The amount of scam mails ending up in my e-mail accounts are just incredible these days. In todays catch is also a Miss Angela Kennedy, and I must say that the scammer behind the alias has a lot of imagination. There are some really good story tellers in Nigeria, that’s for sure.

So who want’t to act as Angela’s foreign partner and investment manager? I might add, that the position includes paying endless fees, bribes and commissions. Probably also some invented lawyer and barrister fees to get Angela out of jail…

from         angela kennedy <angelakenn-37@hotmail.com>
to         drmz_2009@yahoo.com
date        Oct 27, 2007 5:38 PM
subject        HELLO

My dear, I am miss Angela from Asmara, Eritrea, single and 21 years old. After accessing your details in the internet i copied out only your email address. Immediately after going through your information i made up my mind to contact you for long term relationship, because you are my choice of trust and i see nothing wrong with the choice that i have made in you. Now that i am in a state of absolute confusion I must let you know that my daddy was the Financial controler to the Common Wealth North African Region.

About my parents; My mummy died in labour when she was giving birth to a baby in the hospital in Asmara, and both my mummy and the baby died together, then i was only 11 years of age. My daddy died in a car accident and the car driver that jamed my daddy’s car ran away and my daddy’s lawyer and my daddy’s brother are among the suspects, and they are all against me because of my daddy’s properties in Eritrea.The following information is my purpose of choosing you. Before my daddy died he made me  the beneficiary of the amount of 14.5 Million gbp£ in his account with Citi Bank in Dakar, Senegal, i have the bank certificate of account in my travelling bag in this prison. on my way travelling to Dakar, Senegal i arrived this Gambia on transit, on the same night i arrived Gambia i was attacked by 2 big boys in my guest house (hotel) room, they robbed me, collected my hand bag that contained all my  money, as if that was not enough, they tried to rape me so i collected the nearest object in the room and hited one of them on the head and screamed to the hearing of the neighbouring compounds and people came out and descended on the criminals, the next morning the police came to the guest house and arrested me, since then i have been kept under awaiting trial here in this central prison of Gambia because the criminal i heated died as a result of the severe beating given to him by the neighbourhood.

I am among the girls newly appointed to head the girls sector in this prison, hence i have the advantage to use the prison computer to communicate with you, and i will be very glad to also have a detailed information about you. From here i communicated with citi bank and they said that because of the written agreement that my daddy signed with them that i must be present in their bank to withdraw the money by myself OR that i should ask my foreign partner to receive the money on my behalf, they said that i should email them the names that is in my foreign partners Id card or international passport etc etc so that they will send the money to my foreign partner. but the problem is that i dont have a foreign partner, so i want you to me my foreign partner and also be my fund and investment manager. i know that i am taking a big risk but there is nothing else i can do than to trust someone and to trust someone is by choice and you are my choice of trust. All that the bank wants me to give to them are;

(1) your name that is in your id card:
(2)  your nationality:
(3) your address:
(4) your telephone number:
(5) your occupation:

Give me the information so that i will send it to the bank. The money is my only hope in life. as soon as  Citi Bank send the money to you, you will use some of the money to get me a lawyer/s to fight for my case and get me out of here, then the same week of my release you will fly down here in Gambia  and i and you will depart to your home in your country together.

Reply me only on email: Angelakenn777@hotmail.com  ONLY.
I am waiting for your reply
Miss Angela Kennedy

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This is more like it 20% of 24,000,000 US$ makes 4.8 million! But it’s just another charity scam where the 419 scammer has come to peace with god after a life of wheeling and dealing. The scammer alias of Mubule F Nzembe asks us to help him place his huge hidden treasure of 24 million dollars in charity projects, and promises us a 20% fee for the trouble. The greedier of us might plan to place some of that money in charity projects “of our own”, and that is just what the scammers are counting on. The greeder the victim, the easier it is to make him or her pay all the fees, bribes and commisions that the scammer will invent down the way.

    from        Mbulu Nzembe <m_bu_8@hotmail.com>
reply-to         nzembe9@yahoo.com.hk
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        Oct 30, 2007 5:56 AM
subject        *****SPAM***** Greetings and peace

Dear Beloved,

Greetings and peace of the Lord unto your household. This letter may   come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have not met The   message could be strange but real, if you pay some attention to it.I could  have notified you about it at least for the sake of your  integrity. Please accept my apologies in bringing this message of goodwill to  you I have to say that I have no intention of causing you any pain or  harm.

