As usual they claim to be in one place but use an email from somewhere completely different. They claim to be working on your behalf and have secured money in Nigeria, yet they want you to respond to an email address in China. And the email was originally sent from Taiwan! This should throw up huge red flags in itself.

Notice the classic poor use of the English language, capitalization of words that don’t need it, spelling mistakes and just the clumsy way they attempt to sound official. If you get the email below it is a scam. It is internet fraud so do not respond.

Attention,

After proper and several investigations and research at Western Union and MoneyGram Office, we found out that many good citizen from diffrent countries have been sending money
through Western Union to Nigeria and other countries, this proves that peoples has been swindled by those unscrupulous persons by sending money to them through Western Union&MoneyGram in the course of getting one fund or the other.

Right now we are working hand in hand with Western Union&Money Gram to track every fraudsters down, do not respond to their e-mails,
letters and phone calls any longer as they are scammers and you should be very careful to avoid
being a victim to fraudsters any longer because they have nothing to offer you but to rip-off what you have
worked earnestly hard to earn.

In this regard a meeting was held between the Board of Directors of The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) And (F.B.I) Federal Bureau OF Investigtion
and as a consequence of our investigations it was agreed that the sum of One Hundred Thousand US Dollars (US$100,000.00)
should be transferred to you out of the funds that Federal Government of Nigeria In colarburation with the United State Of America has set aside as a compensation to
everyone who have by one way or the other sent money to fraudsters in Nigeria and other countries

***Please note that we will no longer be liable for any loss, cost or expense whatsoever, suffered
or incurred by You in connection with the fraudsters.
Be warned!
We have deposited your fund at Western Union Money Transfer agent location EMS Post office Lagos, Nigeria We have paid for the registration and transfer fee and for sucurity reasons we have also insured your fund to avoid misappropriation.

Contact the Western Union agent office through this email
addresses stated below;

wu_emsspeed@w.cn
Yours sincerely,

Ann Brook
Investigation Officer.
******************************************************************************************************************
Please note that e-mails, letters and phone calls are currently beign made to unsuspecting persons by fraudsters
claiming to have access to theirfunds. Every day, people throughout the world are falling victim to scams of one
kind or another. It could be an unexpected prize draw or lotterywin, or a chance to invest in an exciting new
money-making or investment programme . But remember – if it sounds too good to be true, it is probablya scam.
In the circumstance, we unreservedly advice you to dissociateyourselve from all correspondence and transactions
entered into based on evidently fraudulent and fictitious claims.
*****************************************************************************************************************

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Russell here claims to be a lawyer in London yet when you actually read the email you will see that Russell has the language skills of a fifth grader. Notice the unnecessary capitalization of words, improper grammar and the complete lack of legal terminology that lawyers usually write in. Lawyers don’t write like this – scam artists from shady countries do!

The con artist tries to tie in a tragic event with a large lump sum payment if only you would help. And how did this lawyer know you from the other side of the world? As well notice the email address – rgell@mailbox.hu – that’s a Hungarian domain extension. Why would a lawyer in London be using a free Hungarian email service for work? As you can see this is just another pathetic attempt to get you to part with your banking information and money. Don’t fall for it – and if you already have, be sure to contact your bank and local police department immediately.

Below is a copy of the spam email being sent out:

Dear Sir / Madam

I apologize to you for any inconveniences caused if this mail does not meet your demands, though I do not intend to embarrass you by the contents of this very mail.I am Barrister Russell Gell. I was the personal Attorney to Late Engr N.S.Ammo,Who was a citizen of your Country but lived and did his business here in London with his family and he was the CEO of Ammons Group of companies and Ivory Cannons before his sudden death along with his family.

This mail is written to solicit your assistance to present you as next of kin to my Late Client.Before his sudden death,he made a fixed Deposit valued at USD21,Million ( Twenty One Million United States Dollars Only) with a bank here. Unfortunately he lost his life aboard Egypt Air Flight 990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31, 1999.He left no clear beneficiary as Next of Kin .The Bank has searched for the relatives for more than four years without any success and after 6 years, no claims are made by any of the deceased next of kin, the money will be sent to unclaimed accounts and embezzled by the corrupt bank or government officials. It is against this bank drop that the bank has contacted me as the Late depositor’s Attorney to contact and present to them my late Client’s next of kin so that the deposit can be paid to him or her.

