FROM: Miss L. B. CHRISTOPHER
MISSIONARY QUARTERS A15
CHURCH ROAD ACCRA
GHANA
PLS SEND REPLY TO MY PRIVATE BOX (email removed)

Dear respectful one

I feel good contacting (I don’t) you today I have read from your add in Internet knowing quiet well that this contact will bring a lasting relationship.  With regard to your reputation and co-worshipper of God who will not disappoint me nor deny me in faith (better meditate again.  (May I suggest you consult a psychic), I am directing this letter of assistance to you.

I am Miss Louisa. Christopher the only daughter of Mr.Christopher from Republic of Zimbabwe in desire to get somebody who will safe guard my interest, that of my junior brother (Louis) and this money.  Briefly, our father Mr. Christopher was a Gold and Cocoa merchant who based in Lome Togo, Abidjan cote ‘Ivoire, and had a branch office here in Accra Ghana.  My father was a wealthy Gold/Cocoa merchant who has business in many countries in Europe, America and Asian countries.  According to my father, my own mother Died when I was about six years of age, which means that I did not even know my mother very well.  The story is that my father Mr. Christopher was Poisoned to death by his business associates about seven months ago, and he died in a private hospital here in Accra Ghana.
 
But when he was about to die, he called us beside his sick bed and told us that he deposited the sum of fifty Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars (US$52.700,000) with a local bank there in Accra, the economic and administrative capital of Republic of Ghana.This money was kept for us in my name, his only daughter. Right now I am a first year student of business management in one of the University here.  My only problem now is that since my
father has been poisoned to death by his business Associates, I don’t even trust any other person here again including my father’s brothers and sisters.  Right now, I want you to help us in the following ways:
 
1)  I want you to provide a personal / company’s bank Account where this amount here he deposited the sum of fifty Two Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$52.700,000) into your account (sounds like money laundering).
2) You are going to be the manager of this fund and Also my personal guardian until I finished my studies.
3)You are going to procure admissions for us to continue our studies in one of the known university in your country.
4) You are going to receive 15% of the total sum for providing a bank account for this transfer.
5) That you must prepare immediately to make a working visit to ACCRA GHANA here so that me and you can see each other and we can then do the transfer at the same time and I will go back with you to your country.
 
We (I thought you did not trust anyone else) hope to receive your early response, as it will Encourage us, to stop establishing further contacts as It regards to this subject matters, so that we will furnish you With a private phone number where you can reach us Direct, on receipt of your positive response.  For your information, this place we staying now is a House of a church sister who saw our condition and Decided to house us for a while.

THIS BUSINESS IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL BECAUSE NONE OF OUR LATE FATHER’S BROTHERS AND SISTERS KNOWS ABOUT THIS TRANSACTION.

Waiting to hear from you soon
Pls Send reply to my private email box:
 
(email removed)
Thanks for your understanding,
Miss L.B.
Christopher
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I get these email scams all the time, but love to post them purely due to their humor.

Keep on the lookout for this scam that came into my email

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Dear friend,
 
Let me start by introducing myself to you.My name is Barrister Mark Robert,personal attorney to late Michael Gambone.I am writing this letter to solicit for support and
assistance from you to carry out this business opportunity.
 
Lying in an inactive account is the sum of 11 million pounds sterling belonging to my late client(Michael Gambone) who was a gas consultant here in UK,who happens to be
deceased during a business trip. He died with his wife(Deborah Gambone)on board the Swissair Flight 111 , which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in september
2nd 1998.

The news of this crash was on the news,See links below for more detail informaion:

Links have been removed 
Ever since he died the Security company has been expecting his next of kin to come and claim these fund. To this effect, the Security company can not release the money
unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in they banking guideline. Unfortunately he has no family member in UK or Over-sea who are aware of
the existence of the money(as he was a gas consultant.

At this juncture i have decided to do business with you.To this effect I solicit your assistance in applying as the next of kin to the Security company then the
money will be released to you,as I do not want this money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill,because the company law and guideline stipulates that
if such money(s) remains unclaimed for a period of up to nine years(9yrs),the money will be transferred into the company treasury as an unclaimed bill.
 
My request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that  late Michael Gamboner was a foreigner and as the personal attorney i  cant stand as next
of kin.

40% of the money will be your share as a foreign partner and your assistance to actualise this business,5% for any expenses incured. Thereafter i will visit your
country with your help once the money hits your account for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.
 
To effect the immediate transfer of the fund to you as agreed,you must apply first to the Security company as the next of kin to the deceased,then we will follow up
all formalities for the transaction.

Upon receipt of your reply,i will like you to provide the below informations,
 
1] Full Name & contact mailing address.

2] Your passport or driver’s license datapage

3]Phone and fax number

4]Age& Occipation.
 
Best Regards

Barrister Mark Robert.

