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Monday, December 31, 2007

Esther Markson - Toyworld or Toyzworld

 

She can't even get her company name right. Fraud.

One out of five.

Our intended partner,

I write to seek your sincere co-operation and trust in respect of a business opportunity in our company. We are a multinational firm in Europe with headquaters situated at the United kingdom. We are into sales (Export),production and import of a wide range of computerised toys and games for children and adult.

Our management board decision that we diversify & reach out to other countries mainly Mexico, America, Canada & Sub Regions in Europe prompts this offer.
Toyworld Group Plc. have a project at hand to establish various mini-market structures in some parts of the USA for the purpose of exhibiting our goods and services ,we shall have you to manage a particular outfit of ours in your location if you have the qualifications and capabilities.

We need credible individuals in the United States of America, Mexico, Canada & Europe. Your duty will be to help us establish a medium of getting to our customers in Mexico, America, Canada & Europe as well as receiving payments from them on our behalf. You will be given the opportunity to negotiate your mode of contract for which payment for your services will be made, subject to your satisfaction.

Basic payment for services will be:-

For the first 180 days, Representatives will receive 5% commission on every transaction processed. After the 180 day period, commission will increase to 10% on turnovers collected from our customers.

With this employment diversification drive, our aim of becoming one of the World leader in the production and export of a wide range of computerised toys and games for children and adult within the next ten years will be realized, provided representatives are trustworthy and want the growth of the company. It will be our utmost pleasure if you are interested in transacting business with us.

For more information and further proceedings, please reply with the following details-

Full name:
Age:
Sex:
Phone number:
Fax number:
And your full Home address:

I look foward to hearing from you.

Thank you in advance.

Yours faithfully,

Ms. Esther Markson (Executive director)
Toyzworlds Group Plc.

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Peter Wong

 

Short and sweet, but fraud.

One out of five.

Very Urgent Business
I am Mr. Peter Wong of Hang Seng Bank Ltd here in HongKong. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential.Anyway I need your co-operation in receiving US$10.5M for our good and investment.I will prefer you to reach me at my private email address (deaconpeters@web2mail.com) for further details of this operation. Include you full names, contact address telephone and fax number in your response to this email.

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Sunday, December 30, 2007

J Willard

 

The idiot who spammed me with the Tesco Gift Cards, is now promoting loans in the UK.

Get from £300 to £1000 deposited directly into your account!!!!

Get the cash you need within 24 hours or less!

ALL applications accepted, only a 1 page form.
NO credit checks and FREE to apply!!

J. Willard
2202 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

This points to a company called UKCashLenders.co.uk.

Now I'm not an expert on loans, but I do wonder if it would be worth dealing with a company that has been mentioned in a spam e-mail.

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EZ - Transfer

 

Another variant of the usual money-transfer fraud.

One out of five.

Who are we:

EZ - Transfer was found in 1998 in Madrid, Spain. Since then main service was transferring money worldwide and exchange the currency at the same time. Within 9 years of hard work the company acquired international standing and managed to develop into a global financial holding having the staff of 3000 people and representative offices in more than 30 countries. Through these years we are keeping optimizing our services to the client's needs and update our technologies. We transfer money and exchange currencies in over 20 money units.

Who are we looking for:

" Financial agent
Location: Worldwide
Employee Type: Part-Time

The major duty of the incumbent is to promptly receive and process payments/transfers and to forward them applying specified method. Please enquire for detailed work scheme.

Requirements:
o Expert skill in managing payments and transfers between our company and clients.
o Knowledge of basic payment systems.
o Ability to schedule working hours effectively.
o Availability of spare time (3-4 hours per day).
o Advanced user ability to operate computer and to use Internet and e-mail.
o Legal age.
Payment basis: commissions in of 7% from each transaction instantly (to be raised after the 3 weeks trial period) plus fixed monthly salary of $970 from start.

Benefits:
o Flexible work schedule.
o Possibility to combine the job with primary employment.
o Free training course.
Please, include at least 1 recommendation letter with the resume.

" Regional Manager
Location: USA, Israel, Russia, Wales, Holland Employee Type: Full-Time

We are looking for responsible individuals to open new regional offices. Please, contact us personally to discuss the details.

There is NO start up or training fees. If you are interested in this vacancy please submit your resume and it will be reviewed soon

luke.ez.transfer@gmail.com

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Anita Adams

 

Another God-tosser. Fraud.

One out of five.

From Mrs Anita Adams
N[38 Rue Des Martyrs Cocody
Abidjan,Cote d'Ivoire

ATTN:
DEAREST ONE OF GOD

I am the above named person from Kuwait. I am married to Mr Adams Johnson, who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2004. We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.

Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $2. 5 Million (Two Million Five Hundred U.S. Dollars) in the bank here in Abidjan in suspense account.

Presently, the fund is still with the bank. Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church or individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence i know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace.

I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives is around me always I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank here in Abidjan. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the Lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.

Contact me on the above e-mail address for more information’s, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church or individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your
reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Anita Adams.

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Matta Zepu

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Thanks for your reply
Dear

I thank you sincerely for this opportuntiy given to me to express myselfto you.

