Over the recent years, several scammers and fraudsters have invaded the internet. Be careful with messages you receive from strangers. Most importantly, DO NOT SEND ANY MONEY TO A STRANGER for whatever reason, do not give your documents or bank details to anyone. Always use your common sense.
Aupair Scams
Dear
Aupair,
Let me start by introducing my self , Am Mrs.Rosana
Smith ... 43 Years Old, from United Kingdom with my husband and kids,
and i don't usually stays home unless during weekends.I do believe in
God so much,what about you? My contact address is : 109 St. Thomas
Street ,Manchester,M3 3BQ ,United Kingdom . I have just 2 kids for now
and their names are Betty 3yrs and Terry 5yrs. All i need from you is
trust and honesty because i will not be at home with the kids and they
are the only one left at home after me and their dad leave for work in
the morning,I have an apartment room for he/she that would be taking
care of my kids in my house and i will be paying you £ 1,900 every
3
weeks and a pocket money of £ 320 per week for the buying of some
things
for yourself .You will be working 7 hours per day and your
responsibility in my house is just to take care of my kids, also you
will be taking them on shopping once in a while and also taking them to
where the school bus will pick them up from which is just 1 km ahead
from home.You will have a private room bathroom toilet and also if you
wish to be having free period from 5 pm to 7pm is acceptable. So i will
like you to get back to me if you are interested in being a nanny for my
Kids and i do hope to hear from you soon.
Here are what you will gain
from me if you wish to work as a nanny for my kids.
1:paying you £
1,900 every 3 week and £ 320 per week for pocket money.
2:Having a
private room and bathroom.
3:Having free period
4:After when i see
that you work very well i shall increase your salary.
5:Free access to
the Internet
Regards..
Mrs. Rosana Smith
Dear Aupair,
Let me start by introducing my self ,Am Mr. Mack 43 Years Old, from
United State with my wife and kids, I work in a fabric company in United
State and i don't usually stays home unless during weekends.I do believe
in
God so much,what about y ou? My contact address is :11108 N 128th
Place,Scottsdale,AZ 85259 UNITED STATE I have just 2kids for now and their
names are Betty ray 3yrs and kevin ray 4yrs. I want a honesty caring
and clean Aupair nanny for them because they are the only one left at home
after me and their dad leave for work in the morning,I have an apartment
room for he/she that would be taking care of my kids in my house and i will
be paying you $ 1,830 every 3 weeks and a pocket money of $ 320 per week
for the buying of some things for your self .You will be working 7 hours
per
day and your responsibility in my house is just to take care of my kids,
cooking for them , i hope you know how to cook? also you will be taking
them
on shopping once in a while and also taking them to where the school bus
will pick them up from which is just 1 km ahead from home.You will have
a
private room bath room toilet and also if you wish to be having free period
from 5 pm to 7pm is acceptable. So i will like you to get back t o me if
you
are interested in being a nanny for my Kids and i do hope to hear from you
soon.Here are what you will gain from me if you wish to work as a nanny
for
my kids.
1:paying you $ 1,830 every 3 week and $ 320 per week for pocket money.
2:Having a private room and bathroom.
3:Having free period
4:After when i see that you work very well i shall increase your salary.
5:Free access to the Internet
Regards.
Mr. Mack
SECRET FORTUNE SCAMS
Be careful of the scams circulating from people who claim to have found secret fortunes and want to share them with you. All they just want is your personal and bank details which they will use to draw money out of your bank..
Look at these scam messages below
Dear Friend,
Good day and Compliments,
I am writing this letter in confidence believing that if it
is the wish
of God for you to help me and my family, God almighty will bless and
reward you aboundantly and you would never regreat this.I am a female
student from University of Burkina faso,Ouagadougou. I am 25 yrs old. I'd
like any person who can be caring, loving and home oriented. I will
like to have a long-term relationship with you and to know more about you
I would like to build up a solid foundation with you in time coming if
you can be able to help me in this transaction.
Well, My lovingly Parents died two Years ago and left I and my junior
brother behind. My late father was a king, which our town citizens
titled him over sixteen years before his death.I was a princess to him and
I
am the only person who can take care of his wealth now because my
junior brother is still young . Now am matured to face the life.I know all
my father's wealth. He left the sum of USD 5, 000.000 Dollars (Five
Million US Dollars) in a Security Company here in Burkina Faso In West
African Country.
This money was annually paid into my late fathers account from Shell
petroleum development company(SPDC)and chevron oil company operating in
our locality for the compensation of youth and community development in
our jurisdiction.I don't know how and what I will do to invest this
money somewhere in abroad, so that my father's kindred will not take over
what belongs to my father and our family, which they were planning to
do without my present because I am a female as stated by our culture in
the town.