My name is  Mbulu .F.Nzembe, a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer which was discovered very late, due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all forms of medicine, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone not even myself but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world.

I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how I have lived it. Now that God ! has called me, I have willed and given most of my properties and assets to my immediate and extended family members and as well as a few close friends.

I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul and so, I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E,Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this my self any more.
I once asked members of my family to close one of my accounts and distribute the money which I have there to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be contended with what I have left for them.

The last of my money which no one knows of is the huge cash deposit of twenty four million dollars($24,000,000)that I have with a security company in Amsterdam Holland.
I will want you to help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to
charity organizations.I have set aside 20% for you for your time and patience.If you are willing to help me,
Please reply on this nzembe9@yahoo.com.hk with the following:

1.YOUR FULL NAMES
2.YOUR PHONE NUMBER
3.YOUR FULL RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS.
God be with you.
Mbulu.F.Nzembe

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Another benevolent scammer has turned up.  Mrs Maryann Gbagbo is just one more of the scammer aliases that involves our gread. Who would not want to lay their hands on her inheritance of 2.8 million dollars? This is a classic 419 scam, where a childless widow wants to give her money away to charity projects. The sting is to want us, people without real charities to answer, and in the long runt to start paying for bank fees, bribes, shipping companies…. endless expenses that all end up in the scammers pockets.

Don’t buy it. Don’t believe it. It’s all a 419 scam.

        from        maryann gbagbo <maryann_gbagbo@yahoo.it>
reply-to         maryann_gbagbo20@yahoo.fr
to         maryann_gbagbo@yahoo.it
date        Oct 30, 2007 9:34 PM
subject        From Mrs Maryann gbagbo
signed-by        yahoo.it 

From Mrs Maryann_gbagbo.
Dearest One,

With Due Respect And Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground.

My name is Mrs Maryann_gbagbo. I was born in Baltimore , Maryland , I am married to Mr.John Gbagbo, director J.R Industries Cote d’Ivoire.We were married for 36 years without a child. He died after a Cadiac Arteries Operation.

And Recently, My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next six months due to my cancer problem (cancer of the lever and stroke).
Before my husband died last year there is this sum $2.8 Million Dollars that he deposited with a Private Finance Company here In Ivory Coast. Presently this money is still in the Vault of the Company.

Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to any good God fearing brother or sister that will utilize this fund the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want somebody that will use this fund according to the desire of my late.husband to help Lessprivilaged people, orphanages,widows and propagating the word of God.

I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this fund, And I don’t want in away where this money will be used in an unGodly way. This is why I am taking this decision to hand you over this Fund.

I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.I want you to always remember me in your daily prayers because of my up coming Cancer Surgery.

Write back as soon as possible any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another person for this same purpose, Hoping to read from you asap.

God bless you as you listing to the voice of reasoning,

Mrs Maryann_gbagbo.

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I don’t know if the lottery scammers have taken to writing more and shorter mails because of sites like this, but the last few days I have received several e-mails like this one. Very short, and with very few searchable keywords execpt for the names of the person who writes them and the so-called payment agent.

I don’t think they will get very far with it. Their scams are even more unbelievable without a name for the lottery.

from    “fergmargaret@cox.net” <fergmargaret@cox.net>
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        Oct 31, 2007 2:39 AM
subject        *****SPAM***** CONTACT YOUR PAYMENT AGENT:
West London,
43 North End Road,
West Kensington,
London W14 8SZ

You have been approved to claim of total sum of 1,000,000.00 euros which your email address won in the
2007 Euro ballot held today in uk,your Ref: PBLPBL/11278998789/908796//1109,PBL/67189098011/245679/1109.