Now to tell you more about me, I am master MATTA ZEPU. I am 19 yrs old. I am the only surviving son of my late father Mr Lamine who is a well know Gold and Diamond producer in my sierra loane in west Africa. He was poisoned by his immediate brothers who where jealous of his wealth by a food poison which also claimed the life of my mother and two sisters who died as a result of eating the food together with him without knowing that it was poisoned. Presently I am the next target because my father’s wealth and i am i a hididng place as i am writing to you now for my security. Although he revealed me part of his wealth before his death.

I discovered from his secret file that he had deposited an amount of money ($12.5mUSD) with a BANK. This money he got from the sales of the Gold and Diamond business which he also made with some of his associates from India and America and Europe.
Unfortunately, since after his death almost all his partners have never called nor try to know about my ware fare but rather they made away with all the money he had made with them.

So this money is the only thing that I can have for myself and I need someone to assist me to get this money out from the BANK and transfered to your account on trust and you will assit me to invest in your country and start my education there. This is why I contacted you and I believe that you will assist me for this and we will discuss about your own percentage as soon as I hear from you.
I will be waiting for your response message and I will give you more details as regards to the money and everything to assist you get the money out from the BANK for me.
I will like you to confirm to me your full contact details and phone numbers for easy communication.

As soon as I hear from you, I will give you more in formations.

Thanks you very much for your understanding.

Master MATTA ZEPU

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Saturday, December 29, 2007

Amira Rasheed

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Assalamu alaikum my dear one.

I am Mrs. Amira Rasheed, I am a business woman with my late husband in Lebanon and America is where I am from to be precise but got married to an Iraqi man, who have been nice and faithful to me, due to the problem in Lebanon I lost Mr. Khalid Rasheed my husband who was involved in a bomb blast during the time Israel seems to be firing missiles into Lebanon, I am the only wife of my husband and we had no child together, his business was crippled too in this resent bombardment so there is nothing left for me to survive on, our house and other properties were destroyed the Israeli where taking advantages of the civilians in Lebanon, that time.

I went back to my wrecked house to check for some little valuables like diamonds and gold in my jewel box but non was recovered, I came across my husband diary and I found out that there is a huge sum of money (Financial institute) $2.5 million USD in where he kept all the best sum of money that would give me a new life as soon as Beirut and Israel settles their conflicts, I am a newly wedded wife and we performed a traditional wedding which most court in the Arab world recognizes but there is no document signed in court that is where I have a problem in claiming my husband money from the bank as they must requesting for the prove and certified papers that will make me entitled to his will.

I met a lawyer over here, who promised to assist me but I need someone from abroad with a valid and reputable account to handle it and receive the money as we are going to get it back through transfer, someone whom the lawyer can arrange to be my husband's business partner that loan the money to my husband to start his contracting business, Presently, I am in (YARMOUK [UNOFFICIAL REFUGEE CAMP) Yarmouk, which is an *"unofficial"
camp, is home to the largest Palestine refugee community in Syria, it lies 8 kilometres from the centre of Damascus and is inside the city boundaries, although not recognized as a camp, the road signs read:
Mukhayam al-Yarmouk (Arabic for Yarmouk camp) your share of the whole transaction is 25% of the total sum while 5% will be set as for any expenses you might incur at the cause of the apply transaction

And 5% will be for charity, which will be done as soon as the funds gets to you, since I have no better chance of getting the money directly from here, I don't mean to act in this form but recovering my late husband money by any means possible is better than allowing the security company to use it for their own interest. Please do let me know your concern as life in Damascus is not too simple and easy but it's the place I can still stay for now until get my 60% from you, thanks and I pray Allah will bless you as you are trying to assist me to recover what my late husband had suffered to get.

Sincerely.

Mrs. Amira Rasheed.

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Friday, December 28, 2007

Peter Sand

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

I am Mr. Peter Sand, the Finance Director, Treasury & Insight Bank in United Kingdom. I personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $45,000,000.00 [Forty FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS] during our Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing. The owner of this dormant account is a foreigner by name "Eddie Lapsley" who died on on 21 of December 2005, In a helicopter crashed near Coupar Angus in Perthshire; you can view this CNN website for details:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/tayside_and_central/7024576.stm

Since the death of this deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date. Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it.
Definitely, this fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for period of about [2] years now without any claims.

In this regard, I have used my position here to move the Funds last month on the 20th of november to a Private Finance Company where the money has been deposited and it is easier for you to lay claim to it there without much delay. I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund. I will split the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth transfer. First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to any valid foreign account you will nominate, upon a successful transfer without any disappointment from your side; I will then fly to meet you in your home destination for sharing, thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of $40,000,000.00 for magnitude investments. I will be very grateful if you are interested in assisting me in this project.

If you are willing to cooperate in this project, you have to let me know via my personal email: peter.sand@live.com

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Sand.

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Rose Clement

 

Another God-Tosser. Fraud.

One out of five.

