If you received the below mail fron “Mrs. Jennifer Wilson” you might wonder how a mail where somebody is willing to include you in their will might end in a fraud attempt where you are actually separated from some of your own money. The woman just wants help with finding goood causes you think. Well, that is probably not entirely the case. You will probably first be asked to show some good faith by paying for lawyers, bankf fees, or even contribute with some small sums to a charity project that just happens to be run by the person behind the Jennifer Wilson alias.

from    Mrs. Jennifer Wilson <jeniferwilson23@aim.com>
reply-to    jeniferwilson23@aim.com,
to    [a publicly published]@lindqvist.com,
date    Dec 18, 2007 8:35 PM
subject    WILL FOR CHARITY

Assistance

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have Not yet met. I have to say that I have no intentions of causing you any Pains so I decided to contact you through this medium. I got your Contact through a personal search via the internet. As you read this, I don’t want you to feel sorry for me, because, I Believe everyone will die someday.

My name is Jennifer Wilson I am a dying woman who have decided to donate What I have to you/ church/charity Organizations. I am 64 years old and I was diagnosed with esophageal Cancer for about 7 Years ago, immediately after the death of my husband who lived all his Life in America, who has left me everything he worked for.

I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared For anyone. Though I am very rich, I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focus on my self 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 I know My time is near I have been touched by God to donate from what I have Inherited from my late husband for the good work of God, rather than Allow my relatives to use my husband hard earned funds ungodly.

So far, I have distributed money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E, London and Ireland. 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 donate the money, which I have there to Charity organization in Bulgaria; 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 is the huge Cash deposit that I have with Financial Firm Abroad .I will want you to Help me collect this deposit and dispatched it to charity organizations And let them know that it is me Jennifer Wilson that is making this Generous donation.

I am writing this from my laptop computer in my hospital bed where I wait for my time to come. I pray that God uses you to support and assist Me with good heart Please pray that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked God to Forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be Going in for an operation in less than few days. I decided to WILL/donate the money 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 according to (JAMES 1:27).

I took this decision because I do not have any child that will inherit This money and my husband relatives are not inclined to helping poor Persons and I do not want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused Or spent in the manner in which my late husband did not specify. At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the Fact that my relatives are around me and my health status. 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.

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. And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don’t Want my relation or anybody to know because they are always around me.

Regards,
Jennifer Wilson
Please contact me through the email address below
jeniferwilson23@aim.com

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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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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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There are people who frown on my attempts to publish all iscams that find its way into my mailbox. But I can’t help to publish the really bad ones like this one, where the scammer haven’t bothered to keep track of the sender name. In the mail header it’s Hajia Maria, but in the signature it’s Hajia Mariam… Or is it a deliberate error made to further build the impression of a heard broken lady in distress? Naw…

from:         Hajia Maria <hajiamariam2@btconnect.com>
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        Sep 24, 2007 5:58 PM
subject        Dear Beloved,

Dear Beloved,

Due to the sudden death of my husband GeneralAbacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within my country. I got your contacts through personal research, and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply.

Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive this funds and keep it safe I agree to compensate you with something tangible for your assistance.We can negotiate this figure when we commence communication.If this proposal satisfies you, please respond to me with the following information:

-FULL NAME
-TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER
-ADDRESS
-AGE
-OCCUPATION

I await your response to my proposal.

Hajia Mariam.

Stupid, isn’t it? As if nobody tried this one on us before.

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We are clearly into the iscammer season, with at least one new Nigerian 419 type of fraud attempt every day in may e-mail (and then I’m only counting the ones that aren’d auto deleted by my serverside anti-spam tools or buried in GMail’s junk mail filter).

This one, from an Esther Koffi, isn’t actually new. It’s been around for a while and there are several records of the same e-mail or at least very similar variations.

The bait is a large sum of money. The setup is an old religious woman who wants to give all her money away to a worthy cause or a nice individual. We are supposed to buy it, and start bribing people in order to get to her money…

A classic 419 mail, and nothing you should even consider replying to.

from Esther Koffi <esther.koffi13@hotmail.fr>
reply-to mrs_ekoffi1@yahoo.fr
to undisclosed-recipients <>
date Sep 18, 2007 12:39 PM
subject *****SPAM***** From: Mrs.Esther Koffi

From: Mrs.Esther Koffi
Abidjan Cote D´Ivoire,
West Africa.
Dear Beloved,

I am Mrs Esther Koffi from Ivory Coast. I am married to Mr.Brown Koffi who worked with our Embassy in France for nine years before he died in the year 2001.

We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United state Dollars (USD$10.5M) only with a Bank here in Cote D lvoire. Presently this money is still in the custody of the Bank.Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next eight months due to cancer problem.
Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church, organization or good person that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct herein.

I want a church,organization or good person that will use this fund for orphanages, widows and for other peoples that needs help and also propagating the word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that”Blessed is the hand that giveth”. l took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are not Christians not even good at all because they are the one that responsible for the death of my husband in other to have all my late husband properties and I don’t want my husband’s efforts to be used by those that conspired for his death.

This is why I am taking this decision, I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that “the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace”. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health hence the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always.

