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Strategy/Organizational
Development Consultant
Beware of Scam
Letters
Letters Published
on this page are not edited because they are scam letters from morally
bankrupt individuals who want to steal your money! So, BEWARE!
A Scam letter, like the ones published in
this page and other pages, is a letter from a con man or woman from
places like Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Angola, Zaire,
the Philippines, and Thailand. The con artist is claiming to have
funds he or she inherited from Sanni Abacha, Charles Taylor, Foday
Sankoh, Mobutu Sese Seko, or Jonas Savimbi left in financial institution
somewhere. The purpose of such a letter is to attract any person who
thinks he or she can get 10%, 20% or 22% from a $120 million dollar
embezzled money left in a financial institution the con man or woman is
claiming to have right to. The catch is that the con man or woman
wants $6,000 or even $10,000 from you. When you pay any amount he
or she is asking for, trust me, you have been duped.
Again, quite recently, there are all
kinds of lotteries promoted by these same group of people -- the con
artists. They will tell you, you have just won $100 million. But
to collect your winning you must pay a fee like $5000 or $7000. If
you are going to pay this amount, again consider yourself duped, because
there is no lottery you've won. Now read the kinds of letters I am
receiving from these con men and women:
FROM: Dr. Fawaz Bashiru.
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing,
Federal Secretariat Complex,
Ikoyi, Lagos- Nigeria.
Sir,
I am Mr. Fawaz Bashiru,
Director of Engineering and Projects Department in the
Federal Ministry of Works and Housing (FMW&H) here in
Nigeria, I know the letter might come to you as surprise,
I will appreciate if you closely study the proposal from a
honest piont of view.
Soniel Bruenie Inc.,
executed a contract with my Ministry Federal Ministry of
Works and Housing here in Nigeria in the late 90s, the
contract was worth USD115,800,000. Million Dollars,
but on the process of transferring the money to it, there
was a total of USD24.6 million Dollars left as over
invoiced sum in the ministry escrow account at the Central
Bank of Nigeria. I am involeving you in this transaction
now for the purpose of you becoming the beneficiary of the
amount to enable us (you and I) claim the money for
ourselves. Meanwhile, the original contractor has been
paid in full leaving the balance of $24.6 at the escrow
account yet unclaim. Once you agree to enter into this
transaction with me and accept to be the beneficiary of
the contract, I will process the releveant documents that
will make you the legal beneficiary under the title of
Deeds of Sub-contract to the fund. My position and office
will be able to do this effectively provided I gain your
cooperation. Once the documents are submitted to the
Accounts Department of my ministry and verified by
relevenat bodies, payment approval will release to you as
the bona fide beneficiary to the money and the transfer
process will be made to you through online banking mode.
If the online banking procedure is not condusive to you,
you can as well travel to one of our international
offshore payment centers in Europe to endorse the payment
papers and claim the fund. You should bear in mind that
you will not call nor write me in my Ministry's phone
number or email because of my position in the civil
service here, that is why I am sending you this proposal
through my private email. If you need any information from
me, fell free to write me via this email ID and I will
give you further directive.
If you're interested to
assist me in this regard, you will have 30% of the total
sum. I urge you to send your full personal/company name,
address, telephone and fax numbers and bank account
details with the address of the bank and telephone with
fax number of your nominated bank to enable me submit your
application of claim to the appriopraite deparments for
the claim processing.
Please you should not sent
any message through my ministry email address or from our
site for security reason and safety of this business. The
confidentiality of this transaction must be duely mantain
and adhered to.Nobody knows what is going on except my
personal assistant whom I wholely trust.
A.Contract Sum: of USD24,
600,000 Million Dollars (Twenty four million, six hundred
thousand United State Dollars).
The Contract Number: FMW&H/PED/360KM/PH-WR/99.
I will give you more information about the transaction. I
wait for your urgent reply.
Best regards,
MR. Fawaz Bashiru. Ph.D.
I am Engr Mamud Takar,
Chairman of the Tender Committee of the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My Committee is principally
concerned with payment of all contract awarded from 2000
to date, in order of priority as regard capital projects
of the NNPC.
