Date: Sun 3 Aug 2008
Dear Miss Young
I just recieve another scam letter from:
OFFICE OF THE SENATE
HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN
PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT
PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
In letter there is information that somewhere in bank of
nigeria are some money (huge money) which must be send to me as a owner. I must
say that many years ago I believe those liars and try to help. I even send them
money to pay some documents. It was big amount for me which I send. Of course I
lost it because I send money twice and everytime was something more to be paid.
Money which I send was borrowed and I lost that. Now after years I still have
financial troubless because of that. Collectors from bank want me to pay back
but I can't because I have no money.
On this time, years ago I even go to other
country about 1000miles away to pick up the person from the airport, of course
this person was not in aircraft. Spend money for petrol which was borrowed as
well. Because of that all troubles I lost house, wife take my son and find some
other friend to live.
I stay all alone, my problems because of my stupid stay
with me, and will stay forever because I have no chance to pay back all this
debts which I make. Now as lonely bent person want to say anyone who has receive
a similar message, do not trust them, they just want to scam You. They have no
feelings and don't care what going to hapend with You if You do same stupid
think like I did. Im 29 years old person which lost everything, 29 years old
bankrupt!
Wife left me because I make so huge debts and take my son away from me,
all savings, job, and past last four years everyday debt collectors wisiting me
to pay back money which I don't have. I lost my life because is no chance to
earn so much money and pay back that debts. For some people this money are not
big but for my was and are beyond my possibilities to earn. Im sure there
is more people like me which lost everything because they believe promises of
better life, don't be another. Don't trust them.
Dear Miss Young, I'll be really appreciate if You place my
letter somewhere on Your webpage as a warning, I can't laugh because of that,
there is many people like me all arround the world, don't let do the same
mistake any new person's. Im sorry for my language but I'm not very good in
english.
Best Regards
T.K.
Poland
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| M.M. was selling her furniture. She received the following offer from a scammer: |
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2007 1:37 AM
Subject: Payment and Pickup Arrangement
Hi..Thanks for your response. The reason I am sending you this email is to make final reconfirmation of Dining Room Set which is ok by me and am buying it for my son as his birthday present,and also to let you know that payment will be by certified cashier's check or money order. In view of this I need you to email me any information that may be required to send the payment as I do not want to send the check or money order to a wrong location lest they get into the wrong hands.
Regarding the shipping, I have a company that takes care of the pickup of my consignments for me and ship to my destination in new jersey anywhere in the U.S.A, you do not worry about shipping, the company will send down a representative to arrange the sales documentation and the pick up from your end for onward transfer to my destination.
I also want to alert you on the fact that you will be receiving an overdraft check, which will cover the money for the pickup (pickup and shipping to the final destination) as well as the money to be paid to the company that will take care of the pickup and the documentation with you. So please, as soon as you receive the payment, go and cash it immediately, deduct the money that accrues to you, and send the balance to the Head Office of the company that handles the shipment via Western union.The check will be in your name to make it easier for you to receive payment, please reconfirm your details one more time.I will give you the details of the company that will make the pickup as soon as we seal this deal.Once the money is received by the agent , the shipping agent will contact you immediately to arrange the documentation as well as the pick up immediately. So in view of the above, here are some ofthe details I will need for final issuance of the check or money order
to you.
(1) Full Name
(2) Mailing address, no p.o.box please
(3) your direct telephone number both home and cell.?
{4} Acceptance of my offer
(5} Final asking price
Once you get back to me with all the above, the check or money order will be issued out immediately and it will be sent to you .Hope to hear from you immediately.Looking forward to your swift response i will also be offering you extra $50 for keeping Furniture for me till the shipper comes for the pick up.., I will be looking forward to your swift response
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Regards
Engineer Cristian Crema |
| The scammer planned to send a false or stolen check to M.M. and receive real money via Western Union. He was not interested in the furniture. M.M. realised that it was a scam, and did not answer the scammer.
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they took me for $1200 in a scam that they called an inheritance.
Charles C. Soludo knew so much information about my birth parents
who are now dead and siblings that i believed him. he deposited
$1k into my account i waited 6 days checking with my bank daily
to make sure the money was on the account and on the 6th day i went
to the bank, talked to the manager was told the funds were good
so i western unioned $846 plus whatever it cost me to do so to them.
