Money Transfer Scam | Alaska Airlines | MORRIS THOMPSON

Apart from the fact that this message is written in capital letters, the spelling and grammer are abysmal. Someone who has earned the title of "Doctor" before their name, would normally be fluent in the english language, even if they went to an African university.

So it's easy to see that this was written by some semi illiterate person trying to make a quick profit on the internet with a fraudulent offer.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: rita boakye <rita_boakye@latinmail.com>
Date: Jan 19, 2008 10:33 AM
Subject: FROM DR RITA BOAKYE
To: "rita_boakye@latinmail.com"


MY DEAREST,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY WITH YOUR FAMILY OVER THERE IN YOUR COUNTRY?I HOPE YOU ALL FINE, SO MY DEAR, I WILL LIKE YOU TO GO THROUGH THIS LETTER, IT IS MY GREAT INTEREST AND THE TRUST WHICH I HAVE ON YOU, THROUGH WE HAVE NOT MEET BEFORE, NEITHER HAVE WE SEEN FOR THE FIRST TIME, BEFORE I PICK UP YOUR ADDRESS AND WRITE TO YOU

I AM A STAFF OF BANK I 'M WRITING FOLLOWING AN OPPURTUNITY IN MY OFFICE THAT WILL BE OF IMENSE BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US.

IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF $10.5MILLION (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND ) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMERS LATE MR. MORRIS THOMPSON AN AMERICAN WHO UNFORTUNATELY LOST HIS LIFE IN THE PLANE CRASH OF ALASKA AIRLINES FLIGHT 261 WHICH CRASHED ON JANUARY 31 2000, INCLUDING HIS WIFE AND HIS ONLY DAUGHTER. YOU SHALL READ MORE ABOUT THE CRASH ON VISITING THIS SITE BELOW.

HTTP://WWW.CNN.COM/2000/US/02/01/ALASKA.AIRLINES.LIST/

SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATVES 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.

UNFORTUNATELY, I LEARNT THAT HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN BEING HIS ONLY DAUGHTER DIED ALONG WITH HIM IN THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY WITH THE KNOWLEDGE OF THIS FUND BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM. IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY THAT I AND TWO OTHER OFFICIALS IN THIS DEPARTMENT NOW DECIDED TO MAKE BUSINESS WITH YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS FOR SAFETY KEEPING AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND WE DON’T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO BACK INTO GOVERNMENT TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATES THAT SUCH MONEY REMAINED AFTER 6 YEARS THE MONEY WILL BE TRANSFERRED INTO BANKING TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED FUNDS AND I BEENING THE CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OFFICER IN THE BANK WITH OTHER TWO MEMBERS DO NOT ALLOWED THE BANK DIRECTOR TO KNOW ABOUT THIS.

WE AGREED THAT 20% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS FOREIGN PARTNER, WHILE THE BALANCE WILL BE FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES. 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 WATCHWORD IN THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE THIS TRANSACTION IS CONFIDENTIAL AND RISK FREE. AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME BY RETURN MAIL OR YOU CALL ME ON TELEPHONE.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL NECESSARY ARRANGEMENT FOR THE SMOOTH RELEASE OF THESE FUNDS TO YOU HAS BEEN FINALISED. WE WILL DISCUSS MUCH IN DETAILS WHEN I DO RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE.
PLEASE IN YOUR RESPONSE INCLUDE YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR EASY COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US.

BEST REGARDS

DR RITA BOAKYE

Money Transfer Scam | Yukos Oil | Mikhail Khordokovsky

Ever since Mikhail Khordokovsky was put in jail (or better said a labour camp somewhere in Siberia) this message has been seen quite often.

Of course, anyone knowing who Mikhail Khordokovsky is will know of the wealth he had and a story like this one could be taken as true.

Rest assured it is, as usual, just the bait for unsuspecting victims.

My advice?

Just delete it and forget it.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: MRS LARISA SOSNITSKAYA <mrslarisasosnit07@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Jan 20, 2008 12:05 AM
Subject: BUSINESSS PROPOSAL
To: undisclosed-recipients


Dear Friend,

I am Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskaya, personal treasurer to Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky Former C.E.O of Yukos Oil Company and Bank Menatep here in Russia. I have a very sensitive business proposal for your partnership, with documents of a large amount of funds over US$46(forty six) million which Mr. Mikhail Khordokovsky,handed over to me before he was detained and jailed in Russia for Tax Invasion, thereby leading to the freezing of his finances and assets. Already the funds have left the shore of Russia to a European Bank where the final crediting is expected to be carried out.

