The Scam Chronicles

"Scammers often rely on the greed and dishonesty of the mark, who may attempt to out-cheat the con artist, only to discover that he or she has been manipulated into losing from the very beginning. This is such a general principle in confidence tricks that there is a saying among con men that "you can't cheat an honest man." - Scams

This book is about dishonesty - from street level to Cyberworld . It describes the common scams in circulation today and their origins. It shows how each fraud is perpetrated and how the informed reader can avoid or at least minimise their losses when faced with the scenario. If after reading this book you still manage to get scammed, you deserve to be put facing a corner with a dunce cap on your head and whipped with your empty wallet !

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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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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

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Fw: TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK !!!

A. Great song to my heart!

------Original Message------
From: Mrs Betty Wright
ReplyTo: bettywwwww@gmail.com
Subject: RE: TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK !!!
Sent: Dec 27, 2012 11:31 AM

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
SUBJECT: TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK
Independent of UN Organization
Westminster, City of London SW1A 2EL,
United Kingdom Tel: +447011196495

Attention:

Having understood your unstable situation, we in United Nations begged the First Bank Of Nigeria ,Lagos Branch to accept payment by installment on your behalf, to enable our beneficiaries receive their payment that we may reconcile with all countries of the world. We understood your plight as someone who has suffered a lot to get this fund into your private account.

Write the Bank and request that you want the money to be transferred to your account by installments, so that once the first payments enters into your account you can then use money from there to facilitate the transfer of the rest, once the first installments enters into your account that will equally give you another opportunity to do a test-transfer and withdrawal from your account to master Federal Reserve Online transfer procedure.

Suggestions:

If 50% of $600 is equal to = $300

By calculations: if $600 can handle US$10M $300 can also comfortably transfer the sum of US$5M. Once the US$5M is successfully transfer, you can withdraw money from there to handle the transfer of the rest US$5M.

NOTE: Write the Bank to tell them how much you have in hands so that the Bank calculate to tell how much you may receive as first payments-by installments, Do not be shy to indicate the amount you have in hands (no proper-amount is so small to trigger installments-payment base on our discussion with the Bank) so that the first payment will move to your account for you to confirm the existence of the fund before your proceed for the balance.

Finally, we have given instructions to the First Bank of Nigeria to release your Fund to you, so you are therefore advice to contact the GMD (Group Managing Director), First Bank of Nigeria with the following information. Person: Rev John Ikechukwu (GMD, First Bank of Nigeria) Office email address below:

Email: firstbank.internationaldeptng@rocketmail.com

Send him your direct phone number and contact address as we sincerely apologize for the plight you have gone through in the past years while trying to receive your money. Thanks for adhering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.

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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Fw: Investment

Oh ?

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From: "Ms. Susan Van Der Merwe"<van@minister.co.za>

Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:29:59 -0500

ReplyTo: <ms_susanvan@rocketmail.com>

Subject: Re: Investment

Hello, I apologized for contacting you for the first time through email, it is because it serves as the fastest and more convenient way to get to you, I am Ms. Susan Van Der Merwe from South Africa, I seek your assistance because of my position in the government. Can you please assist me to receive and invest this fund, US$20,000,000,00 Million in your company or any business in your country?. I will give you more details and my profile as I hear from you. Best Regard, Ms. Susan Van Der Merwe