Subject: TOTAL JOB OPPORTUNITY IN COTE D'IVOIRE/ONLINE INTERVIEW FORM

This one popped up in two different email accounts. I'm reasonably sure this is a scam of some sort, but I've never seen one like it in my inbox. Searches at Google and Urgentmessage.org (a great scam email resource) turned up nothing specific.

TOTAL JOB OPPORTUNITY
CLIENT/EMPLOYER: (TOTAL COMPANY COTE D'IVOIRE PLC)
RECRUITMENT AGENCY: BELVUE RECRUITMENT AGENCY.

ATTN: APPLICANT,

Your CV/Resume was sent to us regarding the below vacant positions .

CURRENT AVAILABLE POSITIONS :
• Engineering :
• Physical Science:
• Social Science :
• Law :
• Accountancy :
OTHERS:
- Contract Administrator
- Schedulers
- Quantity Surveyors
- Planners / Reporter
- Direct Charge Buyer
- Team Leaders
- QA Advisors
- Economic and Planning Manager
- Senior Economist
- Economist
- Reservoir Engineers
- Petrophysicists
- Geophysicis
- Project Manager
- Manager
- Accountant
ETC.
A very attractive net salary paid in US$, Sterling or Euros equivalent depending on employee home country and currency preference. Quality single or family housing accommodation in company community. Free medical care in Cote d'Ivoire for employee and family.. Excellent educational assistance benefits with family status employment.. Paid airfares allowing full flexibility with holiday travel.. Personal effects shipment and excess baggage allowances.. Full access to some of the finest and social recreational facilities in Cote d'Ivoire.

CONTRACT DURATION:
Level 1: 12 Months, (One Year) and renewably only on satisfactory performance by employee.Level 2: Full timeInterested candidates must have not less than 3 years experience in any of the above listed fields.You are advice to fill the interview form and send back to us via email together with your updated CV resume for proper screening and verifications through our international department and only successful applicants will be contacted via e-mail.
Regards,
Dr.Stephane Gaoussou
Head Of Belvue Recruitment Services.BELVUE RECRUITMENT AGENCY COTE D'IVOIRE. TEL: (+225) 05 48 99 80 FAX : (225) 21 242710

belvueagency@yahoo.fr

Subject: YOU WON OUR INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMOTION

I just won yet another lottery. And I won this one for simply using the internet. I always knew spending endless hours slumped in front of my computer like a slack-jawed zombie would eventually pay off.

FROM THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL WORLDWIDE INTERNET USER LOTTERY
PRIZE AWARD DEPT.

Attn:Lucky Winner,

YOUR WINNING NOTIFICATION FOR USING THE INTERNET.

We are pleased to inform you that one of the best things that can happen to any Internet user is to be rewarded for spending money and time on the Internet. You may not have known that over one hundred billion people daily surf the Internet on regular basis for one reason or other. These Internet users including yourself, pay access fees to various Internet Service Providers (ISP) all over the word who in turn remit surplus funds to the numerous World Wide Internet Technology Companies (WWITC) for the development and advancement of Global Information Technology.

So much money is generated from people like you all over the World for using the Information Superhighway (the Internet) without your being aware the enormous sum that go to the stake holders (WWWITC). Without your patronage, this would not have been possible. After we conducted a research on the issue, we concluded that Internet users should be compensated. As a result, we embarked on a worldwide lottery promotion with a sophisticated automated database to randomly select E-mail accounts that frequently surf the Internet. Consequent upon this, your E-mail address was picked for Category œA Winners.

After the automated computer ballot, your E-mail address emerged as a winner in the category "A" with the following numbers attached

Ref Number: PW EH 9590 OG 0612,
Batch Number: PA 563881545-NL/2007


You and other category œA winners are therefore to receive a cash prize of $2,500,000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) from the total payout of One Billion US Dollars earmarked in the lottery for category œA winners. Your prize award has been insured with your E-mail address, which qualified you for the lottery and will be transferred to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory proof of E-mail address ownership.

To file in for the processing of your winning cash prize, you are advised to contact our certified and accreditted claims agent for category "A" winners with the information below:

CLAIMS AGENT.

Name: Hanz Daniel
Email: surflottery_office@yahoo.de
Email: surf_2007.claimsoffice@yahoo.de
Phone: +31 619 729 459

You are advised to provide him with the following information:

First name:
Last Name:
Telephone/Fax number:
Nationality:
Age:
Occupation:
Ref Number:
Batch Number:

NOTE: All winnings must be claimed not later than 14 days, thereafter unclaimed funds would be forfeited after a trio repeated forwarding of this message to you without your response. Remember to quote your reference information in all correspondence.

You are to keep all lotto information confidential, especially your reference numbers and the password of your E-mail address. Since we do not know you, if an impostor hacks your E-mail account ID and claims your money without our knowledge, we shall not be liable. Double claims will not be entertained so be careful. Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.

Congratulations!!! And thank you for being a user of the World Wide Web.

Yours Faithfully,
Marry Jones
Lottery Coordinator.

internationalprizeawarddept4@yahoo.de

Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF MR DAVE PETTER

This is the second email I've gotten from "Dave Petter". It's also significant as being the first 419 email I've ever gotten that had a photo. I would include it here, but the photo was linked to someone's MySpace page. And after I looked that person up on Google, I've come to the conclusion that he has nothing to do with the scammer.

FROM THE OFFICE OF MR DAVE PETTER
DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO.

1BP.24432


SORRY IF THIS MESSAGE DO NOT MEET YOUR PERSONAL ADVANTAGE, WE APOLOGIES


Compliment,

Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am Mr. dave petter the director incharge of auditing and accounting Dept. of Bank of Africa OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO. I deem it fit to contact you regarding an inactive/dormant account fund that will benefit both of us at the end, if parties involved will take restrait and maintain absolute secrecy, honesty and integrity.