We have heard news on how some sacked official soiled the
good name of this Corporation. I plead that you take this
proposal serious as I can clear what ever doubt you may
have, I would be willing to invite you Nigeria for a face
to face meeting. I am positive and convince that you would
provide us with solution to a money transfer deal valued
at US$31 Million (Thirty One Million United States
Dollars) and subsequently a joint business venture.
In the course of our duties as values, and project
inspectors for the on-going liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
project, we have over-invoiced the value of some jobs done
by foreign contractors for the NNPC to the tune of US$31M.
As follows: -
(1) Computer optimization and Installation 16,000.000.00.
(2) Installation of 250,000.00 Monax Turbine$10,000.000.00
(3) Turn Around Maintenance $5,000,000.00
This money is not related to drug or other violent crime.
Our aim of over-invoicing this payment is to divert the
excess amount to a discrete account abroad. This fund is
now floating in suspense account
at the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). This is the fund my
colleagues and I have decided to transfer into your
account since we, as civil servants are not allowed to
operate or own foreign account.
The money will be shared as follows after transfer, 30%
for you (Account Owner) 70% for me and my colleagues.
To be able to claim the funds, we will be purporting your
company as one of the contractor / beneficiary of the
funds so all procedures for international transfer shall
be strictly followed, as we have worked out all modalities
for a swift and risk free transfer.
This transaction will last for 14 working days from the
time we submit the required information, as all modalities
concerning this transaction have been worked out and it is
completely 100% risk free. Please be informed that this
subject is classified sensitive. Therefore treat the
transaction with utmost confidentiality and urgency.
Yours Faithfully,
Engr Mamud Takar.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am ABDULLAH ALI ABULLAH i am from the republic of
YEMEN,but live and work in Egypt,i am the acountant
general of Arab Bank plc,and i am on a special assignment
to Nigeria-Arab Bank for one year,to run an audite
programme. I have urgent and Very confidential business
proposition for you.In august 29 1998, a Foreign Oil
consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National petroleum
Corporation, Mr.Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty Million Dollars)this branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply. After a month, I sent a reminder
and finally I discovered from his contract employers, the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Barry
Kelly died from an automobile accident.
On further investigation, I found out that he died without
making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not declare any next
of kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in our Bank. This sum
of US$20,000,000.00 has carefully been moved out of the
bank to a security company for save keeping purpose . No
one will ever come forward to claim it. According to
Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five)years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will want you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin. I am writing you
because as a public servant (accountantwith the bank), I
cannot operate a foreign account or have an account that
is more than $1million. I therefore want to present you as
the next of kin (the rightful owner of the fund) so that
you can be able to claim it with the help of an accredited
attorney. Finally, I urge you to provide immediately your
full names, phone/fax numbers and your current mailing
address so as to enable us commence the paperwork that
will present you as the rightful beneficiary (nextof kin)
of the fund. As soon as the money is ransferred to you 70%
is for me while 20% is for you.then 10% will be set aside
for any expences during the transaction.
Please reply immediately
via my Email address. Upon your response, I shall then
provide you with more details that will help you
understand this hitch free (risk free)transaction. Please
endeavour to reply through my alternative email address
arabbannk@fsmail.net
Thanks and God bless.
ABDULLA ALI ABDULLAH
COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA MILLENNIUM LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AWARD PROGRAM
SPONSORED BY ASSOCIATION OF SOFTWARE PRODUCERS
OUR REF: CDML6/008319/04
YOUR REF: 921864044
BATCH: 04/006/ASP
Dear Sir/Madam
We are pleased to inform you of the result of Winners in
the International
lottery program held on the 26/07/2004. Your e-mail
address attached to
ticket number 04-6548883311-5022 with serial number 950234
and drew lucky numbers 8-0-5-28-56-23 consequently won in
the 1st category draws.
You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of US$1,500,000.00 (0NE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS).
