Archive for April, 2008

This guy is in a hurry to give me a cool mil. Smells pretty scammy to me.

From: haji_kagome@orange.net
Subject: VERY URGENT IS NEEDED PLEASE 226 76 938 132
Date: April 28, 2008 10:26:02 AM EDT (CA)
To: hadji_kagome@orange.net
Reply-To: haji_kagome@orange.net

Good Day My good friend,

Let me start by introducing myself, I am mr HADJI KAGOME,
an ACCOUNTS OFFICER with an African Bank in Burkina-Faso of West
Africa.

I am writing you this letter based on the latest development at my bank
which I will like to bring to your personal edification.($9million transfer
claims ).

This is a legitimate transaction and you will be paid 30% for
your “Assistance”.If you are interested, please write back for more
explanation. Kind Regards

HADJI KAGOME +226 76 938 132. CALL FOR MORE IMFORMATION

Now there is dumb and dumber, this one is in the dumber category. Mr. Godwin Emefiele asks “We need to confirm from you if it’s really true that you are dead and If we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead”. LoL, Wonder if this is a scam? (more…)

This scam is old as the hills. Apply for a loan and the scammers will ask for a fee in order to “process” your loan. Send the fee and you will never see your so called loan.
The scammers may also ask for personal information in order to steal your identity, this was the case in a recent case in the U.S read Arizona scam

CLASSIC TRUST LOAN FIRM
Reply-To: revdansmithloanfirm@gmail.com
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;
Cc: recipient list not shown: ;
Received-On: 04/25/08 5:13 PM
Subject: LOAN OFFER
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We offer loan to all parts of the world with low interest rates as low
as 0.2% per month.We are loan specialist for over 30 years now,If you
are interested in borrowing a fast loan contact us via
email.Email:revdansmithloanfirm@gmail.com
Regards
Rev Dan Smith
General Consultant
Classic Trust Loan Firm

Same old song and dance routine. David Old looking for some advanced fees or having us deposit some bogus check and send money back before the check bounces, if this is the case expect him to request the funds via Western Union and say bye-bye to your cash. (more…)

This a new approach for the bottom feeders. As far as I can see, no such conference will be taking place on these dates. Upon first review this seems to be an advance fees scam. They will probably ask for registration fees and then maybe accommodation fees for the stay in Dakar.
Since they are “inviting” anybody and their uncle, it just doesn’t make sense. (more…)

Haven’t seen this advanced fees scam for a while. Guess the scammers have brought it back for another run. (more…)

I like this one the scammers even mention the “Office Of The Senate House” Nigeria! They may as well write, this is a scam while they are at it. (more…)

You got to love these bottom feeders. They went out of their way to contact me and then they ask for my name, gender and age. To top it off the spam is from “pathology”@ hathway.com and the big shot wants me to respond to some yahoo address in the UK. These scams get better every time. (more…)

Here we go again, another scam. Since when do they ask for your marital status and country of origin when you win a lotto? Claims agent or fraudster? One more bottom feeder to add to the list.
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My dear friend Mr. Stephen Abase says “I will be very appreciative if you can return to me with urgent dispatch to enable me advise you on the modalities.” Real poor phrasing for a banker if I may say. Just another scam. Trash it. (more…)