I got your contact in my search for a reputable and reliable person to particularly assist me to claim the fund in question. During auditing, in our bank at the end of last fiscal year, We discovered the sum of (US$8.1M) eight million one hundred thousand United States dollars in a dormant account belonging to an international businessman who was involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash. while travelling for his bussiness. I kept this information(secret) confidential within my jurisdiction to enable us submit claims and transfer this fund through trustworthy person whom we shall present to our bank as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased.
Visit....Link

Our investigations so far clearly reveals that there is no immediate survivor or even a relation to the deceased and as such, there is no immediate next of kin for further claims of the deceased fund as we have long been expecting someone to come forward with an applications. Further information's /verifications from reliable sources too have confirmed that the deceased customer supposed next of kin were all in the plane with him died with him.this is where the bank come in to do bussiness with who ever is interested. This fund is now ready for transfer into a foreign account, whose owner will be portrayed to our bank as the beneficiary and a next of kin to the deceased customer. The foreign account owner will impost himself appropriately as the next of kin to the deceased and respond positively like a true next of kin who wishes to speed up the release and transfer process of his inherited fund. Kindly be aware too that if the over-due fund if not claimed by the end of next quarter, the National Treasury and Bills of britain will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the National Edict Act of 2000. We do not want this to happen as it will not augur to our best interest, having worked all our lives in the banking sector, that is why I contacted you for us to do the deal together with absolute confidence, so that you will be portrayed as the bonafide beneficiary and an immediate next of kin to the deceased. I will give you further directives, advice and all needed information's required for this transaction as soon as I receive your positive response. Similarly, if you accept to carry out this transaction with us, we have resolved offering to you 30% of the total sum as commission, extra 10% of all proceeds to be generated from subsequent profit-viable. 5% of the total fund will be set aside to re-imburse all expenses incurred in this course of this transaction. This transfer will automatically be affected within 7 working days. Be rest assured that with the underground work i have laid so far, that this transaction carries no risk and no extra burdens on your part, except the above mentioned nominal roles you are required to fulfil and similarly will be required to maintain absolute information secrecy throughout the duration of this transaction, because discussing and exhibiting it with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction. I will give you directives and all needed information as soon as I receive your positive response. Kindly understand that we could not carry out this fund-transfer on our own, based on the simple facts that we are civil servants and presently bank staffs and this office excludes us from operating foreign accounts, moreover conducting such magnanimous transaction from the same place where we belong to/coming from will raise eyebrows on our side and the truth is that this fund belongs to a foreigner, and as such demands same as next of kin. I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project as this will greatly enrich the both of us at the end.

please you are required to reply this message as a matter of necessity.
(dave_petter01@yahoo.com)


Best regards,
MR DAVE PETTER
(Account Audithor B.O.A)

mrdave_petter07@hotmail.com

Subject: Partner Needed!

Mr. Abiodun Solarin apologizes to me for using the medium of random email to reach me for a business offer worth over 20 million pounds. No need to apologize, Mr. Solarin, people I don't know offer me millions of dollars via free webmail accounts just about every day.

From Mr. A. B. Solarin
Nigerian National Petroleum Corperation

Confidential

Dear Friend,

Before I go further I will like to introduce myself, I am Mr. A.B. Solarin. I am the Chief auditor Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access repose on this medium. I got your contact information on the internet during my search for an international partner that can carry out this urgent transaction with me. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of this deal described Hereunder for our benefit and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the corporation where I work as the chief auditor and with the cooperation of my colleague Mr. Eddy Akhuemonkhan, who is the chief accountant to the corporation, we have access to overdue payment bills totaling Twenty Million, Two Hundred Thousand Pounds 20.200m (Pounds) which is in our corporate account with the Central Bank that we want to transfer abroad with your assistance and cooperation to receive the said fund on our behalf. More so, we are handicapped in the circumstances, as the Nigeria Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount 20.200m (Pounds) represents the balance of the total contract value executed for my corporation by a British/American contracting firm, which I and my colleague over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application of claim for the transfer of your contract entitlement.

I have the authority of my colleague involved to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 25% of the 20.200 million Pounds, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me.

Endeavor to contact me directly immediately whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not, it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to assure you that my partner and myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can give us a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please remember to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this business. I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. I will give my confidential mobile number where you can reach me at any time as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Solarin

solarin100@yahoo.co.uk

Subject: B.B.C LOTTERY

Wow, I'm doing shockingly well for someone who never, ever plays the lottery. How many have I won in the past month? Four? Five?

National Lottery Results.
B.B.C LOTTERY,
Calle Americano, 32-4
Madrid Branch, Spain.
Reference no. 1191
Batch no: ES/SPL/ELPN
http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/
Wednesday May 23rd 2007
Dear Winner,

You have won the sum of €1,000,000:00 (One Million Euros Only). LOTTERY on our 2007 charity bonanza.

The winning ticket was selected from a Data Base of Internet Email Users, from which your Address came out as the winning coupon.

We hereby urge you to claim the winning amount quickly as the sole Beneficiary. You are therefore requested to contact immediately our Claims Department below quoting winning number 03:19:31:32:36:40 ( BONUS 43),Reference no.1191 and Batch no: ES/SPL/ELPN. For More information about your Winning, you can Visit our Website on: http://www.bbc.co.uk/lottery/.

AFFIX CAPITAL SECURITY INC S.A
C/SAN VICENTE 21,
PLANTA 2A 28009 MADRID SPAIN.
Tel: +34 651 368 067
fax: +34 911 414 375
Contact Person: Jose Gonzalez
Email:josegonzalez@mail.vu

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Please be aware that the PAYING BANK will Effect Payment Swiftly upon satisfactory Report,Verifications and validation provided by this Claim agent. For security reasons,you are advised to keep your winning informations confidential till your claims is process and your money remitted to you.

Please remember to quote your winning numbers when contacting your claims agent,And provide us with your direct telephone and fax numbers when responding to these email.

NOTE:you must be 16 or over to play or claim a prize.
Regards,
Sabrina Fernando
B.B.C LOTTERRY
Spanish Division.

senorasabrina@walla.com

Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

Dr. Franklin Chuks has a business preposition for me.

FROM: THE DESK OF DR FRANKLIN CHUKS,
FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc.
35 MARINA
FIRST BANK BUILDING
LAGOS
DEAR SIR,


SUBJECT : REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


FIRST I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTURE OF ITS NATURE AND BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL I DR FRANKLIN CHUKS SECRETARY TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES THE TRANSFER OF A HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.


THE PREPOSITION:


THE LATE FOREIGN ENGINEER JOSEPH HILDEN, AN OILMERCHANT / CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OFNIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH A YEAR AGO IN A GHASTLYAIR CRASH, BELLVIEW AIRLINE WHICH OCCURED IN IFO VILLAGE IN OGUN STATE .WITH US HERE IN NIGERIA AT THE FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA Plc. LAGOS. HE HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF US$12,200,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS). WHICH THE BANK, NOW UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS TO BE CLAIMED BY MR JOHN JOHNSON'S NEXT OF KIN.FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORT, HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA, TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF JOSEPH HILDENS FAMILY BUT TO NO AVAIL. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE INABILITY TO LOCATE MR JOSEPH HILDENS NEXT OF KIN, THAT THE MANAGEMENT OF THE BANK UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF OUR CHAIRMAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS ADMIRAL MICHAEL OKHAI AKHIGE(RTD), HAS AGREED THAT SINCE THE INCIDENT OCCURED IN 2005 AND HAS LEFT THE FUND DORMANT AND DEVALUED. WE SHOULD TRANSFER THE FUND OVERSEAS AND UTILIZE IT EITHER ON STOCK MARKET INVESTMENT OR PERSONAL BUSINESS INTEREST IF NO ONE COMES UP AS THE NEXT OF KIN.