My Dearest One,

I have a proposal for you,this however is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will. Your profile pushed me to send you this mail,

I am Mrs roseClement from Solomon Islands near Australia. I am married to Mr.William Clement from Kuwait who worked with Kuwait Embassy in GUINEE for nine years before he died in the year 2001.
We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $4.5 Million in a bank in AFRICA.
Recently, my DOCTOR told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church organization or good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.
I want a Church organization or good person that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained.
l took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians not even good at all
because they are the one that killed my husband in other to have all my
late husband properties and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.
This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall
hold my peace".
I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in AFRICA. I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund. I want you and the church or the organization to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard.
My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.
Contact me on this email address (............................)and any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church,organization or good person for this same purpose.
Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.

Hoping to receive your response immedaitely.

Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord.

Mrs rose Clement

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Oslen Pedersen

 

A slightly different and more chatty approach. It's still fraud though.

One out of five.

Hello,
I received a call from HBOS to advice that the money £10,000,000.00BPS is cleared and now available for withdrawal.
Now how is this money going to be transferred, because since last time I’ve been enquiring about those money transfer service agents you said to be used , Western Union, MoneyGram and Paypal and I was told they wouldn't transfer such huge sum through money transfer agents , how do I instruct the bank to wire the money to you?, as you suggested earlier that you would nominate bank account for the transfer or do you suggest to move the money to an offshore account to facilitate the transfer?.
I would like to do all these within my little limited time before the holiday and It would take me hours to drive to the nearest office, the bank only open Monday through Sat. and I would leave work to do that, the earliest I can take a day off from work, would be in three weeks time if I failed to do it now. The money should be transferred your a/c soon after you send the a/c information, provided you get it to me within the week.
I believe our discussion remains as we agreed i.e. for my commission, I should have deducted my share and send the balance but due to the Insurance embargo placed on the fund I cannot, so how am I going to receive my ransom commission?.

Waiting your earliest response.
Regards,
Olsen Pedersen.

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I Hate Laptops

 

I do, as they get dropped and stolen.

But, now that I am alone and I have two dogs to look after, I like to spend more time in the kitchen. As we have a wireless network here on the stud, a laptop was a sensible solution.

I bought an affordable HP from eBuyer on the recommendation of my son, George, and it works well. All I did was type in the network password.

But as with all laptops the pointing device is awful.

So in PC-World, I bought a Logitech LX7 Cordless Optical Mouse.

It works well and improves the experience no end.

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Closing an eBay Account

 

My wife, Celia, died on the 11th December 2007 and I had to close her eBay account.

Interestingly, I had to do it in writing, for security reasons. Apparently, there are people who close them maliciously.

But their people in Dublin, were sypathetic and professional. You'd be surprised that not everyone is like that.

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Benson Joss

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Attention:

RE: TRANSFER OF [£36,759,000.00 MILLION POUNDS TO YOUR ACCOUNT].

I wish to notify you that I am privileged to peruse over your profile today I am greatly impressed on your person. With all due respect, I guess my letter will not embarrass you, since I have no previous correspondence with you. I strongly believed, I would not regret approaching you in this matter.

My name is Mr.Benson Joss, and I work in the International Operation Department in a Bank here in London. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused; I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication. However, this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.

At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties. WE WANT TO TRANSFER OUT MONEY FROM OUR BANK HERE IN LONDON. THE FUND FOR TRANSFER IS OF CLEAN ORIGIN.

THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A FOREIGNER, a program leader. Until his death, the Late Prime Minister, Mr.
Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri, has a huge investment here in the United Kingdom and all over the world, as a matter of fact he has the sum of (THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLINGS
ONLY) in his account here in London which he deposited as a family valuables. The family does not know about this deposit.

I was on a routine inspection that I discovered a dormant domiciliary account with a BAL. Of (THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS
STERLINGS) on further discreet investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has passed away
(dead) leaving no beneficiary to the account. The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner. I am certainly sure that nobody will come again for the claim of this money. A foreigner can only claim this money with legal claims to the account holder; therefore I need your cooperation in this transaction.
I will provide all necessary information needed in order to claim this money, hoping in God that you will never let me down now and in the future.

Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri (November 1, 1944 - February 14, 2005), married to Nazek Audi Hariri, was a Lebanese self- made millionaire and business tycoon, and was five times Prime Minister of Lebanon
(1992-1998 and 2000-2004) before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004. The late Mr. Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri died on the 14th day of February,
2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital, for more information please log on to (http://www.hariri.info).

I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST, I KNOW THAT THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE DON'T KNOW OURSELVES BEFORE, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.

I AM CONTACTING YOU BELIEVING IN GOD THAT YOU WILL NEVER LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.YOU SHOULD ALL SO SEND YOUR PHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMNICATION.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Benson Joss.

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Mary Collins

 

Let's hope the cancer gets her sooner rather tahn later, so she can stop sending out this crap.

It's fraud anything, so there is NO CANCER. But they've caught this wanker God badly.

One out of five.

GREETINGS TO YOU IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST.

I AM MRS. MARY COLLINS. A WIDOW TO LATE JERRY COLLINS .I AM 58 YEARS OLD.I AM NOW A NEW CHRISTAIN CONVERT, SUFFERING FROM LONG TIME LUNG CANCER.FROM ALL INDICATIONS, MY CONDITION IS REALLY DETERIORATING AND IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT I WON'T LIVE MORE THAN 2 MONTHS ACCORDING TO MY DOCTORS.

