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Saturday, September 1, 2012

Fw: VERY-URGENT


No Sam you got my contact from "unreliable link "
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From: "Dr. Sam Biblago" <s.biblago@freenet.de>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 14:03:00 +0100 (BST)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: s.biblago@voila.fr
Subject: VERY-URGENT

Attn. Dear, 
Good day to you and your family. I am Dr. Samuel Biblago, a professional banker. I got your contact from a reliable link and decided to confide this risk-free deal worth US$35m. This is overdue sum of our foreign customer who died and left this money unclaimed as a result of non existing body.Since I cant stand for the claim as an insider and a citizen too, I need your help on transferring the funds to your account.I will send you full details on how this project will be executed smoothly. Reply immediately.
Sincerely,
Dr. Sam Biblago

Fw: Receive Your ATM Card Of ($1,200.000)!!!


Just when did UN start handing out ATM cards?
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From: UNITED NATIONS. <info.69@bk.ru>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2012 17:34:47 +0700
ReplyTo: revbewoodd@gmail.com
Subject: Receive Your ATM Card Of ($1,200.000)!!!

 

Attn: Beneficiary.    How are you today?    We have been having series meeting for the past 8 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary to the UNITED NATIONS.This directive sets part-payment of ($1,200.000) For every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction that failed due to Government problems etc, We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed. Such transactions are now to be paid to the beneficiary through the Automated Teller Machine (ATM).    To receive your ATM Card,kindly make available your full name for processing of your ATM Card, address for delivery of your ATM Card/Draft and contact phone number for easy communication.We have arranged your payment through swift card payment center Asia pacific, this card center will send you an Atm Card which you will use to withdraw your money in any Atm machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Two Thousand,Five Hundred United States Dollars Per-Day.    This meeting was first held on the 8th of April 2003 by the secretary to the UN.You can view this page for your perusal :    http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm    Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM Payment Card. Send your information which they will use to send the card to you.You are advised to contact our paying center as they are our representative in Republic of Benin. Contact Rev Benson Wood,Call him immediately to receive your compensation without any delay.  e-mail is  revbewoodd@gmail.com    Rev Benson Wood.  Financial Director  No 1/6 st Akpapa Segbeya  Email: revbewoodd@gmail.com  Tele : +229 68456078 .    We will request you to get back to this office as soon as you have received and confirmed your payment.    Making the world a better place.    Regards,  Mrs Sandra.  For United Nation.  G537 W Lehigh Ave,  Philadelphia, PA 19133

Fw: Greeting Dear Friend,


Why do all these people say they have cancer ?
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From: Wood Trishia <trinity_40@hotmail.fr>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 19:17:43 +0800 (SGT)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: woodtrishia@yahoo.dk
Subject: Greeting Dear Friend,



Mrs Trishia Wood,
Pisam Private Clinic
Abidjan
01 BP 120 Abj 01


Greeting Dear Friend,


I greet you with the name of our Lord; I know this letter may come to you as a surprise. Nevertheless, I humbly ask you to give me your attention and hear me well.


My name is Mrs. Trishia Wood from Australia. I am married to Dr Michael Wood who worked with Audi Automobile Italy for a period of 13 years before he died 2009 following the earth quake in italy. we were married but without any child. I was working under Renault Automobile plant in Abidjan Ivory Coast for more than 16 years now.
Since his death I did not remarry due to my cancer sickness. When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US$3.700.000.00 (Three Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United State American dollars) with a Bank here in Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.


Presently this money is still with the bank and the management has sent me a message to come forward and activate the account or rather Issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my behalf If I cannot come over, but they don't exactly know my condition now. I am presently in a hospital where I have been undergoing treatment of Cancer of the lungs, I have since lost my ability to speak and the doctors have told me that survival is narrow. Note that this money is still with the Bank, I want a person that is trust worthy that will utilize 75% of this money to fund the less privilege, charity organisation, orphanages and widows in my name "Trinity Foundation" that is the reason why I contact you.


As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the bank, I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as the new beneficiary of this fund. I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my ill-health but my lawyer is always beside me. As soon as I receive your reply I will instruct my lawyer what to do towards preparing the documents to your name, and give you the contact of the bank where this money is deposited. I also want you to always put me in prayers.