YOUR ROLE IS VERY IMPORTANT AS THE FUND WHEN CONCLUDED ON TRANSFER WILL BE JUSTIFIABLY PRESENTED AS HAVING BEEN REMMITED INTO THE NEXT OF KINS ACCOUNT WHICH IS ASSUMED TO BE YOU. YOUR INTEREST WILL BE PROTECTED AS UNECCESSARY DOCUMENTATION WILL BE AVOIDED AND ADEQUATE PERCENTAGES (%) HAVE SCHEDULED FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.


1. ACCOUNT HOLDER -- 25%
2. NIGERIA -- 60%
3. 10% INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.


NOTE THAT ALL MODALITIES NECESSARY FOR THIS TRANSFER HAVE BEEN PERFECTED AND THE TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.


I AM AWAITING FOR YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE.


EMAIL: reachfrank2002@yahoo.com


REGARDS
DR FRANKLIN CHUKS

Subject: THE COCA COLA COMPANY

First it was Microsoft and now it's the Coca-Cola Company that's running a lottery I just won.

PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT COCA COLA AVENUE
STANFORD BRIDGE LONDON SW1V 3DW UNITED KINGDOM



THE COCA COLA COMPANY OFFICIAL PRIZE NOTIFICATION

Ref: PBL/CN/6654/CP.
Coupon No.PBL2348974321


We are pl eased to inform you of the result of the just concluded annual final draws held on the 28th Of April 2007 by Coca-Cola company in conjunction with the British American Tobacco Worldwide Promotion.

Your email was among the 4 Lucky winners who won a lump sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND BRITISH POUNDS STERLINGS (£500,000.000 ) each on THE COCA COLA COMPANY PROMOTIONS.However the results were released on the 23th of May 2007 and your email was attached to ticket number (CC/7PWYZ2006) and ballot number (CC/BT:12052006/20) The online draws was conducted by a random selection of email addresses from an exclusive list of 29,031 E-mail addresses of individuals and corporate bodies picked by an advanced automated random computer search from the internet.

However,no tickets were sold but all email addresses were assigned to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized e mail selection machine (TOPAZ) fro m a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world This Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

In other to claim your prize winning, you are required to fill out the Claims Verification form below and send it to the Fiduciary Agent Of THE COCA COLA COMPANY for verification and claim processing

NAME:....................................
AGE:.......................................
SEX:......................................
ADDRESS:..............................
EMAIL:....................................
PHONE:.................................
OCCUPATION:.........................
COMPANY:..............................
COUNTRY:..............................
Prize Ref No............................

Lottery Claims Officer:
Name:Advocate james willies
E mail; james_advocate200@yahoo.co.uk
Tel : +44 7031 914049

Congratulations once again On Behalf of the staff And Members Of the COCA COLA COMPANIES and therefore advised you to keep your winning information confidential and restrict from third Party to avoid double or false claims of your winning.


Wilford smith,
(Lottery Coordinator

Info.webbb1@comcast.net

Subject: From Mr Peter Walter

This is a new one on me: dying rich guy wants to donate his vast fourtune to various charities, but inexplicably starts sending out random emails to anybody with a free webmail account.

Dear Friend,

As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.

My name is Peter Walter, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal Cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in carrying for my health. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Now that God ! has called me, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give arms to charity organizations and give succour and confort to the less priviledged in our societies, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth.

So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my healthhas deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization and to the less priviledged in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of fourteen million dollars($14m) that I have with a Security Company in Europe for safe keeping. I will want you to help me collect this deposit and disburse it to some charity organizations and to the less priviledged.

N/B:Kindly note that 40% of this funds must go to victims of Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina , Hurricane Wilma and South Asia Earthquake ,40% to other Charity Organizations around the World and 20% for your effort and time.

I cannot talk with you on the phone due to my health situation, as I am using my Lap Top Computer to communicate with you. You should respond to this e-mail if you are interested in carrying out this assignment on my behalf. Please send me a mail to indicate if you will assist me in this disbursement.

I await to hear from you, may God be with you and your entire family.

Remain blessed,
Peter Walter.
Reply To: peter_walter003@yahoo.com

Subject: E-MAIL PROMOTION RESULT

Wow, I just keep winning lotteries. This is like the third or fourth one I've won in the past month. I'm so rich I think I'll buy the internet and kick everyone off of it so I can get some peace and quiet.

SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE SOL 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF:NA/0534/30/07
BATCH: 75/012/INA
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,
WINNING NOTIFICATION
We happily announce to you the draw of the Royal spanish Sweepstake Lottery International programs held by a group of Bank giro loteria corporation, the Slidecircuir award and in conjunction with the foundation for the promotion of software products,(F.P.S.), held in Spain on the 2nd of May 2007 in Madrid Spain.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 212005600545 177 with Serial number4887/07 drew the lucky numbers: 41-6-76-13-45-7, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 2,000,000.00 Euro(Two million Euro) in cash credited to file KPC/9080333306/07.This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million Euro(10million Euro), shared amongst the first Five (5th) lucky winners in this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Madrid booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your 2,000,000.00 Euro(Two million Euro) would be released to you by our security firm in Madrid,Spain.

Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.

The information you received was to officially notify you of this award and to advise you to contact the processing office immediately upon receipt of this message for more information concerning the verification, processing and eventual payment of the above prize to you Mr Luis Alonso Lopez of Natario Loteria Security Depatment Madrid Spain. Email: natarioservice@aim.com or natariosecuri@aim.com Tel:0034-650-013-942

You have been requested to also contact the security agent with the following informations
FULL NAME:..................................
PHONE NUMBER:...............................
COUNTRY:....................................
ADDRESS:....................................
SEX:........................................
AGE:........................................
OCCUPATION:.................................
WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS......................

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice. Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week ofreceiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote yourreference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Enrique
Lottery Director. emailresult@aim.com

Subject: I AM Mrs Theresa Coleman,

I like the emphasis on am in the subject line. It's sort of like she's in the middle of a conversation where someone denies she's who she says she is.