2 days later the bank informed me the money had been transferred
from someone else's account and now i owe the bank $1200. i am a
58 yr old cripple, about to undergo surgery with a 50/50 chance
of making it. ... please pass my story on to others. never doubted
him for a minute.
P.M. |
Hi P.M.
The method you described is becoming quite popular. At first your
bank says ok, and when they realize that the transfer was fake,
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Hi Miss Young,
My name is A.B. and I am from INDIA. Few days back I was a very
person. as I got a mail from one barrister at Lome-Togo. He was
saying, he was a personal attorony of a client having same surname
of mine. Since his client and his family met with one road accident
at Togo, he left US$17.5 behind them. The barrister assured me
that I can claim the amount and we both can subsequently share
the amount, once approved by the bank.
I received Questionnaires from bank, which I answered with the
help of this barrister. The bank asked me to come to Togo or hire
a bank accredited lawyer, As advised by Togo Barrister I opted
Lawyer, And I was getting mails frequently from all, (Barrister,
Lawer & Bank) I was happy to see the professionalism of them all.
Then Bank Lawyer asked me US$15,000 as his fees and cost of amount
transfer. This came as a bombshell to me, I checked on net to
verify the authenticity of all this, because the bank did not
had its website, lawyer was using a normal email.
While surfing this, I got ur website (419.bittenus.com)I
realised that the Modus Operendie followed as exactly the same
as happened with you. The deceased client was also a migrant millionaire
and he met with accident on 21st April-2003. All members of his
family died in the accident.
I forwarded your website link to barrister and asked him to prove
his authenticity, he thanked me for the information, but said
that for everything right, there is possibility of duplicasy.
He further invited me to Lome Togo and verify by self.
Now I am confused, Even if he is a fake fraud, what purpose of
his will be sevred if I go to Lome. I do not know what to do...
I am sending you the photographs of My Barrister & His deceased
Clients, Please check and advise do the persons in the photographs
matches any body in your database.
Looking forward to your advice on this.
Best regards
A.B.
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Hi A.B.,
it sounds as if you are the victim a 419 fraud. The barrister-lawyer-bank
model is typical, so is the "client with same surname"-trick.
Please don't send them any money. These criminals use false names,
false addresses, free email accounts and mobile phones, and changes
it all the time. That makes it difficult to catch them.
Don't go to Togo to meet with these people. They will probably rob
or kidnap you. There are several cases where people have gone to
meet with these criminals in Nigeria, and they have been robbed,
kidnapped, tortured, and even killed.
I haven't seen the pictures you sent, before. They often use pictures
from magazines. The Madu-picture looks as if it has been scanned.
Look at the yellow border on top, and the missing part in the bottom.
Take care, Miss Young |
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Hi, Looking around and I found your scam page.
I had something similar last year, but this was regarding some
alloys I was selling on Ebay. I was asking �450.00 the emails
started and I was sent a cheque for �2000.00 and asked to cash
it immediately, forwarding the balance to an address in Liverpool
(some shipping agent), who would arrange collection of my alloys.
The cheque was from Sainsbury's Food Stores and look authentic,
I was sorely tempted but instead deposited it with my bank for
checking. It cleared in three days??? Then 2 weeks later �2000
was debited so voiding the transaction, if I had spent even the
�450.00???.
Even the most honest of us are tempted, but why did the banking
system allow a cheque to clear and then give me access to funds
that don't exist. It was only an honest bank clerk's advice that
saved me - quote do not touch the monies until 2 weeks have passed.
I did contact Sainsbury's and after several phone calls (plus
a fax) discovered that their cheque numbers begin with 7 and are
15 numbers in length, they would not confirm or deny that this
cheque was genuine. No even a thank-you for bringing it to their
attention.
T.N. |
Hi Nic, Thank you for your information. Unfortunately
many people don't know about the 2 week-period, so they spend the
money and then have a nasty surprise when the check finally bounces.
I think the bank handles it in this way, in order to handle normal
checks efficiently. After all, the number of fake checks are very
small. Regards, Miss Young
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Dear miss Young,
Ever heard of the name of Gloria Moore from Cote d'Ivoire, Abidjan.
She keeps sending me invitations about sending money from her
to me, a lot of money. She claims her parents died and het family
wants to steal the money. She sounds very convincing, but I do
not believe her. Could you tell me if she is fake? I send her
first email to you as well, so you could decide if she is fake
or not.
W.B.
From:Miss Gloria Moore.
