Is This A Con?

[GIDDLEPIN]

I keep getting e-mails like these.

Do you think they are genuine?

From :ERICK AND ROSE

contacts Address

11 rue des lkd abidjan

07 abid 52498 07

Dear One,

Please I am ERICK Chris, the only son of late CHIEF VINCENT

CHRIS from Sierra Leone. I got your contact from the Ecowas

Infomation Center in Côte d'Ivoire. My sources of your

contact gave me the courage and confidence

to rely on you. I am writing you in absolute confidence

primarily to seek your assistance to transfer our cash of

United States Dollar US$25M (Twenty five Million

dollars)with anow in the custody of a BANK here in Abidjan

to your privateaccount pending our arrival to your country.

SOURCE OF THE MONEY

My late father, chief Vincent Chris, a native of mende

district in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was the

general Manager of Sierra Leone mining

co-operatio(S.L.M.C.) Freetown. According to my father.

This money was

the income accrued from mining co-operation's over draft

and minor sales. Before the peak of the civil war between

the rebels forces of major Paul Koroma and the combined

forces of ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost

destroyed my country, following the forceful removal from

power of the Civilian, Elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah

by the rebels. My father had already made arrangement for

his family, my mother, my little sister and myself to be

evacuated to Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire with our personal

effects . My father deposited the fund for the safe custody

until after the war when he will join us. During the war in

my country, and following the indiscriminate looting of

public and Government properties by therebel forces, the

sierra Leone mining co-op was one of the targets looted and

destroyed.

My father including other top Government functionaries were

attacked and killed by the rebels in November 2002 because

of his relationship with the civilian Government of Ahmed

Tejan Kabbah. As a result of my father death,and with the

news of my uncles involvement in air crash in

January,dashed our hope of survival. The untimely deaths

caused my mothers heart failure and other related

complications of which she later died in the hospital After

we must have spent a lot of money on her. Now my

18-year-old sister and myself are alone in this strange

country suffering without any care or help. Without any

relation, we are now like refugees and orphans. Our only

hope now is in the fund our father deposited in the BANK.

To this effect, I humbly solicit your assistance in the

followings

ways.To assist me claim this fund from the BANK as

co-beneficiary.

To transfer this money in your name to your country. To

make a good arrangement for a joint business investment on

our behalf in your country with you as the caretaker.To

secure a college for my little sister and my self in your

country to further our education. And to make arrangement

for our travel to your country after you have transferred

this fund.Most importantly. The whole documents issued

after deposit is in my custody. For your assistance, I beg

to concede 15% of this money to you for your assistance.

Best regards

ERICK AND ROSE CHRIS

____________________________________________________________________________

This email and all attachments have been electronically scanned by Kingston

Communications' email Anti-Virus service and no known viruses were detected.

____________________________________________________________________________

Yeah right!

[Demonic Angel]

WOW - hes offering you 15%!

MUST be genuine then!

NOT!

I get these all the time - they really annoy me! Obviously a con!

[Minty]

SCAM, SCAM...................SCAAAAAAMMM!!

Those people really annoy me!!

[Boro Sera]

Email him back and ask for 30%.

[GIDDLEPIN]

I think I tell him to put me down for $15 that I had left over from holidays.

That only leaves him $24.999,985 left

[Al J]

"The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and other related

complications of which she later died in the hospital After we must have spent a lot of money on her."

No consideration, some people.

[silvasurfa]

i think its genuine, why are you all so cynical?

[PaulT]

Scam them back: 419eater

The trophy room is hilarious :D

Paul.

[silvasurfa]

nice one! looks like a sport worthy of my support!!!

[GIDDLEPIN]

Scam them back: 419eater

The trophy room is hilarious  :D

Paul.

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Must remember that link, better than reading a book!

[System~G]

I was going to say check these Scambusters out... Got beat to it by another link, but still a good idea though :D ;)

[Demonic Angel]

Ha ha haaa - just spent a good 45 mins on 419eater just reading all the scams!

Hilariousness!

[Boro Sera]

"The untimely deaths caused my mothers heart failure and other related

complications of which she later died in the hospital After we must have spent a lot of money on her."

No consideration, some people. 

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Heart Failure.....failure of the heart....Heart doesn't work .....death.!!

Don't really see the relevance of 'other related complications'

[scionic]

Ha ha haaa - just spent a good 45 mins on 419eater just reading all the scams!

Hilariousness!       

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Me too. That site ROCKS!

About time someone gave them a taste of their own medicine.

[GIDDLEPIN]

Yayyyy!

Got another one today and I think this one's genuine :P

Anyway I won't be online because I'm going out to look at mansions and a new car. ;)

World Wide National Lottery

Department of National Lottery

DNL Lottery Agency

Sub-Regional Head Quarters

Accra Ghana.

