A sad story from Côte d’Ivoire

And yet another scam gets by the spam filter…

From: <micheal_traore007@centrum.cz>

A .cz email address and this email was sent from a computer in the Czech Republic…

Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:29:01 +0200
Subject: Hi, Good Morning,

Hi, Good Morning,

Um, good morning?

I know this revealation will keep you wondering why should i trust you with this information i am about to reveal to you or if what i am saying is the truth especially with the level of scam mail going around all over the internet, please i need you to trust and believe in me if you can. please i need you to make out time to read this mail attentively to be able to understand what i am about to tell you.

This ought to be good.

I am Micheal as you rightly know i am 22 years of age the only child of my parents, Mr Gorge Traore and Mrs Marry Traore, My parents were Natives of Ivory Coast before they migrated to the United States when i was just 4 year old. We lived at No 215 West Wieuca Road Northeast Atlanta, Georgia USA and i attended the famous Frederick Douglass High School northwest Atlanta, Georgia USA, but when my mother fell sick and died June 2001, My father became weak every now and then he will fall sick, i believe it was the shock of my mum’s sudden death that deteriorated his health. He got retired from his office, Fidelity National Insurance Company at No 200 Galleria Parkway Southeast Atlanta GA 30339 USA October 2004, from there we move to New York City because of my dad medication.

I appears you managed to avoid English classes at Frederick Douglass High School.

Then December 2005 my father called me and told that he doesn’t want to die in a foreign land. That he has made enough money, that he felt the best thing for him to do now is for us to relocate back to his home country of Cote d’Ivoire so that he can set up his own Insurance company and give job opportunities to his people and he also told me that he want me to learn about his people and their culture. On the 14 of December 2005 we returned back to Cote d’Ivoire.

Then after some time my dad started to look for properties to buy to use for an office, In several occasions i went out with him to inspect some properties. But unfortunately On the 22nd of February 2006 My father collaps and later died. Why am I tell you a total stranger you may ask!!! The reason i am telling you and revealing to you my family’s secret is because my late dad’s burial is over and my uncle is searching every where looking for my the bank documents that my dad used in depositing all his money when his sickness became serious.

But he doesn’t know that i have hide the documents in a safe place outside the house where he can not find it based on my late dad advice on his sick bed before his death. This secret has been in my mind for close to a year now and i don’t even know who to tell because i need someone to help me received this money in a foreign account to enable me leave here peacefully. This is the reason i make contact with you to help me received the money. That mean you will provide an account where the money will be transfer into then i will take the next available flight to join you once you confirm to me that you have received the money in your account. I have thought about it and i came to the conclusion that, this is the only way i can get the money transfer out of here without my uncle knowing about it.

If you have the fear of God and believe that you can help me please respond to this mail and include with it your telephone number to enable me give you a call them we can talk.

If you have the fear of God, you might rethink trying to scam people.

I want you to know that I pass many people and many profile before I came in contact with your contact info and when I do, my spirit, my soul, my heart and the spirit of God dwelling inside of me asked me to confide and trust you for this project. If you are a believer of God you will know that He work in a miraclulous way that still remain misery to man.

Yet, you never mention me by name in this email…

Please get back to me ASAP.

God bless you,
Micheal.

And God damn you, Michael.

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URGENT CALL FOR CONFIRMATION!!!

And yet another lottery scam gets by the spam filter…

From: <daniele_martino@virgilio.it>

That’s different, an Italian email address and this email actually came from a computer in Italy.

Reply-To: daniele_martino@virgilio.it
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:33:37 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
Subject: URGENT CALL FOR CONFIRMATION!!!

URGENT CALL FOR CONFIRMATION!!!

URGENT! What do I need to do?

This is to inform you that your email
ID has won 1,000,000.00 (One Million Euros) in the first category of
our computer ballot email
lottery with the said winning numbers giving
below;

E-Ticket number07-32-44-45-50 (01-07)
Prize Number (match 3):
106000009

Bank: Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank. N.L. Attention: Dirk Garvin. Karspeldreef 6A, 110 1 CJ, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Netherlands? Then why does this email come from Italy?

E-mail:
laagstbankernsnl@aim.com

One would think “Laagste Heypotheekofferte Bank. N.L.” would have its own internet domain….

Telephone: +31 616 859 048
Fax
: (+3184) 735-9610.

You are also advice to furnish them with the
following information:

advice to furnish — WTF?

