Will They Ever Stop?

[Phantom]

From: "Douglas Lamptey" Save Address ReminderSubject: TOP DEALDate: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 00:08:45 +0000 [View Source]

From: Mr.Douglas Lamptey,Manager International Commercial Bank.First Light Kaneshie BranchAccra Ghana.ATTENTION SIR: My name is Mr.Douglas Lamptey; I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank Ltd, First Light Kaneshie Branch. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of one million, nine hundred and fifty thousand United States Dollars ($1.950,000,00). This FUND is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manager made as profit during the last year balance sheet. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2005 to my head office here in Accra Ghana, and they will never know of this excess. I have since then placed this fund in a SUSPENCE ACCOUNT without a BENEFICIARY.AS an officer to the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money, so this informed my contacting you believing that we can assist each other. You will get 30% of the total fund at the end of the transaction while I will re-invest the balance in any business of interest in your country.Note: there is practically no risk involved. It will be bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this money who made the deposit with our branch so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.I will appreciate it very much if you accept to assist me and indicate interest by replying.NB: This is highly confidential, as you may know that I am still working as a banker in this bank and will like to retain my position.Waiting to hear from you.Best regardsDouglas Lamptey+233 244 507 193.

[Mikelly]

Forward it to these nice folks:

 

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

 

They are very interested in this particular scheme and others like it, since there is serious concern that these emails are actually based out of the USA.

 

Mike

[innerware]

Wow, I have known about this scam for years and I can't imagine how someone would fall for it. I just read the link that Mikelly provided and I certainly can't imagine having fallen for it and going to Nigeria too. There are certainly some gullable people out there.

[dsommer]

Note: there is practically no risk involved

 

Ahhhh embezelment perhaps

[savageskaterkid]

I messed with the guy and kept asking him how he got my name and email, and then said to wire me half the money he was talking about, then he finnally gave up.

[Phantom]

Good Lord - am I on some kind of "sucker list"?!?!?!?!

 

From: "james brown" Save Address [/b]: doReminder();"][/b]: doReminder();"]ReminderSubject: CONFIDENTIALDate: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 17:44:26 +0000 [View Source]

BROWN CHAMBERS & SOLICITORSHolbrook HouseGreat Queen St, London,

Compliment of the day,

I am Barr.James Brown from London,the attorney to late Mr.Mike Matsushita,A Vietnamese-American,I got your contact while i was conducting a research through the internet.I am writing following an oppurtunity in my office that will be of imense benefit to both of us,I supposed to have carried this out before now,but i had an accident that kept me hospitalised for months.But i thank God i am in good health and very strong for this transaction now.My client (late Mr.Mike Matsushita) who unfortunately lost his life in the London July 7 bomb blast which claimed fifty two lives and left hundreds injured, deposited the sum of {Twenty Eight million US,dollars},in National Westminster Bank London.Unfortunately my client died intestate so leaving nobody else with the knowledge of this fund behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I and my colleague (an accountant with the bank) decided to make business with you and release the funds to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of this funds for safe keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody will come for it and we don't want this funds to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed bill.The banking law and guidelines here stipulate that such funds should be transferred into banking treasury as unclaimed funds.We agreed that 30% of this funds will be for you as foreign partner,and 10% will go to the orphanage while the balance will be for me and my colleague.I will visit your country for the disbursement according to the percentages indicated above, once this money gets into your account. Please be honest to me and trust is our watch word in this transaction.Nevertheless,this transaction is confidential and 100% risk free.If you are ready to work with us please forward to me the required information below.(1) Complete name and home address (2) Your age,occupation, direct phone number and fax numberOnce i recieve this necessary requested informations, I will initiate the processing of the transfer and in about seven to nine banking days the money will be in your nominated bank account for us to share accordingly.This transaction is guaranteed to succeed without any problem. If you agree to assist me by sending to me the above requested informations, I will give you my complete details, including phone/ fax etc and any further clarifications you may require. We will discuss much in details when I do recieve your response Best regards,Barr.James Brown{STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL}

[JMortensen]

You never know, that might actually be James Brown... he's gone downhill lately.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/jamesbrown.html

[Phantom]

I replied to his email stating that I appreciated his offer but was unable to take him up onit at this time. I had however forwarded it to th eUS Secret Service as I understood that they were very interested in offers of his type. THat should take that particular scam off for now.

[Sumo]

Last time i checked Matsushita was a Japanese name not Vietnamese, you'd think that they would at least check out little details. I hate these scammers.

[cyrus]

Hey,

 

You better not get involved. I already got a deal going with him. Only a few more payments and I will be a millionaire.

[BrandonsZ]

They'd get a lot more fish if they spelled everything correctly and had proper punctuation.

 

But then again, if the victims are gullible enough to believe it they are probably also just the right type of individual to take the next step. (nearly illiterate, uneducated, working poor)

[Phantom]

So today my wife gets this one. I forwarded it to: abuse@bankofamerica.com and they replied promptly indicating that it is an identity theft scam. I had a similar one a few months ago about my AT&T internet account. Can't trust anything anymore.

 

 

From: Bank Of America Save Address [/b]: doReminder();"][/b]: doReminder();"]ReminderTo: mcdavis@worldnet.att.netSubject: Account BlockedDate: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 00:41:12 +0000 [View Source]

Your Online Banking is Blocked

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To restore your account access, please take the following steps to ensure that your account has not been compromised:

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We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and appreciate your assistance in helping us maintain the integrity of the entire Bank Of America system. Thank you.

 

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[vashonz]

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com has fun with these scams, and actually invests some time in messing with the scammers.

[materchan]

at least you get messages that make sense.

i get about two messages like this each day

 

use studied next latter. goes happened thus?

anybody reference promised yours slow, side purpose anything. you immediate fire somewhere.

hard social fire already not?

wrong across bad prison latter back. wanted promised suddenly again.

parents principle fly off. raise principle friends few.

[Trevor]

They'd get a lot more fish if they spelled everything correctly and had proper punctuation.

 

I think that is intentional, it gives the target victim a false feeling of superiority.

[cygnusx1]

Scams were never very common with regular postal mail. Maybe 39 cent email stamps is not a bad idea.

[Phantom]

Here is yet one more!

From: "Award Winner" Save Address ReminderSubject: WINNING NOTIFICVATION. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENTDate: Tue, 7 Mar 2006 14:59:32 +0000 [View Source]

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