THIS IS BECAUSE THE CANCER STAGE HAS GOTTEN TO A VERY BAD STAGE. MY LATE HUSBAND WAS KILLED IN AN VERY SERIOUS ACIDENT,AND DURING THE PERIOD OF OUR MARRIAGE WE COULD'NT PRODUCE ANY CHILD.

MY LATE HUSBAND WAS VERY WEALTHY AND AFTER HIS DEATH,I INHERITED ALL HIS BUSINESS AND WEALTH. THE DOCTORS HAS ADVISED ME THAT I MAY NOT LIVE FOR MORE THAN 2MONTHS,SO I NOW DECIDED TO DIVIDE PART OF THIS WEALTH TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHURCH IN AFRICA,AMERICA,ASIA AND EUROPE.I AM WILLING TO DONATE THE SUM OF $5,000.000.00 USD STATES DOLLARS TO THE LESS PRIVILEGED.PLEASE I WANT YOU NOTE THAT THIS FUND IS LYING DOWN AT A BANK IN GERMANY.

I WISH YOU CAN FOLLOW UP AND CLAIM IT FOR MY PURPOSE AND ACT AS I MY ADVICE YOU.I AM SORRY IF YOU ARE EMBARRASSED BY MY MAIL BUT IF FOR ANY REASON YOU FIND THIS MAIL OFFENSIVE,YOU CAN IGNORE IT AND PLEASE ACCEPT MY APOLOGY.

I HONESTLY PRAY THAT THIS MONEY WHEN TRANSFERRED TO YOU WILL SURE BE UTILIZED FOR THE SAID PURPOSE, BECAUSE I HAVE COME TO FIND OUT THAT WEALTH ACQUISITION WITHOUT CHRIST IS VANITY. MAY THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS,THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF GOD BE WITH YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

I AWAITS YOUR RESPONSE AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVED MESSAGE.

YOUR SISTER IN CHRIST

MRS. MARY COLLINS

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Thursday, December 27, 2007

Precious Edmond

 

Another Goddist. Fraud.

One out of five.

FROM: PRECIOUS EDMOND
COUNTRY: ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST
EMAIL ADDRESS,(precious_edmond10000@yahoo.com)

DEAR LOVELY ONE,
I GOT YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION THROUGH THIS SITE AND I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU, HOPING THAT BY ALMIGHTY GOD GRACE YOU WILL SUCCESSFULLY ASSIST ME OUT FROM MY SITUATION, AFTER MY SEVEN GOOD DAYS PRAYERS AND FASTING OVER SEEKING FOR AN OVERSEES GUARDANCE .
I AM PRECIOUS EDMOND (22 YEARS OLD) THE ONLY DAUGHTER OF LATE CHIEF EDMOND JOHN WHO WAS A FAMOUS AND WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT BASED IN ABIDJAN HERE,THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST.

I AM SEEKING FOR YOUR URGENT ATTENTION TO HELP ME TRANSFER THE SUM OF (US$12,500,000.00 )TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE OF AMERICAN DOLLARS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT OVERSEAS FOR AN INVESTMENTS PURPOSES,SUCH AS REAL ESTATES MANAGEMENTS AND STOCK MARKERTS.

PLEASE DEAR ONE,
I AM WILLING TO OFFER YOU 20% OF THIS MY TOTAL FUND AS YOUR COMMISSION FOR YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE TO ME. PLEASE KINDLY MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MY LETTER FOR MORE IMPORTANT DETAILS CONCERNING THIS
MY MUTUAL TRANSACTION.

NOTE: I HAVE ALL THE NECESSARY DOCUMENTS IN RELATION TO THIS MY FUND DEPOSITED BY MY LATE FATHER IN THE BANK. PLEASE QUICKLY AND KINDLY REPLY ME ON THIS MY PRIVATE
EMAIL ADDRESS, (precious_edmond10000@yahoo.com) FOR CONFIDENTIAL AND SECURITY REASONS SO THAT I CAN MAIL YOU MY PHOTOS OK.
THANKS AND GOD BLESS.

YOURS FAITHFUL,
precious edmond.

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Tesco Gift Vouchers

 

This is definitely spam judging by the e-mail addresses and why would Tesco use a such a system. They also have an address in California.

Get a £150 Tesco gift voucher!

J. Willard
2202 S. Figueroa St.
Los Angeles, CA 90017

I've had nine of the little darlings. I also had another 48 in my spam trap.

It seems to be linked to a company called e-PayDay.co.uk or FreePay.com.

The latter claims that "Freepay.com is an independent rewards program and is not affiliated with any of the listed products or retailers."

In other words it's a spammer at best and a fraudster at worst.

This is the registration address for e-PayDay.co.uk

297 Kingsbury Grade #D, PO Box 4470
Stateline
NV
89449-4470
US

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Foundation of Mercy

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Thank you for your true disinterested help to indigent, lonely and deprived people!

