the money

left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared

unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.



Particularly, Standard Investment Trust Bank Nigeria Plc,where the

deceased had an account valued at about $14.7 million dollars, his bank

has issued me a notice to provide the Next of kin, or have the account

confiscated.



I seek your consent to present you as the Next of kin of the deceased,so

that the proceeds of this account valued at $14.7 million dollars can be

paid to you as my clients Next of Kin, and then we can share the amount on

a mutual agreed percentage.

the Nigerian Scam Scam e-mail

This one I just received. It is interesting because it is using the idea of "if they fell for one, they might fall for another" tactic, but still blindly e-mailing. I have never replied to one of these, so I am instantly aware that it is a scam. However if you have already been fooled... you might fall for this one to. As George W. Bush once said "fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again."

Scam e-mail below:

Complinments and Happy New Month,

 

I am Mr.Kelly M.Gabson from Grimsby, North-Easdt Lincolnshire,(UK), 52 years Old. I reside in 1520 Killearn Ctr. Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32307 United States.

 

My residential address is as follows 1520 Killearn Ctr. Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32307 United States. I am thinking of moving back to my country of origin since am wealthy now after receiving my long awaiting fund for the past seven years of seeking the release.

 

I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me and i had paid over $42,000 while in the United States trying to get my payment all to no avail.

 

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Bar.Fidel Odii who is the CHAIRMAN of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE and a Human Rights Activist (Lawyer).

 

As soon as i contacted him he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake. He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment.

 

Right now, i am the most happiest Man on earth because I have received my compensation funds amounting to $3,500,000.00 Moreover, Bar.Fidel Odii, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the scam victims that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people they are not with your fund they are only making money out of you.

 

I will advise you to contact Bar.Ahmed Bello. You have to contact him directly on this information below:

 

COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Name :Bar.Fidel  Odii

E-MAIL: fidelodii1@prokonto.pl

TEL/FAX:+234-80-2676-1491

 

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them it is not in anyway with them they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.

The only money I paid after I met Bar.Fidel Odii was just $150 for the paper works pls take note of that.You are to provide the following information so that they can reconfirm your personal informations for them not to make any mistake. So i adviced you to be wise and sit up or if possible travel down to Nigeria to meet them in person.

 

Full Name:.............................................

Your Address:..........................................

Personal Telephone Number:.............................

Occupation:............................................

 

Thank you and Be Blessed as i wait to hear from you soonest for our joy/happiness to be in full measure.

 

Best Regards,

 

Mr.Kelly M.Gabson

E-mail:imfihqts@e-mail.ua

Tel:(850) 201-4660

 

Ivory Coast e-mail Scam

I've seen a lot like this. Always a sob story. This one is a mom dying of cancer, and her husband left her a lot of money when he was killed. She wants you to take her money and invest it in a business for her kid. I've also seen it as relatives of recently ousted middle eastern regimes trying to hide their money by giving it to you and paying you a large fee to hide it. I've even seen this as a woman who was trying to hide her dead husbands money because women aren't aloud to have wealth in her country. They are all trying to pull your heartstrings. Just remember  if you had millions, would you trust it some random person whose email address you found? These are all scams.

below is the scam e-mail:

Greetings to you and your family,

Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship with you. I got your contact from an International web site directory, prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given as a reputable and trust worthy person I can do business with and by their recommendations I must not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.

I am Mrs. Elinasa, a widow to one of the secret foreign diplomatic four runners to the ousted president Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast, my husband was brutally killed by foreign western agents prior to the political conflict in Ivory Coast, I have been suffering from long time illness precisely Cancer which aggravated to a partial stroke in August last year, i am dying soon according to my doctors with only a child Charles who is 16 years old now. I have some funds we inherited from my late husband, the sum of 4.5Million (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) secured under the custody of a safe security banking institution. Having known my condition I decided to donate part of this fund to a good charity organizations and orphanage homes and to invest the rest into a good and profitable business in your country for the betterment of my Son’s future.

I want him to inherit the fund but he cannot carry out this alone due to his age and mentality as a child and to keep my Late husbands relative away from having any idea of this Deposit i took this bold decision to contact you personally as a foreigner for assistance so that the bank can transfer the money out of this Country in your name as my foreign partner once I present you.
As soon as I hear from you I will explain in full details all you need to know and do about this matter.

Please I want you and your family to always pray for my healing and always be prayerful to God in all the days of your life.

Looking forward to hearing from you ASAP.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Elinasa and Son.