Dearest One,
Good a thing to write you. This is however not
mandatory nor will i in any manner compel you to honour against
your will. I got your name and contact from the internet when
i was searching for a reliable and trustworthy person in your
country , therefore I must not hesitate to confide in you for
this simple and sincere help .
I am Miss Gloria Moore the only Daughter of
late Mr. and Mrs. Moore . My father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant
in Abidjan , the economic capital of Ivory coast, my father was
poisoned to death by his business associates on one of their outings
on a business trip .
My mother died when I was a baby and since then
my father took me so special. Before the death of my father on
12 febuary 2004 in a private hospital here in Abidjan he secretly
called me on his bed side and told me that he has the sum of two
million ,seven hundred thousand United State Dollars.USD($2.700,000)
left in a suspense account in one of the prime bank here in Abidjan
,that he used my name as his only Daughter for the next of Kin
in depositing of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of
this wealth that he was poisoned by his business associates. That
I should seek for a foreign partner in a country of my choice
where i will transfer this money and use it for investment purpose
such as small scale business.
I am 19 years old and a university undergraduate.I
have suffered a lot of set backs as a result of members of my
late father's family who has not stop disturbing me about the
where about of this fund after they have succeded in claiming
almost all the valuable properties that he left behind for me,
coupled with incessant political crisis here in Ivory coast. The
death of my father actually brought sorrow to my life.
Please, I am honourably seeking your assistance
in thefollowing ways: (1) To provide a bank account into which
this money would be transferred to . (2) To serve as a guardian
of this fund since I am 20 years. (3) To make arrangement for
me to come over to your country to further my education and to
secure a resident permit in your country.
Moreover, I am willing to offer you 15% of the
total sum as compensation for your assistance after the successful
transfer of this fund into your nominated account overseas.
Furthermore, you indicate your option towards
assisting me as I believe that this transfer will be concluded
within fourteen (14) days you signify interest to assist me. Anticipating
to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God bless.
Miss Gloria Moore |
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Hi W.B.,
The scammers changes the names of their characters all the time.
I haven't heard of Gloria Moore (until now), but her story is
very similar to the following stories: http://419.bittenus.com/4/CynthiaSankoh/ and http://419.bittenus.com/4/EmilyPascal/.
I am sure she is fake. Don't send her any money, and don't send
her personal information. When you get tired of her, just stop
answering her emails. She will stop sending you emails after a
while.
Now that they have got your email address, you will probably
receive more letters from scammers. Just ignore them. The only
effective way to stop getting these emails is to change email
address.
Regards,
Miss Young |
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your lucky you didnt send money to them. me i lose 6000 dollar
on this fuckers considering casualties on me. but im still tracking
them till now. i got some laid from my hacker onboard on the net.
this time is deferent...........
to mrs joy sankoh gudluck kingsley, maxwell and dr.stephen ngamo
<stevchambers@europe.com - congrats!!!!!!........ 25 million
ha...
they got mad at me on this one coz i stop sending money..
Sir,
Listen very carefully ,you are either to follow our transfer
process protocol or your fund withdrawn.
You cannot tell us what to do or which bank that we have to
deposit the fund. We cannot deposit the fund in deutshe bank
because there are not our affilicate branch.We can only deposit
it into abn amro netherland and you will be require to come
down here by yourself in person to come and meet their offshore
department director for the account opening.
In this process,you will also be reuire to come along with
the offshore account opening fees and your account activation
fee in cash before they can proceed with you, since you think
the favour we have done to you and your partner is not enough
and not appreciated.
sincerely,
joey v/d Berg.
ceo (wmb netherland).
NB:We will not tolerate any further execuse after the deadline.
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truly your F.A. |
Hi F.A.,
thank you for your information. I am sorry you lost $6,000 before
you realized it was a scam. The chances for getting the money
back are very small, but if you want to try, you must contact your local police.
Regards, Miss Young |
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Well here is another one for you. I was contacted on Yahoo in
a chat room and this young lady just started talking to me. We
talked a few times and the next thing is she asks me to send her
money as she is broke and an aspiring model. As she did not have
any ID to pick up the Western Union transfer she gave me her friends
address. I google the name and address and got your site.
"CHIMA BASIL OSUJI"
the other she gave me was
mariam_2kiss : CHIBUIKE PATRICK UBAKA
mariam_2kiss : #3 OLABISI STREET MENDE MARYLAND NIGERIA 23401
Still having fun with her to get to the bottom of this one. She
sent me her pictures.
