Fraud emails

Every time I check my emails, there's always this scam emails that I received from various questionable companies informing me the good news that I won or inherited money from unknown personalities or offering you a business proposal. Some of them fools you with the name of the senator on it, or famous actors. In case you will receive emails same as below, don't ever ever reply or contact them, they are scams that victimized lot of peoples who believe them at first.

Urgent Message:
Fred Eric
AddTo:


Find:
3 messages selected

Dear Virginia W ,

I am Frederic Jean-Claude(Esq),a solicitor at law.personal attorney to late Mr.Robert Willig,(note that we have the same last name, to make it believable) who was a contractor with European Development company.Herein after shall be referred to my client On the 11th of september 2001 my client was involved in world trade center bombing unfortunately lost his live three mounth after the incident due to injuries he substained in the bombing , since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name to locate any of his relatives hence I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$10.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Unitrust Security Company in Lome/Togo where this huge amount was deposited in a trunk box under the coverage of family valuables. The said security company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have this box confiscated within the next twenty one official working days as they don't know the content of the box.

Since I have been unsuccessfully in locating the relatives for over 2years now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased,so that the proceedings of this boxes can be transfer to you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive response,we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfers as I have every necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Please get in touch with me through my private email ( frederic_jean-claude2@hotmail.fr)
Thanks and God bless
Frederic Jean-Claude (Esq).

This example used a Pastor as a contact person. Note also that they used the name of an actress.

YOUR BEQUEATHED THE SUM $2M
ANDERSON LONNI
Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that a legacy of $2M (Two Million United States Dollars) was bequeathed to you by our late client Mr. Maurice Wohl, an Israeli born British citizen who died of heart-related complications.He was aged 83. Until his death He was a kind philanthropist who believed in charity for humanitarian assistance both in life and death.You are among numerous beneficiaries of his estate as announced by executors of his Will.

You are hereby authorized to apply for payment of this bequest bequeathed to you for humanitarian assistance.You are advised to send your application directly to Pastor Paul Edward through the address stated below:

Pastor Paul EdwardThe Head Pastor,Global Harvest Ministries
Email: pastorpauledwards@gmail.com

Yours faithfully,
Ms Lonni Anderson.

Another example:
GOOD NEWS
THOMAS KOSOMBO
ViewTo:
kosombo1@gmail.comCc:

Find:
3 messages selected

From The Desk of BARR THOMAS KOSOMBOKOSOMBO CHAMBERS DUBAIUnited Arab Emirate (U.A.E.)
ATTN I am Barr. THOMAS KOSOMBO, an International legal practitioner, Barrister at law and the personal attorney to Mrs. Judith Bowman, I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. An American Oil consultant and contractor with the Shell Dev Company, Mrs. Judith Bowman of Huntington Beach California made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$6,000,000.00 (Six Million United State Dollars) in my bank. Upon maturity,

I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the SHELL DEV CO that Mrs. Judith Bowman have died in a plane crash in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash (for more information about this crash and person you can contact this website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stmSince we got this information about her death and on further investigation, I found that she died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace her next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that she did not declare any kin or relations in all her official documents, including her Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank.
This sum of US$6,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of United Arab Emirates, at the expiration of 7 (seven) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the DUBAI (U.A.E) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mrs. Judith Bowman so that the fruits of her labor will not get into the hands of the government. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that I can make some changes in her file immediately to purport you as her next of kin. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. And I will give you 30% of the total sum after the transaction
More details and my laid down strategy to realize this deal will be sent to you upon your response
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email address:kosombo7@yahoo.comRegards.
BARR..THOMAS KOSOMBO

Search News:United Arab Emirate
Search the Web

A business proposal scam email:
Re:Business Proposal Contact ASAP
Mrs.Kiram

Good Day,

Let me start by introducing myself,I am MRS KIRAM MERRIAM CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER EQUITABLE PCI BANK.I have a Business Proposal of ten million two hundred thousand dollars ($10.2m) for you to handle with me from my bank.I will need you to help me in transferring the above funds from EQUITABLE PCI BANK inside the Philippines to your country. I need to know if you will be able to handle this with me before I explain to you in details.
Should you be interested please send me your:
1)Full names
2)Occupation
3)private phone number,
4)current residential address.