Any delay in your reply may give me room to look for another good person for this same purpose as my health issue. Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Hope to receive your response soonest


Thanks in advance and be bless.
Yours in christ,

Mrs Trishia Wood.

Fw: From Mr. John Amah. Urgent Reply Needed.

Yes, you are certainly critically ill. Sorry about your condition.

------Original Message------
From: Mr. John Aamah
ReplyTo: jamah65@gmail.com
Subject: From Mr. John Amah. Urgent Reply Needed.
Sent: Aug 31, 2012 9:11 PM

My name is Mr. John Amah.

I am a retired banker of International Commercial Bank Ghana Ltd, I have a transaction of Four million eight hundred thousand dollars ($4,800,000.00).

I realized this fund from bank excess profit after trading with the capital sum and I deposited the funds in escrow call account. Finally I did not declare these funds to the bank before my retirement. I am contacting you, to stand as the beneficiary of these funds because only a foreigner can stand as the beneficiary. Can I trust you to hold this money for me until I come over to your country? After the transfer, I will give you 30% of the funds as your commission.

If you accept my offer, but if you do not accept this offer kindly forget that I contacted you. I hope you understand my situation, I am critically ill that is why I contacted you to finalize this transaction to enable me have a very good medical treatment.

If you are interested, contact me indicating your full names or company name and address. Your direct telephone and fax numbers.

I will appreciate your urgent response.

Mr. John Amah.


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Fw: CAN YU HELP ME?

Love to help you. Only you seem confused about who you are. I think you are hallucinating

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-----Original Message-----
From: "Mrs Helen George"<mrsheges01@superposta.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 01:42:55
Reply-To: <msheleng003@gmail.com>
Subject: CAN YU HELP ME?

GOOD DAY.

URGENT - HELP ME DISTRIBUTE MY $12 MILLION TO HUMANITARIAN.


THIS MAIL MIGHT COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AND THE TEMPTATION TO IGNORE IT
AS UNSERIOUS COULD COME INTO YOUR MIND BUT PLEASE CONSIDER IT A DIVINE
WISH AND ACCEPT IT WITH A DEEP SENSE OF HUMILITY. I AM MRS HELEN GEORGE
AND I AM A 61 YEARS OLD WOMAN. I AM A SOUTH AFRICAN MARRIED TO A SIERRA
LEONIA.

I WAS THE PRESIDENT/CEO OF OIL COMPANY INTERNATIONAL-AN OIL SERVICING
COMPANY IN JOHANNESBURG. I WAS ALSO MARRIED WITH NO CHILD. MY HUSBAND
DIED 3YEARS AGO. BEFORE THIS HAPPENED MY BUSINESS AND CONCERN FOR MAKING
MONEY WAS ALL I WAS LIVING FOR AND I NEVER REALLY CARED ABOUT OTHER
PEOPLE. BUT SINCE THE LOSS OF MY HUSBAND AND ALSO BECAUSE I HAD HAVE NO
CHILD TO CALL MY OWN, I HAVE FOUND A NEW DESIRE TO ASSIST THE HELPLESS, I
HAVE BEEN HELPING ORPHANS IN ORPHANAGES/MOTHERLESS HOMES/HUMANITARIANS. I
HAVE DONATED SOME MONEY TO ORPHANS IN SUDAN,ETHIOPIA, CAMEROON, SPAIN,
AUSTRIA, GERMANY AND SOME ASIAN COUNTRIES.

IN SUMMARY:- I HAVE 12,000,000.00 (TWELVE MILLION) U. S. DOLLARS WHICH I
DEPOSITED IN A SECURITY COMPANY IN COTONOU BENIN REPUBLIC AS A FAMILY
TREASURE & ARTEFACTS, PLEASE I WANT YOU TO NOTE THAT THE SECURITY
COMPANY DOES NOT KNOW THE REAL CONTENT TO BE MONEY AND I WANT YOU TO
ASSIST ME IN CLAIMING THE CONSIGNMENT & DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY TO CHARITY
ORGANIZATIONS, I AGREE TO REWARD YOU WITH PART OF THE MONEY FOR YOUR
ASSISTANCE, KINDNESS AND PARTICIPATION IN THIS GODLY PROJECT. BEFORE I
BECAME ILL, I KEPT $12 MILLION IN A LONG-TERM DEPOSIT IN A SECURITY
COMPANY WHICH I DECLARED AS A FAMILY TREASURE ARTIFIARTS.I AM IN THE
HOSPITAL WHERE I HAVE BEEN UNDERGOING TREATMENT
FOR OESOPHAGEAL CANCER AND MY DOCTORS HAVE TOLD ME THAT I HAVE ONLY A FEW
MONTHS TO LIVE.

