There is a first time for everything, and this is actually the first time an iScammer has gotten back to me after I publish their emails. Well, Kwezi Sibeko certainly did. He even made sure to put my address in his mail, thus making the double threat of taking legal action (which he will get […]
419ers - Scammers
419 is another way of saying that something is a scam. A 419er is a scammer. 419 is the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code regarding "Obtaining Property by false pretences; Cheating". That's where the term 419 comes from.
Mrs Rosa Jonas from Angola
This is actually the first time I see a Danish Tiscali address used for sending iScams. But that’s not the only strange detail in this offer from the so-called Mrs Rosa Jonas. I can’t help but wonder why she inherited the first name of late UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi instead of his surname Savimbi… And […]
Kwezi Sibeko, Projects & Planning, Department of Minerals & Energy, Pretoria
This scam actually looks totally new. I’ve searched all the ordinary sources, both for the name Kwezi Sibeko, the Projects & Planning departement, as well as The Department of Minerals & Energy, but can see no other instance of this fraudulent email. Still I’m positive that it is a scam. — Update: 1/16 2005:Kwezi Sibeko […]
Dr Dansuki Dan of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture
An new year, and the post christmas season is, as always, a time when a load of new people come online. Fresh meat for Internet scammers – iScammers. Here’s a totally bogus proposition from a ”Dr Dansuki Dan”, who tries to scam us into thinking that there is an easy way to earn a substansial […]
Samuel Dakoru a scamming 'comptroller'
This Nigerian 419, from ”Samuel Dakoru” has been around at least since early December, when it was published at 419legal.org, but since it is still in cirkulation I’d like to publish it here as well. Nota bene, I didn’t receive this one myself, and will therefore not disclose the originating email address. This mail was […]
Senator Frank Udoma and the Senate committee on Pension, insurance and manpower development
Oh what a beauty! What a gem in the world of 419 scam mails this is. It’s supposedly from Nigeria, I’m supposed to help a shady chairman of some governmental committee to move 18 million dollars and I’m to receive a total of 40% of all that as a fee for opening my bank account […]
Mrs. Tetyana Safonova and Mikhail Khodorkovsky
What is this? Christmas eve for small-time scammers with big plans? I’m swamped in a year-end tidal wave of emails featuring new and old scams. And it looks as if there’s a new crop of iscammers picking up the stick. Really bad formatting, spelling that is worse than mine, and this one doesn’t even seem […]
Mrs Louisa Ejercitor Estrada, a Philipino iScammer?
This is almost too good to be true! Either there is a whole new wave of internet based scammers, or they have all come together to target my various email addresses. I just found this email in my GMail account, which is hardly spammed at all. I have hardly used the GMail address outside a […]
Privert Rudy – my first Haitian iscammer
My first Haitian 419 mail! The sender claims to be Privert Rudy, the son of Jocelerme Privert, former interior minister in Haiti. The setup is classic with the mention of five million British pounds. The mail is backed up with some good links. But still, it’s an obvious variation of the well known 419 mails. […]
Richard Ubani aka Fidelis Izuka?
The first time this scammer contacted me, he went under the name of Fidelis Izuka. This time the attorney’s name is changed to Richard Ubani. The company name in the setup is changed from Eleme Construction & Development Company into Chevron Oil, but otherwhise it’s pretty much the same mail. Both are based on the […]