Diplomatic Courier e-mail Scam

This is another of the long line of "foreign official" fisher scams. I do like this one for continuously trying to push that they are "trustworthy, honest, and reputable". My mamma once told me, "the more someone tries to convince you of the honesty, the more you should question it"

below is the suspect e-mail:

DIPLOMATIC COURIER COMPANY LIMITED
ADDRESS:PETERBOROUGH PE7 8ZA UK.
UNITED KINGDOM.
REGISTERED N0:8725631
FROM: THE DESK OF THE FINANCIAL DIRECTOR
REF: OYL /26510460037/2012
BATCH: 24/00319/IP
PHONE: + 44-703 193 5363
FAX : + 44-870 478 2953
EMAIL: info@dccltd.org
WEBSITE: www.dccltd.org
Motto: We are here to serve you better.

This is an official notification of the availability of a package
deposited in your name and it is not a sales solicitation or spam.

We are Security company that use our immunity and status to safe keep
special and valuable packages and baggage in trust for reputable
clients that are honest and trustworthy.

We work in collaboration with top firms and Governments of various
countries as we have earned a name as a service whose hallmarks in
reliability and confidentiality are revered.

International missions, Fellow Diplomats and Embassies of the world
have used our services to satisfaction.


A benefactor whose identity can not be disclosed because of the Non
Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement that was signed with the
said benefactor when the packages were being deposited made you the
beneficiary of a package containing some amount of money and stated
clearly that you should only be contacted when the time signed for it
to be in our care elapses and the time has already elapsed that is why
you are being contacted.

The Non Circumvention and Non Disclosure Agreement signed with the
benefactor mandates us to fully divulge and disclose the benefactor's
identity 18 months after the beneficiary has received the funds.

The funds in the package is USD7.5M (Seven Million,Five Hundred
Thousand U.S.Dollars) and we confirm that these funds are fully free
of any liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and non-criminal
origin and are available in the form of CASH in a CONSIGNMENT.

You are hereby advised to send your Full Contact Information in the
format stated below so that their won't be any problem regards the
origin of the funds in other to exonerate you from any form of
investigations or interrogation and to authenticate the fact that the
funds are clean and has no links whatsoever with either drugs or
terrorism.

The Requested Information is to ensure that no mistake or error is
made and it should be forwarded in the manner stated below:

Your Full Name:--------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------

Your Complete Address:-------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------


Country, Age, occupation:----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------

International Passport number:-----------------------------------------
-------------------------------------

Direct Telephone Number:-----------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------


It is also compulsory you must attach your INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT or
DRIVER'S LICENSE for confirmation with what we have in our custody.


The Telephone number is very necessary because it will be use for
confirmation when your fund will be brought to your custody soonest
once you have provided the above information for our confirmation.

So,its mandatory you send your Direct Telephone Number preferably your
Mobile or Cell Phone Number.

Complete the above and send back to me as soon as possible.
Congratulations in advance.

Thank you and I sincerely Remain

DR. CHRIS SPENCER
DIPLOMATIC COURIER COMPANY LIMITED
PHONE: + 44-703 193 5363
FAX : + 44-870 478 2953
Motto: We are here to serve you better

Diablo III e-mail Scam

This e-mail is a very good fishing attempt. It claims that you are illegally trying to sell your account, (and since you aren't, you'll assume you've been hacked and someone else is selling your account). It then says in the email that if you ignore the email, your account may be banned (trying to get you to respond without thinking about it being a scam). If I actually had the video game Diablo 3, or an account with parent company Blizzard, I might have been worried. I do not, so this is obvious to me to be a scam.

Below is the scam e-mail:

Greetings!

It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell your personal Diablo III account(s).
As you may not be aware of, this conflicts with the EULA and Terms of Agreement.
If this proves to be true, your account can and will be disabled. 
It will be ongoing for further investigation by Blizzard Entertainment's employees.
If you wish to not get your account suspended you should immediately verify your account ownership. 

You can confirm that you are the original owner of the account to this secure website with:
https://us.battle.net/login/en/?ref=http%3A%2F%2Fus.battle.net%2Fd3%2Fen%2Findex&app=com-d3

Login to your account, In accordance following template to verify your account.

* First and Surname
* Secret Question and Answer
Show * Please enter the correct information

If you ignore this mail your account can and will be closed permanently.

Once we verify your account, we will reply to your e-mail informing you that we have dropped the investigation.

Regards,

Account Administration Team
Blizzard Entertainment 
http://www.blizzard.com/support/
Diablo III , Blizzard Entertainment 2012

david@extrobe.comtanyatamzin@yahoo.co.uk2012-10-24118154

Another IMF email Scam

A lot of e-mail scams and fishing attempt come in the form of an e-mail from a highly respected agency like the International Monetary Fund, or the FBI. If you get an e-mail from one of these types of places, and aren't sure if it is a scam or not, look up the real contact info for the agency the e-mail supposedly came from, and call them. (never use info from the suspect e-mail). Below is another e-mail claiming to be from the IMF.  As you can see looking through my archive, these fraudulent e-mails have several things in common  and most want your info. Remember, if it was the real deal, they already have your info.

