Posted: Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:28 pm Post subject: IMPORTANT WARNING !!!
Any user who has received the following by way of email or other means please take note that this is what is considered as a 'Nigerian Scam', 'Advance Fee Scam' or the '419 Scam'. You can read about these kinds of scams here:
http://www.419eater.com/ http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/
It has come to my knowlege that an increasing number of users on pjnet are being targetted. As such, I advise that you DO NOT publicise your email on the forum.
FROM : MARTINA KABILA
URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL.
IVORY COAST (WEST AFRICA)
ATTN: DEAR
I am Mrs martina Kabila, from Democratic Republic of Congo. There is an imformation I would like you to keep very confidential There is sum ammount of money my Husband Late President Laurent Kabila,deposited in a security company in MALAYSIA, before he was killed by his Eldest Millitary Son. The squable happened as immediately we returned back from our Malaysia trip . My husband married us two.I am the second wife. I will not be able to give you the full details that led to that urgly incidents. The Eldest Son is the current President of our country now. I am staying in Abijdan, capital of Republic of Cote-D Ivoire, with my three children for my safty and that of my children. The money in question, is 4Million U.S. Dollars.
I can not make the withdrawal of this fund, because my husband registered the Beneficiary of the fund as his (Foriegn Bussiness Patner) and also (Family valuables as the content of the deposit) The documents of the deposit are with me. What I would want you to do, is to assits me to get the consignment withdrawn from the security company, and we shall open a small account in a Bank there in your name, and transfer the money to your country, through the account .
We shall replace the name Foriegn Patner to your own name, because the code was used for security reason.I will give you the 20% of the money for your assitance.There is no risk in this transaction. I will use the remain balance of the money for an investiment in your country for the future of my children. If you are interested, and can maintain the very confidentiality of this transaction,you reply me immediately for more clearification, and also note that I am a French woman, but I will not like to involve any French language while this transaction last, as I can speak little english, and my son also speaks english very well.
Thank you very much.
Mrs Martina T. Kabila.
Only recently, another person from Vietnam was cheated by this sort of scam and he came into the pjnet forum to seek assistance. You can read about it here on pjnet:http://www.pjnet.com.my/ftopict-7992.html
~ DO NOT REPLY TO SUCH MESSAGES! ~ IT IS A SCAM! ~
Joined: Feb 13, 2008 Posts: 795 Location: Petaling Jaya
Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2008 8:20 pm Post subject: Please be aware of the following email.
Please be aware of the following email.
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:27:52 +0100 (CET)
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Subject: FROM CELLINE
To: celline_milan1@yahoo.es
Dearest,
It is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I intend to establish in your country. Though I have not met with you before but I believe, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of Seven million five Hundered Thousand U.S dollars ($7.5,000.00) which my late Father kept for with a Fiduciary Fund Holder in Abidjan before his death
Now I have decided to invest these money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside Africa for security and political reasons.I want you to help assist me claim and retrieve these fund from the Fiduciary Fund Holders and transfer it into your personal account in your country for investment purposes and my education .
If you can be of an assistance to me I will be pleased to offer to you 20% Of the total fund. I await your soonest response.
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I always received this kind of letter but I just don't bother about it.
Here is the one I received today: Take a look.
From; Mrs.Flatma Kefity,
My Dearest ,
I am the above named person. I am married to Mr. Kefity Yerby who before his death was a wealthy cocoa Merchant here in Cote d'Ivoire . Before the death of my husband we were both born again Christians.
My Husband deposited the sum of US$ 800.000 United States Dollars in one Trunk box in a security company here in Cote d'Ivoire . Recently, my Doctor told me that I would not exceed more than five more months due to cancer problem. The one that disturbs me most is my blood pressure sickness. Having known my condition I decided to seek for your kind assistance to transfer this box to you and you will receive it and deposit the money you池e your account which you will use to train my adopted son. You will take of her as your child and brought her up in a good and decent manner.
I took this decision to contact you because of my condition and for the facts that my husband relatives wants to size everything and throw my adopted son out of the inheritance. Most importantly the political tension here is increasing heavily due to the fourth coming presidential election. So I want to use this little time I have to achieve this arm and move the box out and have it transfer to you.
Please indicate your interest and willingness in this transaction by writing back to me through the above email address. I want your maximum cooperation and keep this as confidential for security reasons.
I am sincerely waiting for your kind and urgent response as soon as your receive this mail.
Joined: Feb 13, 2008 Posts: 795 Location: Petaling Jaya
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2008 10:44 am Post subject: Latest scam
Below is the latest scam passed via email.
Dear Friend,
I am Mr.Simon Yi Executive Director of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd, Hong Kong.
An Iraqi named Haider Hanoon,a business man made a numbered fixed deposit of (346,736,899.68 TWD) for 18 calendar months, this is valued to Fourty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war, five years ago (2003). Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Haider Hanoon and his family had been killed during the war in Gunfire that hit their home at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.
After further investigation it was also discovered that Haider Hanoon did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time we was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Fourty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration five years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct HANG SENG BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the procentange 70/30. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvement in claiming the deposit.I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating to Haider Hanoon I will then officially communicate with my Bank and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.
I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you,delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances wont pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to pro
vide them with new opportunities.
If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you and also through the email account that i will provide therein in this email. Further more be informed that the fact that you are a foreigner give you the privilege to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as my deceased client had no relation all his family died with him during the war and I can not use my relation because its not accepted here in Hong Kong. Also I am very confident that we will be able to establish the trust that is needed to complete this deal and all that I need from the time been is your willingness and commitment so that we can end this in
the next one weeks.
What you need to understand about this transaction is that I will make sure that it passes through all international banking laws regards to this I will take care of all the expenses and the cost of retaining the service of my Attorney to give the transaction the proper documentation that is required to perfect the finishing. Your only obligation in this transaction will be to set up two offshore accounts that can accommodate these funds and I will give you more light later once you agree to partner with me. Like I said before there is no risk involve as it will pass through international banking laws and all documents related to this transaction will be sent to you by post for your perusal and trust.
I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man, I have wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting, soon. Should you be interested I will prefer you to send me your FULL NAMES,ADDRESS,OCCUPATION AND PHONE NUMBER.on the email address below.
E-mail:simon.yi2007@gmail.com
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
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