I am also dealing with another woman on Yahoo who is going to
give me a 20% commission on $15 million.
Just can't wait for the cheque.
A.H.
 
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Hi A.H.,
Thanks for the nice pictures. I think I have seen them used before
in another 419 fraud case. The young lady you have been talking
to is probably a man!
Will 10% for me of your 20% commission be fair for my assistance? 
Take care,
Miss Young |
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Miss Young,
I received an e-mail of a person that of name Mr. Alonzo, offering
a donation for our ministry Baptist in Brazil. When I was contacting
of turn this gentleman, I sought for his name in a search website
and I found your e-mail. Then I noticed that was treated of a fraud.
But the answer e-mail I already sent for him. What should make?
Thank you for the attention. Respectfully,
I.F.M. Brazil |
Dear I.F.M.,
My advice is that you stop any conversation with this socalled
Mr. Alonzo. This is a socalled 419-fraud, where you are promised
millions of dollars, but instead end up paying fees to some criminals.
Read more about it via the following links-page: http://419.bittenus.com/links.htm
You can see the mail I received from Mr Alonzo here: http://419.bittenus.com/4/alonzobrewer.html
I have corresponded with him for 3 weeks, and his (fake) bank has
so far asked me to pay 650 EURO. I have no plans to pay them anything,
I only keep corresponding with him in order to waste his time, and
warn others that may be in contact with him.
As soon as I finish corresponding with him, I will publish the full
correspondance.
In short: Stop the conversation with the criminal Mr. Alonzo, and
DO NOT pay him any money.
Kind regards,
Miss Young |
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Hi, Miss Young,
I've received the e-mail below a short while ago. I know this
is scam, but this kind of scam is quite unique, so decided to
go all the way with the scammer to see the way how it works. In
most cases, they ask about your bank account details, but all
this one asked about was my mailing address and phone number.
After I provided my name altogether with the address and the phone
number of my company, he provided me with legitimate-looking documents
on the inheritance claim. I thought he would now ask me for my
bank details, but no - he says he's now going to open an offshore
bank account in the Cayman Islands and transfer the funds to that
account. Then I am supposed to transfer the money through the
Internet to my bank account (or a new account, opened by me specifically
for this purpose) and only after the funds arrive at this account
of mine, I am expected to send him his share. This all is quite
unusual. Can anyone explain to me, presuming that this is scam,
how he expects all this to work out for him???
Please, reply as soon as possible. Thank you in advance.
O.Z.
| And here is the original e-mail message, explaining
the situation: "My name is XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX, a member of Independent
Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP), Switzerland. ICEP is charged
with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in Switzerland
belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which have remained dormant since
World War II It may interest you to know that In July of 1997, the
Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts
originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been
dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged
to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of the Independent
Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP) have since resulted in the discovery
of additional dormant accounts - 54,000 in December, 1999. The published
lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest-bearing
savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody
accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered
accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were
interest bearing when established. The Claims Resolution Tribunal
(CRT) handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss
citizens. A dormant account of ORDNER ADELE with a credit balance
of 35,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered
by me. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, leaving
no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Resolution
Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent
closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into
the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for
management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate
(living no wills). Being a top executive at ICEP, I have all secret
details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any
hitch. The funds will be banked in the Cayman Island, being a tax
free, safe haven for funds and we can share the funds and use in
investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job,
I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds. All that is required
is for you to provide me your details for processing of the necessary
legal, and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds
to you. Provide me with your full name, address, and telephone/fax.
I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred
to a secure, numbered account in your name in the Cayman Island,
and you can now start accessing the funds gradually and transferring
to your country and other banks of choice in the world. My share
will be 60 percent and your share is 40 per cent of the total amount.
THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. You can find additional information about
unclaimed funds through the internet at the following websites:
www.swissbankclaims.com www.avotaynu.com www.icheic.org www.livingheirs.com
www.wiesenthal.com The Holocaust Claims Processing Office has put
funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary
disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information
and this may be a great opportunity for a life time of success without
risks. Thank you for your prompt response. Due to security reasons,
reply to my via email only. Mr. XXXXXXX XXXXXXXX" |
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Hi O.Z.,
You should not doubt whether this is a scam. Of course it is!