Below is the scam e-mail:

ATTN BENEFICIARY,

  I am the newly appointed as the new Director Of International Monetary Fund,My name is Dr.BRET WALKER.On Resumption of office last year,I discovered that
you are being owed the sum of TEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS(US$10.5 Million) as unpaid contract/inheritance/lottery fund in
Contractors Category [A] Record file.I am specially appointed to fight against scammers and to make sure that everyone being owed by my government is
being paid immediately.Therefore you are required to re-confirm your information for verification and immediate payment within 24 hours.


 (1) FULL NAME: 
 (2) FULL ADDRESS: 
 (3) NATIONALITY: 
 (4) AGE:
 (5) OCCUPATION: 
 (6 )TELEPHONE NUMBER: 
 (7) SEX:
 (8) TOTAL AMOUNT WON: 

 Congratulation!!!!!!!!!

Sincerely,
Dr.Bret Walker
International monetary Fund.

Nigerian Interpool Scam

If an e-mail is from someone in Nigeria, and claims that you have a large some of money waiting for you, it is usually a scam. If you doubt it, look up Interpool and call them. This scam is another in a long line of Nigerian email scams.This one is kinda fun, because they are claiming to be after the other scammers. The bad spelling, and poor grammar in this email is kinda funny.

Below is the scam email:

Attention : 

My name is Interpol Johnson christopher Brown. we are fraud investigating international police attached with United Nations international police
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, Compensation,Contract payment and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitoring Unit we have also noticed that for few months ago you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Mr. Sanusi of Central Bank of Nigeria, Mr. Tunde Sulaiman of Chevron, Mr. John J. McCloy of World Bank, Mr. Ban Ki-moon of United Nations, President Goodluck Jonathan of Federal republic of Nigeria, Barrack Obama of United States, Sir Win Bischoff of foriegn exchange, Farida Waziri of EFCC, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shams uddeen and some impostors claiming to be working with The Federal Bureau of Investigation etc.
 
The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI in conjunction with: Agencia Federal de Investigacion (AFI) USA , Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and Metropolitan Police [Scotland Yard] England gathered information from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (ICCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communication with anyone not referred to you by us as we have investigated these bodies and have found out that they were impostors and have hence directe beneficiaries to rightful claim centers in Nigeria.
We cover West African country with our men. We discovered that you are among the list of foreigners that fell victims of fraudulent activities of some scam men here. From our investigation, we discovered that you have lost some money to fulfill your endless financial obligation with these criminals . 
 
I discovered that many who claim to be YOUR PARTNER AND FRIEND IN BUSINES INCLUDING YOUR PRESENT BUSINESS PARTNER used your money to buy properties here. Though they are now on the run,but they would be writting you from hiding due to mobile internet services. We also found out that you sent money to them with hope of making a big money. Please we want to know how much you have sent down to them, to enable us include it in the money we are proposing to return to you immediately. They are the people that told you series of sweet good stories ,and you believe them not knowing that they are scam artist which is very very bad of them. Well i need your absolute cooperation to enable us recover your fund and send it back to you to enable you reposition your damaged financial life. 

We have seized all the properties of these men that were on the run, and have submitted their properties to government for auction sales to enable us recover your fund through it, but this will be possible if we hear from you ,to enable us advise you on how to apply for recovery of your fund and if possible give us more details that will help us to arrest them because we really need to put a stop to their scam job. We have got hold of some men here in our office which we found some international passport in there hands. After much interview we found out that they use different name of iternational passport to receive money from people claiming to be another person which they are not.
 
PLEASE DO NOT DISCLOSE THIS EMAIL TO THEM TO ENABLE US ARREST THEM,DO NOT INFORM THEM ABOUT MY EMAIL TO YOU AND DO NOT FORWARD DOWN THIS EMAIL TO THEM BECAUSE IF YOU DO THEY MIGHT CONFUSE YOU AND TELL YOU STORY TO MAKE YOU STILL PUT YOUR TRUST IN THEM WHICH IS RUBBISH, LISTEN YOU ARE TO MAINTAIN REGULAR CORRESPONDENCE WITH US AND ALWAYS UPDATE ME ANYTIME THEY WRITE YOU AND TRY AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO SEND DOWN ANY EMAIL YOU GET FROM THEM SO THAT I CAN ADVISE YOU ON WHAT TO DO.
 
PLEASE FILL IN THE BELOW SPACE WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION SO THAT I CAN KNOW WHOM I AM DEALING WITH AND ALSO TO KNOW YOU WELL TO ENABLE ME CALL YOU FROM TIME TO TIME TO KNOW HOW YOU ARE FARING.

 
Your full name:..............
Your home address:...................
Telephone number:..............
Your occupation:...........
Country:.........
Age:............
Sex.................
With your international passport, or drivers lances or state I.D
Card:...................