IT IS MY LAST WISH TO SEE THIS MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO CHARITY
ORGANIZATIONS. BECAUSE MY RELATIVES AND FRIENDS HAVE PLUNDERED SO MUCH OF
MY WEALTH SINCE MY ILLNESS, I CANNOT LIVE WITH THE AGONY OF ENTRUSTING
THIS HUGE RESPONSIBILITY TO ANY OF THEM. PLEASE, I BEG YOU IN THE NAME OF
GOD TO HELP ME COLLECT THE $12 MILLION WHICH I DEPOSIT WITH THE NAME OF
MY LATE HUSBAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN BECAUSE NOW DUE TO MY HEALTH THE
SECURITY COMPANY IS DEMANDING FOR A NEXT OF KIN IN OTHER TO GET THE MONEY
TRANSFERRED IN OTHER TO SEE THAT MY LAST WISH IS ACCOMPLISHED WHICH IS
SHARING THE MONEY AMONG CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS.YOU ARE AT LIBERTY TO USE
YOUR DISCRETION TO DISTRIBUTE THE MONEY AND FEEL FREE AS WELL TO
REIMBURSE YOURSELF WHEN YOU HAVE THE MONEY FOR ANY EXPENSES IN
DISTRIBUTING THE MONEY TO CHARITY ORGANIZATIONS.

I AM WILLING TO REWARD YOU FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND KINDNESS.

KINDLY EXPEDITE ACTION AND CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL AT g.helen@laposte.net
FOR MORE DETAILS.
MAY THE GOOD LORD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY?
BEST REGARDS.
MRS HELEN GEORGE
PLZ REPLLY TO MY PRIVATE EMAILBOX: g.helen@lapooste.net

Fw: CONTACT MR. JOSEPH ADAMS FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT WORTHY $500,000.00


Mr Marry James apparently you've been doing too much mary jane.
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From: "Mrs Marry James"<marryjames678@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 01:11:20 +0200
ReplyTo: <josephadam_26@yahoo.com>
Subject: CONTACT MR. JOSEPH ADAMS FOR YOUR BANK DRAFT WORTHY $500,000.00

Hello my good friend.
 
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family?, You may
not understand why this mail came to you.But if you do not remember
me, you might have receive an email from me in the past regarding a
multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded.
 
I am using this opportunity to inform you that this
multi-million-dollar business has been concluded with the assistance
of another partner from India who financed the transaction to a
logical conclusion. I thank you for your great effort to our
unfinished transfer of fund into your account due to one reason or the
other best known to you.
 
But I want to inform you that I have successfully transferred the fund
out of my bank to my new partner's account in India that was capable
of assisting me in this great venture.Due to your effort, sincerity,
courage and trust worthiness You showed during the course of the
transaction. I want to compensate you and show my gratitude to you
with the sum of $500,000.00. I have left a certified international
bank draft for you worth of $500,000.00 cash able anywhere in the
world.
 
My dear friend I will like you to contact my Account Officer Mr.Joseph
Adam on his direct email address at: [josephadam_26@yahoo.com] for the
collection of your bank draft. I authorized him to release the Bank
Draft to you whenever you contact him regarding for it. At the moment,
I'm very busy here because of the investment projects, which I and the
new partner are having at hand.
 
Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is
from the bottom of my heart,Also comply with Mr. Adam's directives so
that he will send the draft to you without any delay.
 
CONTACT: Mr.Joseph Adam
Account Officer, Cotonou,
Benin Republic,
His email address:[josephadam_26@yahoo.com]
 
Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone
number/your correct mailing address where you want him to send the
draft to you. Thanks and God bless you and your family.
 
Hoping to hear from you
Mr.Marry James