While I was on the process, My Boss got arrested for his Involvement in politics by financing the leading and opposition political parties (the Union of Right Forces, led by Boris Nemtsov, and Yabloko, a liberal/social democratic party Led by Gregor Yavlinsky) which poses treat to President Vladimir Putin Second Tenure as Russian president and he is presently in Jail now.

But in summary, the funds come in via Bank Menatep to a more secured Bank in Europe. This is a legitimate transaction. You will be paid 20% for your "management fees?. All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary of the above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name, which will enable the European bank transfer the sum to you. I have decided to use this Sum to relocate to another continent on investment programs with you if possible.

As Soon as I confirm your readiness to partner and assist me on the transaction, I will provide you with the full details contain therein and my identification.

Email Me On mrslarisasosnit07@yahoo.com.hk

NB: I advice you read more of this ordeal from

http://newsfromrussia.com/main/2003/11/13/51215.html
http://www.supportmbk.com/mbk/mbk_bio.cfm
http://mikhail_khodorkovsky_society.blogspot.com/

Thank you in anticipation for your reply.

Yours Faithfully,


Mrs. Larisa Sosnitskaya

Money Transfer Scam | Industrial &amp; Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited | Kim Woo Choong

Do you know who Kim Woo Choong is?

I didn't until I got this e-mail.

He is the founder of the Daewoo Group from Korea.

Now Mr. Kim got himself imprisoned for fraud in 2006.

Doesn't that sound like a good background for a first class scam e-mail?

And here it is, offering you a miserly 15% for your services.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ms. Cheung Pui Ling <cheung@icbcasia.com.hk>
Date: Dec 21, 2007 6:50 PM
Subject: INVESTMENT PROPOSAL
To:


Dear Friend,

This is a Management Placement on behalf of Mr. Kim Woo Choong.

Mr. Kim Woo Choong is looking for an experienced business person/company that can profitably invest monies in excess of Fourty Nine Million US Dollars outside China. The sum will be paid from Industrial and Commercial Bank of China.

Visit our bank website at http://www.icbcasia.com/eng/index.shtml

Or request immediate information from:

Mr. Zhu Qi
Managing Director and,
Chief Executive Officer,
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited
33/F, ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road, Central Hong Kong
Toll free No: + (852) 800-90863
Local Fax No:+ (852) 301-54297
Email: zhuqi_icbc001@hotmail.com

Most importantly, you will be required to:

[1]. Act as the original beneficiary of the funds.
[2]. Receive the funds into a business/private bank account.
[3]. Invest/Manage the funds outside of China.

Mr. Kim Woo Choong is willing to pay 5% for your role as the beneficiary partner to the funds. Also, a subsequent 10% "Management Commission" will be paid for your advised investment services. A further 5% will be used to write off any expenses incurred in the course of transferring the principal sum.

If you prefer to be re-contacted for more express information, please send us your:

[1] Full Names:
[2] Contact address:
[3] Direct Telephone No:

Be advised to visit the following links to be better acquainted with Mr. Kim Woo Choong?s current profile and personality.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/BUSINESS/05/30/skorea.daewoo/?section=cnn_latest
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Korea/HF01Dg03.html
http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=8637

We expect your correspondence and our response will be swift.

Signed:
Ms. Cheung Pui Ling,
Company Secretary
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited
33/F, THE ICBC Tower 3 Garden Road,
Central Hong Kong.
E-mail: cpl_icbc101@hotmail.com

Money Transfer Scam | Ghana | EDWARD ASIEDU

At last! This time the father has been poisoned! His dastardly business associates did it.

Seriously, this fellow has failed to edit the message completely.

Notice how he calls himself Edward Asiedu in the first paragraph? In the rest, he's Samuel Udeh.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Samuel Udeh <samuel_udeh1ghana@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 22, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: To your regards:
To: doris.eilrich@web.de