 
Your reply to us is very important. 
 
Thank you for your coporation.
Yours faithfully, 
Mr. Interpol Johnson christopher Brown 
Chief inspector of crime and fraud Investigation Interpol. 
******************************************************************************************* 
Interpol is the world's largest international police organization, with 186 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. Interpol aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the 
limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Interpol's constitution prohibits 'any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.' Interpol's Leadership The President of Interpol 
and the Secretary General work closely together in providing strong leadership and direction to the. 
 

Another FBI scam

The FBI will not contact you to tell you you have won money. They will not address you as "recipient". If you get an email from the FBI saying they have money for you, it is likely a scam. If you think it may be real, call your regional FBI office (not from the phone # in the e-mail), and talk with them about it.

scam e-mail below:

       
                                                   FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.                           Federal Bureau of Investigation                          J. Edgar Hoover Building                           935 Pennsylvania Avenue,                          NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001            

            REF:     US/28028/8A28/11      

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     ATTN:   RECIPIENT           This is to officially   inform you that it has come to     our notice and we have thoroughly completed an investigation with the   help     of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the   sum     of $800,000.00 USD. from a Lottery Company in the      United States of   America.     During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money   from     an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be   paid to     you via a Certified Cashier's Check.          Normally, it will   take up to 10 business days for an     International Check to be cashed by your local banks. We have   successfully     notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a     registered bank within the      United States of   America     so as to enable you cash the check instantly without any delay,   henceforth     the stated amount of $800,000.00 USD. has been deposited with     Bank Of America.           We have completed   this investigation and you are hereby     approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire     transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the   funds     have been deposited at Bank Of America you     will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery   Agent     in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Oregon, United   State of America. According to our discoveries, you were required to     pay for the following -                   Deposit Fee's   (Fee's       paid by the company for the deposit into an American Bank which is -   Bank       of America)               Cashier's Check       Conversion Fee (Fee for converting the Wire       Transfer payment into a Certified Cashier's Check)                 The total amount for   everything is      $470.00 (Four Hundred     and Seventy USD.) We have tried our possible best to indicate that this   $470.00     should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the   funds     have already been deposited at Bank Of America and cannot be accessed by     anyone except the legal owner (you), the winner; therefore you will be     required to pay the required fee's to the Agent in-charge of this     transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or     Money Gram.           In order to proceed   with this transaction, you will be     required to contact the agent in-charge (JOSEPH BAXTER) via e-  mail.     Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:          CONTACT AGENT   NAME:         AGENT JOSEPH BAXTER          E-MAIL   ADDRESS:                                  josephbaxter2012@aol.com           You will be required   to e-mail him with the following     information:                          FULL NAME:                           ADDRESS:                          CITY:                           STATE:                          ZIP CODE:                    DIRECT CONTACT   NUMBER:          You will also be   required to request     Western Union details on how to send the     required $470.00 in order to immediately ship your prize of $800,000.00   USD     via Certified Cashier's Check drawn from Bank of America, and also   include     the following Fund Reference Identification : EA2948-  910.           This letter will   serve as proof that the     Federal Bureau Of Investigation is     authorizing you to pay the required $470.00 ONLY to AGENT JOSEPH BAXTER   via     information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your     winning prize of $800,000.00 we shall be held responsible for the loss   and     this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to   you     (The Winner).          Please find below an   authorized signature which has been     signed by the  FBI Head     Director - Robert Mueller                 

                                                    Robert Mueller                                           Head Director - FBI.                    NSB SEAL   ABOVE          

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                   NOTE: In order to ensure rapid   response for the Fund won,       contact AGENT JOSEPH BAXTER as soon as possible providing the required       information needed from you above            

             

COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT!!! scam

everyone feels like they haven't been compensated properly for some work they have done in the past... Maybe that is why this scam fools people. Of course, if "Mr Anthony Goodluck" (love the last name) really had a check "in your name" then why would he address you as "friend" instead of using your name? and why would he want you to send him "your full name"


The scam email is below:

Dear Friend,

  Yes I do have a check on my desk.


I bring this to your notice to know that my boss left a CERTIFIED BANK
DRAFT CHECK (USD$5,000,000.00) in your name which can be payable in any
bank in your country; Please, reconfirm your Info to us. So that I may be
sure you owns the check. Reconfirm this information so that I will not
make any mistake in the process of claim.

You are to provide as follows:


Your Full Name:
Your Home Address:
Yours Office Address:
Direct Telephone Number:
Age and Occupation:
A copy of your Drivers License/International Passport:


l wait to hear from you to enable me quickly proceed and forward your Data
to our Correspondent Payment Bank.


Call me +2348028966838

Best Regards,
Mr.Anthony Goodluck.