$20 Million Investment

[komodo]

Haha, I was just going through my spam email folder and saw that they're now putting a twist on the classic Kenya wire transfer scam.

Dear Sir,
First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my contacting you will be given genuine approval considering the fact that we don't know each other before. I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am mike kamokai, I am writing to inform you of my desire to invest, and to buy a house in your country. I am the first son of Chief Joseph kamokai who was the former Para month ruler of saradungu village of Sierra-Leone. My father was attacked by the R U F rebels on his way to Lucia a northern part of Sierra-Leone and my father sustained injuries and he died three days. Before he died he revealed to me about the two boxes containing $50 million u s dollars. Which he deposited with a security company in Ghana for safe keeping. My father did not disclose the content of the boxes to the security company. To avoid the officials from raising eye brows. Presently I and my mother are here in Ghana to notify the security company of the claims, and we are staying in the refugee camp. Therefore I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this money in your country, because my father told me that it is dangerous to invest in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instabilities coupled with economic and political situation facing Africa for your assistance myself and my mother have agreed to offer you 20% of the total amount of the money. We have all the vital documents covering the deposit and the ownership which I can send to you.

Note, I have never disclosed this transaction to anybody apart from
you. So please keep it very very confidential. Call me on this number line 00233244774480.

Thanks.
Best regards.
Mike kamokai

Haha, he left a phone number... I wonder if it is actually in service...

[komodo]

And another unique/different one.

ROYAL SPANISH SWEEPSTAKE LOTTERY
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTION/PRIZE AWARD DEPT.
CALLE GRANVIA 32N 1C MADRID SPAIN
REF: RSSL/61-ILGI0509/45
BATCH:RSSL/15/096/WRCS
RE: WINNING FINAL NOTIFICATION

Dear Winner,

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw of the Royal spanish Sweepstake Lottery International programs held on the 14th january 2005 in Madrid Spain.Your e-mail address attached to ticket number: 212005600545 188 with Serial number 4888/02 drew the lucky numbers: 41-6-76-13-45-8, which subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro) in cash credited to file KPC/9080333308/03.This is from a total cash prize of Ten Million Euro(10 million Euro), shared amongst the first Tenth (10th) lucky winners in this category.Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our Madrid booklet representative office in Spain as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this, your 1,000,000.00 Euro(One million Euro) would be released to you by our security firm in Madrid,Spain.Our agent will immediately commence the process to facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact him.All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web site through computer draw system and extracted from over 100,000 companies. This promotion takes place annually. For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning information confidential till your claims is processed and your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements. Please be warned.
To file for your claim, please contact our fiduciary agent:

Mr Jeff Carlos

World Royal Consultancy And Security Madrid Spain.

Email: worldroconsultx@netscape.net

For due processing and remittance of your prize money to a designated account of your choice.

Remember,You are to contact our agents by email and within a week of receiving this notice.After this date, all funds will be returned to the MINISTERIO DE ECONOMIA Y HACIENDA as unclaimed.

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications,please quote your reference/batch numbers in any correspondences with us or our designated agent.Congratulations once more from all members and staffs of this program.

Yours Sincerely,
Wilfred Alberto
Lottery Director.

[komodo]

They just never give up... 3 in a row.

Dear Russ,

I am Mr. Abii Debe, staff of Citco Trust & Finance House Accra Ghana,I am
the Credit management and recovery manager with the Company office in Ghana
before I was transfered to our head office here in Lagos Nigeria, Late
Engineer Wilson Russ was my personal Client before he died in an accident,
he was a contractor with Shell Development Company and he is from your
Country.

On the 21st of April 2002, Engr. Wilson, his wife and their two children
were involved in a car accident along Platue express road and all occupants
of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Before the time of his
death, he had a deposit of $14.5Million which he decleared as family
treasure in the Finance House Accra office where I was working then, which
is only I and his lawyer knows the true content, Unfortunately, till this
moment no person has come as his relation for his chattels with us. I
humbly request your attention to this matter so that I can present you as
his next of kin and beneficiary to his chattels. It is not a very difficult
thing to do and it will not take time.

