When You're Really Really Really Bored...

[Alex]

We all get those Nigerian e-mails offering us millions of dollars if we can give some upfront money.

The next time you get one, take a few key words from the email and do a google search and see who is talking about the same e-mail scam that you received.

Here's a sample.

HELLO DEAR
I am Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha wife of the late head of
State of Nigeria who died on the
8thofjune1998whileinactive service.
I am seeking your assistance in the transfer of the
sum of $35M [Thirty Five Million
United States Dollars]to your country. The money came
from a contract deal between my late husband and a
Russian firm in our country's multy million Dollar
Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Plant.The Russians returned my
late husbands share of $35M after his death and I
deposited it in our family's vault.
Now the civillian administration of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has intensified his probe of my latehusband's
activities while in office and he has frozen our
accounts as well as other assets as a retaliation for
what my late husband did to him when he was alife as
the Head of State of
Nigeria.Wehavenowbeendeclearedbankrupt.
I acted fast and withdrew the money from our
securityvault and disguised it and
depositeditinaprivatelyowned security company.
I am proposing a 10% share of thissumtoyouifyouagreeto

help me in the transfer of this money to your
country for investment as I can not make use of
thismoney in my country. If you
indicateyourinteresttoassist me I will send to you
alive photograph
ofthemoneytosubstantiate my claim.
I am looking forward
toyoururgentpositiveresponse.Bestregards.
Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha.

HELLO DEAR
I am Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha wife of the late head of
State of Nigeria who died on the
8thofjune1998whileinactive service.
I am seeking your assistance in the transfer of the
sum of $35M [Thirty Five Million
United States Dollars]to your country. The money came
from a contract deal between my late husband and a
Russian firm in our country's multy million Dollar
Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Plant.The Russians returned my
late husbands share of $35M after his death and I
deposited it in our family's vault.
Now the civillian administration of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has intensified his probe of my latehusband's
activities while in office and he has frozen our
accounts as well as other assets as a retaliation for
what my late husband did to him when he was alife as
the Head of State of
Nigeria.Wehavenowbeendeclearedbankrupt.
I acted fast and withdrew the money from our
securityvault and disguised it and
depositeditinaprivatelyowned security company.
I am proposing a 10% share of thissumtoyouifyouagreeto

help me in the transfer of this money to your
country for investment as I can not make use of
thismoney in my country. If you
indicateyourinteresttoassist me I will send to you
alive photograph
ofthemoneytosubstantiate my claim.
I am looking forward
toyoururgentpositiveresponse.Bestregards.
Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha.

HELLO DEAR
I am Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha wife of the late head of
State of Nigeria who died on the
8thofjune1998whileinactive service.
I am seeking your assistance in the transfer of the
sum of $35M [Thirty Five Million
United States Dollars]to your country. The money came
from a contract deal between my late husband and a
Russian firm in our country's multy million Dollar
Ajaokuta Steel Rolling Plant.The Russians returned my
late husbands share of $35M after his death and I
deposited it in our family's vault.
Now the civillian administration of Chief Olusegun
Obasanjo has intensified his probe of my latehusband's
activities while in office and he has frozen our
accounts as well as other assets as a retaliation for
what my late husband did to him when he was alife as
the Head of State of
Nigeria.Wehavenowbeendeclearedbankrupt.
I acted fast and withdrew the money from our
securityvault and disguised it and
depositeditinaprivatelyowned security company.
I am proposing a 10% share of thissumtoyouifyouagreeto

help me in the transfer of this money to your
country for investment as I can not make use of
thismoney in my country. If you
indicateyourinteresttoassist me I will send to you
alive photograph
ofthemoneytosubstantiate my claim.
I am looking forward
toyoururgentpositiveresponse.Bestregards.
Dr.Mrs Mariam Abacha.

[Alex]

I just realized that the e-mail I received has the same message in it three times. I guess the third time is the charm.

[SmokinLizzies]

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<font color="#a62a2a" size="1">[ June 05, 2003 03:01 AM: Message edited by: Zakk Wylde Wannabe ]</font>

[Alex]

FROM :MR OBI CHUKWURAH AND SISTER
FROM :ABIDJAN-COTE D'IVOIRE

GREETINGS,

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE TO YOU AFTER MY SEVEN DAYS FASTING AND PRAYERS,
l AM PRINCE OBI CHUKWURAH THE SON OF LATE PRINCE MICHEAL OBIAKPEBE
CHUKWURAH FROM (FREE TOWN IN THE REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE),I AM 22 YEARS OF
AGE, MY FATHER OWNS A LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY OF COCOA AND GOLD IN MY
COUNTRY.