This is why I have contacted you. Who ever I present to the bank as the next of kin will be accepted and therefore I wish to present you . Upon your acceptance, I shall give you other details for the successful claim of the fund. I have secured from the probate registry, an order of Mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries, and more so I am assuring you that this business is 100% risk free. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to reply me immediately,if not please disregard this email.Thank you very much for your anticipated acceptance while I expect your prompt response.

Yours faithfully,
Russell Gell Esq.

My Client Died – Help Me Take His Money Scam is a post from: Get Rich Fast

This is yet again another poor bank employee schmuck using a free Yahoo email address. This one is anwolly@yahoo.it. The scammer claims to be an ”Director” of Citibank in London England. Clue number one – banks give their employees internal email addresses, they don’t use free ones from Yahoo, MSN, or even Google for business use. Clue number two – banks don’t give away money.

Next, for a high-ranking ”Officer” of a major bank, his English is rather poor. No piece of official material leaves such a place without being double-checked for poor grammar and spelling mistakes. A quick read revels both in spades – hint number two.

Hint number three – how did this bank and the United Nations, and not to mention the World Bank get YOUR email address to give away millions of dollars? Think about it – if it sounds too good to be true – it is! The World Bank only gives money to nation states, so unless you rule your own island kingdom, you should know this is now a scam.

We tried the phone numbers but they didn’t work. We sent a reply faking that we really don’t know that they are trying to scam us. Let’s see what happens! Full text of the scam email is below.

U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATION ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL APPROVAL PAYMENT VALUED $8.3M.

Dear Sir/Madam,

The British Prime Minister in conjunction with U.S.A GOVERNMENT, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONORGANIZATION do hereby give this irrevocable approval order with Release Code: GNC/3480/02/00 in your favor for your contract entitlement, inheritance/award winning payment with the UNITED NATION to your nominated bank account.

Now, your new Payment, United Nation Approval No; UN5685P, White House Approved No: WH44CV, Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Citibank Telex Confirmation No: -1114433; Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment number, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the United Nation immediately within the next 72hrs.

As a matter of fact, you are required to Deal and Communicate only with MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY, DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL REMMITTANCE CITIBANK OF UNITED KINGDOM, with the help and monitory team from the CITIBANK OF NEW YORK which is our official remitting bank, Committee On Foreign Payment Matters in United Nation, has look up to make sure you receive your money. SO contact: MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY on his contact information, Direct Citibank Telephone No +44-701-1130312 Fax Number: +44- 870- 2860893, Telephone Number: +44-7011130312, Email: anwolly@yahoo.it for immediate release of your contract, inheritance/Award Winning claim Be informed that you are not allowed to correspond with any person or office anymore, you are required to send bellow:

Information request for your transfer.

• 1) YOUR FULL NAME:
• 2) ADDRESS, CITY, STATE AND COUNTRY.
• 3) PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE
• 4) COMPANY NAME (IF ANY) POSITION AND ADDRESS
• 5) BANK DETAILS
• 6) PROFESSION, AGE AND MARITAL STATUS
• 7) COPY OF YOUR INT”L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE

Note: your personal contact/communication code with Citibank is (511), you are advice to send your full banking information to the Citibank of London international remittance director headed by Mr. Andrew W. Wolley and make sure you speak with him, with your new payment code for release of your payment and send him all your banking information now. Regard. Senate

CONTACT CODE (511)

OFFICER: MR ANDREW W.WOLLEY.
POSITION: DIRECTOR, INTL, REMMITTANCE CITIBANK LONDON.
TELEPHONE OFFICE/BANK: +44-701-1130312.
FAX NUMBER: +44 870 2860893
EMAIL: anwolly@yahoo.it

CHAIRMAN COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN CONTRACT/AWARD WINING PAYMENT
UNITED NATION AND USA GOVERNMENT.
SIR BENSON GILBERT.

If you get the email above IT IS A SCAM! Don’t reply to it, and if you have already, contact your local police department for more assistance.

