I once received an email from “the Prince of Nigeria”, starting with “Dear Sir or Madam”, telling me he had chosen ME (because of my “obvious high morals in businesses morals [sic!]), and that he would transfer ten million dollars to my account if I would just give him my VISA number and help him get the Nigerian Royal family’s assets to a Swiss bank.
I wrote him back and told him my tight schedule didn’t allow me to engage in new financial operations at this time.
I shouldn’t have done that: Within the week, my inbox was filled with Nigeria letters and “YOU’VE WON!” mails from fake lotteries.
(In reality, I have a small pension because I am diagnosed as bipolar and totally unfit for work of any kind, and my “financial operations” amounts to weekly visits to the welfare office)
Ok I thought I would call their bluff and sent a E-mal asking how I could claim my winnings and this is what I got in return. Notice there is a min deposit to open the account!!!!! Why can’t they use my (foney)winnings as the deposit.
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This is to acknowledgment the receipt of your e-mail, and to confirm the validity of the winning notification. Be informed that you have been approved to receive the sum of €1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros), as the new winner of the last Lottery.
We the entire member of Inter Continental Alliance Finance & Securities wish to congratulate you for being one of the lucky winner of this year category. This is an independent promotion and is unconnected to any publication. No purchase necessary. Be informed that this lottery promotion was conducted through the Internet worldwide random selection, the participants and winners where picked randomly through a computer ballot system and you have been picked as one of the lucky winners. You are advised to treat this with all seriousness.
However, your funds are presently domiciled in the Automated suspense account (ASA) of the Central Bank of The Netherlands, and because of this, we are advising you to open a new account with us so that your funds can be transferred from the central bank suspense account into your bank account with us and subsequently your funds will be further transfer to any designated bank account of your choice. For now, your funds will remain in the Automated Suspense account pending on when you open a normal account with us to receive your funds from the ASA of the central bank.
NOTE: funds in a suspense account can neither be transferred nor deducted from until the holding bank (Inter Continental Alliance Finance & Securities in this instance) formally open a normal account for the beneficiaries to receive their various funds. After then, the funds can then be remitted to the beneficiary of the new account. These measures are standard financial regulations by European Central Bank (ECB) since the commencement of the global fight against terrorism and the enactment of the new anti-money laundry acts. This is also in line with the European law guiding all financial matters in an attempt to curb unlawful tempering of funds.
ACCOUNT OPTIONS:
We have different types of accounts for your class of funds transfer; the ‘Savings account’, ‘Current account’ and the Corporate account. The flexibility of the Saving’s account is that you can transfer your funds (€1,000,000.00) from here to your account in your country at 1.711% as transfer charges, while current account gives you the same flexibility at a charge of 0.921% and finally the cooperate account though gives you the same flexibility but the transfer charge is 0.18%.
Note: You must open one of these accounts to facilitate the transfer of your funds from the central bank’s automated suspense account for onward remittance to your account of your choice. To proceed with this transaction therefore, you need to inform us of your choice of account so that we can furnish you with the basic requirements:
Minimum Initial Deposit (minimum opening balance). We will also send to you the account opening form/fund release order, to fill and return to us within the next 24hrs.
Finally, kindly notify this office the type of account you wish to set up with this financial institution, and also furnish us the followings:
1. Full Names / Address
2. Nationality / Place of Birth
3. Sex / Marital Status
4. Occupation
5. Telephone/Fax Number
Thanks in advance for banking with us.
Yours sincerely,
Monica Edward (Mrs.)
For Mr. John Kane.
(Accounts Officer).
Oh I am not going to do it I just wanted to see what they wanted from me in order to claim it heheheh I am not that dumb. I knew it was a scam spam from the start. There is a dept in our police dept where I live that takes these things and investacates them. but you have to answer the first e-mail and get an answer for them to do it. the officer told me that the deposit is equial to the winnings but no one has done the deposit yet to see of you get the winnings they are waiting for the funding to do it for the person getting the e-mails. so it may take several offers before they can as the bank involved wants your answer in 24hours. I hope they catch them soon.
This is interesting… I guess it is supposed to look like I am being solicited by a lottery agent for some shady deal...
From: simonATsimonanderson3.orangehome.co.uk
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: hello
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2007 6:11 PM
Dear Friend,
My name is simon anderson, I work with the Euro Lottery, I am soliciting your assistance for a swift transfer of 4,528,000 GBP.
Due to my position in the company I can present you as the lucky winner of the above stated amount, naturally every body would like to play
lottery if they are assured of winning, I am assuring you that i can present you to be the lucky winner, please do not take for granted this
once in a life time opportunity as we both stand to collectively gain from this at the success of this transaction.you can contact me via my
private e mail@simonandersonATluxmail.com
We shall be sharing the funds 50-50 at the successful completion of
this project.
