Urgent / We Need To Talk

[Bail]

12 Agana Close,
Johannesburg,
South Africa.
Phone874-763-591545
fax 874-763-591546


Very Important

We want to transfer to overseas the sum of One hundred and Forty Two Million United States Dollars (U.S.$142,000,000.00) from a in Africa.I want to ask you to kindly 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 account immediately to receive this money,though an empty bank account could serve this purpose as long as you will remain honest to me till the end of this important business trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down either now or in time to come.

I am Smith Jerry the external auditor of a Bank.During the course of our auditing,I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 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 apparent to the throne” hence the money is floating and if I do not remit this money out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. The owner of this account who is Mr.Eshed.B.Willey,a foreigner and an industrialist died, since 1990,until now no other person(s) knows about this account or could give any documentary evidence concerning this account.

As such this account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that Eshed.B.Willey until his death was the manager Oriental Diamond Company,in South Africa.

However, if you are interested in this business we will start the first money transfer with Forty Two Million U.S.Dollars(U.S.$42,000,000.00) upon successful transaction without any disappointment from you. We shall also re-apply for the payment of the
remaining amount to your account. While the total amount involved is One hundred and Forty Two Million United States Dollars (U.S.$142,000,000.00)only.

I would want us to make a first transfer of [Forty Two Million United States Dollar.(U.S.$42,000,000.00)from this money into a safe Foreigners account abroad before the rest.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money can not be approved to a local account, without valid international foreign “Agreement”, but could only be approved to any foreigner with valid international credentials: passport or drivers license and foreign account because this sum is in U.S. dollars and the former owner of the account Mr.Eshed.B.Willey is a foreigner too, thus the money could only be approved into a foreign account.

However, knowing all this, we will reach a binding agreement in this regards.

As a matter of urgency, I will inform you the next step to take, while you Send your private telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a binding agreement that will bind us together 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 business a success, 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 the instructions 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 in the bank 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. And to build confidence that 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 as directed.To prove the authenticity of the business 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,foreign exchange departments, embassy and Board of

Internal Revenue Services.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 this process.

I look forward to your earliest reply through my email address.


Yours .

Smith Jerry.

Having just received ANOTHER of these, It got me wondering, who actually falls for them? Has anyone in the history of emails actually replied with their bank details. I've often wanted to just say, send me a cheque and I'll cash it. What is the point in this type of junk/spam how can/does it ever achieve anything. And why do they never actually have my email address in the "to" but someone else's, even in the properties of the email it never lists mine.

[MarkN]

I've often wanted to just say, send me a cheque and I'll cash it.

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/#scammed

Some other links you may find interesting...

http://www.419eater.com/
http://www.nigerian419fraud.freeserve.co.uk/

[tillyoshea]

Also see here for a bit of a laugh.

[J.Christie]

eBayers and PayPal users must be used to these by now. I get loads from PayPal but nearly fell for one once. We ended up attempting to contact eBay as we had no Zip code (it was eBay.com) and then we realised all about it.

[DAS]

http://www.scambuster419.co.uk/#scammed

That's worth reading just for the Vicar's excellent closing lines. The guy behind this is a comic genius. Here's a few:

May the Good Lord inhabit your waking hours as well as your dreams.
May Jesus blow kisses at your lips from heaven.
May the Good Lord impregnate you with the seed of his boundless love.
May Jesus turn the rays of the sun towards you and give you a golden shower.
May the Good Lord bless your shoes with a lasting shine.
May the Good Lord bless you with nice things.
May the Good Lord bless your orchard with a bounty of fruit.
May Jesus bless you, your family and any pets you may have.
May God show us the way to raise a huge amount of money.
May Jesus remind you on a daily basis what the CAPS LOCK key is for.
May Jesus bless your legal documents.
May the Good Lord protect both you and your computer from nasty viruses and embarrassing itches.
May the Lord grant you an angelic weekend.
May Jesus keep the flies of the devil away from the fruitbowl of your soul.
May the Lord send his angels to tuck you into bed at night.
May the holy beard of Jesus envelop you in its bushy love.
God bless your little cotton socks.
May the Good Lord bring delights to your private life.
May Jesus place a bun in your oven and a fish in your pond.
May Jesus grant you peace, serenity and success in your love life.
May God keep you hanging on in there.
May Jesus smile in your general direction.
May Jesus smile at your children.

