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Thursday, January 31, 2013

Fw: .FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.

Don't mind my English. Piss off
------Original Message------
From: Mrs. Jonique Yezan
ReplyTo: joniqueyezan@aol.com
Subject: .FOR YOUR EYES ONLY.
Sent: Jan 31, 2013 5:01 PM

Dear Sir/ma,

Good day to you,

Please, don't mind my English. I'm not internet savvy and I don't know if it is quite safe to share this information with you on this portal without anyone else knowing about it. For this reason, I'll not disclose all for now.

I was a house wife and now I am sick and in the Hospital. The doctors said I have a few months to live. My late husband did will 45,000,000 of American money to me in a bank in Europe. I would love for this money to be transferred to you by my attorney so you can use it for charity.
If you are interested and need further clarifications, kindly reply me with your name, address and telephone number and I shall send you my attorney details to assist you in getting the funds. It is unfortunate that women do not have rights in this part of the world (Arab World).

Best regards.

Mrs. Jonique Yezan
Abu Dhabi, UAE


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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Fw: DO NOT IGNORE PLEASE REPLY

I wonder what they do with all this information

------Original Message------
From: JERRY NTAI
ReplyTo: ntaifamily1@yahoo.com.hk
Subject: DO NOT IGNORE PLEASE REPLY
Sent: Jan 27, 2013 1:04 PM

Good Day

My name is Mr. Jerry Ntai, I am the Head of Operations in Mevas Bank of Hong Kong in
United Kingdom,. I have a business proposal in the tune of $25.2m to be transferred to an
offshore account that you will opened in your name with a referred offshore bank assistance.
I will give you more details as regards this transaction as soon as you notify me of your interest
by supplying the following information's to my email box ntaifamily1@yahoo.com.hk and send me
the following information for documentation purpose:
(1)Full names
(2)private phone number
(3)current residential address
(4)Occupation
(5)Age and Sex.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards,
Mr. Jerry Ntai


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Fw: Investment proposal

Really !
------Original Message------
From: Mr Michael Bowen
To: mail@websesame.com
ReplyTo: michaelbowen929@yahoo.com
Subject: Investment proposal
Sent: Jan 27, 2013 11:22 AM



From: Michael Bowen

Tel:+601116354172





Dear Friend,



My name is Michael Bowen , I am a private business consultant for very eminent persons in the Asian and South African region. They have appointed me to source on their behalf a foreigner with whom they can jointly entrust a reasonable amount of money, which will be channeled into a highly lucrative business venture. I got your address through the chamber of commerce and industries.



They have $170million (One Hundred and Seventy million United States Dollars). They request strict confidentiality due to their public nature, they prefer to be anonymous hence I have been given the mandate to source for someone of high business experience with very good reputation.



Proposal in summary:

My clients are top government officials in the Asian and South African region they want the funds to be invested through a well-established businessman abroad who can front for them without disclosing their identity. You will be made the beneficiary of the funds in order to manage these funds on their behalf and you will be awarded 20% of the total sum as your share in this deal then invest the rest for my clients.



So if truly you are interested in proceeding, kindly indicate by sending a response to my e-mail address above. ( michaelbowen549@yahoo.com Or michaelbowen929@yahoo.com )



Yours Sincerely,

Michael Bowen




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Friday, January 25, 2013

Fw: Urgent Attention Beneficiary (Your Payment is Ready)

How odd
------Original Message------
From: REV. PETER ADAMS
ReplyTo: peteradams1974@gmail.com
Subject: Urgent Attention Beneficiary (Your Payment is Ready)
Sent: Jan 2, 2004 10:24 PM

Urgent Attention Beneficiary (Your Payment is Ready)

Attn. Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that orders given by the Presidency and the entire house of senate for the year 2013 is that my bank is the chosen bank to pay out all foreign contract/inheritance funds.

My bank was ordered after meeting held in the presidential village Aso-Rock Abuja to contact and proceed with payment of your contract/inheritance Funds by informing you that the former bank in charge of your payment via ATM card being Oceanic Bank plc, Zenith Bank,Union Bank, EcoBank, ETC is no longer in charge of this payment.

I wish to inform you that your (7.5M) outstanding payment has been approved and ready to be paid but we want to confirm first from you by giving you our mode of payment this arrangement was agreed between the Presidency and the Senate Committees so take note that we have 2 modes of Payment:


(1) Diplomatic Delivery: That Is Cash Payment Funds Will Be Delivered
To Your Address by A Government Accredited Diplomat.
(2) ATM Card Payment: An ATM Card Will Be Charged With This Amount
with Limited Withdrawals per Day.

I will require you to get back to this office with your decision over a Chosen mode of payment and we will take it from there.

Reply to Peter Adams
Email: peteradams83@gmail.com
Telephone number: +234-809-470-9205

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated
Congratulations
Yours Faithfully,
Rev. Peter Adams.