Compliments of the season
I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that funds Now, I want you to contact my secretary on the information below
Now contact my secretary Mr.Charles Orlando
CONTACT: Charles Orlando
EMAIL:charles_orlando1@yahoo.fr)
Tel:+22993-463-846
ask him to send you the sum of ($1.5 MILLION)U.S.D in A CASHIER’S CHEQUE, which I kept for your compensation. CONTACT him immediately ON this EMAIL: ()
reconfirm your mailing address to avoid mistake,and once he confirmed your mailing information so that he will being going to the courier company to deliver your cheque. the neeeded informations is as detailed bellow
NAME:...................................
ADDRESS:......................................
EMAIL:....................................................
PHONE:...........................................................
OCCUPATION:.........................................................
COMPANY:........................................................................
COUNTRY:..............................................................................
AMOUNT........................................................................................
Regards
Sammy Afor
Ooooh, I’ve got an external bank auditor offering me money, now. And they’re under the impression that I’m a married couple!
ABSA BANK
PLOT 1023 FOX STREET,FAIRVIEW,
JOHANESBURG
SOUTH AFRICA.
DIRECT FAX NUMBER 27866903909
DIRECT MOBILE NUMBER:+27-782-134-834
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTAIL
DEAR Mr & Mrs k… ,
You may be surprised to receive this letter from me since you do not know me personally I want to transfer to overseas the sum of Fifteen Million United States Dollars U.S.$15,000,000.00) from my country South Africa. I want to ask you to kindly 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 account immediately to receive this money, Though an empty bank account could serve this purpose As long as you will remain honest to me till the end Of this important business trusting in you and Believing in God that you will never let me down Either now or in time to come.
I am Mr. FRED ZUMA MOORE, the External Auditor of a ABSA BANK SOUTH AFRICA. During the Course of our auditing, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened here in the bank in 2002 and since 2003 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 An Heir apparent to the throne, hence the money is Floating and if I do not remit this money out Urgently it will be forfeited for nothing’s. Paul Wellstone, his wife Sheila and daughter Marcia died Friday in a small plane crash near Eveleth, Minnesota, that also killed three staff members and two pilots. Go to CNN NEWS; http://archives.cnn.com/2002/ALLPOLITICS/10/25/plane.crash.minn/
The owner of this account who is Sen. Paul Wellstone, A foreigner and senator died, since 2002,until now no other person(s) knows about this Account or could give any documentary evidence Concerning this account. As such this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as Well that Sen. Paul Wellstone until his death was the Manager Oriental Gold Company, in CONGO. However, if you are interested in this business we will start the first money transfer with three million U.S. Dollars (U.S. $3,000,000.00) upon Successful transaction without any disappointment from you. We shall also re-apply for the payment of the Remaining amount to your account.
While the total amount involved is Fifteen Million United States dollar (U.S.$15,000,000.00) only. I would want us to make a first transfer of Three Million United States Dollars. (U.S. $3,000,000.00) from this money into a safe foreigner’s account abroad before the rest. I am only Contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account, without valid International foreign Agreement, but could only be Approved to any foreigner with valid international Credentials: passport or drivers license and foreign Account because this sum is in U.S. dollars and The former owner of the account Sen. Paul Wellstone is a Foreigner too, this money could only be approved Into a foreign account.
However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding Agreement in these regards. As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next Step to take, while you send 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 before transferring the money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. Before we Fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and Investments, I need your full co-operation to make This business a success, because the management is Ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has Correct information of this account, which the lawyer will Provide to you, upon your positive response and once I am Convinced that you are capable and will meet up with the instructions of a key bank official who is deeply Involved with me in this business.
I need your strong Assurance that you will never let me down. With my influence and the position in the bank we can transfer this money to any foreigner’s Reliable account, which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our physical Arrival in your country for sharing. And to build confidence that you can come immediately To discuss with me face-to-face after which I will Make this remittance in your presence and three of us Will fly to your country at least two days ahead of The money going into the account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act as directed. To prove the authenticity of the business I will use my position and influence to get a good lawyer who will obtain all legal Approvals for onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance from the relevant ministries, Foreign exchange departments, embassy and Board of Internal Revenue Services.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be Given 30% of the total amount, 60% will be for me, While 10% will be for expenses both parties might have Incurred during this process.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my Private email address:
DIRECT PHONE NUMBER:+27-782-134-834
Yours faithfully
FRED ZUMA MOORE
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