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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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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Fw: Investment Offer

Lunatic
------Original Message------
From: DAVID HINDS
ReplyTo: dghinds2010@fsmail.net
Subject: Investment Offer
Sent: Apr 28, 2013 6:34 PM

Hello,



I am a Lawyer(Solicitor). I have a Client that wishes to invest her funds in your country under your direct
supervision , can you be of assistance as a partner? I will give details when you reply.

David Hinds.


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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Fw: Director, UNIC- Jakarta

And I am the President of the United States of America
------Original Message------
From: Michele Zaccheo
ReplyTo: mr_michele.zaccheo@yahoo.co.id
Subject: Director, UNIC- Jakarta
Sent: Apr 17, 2013 6:36 PM

Dear Sir,

I dont know if this is a safe medium to solicit for this project partnership but I dont think I have any more
option. I am Michele Zaccheo, the director of United Nations Information Centre, Jakarta. I assumed this
office on Friday, 23 October 2009. I have been looking into all files for the supply of 20 Tons of Corn
Maize, Rice and grains plus Used/recycle cloths to South East Asia and Africa humanitarian aid. I
discovered an over invoiced amount of 9.3M USD. The company that executed this contract Rycon
Distributors Liverpool, United Kingdom have been paid in full as I recently confirmed leaving this amount
floating.

I have therefore made good arrangements for have this monies released to you if you accept to partner with
me as balance payment. All documentation will be facilitated from my office as you have nothing to worry
about. You are only needed to tender details for this processing and apply for the UN approved bank for
payment. This can be concluded within a week.

For working with me, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as I will also be expected to give some
gratification to some of my junior staff who will help facilitate most of this documentation. I am married with
two children and I have a name to protect. If this is against your belief, diligently ignore but if not be rest
assured this is 100% risk free.

Get back to me with a reply and decision on this matter with a contact number so we can talk in details and
commence every documentation as the urgency demands. God be with us all.

Michele Zaccheo
Director, UNIC- Jakarta
Indonesia


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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Fw: Goodday

Betrayed! He! He! He!

------Original Message------
From: Thea Ret
ReplyTo: thea_ret@yahoo.com
Subject: Goodday
Sent: Apr 16, 2013 12:35 AM

I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust that I am about to impose on you. I decided to contact
you to help me actualize this business for the mutual benefit of both our families. My name is Mr. Thea Ret
am the Auditing and Accounting manager in a commercial Bank in Cambodia, there is one of our customers
who have made fixed deposit of sum of Ten million five hundred thousand dollars, for 4 years and upon maturity;
I sent the notification to his address, but no response. After few months, we sent a reminder and finally we
discovered from his business partner that he died after a brief illness in his country. We tried everything humanly
possible to locate his relatives or family, but all efforts failed. The deposit is still intact with my bank and the interest
is being paid into the principal sum at the end of each year.
If the fund remains in the account for more months, the fund will be confiscated and transferred into the treasury
of the Government as unclaimed funds. This is why I contacted you for us to work together and transfer this fund
into your account, because a foreign account is needed for this transfer,a bank account anywhere in the world
will be fine for the transfer. All that is required of you is to contact my bank with the information I will send you as
the next of kin or a business associate of the depositor with this system the fund will be paid into a bank account
you will provide to the bank. To be honest with you, this is totally legal and 100% risk free.
But the secret must remain between you and me, I have worked with this bank for many years and I know all the
secrets and I have carefully mapped out my perfect strategies to handle this operation successfully. The depositor is
my close friend before his death that is the main reason why I'm the only one working at the bank here that knows much
about the existence of this fund and the secrets and the depositor. We will also use some part of the funds to help the
orphanage and less privileged children in the world.
Please keep this proposal as a secret between us and delete it immediately in your mail box if you are not interested.
But if you are interested give me an answer immediately.

I await your response.

Mr. Thea Ret


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Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Fw: FROM THE DESK OF MRS FAHIMA BRAHEMA

He! He! He! It didn't come to me as a surprise at all... Considerind I don't even know who the heck you are
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From: Brahema <fahima.brahema@voila.fr>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2013 02:39:08 +0800 (CST)
To: <Invalid address>
ReplyTo: fahimabrahema@yahoo.com
Subject: FROM THE DESK OF MRS FAHIMA BRAHEMA










FROM THE DESK OF MRS FAHIMA BRAHEMA
THE AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING
SECTION MANAGER BANK OF AFRICA,
(B.O.A.) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO .

Dear Friend

I know that this message will come to you as a surprise. I am the Auditing and Accounting section manager in Bank Of Africa (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso. I Hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($14) Million US dollars to your account within 10 or 14 banking days. This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim. I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer I don't want the money to go into government treasury as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why I am contacting you so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum while 50% will be for me, and the other 10% will be for the expenses occur in this transaction,

if you agree to handle this business with me. I am expecting your urgent respond.


1. NAME IN FULL:
2. ADDRESS:
3. NATIONALITY:
4. AGE:
5. Sex :
6. OCCUPATION:

7. MARITAL

8. PHONE :

9. FAX: -

BEST REGAD
MRS FAHIMA BRAHEMA






Fw: Business Proposal

Another nutter broke loose.
------Original Message------
From: Societe Generale Bank
ReplyTo: patrickwo@qq.com
Subject: Business Proposal
Sent: Apr 10, 2013 3:15 PM

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day to you my name is Patrick Wo Business Manager Societe Generale Bank HONG KONG,
I am contacting you to seek your partnership in a pending business project,which I have here in my hand and ready to be executed without hitches,

I would give to you a more detailed explanation of this project which I prefer to call a deal,
if I get your positive response in agreeing to partner with me since this business is
100% risk free because I have all the modalities fashioned out to give this business an excellent outcome.

In an attempt to throw light on this business deal, a month ago a Bahrain multinational company opted an overdraft from our bank,and it was over invoiced with an amount of,Six Million United States Dollars,thus I seek your partnership to enable me transfer this funds to your account for both of us and,

I am open to negotiate your percentage so far you put in your utmost attention,confidentiality and sincerity due to the nature of the business.

Please if you are interested do respond back to me via this email :patrickwo@qq.com for further information.

Best Regards,
Patrick Wo


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Fw: ATTN: Beneficiary

Silly ass!
------Original Message------
From: Mr Nkem Goodluck
To: mail@ensap.com
ReplyTo: nkemogochuk@yahoo.com.hk
Subject: ATTN: Beneficiary
Sent: Apr 10, 2013 2:41 AM

PAYMENT TRANSFER ORDER

IN CONJUNCTION WITH OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

ATTN: Beneficiary:

Dear Sir,

SUBJECT: AUTHORIZATION TO RELEASE:

This is to notify you about your outstanding contract payment, Inheritance and

lottery wining which was suspended by the Central Bank of Nigeria

Remittance office due to some reasons. Although this medium (Internet) has

been greatly abused, but I chose to reach you through it because it still

remains the global means of communication, which is faster, easy means to

reach out and most secured medium of communication. Be informed that this

letter is not a Scam mail and I urge you to treat it with the seriousness it

deserves.

The stopping instruction from the Central Bank of Nigeria, came as a result of the new Beneficiary and the new bank account information, with this new development the

the PRESIDENCY has set up a verification Panel on all due payment file which has been endorsed and approved for payment awaiting for beneficiary final confirmation, in view of this sudden changes you have to get back to this office to confirm the new account submitted to our correspondence bank for this transfer on your behalf.

The Bank has just received a registered sworn affidavit from

FEDERAL HEIGHT COURT OF JUSTICE, to re-route your due payment into a new bank

account number as stated: VACAP Federal Credit Union, 1700 Robin Hood Road,

Richmond, VA 23220.Account number 32501. Beneficiary name Mr. Michael Wang.

You have to get back to this office with the copy of confirmation letter or

power of attorney if you have instructed Mr. Michael Wang the right to

change and appoint a new Attorney on your behalf thereby asking that they

receive cash call remittance on your behalf to enable the Bank

proceeds with the ATM online activation of Mr. Michael Wang account as

demanded.

The reason we have to contact you is to verify the relationship between you

and Mr. Michael Wang as he instructed the Bank to change all your

details through the sworn affidavit into a new different bank account

details. You are advised to call me or email back upon the receipt of this

mail to enable this office know and advice you on how to handle this matter

without any hitch.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.Nkem Goodluck

Coordinator, International Debt Settlement Unit


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