12/14 Ministry Way

Accra Ghana.

WINNING NOTIFICATION:

We are pleased to announce to you the draw of the

Department of National Lottery (DNL) in Affiliation with

the World Wide National Lottery International programs held

on the 4th of January in Accra Ghana. In conjunction with

the West African monetary institute a Ticket number:

#310878GH445EY attached to your e-mail address a which

subsequently won you the lottery in the 2nd category.

You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of

US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States Dollars). This

is from a total cash prize of US$20,000,000.00(Twenty

Million dollars,shared amongst the first Ten (10)lucky

winners in this category.

Please note that your lucky winning number falls within our

Afrian booklet representative office in Accra Ghana

(Africa)as indicated in your play coupon.In view of this,

your US$2,000,000.00 (Two Million United States

Dollars)would be released to you by our Department of

National Lottery Agency (OFFICE)in Accra Ghana Africa. Our

Africa Agent will immediately commence the process to

facilitate the release of your funds as soon as you contact

him.

All participants were selected randomly from World Wide Web

site through computer draw system and extracted from over

100,000 individuals and companies.This promotion taking

place now as we shall commence sales of ticket by next

year.

For security reasons, you are advised to keep your winning

information confidential till your claims is processed and

your money remitted to you in whatever manner you deem fit

to claim your prize. This is part of our precautionary

measure to avoid double claiming and unwarranted abuse of

this program by some unscrupulous elements.

Please be warned.

To file in for your claim, please contact our Africa

Agent: MR DAVIS MOORE on Email: davismoore@keromail.com

To avoid unnecessary delays and complications, you are

to contact Mr.davis moore with the followings details

below:

1. Your full names, telephone, contact address and

2. Quote your Ticket number in any correspondences

With us or our designated agent.

Congratulations, once more from all members and Staffs

of this program.

Thank you for being part of our promotional lottery

program.

Sincerely,

Dr. Smith Khan

Zonal Cordinator.

_________________________________________________________________

Gesendet mit tirolnetz.com

[Fidgits]

Scam them back: 419eater

The trophy room is hilarious  :D

Paul.

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Must remember that link, better than reading a book!

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looking through the old forums i found this.. :D

[GIDDLEPIN]

Scam them back: 419eater

The trophy room is hilarious  :D

Paul.

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Must remember that link, better than reading a book!

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looking through the old forums i found this.. :D

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Nice one

So you're saying I haven't won the lottery?

[GIDDLEPIN]

This has got to be the best one yet! :o

I don't even use E-Bay!!!

First E-mail.

From: eBay Security

Date: 04/16/05 12:40:46

To: ************.karoo.co.uk

Subject: eBay Verify Accounts

Your credit/debit card information must be updated

Dear eBay Member,

We recently noticed one or more attempts to log in to your eBay account from a foreign IP address and we have reasons to believe that your account was used by a third party without your authorization. If you recently accessed your account while traveling, the unusual login attempts may have been initiated by you

The login attempt was made from:

IP address: *****25.210.**

ISP Host: cache-66.proxy.aol.com

By now, we used many techniques to verify the accuracy of the information our users provide us when they register on the Site. However, because user verification on the Internet is difficult, eBay cannot and does not confirm each user's purported identity. Thus, we have established an offline verification system o help you evaluate with who you are dealing with.

click on the link below, fill the form and then submit as we will verify

http://www.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?V...egistrationShow

Please save this fraud alert ID for your reference

Please Note - If you choose to ignore our request, you leave us no choice but to temporally suspend your account.

* Please do not respond to this e-mail as your reply will not be received.

Respectfully,

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eBay Inc.

Second e-mail

From: aw-confirm@ebay.com

Date: 04/16/05 17:20:06

To: ************.karoo.co.uk

Subject: Your Final Warning From eBay

Place or Update Credit Card on File

Dear eBay,

During our regulary schedule account maintenance and verification we have detected a slight error in your billing information on file with eBay. This might be due to either following reasons:

- A recent change in your personal information (i.e. change of address)

- Submiting invalid information during the initial sign up process.

- An inability to accurately verify your selected option of payment due an internal error within

our processors.

Your credit card on file with eBay

Card number: XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-4322 (Not shown for security purposes) Expiration date: 11/05

Please sign in to your eBay account and update your billing information:

http://signin.ebay.com/eBayISAPI.dll?SignI...:h:sin:US" >

If your account information is not update, your ability to sell or bid on eBay will become restricted.

Thank you,

eBay Billing Department

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Yeah, here's my credit card details----Like :censor: !!!!