From Mrs Theresa Coleman,

Cote D'Ivoire,West Africa.

Attn :

My name is Mrs Theresa Coleman, 35 years,a citizen of Sierra - Leone , wife of late Fidelix Coleman, who before his death was the person managing the Sierra - Leone goldand diamond corporation( SGDC ).

I hope you are aware of the war which has ravaged my country for the past years now . It was in one of this attacks by the rebels that led to the death of my husband and three of my children , now I am left with only my last son David .

I was terrified of the situation and because of this I escaped with my son David from Sierra - Leone to cote d' Ivoire into a refugee camp but brought along the sum of u.s$12.5 million , in a metallic box and presently in a security company as family valuables .

My aim of contacting you is to seek for your able assistance as a front in transferring this fund abroad into an account , then as a business developer , you can help us to invest wisely in areas you deem lucrative and finally obtain a residential permit for us to stay comfortable in your country of abode .

Presently we cannot go back to Sierra- Leone because of the situation there and you know that cote d' Ivoire where we are now is politically unstable; we therefore wish you could help us get out of here before it become worse.

We are prepared to offer you 10% of the total funds for your able assistance and support and would send you proofs of the funds as soon as we favourably hear from you .

Finally I implore you to treat this transaction with secrecy and confidentiality for security reasons .

Thanking you in anticipation and God bless.

Mrs Theresa Coleman.

theresa_coleman07@myway.com

Subject: IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

Most scammers go on and on and on, but this guy either believes in brevity or simply isn't trying very hard.

FROM THE DESK OF,
MR DAVE PETTER
DIRECTOR AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
BANK OF AFRICA.(BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU -BURKINA FASO.
Phone + 226 76 644 000.
Dear Friend, REPLY URGENT PLEASE
This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($12.5 million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking on this web site (Link) Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be sharedbetween us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses.If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail.
have a great day.
Your Faithfully
Mr DAVE PETTER.
mrdave_petter06@hotmail.com

Subject : HELLOOO

The stupidest thing about this email is the subject line. If I was going to tell someone via email that they had won £350,000, I think I could come up with a better subject line than, "HELLOOO".

Microsoft Award Team
20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom
Ref: BTD/968/05
Batch: 409978E

Dear Winner,


CONGRATULATION! CONGRATULATION!! CONGRATULATION!!!

The prestigious Micrsoft and aol has set out and sucessfully organised a Sweepstakes marking the year 2007 anniversary we rolled out over US$ 4,419,864 for our end of year Anniversary Draws. Participants for the draws were randomly selected and drawn from a wide range of web hosts which we enjoy their patronage.

The selection was made through a computer draw system attaching personalised email addresses to ticket numbers. If you ignore this, you will regret it later. Microsoft and AOL are now the largest Internet companies and in an effort to make sure that Internet Explorer remains the most widely used program, Microsoft and AOL are running an e-mail beta test.

Your email address as indicated was drawn and attached to ticket number 008795727498 with serial numbers BTD/9080648302/06 and drew the lucky numbers 14-21-25-39-40-47(20) which subsequently won you (£200,000,00 Two Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds) as one of the 5 jackpot winners in this draw.

You have therefore won the entire winning sum of £350,000.00 Three Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great Britain Pounds) The draws registered as Draw number one was conducted in Brockley, London United Kingdom on the 14th of January,2007. These Draws are commemorative and as such special.

Please be informed by this winning notification,to file your claims,you are to make contact with your designated agent who shall by duty guide you through the process to facilitate the release of your prize.To file for your claim Please Contact your delivery agency in the contact information below:

DELIVERY AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION:

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Subject: VERY VERY URGENT AND REPLY NEEDED.

I found out something from this email that I didn't know: citizens of Burkina Faso are apparently called Burkinabes. So don't ever let anyone tell you that scam emails are completely useless. (Speaking of useless, here's some useless trivia: Burkina Faso used to be called Upper Volta. I have always wondered if there was a Lower Volta.)

Dear Friend,

I am the head of Accounts and Audit Department of Bank of Africa, Ouagadougou . I decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable of handling this business transaction which i explained below;

In my department i discovered an abandoned sum of $18.5m US dollars (Eighteen million, five hundred thousand US dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in 2002 in a plane crash.

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that his supposed next of kin(his son and wife) died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim .

It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin (We want to present you as his busines asociate )to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained Unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner .

We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your account as arranged,you must apply first to the bank as next of kin of the deceased customer. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I expect that you contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter and send your photo so that i will know whom i, dealing with.

Hoping to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully,
DR Ciakaru Umaru,
Accounts & Audit Department ,
Bank of Africa

Nb.also give me your telephone and fax numbers for easy comunication with you

ciakaru_umaru509@hotmail.fr

Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.

Scammers love plane crashes, don't they? I wonder how many times they've linked to the same damn BBC news page.

FROM THE DESK OF ADAMU ATTAH
THE HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT, AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO WEST AFRICA.

PLANE CRASH WEB SITE...http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.

("REMITTANCE OF $15.5MILLION U.S.A DOLLARS CONFIDENTIAL IS THE CASE")

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON 2007,

I AM (ADAMU ATTAH),HEAD OF FILE DEPARTMENT & DEBT RECOVERING IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO IN WEST AFRICA.

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. HOWEVER AFTER SERIES OF PETITION WAS RECIEVED BY THIS PRESENT REGIME FROM FOREIGN CONTRACTORS AND INABILITY OF THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (ADB)TO FULFILL THEIR OBLIGATION FOR THE PAYMENT TO ITS FOREIGN CREDITORS, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, THEY MANDATED US TO CARRY OUT A CAREFUL AND COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW OF ALL OVERDUE PAYMENTS TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS AND TO EFFECT PAYMENTS IMMEDIATELY.

DURING THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROCESS, WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF US$15 M (FIFTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN A PLANE CRASH THAT HAPPENED IN (MONDAY 31ST JULY 2000).SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOME BODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDELINES AND LAWS BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE LEARNT THAT ALL HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION DIED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM.

IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND OTHER OFFICIALS IN MY DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

I AGREE THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT,AND 50% WOULD BE FOR ME, WHILE 10% WILL BE FOR EXPENSES INCURE DURING THE TRANSACTION. THERE AFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE PERCENTAGE INDICATED.THEREFORE, TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHEREIN THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.