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It is kind of scary to think that someone will actually believe these emails.  Of course their must be people or these email scams would not be coming.

I am just so lucky with the lottery.  Very recently I received another one of these scams. 

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CONGRATULATIONS! Your fund is now deposited with the paying Bank.  In your best interest (obviously yours too.  Don’t want your scam spoiled to quickly) to avoid mix up of numbers and names of any kind, we request that you keep the entire details of your award strictly from public notice until the process of transferring your claims has been completed, and your funds remitted to your account.
 
This is part of our security protocol (LOL) to avoid double claiming (Oops you sent this notice to some of my other email addresses) or unscrupulous acts by
participants/nonparticipants of this program. Please contact your Paying Bank immediately for due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice:
 
You are advised to contact the Bank by email.  Failure to do so may warrant disqualification.
 
NOTE: For easy reference and identification, find below your Reference and Batch numbers.  Remember to quote these numbers in your correspondence with our paying bank
 REF Number:  (you must be paying a finders fee)
NM/BC921245/KY14
 BATCH No: NM/207161/WOP.
 
To file for your claim, please contact the Paying Bank.
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Contact person: Mr. Howard Brian
(International Remittance Department).
Tel: +0031- 6209-106-35
Fax: +31-847-157-304

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N.B:
 All claims are nullified after 28 working days from today.  Congratulations once again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotions program.
 
Congratulations once again.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Doris Phillips(Lottery Coordinator (Scam Artist)).

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Gotta admit, I wish it was that easy.  I would be a millionare many times over from these lotteries.  Just trash these email messages and make money the old fashioned way - Earn it!   Something to also note, I have been getting a lot of email scams from email addresses that end with: virgilio.it. 

Barri Peter Johnson
For Peter Chambers & Advocates
Address: 60 Bays water Road
London W2 3PS , United Kingdom
E_Mail:peterjohnson@katamail.com
DATE 15/06/06

Good day.

I am sorry for contacting you through this medium (Yes, I stole your email address) without a previous notice, I had to use email because it is an official and more confidential way of making contact with people around the world. My name is Barri Peter Johnson a Forty two (42) years old Attorney in practice here in London . I had a client by name Mr. Charles Dare who is a British Citizen and contractor based here in London now deceased. On the 2nd of August 2003, my client, his wife and their only child were involved in a car accident on their way to Manchester along M25 Adytum Road.

Prior to the Death of my Late Client, He secured a contract of $12,500,000.00 million from the British Airways, following which he received a 30% mobilization fee of US$3,750,000.00 Million and successfully executed the contract, but the balance of US $8,750,000.00 Million contract payment was in the Process of being transferred into My Late Client’s Account with BARCLAY`S BANK London which he submitted to the British Airways before he lost his life in the incidence.
 
Two weeks after his sudden Death, The British Airways effected the transfer of the balance of his Contract Funds into the Account that My Late Client has on his file with them. As his personal attorney after his death I have been officially notified and instructed by the BARCLAY`S BANK London where the money is currently deposited that I should provide and forward the particulars of Mr. Dare next of kin so that the Funds in his Account can be remitted into his Next of Kin’s Account in accordance with British Laws. However, as the personal attorney and close confidant of late Mr. Dare, I want you to know that my late Client died interstate, He died without leaving a Will. Hence
all my efforts to locate any of his relative whom I can present to the Bank as his next of kin have proved abortive.

Therefore I am seeking for your consent (Shucks, little old me) to present you (And a million other email addresses that I stole) as the deceased relative/next of kin and subsequently the beneficiary of the fund so that the proceed of this account valued at $8,750,000.00 Million can be paid to you for subsequent disbursement between you and I. If you can cooperate with me and receive these funds as next of kin to late Mr. Charles Dare, Confirm your interest by contacting me through my confidential email above. I can assure you that the deal is 100% risk free because I am in possession of the deceased personal file which contains all information which I shall use to prove your relationship with the deceased therefore the money will be paid into the account of whomever I present as LATE Mr. Dare Next of kin with proofs that I will present to the bank when needed. (Wow, tell me more)

When I receive a positive response and after proper discussion with you, I will furnish you all relevant information that will facilitate the release of the Funds to you. An Application will have to be filed to the Bank for processing of the release of the Funds into your nominated Bank account anywhere in the world. Send to me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication. (So I can complete my scam)
Hope to hear from you soonest.

Your Prompt response is highly imperative.

Yours truly,

Barri Peter Johnson

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Just take a minute and ask yourself, why don’t you just do it yourself?

