My latest was from Prince Azu Zubby, no less! He hasn’t responded to my reply…
http://www.geocities.com/hkhemlock/diary-26oct02add.html
Good response, Hemlock.
I really would like to see a company directory for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company.
Look here. Also look at this page on the Phillips66 website. Apparently the Nigerian National Petroleum Company is a very real entity, although I seriously doubt that they have anything to do with these scams.
I have tried replying to a couple of the 20-or-so emails that have arrived at our company over the past week - one bounced, the other has not replied yet.
davidm I will post them all up on a website and from there we can have a good laugh and start replying to some. Just give me a couple of days.
Heh.
I see the rebird is going well.
REPLY TO THIS EMAIL BOX
ATTENTION :SIR
PROPOSAL FOR INVESTMENT / ASSISTANCE.
I AM A NEPHEW OF MARYAM ABACHA, WIFE OF THE FORMER HEAD OF STATE OF NIGERIA,
LATE GENERAL SANNI ABACHA.SINCE THE DEATH OF LATE HEAD OF STATE, MOST OF
HIS COLLEAGUES AND SUBORDINATES ARE AGAINST THE FAMILY AS THEY ARE BENT ON
PROBING THE FAMILY. THE FAMILY IS NOW HEADED BY THE SECOND SON (MOHAMMED).
THE FIRST SON (IBRAHIM), WHO WAS AN ERUDITE LAWYER, WAS SET UP IN A PLANE
CRASH IN 1996.
AS AT THIS MOMENT OF CONTACTING YOU FOR ASSISTANCE, I
DO NOT TRUST ANY NIGERIAN NEITHER DO I TRUST THE FAMILY LAWYERS
AND HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY HAVING GOTTEN YOUR NAME, COMPANY
INFORMATION AND PARTICULARS FROM A BUSINESS DIRECTORY ON TH INTERNET.I FEEL
YOU MUST BE A GENUINE, WELL ESTABLISHED AND POSSIBLY HONEST INVESTOR I CAN
RELY ON FOR AN ASSISTANCE FOR THE INVESTMENT OF ABOUT US$36 MILLION IN YOUR
COMPANY OR A SISTER COMPANY IN YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT THE NOTICE OF THIS
PRESENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT IN POWER.
THIS IS BECAUSE FROM THE LOOK OF THINGS, THEY HAVE SWORN TO DEAL WITH THE
ABACHA FAMILY. ALL OF OUR BANK ACCOUNT IN EUROPE AND AMERICA WHERE THE LATE
HEAD OF STATE DEPOSITED FINANCIAL GIFTS FROM FOREIGN CONTRACTORS, WHOM HE
HELPED DURING HIS TENURE HAS BEEN FROZEN BUT THERE IS THIS VERY US$45
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS OF GENUINE ORIGIN, ACCRUED FROM PERSONAL GIFT
AND TIPS RECEIVED FROM FOREIGN OIL FIRMS WHOM THE LATE HEAD OF STATE HELPED
TO OBTAIN THEIR LICENSES OF OPERATION IN NIGERIA.
THIS MONEY WAS QUICKLY AND DILIGENTLY SNEAKED OUT OF NIGERIA’S APEX BANK
(THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) THROUGH DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IMMEDIATELY THE
LATE HEAD OF STATE DIED, HIS SECOND SON DEPOSITED THE FUNDS IN SPAIN. (I
WOULD REFER YOU TO THE WEBSITE OF WEEKLY TELL MAGAZINE:WWW.TELLMAGAZINE.COM
OF NOVEMBER 23, 1998 PAGE 25,AND ANOTHER EDITION OF TELL WEEKLY MAGAZINE OF
OCTOBER 11 1999, PAGE 10 CAPTIONED THE TYRANTS SON, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
ABOUT THIS MONEY AND THE
ABACHAS).
THE MONEY IS IN THE SAFE CUSTODY OF A SECURITY/FINANCE FIRM IN GHANA. I WILL
DISCLOSED TO YOU IN DUE COURSE AND ALSO WITH THE CLAIM DOCUMENT TOGETHER
WITH THE PASSWORD (ACCESS CODE) IS WITH ME THIS WILL ENABLE YOU COLLECT THIS
FUNDS FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. PRESENTLY, WE CANNOT TRAVEL OUT OF NIGERIA
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT SEIZED OUR TRAVELLING PASSPORTS. WE INTEND INVESTING
US$36,000,000.00. OUT OF THE US$45 MILLION IN YOUR COMPANY.
WE SHALL COMPENSATE YOU WITH 20% (US$9MILLION) OF THE TOTAL FUND FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME QUICKLY, IF YOU ARE CREDIBLE ENOUGH TO
HANDLE THIS PROJECT. REPLY BY EMAIL,INDICATING YOUR TRUE AND GENUINE COMPANY
CO-ORDINATE, STATUS, ASSET BASE AND BACK GROUND HISTORY AND ALSO YOUR MOST
PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER.
I SHALL LET YOU INTO A COMPLETE DETAILED PICTURE OF THIS MUTUAL BENEFICIAL
TRANSACTION WHEN I HAVE RECEIVED YOUR ANTICIPATED POSITIVE REPLY.