UPON THE RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL SEND TO YOU BY EMAIL THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO FILL AND SEND TO THE BANK. I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS HITCH-FREE RISK AND THIS TRANSACTION WILL ONLY TAKE US 14 BANKING DAYS BECAUSE AS A BANKER, I KNOW WHAT TO DO AND MOVE THE FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHOUT ANY DELAY AND THATYOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENT HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER.

I WAIT FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY SO THAT I WILL SEND YOU THE TEXT OF THE APPLICATION TO APPLY TO THE BANK AND THE DATA INFORMATION OF THE DECEASED .

YOUR'S FAITHFULLY,

ADAMU ATTAH
FROM (ADB) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO.
adamu-attaha11@hotmail.com
adamu-attaha36@hotmail.com

Mr. Attah also needs funds to help him get his caps lock key unstuck. Tragic situation.

Subject: RE: TRANSFER OF (USD 16.6 MILLION) I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION ON THIS PROJECT

RE: TRANSFER OF (USD 16.6 MILLION)
I am pleased to introduce a business opportunity to transfer to your overseas account the sum of(USD16.6 MILLION) United States Dollars) from one of the Prime Banks here in Dakar Senegal.I seek for your assistance to handle this important and confidential business believing that you will never let me down either now or in future.
I am Mr Siraj Diop, (Bsc,Msc) the Auditor General of one of the prime banks here in Dakar Senegal , during the course of our auditing , I discovered a floating funds in an account opened in our bank since 1982 and till date no body has operated on the account and after going through old files in the records, I discovered that the owner of the account died long ago in a plane crash along with his family without leaving a[His/WILL], hence the floating of the funds and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.
Therefore ,with a personal conviction of trust and confidence ,I wish to contact you as a foreigner, to stand as a relative because you share the same surname with the decease's , thus I can work out the release of the funds , No other person in the office knows about the account , please be assured of the risk free , I'm the one that will work it out , all I need is your co-operation because the account content can not be approved to an indigen here as his next of kin .
At the conclusion of this project , I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has correct information of this fund, which I will give to you later , if you are able and with capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life.
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable person, intact pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing. and I want to remaind you that your share has been carculated at 35% of the total sum and 5 will map out for the transfer expenses .I waiting for your urgent reply so that I will give you more informations about this transaction.
Contact me via my this e-mail: sj_diop2@yahoo.co.uk
Best Regard.
Mr. Siraj Diop.

sj_diop10@yahoo.co.uk

Subject: PERSONAL

PRINCE DIGBE KOUASSI
PEACE FOUNDATION HOUSE
VALLERY DE ESSANG
BOULEVARD ABIDJAN
IVORY COAST
MY Hope
I am Mr PRINCE DIGBE KOUASSI the only son of the late Chief Manga Kouassi Williams former chairman of gold and diamond corporation of Sierra Leone . The source of your contact gives me courage and confidence to entrust my life to you. I write to you with an absolute confidence firstly to ask for your assistance to transfer our liquidity from 9.8 million dollar which currently is in the custody of a security company of safety here in Abidjan in your personal account until our arrival in your country.
My late father, chief Manga Kouassi Williams, had private mines of diamond and gold in kono district of Sierra Leone and was also the chairman of SIERRA LEONE(S.L.M.C) Mïnning corporation. Concerning my late father, this money is the result of gold and diamond extracts from his private mines before the beginning of the civil war between the rebel forces and the gripping peace forces of ECOMOG which destroyed our country after the takeover by the rebel forces which drove out the legitimate and a p democratically elected president Mr AHMED TEJAN KABBAH. My father had already set up a plan to evacuate us (my family) my mother, my small sister and me to Abidjan in ivory Coast Dimension with our personal effects and the boxes containing the money through the means of the forces of evacuation of the United Nations which the officials did not know. My father asked us to deposit trunks in a private company of safety until he joins us after the war. During the war in my country, and with no regard for the future of the country the plundering of the public properties of government by the rebelling forces became thier ambition , the co-operation of the Sierra Leone mines were one of the plundered and destroyed industries. My father and several others senior officials were attacked and killed by the rebels in November 2000 for their relation with the civil government of AHMED TEJAN KABBAH.
Following death of my father, and with the news of my uncle in connection in an air crash in January, our hopes of survival were completely drowned. This cruel death of my father and my uncle caused a heart failure to my mother and other complications which caused her death later in a hospital and after we had to spend a significant amount of money to save her but to no avail. Currently me and my sister of 18 years are the two children left here in Ivory Coast, are suffering in this country and without any support or hope and without any relations to cater for us, we are currently like refugees and orphans. Our only hope currently is in you and in the trunk box that late mother deposited in the security company of safety.
To this end, I humbly pray and request your assistance in the following direction;
To help me contact the security company as a bussiness associate of my father who was mandated by my late father to get the trunks sent to your country and look for a good investment company preferable the fishing company and estate investments.
It is significant to let you know that the company of safety does not know the exact contents of trunks because it was declared as family documents and artifacts.
All the documents relating to the deposits are in the hands of our pastor where me and my junior sister worship .
For your assistance, I will yield to you 20% of this money for your efforts and your Godly mind.
Finally I pray that you keep this transaction strictly confidential until the money is stictly in your custody.
Thank you for your willing heart to assist us and the lord will surely see both you and us through.
Yours sincerely.
Prince Digbe Kouassi
digbekouassi10@yahoo.ca

Subject: PLEASE VERY URGENT.

FROM THE DESK OF MR,FRANCIS_DAVID
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.
PHONE CONTACT 00226.78.89.77.34


DEAR FRIEND,

I know you may be surprise to recieve this e-mail ; I got your contact address from the internet while I was searching for my friend that has similar name with you. I am the manager of bill and exchange BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) at foreign remittance department. There is a business I would want you to champion for me, in my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($31.500.000 U.S) thirty one million five hundred thousands US dollars)

In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 25TH JULY, 2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH [Flight AF4590] with the whole passenger's aboard. The name of the deceased man was

(MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich Germany) N.B. In other for you to believe me honestly, visit the web site to enable you know whether we can work together, below is the website.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

You have to understand that I come crossed this huge amount of money when I was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank management for the annual audit of the year. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin's or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after some years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkina citizen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant (A Banker), we are not allowed to operate any foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in the same bank. This is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.

I don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill, I agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60 % would be for me. There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted.

All modalities of this transaction have been carefully worked out and once started will not take more than fourteen (14) working days, with your full support. This transaction is 100% risk free. it involve no any implication and no any precaution there after. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter reply to thi box. at;

Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr,francis_david
Bill and exchange manager,
BANK OF AFRICA

francis_david81@hotmail.com

Subject: From Ms.Rosemary Van Ken.