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Thursday, January 24, 2013

Fw: Important Informations From B.O.A

Heard this one before
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From: "Bank Of America"<info@boaonline.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 09:43:45 -0600
ReplyTo: <moynihan322@gmail.com>
Subject: Important Informations From B.O.A

NOTIFICATION OF CREDIT FROM  BANK OF AMERICA
 
We have this day January 24th 2013, received a payment credit instruction from Ben S.
Bernanke Chairman Federal Reserve Bank New York under the instruction of the United Nations and World bank to credit your account with your compensation funds allocated in your name to the tune of US$ 2 million (Two million united states dollars) from their reserve accounts with us. However, you shall required to re-confirm the following details as specified below to effect the transfer aforementioned above to your designated account details:
 
 
{1}. Your Full Name and Address.: 
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3). Your Bank name and address.: 
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.:  
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.:
 
 
Please do provide the above information accurately, because this office cannot afford to be
held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost
account.
 
 
Thanks for banking with Bank of America while we looking forward to serving you with the
best of our service.
 
Best Regards
Yours in Service,
Mr. Brian T. Moynihan
Tel: 315-294-3000

Fw: Recovered of two consignment boxes in your name

Wow! A general !

------Original Message------
From: GENERAL JAMES ONYEZE
ReplyTo: generaljames501@gmail.com
Subject: Re: Recovered of two consignment boxes in your name
Sent: Jan 24, 2013 4:24 PM



Attn, Sir/Madam

Your Two trunk consignment boxes have been recovered. Respond back immediately
for further information so that they can be released and delivered to you.

Report with re-confirming your full names , contact address where you will
receive the trunks, your direct telephone number, fax if any, any scanned copy
of your I.D. email me with this address ( generaljames501@live.com ),
Looking forward for your reply with your info.

Best regard,
Gen James.



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Fw: Re Private transaction.

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From: MR KPOGOBI <harrybeko1@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:36:39 -0800 (PST)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: kpogobi7@yahoo.in
Subject: Re Private transaction.



Dear

Private transaction

The President Nigeria has ordered review of contracts and sales of
Oil in our Oil Corporation from 2003 up to now and there are funds
which have not been accounted for and they have been transferred to
offshore accounts.

Furtherance to the above, auditors are presently reviewing all
payments. Subsequently, I would want to secure some contract papers
with your name so that part of the funds in offshore account will be
transferred to you.

I can assure you that with your maximum corporation and assistance, the funds would be transferred to your account next week. I will therefore appreciate a confirmation from you that this is okay by you and that you can represent and receive the funds as stated above.

Sincerely yours

Mr.Kpogobi Egoigbo.

Fw: Be my Partner

Really??
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From: "Email from Gilbert" <gilb2011@yippy.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 06:24:32 -0500 (EST)
To: <mahmoud994@hotmail.com>
Subject: Be my Partner



Dear Friend,

 

I write you after proper consideration that a telephone conversation may not be an ideal medium to contact you. I am Gilbert Fekuteh, A cousin and personal assistant to the late Professor Evans Atta Mills the president of Ghana .

 

The late president Professor Evans Atta Mills of Ghana who died on 24 July 2012 at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra after being taken ill.

 

As the cousin and personal assistant to the deceased I handle in confidence some of his affairs, mostly properties, Investment and funds both domestic and overseas. In this case my cousin /client who left Thirty million Great British Pounds sterling (30,000,000.00) and so many other investments with my signatory abroad for his personal reason.

 

So at this juncture, I seek your consent to write the bank and present you as a beneficiary of some part of the fund which has been approved for transfer by my late cousin of his fund deposited in a particular

Bank, since i have all the documents regarding the deposited funds which I will disclose to you as we progress in this transaction.

 

All that is require from you is 100% trust, and honest corporations to enable

us see this deal through, and I also guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate process that will protect us from any breach of the law.The sharing formula will be 60% for me 30% for you and 5 % for charity to my client's pet project CHILD CARE TRUST FOUNDATION, for the less privileged and disabled children and the remaining 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during the course of transfer process. Upon your prompt reply of your acceptance to this mail, I will forward a letter for fund transfer on your behalf to the bank to your

designated bank account.

 

I wait in anticipation for your cooperation in reply, and I am also ready for any question concerning the clarity of this transaction.

Upon consideration by you, send to me the followings :

1. Full Name: 2. Address: 3. Age/Sex: 4. Occupation:5. Nationality: 6.

Tel number/fax so that we can speedy up the transaction before i willnbe called to give account of the assets.

