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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Fw: BE MY TRUST

Nope
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-----Original Message-----
From: Ben Lucas <benlucas1957@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2013 06:23:04
Subject: BE MY TRUST

I am looking for a person of integrity, self employed or one whose job
does not prevent from engaging in other commitments and someone who is
financially exposed to manage my charity outreach in Asia and America.
I am Mr Ben Lucas, a once oil merchant in West Africa and Dubai. I
have been diagnosed with cancer for the past five years and ever since
then I have been
distributing my funds to charity organizations in Africa and Europe. I
am presently at my home in London and am hoping to fly to India to
meet with a doctor who is giving me hope of recovery, since my ailment
has deteriorated I can barely continue with this great task I posed on
myself which I don't intend to give up. Ever since I ventured into
giving out financial aids I have remained anonymous and I will like to
stay the same.
Incase you might want to ask if I have kids, I do not have any kids
and my wife left me earlier by divorce after extracting the possible
funds she can from me through court process even before my ailment. I
have sold almost all my assets and converted it to physical cash which
I have in an offshore account in my quest to invest in charity.
I do not believe much on news and cries for help which I see posted on
the internet. What I do is I usually source for organizations that
offer scholarships to the less privileged and development of poor
communities and anonymously support them financially, after I have
done thorough investigation on them and convinced that it is a genuine
NGO, and that is literally making me a charity foundation of it's own
that is being run by one person which is me.
I have been able to make progress in Africa and some part of Europe
where I have traded on in my lifetime. Since I can't do this any
longer considering my health issues I will like you to help me do this
if you will be interested.
I am not writing you to pity me in anyway as I do not need such
neither do I need your financial help or otherwise. I have
approximately $17,000,000.00(Seventeen Million USD) remaining, in my
offshore account.
I am simply making you a business proposition which if you be
interested you will have nothing but profit and smiles of joy all
through, when you see the good works we will accomplish together
though the task might be mentally demanding and hectic on you as you
will be the one engaging in the field work which is sourcing the right
organization and community to send our financial aids. Nevertheless
you can still hire some people to do that for you while you maintain
your present occupation but the responsibility and accountability of
your workmen will be on you.
If you be interested in working with me I will request for your
CURRICULUM VITAE and once I confirm the CV and your identifications to
be authentic I will give you the full details on how I want you to
manage the charity foundation and also send a legal document to my
bank to place you as the next of kin and new beneficiary of the
remaining funds $17,000,000.00(Seventeen Million USD).
Your entitlement in this great task is the 10% of the total contract
sum which is US$1.7m and will only be released completely to you after
the project is
Completed.
Once again I do not demand for any financial support from you, I have
medical insurance that covers my medication and other welfare
insurance. This is more
like a contract Please contact me back if you be interested.
Please kindly send your response to my Gmail address benlucas1957@gmail.com
So I will receive it faster.
Mr Ben Lucas
benlucas1957@gmail.com

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Fw: Approved Winning! Read & Contact Your Claim Agent.

My email won AGAIN?
------Original Message------
From: Pepsi Afri Cola Award
ReplyTo: drjoesimon62@gmail.com
Subject: Approved Winning! Read & Contact Your Claim Agent.
Sent: May 30, 2013 5:12 AM




Dear e-mail user,

Your email has won the Pepsi Afri Cola 126years Birthday sharing happiness
Award and In other to claim your $900,000.00 Pepsi Cola prize winning and
to file in for your claims, contact our assigned Claim's Agent Dr Joe
Simon.

Agent Contact:
Name : Dr. Joe Simon
Tel : +27-733 66 5564
Email : drjoesimon62@gmail.com

For administrative needs, provide him with the following information:

Full Names:...................
Country:..................
Private Phone Number:.......... .....
Sex..........................
Age:...........
Occupation:...............
Nationality:.................
Residential Address: .........................

For proper verification of our Previous winners kindly visit the link below:

http://www.care2.com/causes/lottery-winner-who-gave-away-her-entire-prize-dies-of-cancer.html

Your's Sincerely,
Mrs. Eva Newton.
Notification/Information Officer

****Note kindly be aware that Pepsi Cola is a Franchise Company





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Fw: Supply Inquiry

Gee thanks!
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From: Mark Alfred <markalfsupplies111@gmail.com>
Sender: info.larolf@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 23:45:30 -0700
ReplyTo: markalfsupplies111@gmail.com
Subject: Supply Inquiry

Dear Sir/Madam,

There is an on-going contract supply of your products to the government of Ghana in West Africa.I will appreciate if you could provide me with your product catalog by email attachment or your website for presentation to the buyers to avoid making a wrong quote of product. I am a commission agent.