AFTER HIS TRIP TO ABIDJAN COTE D?IVIORE TO NEGOTIATEON A COCOA AND GOLD
BUSINESS HE WANTED TO INVEST IN ABIDJAN . ONE WEEK HE CAME BACK FROM HIS
TRIP TO ABIDJAN HE HAD A MOTOR ACCIDENT WITH MY SISTER WHICH MY SISTER DIED
INSTANTLY BUT MY FATHER DIED AFTER FIVE DAYS IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN MY
COUNTRY .

IT WAS LIKE MY FATHER KNEW HE WAS GOING TO DIE MAY
HIS GENTLE SOUL REST IN PREFECT PEACE . HE DISCLOSED TO ME AND MY MOTHER
THAT HE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF ($25,000,000) TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED
STATES DOLLARS INTO ONE OF THE BANK IN COTE D?IVIORE THAT THE MONEY WAS
MEANT FOR HIS COCOA AND GOLD BUSINESS HE WANTED TO ESTABLISH IN ABIDJAN.

MY FATHER HANDED ME THE DOCUMENTS COVERING THE LODGMENT AND INSTRUCTED ME
AND MY MOTHER TO SEEK FOR A RELIABLE AND TRUST WORTHY BUSINESS PARTNER FOR
OUR LIFE TIME INVESTMENT THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU , NOW I HAVE
SUCCEEDED IN LOCATING THE BANK HERE IN ABIDJAN AND I HAVE CONCLUDED WITH
THE BANK MODALITIES OF TRANSFERRING THE FUND TO AN ACCOUNT ABROAD.

NOW I AM SOLICITING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO HELP ME PROVIDE AN ACCOUNT
FACILITY WHERE I CAN TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO SO THAT WE CAN INVEST IT IN
ANY LUCRATIVE BUSINESS IN YOUR COUNTRY BECAUSE THIS IS MY ONLY HOPE IN
LIFE ,I AND MY MOTHER HAVE PROMISED TO GRATIFY YOU WITH 15% OF THE TOTAL
SUM FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE .

I AM WAITING ANXIOUSLY TO HEAR FROM YOU SO THAT WE CAN DISCUSS THE
MODALITIES OF THIS TRANSACTION YOU CAN CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY FOR MORE
DISCUSSION .


THANKS FOR YOUR KIND ASSISTANCE

YOURS SINCERELY

OBI CHUKWURAH AND SISTER.

[Alex]

If you were caught up in one of these swindles, would you admit to it?

[Alex]

Subject: ATTENTION
From: [email protected]


FROM: Benson Camara
PHONE [img]frown.gif[/img] 874)-762864167,
FAX [img]frown.gif[/img] 874)-762864168


(URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL)

RE: TRANSFER OF ($26,000.000.00 USD}
TWENTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS

Dear Sir,

We want to transfer to overseas account
($26,000.000.00 USD) Twenty six million United States
Dollars) from a Prime Bank here in South Africa, 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 for this important business
trusting in you and believing in God that you will
never let me down either now or in future.

I am the Auditor General of one of the prime banks
here in South Africa, during the course of our
auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has
operated on this account again,after going through
some old files in the records I discovered that the
owner of the account 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 is PEDRO F. HASLER a foreigner,
a great industrialist and he died since 1998.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 until
his death he was the manager GOLD ARK [pty]. SA.

We will start the first transfer with Six million
[$6,000.000] upon successful transaction without any
disappoint from your side, we shall re-apply for the
payment of the remaining rest amount to your account.

The total amount involve is Twenty six million United
States Dollars only [$26,000.000.00]. I want to first
transfer $6,000.000.00 [Six million United States
Dollar] from this money into a safe foreigners account
abroad before the rest. 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, without valid international foreign
passport, but can only be approved to any foreigner
with valid international passport or drivers
license and foreign a/c because the money is in US
dollars and the former owner of the a/c is a
foreigner too, and the money can only be approved into
a foreign a/c.

However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us
together when we meet face to face after the first
transfer of $6 Million before transferring the second
part of $20 Million. 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. Send also your private telephone and
fax number including the full details of the account
to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and
to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together
immediately after the first transfer before we fly to
your country for withdrawal, sharing and investments.

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 account, which I will give to you upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key
bank official who is deeply involved with me in this
business. I need your strong assurance that you will
never, never let me down.

With my influence and my position in the bank the bank
official can transfer this money to any foreigner's
reliable account that you can provide with assurance
that this money will be intact pending our physical
arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official
Will destroy all documents of transaction immediately
we receive this money leaving no trace to any place
and to build confidence you can call me for heart to
heart discussion through my private satellite phone
which I secured for the security and safety of this
business as you know that this business is
confidential.I will use my position and influence to
obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this
money to your account with appropriate clearance from
the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given
35% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5%
will be for expenses both parties might have incurred
during the process of transferring.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my email
address.

Yours truly,

Benson.