Now,i urgently need your humble assistance to move this money from the
security company to your bank account, That is why I felt happy when I
saw your contact because I strongly believe that by the grace of God,
you will help me to invest this money wisely.I am ready to pay 20% of
the total amount to you if you help me in this transaction and another
10% interest per Annual After Income to you, for handling this
transaction for us, which you will strongly have absolute control over.
If you can handle this project sincerely and also willing to assist me
in lifting this fund, kindly reach me. Please, note that this
transaction is 100% risk free and I hope to commence the transaction as
quick as
possible, I will send you my Picture as soon as I hear from you.
Yours Sincerely,
Princess Lucy Musa
Ouagadougou,Burkina Faso
West Africa.
Good morning,
Please, I want to inform you that I was directed to contact you only by
the
Holy Spirit after serious prayers. I am a widow and a devoted Christian,
my
name is Mrs. Naomi Solomon, 43 years old from Ivory Coast, West Africa.
Since my husband died, I have been suffering from arthritics and lately,
doctors have diagnosed me with terminal cancer which left me with
approximately five months to live.
And before my husband died, he deposited the sum of US$6.8 million compile
in a metallic box in the safe custody of one of the security company in
Europe. And after the death of my husband, his relative's developed hatred
upon me. They are unbelievers and not Christians, I don't want this money
to be wasted by unbelievers and I don't want this money to be used in
ungodly ways,
This why I contacted you to claim and use this money the way I will
instruct herein, because I have no child. I want you to use this money to
help the orphanages children and widows in the world and to propagate the
word of God and to endeavour that the house of God is maintain. This is
my
desires towards humanitarian services.
If you promise me that you will use this money according to my instructions
above, I will give you the contact of my lawyer who will give you the vital
details on how you can retrieve the fund from the security company in
Europe to your country.
Thanks.
I will be waiting to hear from you soon.
May God bless you as you walk in the light and glory.
Yours in Vineyard
MRS. Naomi Solomon
CENTRAL
BANK OF NIGERIA
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS.
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.OUR REF: CBN/IRD/CBX/021/07
INHERITANCE PAYMENT #: MAV/FGN/MIN/009 )
A/C#: 32780612669g8
SWIFT CODE: BPH KPL PK.
eMAIL: legalpaymentdeptxxxxx101@yahoo.fr
Attention Beneficiary
IMMEDIATE FINAL NOTIFICATION ON YOUR INHERITANCE PAYMENT.
This
letter will definitely be amazing to you because of its realistic value.Sorry
for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of Inheritance
Payment transaction with some Nigerian Officials some while ago.
I
know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like
to
introduce myself; I am (Prof. Charles Soludo) the rightful Governor of The
Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive Chairman of "E.C.D.R".On
the 1st of October 2006, the former President of The Federal Republic of
Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo)introduced a Commission named the"E.C.D.R"
(Executive Committee on Debt Recovery) which is duly registered under the
United Nations (U.N.) and the Federal Government of Nigeria. This particular
Commission was initiated to detect fraud/fund delays/interrupted funds Payments
and to also Settle foreign debts/fraud victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to
satisfactory in other to maintain peace in the world at large.
Presently, we are being paid by the American government in other to avert Scam and also to avert beneficiary funds delays here in Nigeria, So far, we have succeeded in Settling the likes of (Mrs. Daisy Fox, Mr. Edward Smyth etc).
You are being contacted by this office today dated 21st March 2008 because your Case File (A) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet. Your Inheritance Funds were Re-deposited into the "Federal Suspense Account" of CBN last week, because you did not completely forward your Claim as the Right beneficiary.
Through
the Intelligent investigations and verification processes of our Intelligent
Monitoring Unit (I.M.U), we also discovered that this Funds valued (10,000,000(USD
ONLY)) is in your name and to this note The International Remittance Department
was ordered by the Executive Committee on Debt Recovery to Release this
Funds to you with immediate effect. On this course of duty, two foreigners
(Mr. Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf) visited this office today in other
to inform us that they are your Representatives from Canada whom will be
collecting your Funds for you.
For
the fact that this Committee is faithfully in my full governance as the
Chairman, I will like you to clarify to me if this Bank should proceed to
Release
your Funds to your Representatives Mr. Tim Parker and Mr. Rowland Gulf.
In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are required to respond immediately
to :
legalpaymentdeptxxxxx101@yahoo.fr
Best
Regards,
Prof. Charles C. Soludo.
Executive Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
From
The Desk Of:
Mhlabeni Inc Chambers & Associates,
17th Floor Marble Towers
Cnr. Jeppe and Von Wielligh Street
Johannesburg. South Africa.
Telephone: +27788713126.
Dear Friend,
Greetings to you, with warm heart I offer my friendship and greetings.