United Nations and World Bank Email Scam Letter is a post from: Get Rich Fast

This Internet email scam stands out because it mentions Nigeria right in the email itself! Being that most Internet email scams of this type originate in Nigeria, it is a nice twist to come right out with it. That or they couldn’t think of another country to fake.

Notice in the following duplicate of the email the invocation of religion, “and remain blessed.” This is meant to make those on the fence about the whole deal feel a little more comfortable. It doesn”t take a trained eye to notice the attention paid to the word money either. We are to believe that they want nobody to know, yet openly talk about in an email that ends up in your inbox.

The email noted in body of the text makes you try to believe it originated from natsecadviser@ubbi.com when it really came from natsecadviser@gmail.com. No national security adviser is going to be using a free Google email address.

We will reply to the email below and see what the rest of their scam is. We will post any response from the scam artists.

UNOFFICIAL MEMO/STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
From The Desk Of
Dr Abdullah Idris
National Security Adviser to the President
Federal Republic of Nigeria
E-mail; natsecadviser@ubbi.com

Dear Friend,

I am Dr Abdullah Idris,Special adviser to the president Federal Republic of Nigeria, Sequel to the secretive arrangement in regards to the shipment of your contract sum, I wish to inform you that all necessary modalities have been automatically concluded to move the fund from Nigeria to Europe via there stop over unit in Ecowas Cargo Flight With a Diplomatic courier company.

Note carefully that the content of the boxes is “MONEY” but I did not disclose it to the Courier company as “Money”, rather I informed them that the boxes contain Vital “DIPLOMATIC DOCUMENTS” belonging to my client (that’s you).

Furthermore, the weight of the consignment is 80kg which cost 9,900.00 Euros to deliver to Europe since I don’t have your full mailing address to avoid mistake of delivering. On no account should you disclose the content of the boxes with the Diplomatic Courier Services for fear of betrayal. So do not allow them to know that the content is money.

In the meantime, You should get back to me immediately for more information, so that the shipment documents with the keys can be dispatch to you, also you can arrange with security company for delivery to your address if you cannot go to the designated office in Europe for the claim.

Include your full names, your contact address and your telephone numbers in your reply to this letter to enable us proceed further.

Meanwhile, I will be coming over to your country immediately the consignment arrives in your home/bank for my 40% share.

Congratulations and remain blessed.

Best Regards,
Dr Abdullah Idris

Secret Memo Internet Email Scam From Nigeria is a post from: Get Rich Fast

Notice some of the techniques used to further entice someone to respond. Unlike most spam fraud attempts this one passes the basic test for English proficiency. There is the reinforcement of the notion that the scammer and victim have prior dealings together, and that the cheque is real, secure and just waiting for you to respond. Lastly there is the common use of a feel good qualifier for anyone who might suspect something is amiss – the use of Dr. as an attempt to assuage any fears the victim might be having. After all, most of us trust doctors do we not?

It echos the classic Nigerian 419 scam in that it attempts to procure your bank information and/or have you send money to get money. Like the other attempted Internet frauds, we will respond as though we don”t suspect anything and are interested in claiming our handsome compensation. Any response from the scammer will be published as soon as it comes in.

‘, ‘

Dear Friend,

Longest time,i hope all is well together with your family,if so glory be to God almighty.

Well,Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me.I”m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.Presently i’m in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.

Meanwhile,i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is FRANK ROBERT on his e-mail address (frank_ro2@yahoo.fr)

Ask him to send you the total Amount of $1,250,000.00 u.s dollars which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary and instruct him where to send the cheque as you know it was issued in a certfied bank draft which you will cash in any bank approved or owned by government of any country.

Please do let me know immediately if you cash the money so that we can share the joy togather after all the sufferness at that time. Right now,I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to send the draft cheque to you immediately, so feel free to get in touch with FRANK, he will send the money immediately to you without any delay.

Thank you and congratulations as God has done it for me.

Best Regards,

Dr.Daniel Chukwu

The spam email above has not been edited in any way.

Dear Friend I Have A Million Dollars Waiting For You is a post from: Get Rich Fast