Finally after that I shall furnish you with more informations about this project.However I shall be waiting your response and assurance.Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards
Mrs.Kiram Merriam

A WILL scam email:
WILL
Robert Fore(ESQ).
ViewTo:


Find:
3 messages selected
My name is Dr. Robert Fore, We are solicitors to the great Atlanta Physician and Philanthropists Mr.George Brumley. I wish to notify you that he made you one of the beneficiaries of his estate. He left the sum of Five Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars to you. See Link: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html He must have been in contact with you in the past or you were nominated to him in his vision to expand his Charity work, and he instructed that you are to use part of the funds to promote his legacy through activities that aim to help the old, poor, needy and disabled in the society. Please reply with:
1.Your Full names.
2.Valid Contact address.
3.Contact Telephone and fax numbers.

Regards, Robert Fore(ESQ). NB: Please get back to me via my direct email: rsweettrust2@aol.com

Compose Email:rsweettrust2@aol.com
Add to Contacts


Informing me that I won:) (I wish....hehehhe)

ATTN: YOU HAVE WON
AUSTRALIAN LOTTERY INC
ViewTo:
Cc:

Find:
3 messages selected
Ref: 475061725Batch: 7056490902/188Winning no: GB8701/LPRCCONGRATULATIONSDear Lucky Winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize releasefor the year 2008 from the Australian International Lotteryprogramme.Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winnersusing their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticketnumber;47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch drawsthe lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,whichconsequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVEHUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02from the total cash prize of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight luckywinners in this category.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawnform Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceaniaas part of our international promotions program which is conductedannually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to thecitizens in the communities where they have operational base.Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our Africanrepresentative office in Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your playcoupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 and a brand newHP Pavilion desktop computer which will be released to you fromthis regional branch office in Nigeria. We hope with part of yourprize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3Billion international draw.HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agentNAME : Rev father Morgan CostaEMAIL : (fathercosta19@yahoo.comRef: 475061725Batch: 7056490902/188Winning no: GB8701/LPRCCONGRATULATIONSDear Lucky Winner,We are delighted to inform you of your prize releasefor the year 2008 from the Australian International Lotteryprogramme.Which is fully based on an Electronic selection of winnersusing their e-mail addresses Your name was attached to ticketnumber;47061725 07056490902 serial number 7741137002 This batch drawsthe lucky numbers as follows 5-13-33-37-42 bonus number 17,whichconsequently won the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump sum pay of US$500,000.00 (FIVEHUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) in cash credit file ref: ILP/HW 47509/02from the total cash prize of US$8,000,000.00 shared amongst eight luckywinners in this category.All participant were selected through a computer balloting system drawnform Nine hundred thousand E-mail addresses from Canada,Australia,United States,Asia, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Oceaniaas part of our international promotions program which is conductedannually.This Lottery was promoted and sponsored by a conglomerate of somemultinational companies as part of their social responsibility to thecitizens in the communities where they have operational base.Further more your details (e-mail address) fall within our Africanrepresentative office in Nigeria,West Africa, as indicated in your playcoupon and your prize of US$500,000.00 and a brand newHP Pavilion desktop computer which will be released to you fromthis regional branch office in Nigeria. We hope with part of yourprize,you will participate in our end of year high stakes for US$1.3Billion international draw.HOW TO CLAIM YOUR PRIZE Simply contact our fiducial agentNAME : Rev father Morgan CostaEMAIL : (fathercosta19@yahoo.com)PHONE : +234 803 527 9367To file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winningnumber which can be found on the top left corner of this notificationas well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locateyour file easily.For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this informationconfidential from the public until your claim is processed and yourprize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoiddouble claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme bynon-participant or unofficial personnel.FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM1.FULL NAMES:....2.ADDRESS:........3.City:...........4.State:...........5.Email Address:.....6.Postcode:..........7.Country:............8.SEX:.................9.AGE:..................9.OCCUPATION:............10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out ,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventuallydonated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best RegardsBen Willy(co-coordinator))PHONE : +234 803 527 9367To file for your claim . Please quote your reference, batch and winningnumber which can be found on the top left corner of this notificationas well as your full name, address and telephone number to help locateyour file easily.For security reasons, we advice all winners to keep this informationconfidential from the public until your claim is processed and yourprize released to you.This is part of our security protocol to avoiddouble claiming and unwarranted taking advantage of this programme bynon-participant or unofficial personnel.FILL OUT OUR ONLINE VERIFICATION FORM
1.FULL NAMES:....
2.ADDRESS:........
3.City:...........
4.State:...........
5.Email Address:.....
6.Postcode:..........
7.Country:............
8.SEX:.................
9.AGE:..................
9.OCCUPATION:............
10.TELEPHONE NUMBER:.....

