Leslie Samedi - from where?

This one's unsual.

Leslie Samedi says he's from Haiti. He sends his e-mail from an indian freemailer, want's answers to his russian account and writes in the classic nigerian 419-scam style!

This is typical of this type of scam. There is no way you can put a finger on Mr. Samedi, if that is his real name. The e-mail accounts can be setup and closed down very quickly. You can set up most freemail accounts using a false name, so there's no chance of finding out who's using a particular account. Even if they used their real names, the ISPs are not allowed to provide you with any personal details, either by law or corporate privacy policy.

My advice to people, who contact me to confirm if an e-mail is a fraud or not, is very basic. "Would you do business with someone who uses a false name and does not have a verifiable address? Most people say no. That is the point, isn't ist?

Here's Leslie's email:


>From Mr.Lesly Samedi
Haiti.
leslysamedi@indiatimes.com


Dear Friend,

Greetings.

I am really sorry for invading your privacy this way.

First may I introduce my self ,I am Mr. LESLY SAMEDI, special adviser to former PRESIDENT JEAN BERTRAND ARISTID of REPUBLIC of HAITI. I’m presently in exile after the revolt of masses and the oust of the President.

I would like to have a partnership with you, in order to invest a sum of USD 10,000,000 in any profitable business in your country.

This money is all my life savings during all my years in the government. I was able to send this money out via diplomatic courier services when it became certain that I will run into exile.

The new President has confiscated the properties of all those who were close to Mr JEAN BERTRAND ARISTID. I’m now without any source of income.

The situation above prompted me to ask for your cooperation for the keeping of these funds, for solid and reliable investment. My wife and I has respectfully agreed to compensate you with USD 500,000.00 (Five hundred Thousand Dollars ) for your anticipated aid.

I will provide all the necessary documents that would help you secure the money without any hitch with the help of a lawyer.

Please whatever is your decision, kindly keep this matter confidential for my security. If you are interested in helping us secure this money please get back to me.

Have a pleasant day while I await your reply.
Mr. Lesly Samedi
mrlesly48@mail.ru
Haiti.

Disasters are good story material

I don't believe anybody in our world has missed hearing about the devastating Tsunami which hit the Indian Ocean rim this week.

Looking at the amateur videos which have been aired sinsce then, the wave didn't seem to be more than 1 or 2 meters high. It swept in and was gone whithin a couple of minutes. So the damage and loss of life, seems to be completely out of proportion to the time it took to cause it.

This type of disaster always seems to hit the poorest of people, who have no way of proctecting themselves.

Once the remaining tourists are back home, it will take the people who survived, quite some time to get back on their feet. They will need a prolonged period of help to make up for their losses.

During which time the tourists will remain away. They will only come back when the collective opinion perceives the area to be safe.

On the other hand, it will surely not take long until the first scam e-mails, using this disaster background as a story, appear.

It was the same with Iraq and other other conflicts. So I recommend you to keep an eye out for this type of e-mail and recognise it as a scam.

Please send any e-mails which you may receive to Crime-Online

Christmas is over!

Boxing Day was just yesterday, but it seems as though it is a normal scam day!

One of the e-mails which came in, is a lottery scam mail from Jose Luis. It is a typical example of this type of mail, with no apparent differences to any other lottery mail.

I do know, by chance, that this particular mail was sent to over 2000 recipients, whose e-mail adresses were spidered from a robot. That puts it apart from the usual scam mails.

Here's the E-Mail:

FROM THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
NTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPT,
BATCH: LTT/2147/0033/22/L-KAQT, REFERENCE: PKA/35-014
CLAIM TRACK: Nº: 10105936-B
DATE: 11/ 12 / 04


Attention,

This is to inform you on the release of the ELGORDO SPANISH LOTTERY AWARD programme held on the 9th of NOVEMBER, 2004.

Due to mixed up of numbers and address the result were released today the 27th day of DECEMBER, 2004, your name attached to the winning numbers:
1-11-20-23-37-43, which consequently won the lottery in the 3rd category.

You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of US $ 615,810.00 (SIX HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED AND TEN DOLLAR ONLY) in cash credited to your FILE/BAT/NUM:LTT/2147/0033/22/L-KAQT,.

CONGRATULATION!!

A drawn from a total cash prize of US $ 16,000,000(SIXTEEN MILLION DOLLARS ONLY)shared among the 17 international winners in this category, all participants were selected through computer ballot system drawn from 29,000 names from Europe, south America, Australia, Asia, North America,through the SPANISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY as part of our international promotions programme, which we conduct once every year.

Your number came 13th in the computer list, please should there be any discrepancy in your numbers or Address, do not hesitate to inform us, we hope with a part of your prize you will take part in our next year high stake US $ 1, 3 billion international lottery programme.

Due to the mixed up of numbers and address, we ask that you keep this award from public notice until your claim has been processed from the lottery board and your prize money remitted to your designated account, as this is part of our security protocol to avoid double claim or people taking unwarranted advantage of your funds by other participants, please be adviced that your funds has been deposited with EUROCITY SEGUROS S.A and is insured in your name due to the failed effort of communication.

Remember, the dead line for this final notification is 7th of JANUARY 2005, by which funds will be returned back to the MINISTERIO DE ECONMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed. Contact your agent below: EUROCITY SEGUROS S.A MADRID, ESPAÑA.