Names:
Telephone / Fax
E-Ticket number
Prize
Number

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Dumald van Hook (Lottery Director)
De
Nederlandse Dayzers Promotion
Official Website: www.dayzers.nl

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THE BMW LOTTERY

Yet another lottery scam gets by the spam filter…

From: “Mr.Jeffery Anderson” <bmw_elotterybonanza@yahoo.co.uk>

A yahoo email address? <sarcasm>This must be legit.</sarcasm>

Reply-To: bmwlotterydept_office@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:04:11 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS YOU HAVE WON THE BMW LOTTERY 2007

BMW GROUP PROMOTION
PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT, BMW Automobiles
22 Garden Close, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2YP, LondonUnited Kingdom 11.10.2007
Attention:

WHAT?

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a cash prize of £850,000.00 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand Great British Pounds) from the BMW e-LOTTERY BONANZA International programs held 1st of October 2007, in London United Kingdom.
The selection process was carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from all the continents of the world which you were selected.

It’s funny how often my email is “selected” by these “computerized email selection system(ess)”.

The BMW e-Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board and also Licensed by the The International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR).

Yeah, right.

This promotional lottery is the 3rd of its kind and we intend to sensitize the public.

Sounds painful…

To begin the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduciary claims department for more information as regards procedures to claim your prize.
================================================================

PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
7 DOCK WAY, SEFTON BUSINESS PARK
LONDON, T40 4RT
UNITED KINGDOM.

Sir. Tony Hopkins
BY EMAIL
Email: bmwlotterydept_office@yahoo.co.uk
Telephone: 44-7045700995
================================================================

Contact him by providing him with your secret pin code X7PYWM2007 and your Reference Number BMW:2551256003/23.You are also advised to provide him with the under listed information’s as soon as possible:

You are also advised to drop dead.

1.Name in
full.—————————————————————————
2.Address.—————————————————————————–
3.Nationality.————————————————–
4.Age.——————————-
5.Occupation.————————————————–
*Monthly salary—————————————————-

WTF do you need to know my monthly salary?

6.Telephone Number.—————————————————
7.Present Country.———————————————–
8.Short comment on our products. [optional]. –
———————————————————————————–
9.Fax [optional].————————————————
10.Email address. ——————————————–

Don’t you already have my email address?

==================================================================

Please you are to provide him with the above listed details as soon as possible so he can begin with the processing of your prize winnings. Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you for being part of our promotional program.
MR.JEFFERY ANDERSON
THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS
BMW PUBLIC RELATIONS DEPARTMENT
UNITED KINGDOM

UNITED KINGDOM? Then why did this email originate from a computer in Slovakia?

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LUKI COMPANY UK

Here’s another example of a lottery scam…

From: LUKI COMPANY UK <lukiteam1@yahoo.co.uk >

A yahoo email address? <sarcasm>This must be legit.</sarcasm>

Reply-To: aarongraham_theluki@excite.com
Date:Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:01:19 -0400
Subject: ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF YOUR NOTIFICATION

ATTN: WINNER,

Wow! I’m a winner. I wonder what I won…

We happily announce to you the draw of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL, your email address attached to Reference Number: 47,DH,82/LUKI with Ticket No: 67/836

There seem to be a lot of “winners” out there with Reference Number: 47,DH,82/LUKI and Ticket No: 67/836.

which subsequently won you one of the Jackpot cash prizes.

Which jackpot? Please tell me!

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £3,500,000.00(Three Million Five Hundred Thousand Great Britain Pounds)

Of course it’s the absurdly large jackpot…

in cash credited to FILE CATEGORY – LUKI/UK01/2007. All participants for the online version were selected randomly from the World Wide Web through a computer draw system and extracted from over 50,000 unions, associations, and corporate bodies that are listed online.

Odd that this message makes no mention of which union, association, or corporate body my email address was extracted from.

To commence processing of your winnings, you MUST FORWARD a copy of this email to our claims director via contact information below;

MR. AARON GRAHAM,
CLAIMS DIRECTOR,
CLAIMS DEPARTMENT,
Tel:+44 703 190 6783
Fax:+44 871 263 6944
Email: aarongraham_theluki@yahoo.co.uk
Cc: aarongraham_theluki@excite.com

One would think “LUKI COMPANY UK” would have its own email domain.

Congratulations once again from me, and entire members of staff of the LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL and it is our hope that you participate in any of our international programs in the nearest future.

Hope in one hand, and crap in the other, and see which piles up first!

Thank you.
Yours faithfully,
Jessica Pamer,
PROMOTION DEPARTMENT,
LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL,
************************************************************

DISCLAIMER & CONFIDENTIALITY:
The information contained in this communication including any attachments is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and others authorized to receive it.

It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, unauthorized use, copying, distribution or taking any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful.