I don’t want them to know about This development and I know that With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the deposit information of the money and also issue a letter of authorisation to the bank that will prove you the present beneficiary of this money also want you,church or the organisation to always pray for me because the lord is my only shephard.My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.

Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth.Please always be prayerful all through your life.Contact me on the this email address and any delay in your reply will give me room in souring another good person, church,organization for this same purpose.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
Hoping to receive your response immediately.
Thanks and Remain blessed in the Lord.
I remain yours sister in Christ.

Mrs.Esther Koffi

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The benevolent charity scammers are at it again. I still haven’t got a really good grip on how they carry these scams through, but this particular sting is extraordinally well written. Ahkmeed Paul Saidik, an incredibly welthy Dubaii merchant regrets his greedy life style after facing a cancer diagnosis, and wants help with giving his welth to charity:

	from		saik <saidik01@myway.com>
	reply-to			saidik01@myway.com
	date			Feb 6, 2007 12:55 PM
	subject			Treat as urgent

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Another do-gooder spam scam. This time allegedly from an aging Brittish citizen, hospitalized in Dubay.

It’s another one of those wellfare scams where a formerly greedy businessman wants our help to give away their life savings to good causes.

I think the idea is to wake the plan to grab the money for myself, and in the process loose a couple of thousand dollars in fees and bribes, necessary to lift the funds from the bank.

Go figure for yourself: Read the rest of this entry »

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Here’s another example of the new trend of beneficial iscammers. The ones that pretend that they have lead a vile life, but now turned into do-gooders, and want your help to distribute their money to worthy charity organizations.

Besides. If I where an iScammer, I wouldn’t be sending out my baits on April first…  Read the rest of this entry »

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The story about an elderly person regretting their former life and lifestyle is spreading in the scam mails. I received a similar mail last week (from Mrs. Rama Idris), and this one is supposed to be sent by Kelvin Spence, an elderly, British, hospitalised gentleman in Dubai. Kelvin Spence has a wish to mend his ways, and has this strong desire to assist helpless families. He now wants my assistance in doing this. The fact that he is now mute, will probably come in handy for the scammers who probably aren’t all that fluent in speaking English. Read the rest of this entry »

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Mrs. Rama Idris is a totally new iScammer, at least in my mail boxes. However, the mail was spam stamped by the server side antispam software used by my hosting company.

The layout, offering loving christians a grand reward by helping a poor widow salvage a very large sum of money from the evil muslim relatives of her late husband is also quite fresh. However, I don’t believe a word of it.

From: ramaldris500@hotmail.com
Subject: *****SPAM***** ATTENTION
Date: February 1, 2005 10.11.08 MET
To: ramaldris1000@yahala.co.il
Reply-to: ramaldris500@hotmail.com

From: Mrs. Rama Idris,

In Lordship. I am the above named person from Tunisia
but now undergoing medical treatment. I was married to Dr.Roberts IDRIS who worked with Malaysia embassy in ABIDJAN for nine years, before he died in the year 2003. We were both married for eleven years without children. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both very close as husband and wife and since his death I decided not to re-marry. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of USD15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with a African Devlopment bank I will send you details as soon as you indicate your interest.

Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not last for the next Six months due to my cancer illness. Having known my condition and believing the doctor I have decided to donate this fund to avoid total loss to Less privilege, or better still an individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.

I want interested firm,or individual that will receive and use this money to help, orphanages ,widows and propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained. Please do not fail to spread the funds across the globe especially AFRICA as soon as you receive the money. it is more blessed to give than to receive. I took this decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and my husband relatives are fighting over the properties and I don’t want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused by their greedy attitude. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an UNGODLY manner, hence the reason for taking this bold
decision. I am not afraid of death since I am a good person.

I shall hold my peace. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my health, and because of the presence of my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact information of the bank and other details that will enable you claim the funds.please i want you to be aware that according to my attorney there are some important document that will be required by the bank for the transfer this is where i will need your little assistance before the fund can be transfer with the help of my attorney. I will also issue you a letter of authority/Power of Attorney that will make you the beneficiary of this fund. I want you to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that wants to serve the GOD must serve him in spirit and truth. Please always! beprayerful all through your life.

please note that 20% as been allocated to you for your expenses and for your assistance you will incured in the cursed of carry out this charity work.

I sent you this mail under severe pains. Any delay in your reply will be detrimental. Please assure me that you will
act accordingly.

Hoping to hear from you immediately.

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Yours in Christ,
Mrs. Rama idris.

————————————–
Msg sent via Yahala Mail
http://bareed.yahala.co.il

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It didn’t take long for the lowliest of low-life scammers to try to earn a buck on the tsunami catastrophe in South East Asia. The spam mail below is sent from a hijacked DSL connected computer in Thailand. The domain (rescueteam.com) is registered in the US, and has a history of being used for spam and fraud, but it is also used by legitimate users.

It is listed among many other red-flagged domains at
http://linkamerica.com/fraud.html
http://www.mall.freehosting.net/fraud.htm

The phone number in the mail goes to Britain, there is no website, and it just isn’t an international aid organisation.

It’s nothing but fraud. And it’s pretty horrible. Read the rest of this entry »

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