I got this same email in two different accounts this morning.

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Subject: FROM MARY BENSON

I get very few 419 emails from women.

MRS mary benson

Avenue 15,rue 12
Lot 1225,Deux Plateau
Abidjan-Coted'ivoire
Dear Sir/Ma.

It's my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my Son AIL intend to establish in your country,Though I have not met with you before but I believe one has to risk, confiding in someone to succeed sometimes in life.

There is this huge amount of money Eigtheen million U.S dollars($18,000,000.00) which my late Husband Mr.james benson kept for us in a security storage house here in Abidjan before he was assasinated by unknown persons. Now my son and I decieded to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security purposes.We want you to help us to transfer this fund to your country for investment purposes on the followings below:

1).Telecommunication

2). International School

3). Five star hotel

If you can be of an assistance to us we will be pleased to offer to you 10% Of the total fund.

I await your soonest response.Through This My Private Email mary_benson0001@yahoo.com

Extend my warmest regards to your entire family.

Thank you and God bless you.

Sincerely
Mrs. mary benson

mary_benson1017@yahoo.it

Subject: URGENT RESPONDS

TOP SECRET
RE-REMITTANCE OF $15.2 MILLION USD
ATTN.PLEASE

I am Dr ibrahim zongo. i work with the African development bank (A.D.B) in Burkina Faso republic. it is my wish to solicit your assistance in a business transaction that will be of benefit to you and i. during our investigation and auditing in our bank for the end of the year 2006, my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased customer of the bank who died along with his entire family on 26th of dec 2003, in a plane crash disaster. in cotonu Benin republic .

although personally, i kept this information secret within myself to enable the whole plans and idea to be profitable and successful during the time of execution. the side amount was$15.2m (fifteen million, two hundred thousand united states dollars).as it may interest you to know, i am writing, following your address which i got through international network information when i was searching for a sure email contact.

i believed that you are capable and reliable to champion this business opportunity. meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the benefice next of kin to the deceased, get the required approval and transfer this money to your account if you indicate your interest has been made.

in fact i could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a banker, we are not allowed to operate a foreign account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because i working with this bank. this is the actual reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money to be re-transferred ,into on his requests it may be, after due verification and clarification by bank officials.

i will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100%risk free. on smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer, while the remaining 60% will be for me and my family. please you have been advised to keep this business as a secret between you and i for i am still in service and intend to retire from service after i conclude this deal with you. as soon as you confirm to me your willingness to assist me in this business i will send to you the deceased bank account information's and application which you will apply to the bank for inward transfer of this fund to your account.

i will be monitoring the whole situation here in the bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment, either in your country or any other country you may advice us to invest in. all other necessary information will be sent to you when i hear from you. i suggest you can get back to me as soon as possible stating you're wish for more clarification visit the website entire family on 26th December 2003 plane crash. (link)

FROM THE DESK OF DR. IBRAHIM ZONGO,
AUDIT & ACCOUNT MANAGER ,
IN AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.

ibrahim54zongo@hotmail.com

Subject: GAS ALARMS

I don't really get this one at all. Do they really make money randomly sending this email out?

We can provide products you needed
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Subject: HI

This is the first 419 email I've gotten in my Yahoo email in a couple of years (all the others here are from the MyWay email account I set up specifically to receive spam). This one also links to the same BBC article about the Concorde crash in France back in 2000 that I've seen in at least one other 419 email.

TEL:+221 4409966
Email: ericdiop_1@libero.it

Compliments.

Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious. We want to transfer to an oversea account($16,700.000.00 USD) Sixteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)from one of the banks located in Europe.

I want to ask you, If you are not capable to quietly look for a reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business,I am trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in future.

I am Mr Eric Diop a personal assistant to late Andreas Schranner. During the course of his bank's last week auditing,it was discovered that since his death no one has come forward to lay claim to this funds.So the bank issued me a memo to provide his next of kin or forfeit the funds.

This account was opened with the bank in 1999 and since 2000 nobody has operated on this account again, after going through some old files in my records,I discovered that my late client died without a [Heir/WILL] hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account Mr. Andreas Schranner a German property magnate who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of AF4590 German Concorde which crashed on Monday, 31 July, 2000, 13:22 GMT 14:22 UK,including his family leaving nobody as next of kin.No other person knows about this account or any thing concerning it,the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that the account is a secret account.

Please you can view this site for more information about the crash.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The total amount involved is Sixteen million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only [$16,700.000.00] and we wish to transfer this money into a safe foreigners account abroad. But I don't know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local person here, but to a foreigner who has information about the account, which I shall give to you upon your positive response.

I am revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me down in this business, you are the first and the only person that I am contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to take urgently.At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total amount,65% will be for us, while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your earliest reply.

You can reach me directly on my telephone number for more clarification +2214409966.

Best Regards,
Mr Eric Diop,
Email:ericdiop_1@libero.it

Subject: VERY EMERGENCY AND URGENT RESPONSE..... [What, again?]

Hmmm... I thought Ubah Zongo was personal Assistant to the Branch Manager of Bank of Africa (BOA), Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. They probably fired him after he tried to get that $4.3 million out of the country. Let's hope Mr. Klever Dikko doesn't make that same mistake. What?! Klever Dikko is trying to get $36 million out of the country?! He overcame so much with his unfortunate name and rose to a high position in banking, but then he blows it all with this scheme.

Dear friend,
I am MR KLEVER DIKKO, personal Assistant to the Branch Manager of Bank Of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso , I want to inquire from you if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me.

The transaction is about seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the $36M US Dollars ( THIRTY SIX MILLION US DOLLARS),belonging to a customer to the bank where i work.He died in a Kenya plane crash 2003, with his family during their vacation journey.

The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relatives abroad.You can view this site to know more. (link)

THEREFORE, by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL, top secret should be maintained please!,because i am still in the active service i do not need any form of implication especially now i'm in the verge of my retirement to endanger my carear at last!.

Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

In that regard, i decided to seek your consent for this prospective opportunity. Have it at the back of your mind, that the transaction does not involve any RISK, and does not need much engagement from you, since i am familiar with this kind of transaction being an insider.

Necessary modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund claim under a legitimate arrangement. I have resolved to offer you 30% of the total fund, 10% for sundry expenses that may be incurred during the process of executing this transaction and 60% percent for me.I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response,more clarification information.