I wouldn’t be lecturing anyone on what is unlawful if I were you.

If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system.

Or post it on your website 🙂

LOTTERY UK INTERNATIONAL is neither liable for the proper and complete transmission of the information contained in this communication nor for any delay in its receipt.

************************************************************

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A Vile Troll Gets Caught Spamming

(from the whack a troll dept.)

Here’s an entry (spelling and formatting preserved) from my Guestbook. The author is rec.arts.marching.drumcorps‘ resident troll, Michael E. Schmidt. He often posts under an assumed name to promote himself (his writing style is easy to recognize).

Here are some classic Howdy (what he sometimes calls himself) usenet posts. Here are some more recent posts.

From my logs, it looks like the Rev. Dr. Howdy Doody was looking for drum corps guestbooks to sign.

While reading this “gem”, keep in mind that he claims to have seven degrees from “accredited” institutions. Without further ado, here’s the Rev. Dr. Howdy Doody’s entry:

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Will from Jenny Brooks

Here’s another example of a rich person is dying scam…

From: Jenny Brooks (Mrs) <jjbrooks001@yahoo.co.uk>
Date:9 Sep 2007 14:58:05 -0500
Subject: Will from Jenny Brooks

Hello Dear

Hello complete stranger…

My name is Mrs. Jenny Brooks; I am a dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you/church.

Me or church? Make up your mind!

I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my husband, who has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than some weeks because of my health, I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $2,500,000 (two million five hundred thousand dollars) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.

And the best way to do these things is to contact a complete stranger via email?

I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless you abundantly, and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others. Contact my lawyer (Barrister Tango David) with this specified email:consultantadvocate@myway.com and tell him that I have WILLED ($2,500,000.00) to you and I have also notified him.

Did “Barrister” Tango David come up with this scheme?

I know I don’t know you but I have been directed to do this. Thanks and God bless.
NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is accomplished as I don’t want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

So much for your last wish…

From Lady Brooks

Lady? ‘Oh, I say, we are grand, aren’t we? Oh, oh, no more buttered scones for me, mater. I’m off to play the grand piano. Pardon me while I die and give a fortune away to a complete stranger.’

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Insurance Fraud

Here’s another scam that got by the spam filters…

From: Kemal Dinc <km1dinc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:29:51 +1000
Subject: Inquiry

Confidential

Oops!

Dear Friend,

Do I know you?

My name is Kemal Dinc of Ankara Sigorta A.S., An Insurance Company with office in Istanbul-Turkey. I got your contact from our customer service list hence i am contacting you for a possible assistance.

I’m on a Turkish insurance company’s customer service list? How curious…

I wish to request your sincere assistance for a business of Mutual Benefit to both parties which involves a Municipal Blanket Insurance Bond covering one of our deceased client. Since his demise, all efforts to locate his relatives has proved abortive and recently there has been plans to declare his Insurance Policy Unserviceable which will automatically approve the Local Government full ownership over the said Policy and properties.

And this affects me how?

I am requesting your sincere perticipation

perticipation WTF?

to enable me present you as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to the Insurance Policy and with the legal documents available to me, all process will be legal and 100% risk free but first will like to meet with you on a neutral ground to access :-

(1) Each others Ability, Personality and Trust.
(2) To draw up a Mutual Agreement on mode of sharing.

If my proposal is not against your business ethics please reply me via my official email for security purpose at (kemal.dinc@anksigorta.com)

You’re looking for some who is:

  1. Willing to enter into an agreement to commit insurance fraud with a complete stranger
  2. Stupid enough to fall for such an obvious scam

Good luck with that.

Sincerely Yours
Kemal Dinc
www.anksigorta.com

Kemal Dinc is claiming to represent a Turkish insurance company bu is sending this email from a computer in Australia.

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CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR EMAIL ID WON

Another scam gets by the old spam filters. At least this one is brief.

From: “Mrs.Jennifer Anderson” <jejejj20.anaadd2021@bluetie.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2007 08:40:30 -0400
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS,YOUR EMAIL ID WON

CONGRATULATIONS,YOUR EMAIL ID WON

Notice how my “EMAIL ID” is never mentioned in this email.

Send the following to your claim
agent below:Ref No:UKNL/255457014/07,
Batch No: WD18/0105/05RN,

This scammer can’t even be bothered to create a unique Ref No or Batch No…

Your full name,email address,
conutry,phone and fax number
as we are happy to inform
you that your email Id just won
you the sum of £1,000,000.00

Contact name: Mr.James Ben

Fax + 44 7005 930 793
EMAIL: powerbalotto@iol.pt

sincerely

Jennifer Anderson
coordinator

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