[Alex]

Status: U
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 01:21:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: ikechukwu kevin <[email protected]>
Subject: PRIVATE


ATTN :SIR


HALLMARK BANK PLC

UTC BUILDING

139 BROAD STREET

LAGOS

STRICTLY A PRIVATE BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am Ikechukwu Kevin,a manager in the Bills and Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of the HALLMARK BANK Plc.
I am writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to
carry out this business opportunity in my department. We discovered
an abandoned sum of$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen million United States
Dollars only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customers who died along with his entire family of a wife and two
children in November 1997 in a Plane crash.Since we heard of his
death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to come over and put
claims for his money as the heir, because we cannot release the fund
from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin
to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.Unfortunately,
neither their family member nor distant relative has everappeared to
claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my
department have agreed to make business with you and release the
total amount into your account as the heir of the fund since no one
came for it or discovered he maintained account with our bank,
otherwise the fund will be returned to the banks treasury as
unclaimed fund.We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as
stated thus;20 % for you as foreign partner,75 % for us the officials
in my department and 5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign
expences incurred by us and you during the course of this
business.Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one
of my colleagues will come to your country and mind our share. It is
from our 75 % we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my
country as a way of recycling the fund. To commence this transaction,
we require you to immediately indicate your interest by a return e-
mail and enclose your private contact telephone number, fax number
full name and address and your designated bank coordinates to enable
us file letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals before the transfer can be made or you call me on my direct line
234-8037214966.
Note also, this transaction must be kept STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
because of its nature.I look forward to receiving your prompt
response.

Ikechukwu Kevin.


__________________________________________________ _

[Alex]

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[Alex]

Status: U
From: [email protected]
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 17:33:43 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

Dear Friend,
Difficulties encountered in efforts to establish a business abroad necessitate this search for someone to assist me in securing and investing the sum of USD41,000.000 forty one million dollars)inherited from my father's business reserve.
I am the heir of a Zimbabwean family; my father was an agriculturist. He became rich from his old-aged investment in agriculture and later was victimized by President Robert Mugabe's land reform policy. He was assassinated by unknown gunmen for defending his land ownership and siding the minority white farmers. Before his death, my father foresaw the insecurity of both our lives and property then decided to deposit the above sum with a private finance and security firm in Europe. This money has become the only inherited property of our family since our home was burnt,and the farmlands and machines seized; yet the government and it's loyalists are bent on making life difficult for us.
To summarise this traumatic story, my mother and I have decided to offer 15% of the above sum to anyone who assists us to secure this funds overseas or 25% share for possible help on investing in any reliable venture.
there are however some minimal cost involved in securing the release of this deposit from the present holding company.i do not intend to overburden you with these cost.but you must know beforehand that we will be sharing whatever cost involved in retrieving this deposit and putting it to beneficial use.
if you would want to proceed under these terms,please reply for detailed information. if you do not accept my offer,please in good fate treat with utmost confidentiality . A quick reply with your name,telephone and fax numbers for more confidential communication will be highly appreciated.
Sincerely yours,
CHUMA EMMANUEL

[Alex]

God and Intimacy will set you free (of your money), if you follow this person's instructions...

Status: U
From: "Muhammad Khalil" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 22:24:02 -0700
Subject: SCSDSAD

Dear Sir,

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 overseas account ($21,300.000.00 USD)
Twenty One Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)
from a Mashreq Bank here in Dubai United Arab Emirates. 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 for this
important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let
me down either now or in future.

I am Dr. Muhammad Khalil Hasan, the Auditor General of Mashreq banks here in Dubai.
During the course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in
the bank in 1996 and since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again,after going
through some old files in the records I discovered that the owner of the account 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 is Mr. Robert Chapman a Canadia and great industrialist.
He was African Area Director of SIL International, who unfortunately died in the
plane crash of Kenya Airways Flight 431 in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, January 30 2000.
You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this website,
news.airwise.com/airlines/archive/2 000/kenya2000.html and also in this website,
www.sil.org/sil/news/2000/chapman.html where Chapman's company talked about
his death in the Kenya crash. You shall as well find the pictures of Chapman and his wife there.

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 until
his death he has a Gold/Diamond Consulting firm. I also found out that their only
surviving daughter died last year.

The total amount involve is Twenty One million Three Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars only [$21,300.000.00] 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.

I need your strong assurance that you will never let us down, me and a key bank
official who is deeply involved with me in this business. I guarantee that this
transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
from any breach of the law. The bank official Will destroy all documents of transaction
immediately we receive this money leaving no trace to any place. I will use my position
and influence to obtain all legal approvals for onward transfer of this money to your
account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange departments.

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.
PLEASE, TREAT THIS PROPOSAL AS TOP SECRET.
Find in the attachment my work ID Card, to proof who I am.

Best Regards

Dr. Muhammad Khalil Hasan.