Two E-Mails, one name
A reader sent me the following e-mails today. One from Mr. Brown and the other Mr. Koffi.
They both refer to the deceased Mr. Andreas Schranner, who died in a plane crash. They both claim to have sums of money which belonged to Mr. Schranner. But that is about all they agree upon.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Nigeria-Abzocke (19-Jul-2005 10:32)
From: xxx@xxx.xxx
To: michael@xxx.xxx
from Mr. Brown, 11-07-05,
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Dear Sir,
The inspiration to contact you is simply divine providence, I am making this proposition because I have to seek the partnership of a resourceperson to help me realize this project. I Anthony Brown, esq. a solicitor and investment consultant based in COTONOU, ,BENIN REPUBLIC
I was attending a business luncheon in Berlin, Germany and I got introduced to the renowned German businessman and property mogul, Mr.Andreas Schranner (of the blessed memory).He engaged my services as attorney and investment consultant and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment forays in BENIN REPUBLIC, Three months later I invited him to COTONOU and under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of $15.7m at a financial institution .This deposit was for 2years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my client, I could not reach him or any member of his family. I was forced to travel to Germany and there I got the tragic news that on July 25 2000, my client Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Eich and husband Christian and their two children perished in the air France Concorde new York bound flight; Please Click on the below site and find out what happened to the family
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I have made efforts to locate any member of his family since then with strong biological links to my late client without success. The search to find a close relation is one that has consumed time and resources. The institution is asking me to either present a next of kin to late Mr. Andreas Schranner or forfeit the deposit.
My proposal is to package, present you as next of kin to late Mr. Andreas Schranner and process the fixed deposit and transfer custody to you for our mutual benefit. My capacity as solicitor/investment consultant to my late client gives me the discretion to package and transfer the deposit to you. I will give you 40% for your effort, 60% for me it will amount to injustice if I do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit, and invest it. The late schranner was also a friend in addition to our business relationship. I will wait for your reaction and response and then together we can jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.
You can send your reply to this email address only: barristerbrown01@zwallet.com
I await your respond
Anthony Brown.
from Mr. Koffi, 19-07-05
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Dearest: Friend,
My Name is Mr.Andre Koffi a credit officer with the one of the leading Bank (Finance Trust House) here in Cotonou Republic Du Benin. In my department i discovered an abandoned sum of (USD 32 m) in an account that belongs to one of our foreigncustomer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.
stm Since i got information about his death, I have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidlings and laws but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an Indigen cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business,another 5% to help the less previlage and to assist the charity organisations here in Africa and abroad while the rest 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated .
Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you arranged,you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application .
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free
and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required
arrangements have been made for the transfer.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter. Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours Faithfully,
Mr.Andre Koffi
posted by Michael Holdcroft @ 2:08 pm
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6 Comments:
here is one more FROM THE DESK OF:MRS JULLIET ABRAMS
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
HEADQUARTERS COTONOU REPUBLIC BENIN.
My DEAR Friend,
I am Mrs Julliet Abrams, credit officer of African Development Bank. I have an urgent and very
confidential business proposition for you.
In June, 1999, a German property consultant and importer of used cars ,Mr Andreas Schranner made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$35,000,000.00(Thirty five Million United States Dollars only) in my branch. It was to our utter suprise that we heard of his death, wife and children in an AF4590 plane crash in July 2000. See
website below:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
On further investigation,I found out that he died without making a WILL, and hitherto, all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. Mr Andreas Schranner was residing at No 1 Rue de Avenida, G.R.A. Cotonou, Benin Republic.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr Andreas Schranner did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$35,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin or business partner to Mr Andreas Schranner so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address,phone and fax numbers so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of
kin or business partner. I have two of my colleagues who are top officials of the bank involved in this transaction. Your role in the transaction is to send an application for claim of the funds to our bank.
Then, as top officials of the bank, we shall work behind-the-scene to make sure that your application is approved by the management of the bank, and the funds transfered to your nominated bank account.