No:212 Kwame Nkrumah,Str. East Legon.Accra-Ghana
E-MAIL:samuel_udeh1ghana@aol.in

DEAR GUIDINA,

I AM HONORABLE SEEKING FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE,PLEASE FIRSTLY MY NAME IS EDWARD ASIEDU,NATIONALITY OF SIERRA LEONE.
I AM 22 YEARS OLD LOST MY FATHER YEARS BACK, HE WAS A WELL KNOWN GOLD BUSINESS MAN HERE IN GHANA BEFORE HIS DEATH,HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES DURING ONE OF THEIR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES MEETING IN THE NORTHERN PART OF THIS COUNTRY. RIGHT NOW I AM STILL LEAVING IN GHANA AND, IT INTEREST ME TO WRITE YOU FROM MY HEART HOPING THAT YOU WILL NOT BETRAY ME,BECAUSE OF MY FATHER LEFT EARLIER,I HAVE TO MARRY ONETIME AROUND 2005 AND I HAVE A CHILD BOY NOW WITH MY WIFE,BUT UNDER THE CARE OF MY MOTHER,SO SHE WANT US TO INVEST ON THIS MONEY TO OVERSEAS,AS MY LATE FATHER TOLD HER WHEN HE WAS ALIVE,BUT WE NEEDED YOU SO SOON SO THAT BEFORE ANYTIME LATEST ENDING OF THIS MONTH,MONEY WILL BE OUT FROM GHANA FIRST YOUR ACCOUNT AND LITTLE DIAMOND,SO THAT I CAN TAKE MY MUM FROM THE HOSPITAL TO CURE HER WITH BETTER ENGLISH DRUGS AND TO SETTLE THERE WITH YOUR INVIROMENTS AND INVESTMENTS,THANK GOD MY FATHER DIED FOR US TO LIVE,BUT WE NEEDED YOU,TO HELP US AND CLEARIFY WITH ME SO SOON,SO THAT WE CAN INVEST THERE WITH YOU. WE ALSO SEEK YOU TO TELL US THE KIND OF INVESTMENTS WE CAN TAKE. MY FATHER DEPOSITED SOME HUGE SOME OF MONEY IN ONE OF THE BANKS HERE IN GHANA WHEN HE WAS LIFE AS THE PROFITS HE MADE FROM HIS BUSINESS,ACCORDING TO HIM HE SAID THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS MONEY THAT HE WAS POISONED.

INFARCT IN A BREAF INTRODUCTION ALL THE INFORMATION WILL BE GIVEN TO YOU WHEN I HEAR FROM YOU, (THE NAME OF THE BANK AND ALL THE DEPOSIT DOCUMENTS) AS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY MY FATHER ON HIS BED SIDE BEFORE HE GAVE UP AGAIN HE TOLD ME TO ARRANGE WITH ANY GOD FEARING FOREIGNER WHO WILL HELP ME AND MY LITTLE SISTER JENNIFER TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT TO ENABLE ME GET OUT OF THIS COUNTRY BEFORE HIS ENEMIES KILL ME,BECAUSE SOMEONE ASK ME LAST SATURDAY WHEN I WAS ON THE TO CHURCH,IF I AM THE SON TO MR.JERRY ASIED,THE I ASK HIM WHO ARE YOU PLEASE,HE SAID I SHOULDN'T WORRY,SO PLEASE I HAVE CONTACTED MY FAMILY LAWYER AND TOLD HIM I HAVE I AM TRY TO CONTACT MY LATE.FATHERS FOREIGN PARTNER TO THE CLAIM OF THIS FUND,SO THAT I CAN FOLLOW MY LATE.FATHER'S INSTRUCTION,WE WILL REQUIRE TO START SCHOOL OVER IN YOUR COUNTRY IMMIDAITELY YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND..

THIS MONEY TOTALING £2.5MILLION EURO( TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND EURO) NOW I AM SEEKING FOR A TRUSTED PERSON WHO WILL RECEIVE THIS MONEY INTO AN ACCOUNT FOR ONWARD INVESTMENT. HOWEVER, WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS YOUR GOOD ASSISTANCE IN HELPING ME TRANSFERRING THE SAID SUM TO YOUR ACCOUNT SINCE I AM INEXPERIENCED IN THE WORLD OF BUSINESS, TREAT ME LIKE YOUR OWN CHILD THAT'S THE REASON WHY I AM ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT.

THIS COUNTRY IS NO LONGER CONDUCIVE FOR ME TO STAY.

OURS FAITHFULLY SAMUEL UDEH

Money Transfer Scam | Barcley Bank | Miss.Ema Oke

This is an almost exact copy of the previous message. The name has been changed slightly and a different e-mail address is being used.

It almost looks like they are split testing this message.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Miss.Ema Oke <misssemaoke@yahoo.com>
Date: Dec 26, 2007 1:51 PM
Subject: ATTN: BENEFICIARY.
To: e@yahoo.ca


Dear Sir,

My name is Mrs. Okere. I work with the Barclay bank Ghana West Africa.
kindly be informed that we have over draft of US$29.5Million dollars in our bank. So based on this matter, I and my pattern has decided to contact a foreign person like you whom shall then contact our bank as the beneficiary to the fund as we shall present you to the bank.
You will get 40% plus 5% of the total sum for your assistance. Be advised that you will be responsible for any charges out side the bank, which is why we are giving you the above mentioned 5%. But be informed that all transfer charges at the bank shall be deducted from the total sum.