Thanks,
Mr.Mark Alfred,
Accra-Ghana

Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Fw: trust fund

Good luck to you
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From: Venix <xvenisawil@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Wed, 15 May 2013 07:46:17 -0700 (PDT)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: xvenisawil@yahoo.co.jp
Subject: trust fund

My Dear,



I don't know how my generosity offer may sound to you, especially as it comes from a stranger, I am contacting you through a magazine which I picked here in my hospital sick bed as it's the only chance I had to give my wealth away for Gods Work due to my illness . My name is Ms Venisa william, I married to Mr. William Dramani who was a Cocoa and Gold merchant in Ivory Coast for 21 years before he died on second november 2007, we were married for eleven years without a child, He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.


Since his death I decided not to remarry or get a Child outside my matrimonial home, because of my bad stage of health in 2008 , I sold all my inherited properties and belongings and deposited the fund which was amounted to the sum of three million five hundred thousand United State Dollars. ($3.500,000USD) in one of the leading bank here in Ivory Coast . My doctor told me on Monday that I should start looking for whom to will my wealth due to my Cancer and Stroke sickness, he made it clear to me that he is not going to guarantee my life in this surgery.
 

I will like to hand you over this fund and my properties as a donation to establish a medical clinic to help disease affected poor street children who can not afford their medical expenses or to establish a manufacturing company to create job opportunity for jobless people as I cant invest it here in Ivory Coast due to recent bloody political crisis, I want to hand over this fund to you as it was my vow to establish charity project before I leave the world. I took this decision because I don't have any Child that will inherit this fund, and my husband relatives have seized all his investments due to that I don't have a Child.


I don't need any telephone communication in this regard because of my condition and I don't want anybody to know about this project, as soon as you response to this message I will inform the bank for immediate transfer of this fund to your personal bank account for this project, I will offer you 20 percent of the total fund for any expenses that may occur during this charity work, and I want you to always pray for me for my up coming surgery,


Yours Sister,
Ms Venisa.

Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Fw: Make it Personal!

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From: "Mr.Obaid Hadi Albarazi"<obaidhadrazi@live.cn>
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 07:37:51 -0500
To: <mail@esw.org.uk>; <mail@eslny.com>; <mail@esentra.com>; <mail@esa-recruitment.com>; <mail@ernestbevin.wandsworth.sch.uk>; <mail@ericmillerarchitects.com>; <mail@equipforlife.org.uk>; <mail@equaris.com>; <mail@entrance-mats.com>; <mail@ensap.com>; <mail@energydj.com>; <mail@empire.com.bn>; <mail@embassyofcambodia.org>; <mail@embamexale.de>; <mail@elizabethperry.com>; <mail@elementfilms.ie>; <mail@elecuk.com>; <mail@electricwig.com>; <mail@eldoraspeedway.com>; <mail@eisenberg-law.com>; <mail@egp-photo.com>; <mail@edwardmgomez.com>; <mail@edis-bates.com>; <mail@edhitec.com>; <mail@edenbrookmotelbh.com>; <mail@ecoutedesign.com>; <mail@ecopainting.com>; <mail@echoesatdawn.com>; <mail@ebarnetbaptist.org.uk>; <mail@eastcoast.fm>; <mail@earache.com>; <mail@eaglerock.com>; <mail@e-med-cd.de>; <mail@dummy.net>; <mail@dummettcopp.com>; <mail@duj.com>; <mail@dubplates-mastering.com>; <mail@dslegal.com>; <mail@drumbum.com>; <mail@drsconstruction.com>; <mail@drpetesplace.com>; <mail@drift.org.uk>; <mail@dream107.com>; <mail@dr-embassy-egypt.com>; <mail@doyourownpr.com>; <mail@donpendleton.net>; <mail@dolphinaviation.com>; <mail@dnacreatives.com>; <mail@dmalone.com>; <mail@dkdlaw.com>
ReplyTo: <albarazi.obaidhadi@yahoo.cn>
Subject: Re: Make it Personal!

Good Day,
 
I am Mr.Obaid Hadi Albarazi ,I represent a top company executive in Kuwait . I have a very sensitive and private brief from this top executive to ask for your partnership to re-profile funds over $200 million Dollars.I will give the details, but in summary, the fund is from a holding bank in Citibank where we have a considerable stake. Presently we have established a profiling channel through our corresponding banking Western Europe .
 