Please note that there is no iota of risks at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done legitimately and with our positions as top officials of the bank would ensure a successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply
immediately to my email box.
Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
You should observe utmost CONFIDENTIALITY AND SECRECY in this transaction, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I will require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
I look forward to your prompt response.
Thanks and regards.
Mrs Julliet Abrams
Direct Line: 00229 07 14 19
Alternative email address: (jullet_abrams@maktoob.com)
The same scam, different bank manager...
FROM THE DESK OF Mr,Anita Gambo.
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO WEST AFRICA.
PHONE CONTACT 00226.76.440.441.
For security reason,please reply to this email address:
onyekambu20@hotmail.com
I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise,I got your contact
address from the internet while I was searching for somebody that has
similar name with one of my best friend.I am the manager of bill and
exchange BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)at foreign remittance department . There is a
business I would want you to champion for me.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of ($31.500.000 U.S)thirty
one million five hundred thousands US dollars) . In an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family on 25TH
JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers
aboard.The name of the deceased man was
(MR.ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,Germany).
N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this (website)before
you start with me.
Below is the website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i
was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank
management for the annual audit of the year
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless
somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as
indicated in our banking guidelines, but unfortunately we learnt that all
his supposed next of kin's or relation died alongside with him at the plane
crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make
this businness proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and we dont want this money to go into the Bank
treasury as unclaimed Bill.The Banking law and guideline here stipulates
that if such money remained unclamed after some years, the money will be
transfered into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.
The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as
next of kin to a foreigner.
In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this
country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of
transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it will
require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin
to the Bank and also present a foreign account where he will need the money
to be re-transferred into on his request as it may be after due verification
and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the whole
money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.I dont want
this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.
We agree that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in
respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for
expenses incured during the business and 60 % would be for ;me and my
colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for
disbursement accoding to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the
immediate trnansfer of this fund to you as arranged,you must apply first to
the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank
name, your bank account number, your private
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location
where in the money will be remitted .All modalities of this transaction have
been carefully worked out and once started will not take more than
fourteen(14) working days, with your full
support. this transaction is 100% risk free.it involve no any inplication
and no any precaution there after. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send
to you by fax or email the text of
the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this
transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear
as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer .You should
contact me immediately as soon as you receive this letter.
Trusting to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr,Anita Gambo.
Bill and exchange manager,
BANK OF AFRICA
_________________________________________________________________
Dear Mr. Holdcroft,
I've received the same mails which I suspect is an internet fraud. The mails also refer to late Mr. Andreas Schranner and his deposit in a bank.
They are called Ali Yusuf a.k.a. Ekema Aliche (Auditing Manager) and Frank George (Inheritance Officer) of Fidelity Bank Nigeria Plc. I found out that they made some fake statements and facts.
They asked me to send a sum of US$ 8,000 for a requirement of delivering the consignments belong to late Mr. Andreas.
I really don't know what to do now,after the true facts I've found.
Here's their e-mail adressess :
ali_yusuf231@yahoo.co.in
info@fidelitybnplc.com
Regards,
Robertus Wijanarko
norickw@yahoo.com
Just got this today!
From: Williams Joeffrey Ruphus esq.
The inspiration to contact you is simply divine
providence,I am making this proposition because I have to seek the
partnership of a resource person to help me realise this project.
I am Williams Joeffrey Ruphus esq a solicitor and investment
consultant based in london, United Kindom. I was attending a business
luncheon in Berlin,Germany and I got introduced to the renowned German
businessman and property mogul, Mr Andreas Schranner(of the blessed
memory).
He engaged my services as attorney and investment
consultant and my primary assignment was to spearhead his investment
forays in the United Kingdom.three months later I invited him to London
and under my professional guidance and based on my advice he made a
fixed deposit of 30,000,000,00EUR at with security companies in
Germany
and Netherlands.