THIS ARRANGEMENT IS 100% RISK FREE AS LONG AS IT IS KEPT VERY CONFIDENTIAL
BY YOU. PLEASE, I WOULD WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU SOONEST AS TIME IS NO LONGER
ON OUR SIDE.
BEST REGARDS,
ALI MOHAMMED.
**Dear ALI MOHAMMED,
Thank you VERY much for your email. This sounds like an incredible investment opportunity! However, I must ask you to please reassure me this is not a scam. Recently I received an e-mail (electronic message) from somebody claiming to be the King of Assylvania, which he said was a small island off the coast of North Dakoda. He said that, due to economic problems in his country, he needed to deposit approximately $190 million in my checking account so it wouldn’t be seized by the coup about to take place and topple his government and church / missile silo. I promptly sent him my checking information and a down payment to help with the transfer of the money, and he replied shortly after, claiming he needed more money to prepare the money and send it over. I sent a few more checks and waited for a reply, but then my email client crashed and I was never able to get in contact with him. All in all, I lost about $4,000 through him, but I at least sleep better at nights knowing that I helped King Jephque escape the economic hardships that Assylvania was experiencing during The Irritable Mango Wars of 2002. I’m still waiting for him to contact me again, and I assume it’s only a matter of time.
I am sorry to hear that you are in a similar problem, but I am more than willing to help. Plus the idea of a big fat check for $48 million just sounds fabulous! I can’t believe I was lucky enough to be chosen for this deal! Praise Allah you contacted me!
Please inform me as to what I need to do next to claim this impressive amount of money. I can fly down to Nigeria if you wish, as my parents own a small airline chartering service which has provided transport for such famous celebrities as Rutger Hauer, Mack Hail, and the guy who played Hannibal’s stunt double on “The A-Team.” I have no problem lending you the money needed to help you out and make the big bucks for this. Ever since I refused to buy stock in EMC when it was at 80, my parents have been mocking me for my poor business sense. After I get that check for $52 million in my account, we’ll see who’s laughing then! It will be me! Laughing at them! Because I’ll have enough money to kill them off like nine times each.
As I mentioned above, please write back as soon as you can and let me know what I need to do to claim this $58 million reward. You seem like a very honest and trustworthy guy like my partner Sam Jain, so I’m open for any suggestions you may have. Please respond quickly, as I can’t wait to get the ball rolling! And oh god how I love balls!
Good luck, and may the God Beearthur shine upon you, my dear friend,
Jinx (The Asshat) Apache
CEO of Pustule Wear**
Dear Mr. Jinx (The Asshat) Apache
RE: PROCEDURE TO A SUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION
Thanks for your email message. It is appreciated.
Let me be more revealing on this transaction as requested. I read through your reply mail and contents well noted about your past business experience with Mr.King Jephque claiming to be the King of Assylvania Port Togaf, whom you assist with $4,000.00, without any further response from him.
Also I noted about Mr.BEN CHUMAS, who is a director with the STANDARD TRUST Bank in Nigeria. My brother Mr. Jinx (The Asshat) Apache, this is the time for you to earn all your effort made in previous business without success.
This transaction is real and 100% different from what you had experience so far.
Is Allah almighty that direct this our norble transaction to bless you and your family for life.
We believe and faith in Allah and hope you will accord this transaction with cooperation and confidentiality it require. You are going to withness everything practically with your eye, for you tom believe that you are dealing with Allah’s sent person.
I wouldn’t like talking too much stories, because I know the genuity and important of this transaction to both of us in future.
I have forwarded your response to my Aunt Dr. Mrs Mariam Abacha. She is pleased about your response and requested me to convey her appreciations to you and has asked me to plead to you to hear the cry of a widow. The government is persecuting her and the entire Abacha family.
Her foreign and local bank accounts have been frozen while assets and estates both here and abroad have also been confiscated. She is almost left with nothing except this fund which she hope to invest part in your company.
Her freedom is curtailed as we are not free to move about. But as soon as you confirm to assist her I and my attorney shall make arrangement to meet with you.
We are soliciting your assistance for the investment of this fund in your company or country. She do not want the government to know she own this fund. This is the reason why we have solicited your assistance. Please we hope you would assist us and not dim our hope of investing this fund.
We have reposed our confidence in you and we hope that you would honestly assist us from the bottom of your heart. The procedure of getting the fund into your account is quite simple and straight forward.
As I informed you earlier in my previous mail and initial proposal, this fund is lodged with a Security/Finance company in Accra - Ghana and its affiliate company in Madrid-Spain (EUROPE) and in Holland.
We would need to apply for the change of beneficiary of the fund in your favour. Once this is done, a Certificate of Transfer, certifying/confirming you as the legal beneficiary of the fund would be issued to you. Also the Airway shipment receipt of this consignment shall be send to you as well.
Thereafter, we would apply for the claims of the fund. The Security/Finance company shall then contact you as the beneficiary of the fund. Please do send to me the following details to enable me commence with the change of beneficiary of the fund:
- Your full name and contact address.
- Company’s name and address.