[Pete]

It got me wondering, who actually falls for them?

[ I ] nearly fell for one once.

idiots it would seem

[Brad]

"Dear Mr Jones,
Our complementary pair of secateurs will help you to enjoy your garden at Flat 5003, Concrete Mansions..."

[DJGM]

Here's the entire text of a 419 scam e-mail that appeared in my Spam folder of my GMail account a few
hours ago. The following text based shoutiness is unaltered from how it appeared, including headers . . .

---------------------------------------------------------------------
From: larisa65 <[email protected]>
Date: 16-Sep-2005 11:10
Subject: MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA.
---------------------------------------------------------------------

DEAR FRIEND,


MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEEN TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT FORCES, LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY) OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN, THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.

DEAR FRIEND,


MY NAME IS MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA, PERSONAL SECRETARY TO MR.BORIS MIKHAIL KHODORKOVSKY, THE ARRESTED CHAIRMAN/CEO OF YUKOS OIL AND BANK MENATEP SPB IN RUSSIA. I HAVE THE DOCUMENTS OF A LARGE AMOUNT OF FUNDS WHICH HE HANDED OVER TO ME BEFORE HE WAS DETAINED AND NOW BEEN TRIED IN RUSSIA FOR FINANCING POLITICAL PARTIES (THE UNION OF RIGHT FORCES, LED BY BORIS NEMTSOV AND YABLOKO, A LIBERAL/SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY LED BY GREGOR YAVLINSKY) OPPOSED TO THE GOVERNMENT OF MR.VLADMIR PUTIN, THE PRESIDENT THEREBY LEADING TO THE FREEZING OF HIS FINANCES AND ASSETS.


AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS (USD$86,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 10% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.


AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL: [email protected]


YOURS SINCERELY,


MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA.


NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM: http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
lhttp://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
lhttp://www.supportmbk.com
lhttp://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky




AFTER SEARCHING THROUGH THE BOOKS OF YOUR COUNTRY'S CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRIES HERE IN RUSSIA I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ASSIST ME TO RE-PROFILE THE FUNDS AND EQUALLY INVEST SAME ON HIS BEHALF. THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE RE-PROFILLED IS EIGHTY SIX MILLION DOLLARS (USD$86,000,000.00) AND YOU WILL BE PAID 10% FOR YOUR MANAGEMENT SERVICES.


AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE, I WILL SEND YOU THE NECESSARY DETAILS AND MY IDENTIFICATION.

CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL: [email protected]


YOURS SINCERELY,


MRS.LARISA NITSKAYA.


NB: YOU CAN READ MORE OF HIS ORDEAL FROM: http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2005/03/29/58914.html
lhttp://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.html?id_issue=11261041
lhttp://www.supportmbk.com
lhttp://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Mikhail-Khodorkovsky

Although it's clearly a 419 scam of the sort that normally comes from Africa, this one comes from Russia.
Any similar 419 scam e-mails I've had in the past, have come from African countries, usually Nigeria.

One thing I did notice though (and this is probablly a common tactic by some of these scammers in the
hope that someone's gullible enough not to notice) The e-mail comes from a Netscape.net webmail
account, yet this person wants to receive responses at a Fastermail.com account. I'd have thought
if they really wanted to catch more people out with this sort of thing, they'd at least use an official
looking (but fake) e-mail address as a re-direct to their webmail accounts.

Anyway, even if this was actually a genuine request, why on earth would I (or anyone with even an
ounce of sense) want to offer assistance, financial or otherwise, to a corrupt Russian oil baron?

[Corin]

Have you considered attending the Annual Nigerian e-mail conference, where hot topics such as

"The effectiveness of using all UPPERCASE characters."

"Are 10 million emails a day too many?"

are presented!

<http://j-walk.COM/other/conf/>

QUOTE The presentation on P.T. Barnum was especially helpful." - Farouk Bakoher UNQUOTE

[chinajan]

A master at work. http://www.scamorama.com/threebucks.html