We need to present You/your Company as a management consultant to undertake and complete this re-profiling job. This is a legitimate transaction. I propose that you will be paid 28 % of this fund for your proposed "management consultation invoiced charges", for your assistance to re-profile this funds appropriately, if I am able to reach terms with you.
 
If you are willing to render this assistance quietly,please write back by email and provide me with your confidential telephone number, email address and corporate profile and I will provide further details.Please keep this close to your chest as much as possible; we cannot afford any political problems with Moscow. Whatever your decision, Write me back. I look forward to it.
 
Please Kindly reach me on the email id below.
 
Regards,
Mr.Obaid Hadi Albarazi
E-MAIL: albarazi.obaidhadi@yahoo.cn
 
 
 

Sunday, May 12, 2013

Fw: YOU'RE UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD

Stop this. It is boring
------Original Message------
From: DHL COURIER SERVICE
ReplyTo: atmunit.benin@yahoo.com.au
Subject: YOU'RE UBA BANK ATM VISA CARD
Sent: Apr 27, 2007 12:12 AM

Attention Beneficiary,

We Inform You That Your Atm Card of $1.5million United State Dollars Have
Been Released From The Custom Office United State Your Urgent Reply Is
Highly Needed With The Payment Of $55 Before Your Atm Will Be Delivery To
Your Home Address.

Here Is The Information You Will Use To Send The Needed Fee $55 Urgently
For The Delivery Of Your Atm Card.

1.Receiver's Name:..... Charles James.
2.Country:.....Benin Republic.
3.City....Cotonou.
4.Text Question...when?.
5.Answer.....Now.
6.Amount.$55
7.Senders Name.
8.MTCN..

I'm waiting for Your Urgent Reply with the Payment Information
SMS Or Call: from Tel No: 347) 878-0473
EMAIL: (atmunit.benin@yahoo.com.au)


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Fw: CONTACT MR.NZEH COLLINS!!

I don't believe you
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-----Original Message-----
From: "Mr.Thomas Rogders"<postmaster@xmbeyond.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 13:22:15
Reply-To: <thomasrogder@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: CONTACT MR.NZEH COLLINS!!

ATTN:BENEFICIARY

This is to officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have thoroughly completed an Investigation with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network System that you legally won the sum of $4.5 million USD from a Lottery Company outside the United KINGDOM . During our investigation we discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you via a ATM CARD.


Normally, We have successfully notified this company on your behalf that funds are to be drawn from a registered bank within the United Kingdom so as to enable you receive your ATM CARD instantly without any delay, henceforth the stated amount of $4.5 million USD has been deposited with Bank Of England.


We have completed this investigation and you are hereby approved to receive the winning prize as we have verified the entire transaction to be Safe and 100% risk free, due to the fact that the funds have been deposited at Bank Of England you will be required to settle the following bills directly to the Lottery Agent in-charge of this transaction whom is located in Lagos Nigeria. According to our discoveries, you were required to pay for the following -

(1) Deposit Fee's ( Fee's paid by the company for the deposit into an England Bank which is - Bank Of England )
(2) Shipping Fee's ( This is the charge for shipping the ATM Card to your home address and this fee includes Insurance

The total amount for everything is $155 (one hundred and fifty five Dollars). We have tried our possible best to indicate that this $155 should be deducted from your winning prize but we found out that the funds have already been deposited at Bank Of England and cannot be accessed by anyone apart from you the winner, therefore you will be required to pay the required fee's to the Agent Broker of the Logistic Exploration this transaction via Western Union Money Transfer Or Money Gram

In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge of the Logistic Exploration ( Mr.Nzeh Collins) the EFCC ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:



In order to proceed with this transaction, you will be required to contact the agent in-charge of the Logistic Exploration ( Mr.Nzeh Collins ) via e-mail. Kindly look below to find appropriate contact information:

CONTACT AGENT NAME: Mr.Nzeh Collins
E-MAIL ADDRESS: nzehcollins@ymail.com
Cell Phone:+2348101266356

You will be required to e-mail him with the following information:

FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:


You will also be required to request Western Union details on how to send the required $155 in order to immediately ship your prize of $4.5 million USD via ATM Card, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction: EA2948-910.


This letter will serve as proof that the Federal Bureau of Investigation is authorizing you to pay the required $155 ONLY to Mr.Nzeh Collins Information in which he shall send to you, if you do not receive your winning prize of $4.5 million we shall be held responsible for the loss and this shall invite a penalty of $3,000 which will be made PAYABLE ONLY to you (The Winner)...