This deposit was for 12months and upon maturity I
made effort to contact my client, I could not reach him or any member
of his family. I was forced to travel to germany and there I got the
tragic news that on July 25TH, 2000, my client Mr Andreas Schranner,
his wife maria, their daughter eich and husband christian and their two
children perished in the Air France concorde New York bound flight;
please click here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I have made effort to locate any member of his family
with strong biological links to my late client without
success.
The search to find a close relation is one that has
consumed time and resources.The institution is asking me to either
present a next of kin to late Andreas Schranner or forfiet the
depsosit. My proposal is to you as next of kin to late Andreas
Schranner and process the deposit and collect the deposits for our
mutual benefit.
My capacity as solicitor/investment consultant to my
late client gives me the discretion to package and transfer the deposit
to you.
I will give you 30% for your effort, 60% for me and
10% for Charity and Tsunami Victims. It will amount to
injustice if i do not take this decisive step to secure this deposit,
and invest it The late Schranner was also a friend in addition to our
business relationship.
I will wait for your reaction and response and then
together we can jumpstart this project and nurture it to reality.
Please, make sure you respond through this my confidential email
address:
williamsjruphus@virgilio.it
or
williamsruphus@jmail.co.za
Your swift response is anticipated.
Yours faithfully
Williams Joeffrey Ruphus esq.
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And here's my letter....I get about 2 of these a week. Yay spam blocker! (sarcasm...)
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 17:53:41 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: "henry marshal" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: Compliments
MARSHAL CHAMBERS
305 Sussex Lane, Sussex
LONDON, NW10 1QR
Hello
I
am Mr Henry Marshal, a lawyer based in England. I have decided to
contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and confidence
that we can co-operate with each other and do a very lucrative
business
which would be beneficial to both of us and which has to be
kept
confidential for the purpose thereof. I am contacting you because
i
know that you are capable of handling the deal and I want to invest
my
money in your Country.I wish to seek your consent to present you as
the
next of kin to my late client (Kurt Kahle) who died in the year
2000
leaving behind the sum of 11, 520,000.00 British pounds(Eleven
Million,
Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds) in a Bank in UK and
no next of
kin to inherit the money. With your assistance and my
professional
advice we can get access to the money because I am his
Attorney and all
the members of the Family died in the Plane Crash.
You can as well
confirm this news at the BBC News website:
(http:
//news.bbc.co.
uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
I look forward to
your positive
response at your earliest convenience now that the Bank
has written me
twice to present his Next of Kin and I will want you to
send along your
telephone number, your correct address and name so I
will call to give
you further information
because of privacy and
confidentiality.
Regards
Mr. Henry Marshal
Here's one that came across my desk
MARSHAL CHAMBERS
305 Sussex Lane, Sussex
LONDON, NW10 1QR
Hello
I
am Mr Henry Marshal, a lawyer based in England. I have decided to
contact you purely on the personal conviction of trust and confidence
that we can co-operate with each other and do a very lucrative
business
which would be beneficial to both of us and which has to be
kept
confidential for the purpose thereof. I am contacting you because
i
know that you are capable of handling the deal and I want to invest
my
money in your Country.I wish to seek your consent to present you as
the
next of kin to my late client (Kurt Kahle) who died in the year
2000
leaving behind the sum of 11, 520,000.00 British pounds(Eleven
Million,
Five Hundred and Twenty Thousand Pounds) in a Bank in UK and
no next of
kin to inherit the money. With your assistance and my
professional
advice we can get access to the money because I am his
Attorney and all
the members of the Family died in the Plane Crash.
You can as well
confirm this news at the BBC News website:
(http:
//news.bbc.co.
uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
I look forward to
your positive
response at your earliest convenience now that the Bank
has written me
twice to present his Next of Kin and I will want you to
send along your
telephone number, your correct address and name so I
will call to give
you further information
because of privacy and
confidentiality.
Regards
Mr. Henry Marshal
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