- Telephone/ Mobile phone and fax numbers.
Send the above requirements by email . Do note that we shall compensate you with 20% of the total fund (US$45million) which is (US$9Million) for your assistance.
Again, I have to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free. Please accord this transaction the secrecy and confidentiality its requires.
I hope to hear your positive and swift response as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Dr. Ali Mohammed.
Note: This transaction take only ( Ten working days ) for a successful conclution and claim the consignment upon the receipt of your response.
**Dear Mr. Dr. Ali Mohammed
Thank you very much for your prompt reply. I did not know you were a doctor! This just reaffirms my belief that you are a fine upstanding citizen whom I can trust implicitly, just like my brother George who is a doctor. He recently won over $500,000 at the racetrack after betting on the horse “Mama’s Leaky Cyst”, and if George can make this kind of money by being a doctor who specializes in foot bone replacement jaw surgery, I know I can trust you to do the same!
From now on you can just call me Asshat. Everyone does. My mother started calling me that in the early 70s. She says it is more descriptive of who I really am, rather than my real name of Jinx. Now everyone calls me Asshat, even people I don’t know sometimes scream that at me on the highway. They must know my mother.
You mentioned that Allah must have sent you to me. Well I tell you that Allah is one swell guy! Next time you see him, please thank him profusely!
I’m sorry to hear that your Aunt, Dr. Mrs. Mariam Abacha, is being persecuted in Nigeria. I tell you I know a thing or two about family persecution by the government. Once, my father went to see President Kennedy in Dallas Texas, I think it was even this time of year in 1963. He brought his 6.5mm-hunting rifle with a really powerful scope. He did not own a pair of binoculars and he thought he could get a really good look at the President by looking through the riflescope. He said he heard a bang and accidentally pulled the trigger on his rifle (he forgot to unload it after his last hunting trip). Well, he said all hell broke lose after that. It was a good thing he had his phony Secret Service credentials to get him out of that jam.
I understand that the transfer of all that money will cost a piggy penny. I also know how much lawyers cost, because when I fell out of the tree at Fenway Park I needed to get a lawyer and settle out of court with the bird trainer who was clearly at fault. I know how expensive these things are, so just tell me what amount of money I need to send and I’ll start withdrawing it from my “Rainy Day Christmas” fund so we can get the proverbial “ball” rolling, Doctor Mohammed. Oh sweet Christ, let’s get balls rolling.
In the meantime, could you please send me a preliminary estimation of how much money you’ll need to get this plan started? As I said before, I’ve got more than enough “mad money” saved up from the time I sold all those Nancy Drew snuff porn murder mystery books on eBay.
I feel more than ever that the invisible hands of Allah in my affairs are gently gliding me to do business with you and your glory hole. Please write back at once and let me know what to do next.
Thank you kindly,
Mr. Jinx (The Asshat) Apache **
Dear Mr. Jinx (The Asshat) Apache,
Thanks for your prompt response for your eagerness and willingness to assist my Aunt and I for the Successful accomplishment of this our noble transaction.
Well, I really understood about your kind assistance you intend to render for us for realization of this transaction. Also I am happy to hear about the good news of your brother by his recently won over $500,000 at the
racetrack after betting on the horse "Mama’s Leaky Cyst.
I really understood all your stories regarding the contents of your mail. But presently we do not have any much financial problems about the documentations of this transaction by our attorney.
The only assistance we require from you is to help us and travel to the security company’s clearing office in Spain to claim this consignment (Fund), which I shall send to you all the necessary documents after being amend in your beneficiary’s favour, to enable you claim the consignmrnt.
We hope you will assist us kindly from the core of your heart and you will not betray us when this fund finally get to your custody.
Please I want you to respond to the requirement I requested from you in my previous email which are as follows:
- your full name and contact address.
- your company or personal profiles.
- your private telephone and mobile number.
With the above mentioned it will enable me to commence on the beneficiary changes of this consignment with the security company in your favour, which will enable you claimed this consignment immediately.
Thanks for your maximum cooperation and understanding.
Expecting your swift response as soon as possible.
Stay bless in the lord.
Best regards,
Dr. Ali Mohammed.
hey BadDog - check mine out - at http://www.freewebz.com/afops/scams.html
which reminds me I must update them…
If you like, I can post yours up there too for all to laugh at the MUGUs!
Just email me and let me know.
The absolute best websites if you want to check out people playing with the 419 villians are Scamorama, Email from Colonel Zuba (be prepared to spend hours on this one) and The Brad Christensen Exhibit over at Quatloos.
The 419 messageboards are also a great source of amusement, but as one of the tactics used by the posters there to frustrate the scammers is breaking into the scammer’s email accounts, I won’t post link to them - they aren’t difficult to find through google, though.
I think that most of you will get a giggle out of the current favourite trick the anti-scammers are using - it involves getting the scammers to fly to Amsterdam to meet the “victim” (who of course most certainly is nowhere near Amsterdam) at a location on which a webcam is permanently trained. Sooner or later, the scammers will catch on to the webcam, but for now, it’s kind of funny watching the pictures of them hanging around trying to fleece someone who is never going to turn up.