We thank you kindly that with your financial support and care of homeless children and old hopelessly ill people who have no opportunity to be healed or taken care of you maintain the traditions of social work and mercy. We are keeping in mind numerous lessons of ecumenism and unity of people in the history of mankind and hope for an echo in your hearts.

If you have the opportunity to further help, “Charitable Foundation of Mercy” could help you manage it disinterestedly and purposeful.

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Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Cyberlover

 

Scambusters are always a good source of early warning on new scams. This morning I received this from them about a new product called Cyberlover.

So watch out.

A new class of bots (software robots) have found their way onto online dating forums, and we predict this is just the beginning of a new class of scams that will probably grow very fast.

These programs mimic online flirting with the goal of getting victims to provide personal information.

The first of these programs is called CyberLover.
Unfortunately, CyberLover is good enough at automating its chat so that victims have a hard time recognizing that it's an automated robot rather than a real person.

Further, CyberLover can establish up to 10 "relationships" in 30 minutes. That means that scammers can use this software to automate the scamming process: rather than having to spend time themselves, they can unleash this software to find hundreds or thousands of victims at a time.

CyberLover can be used for financial and identity theft, as well as leading to "personal" websites that deliver malware.

Currently, CyberLover is targeted at Russian dating sites.
However, it won't be long until we see similar bots in other countries (probably next month).

Action: Always use common sense. Don't provide financial or other personal information. And be on the alert that you may be flirting with a robot. ;-)

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Christmas Day

 

I can't fathom this one out, but I had a lot more spam on Christams Day than any other since I started taking detailed counts.

Have they nothing better to do?

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

merrychristmasdude.com

 

This is an attempt to get you to download malicious software, so that spammers can use you to send spam.

Don't open any of these e-mails.

This website tells a lot more.

The registration details are :-

Registrant ID: P4DHBN0-RU
Registrant Name: John A Cortas
Registrant Organization: John A Cortas
Registrant Street1: Green st 322, fl.10
Registrant City: Toronto
Registrant Postal Code: 12345
Registrant Country: CA

Administrative, Technical Contact
Contact ID: P4DHBN0-RU
Contact Name: John A Cortas
Contact Organization: John A Cortas
Contact Street1: Green st 322, fl.10
Contact City: Toronto
Contact Postal Code: 12345
Contact Country: CA
Contact Phone: +1 435 2312633
Contact E-mail: cortas2008@yahoo.com

Why don't you phone the number above and wish the dude a Merry Christmas?

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Monday, December 24, 2007

China Metallurgical

 

Usual fraudulent rubbish.

One out of five.

ALL RESPONSE SHOULD BE CHANNELED TO chongpui_info2009@yahoo.com

Dear Sir or Madam,
I am a legal Representative of China Metallurgical Import and Export Company.They have requested that we-Grant Partners & Co Solicitors-act on their behalf in recruiting capable and dynamic Sales Advisers.They specialize in exporting quality products at relatively low prices. We have been assigned the responsibility of helping them recruit Sales Advisers in Europe and North America. Due to the ever-increasing customer base in America,canada and Europe they are searching for(sales) representatives to assist in meeting the ever increasing customer demand for their products.Also it has been very difficult dealing with customers in this region from China because of both time difference and language barrier.Headquartered in Zhejiang China, we invite you to join China Metallurgical as a Representative. If you opt to join China Metallurgical as Representative,your basic task will be Processing Orders and Receiving Payments on behalf of China Metallurgical.Please note,in particular,that for every transaction processed,you will receive 10% of the total amount.You can learn more about us at:www.allproducts.com/prc/cmiezhejiang/supplier.html.
If this proposal sounds interesting to you, then take the first big step and contact us at chongpui_info2009@yahoo.com

with the following details
1.YOUR NAME:
2.YOUR ADDRESS:
3.YOUR PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER:
4.COMPANY NAME:
5.OCCUPATION:
6.AGE:
7.SEX:
Our business development manager for your region will get in touch and discuss all the sales prospects with you as soon as we hear anything from you.
Yours truly,
CHONG PUI.
chongpui_info2009@yahoo.com

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

Melanie Ibrahim

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

With Due respect

With Due respect I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in the transfer and investment of my inheritance fund USD$7.5M from my late father who died mysteriously last Dec.

It was very evident that he was poisoned to death. In my culture, when a man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers shares his property leaving both the wife and the daughters empty handed including the house they live in. This is the exact case with me as I am the only daughter of my father. I lost my mother when I was barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife because he felt solely responsible for my mother's death.

This is so because he concentrated much on his businesses that he rarely pays attention to
domestic affairs. He was always travelling taking care of his businesses that he did not
notice when my mother took ill. He thought it was a minor illness and was ignorant of this. My mother on her own resorted to self-medication. It was not until the illness degenerated that my father took my mother to hospital where she was diagnosed to find out that hypatitis had eaten deep into her blood stream. She didn't last long before she died. This happened when I was barely a year old. Based on this, my father could not forgive himself easily because of it and said he was responsible for her death as he could have saved her if only he had paid attention to the things at home rather than concentrating much on his businesses.