Contact me through my private e-mail address:(klever_dikko@yahoo.fr),

I'm waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

MR.KLEVER DIKKO.

I liked Mr. Klever Dikko's name so much I renamed my blog in his honor.

Subject: A Very Goodday To You: Response Needed

It's sad that the chairman and CEO of a big European consortium couldn't craft an email more coherent than the one shown below.

Dear Intended Associate,A Very Goodday To You!I am Dr.David Bryan Ellis, British National,theChairman / CEO of DBE International Consortium basedin Marbella, Spain and i am in search of a trustworthyinvestment Expert cum funds manager, who would bedisposed in handling the aforementioned a hundredpercent for reinvestment purposes. I would haveordinarilly done this on my own given my investmentsexperiences, but, because of the situations with myclose friend in Marbella (link), the Government here is watching all my activities, theseare my limitations, hence i need this favour.I earned $640 Million Us Dollars Only ( Six Hundred &Forty Million United States Dollars Only ) themarbella property windfall with the help of myMarbella Government friends, during the propertyincrease a while ago here in Marbella and i need afund Manager,that will help me invest this amount.For Further details pls get back to me as soon aspossible with your,Full Names.Contact Address.Tel/Fax Numbers.Secured email Address.I await your urgent response via my direct securedemail: bryanellis1@myway.comYours SincerelyDr.David B.EllisDo not reply to this email .Your response have to be sent at: bryanellis1@myway.com , directly to Dr.David Bryan Ellis, this email was send world wide. I am in search of goodinvestment Expert cum funds manager who can handle this job if your interestedplease email me asp. Thank you for your time!

Subject: WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT RESPONSE

This guy should've written a novel instead of a 419 email. Even I didn't have the patience to wade through all of this.

Greetings from Dubai,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, but I believe it is only a day that people meet and become great friends and business partners. I am Mr. Arif Shaikh, currently Chief Credit & Risk Officer with a reputable bank here in U. A. E. I write you this proposal in good faith,believing that I can trust you with the information I am about to reveal to you.

I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On November 6, 2000, an Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant /contractor with the CHEVRON PETROLEUM CORPORATION, MR MOHAMMAD AL NASSER made a (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months,valued at US$17,500,000.00 (Seventeen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my bank and I happen to be his account officer before I was moved to my present position recently. Upon maturity in 2003, as his account officer and as well the bank manger, it is my duty to notify him on the maturity date so I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but the letter was returned undelivered.

After sometime, I tried sending back the letter, but it was again returned and finally I discovered from his contract employers, Chevron Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Mohammad Al Nasser died as a result of torture in the hand of Saddam Hussein (former Iraqi President) during one of his trips to his country Iraq, as he was accused of leaking information to the Americans. On further investigation, I discovered that Mr. Al Nasser's family wife and two sons died during the Gulf War in Iraq and was the reason why he did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank and did not leave any WILL. This sum of US$17,500,000.00 have been floating and placed under dormant/unserviceable account by my bank management since no one have heard from the owner since 2003. I wish to let you know that all the investigation I have made so far, my bank management is not aware of it, I am the only one that have the information.

With the recent change of government in my country and with their efforts to support the United Nations in checkmating terrorism aid in the U. A. E. By end of this year, the government will pass a new financial control law which will give the government authority to interrogate account owners of above $5,000,000.00 to explain the source of the funds, making sure it is not for terrorism support. If I do not move this money out of the country immediately, by end of the year the government will definitely confiscate the money, because my bank cannot provide the account owner to explain the source of the money.

I cannot directly transfer out this money without the help of a foreigner and that is why I am contacting you for an assistance. As the Account Officer to late Al Nasser,coupled with my present position and status in the bank as Chief Credit & Risk Officer , I have the power to influence the release of the funds to any foreigner that comes up as the next of kin to the account, with the correct information concerning the account, which I shall give you. All documents to enable you claim this fund will be carefully worked out and there is practically no risk involved, the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law, beside U. A. E is porous and anything goes.

If you accept to work with me, I want you to state how you wish us to share the funds in percentage, so that both parties will be satisfied. If you are interested, contact me as soon as you receive this message so we can go over the details. Thanking you in advance and may God bless you. Please, treat with utmost confidentiality. I shall send you copy of the deposit certificate issued to Al Nasser when the deposit was made for your perusal.

I wait your urgent response.


Regards,

Mr. Arif Shaikh

(Sadly, I forgot to get Mr. Shaikh's email address and now the email's been deleted. Duh.)

Subject: Hello

Ooh, an email from the legendary Laarni Enriquez. She really gets around in spam circles from what I've read online.

Hello

I am Ms Laarni Enriquez,a philippino by nationality, And once President,Joseph Estrada courier mistress. Honestly I would like to have an investment and confidant relationship with you, as now I am broken hearted and needs someone to trust, without remembering my past and forsaken experiences from close confidants and family. All i want from you is to assist me make claims of some funds I concealled in a metallic trunk box deposited in a trusted company, The Amount being deposited is $13.5M united state dollars,as this was the money that was supposed to be used by the President to acquire some properties in Africa. I will forward the depository documents to you in my next mail for your perusal.All, I want from you, now is honesty and sincerity, all major cost including shipment charge,demuurages charges have already settled. for more details email me at : larni1970@yahoo.fr

laarni

Subject: is it you? cristina here

Now I'm being offered nude photos and threatened with no more spam if I don't write back. No, anything but that!

Hi
It`s cristina again. Will you ever contact me?
I made those nude pictures especially for you and I wont write to you again!
If you wanna see them just drop me a line at: bcristina4@springemail.info

The domain leads back to the strangely named Lovewather.com. (The love I understand, but the wather doesn't ring a bell.) It's also exactly the same site as Heartsattach.com, mentioned below, but the women don't have the black bars across their eyes. The domain owner has a UK address.

Update 5/9/07: I found an interesting thread about lovewather.com and other related dating scam sites.

Subject: VERY EMERGENCY AND URGENT RESPONSE.....

There's an epidemic of lost wealth and only I can help. Now Ubah Zongo needs me! It's very emergency!