It is very important for your compensation.
Regards,
Mr.Thomas Rodgers
Governor Alternate ( I.M.F)

Fw: more details when i hear from you

Interesting
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From: "Prince Fayad" <fayad.prince@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 12 May 2013 07:36:07 -0400
ReplyTo: <prince.fayad@terra.com>
Subject: more details when i hear from you

From: Prince Fayad S. Bolkiah.
Assalamalakium!!!

Hello,

I got your reliable contact from my father's diary and further explicit
investment information about your country. I am Prince Fayad B.S. Bolkiah, the
son of Prince Jefri Bolkiah, former Finance Minister of Brunei, the tiny oil-
rich sultanate on the Gulf Island.

I will save your time by not amplifying my extended royal family history, which
has already been disseminated by the international media during the
controversial dispute that erupted between my Father and his step brother, the
sultan of Brunei Sheik Muda Hassanal Bolkiah.

As you may know from the international media, the sultan had accused my father
of financial mismanagement and impropriety of US$14.8 Billion dollars. This was
as a result of the Asian financial crisis that made my father's company Amedeo
Development Company and government owned Brunei Investment Company to be
declared bankrupt during his tenure in office. However my father was kept under
house arrest, his bank accounts and private Properties including a crude oil
export refinery were later confiscated by the sultanate.

Furthermore, during this unfortunate period, I was advised to evacuate my
immediate family outside the sultanate to avoid further persecution from the
sultan and his security operatives, but before I could do that I was placed
under house arrest by the Sultan and have no access to a phone but I have a Palm
hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.

Some of the guards here are still loyal to me, so they would be my contact with
you if there is any document I need to send to you to enable you collect the
boxes of money on my behalf.

Before my incarceration, I went ahead to dispatch the sum of One Hundred and
Fifty Million United States Dollars (US$150,000,000.00) in cash under special
arrangement into the custody of different private security and Trustee companies
for safe keeping abroad. Just like an unspecified amount of money Saddam Hussein
took out of Iraq in cash.

The money was divided and kept in the following countries in this proportion:
US$ 20 Million is in United Kingdom, US$20 Million in Spain, US$ 30 Million in
Qatar, US$ 25 Million in Canada, US$ 25 Million in Malaysia and the balance US$
30 Million is in United Arab Emirate (Dubai).

Hence I seek your good assistance to invest these funds into profitable
investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my family abroad.
After due deliberation with my aids we have decided to offer 20% of these funds
to you as compensation for your strong cooperation while 5% have been mapped out
for both local and international expenses that may be incurred during this
transaction.

Please I count on your absolute confidentiality, transparency and trust while
looking forward to your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business
transaction.
You may contact me so that I will let you know the next thing to do. Please
reply through my private email id : prince.fayad@mynet.com

Many Thanks May Allah's blessing remains with you.

I remain yours sincerely.
Prince Fayad.S. Bolkiah.

Friday, May 10, 2013

Fw: Re Standard Trust

Nope
------Original Message------
From: MAO CHANN
ReplyTo: m.chann999@gmail.com
Subject: Re Standard Trust
Sent: May 10, 2013 10:16 AM

Dear Friend,

I hope that this email finds you in good health? I am Mr,Mao chann the manager of auditing and accounting department of Bank of Asia here in CAMBODIA, i am contacting you for a business transaction that will benefit both of us I have the opportunity to present you as the beneficiary of my deceased client (Robbert Carlos ) a national of Russia who was assassinated nine years ago leaving no close relative or next of kin to inherit the funds.Before his death, he had an oil refining project that worth some millions in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. He only managed to execute part of the project before his untimely death which took his life occurred.

I have all the legal documents to prove what I am saying; I shall present to you all related documents for review after we have secured our cooperation agreement. There is still some substantial amount that he didn't utilize. This is where I need your partnership to stand in as the Next of Kin and partner to my deceased client so that we can receive the funds and share it between us. I have made personal investigations and discovered none of his family members knew about this investment because he was planning on filling in for a termination of his marriage which only produced a 24 year old female imbecile. I want you to think positively about this business deal that I am introducing to you and the benefits attached to it as well.

This is totally safe because I have the powers to present his next of kin before the probate with concrete documents that proves eligibility of Next of kinship. The documents will be obtained and processed within 5 working days upon your acceptance to partner with me. And I will personally present you as an investment partner to my deceased client. In my next email I will give you more details about the present location of the funds and how I intend to share the funds between us after we must have received the funds.

Trusting to hear from you immediately for more explainations.


Yours Faithfully,

Mr.Mao Chann
Manager (A.C.D).


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