Despite all entreaties by friends and relatives, he refused to remarry but ensured that I had everything that I wanted. It was as a result of this that he made me the next of kin to his fund
deposit with the bank and stated that in the event of any eventuality, I should have a direct access to the fund only when I am 24 years of age otherwise, I should have a guardian/partner intercede on my behalf for the release of the funds to me. Unfortunately, he died late last year and I am 21 years of age currently. This is why I have contacted you to serve as a guardian
to me and as my foreign partner for the transfer and investment of the fund overseas My uncles does not know about the fund because they had already taken my father's houses and other properties because I am a girl and they said I do not have rights for any property. They have requested to have my father's bank papers but I simply told them that I do not know where he kept them. The younger brother took the house in the village while the houses in the town were sold out they shared the proceed they got from the sale. Right now, I am with a friend of mine and do sincerely want to travel out of my country. This can only happen when
I have secured the release and transfer of the funds in the bank.

This why it is important that we have a plan on the type of lucrative business that we can
invest the funds on.

I had at various times had discussions with the director of international remittance unit of the bank where my father deposited the funds and I was assured that once, I have someone who would be willing to receive the funds on my behalf, they shall commence all proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the funds into the person's designated account. Now, that you have signified your interest to partner with me, it would only be very necessary if you contact the bank and request for the release and transfer of my inheritance fund into your
nominated account for the purpose of investment and to further have me come over to your
country to continue with my studies.

I shall be giving you the bank's contact details as soon as I hear back from you so that you will go ahead and contact the bank.

Your urgent response will be appreciated,
Talk to you the more.
Sincerely,

Melanie Ibrahim

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Ibrahim Mohammed

 

Fraud. This one invokes Allah. Same crap.

One out of five.

Dearest One

Assalam alaikum, may the peace of gracious Allah be with you. Please I have problem which I need help from you that’s why I decide to write you for help.

I have a proposal for you. However it’s not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour it against your will. I am in a difficult state of mind and was moved to send this proposal to you after my prayer.
I am Ibrahim Mohammed, the only son of my late parents. My mother died when I was just 4 years old, and since then my father took me so special. My father was a highly reputable business magnet (a cocoa merchant) who operated in the capital of Ivory Coast during his days. It is sad to say that he passed away mysteriously when he came back from business trips abroad in France. His sudden death was linked or rather suspected to have been masterminded by our uncle who travelled with him at that time. But Allah knows the truth.

Before death of my father he called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of Six million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. US($6.700,000) left in fixed/suspense account in one of the banks here in Abidjan ,that he used my name as his only son as the next of Kin in depositing the money.

I am 19 years old and a university undergraduate before I abandoned my school due to my uncle’s bad treatment to me since death of my father. The death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life coupled with my uncle’s late bad behaviour to me. I am confused and really don't know where to start from.
I am in sincere desire of your humble assistance to help me have the money transferred to you as my guardian for better life for me and invest the money into a business to be looked after by you.
What I am doing is as lead by my faith. I hope you are somebody I can trust that will not take me for granted or take undue advantage of my helpless condition because of my manner of approach to you.
If you know you are capable of handling this and help me rearrange my life. Please consider this my proposal and get back to me for more information.
My salaam to your family.
My sincere regards,
Ibrahim Mohammed.

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Naomi Edward

 

This one has caught God badly. How sad!

It's still fraud.

One out of five.

Dearest in christ,

I greet you in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ our Lord, I am Mrs Naomi Edward, from Kuwait I am married to Mr William Edward who worked with Kuwait embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before he died in the year 2004.

We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$8.5M One Million,Five hundred Thousand United States Dollar in a Bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire West Africa.

Presently, this money is still in bank.Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Eight months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a charity organization that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want an organization that will use this fund for orphanages, school and church ,widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that "Blessed is the hand that giveth".

I took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians and I don't want my husband's efforts to be used by unbelievers. I don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way. This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that "the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace".

I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want them to know about this development.With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Bank in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire west africa

I will also issue you an authority letter that will prove you the present beneficiary of this fund from kuwait federal High Court of Justice. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.

Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.Contact me on the this email (naomi_kn11@yahoo.com)
any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein. Hoping to receive your reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord
Take care,
In Christ's Holy Love
Yours Sister in christ
Mrs.Naomi Edward.

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Janette Akissi Komoe

 

This one's in French, but it's still the same fraud.

One out of five.

Bonjour Monsieur,

Permettez-moi de vous informer de mon désir d'entrée dans un rapport d'affaires avec vous. J'ai priée pendant plusieurs jours et après cela j'ai resolu de vous contacter.