Please do forward your refernce number  to your claims agent PETER RAYMUND with the email address below.
Email:powerball1122@yahoo.com.hk
Phone:+4470 1112 1986

Regards
Sincerely,
Margaret Ferguson.

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Lately, a large number of lottery, and 419 scammers have been using Yahoo! addresses. They are much more common than Google’s Gmail service. However, and ironically, not this one, that claims to be a winning notification from the “Yahoo” International Promotion Program”, is a scam email that doesn’t use a Yahoo address, even if they have a yahoo.com.hk address as their reply-to. Wonder if it will still be valid after I report the scam to Yahoo?

Because that’s all it is. A scam!

from YAHOO!PROMOTION <jane07@adelphia.net>
reply-to consultant_suzan.howard@yahoo.com.hk
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Oct 29, 2007 11:08 PM
subject Final notification(You have won).

We are pleased to inform you of the result of the YAHOO! International
Promotions Program held on the 29th of October 2007.Your e-mail batch
number 8254297137 drew the lucky numbers 14-22-28-37-40-44 which
consequently won in the 1st category, you have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 1,500,000.00 (i.e One Million Five
Hundred Thousand British Pounds)please contact our customer care service Agent
immediately, to begin your claims process
=================================================

MRS.SUZAN HOWARD
Email:consultant_suzan.howard@yahoo.com.hk
=================================================

You are to contact her with the following information:
Your Full Names:
Your Contact Address:
Your Telephone:
Fax numbers:
Occupation:
Sex:
Age:
Country Of Location:
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Your Sincerely,
Mrs Jane Moore

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One funny thing with Nigerian 419 scammers is that they have so many difficulties with understanding first names and surnames. Reverend Brian Williams would have a much better pick than Reverend Williams Brian, don’t you think? As always when the scammers use addresses that I have never sent one single mail from, however, it’s published at one of the sites that I run.

Rev Williams Brian probably doesn’t exist, and neither does the half a million dollars he sais he wants to give away. So you got his mail too? Well, that is proof enough that this is just another scam.

    from        Rev Williams Brian <revwilliams@ig.gov>
reply-to         john_smithprivate@hackside.net
to         [harvesttrap]@lindqvist.com
date        25 Oct 2007 10:46:33 -0000
subject        YOUR BANK DRAFT IS READY CONTACT MY LAWYER…

WILLIAMS ENGINEERING COMPANY
152 ISLAND WAY
VICTORIA PARK
LAGOS.

Dear Friend

I am Rev. Williams Brian from Canada, I have been an international
contractor that collect contract from Big Company and countries, I get
involve in one contract in Nigeria which I was refuse my payment, I was
down and almost lose hope.

After 2 years of this contract I later talk to God to assist me in
getting this money that if this money for this contract can be pay to
me, I promise to benefit someone with the sum of $500,000.00 draft
payment to my surprise I was called upon by the Nigeria Government
something last month that my contact file have been look into and it is
ready for payment.

I never believe until I was advise by my Pastor and later move down to
Nigeria to my unbelievable surprise I was paid this money.

Due to my pledge to God i have agreed to show the person that i will be
sending the $500,000.00 through ballot system on the internet which
happen to be your email so you are lucky so what you have to do now get
in touch with my Lawyer Mr. Justin Albert and instruct him on how to
send your $500,000.00 Bank draft to you.

BELOW IS THE CONTACT OF MY Lawyer
Mr. Justine Smith ALbert
Office Phone: +234808-337-8147
E-mail: john_smithprivate@hackside.net

Send to my Lawyer your contact address and telephone number,let him
make arrangement for the shipment of your draft to your doorstep and
also you can give him a call to confirm you address again after sending
it to him i do not want you to feel any thing scam because i am a Rev
and i will never do anything like that i have promise God and what i
want you to believe now is that this is the opportunity which God have
promise you this year so it is better you have it in time before it
went again from you so contact my Lawyer in time.

