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Urgent Message For You (Passim Ridwan)

Whoops! I forgot...I was supposed to keep this transaction very confidential. And here I go, posting it on the internet.

Silly me. This is just another scam. Don't buy into it!

Remember to keep this transaction very confidential!


I am Passim Ridwan from Iraq, now in Damascus Syria. Due to the war in my country with the Americas but I was able to cross the border to Syria.

I am contacting you on behalf of late contractor in Iraq. Who died on the attack by the Americas solider who have made my country a war ground, you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by the contractor before they get confiscated .

The funds this huge money that was deposited as consignment with the finance security house where the deceased have valued of US$204Million (two hundred and four million dollars) deposited .

We shall share the money thus as partners while 20% will be used to Re-imbrues any expenses that might be incurred on both ends.

I have all the necessary legal documentation that will be adjusted to favours to back the clearness of the consignment.

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

This proposal requires your utmost commitment and cooperation which would be used aggressively to pursue results as we progress with this transaction.

Read on the site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm

Confirm the following details below for you to contact finance security house and book a date for your clearness of the consignment .

1 full names and age
2 personal phone and fax number,
3 your identity,
4 occupation and address

Please contact me as soon as possible with your good interest at my personal
Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com for more details

Yours truly,

Passim Ridwan
Email: ridwanpassim2@aim.com
Remember to keep this transaction very confidential

Nigerian Scam - A More Subtle Variety

This Nigerian scam is a bit more subtle than some. Instead of telling you you have money which has been willed to you, this one "assumes" you already know it, and tells you that someone is trying to change the payment information on the beneficiary file. The idea is that you will think "I didn't know I was supposed to be getting money...WAIT! Someone is trying to STEAL my money that I didn't even know I had???"

The scammer hopes this will give you an extra incentive to get in touch with him.

Don't do it.

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS. TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS. OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07

DIRECT LINE : +234-80-25696473
E-MAIL ADDRESS: charlessoludocenbanknig@ciaoweb.it

RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR BENEFICIARY FILE

Dear Sir/Madam

I hereby send to you the information submitted by Mr. John Tsai of Indo-China group Ltd, with an application to receive the payment on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following information and inform us if you are aware or know anything about this.

1. Did you instruct one Mr. John Tsai of Indo-China group Ltd. Hong-Kong, whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf ?

2. Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China Group Ltd, A/C #USD114-1025567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered Bank, Hong Kong, Swift Code: SCBL11K111.

Finally, You are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. John Tsai to come for the claim of these funds, to enable me endorse for the final payment approval order on his behalf. You are to call the Phone Number for more clarifications.

We wait to hear from you soonest, and be rest assured of our professional service.

Prof.Charles.C.Soludo
Executive Governor Central Bank of Nig.
Direct Line : +234-80-25696473

Asunto: Virtual Tours - FREE for 30 Days!

Under normal circumstances, I wouldn't even bother posting anything about a piece of spam like this, but the spam author did something to bring himself to my attention:

He requested a "Read Receipt". *rollseyes* Yeah, that's right. A SPAMMER actually flagged the spam that he wanted a confirmation of receipt.

So, unlike MOST spam, which takes one click to get rid of, this one required two: one to DELETE, and one to tell Outlook, NO, I DON'T WANT TO SEND A READ RECEIPT.

But that one extra click gave me reason to look for just a moment at the email, and in so doing, I noticed that there was something even more stupid than asking for a read receipt for a piece of spam...

Notice those "Click HERE" links, part way down the email? Well, in the original email, they were BLUE and they were UNDERLINED, just like a normal link. But...guess what!

They aren't links. They're just blue underlined text that say Click Me.

You is wicked smaht, Bruno! I don't think I'll be doing any virtual tours with you...

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requesting your partnership.

There are certain clues you can use to recognize a scam, and this email contains several of them.

1. The sender requests that you respond on a different email address than the address he used to email you.

2. The reference to "your country". Vague, because he's sending this scam to multiple people, and he doesn't know what country any of the intended victims are in.