Je pense que vous êtes digne de la recommandation de ma prière, donc une personne honorable de confiance avec qui je peux faire des affaires Ainsi je n'ai aucune hésitation à me fier à vous pour des affaires simples et sincères.
Je suis komoe akissi janette fille unique de mes défunts parents M.Komoe Herman et Mme Attossa Marie-Therese.
Mon père était un négociant de cacao et exploitant d'or en cote d'ivoire et résident à Cocody les II Pateau ( Abidjan ) capitale économique de la Côte d'Ivoire Mon père a été empoisonné à la par ses associés d'affaires au cours de l'un de leurs voyages d'après les responsables des associations deshommes d'affaires.
Ma mère est morte en 1988 quand j'étais toute petite et depuis lors mon père m'a pris en charge.
Avant la mort de mon père en novembre 2004 dans un hôpital privé d'Abidjan, il m'avait indiqué qu'il avait une somme($ 4,430.000) dollars américains USD dans une compagnie financière reconnue de tous ici à Abidjan, et qu'il avait utilisé mon nom en tant que sa fille et bénéficiaire de ces fonds.
Il a aussi souhaité un jour de son vivant qu'il fallait que je commence à chercher un associé étranger dans un pays de mon choix où je transférerai cet argent et l'emploierai dans des investissements lucratifs.

C'est pourquoi, je suis disposée à vous offrir un pourcentage de mon héritage en compensation pour votre effort après le retrait de ces fonds dans la compagnie de finance et son transfert dans votre compte bancaire. En outre, vous indiquez vos options pour m'aider sachant que pour moi, j'ai la foi que vous pouvez m'aider.
Cette transaction peut se faire le plus vite possible. J'aimerais avoir votre point de vue sur cette question et cela selon votre disponibilité.

Merci j'attends votre réponse
Mlle Janette Akissi komoe

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The Beach Bum Club

 

I had several of these e-mails.

I have unsubscribed to see what happens.

It may not be fraud, b ut I doubt anybody will make any money from it.

This Automated system is putting over $10,000 in many students pockets EVERY WEEK.

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I am absolutely convinced that my proven System will create massive wealth for virtually anyone regardless of your background your education or even your current level of income...

I'm going to PROVE it.

Ty Coughlin

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Friday, December 21, 2007

Rev. Jude West or Tete Nwa

 

Another one from fucking God.

Fraud.

One out of five.

Christ The King Catholic Church.
Address: 115 rue de John-paul 11,
Lome Togo .
Direct line to Rev. Fr. Jude West:

Dearest in Christ,

I am Rev. Fr. Tete Nwa, trustee to the Will of the late ENGR WILLY BUBENIK. I have instructions from the trustess to contact you for the notice of bequest from Late ENGR. WILLY BUBENIK. I write to notify you that he made you a beneficiary to the bequest sum of Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United State Dollars($850,000.00) in the codicil to his will and last testament.

Late ENGR. WILLY BUBENIK. died on 29th Frbruary 2006 after a brief illness at the age of 82. The late ENGR WILLY BUBENIK until his death was Chairman of churchgate Group, a member of several non-governmental organisations and he was also great philanthropist. He was a very dedicated Christian,a Pilgrim and Benefactor who lived a life of Charity.

This bequest is for support of your Christian activities,humanitarian sevices and help to the less-privelleged and poor. Please i request that you immediately contact the attorney/executor to this will with your current address, telephone and fax numbers for easy communication from the executors.

At the receipt of your reply ,I shall communicate the attorney to contact you with further procedures to enable release of the bequest to you as bonafide beneficiary.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter.

Looking forward to hearing from you as a matter of urgency .

Yours in service,

Rev. Fr. Tete Nwa,

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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Don Gabsky

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Don Gabsky's ARTS & CRAFT LIMITED
P.O Box 750,Manschester,
UK,M11 2BX.
Tell:+(44)702

Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is DON Gabsky,I am an artist with my Husband DR Snyder.We own the Don Gabsky's ARTS & CRAFT LIMITED in the UK.Our company deals in sales of Arts and Crafts work and just recentlyin the exportation of African Arts and Fashion. We have been recieving orders from NORTHERN AMERICA,and AUSTRALIA which we have not been able to process competently since we do not have a payment or accounting rep in these Areas.We have decided to recruit REpresentative or Accounting officers online
hence we will be needing a representative to process our payments in these areas - due to delays in processing payments from these areas in the UK.
Don Gabsky's ARTS & CRAFT LIMITED needs a book-keeper in the states,so we want to know if you will like to work online from home,getting paid weekly without leaving home or it affecting your present job?What we offer:FLEXIBLE PROGRAM: two hours/day at your choice, daytime or evening time.WORK AT HOME: checking e-mail and going to the bank Part time or full time Professional contact team with very good support and communication skills.OTHER HIGHLIGHTS:no selling involved, no kit to buy,we won't charge you anything MONTHLY SALARY:minimum of $450 every two weeks to a total of $900 per month.COMMISSION: 10% of every money order/check that is cashed instantly"cash in hand" or "cash on counter" is what you get from the total cashed amount.EXAMPLE If you receive a check of $10,000.00 your net income is$1000,00 You will process at least 2-3 orders per day and you will earn more than $200.00 cash in hand each day.REMEMBER: THE MORE ORDERS YOU PROCESS- AT A FASTER RATE THE HIGHER YOU STAND TO EARN DAILY.WHAT WE ASK: Two free hours daily not including weekends, Internetaccess for sending and receiving
e-mails,available means of cashing money orders/checks at your bank using your existing bank account.