Note, all winnings MUST be claimed before the month runs out ,otherwise all funds will be returned as Unclaimed and eventuallydonated to charity Congratulations once again on your winnings!!!Best RegardsBen Willy(co-coordinator)

Free gifts, free samples, paid survery scams

Who doesn’t love freebies? The best things in life is FREE! . But is there really a free nowadays? My husband always called me “gullible”. Because I am a kind of person who easily believes and trust. I was scammed by friends who loan money and never pay me back. I have a heart that easily gives when someone is in need and begging. While we are watching a commercial for a wonder bra that can enhance boobs, I told my husband is it really working? he laughs and told me, why you easily believe on those commercials, most of them are not true. So, I want to prove to him that I am not a gullible person. But my gullibilty(my invented word) again, was tested…

As I’m reading a forum discussion on my friendster groups, they mention about freebies and paid surveys. They gave some sites for samples and freebies, paid surveys. There is one who testified that she already got a check for her paid surveys. She even attached the check that she recieved. Then, I figured it out, what do I have to lose if I try it, no money involve, after all, they’re only asking for information on your thoughts and opinions. After filling out some surveys on my first day, I received a lot of spam emails and gift offers like $250 gift cards for simply answering a short survey. I tried it and after answering the first batch of questions theres more and more and more products they are offering, I realized not only this “survey’ be a waste of time, it will be a waste of money too. Because before you qualify for your free gift(the $250 gift card)you need to complete a few special offers that equates to spending time and money on services or products you don’t want. There’s a question there that goes like this ” Do you want a free cellphone?”, I checked the box for “yes”. Then, the following day, they immediately shipped my “free phone”, my husband which is in our house that time (I’m at work) refused the “free phone” stating the deliveryman that we doesn’t need it. And maybe its just a mistake. It was after a month when I received a bill from a certain mobile phone company. I never used a phone or never accepted the delivery, how the hell I have a bill? I emailed the phone company and told them to terminate my account that I never used. They emailed me back that they already terminated my account and apologized for the incoveniences. But after a month, I received a reminder about my bill. We called the phone company, lady that we talked to said that I am responsible for the said bill. We reported it to the BBB.

Here’s what I learned about paid surveys scams, the major way they make money is by selling the participant’s contact information to marketing firms. Then, the marketing firms use that data to send unsolicited mails, emails (this is why the reason I received a lot of spams in email and via mail too), and phone calls ( we received a lot of calls from marketing agencies) to the survery participants. These unwanted advertisements is a real nuisance.

I won 1 million

I received the following email. At first glance I know it is a fraud . But to tell you the truth theres this thing inside myself that whoaa maybe this is real and I really won. This money will help my family in the Philippines. I am in the denial state, that this is not a hoax, so instead of ignoring this, I use my precious time to verify this first. First, I googled the Lottery Promotion Sponsor, and I’ve got a lot of testimonials from the victims. Here’s the email that I received:

CONGRATULATION!!! YOUR E-MAIL HAS WON Standard Header Full Message
View SA LOTTERY PROMOTION Add Monday, November 26, 2007 12:44:00 PM
To:Cc:

Congratulation”you have won $1,000,000,00.One Million US dollars winning No:24/2/6/37/15/45 with a ticket number: B9665 75604546 199 in the just concluded draw held to promote South African 2010 World Cup,please call your claim Agent MR.SMITH NELSON Email: smithnelson@hotmail.co.uk Tel:+27 72 727 6662 Give your agent this info: your Name,Address,winning number,Telephone,Age, Sex,Nationality,Company,and Occupation.Yours Sincerely,Mrs rebecca zuma(Zonal cordinator

The same email was received by the victims, however, they answered them, and they soon found out that they have to pay some fee in order to get the winning millions. Then comes the second fee, third fee, and fourth fee, etc. etc. No one has ever received the millions, but many have lost lots of money, and some have even stop their studies, ruin their families, and worst got killed. This so called “Advance Fee Fraud” has become an industry in South Africa, Nigeria and the surrounding countries. Another common name is “419 fraud” after Section 419 of the Nigerian Penal code, the section that specifically prohibits this fraud.

This fraud is difficult to stop, but we can have some fun and have the criminals use their time in vain. That is called scambaiting.