And for your information presently i am in the United Kingdom for
another contract so i want you to go into prayer with me for the
successfully of this contact

With Best Regards,
Rev Williams Brian

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Some spammers are easier to detect than others. The first giveaway is that they tend to use strange Yahoo! domains for sending their mail. This one, acting under the alias of David Thomas Clark, urges me to contact a Ms Jane Furness Gordon, who is supposed to be working for a company in England, but uses a yahoo.gr email address. Now how believable is that?

It’s nothing but yet another lottery scam.

    from        POWERBALL EURO <dschupp3@cox.net>
reply-to         powerballcashoffice07@yahoo.gr
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        Oct 23, 2007 4:02 PM
subject        Powerball Code Number: PBE/1O/2007
NOTICE…CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
Lucky Winner,
FROM THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
POWERBALL EURO E-MAIL INTERNATIONAL
PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT

Dear Winner,

RE: POWERBALL PRIZE AWARD
We are pleased to announce the winners and the result of the Multi country powerball mega lottery online Cyber Lotto Draws of the POWERBALL EUROPEAN LOTTERY  PROMOTION  that was just concluded.

Powerball striking Number:2-5-16-36-40-36
Powerball Code Number: PBE/1O/2007
Powerball Online Reference Number: PBE/11/EUR

Your Email Address  was attached to Powerball Online Reference Number: PBE/11/EUR and picked as one of the 2007  Powerball European Online  Winners in category “A” winning you a sum of Eight Hundred and fifty thousand Euro.Hence you are eligible for the prize of  Eight Hundred and fifty thousand Euro.Please contact the under listed Fiduciary Coordinator Via Email immediately for processing of your claim:

CONTACT NAME: Jane Furness GORDON(Ms)
CITY/ COUNTRY: LONDON, ENGLAND.
EMAIL: powerballcashoffice07@yahoo.gr

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN!!!
Sincerely,
David Thomas Clark
Promotion Manager

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Scammers have been using well-known brands as originators for lottery scams for several years now, and Microsoft isn’t a new name. This lottery scam, from the alias Ben Clark, must however be one of the worst written notifications I have ever seen. The lack of formatting, the ridiculous sum of a million pounds and the obvious flaw, that a Microsoft official never would use a yahoo.com e-mail address sais it all.

It’s a scam.

from        Ben Clark <b_clark_md@yahoo.com>
reply-to         b_clark_md@yahoo.com
to         drinkalizer@lindqvist.com
date        Oct 22, 2007 12:04 AM
subject        Dear Lucky Winner  
Microsoft Award Team 20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10,United Kingdom. Ref: BTD/747/07 Batch: 462890CE Dear Lucky Winner, This is to inform you that your email has won a consulation prize of the Microsoft Corporation EMAIL DRAW held 21st Oct 2007. Your email has won you 1,000,000.00 Great British Pounds. To claim your prize, please contact your fiduciary agent Mr. David Brown with your Batch: 462890CE and Ref: BTD/747/07 and contact him via email or phone immediately within 24hrs. Mr. Ben Clark Microsoft Promotion Award Team Head Winning Claims Dept. Email:b_clark_md@yahoo.com

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The do-gooder scammers are a very special category of 419 scammers. Their purpose is to invoke our own scammer within. To make us want to lay our own greedy hands on a large sum of money that the scammer sais to want to give away to a good cause.

In this case, we are to believe that the scammer alias Mrs Aminah Osuman has  accidentally sent her plea to us, and if we play along we can very well come over her large inheritance.