 

 Please reply me through this

Email address: gfekuteh@hotmail.com

Yours sincerely,

Gilbert Fekuteh

+233264770666

 


Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Fw: Hello my dear

How do you know I am matured ? You don't even know me
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From: Vera kabamba <fnkaj@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2013 22:45:50 -0800 (PST)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: verakabamba@yahoo.com
Subject: Hello my dear


Hello my dear
My name is miss Vera i am searching for a reliable and a trustworthy person who can understand the meaning of true love and trust also have faith in each other rather than one who seems love as only a way of fun but a matured one like you, so please reply to me so that i can send my photo to you and i will also like to see your photo too,i am waiting for your reply today as i approach to you with faith and trust.please am waiting for your respond
thanks with love
Vera.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Fw: Re Private transaction \\\

FYI;
Ego means "money" in Igbo language. So the name Egoigbo makes sense afterall. This is a quite illiterate Igbo person though
------Original Message------
From: Egoigbo.
ReplyTo: kpogobi@yahoo.in
Subject: Re Private transaction \\\
Sent: Dec 4, 2012 10:44 AM

Dear

Private transaction

The President Nigeria has ordered review of contracts and sales of
Oil in our Oil Corporation from 2003 up to now and there are funds
which have not been accounted for and they have been transferred to
offshore accounts.

Furtherance to the above, auditors are presently reviewing all
payments. Subsequently, I would want to secure some contract papers
with your name so that part of the funds in offshore account will be
transferred to you.

I can assure you that with your maximum corporation and assistance, the funds would be transferred to your account next week. I will therefore appreciate a confirmation from you that this is okay by you and that you can represent and receive the funds as stated above.

Sincerely yours

Mr.Kpogobi Egoigbo.


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Sunday, January 20, 2013

Fw: Can I trust U to transfer sum of €13.5M to ur Coy/Personal Acct?Cntact for details: sent you a link from Orange Patch - Let's Think Big Again: A Growth Program to Put America Back to Work

No!
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From: Orange Patch <noreply@patch.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jan 2013 18:29:52 -0500
ReplyTo: joseph.nbam@yahoo.com
Subject: Can I trust U to transfer sum of €13.5M to ur Coy/Personal Acct?Cntact for details: sent you a link from Orange Patch - Let's Think Big Again: A Growth Program to Put America Back to Work

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Sunday, January 13, 2013

Fw: {Spam?} Hello

Hey!!!
------Original Message------
From: Andrew Sheppard
ReplyTo: andew.shepp@accountant.com
Subject: {Spam?} Hello
Sent: Jan 14, 2013 7:42 AM

Hello,

Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met
before, I am Andrew Sheppard, I was made head of service in my department
by the Board of directors of my bank Barclays Bank Plc (United Kingdom)
to compile all credit accounts that has been in operation with the bank.

Guest what I discovered a credit account with A/C NO: BN 0630 901 3261 and
(£25,500,000.00 Million POUNDS) dormant for ten years.

I need your assistant to achieve this goal

Sincerely Yours,

Mr. Andrew Sheppard
Operational Support Accountant
Barclays Bank Plc
United Kingdom

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dangerous content by MailScanner, and is
believed to be clean.



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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Fw: Calvary Greetings Dear Beloved.

A dummy born each day
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From: "Mrs. Esther Caldwell"<postmaster@arp-co.ir>
Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2013 15:50:44 -0500
ReplyTo: <mrsesthercaldwell@ymail.com>
Subject: Calvary Greetings Dear Beloved.

Hello Beloved,
 
Please endeavor to use it for the Children of God. As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I
believe everyone will die someday.
 
My name is Mrs. Esther Caldwell, From Scotland, I was married to late Dr. Anthony Caldwell, a contractor with United
Nations in Abidjan - Cote D'Ivoire, West Africa, where we live all our Lives for Thirty-two years before he died in the
year 2007. I am a sick and dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you for the work of God and for
harity organization around your community.
I am 59 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago, Immediately after the death of my husband
who has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than Two Month
because of my present Condition,I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $5.2Million to you since I don't have a child of
my Own to handle the Charity project in my name and for the work of God.
You should contact me immediately you receive this mail  so that I will put you in contact with the establishment to
enable you arrange with them on how to get the Fund for the purpose mentioned above. I can't predict what will be
my fate by the time you will receive the fund, But you should please ensure that the fund is used as l have described
above.
 
Please reply me as soon as possible.
Your Dying Sister In Christ,
Mrs. Esther Caldwell.

Fw: Dear respectful One

Uh ?
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From: Juliet Attah <attah_juliet2011@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 10:13:19 +0000 (GMT)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: attah_juliet01@yahoo.com
Subject: Dear respectful One



Dear respectful One

With Due respect I humbly write to solicit for your partnership and assistance in the transfer and investment of my inheritance fund USD$9.5M (Nine million five hundred thousand united state dollars) from my late father who died mysteriously last year.