IMPORTANT:
You must be 18 years of age and above.U.S.A, CANADIAN OR,MEXICO CITIZENSHIP. If you meet these conditions please contact us by replying at this e-mail address ( miche_snydl_mama@hotmail.com) to receive a Representative Contract agreement.Please add your full names,contact or mailing address and phone/fax numbers for quick delivery of payments.We will never ask you for anything more then that, No bank names,No bank account number, routing number,credit card, passwords, SSN# etc. If anyone asks for those on our behalf please do not give out this informations.This is to ensure your security and non involvement in cases of Identity theft.

WE HAVE ATTACHED AN EMPLOYMENT FORM OF OUR COMPANY TO THIS EMAIL WHICH YOUWILL FILL AND RETURN SIGNED WITH A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION ATTACHED TO IT WHICH WILL BE SCANNED BACK TO OUR EMAIL ADDRESS. AS SOON AS WE CONFIRM ANY PAYMENT COMING TO YOU I WILL LET YOU KNOW AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE INFORMATION TO SEND FUNDS TO THE COMPANY.
Don Gabsky's ARTS & CRAFT LIMITED
P.O Box 750,Manschester,
UK,M11 2BX.
Tell:+(44)702
email: don.0007@live.com
EMPLOYMENT FORM
FIRST NAME..............................
MIDDLE NAME.........................
SURNAME..................................
ADDRESS....................................
CITY.............................................
STATE..........................................
ZIP CODE....................................
COUNTRY....................................
PHONE NUMBER (S)
(FIXED).......................................
(MOBILE)....................................
FAX NUMBER...........................
E-MAIL.......................................
OCCUPATION..........................
GENDER.....................................
MARITAL STATUS....................
AGE..............................................
NATIONALITY............................
Thanks as we await your response.Endeavour to send your response to don.0007@live.com Don Gabsky Co-owner Don Gabsky's ARTS & CRAFT LIMITED P.O Box 750,Manschester,
UK,M11 2BX.
Tell:+(44)702

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Weldon Business Services

 

Someone seems to have gone to a lot of trouble to set up this one. I hope it's all wasted.

It's fraud and I'll give it two out of five.

Company Profile
The recent transactions in all major stock-exchange and curb auctions position Weldon Business Services to be a leader in virtually all financial market segments from rendering our clients convenient payment service to the scale, industry expertise and financial strength to meet the challenge of increasing their revenues and expanding their sales market.

This combination contributes greatly and brings diverse strong businesses together into a single, stronger organization defined by its world-class workforce, intense customer focus and dedication to the creation of customer value. Customers will benefit from the complementary capabilities of the leading financial services provider.

The combined Weldon Business Services's operations offer a wide range of financial products and services to individuals, corporations and other organizations - from solving currency exchange problem, providing best conditions for e-currencies exchange - to product development and product management coupled with an in-depth understanding of customers' industries, markets and needs and more.

With consumers taking a greater interest in company ratings - a measurement of a company's ability to cooperate both with large firms (Ebay, Amazon etc) and with small highly specialized Internet shops, to meet obligations to customers or finance strategic initiatives - you'll appreciate Weldon Business Services's financial strength.

If you're looking for more information about our services, please mail our jobs e-mail at job@weldon-bs.com.
Career Opportunities
A world-class workforce, intense customer focus and dedication to the creation of customer value define Weldon Business Services. We're always interested in talking to talented, motivated individuals about potential careers.

Spend a few minutes browsing our site to get a better understanding of the diversity and strength of one of the strongest financial services companies and the challenging career opportunities available to you.

Maybe you've thought about a Processing Manager career, but you're not sure you have the necessary skills and training...

If you have talent, interest and passion, we have a role within our organization that's tailor-made for you:
• if you enjoy working with the public,
• if your talent is money transfers processing,
• if you're interested in all things related to Money Transfer systems and you like helping others,
• if finance is your thing or you'd like to learn more about money transfers management and Western Union or MoneyGram payment systems,
• if your passion is administration and working with figures
We're sure to have a position that will be just right for you!

Job Description:
• Position Type: Permanent.
• Occupation Type: part-time (1-3 hours a day occupation).
• On-the-job training and personal manager's support always available.
Requirements:
• PC, e-mail and Internet literate;
• Opportunity to open a bank account;
• Maturity age.
Salary:
• 10% commission from every processed transfer amount.
It's your career that's in the spotlight at Weldon Business Services!

For more information about how to become part of our team, access our Career Opportunities page.

Sincerely yours,
HR Department,
Weldon Business Services
job@weldon-bs.com

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Wednesday, December 19, 2007

David Scott

 

Fraud.

One out of five.

Dear friend

I got your details after an extensive online search for a reliable foreign business partner.

It involves a time deposit of $48.3million (Forty Eight Million And Three hundred thousand United States Dollars only) in an account in the Netherlands.

The circumstances surrounding the death of the depositor with no known nominated successor has made it difficult to locate anyone who is directly related to the deceased.

With very strong feeling that no one will ever come forward to claim the funds and the investigation coming to a close after several months, the need for assistance becomes crucial, as a next of kin to the depositor is earnestly sought for and your name fits exactly the family name of the depositor and that is why i have contacted you today.

I have a legal and totally risk free means through which the funds can be released to you or your nominated bank account within