Dear friend,
I am Mr.UBAH ZONGO, personal Assistant to the Branch Manager of Bank Of Africa(BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I want to inquire from you if you can handle this transaction for mutual benefits/life opportunity for you and me. The transaction is about seeking your consent to present you as the next of kin/ beneficiary of the US$4.3 million dollars,(four million,three hundred thousand united states dollars), and who is a customer to the bank where i work.He died in a Kenya plane crash 2003, with his family during their vacation journey. The Fund is currently in a suspense account awaiting claim, the bank made a public notice that they are ready to release this fund to any of his relatives abroad.You can view this site to know more. http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html. THEREFORE, by virtue of its nature as being utterly CONFIDENTIAL, top secret should be maintained please!,because i am still in the active service i do not need any form of implication especially now i'm in the verge of my retirement to endanger my carear at last!. Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws. In that regard, i decided to seek your consent for this prospective opportunity. Have it at the back of your mind, that the transaction does not involve any RISK, and does not need much engagement from you, since i am familiar with this kind of transaction being an insider. Necessary modalities will be worked out to enable us carry out the fund claim under a legitimate arrangement. I have resolved to offer you 30% of the total fund, 10% for sundry expenses that may be incurred during the process of executing this transaction and 60% percent for me.I will give you more details about the transaction when I receive your affirmative response,more clarification information. Contact me through my private e-mail address:(ubah121@hotmail.com),

I'm waiting to hear from you soon.

Thanks and God bless.

Mr.UBAH ZONGO.

Love at first spam

Like I said yesterday, it's spring and love (or the spam version of it) is in the air. I've gotten multiple emails from females (or guys pretending to be females) looking either for Mr. Right (or Mr. Moneybags).

Do not ignore me please,
I found your email somewhere and now decided to write you.
Let me know if you do not mind. If you want I can send you some pictures of me.
I am a nice pretty girl. Don't reply to this email.
Email me direclty at dstacy0@highfindme.info

Wow, you found my email somewhere and now you want to send me pictures? Cool! Actually, I don't care. Go away.

Highfindme.info isn't actually a website currently (although I could've sworn I was redirected to a Russian or Ukrainian dating site when I last tried it a few weeks ago), but a simple Google search shows that emails from this domain are spread around the web like fertilizer.

I can't prove it, but I think the above email originated from the same place as this one:

My name is stephany. I found your email on that dating site.
I also love sex on the side. I have a loving partner but he is working 16 hours a day and we have sex only once a week :(
If you are interested and wanna see my pictures just email me at cstephany07@springemail.info
Don`t reply, use the email above (my boyfriend doesn`t know about that email!)

Linda (clinda64@mindspringemail.info) and Kourtney (ckourtney51@springdalepost.info) sent me the exact same email.

Only the first two domains point to actual websites, and those lead back to Heartsattach.com, the domain owner has a US address, but all of the women seem to be in the former USSR. I like this site because all of the women's photos have black bars over their eyes making it somewhat creepy, which I'm sure wasn't intentional.

The next two are easier to track down.

I am larisa, I am young lady of 27 years old, I live in Russia and I
really want to create a strong family. Is visiting Russia in your future plans?
Please, drop me some words to:
mailto:larisa@loveladies2u.com

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I am marina, I am from Moscow. Russia.
I am dreaming to find my real man. Maybe this is you? What do you think
about it? Please, write me a reply here:

mailto:marina@loveladies2u.com

marina

Now the emails from the three ladies (or whatever) above have addresses from Dating Agency Russia, which (big surprise) is actually located in Russia. Maybe they are a legitimate dating service, but randomly spamming people is a sleazy way to go about business.

I think this email originates from Dating Agency Russia as well because of the similarity of the domain name, but the domain doesn't point to a website:

My name is inna, I am from Russia and I want to find my second half.
Do you still believe in love? Please, tell me more about you:

mailto:inna@girlsmessages4u.org

inna

I kind of like the idea of finding love via spam. When asked how you met your wife, you can say, "Well, she spammed me."

Subject: My name is Alena

Ah, it's spring and love is the air. Or rather love is in my inbox. But I fear that Alena isn't a young, intelligent Slavic beauty. No, instead she's probably a hairy fat guy named Sergey. Such is modern romance.

How are you? My name is Alena. I from Russia, city Cheboksary. To me 28 years. I shall tell to you about myself a little.

I corresponded with the man from the your country before. His name Mark. He is from your country. We had a long correspondence and Mark wanted, that I have arrived to him in the your country that I have seen what life there. We have together submitted the statement on reception of the visa in your country! Mark spoke, that will help my in our meeting. I thought, that have met on the Internet the love.

I and Mark made the big plans for the future, but in a flash all has changed. From the moment of submission of the statement for the application of the visa has passed 5 months. For these five months there was for what I least waited. Mark informed, that his former wife has returned to him and lives together with him. Soon they should get married. And now in Mark plans there is no me. I wrote to him some times after that, but Mark have wished me only good luck in the further searches worthy men and have told, that our ways miss. And in October to me there has come the invitation in embassy behind reception of the visa.

In the beginning I wanted to throw out the invitation in embassy. To me it was sad, because my dreams were failed, I have nobody to fly in the your country. But my uncle have dissuaded me from resolute actions and have told, that else there is a chance to find worthy the man and to use the visa to a meeting with him. I well know English and practically I have visa your country. My uncle speaks, that it really solves many problems.

Approximately in 7 days the visa will be ready, and I should go to Moscow behind reception of the visa. I write to you because in my heart there is an empty seat. I do not search rich or poor. I search careful and responsible man which wants to enjoy a life together. Is this person you? I think, that I ask not much. I have told to you a little about my life. I have told not all about myself, but it will be easier to me to write about myself if you will ask questions which interest you. I have told to you my history, and now I shall look forward to hearing from you with impatience. Write to me! I shall send you more photo in the following letter. I wait you answer. Alena.

P.S. I shall answer with pleasure if you write to me on: VAlena179V@yandex.ru

Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL REPLY IMMEDIATELY

Ooh, abandoned money. Millions just laying around collecting dust. And there's even a link to a BBC article. I shall demand payment in women's shoes and Barbie heads.

From The Desk of JAMES SAKATO
Bill and Exchange Officer
Foreigner Remittance Dept
African Development Bank
Burkina Faso
Dear Friend,
I am the officer of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of African development bank.

In my department i discovered an abandoned sum ofUS$10.5 US dollars (ten million five hundred thousand US dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in July 2000 plane crash.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next ofkin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unlesssome body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at theplane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety andsubsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.

The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 10%will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business . Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.

Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of thisfund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relation or nextof kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number,your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communicationand location where in the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text ofthe application . I will not fail to bring to your notice that thistransaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fearas all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.You should contact me immediately as soon as youreceive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.

Yours faithfully
MR JAMES SAKATO
Bill and Exchange officer
sak48jam48@hotmail.com

Update 05/05/07: Sakato sent me this exact same email today, but with a different email address to write him back (sak12jam12@hotmail.com).