All participants were selected through a computer software
ballot system
drawn from over 50,000 company and 30,000,000 individual
email addresses
and names from all over the world. This lottery was
promoted and sponsored
by Association of software producers.
However, due to mix up of some numbers and email
addresses/names, we ask that you keep your winning
information confidential until your claims has been
processed and your money Remitted to you. This is part of
our security protocol to avoid double claims and
unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants. To
file for your claim, please contact our agent:
TORCHSTONE SERVICES B.V
CONTACT PERSON: ROBERT B. JOHNSON
TEL: 00 31 616 694 927
EMAIL: torchstoneservices@mail2netherlands.com
Remember, all winning must be claimed not later than 6th
August, 2004. After this date all unclaimed funds will be
returned to the treasurer Association of software
producers. Be informed that in order to avoid unnecessary
delays and complications in processing your claims, you
should endeavour to quote your REFERENCE NUMBER, BATCH
NUMBER AND DATE PROGRAM WAS HELD in all subsequent
correspondence with us or our agent. Furthermore, should
there be change of any information about you while the
processing of your claims subsists do inform our agents
promptly.
This promotional program takes place every year. We hope
with part of your
winning, you will take part in our next year $25 million
(twenty five million
U.S Dollars) international lottery.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
NOTE: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically
disqualified.
Dr. Hanks Moore
Lottery Coordinator
From Mr, Frank Moor.
Box 1287 Port Shepstone
Chaka -South Africa.
{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL} (RE:TRANSFER OF
($136,000.000.00 USD} {ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX MILLION
DOLLARS)
Dear Sir,
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 136,000.000.00 USD) One
hundred and Thirty six million United States Dollars) from
a Bank in Africa. I want to ask you to quietly look for a
reliable and honest person who will be capable and fit to
provide either an existing bank account or to set up a new
Bank a/c immediately to receive this money, even an empty
a/c can serve, as long as you will remain honest to me
till the end for this important business, trusting in you
and believing
in God that you will never let me down either now or
in future.
I am Mr. Frank Moor. the Auditor General of a bank in
Africa. During the course of our auditing I discovered a
floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1995 and
since 1998 nobody has operated on this account again.
After going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a
[heir] hence the money has been
floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it
will be forfeited for nothing.
The owner of this account is Mr. Ahmed Tariq, a foreigner
and a sailor, he died since 1998. No other person knows
about this account or anything
concerning it, it has no other beneficiary. My
investigation proved to me as well that Mr. Ahmed Tariq
until his death was the manager Tariq Coy.(pty). SA.
The amount involved is (USD 136M) One hundred and Thirty
Six million United States Dollars, I only want to first
transfer $36,000.000[Thirty Six million United States
Dollar from this money into a safe foreigners account
abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner, I
am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money
can not be approved to a
local person here, without valid international passport,
but can only be approved to any foreigner with valid
international passport or drivers license and foreign a/c
because the money is in US dollars and
the former owner of the a/c Mr. Ahmed Tariq is a foreigner
too, [and the money can only be approved into a foreign
a/c.
However, I got your contact address from my secretary who
does not know the need for it. I am revealing this to you
with believe that you will never let me down in this
business, you are the first and might be the only the only
person that I am contacting for this business, so please
reply urgently so that I will inform you the next step to
take.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to
sign a binding agreement 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 work, because
the management is ready to approve this payment to any
foreigner who has correct information
of this account, which I will give to you, upon your
positive response and once I am convinced that you are
capable and will meet up with instruction of a key bank
official who is deeply involved with me in this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never let me
down. With my influence and the position of the bank
official 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.
The bank official will destroy all documents of
transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no
trace to any place and to build confidence you can 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 and receive this
fund in your account.
I will use my position and influence to obtain all legal
approvals for onward transfer of this money to your
account with appropriate clearance from the relevant
ministries and foreign exchange departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35%
of the total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be
for expenses both parties might have incurred during the
process of transferring.
Hope to hear from you soonest.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Frank Moor.
N.B. I need your phone and fax numbers for easy
communications as the case may be.
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