I wanted to take a minute to talk about the imfamous “Paypal User Agreement Updated” email that you probably receive from time to time regardless if you have paypal or not.  In case you didn’t know, Paypal will never:

• Send an email to you addressed to “Dear PayPal User”, or anything like that.  Paypal will always include your first and last name or the business name in the email
• Ask you to enter your password or share any personnal information in an email.  In fact paypal and many other companies will recommend to you that you always type in the company web address in your web browser and then log into your account
• Include attachments of any kind that you need to open, or software to install on your computer

Now with that in mind, the below email example is the typical fradulent email that you will find in your email inbox:

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As part of our security measures, we regularly screen activity in the PayPal system. We recently noticed the following issue on your account:

Unusual account activity has made it necessary to limit account access until additional verification information can be collected.  Case ID: Number: PP-679-172-256

For your protection, we have limited access to your account until additional security measures can be completed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Note: If this is the second time you receiving this notice, it might be because you have made a mistake when you entered your details or the account was not updated.

Click here (Click here would be underlined to indicate a hyperlink.  In this example, the hyperlink is going to [weburl]zozzo.com/security/paypal-user-agreement/webscr/webcgi/cmd/index.html[weburl].  As you can see, this is clearly not the email address to paypal.  The main reason that paypal wants you to log into your account is because if you had any problems with your account, you would then be greeted with a message after logging into your account) to verify your account.

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Also, take a quick note to see what email address this notice was sent to.  You may even find out that this email address is not listed on your paypal account.  That is a very good indicator that a spammer got the address and is just going phishing.

Wow, what a great opportunity to get some quick cash from a dead person.  This email is an example of the one where someone dies, the lawyer can’t find relatives and has choosen you to help him move the cash.

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I write to seek your co-operation as my foreign partner (woa, I don’t kiss on the first date).  This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact we have never met (You think?).  The message could be strange but real, if you pay some attention to it.  I apologize if this letter does not Suit your personal or business ethics.  My names are William Anderson (real goodly spoken english). I am an Auditor Working with banks in Switzerland and Germany.   On the 25th day of July 2000, my client(Deceased Immigrant property magnate who was based in the U.K.), his wife and their two Children died in the Air France concord Plane crash bound for New York on a planned world cruise, you can view this web page for more info:  http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/851209 (Wow, that is enough for me, you must be telling the truth 8:)).
My late client has a fix deposit account valued at $15.5 millionUS with our bank.  Since his death, I and his Lawyer have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives.  The Claims Resolution Tribunal (sounds like the council tribe of survivor.  Actually I searched for this on google and found a lot of references to the Claims Resolution Tribunal for Holocaust victims.) has been
mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died  (living no wills). Being a top executive at the bank (right, and he even uses hotmail for his email address, LOL), I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. the funds will be banked in cayman island being safe haven for funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job (trying to scam you), I need a foreigner to help claim the funds.  All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the
funds to you.   I now seek your consent (get lost) to present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $15.5 millionUS can be paid to you and then you, and I can share the money.
The money would be shared as follows, 60% to me amounting to $9,300,000USD and 30% for you amounting to $4,650,000USD and 10% amounting to $1,550,000.00USD  for miscellaneous expenses that might arise. 
I have all necessary information that can be used to back up any claim we may make.  All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through.   I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.  This is a risk-free relationship. Send me your full names and address, telephone and faxnumbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction.  A swift acknowledgement on the receipt of this letter would be appreciated.
Thank you and God bless you.

Your´s Sincerely
William Anderson
Please reply me at   (email removed)
You can write me in German if you wish (a multi language scammer).

Please delete this letter if you are not interested (Or too smart).

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Well, back to my day job.

I always get a good chuckle when I get these emails of winning the lottery (ya right).  Here is a sample of a lotter phishing email:

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Sir/Madam (They don’t even know who I am?????  This is the first clue of a phishing email)

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Lottery Winners International programs held on the 6th June, 2006. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number 36-6438-PA with serial number 430-876-NL,batch number 455/0820-BT ref number 88755/05 drew lucky numbers 02-06-10-25-29-32-38-40 plus bonus 05)DL which consequently won in the 2nd category,you have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of USD $1,000,000.00(one million United States Dollars)

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Due to mix up of some numbers and names, we ask that you keep your winning information confidential until your claims has been processed (Don’t want to get the authorities alerted to this scam) and your money remitted to you.

This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. All participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from over 20,000  company and  30,000,000  
individual  Email addresses and names from all over the world. This promotional program takes place every three years.

Our  agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.

Mr. Albert  van Janssen
Email: (removed)

TEL:  +31626242711, Fax:0031847538311

Note: all winning must be claimed not late than one month from the day you received your winning info,after this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.  You are advice  to avoid unnecessary delays and complications. also remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all correspondence.  Furthermore, should there be
any change of address do inform our agent as soon as possible.  Congratulations once more from our members of staff  (Scam Artists) our promotional organizers ,

yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Wilfred Brook
(DAZERS LOTTERY GAME BOARD)  

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Wow and I was really excited about winning a million dollars 8:(