It was very evident that he was poisoned to death. In my culture, when a man dies, if he does not have a male child, the brothers shares his property leaving both the wife and the daughters empty handed including the house they live in. This is the exact case with me as I am the only daughter of my father. I lost my mother when I was barely a year old and my father refused to re-marry another wife because he felt solely responsible for my mother's death.

This is so because he concentrated much on his businesses that he rarely pays attention to domestic affairs. He was always travelling taking care of his businesses that he did not notice when my mother took ill. He thought it was a minor illness and was ignorant of this. My mother on her own resorted to self-medication. It was not until the illness degenerated that my father took my mother to hospital where she was diagnosed to find out that hypatitis had eaten deep into her blood stream. She didn't last long before she died. This happened when I was barely a year old. Based on this, my father could not forgive himself easily because of it and said he was responsible for her death as he could have saved her if only he had paid attention to the things at home rather than concentrating much on his businesses.

Despite all entreaties by friends and relatives, he refused to remarry but ensured that I had everything that I wanted. It was as a result of this that he made me the next of kin to his fund deposit with the bank and stated that in the event of any eventuality, I should have a direct access to the fund only when I am 24 years of age otherwise, I should have a guardian/partner intercede on my behalf for the release of the funds to me. Unfortunately, he died late last year and I am 19 years of age currently. This is why I have contacted you to serve as a guardian to me and as my foreign partner for the transfer and investment of the fund overseas My uncles does not know about the fund because they had already taken my father's houses and other properties because I am a girl and they said I do not have rights for any property. They have requested to have my father's bank papers but I simply told them that I do not know where he kept them. The younger brother took the house in the village while the houses in the town were sold out they shared the proceed they got from the sale.

Right now, I am with a friend of mine and do sincerely want to travel out of my country. This can only happen when I have secured the release and transfer of the funds in the bank to your account. This why it is important that we have a plan on the type of lucrative business that we can invest the funds on.

I had at various times had discussions with the director of international remittance unit of the bank where my father deposited the funds and I was assured that once, I have someone who would be willing to receive the funds on my behalf, they shall commence all proceedings to effect the release and transfer of the funds into the person's designated account. Now, that you have signified your interest to partner with me, it would only be very necessary if you contact the bank and request for the release and transfer of my inheritance fund into your nominated account for the purpose of investment and to further have me come over to your country to continue with my studies.

I shall be giving you the bank's contact details as soon as I hear back from you so that you will go ahead and contact the bank.

Your urgent response will be appreciated, please email me directly,

Talk to you more.

Sincerely,
Juliet Attah

Wednesday, January 2, 2013

Fw: urgent reply

Always a new variation
------Original Message------
From: larry case
ReplyTo: caselarry47@yahoo.com
Subject: urgent reply
Sent: Jan 1, 2013 11:56 PM




Dear Email Owner,

We happily announce to you the Email Support Programme results which you
were declared a winner in the Email Draw Category.
You have therefore been approved to receive the sum of $500,000.00USD. To
receive this prize money,send an email Mr Morgan Loe.
Mr.Morgan is expected to process your prize payment immediately he
receives this Code (8T5HGF) from you confirming receipt of this message.

Please forward to him the following details below
1 Name (in Full):
2. Country:
3. Address:
4. Direct Telephone Mobile
5. Age:
6. Occupation/position:



Lottery Board.



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Fw: CONTRACT SUPPLY

Attention: Sir/Madam,

Ghana (LCA) has Published their 2013 Annual
Projects,about Seventy-Two (72)Products/Items will be needed for
Purchase/Supply in large quantities.

Can you send me your Product price list by email to cross check if you
have any of the listed items so that I will visit their Office and
give you full details including quantity, terms of payment and
Shipment destinations.

Tender is open to all eligible foreign contractors from eligible
source countries as defined in the guidelines of the procurement Board
of the Republic of Ghana. Get back to me for more details. I am a commission agent. Reply via my emails:ben_asamoahgh@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Benjamin Asamoah
Accredited agent.
Can't figure this out
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From: Benjamin Asamoah <office234514@cantv.net>
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 04:57:30 -0430 (VET)
To: <ben_asamoahgh1@yahoo.com>
ReplyTo: ben_asamoahgh@yahoo.com
Subject: CONTRACT SUPPLY

 
Attention: Sir/Madam,

Ghana (LCA) has Published their 2013 Annual
Projects,about Seventy-Two (72)Products/Items will be needed for
Purchase/Supply in large quantities.

Can you send me your Product price list by email to cross check if you
have any of the listed items so that I will visit their Office and
give you full details including quantity, terms of payment and
Shipment destinations.

Tender is open to all eligible foreign contractors from eligible
source countries as defined in the guidelines of the procurement Board
of the Republic of Ghana. Get back to me for more details. I am a commission agent. Reply via my emails:ben_asamoahgh@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Benjamin Asamoah
Accredited agent.