Here is a list of some of those that received the email: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&q=ORDNER+ADELE Among them, I found this one, that explains how it works: http://www.bankrate.com/brm/news/advice/scams/419.asp
Take extra care in this type of scam, so that you will not end up
owing a fortune to a bank.
Regards,
Miss Young |
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Hello Miss Young,
I thought you might be interested in how I came across your 419 website...
I have, apparently, just won �2.5 million in a lottery I can't actually
remember entering, which is a nice start to the day, obviously. It is
a bit of a surprise to be notified of my massive good fortune in a badly
written, misspelled e-mail, but I'm sure that's because they're saving
as much money as possible to help increase the prize fund...
Anyway, as I need a new stair carpet, I replied straight away to a Mr
Henry Smith, financial director of the National Lottery Commission (it
says 'ere), who came back with a London address and non-London phone
number (I guess they only have mobiles in their office - what a good
idea!). So I keyed Mr Smith's phone number into Google, and hey! your
website, and it turns out Henry Smith is also Financial Director of
the Oversea Credit Commission, based in Croydon and helping you in the Fred J Martins case. Apparently.
Well, with two such high positions he's obviously an important and trustworthy
man, so as soon as I can I will send him a large sum of money sure in
the knowledge it will be in safe hands...
I advertised a car recently and included my e-mail address, and have
had two offers to buy the car at full price, no haggle, unseen, one
apparently from South Africa, the other from Holland. In fact, I am
being sent �3000 more than the asking price, which I then have to refund
(very quickly) to the buyer's shipping agent. A very expensive agent,
but I held back from offering to drive it over on the ferry for �2500.
I replied once in Dutch (which I speak) and got no response, and I think
they're still working on the answer as to why anyone in Holland would
want a right hand drive car anyway.
The South African buyer has gone very quiet since I mentioned I'm going
down there next week (which I am, funny enough).
Like you I find it more fun to go along with this sort of thing and
waste their time, and I now have a souvenir forged cheque too.
Sadly though, it seems these things do occasionally work, so good on
you for highlighting them as well as wasting the criminals' time.
K.A. |
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Hello Miss Young,
I am really impressed by your great courage and
time you spend enlightening unsuspecting gullibles of
advanced fee fraud perpetrated mainly by people from
the Black continent and particularly by Nigerians. I
am a Nigerian and presently live in Ireland. many of
the Pictures posted on your web belng to hardworking
public servants in Nigeria. Professor Charles Soludo
is the head of the Central Bank in Nigeria no doubt
about it, he could have been involved with such scams
as postulated by the nincompoomps using his ID. That
of Alonzo Brewer is the picture of a nonagenarian and
foremost nationalist in Nigeria during the fight for
Independence. His name is Chief Anthony Eromosele
Enahoro.
Jefferson Anikomi in the picture is Pastor
Christopher Oyakhilome, he heads a very large
christain congragation known as the Christ Embassy in
Nigeria, he is in no way known as Jefferson.
I wish I could continue with this, but I got many
other important things to do as well.
Thanks for your effort and never relent with you
are doing.
Sincerely
O.M. |
ID card from a Charles Soludo story |
from the Alonzo Brewer story |
Chief Anthony Enahoro |
from the Jefferson Anikomi story |
Pastor Chris Oyakhilome |
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007
Subject: pls see how to help the good Nigerians.
Dear sirs,
My name is M.U., am an Nigeria from Delta state.
Am very happy with your effort to sanitize the internet and control cyber crime.
Infact is so painfull that these scammers have not only painted our dear country bad but they have also made business and trade opportunity hard for so many legitimate people who are into global trade. Right now in the world market the moment you identify yourself as a Nigeria no body wants to deal with you at all. For fear of what 419 have done.
Now please, i want you to see if there is any way you can also help by letting the world knows that everybody in Nigeria is not a bad person.
Am into global trade, am a broker for iron, steel and scrap metals. I link end buyers to direct sellers and get my little commission at the end of the supply.
But still sir due to the bad name 419 have given Nigeria trade is not easy at all. Recently i got in contact with a very good chinese buyer for used rail, he was serious and sent his LOI & BCL. We contacted the sellers immediately but the moment the man know i was from Nigeria he was affraid even when i sent him documents of my past supplys and trade he said any document in Nigeria can be forged.The was how i lost that trade just because of the bad name my fellow country man have created.
I beg you try and see what you can do to also help good people in global trade.
God bless you. I promise my support in which ever way it may be needfull.
Regards,
M.U.
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