3. The email is sent on a "free" email account (because he knows it's going to get canceled for spamming!)

4. The tantalizing offer of more information upon reply. The writer has given virtually no information of what he plans, because he wants your reply in order to feed off what YOU have to say.

5. What kind of idiot actually emails a complete stranger offering them a directorship job?

6. It's spam. And 95% of the time, SPAM = SCAM.

Good day,

I am looking for your cooperation in building a Tourist Hotel or Real Estate in your country. I am sorry if this is not in line with your business.

I need an experienced person like you to assist me to set up, develop the project. On the resumption of the project, you will be made a Director for the role and the assistance you rendered. You will also be entitled to a percentage agreed upon between me (Mr Wikus Jordaan) and you before the commencement of the project.

Your immediate reply will be highly appreciated and I shall give you more information on this project as soon as i hear from you. Please contact me at my private: e-mail address :mrjordaan@lexpress.net

Thanks and God bless.

Yours faithfully,
Wikus Jordaan.

What's Up (Renata's Nude Pictures)

This is a SBD (Short But Deadly) spam. The email attachment is NOT a nude picture. It is an executable file. What does that mean? It means that the poor fellows who get excited about seeing "Renata" in the buff are in fact going to get a rude awakening when their computer gets infected by a virus.

Of course, the way guys tend to think (or not think, as the case may be!) few will get suspicious and say to themselves, "Wait a minute! I'm not a member on any dating websites, so HOW DID SHE GET MY EMAIL ADDRESS? And why did she LIE to me about how she got it?"

Never never never open attachments from strangers! (And you should even be careful about opening attachments from friends, as well!)

Here's the email:

Hi there,
I am wiritng from the internet caffe. Found your email on one of the dating websites and decidet to write. I have attached a nude picture of me to this email.
Look at it and send me yours back.

From Maxwell Gondo - Millions In Cote d ivoire

Once again, another "Help me transfer millions of dollars out of the country" scam. Do not get involved with this scam, because YOU are the one who will end up with your own money transfered out of the country!

From Maxwell Gondo
Blk A23, Lot 204,
Rue de Jardin Cocody
Abidjan-Cote D Ivoire,


Dearest,


My Name is Maxwell Gondo ,I Am 17yrs old a citizen of Cote divoire and the only son of late Mr and Mrs Gondo, My late parents were killed by the rebels in my home town Bouake the second economic capital of Cote D'ivoire during the recent political crisis on 2sd January 2006.

My parents were a wealthy cocoa merchant before they met their sudden death. After my fathers business trip from Antwerp Belgium, to negotiate on a cocoa and gold business which he wanted to invest. A Week after he came back to Bouake , he was attacked with my mother by the rebels, which my mother died instantly but my father died after five days in hospital on that fateful afternoon.27TH January 2006

I didn't know that my father was going to leave me after I had lost my mother. But before he gave up the ghost, it was as if he knew he was going to die. He disclosed to me that he deposited the sum of $7,850.m US Dollars in a bank here in Abidjan-Cote d ivoire and instructed me to seek for a reliable and trust worthy partner to help me transfer this money out and leave this country because of my safety, hence I contacted you. I am in a sincere desire of your humble assistance in this regards. I am urgently soliciting for your assistance to help me to transfer this money out from Abidjan to your safeaccount abroad so that we will invest it in any meaningful lucrative business in your country because this is my only hope in life.

Awaiting anxiously to hear from you so that we can discuss the modalities of this transaction. write me back via for more discussion.

Thanks for your kind attention.

Yours sincerely
Maxwell Gondo.

Confirm Your PayPal Information

This is a common PayPal phishing scam. This email is not from PayPal. Even though the link looks like a PayPal link, it's actually a link to a website in - of all places - Russia! Don't follow links in emails like this!

PayPal is committed to maintaining a safe environment for its community of customers. To protect the security of your account, PayPal employs some of the most advanced security systems in the world and our anti-fraud teams regularly screen the PayPal system for unusual activity.

We are contacting you to remind you that on 6 February 2007 our Account Review Team identified some unusual activity in your account. In accordance with PayPal's User Agreement access to your account was limited. Your account access will remain limited until this issue has been resolved.