There is one irregularity in this mail, in that no sums are mentioned. Often ridiculously large sums ar mentioned. But it is, nevertheless, a scam. If you would answer her mail you would probably end up paying a never-ending stream of small or medium sized fees.

from        aminahosuman@yahoo.co.uk
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        Oct 12, 2007 1:29 PM
subject        CONFIDENCIAL LETTER FROM MRS AMINAH OSUMAN ABDULKARIM

CONFIDENCIAL LETTER FROM MRS AMINAH OSUMAN ABDULKARIM

Dear

My greetings to you and your lovely family! This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility .My name is Amina Abdulkarim from libya. i was married to late osman abdulkarim of blessed memory who is an oil explorer in libya and kuwait for twelve years before he died in the year 2000. we were married for twelve years without a child.

he died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. since his death i too have been battling with both cancer and fibroid problems.when my late husband was alive he deposited a substantial amount of money in millions of dollars with a deposit company oversea. recently, my doctor warm greetings told me that i have only six months to live due to cancer problem. though what disturbs me most is my stroke sickness. having known my condition i decided to donate this fund to either a charity orphanage home or devoted god fearing individual that will utilize this money the way i am going to instruct herein. i want this organization or individual to use this money in all sincerity to fund charity homes (motherless homes), orphanages, and widows.i took this decision because i don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are into radical organization and i don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an unholy manner. hence the reasons for this bold decision. please, pray for me to recover as your paryers will go a long way in uplifting my spirit.

i don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, because of the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. i don’t want them to know about this development.as soon as i receive your reply on email, shall give you further directives on what to do and how to go about actualizing this project.i will also issue a letter of authority to the deposit company authorizing them that the said fund have being willed to you and a copy of such authorization will be forwarded to you. i want you to always pray for me. any delay in your reply will give room in sourcing for an organization or a devoted individual for this same purpose.until i hear from you by email; my dreams will rest squarely on your shoulders.
remain blessed.

Please reply (aminahosuman@yahoo.co.uk)

MRS,AMINAH OSUMAN ABDULKARIM.

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Pastor Powell and Armed Hassan are two new scammer aliases that I haven’t come across earlier. I cannot find any other accounts of these aliases, but the content of the mail is a good example of a classic 419 scam, and the originating computer has the IP Address 77.70.128.170 which is registered in Nigeria.

from Pastor powell <pastorpowell7@sify.com>
date Oct 11, 2007 3:45 AM
subject URGENT

Dearest in Christ,

I am Pastor Powell, I just got your contact on my
personal search of the person i am willing my money to. I was mistakenly
injected with the injection that they used on a HIV AIDS patient, That
was how i contacted this strange illness two years ago. I have willed
the sum of $FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS to you, That is the only
money left in my account now. Pls contact the bank director were i have
account with his email address(armmedhassan@yahoo.co.uk) his name is
Armed Hassan, he will help you and also transfer this money to you
immediately. Pls be serrios and make sure that this money is being
transfered to you. cos i have few days to live as the doctor said and
always pray for me as you receive this email.

God Bless
you.
Pastor powell

Oh. Just one more thing. I wonder how the other six Pastor Powells feel about it?

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Steve Mackay (or Steven Mackay) and Helen Mackay are two e-mail aliases used by a gang of scammers that buy cars, television sets, dogs, skies, and various items that are sold via the web.

The scam is setup by a buyer that contacts sellers and agree to buy whatever is sold. He or she then sends a check with a surplus of a few thousand Euros. The scammers ask the buyer to send the surplus forth, to a shipper who will pick up the sold item, and ship it to England.

The check is often cleared by the bank, and the seller sends the extra 5-6000 Euros forth. But now shipment agency or shipper ever turns up. Instead, the bank does, after a week or so, with the message that the check has bounced or is false, and that they have taken back the money.

In the end, the seller has lost 5-6000 Euros and seller looses a lot of money.

This scam is pursued by a well organized gang, and has been performed throughout Europe and the US.

A good sign is that the scammers never bargain over the price, but is really quick to agree on purchasing the item, and just as quick to send a check with instructions on what to do with the extra money. If you get contacted by Steve Mackay, Helen Mackay, or any of their other aliases. Just ask them to do an electronic transer, or send cash. They won’t, and you won’t get cheated on your money.

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