All required of you for now is just to call me on my direct cell phone +233 206777941, or forward your cell phone number so that I can call you and advise you on how to start your first contact with the bank. We need a lawyer as well for our documentations. Remember on no condition shall my name be mentioned before the bank, because I work there, I hope this is well understood by you.

Regards,
Mrs. Okere.
Ghana, Accra.
West Africa.

Money Transfer Scam | Christian Charity | Marvis Smith

Just like all of the other "I've got cancer and have a pile of cash to donate to charity" e-mails, it's the same story with different names.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: marvis smith <mrs_sm5@yahoo.com>
Date: 18.12.2007 00:00
Subject: Friend in the Lord,
To: mr.ricky_smith1954@yahoo.co.uk


Friend in the Lord,

Please use this money for the churches and less privileged.

Greetings to you and your family in the name of God. In my search for a reliable and God fearing person and having gotten your contact through prayers and painstaking efforts I have decided to seek your help in carrying out my last wishes. My name is Mrs.Marvis Smith. I'm a 65 years old woman and from Congo. I was a merchant and owned two businesses in Dubai. I was also married with two children.

My husband and two children died in a car accident six years ago. Before this happened, my business and concern for making money was all I live for. I never really cared about other values in life. But since the loss of my family, I have found a new desire to assist helpless families. I have been helping orphans in orphanage/motherless homes. I have also donated some money for humanitarian needs in Sudan, South Africa, Cameroon, Brazil, Spain, Austria, Germany and some Asian countries. Only recently I saw on television the colossal loss of properties and livelihood people in Canberra, Australia through fire.

I was moving with great pity and compassion that I decided to make this contribution on assisting people over there, I kept $US15,000,000.00 Million in a long-term deposit account in a Finance company. Presently, I'm in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment for oesophagi cancer. I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I have only few months to live. It is my last wish to see this money distributed to victims of the fire outbreak in Australia and other charity organization. Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my illness, I cannot live with the agony entrusting this huge responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me collect the deposit and distributes it accordingly. Use your judgment to distribute the money and keep 20% of it to yourself. Feel free to reimburse yourself when you have the money for any cost you incur during the process of collecting and distributing the money. If you are willing to help, please reply as soon as possible. May the good lord bless you and your family.Please the only thing you need to do is to pay for some docunents on my behalf.Please i want you to know that you are the only person that can take money from this fund.The bank can not dedect money from the fund.

Please, send reply and all correspondences to my
Most Reveren; Dan Makozi
Email; rev.dan09@yahoo.com

Regards,



Mrs.Marvis Smith

I Urge You To Contact Me Immediately For Further Details Bearing In
Mind That The Bank Has Given Us A
Date Limit.

Information Needed Are
YOUR FULL NAME.... .................................

TELEPHONE NUMBER..............................

OCCUPATION...................................

AGE.............................

SEX................................

COUNTRY.......................................

Please Act,
Regards,
Rev. Dan Makozi

If you believe this, you are crazy!

Do you know how long it would take for you to withdraw 10 Million Dollars from an ATM machine? Although it sounds practical, these crooks must have thought it would be amusing to see how many people fall for this.

By the way, take a look at who has supposedly signed this message.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM
Date: Oct 24, 2007 10:53 PM
Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM.
To: undisclosed-recipients


HELLO,
ATM CARD PAYMENT SYSTEM.

We have instruction to pay $10 million USD to you via ATM Card system as one of the outstanding contractors due for payment with the federal government of Nigeria.

By this method,a Domicillairy account will be created in your name in one of the commercial banks here in Nigeria and you will be given the account number and pin code to be able to check and monitor your account online while an ATM CARD will be sent to you to enable you withdraw at any ATM center allover the world.

You are to re-confirm to me the followings details for immediate card payment

1. FULL NAME

2. DELIVERY ADDRESS

3. PHONE,FAX & CELL NUMBER.

4.COMPANYUDETAILS & CONTACTS

5. A SCAN COPY OF INT'L PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE.

6. EQUITY ACCOUNT (YES OR NO.)

Therefore,you are requested to contact our ATM PAYMENT officer,Mrs Johnson Watson,on her email is (card6000000@myway.com) You are therefore required to contact her immediately so that you can be told what is required for the account creation and the payment as well as delivery of the card.

Sincerely,

Prof Chukuwma Soludo,
Governor,
Central bank of Nigeria.