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SANTALUCIA DE SEGUROS S.A. MADRID.
Marquez de Urquijo, 4 28008-Madrid,
Spain.
Email :santalucia22@netscape.net
Contact: Mr Juan Alonso(SANTALUCIA DE SEGUROS S.A MADRID.)
Tel : +34 635 386 024
Fax: + 34 645 643 858
=================================================================

Remember, all winning funds must be claimed not later than 7th of January,2005. After this date all unclaimed funds will be included in the next stake.

Please note in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondence to us or your agent . Furthermore, should there be any change of address do inform your claims agent as soon as possible. Congratulations once again from all members of our staff and thank you for being part of our international promotion program.

Yours Sincerely,
JOSE LUIS.
VICE PRESIDENT.

It's my identity .... Hands off! Part 2

I just received a letter from the public prosecutor. Would you believe that they are not following this case because "it is not yet illegal to open an eBay account under a false name"!

It is apparantly irrelevant, that this person would have been cashing in payments for products he or she does not have.

The victims would, of course, report me to the authorities for fraud. It would be extremely difficult for me to prove my innocence.

Fortunately, the person who wanted to use my name, doesn't seem to have much knowledge about how the internet works.

Just for the record, eBay sends a letter to people who have requested an account. If I hadn't received this letter, I would never have known that someone was trying to use my name!

I give 10 points for eBay security efforts!

Christians are good targets

Over the years there have been various reports about christian communities or officials who have responded to a 419-scam type message. Usually it means that they "invested" community money, with or without the knowledge of the church or it's officers.

One such case, resulted in the vicar of one such community being jailed for embezzlement, after diverting church money to pay various fees involved in a 419-fraud. He acted in the hope and belief that once the promised millions were paid, that he could repay the embezzled money. This never happened of course ...

Here's an e-mail which came yesterday. The lady has cancer (where have I heard that before?) and wants give her dead husband's money to a good christian soul. How despicable can these people get?

(This has been sent through an Estonian e-mail provider)

Von: Dorcas Gate [mailto:faithfullheart@myway.com]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 16. Dezember 2004 16:10
An: FAITH@www.email.ee
Betreff: DIVINE DONATIONS FROM ME REPLY ASAP
Wichtigkeit: Niedrig

Dearest in christ,

Calvary Greetings in the name of our lord Jesus Christ our saviour.

My name is Mrs.Dorcas Gate,wife to the late Eric Gate from dublin Ireland I am old i have no family no kids, i lost my husband and my only two kids in an auto car accident five years ago its so sad for me, i am very ill with cancer,doctors says i have short time to live,i have decided to give my wealth to an honest person that can use it to glorify the name of the lord.

After i received instruction from my God to use this funds to do GODS work and to give to charity, i prayed to God for direction and he has been directing me. I told God that i want a ministry, or an honest person who will spend the fund for things that will glorify His name.

This revelation came after my conversion from to a Born Again christian. I received Christ and i found out that a sinner has no place in the kingdom of God. I never had rest of mind, i seeked God for forgiveness and he revealed to me that i will only have rest of mind if i serve him with
allmy wealth and he will bless me mightily.

It was when i received Christ that i realized the meaning of going to heaven. I need to make heaven, i don't want to perish in hell Fire. As my level of Christianity was increasing, i understood that the wealth of sinners are acquired for the just. God opened my eyes to the book of Ecclesiastes 6,verses 1 & 2. Read this scripture and you will understand that there are people in this world that God gave the grace to acquire wealth yet God did not give them the grace to enjoy the wealth. I happened to fall into the same category now it is the wish of God.

When God revealed to me to use my wealth to do his work,i Understood that God was testing me like He tested Abraham and other men of God. Abraham needed a child and God asked him to use his only son for sacrifice, Abraham was faithful. He obeyed and God made him father of many nations.

After the death of my late husband and when i was told about my illness i have to sell all our properties which amounted to about 20 million which i deposited with a security company in a box for safety purpose if anything happen to me this funds will be impounded can you use this funds for the kingdoms work and charity purpose.

I AWAIT YOUR PROMPT REPLY.

This is my private mail box: faithfullheart@myway.com

In His Service,
Mrs.Dorcas Gate.

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At last! My very own inheritance e-mail ...

After all the years I have been following the "Boys from Africa" and their various scams, I have at last received my very own inheritance e-mail!

Oma Jombo, a so-called Barrister from Togo (Who knows? He could be a Bariister ...), sent me the typical call for help. There are a lot of Holdcrofts on this planet, but I have not come across a Nelson up to now.

Oma says, Nelson died and left a whole pile of money, which he wants to share with me. I just have to say that I am the legal inheritor of Nelson's fortune. He says, "completely legal and without risk!". Great, don't believe a word.

By the way, the telephone number is from Togo.

Here's the e-mail for you:

From the desk of Barrister Oma Jombo
Law Firm Associate Chambers,
520 Rue Janvier,B.P 144,
Lome-Togo.
Tel:00228-913-94-09.
My Alternative Email Address
barristeromajombo@katamail.com


Attn:Mr.Michael Holdcroft.

I am Barrister Oma Jombo, a legal practitioner, I am the personal attorney to Mr.Nelson Holdcroft, a national Of your country, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Lome Togo. He used to be my client.

On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$17.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared inservice able by the Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited. The Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confisicated within the next twenty one official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Call me immediately you are in receipt of this letter on my direct telephone line which is Tel:00228-913-94-09.

Awaiting to hear from you urgently.

Thanks and God bless you.
Best Regards.

Barrister Oma Jombo(Chief of the group),
Lome Togo, West. Africa