To securely confirm your PayPal information please click on the site bellow:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_login-run

Thank you for using PayPal!
The PayPal Team

Calvary Greeting's Sister Elizabeth Sinbi.

I received 3 copies of this scam. Two of them on the same email address. Of all the scams I see, these are the ones I detest the most; most scams prey only on the greedy and dishonest, but this kind of scam can prey on people who simply want to help those less fortunate than themselves. Either way, there is no money to be gained by replying to this. In fact, all you'll do is lose.

From. Sister Elizabeth Sinbi

Dearest In The Lord,

I know that this mail maybe of a surprise to you and i will be highly appreciated to have your positive response madamelizabeth_sinbi207@yahoo.com

I am the above named person from Sierra Leone. I am married to Mr. Isaack Sinbi who worked with Sierra Leone. Embassy in Ivory Coast for nine years before his died in the year 2003.

We were married for eleven years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christian. Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of $3.5Million (three.five Million U.S. Dollars)in the Security Company here in Abidjan,and adviced me that he used my name as the next of kin and that the security company officials does noty know the real content of the trunk box because he comorflage it as (FAMILY VALUABLES AND TREASURES) it is still with the Security Company .

Recently, my Doctor told me that i have serious sickness which is cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my stroke sickness.Having known my condition I decided to donate this fund to a church or individual that will utilize this money the way Iam going to instruct herein. I want a church that will use this fund for orphanages, widows, propagating the word of God and to endeavor that the house of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that,Blessed is the hand that giveth, Itook the is decision because I don’t have any child that will inherit this money and I don't want my husband’s efforts to be in vain. I don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly way.

This is why I am taking this decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace and i know with this development With God all things are possible. As soon as Ireceive your reply I shall give you the contact of the security company here in Abidjan.I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shephard. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian. Whoever that Wants to serve the Lord must serve him in spirit and Truth. Please always be prayerful all through your life.Contact me on the above e_mail address for more informations, any delay in your reply will give me room in sourcing another church or individual for this same purpose. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I Stated herein.
Hoping to receive your reply.

Remain blessed in the Lord.

Yours in Christ,

Sister Elizabeth Sinbi.

BE PART OF THIS PROJECT (Glory Ebube)

Another scam. This one, like so many, uses a CNN web article to help lend credibility to it. Just remind yourself of this: the fact that CNN reported about a plane crash does NOT in any way imply that this scammer has any connection with anyone who was on that plane. *rolls eyes*

Do not get involved in this scam!

From the Desk of: Mr Glory Ebube
{GM, Commercial Banking (South)}
Union Bank Plc, Nigeria.
Email: gloryebube@lycos.com

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr Glory Ebube {GM, Commercial Banking (South)}. with Union Bank Plc,Nigeria. Lagos-Nigeria.I came to know about you in my private search for a reliable person/company to handle a confidential transaction on behalf of my Colleagues and myself.As a matter of fact, I got your information from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry/Nigerian Export Promotion Council.
l write in respect of a foreign customer with A/C Number:14-2558-2004,who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money.
You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site;http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
The owner of this account Mr. Morris Thompson an American and great industrialist and a resident of Alaska. Since the death of this our customer Mr. Morris Thompson, I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr. Morris Thompson.
The total amount in the account US$20 million and it is a domiciliary escrow bank account.It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to aforeigner.
As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed information other than my very self-considering my position in the bank.Based on the fact that Mr. Thompson's family perished in the same flight accident, leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin,so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to late Thompson, and arrange for the release of the funds to your honour for our mutual benefit.
If there is more delay in moving this money out, this money will be pushed to the Treasury of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. I am willing to share this money with you in the ratio of 70 - 30%. You shall have 30% of the funds and I shall share the rest with my partner at the bank.I hope this is a fair sharing?
I look forward to hearing from you urgently so that we can proceed accordingly.Please ensure that you send your full name , address, telephone and fax number in your reply.
I wait for your urgent response.
Thanks,
Mr Glory Ebube
{GM, Commercial Banking (South)}.

Reply to this email: gloryebube@lycos.com