All I will need is to put your name and particulars as his next of kin to
in our computer database and we file in an application for the release of
the fund. It does not necessarilly mean that you must be in Ghana to
conclude the deal, we may request that the money be sent to Europe for your
collection.

Please contact me as quickly as possible through this email address
(a_debe007@yahoo.com) treat this matter as very important and confidential.

When I hear from you ,we shall discuss the terms of sharing of the money
after the claim.Contact me now so that I can deligate the Attorney who is
also going to be part of the deal.I await your urgent response.

Best regards,

Mr Abii Debe

[craig]

[DEATH2000]

man ive gotten so many of those, at one point i had like 9 in my junk mail. its sad

[witeshark]

Scam-O-Matic mail!

[Chris]

you mean those aren't scams!?!??!?!!

just kidding

[nick_318is]

dude, me and my buddy tried to fuck with some of these guys. We played along and told them we would be in kenya or whereever they were saying the bank was. And that i was my buds body gaurd and i put on a suit and we took some pics with airsoft guns in my pants and sunglasses to make me look all badass. Anyway we made it sound like we were all crazy and we made all these rules. The damn guys started to get scared and never e-mailed us back after a few messages. Just thought I will tell my story.

[e30boarder]

haha... thats awesome. people ar such dickheads. its the same with telemarketers. i used to mess with them all the time. it was great... almost like crank yankers hehe

[94bmw325i]

yeah I would get drunk then call telemarketers back at 3am asking for random dvd collections like john deere and stuff.

[komodo]

Whoa, people actually fall for this!! (20,000 people)

[quote]
Jul. 20, 2005. 04:21 PM
>ADVERTISEMENT<
300 arrested in worldwide lottery, email scam

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID, Spain — Spanish police today said they had arrested 310 people, mostly Nigerians, suspected of conning thousands of people around the world with a series of scams including a false lottery.

The arrests took place this week during 176 raids in seven towns along the southern coast, including Malaga and Marbella, a police statement said.

The group allegedly sent around six million letters annually to Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and the Arabian peninsula and in 2004 alone managed to con some 20,000 people.

The group's main scam was sending letters to people abroad telling them they had won prizes in the Spanish lottery but needed to forward a certain amount of money before they could collect their winnings.

Another scam involved the sending of e-mails from an alleged African dignitary who wanted to dissolve an inheritance of $20 million US, which required financial assistance from the recipients.

Police estimate the gang earned more than $120 million annually in the scams and moved it about through more than 400 bank accounts.

The wave of arrests, dubbed Operation Nilo, involved over 400 agents, including agents from the FBI and the U.S. Postal Service, according to the statement. Investigations began in 2003.[/quote[

[komodo]

Whoa, people actually fall for this!! (20,000 people)

Jul. 20, 2005. 04:21 PM
>ADVERTISEMENT<
300 arrested in worldwide lottery, email scam

ASSOCIATED PRESS

MADRID, Spain — Spanish police today said they had arrested 310 people, mostly Nigerians, suspected of conning thousands of people around the world with a series of scams including a false lottery.

The arrests took place this week during 176 raids in seven towns along the southern coast, including Malaga and Marbella, a police statement said.

The group allegedly sent around six million letters annually to Europe, United States, Canada, Australia, Japan and the Arabian peninsula and in 2004 alone managed to con some 20,000 people.

The group's main scam was sending letters to people abroad telling them they had won prizes in the Spanish lottery but needed to forward a certain amount of money before they could collect their winnings.

Another scam involved the sending of e-mails from an alleged African dignitary who wanted to dissolve an inheritance of $20 million US, which required financial assistance from the recipients.

Police estimate the gang earned more than $120 million annually in the scams and moved it about through more than 400 bank accounts.

The wave of arrests, dubbed Operation Nilo, involved over 400 agents, including agents from the FBI and the U.S. Postal Service, according to the statement. Investigations began in 2003.

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