However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you as we have
not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that
you take due consideration of its importance and the immense benefit
it will be to you.I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy, if this
contact is not
acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to you as a person of
integrity.
First and foremost I wish to introduce
myself properly to you.
My name is Barrister Nkosi Benjamin, a registered solicitor at law and
a member of the attorneys Association in South Africa.
I have a deceased client, a national
of your country whose funds
deposited in Capitec Bank South Africa in the year 2003 are to be
confiscated because the time they have given me to provide the next of kin
of my
late client almost expiring.
I have made several inquiries to locate
any of my clients extended
relatives this has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful
attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to
locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I seek your consent to present you as
the next of kin of the deceased
so that the proceeds of his account valued at US$6.5 Million can be
paid to you and then you and I can share the money.
You will be entitled to 40% if you can
help to receive these funds as
the Beneficiary.
Every modalities in respect of the smooth
conclusion of this business
has been perfectly put in place, I have perfectly made arrangement to
execute this transaction under maximum legitimate atmosphere therefore
this transaction is 100% legal and risk free.
Please get in touch with me immediately for further clarifications.
Sincerely,
Barrister Nkosi Ben (esq).
Mhlabeni Inc Chambers & Associates,
Johannesburg. South Africa.
Telephone: +27788713126.
I
am Isa Salmon, A Bahrain national I have been
diagnosed with Oesophageal cancer .It has defiled all
forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only
about a few months to live.I am very rich,but was never
generous, I have given most of my assets to my immediate
family members. I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations.I cannot do this myself anymore because of
my health.I once asked members of my family to give some
money to charity organizations,they refused and kept the
money.I have a huge cash deposit of Eighteen Million
dollars with a finance House abroad. I will want you to
help me collect this deposit and dispatch it to charity
organizations.You will take out 20% of this funds for
your assistance.
Regards,
Isa Salmon.
Dear sir,
With Due Respect and Humanity, I was compelled to write to you under a humanitarian ground, however, this is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honour against your will.
Please I am contacting you to let you know my desire to establish a charity foundation in your country with this sum US$: 5.500.000 (Five million five hundred thousand US Dollars) which I inherited from my late husband (Engr. Shafi Shaheed)
It is my desire to see that this money is invested to any organization of your choice in your country and distributed each year among the charity organizations, motherless baby’s home, mosques, churches, Schools, supporting destitute aged men and women or whatever you may have in mind that will be to the benefit of the less fortunate.
I took this decision because I was raised from a motherless baby’s home and presently, I'm hospitalized here in (London) where I am undergoing treatment for my up coming breast cancer surgery operation.
Please reply as soon as possible to confirming your acceptance to this proposition so that I will give you all the relevant information that will authorise the release and transfer of the fund to you as my duly assigned representative.
Thank you in advance for your consideration and I look forward hearing from you urgently.
Regards,
Pamela Shaheed (Mrs)
FROM THE DESK OF
MR. PERRY STEVEN
REGIONAL MANAGER
INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK
KUMASI BRANCH GHANA.
HELLO DEAR,
My name is Perry Steven, I am the regional manager of the International
Commercial Bank kumasi branch Ghana. I got your information during my search
through the Internet. I am 42years of age and married with 3 lovely kids.
It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problem,but
i dont know how you will feel about this because you might feel that its
scam yes there are many scammers. but am telling you that this is real and
you are not going to regret after doing this transaction with me. I only
hope we can assist each other.But If you don't want this business offer
kindly forget it as I will not contact you again.
I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit
both of us, as the regional manager of the International Commercial Bank;
it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital
city Accra-Ghana at the end of each year. On the course of the last year
2007 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager
made Six Million Eight hundred and fifty thousand dollar [6,850.000.00]
which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have
since place this fund on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.
As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,
so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist
receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will
have 40% of the total fund .Note there are practically no risk involved,
it will be bank to bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim
as the original depositor of this fund who made the deposit with our branch
so that my Head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept this offer to work with me, I will appreciate it very much.
As soon as I receive your response I will details you on how we can achieve
it successfully.
Best Regards
Mr. Perry Steven
INVESTMENT SCAMS
We are brokering an Investment deal in your country on behalf of a
client of our firm.
This deal will involve the eventual
investment of USD 225M. (Two
hundred and Twenty Five Million Dollars) .
We are by this letter offering you our partnership, so as to allow us
have you as representative and manager of invested funds in your
country.
Since we can not determine if this email is still functional and also
your willingness we have kept this proposal brief.
If you are Interested in this offer of partnership, please respond and
give us your full contact details plus company profile, and in response
we will send you an elaborate proposal and details of this offer.Your
expedient response will be
appreciated.
Raghnall Craighead
Managing Partner
LOTTERY SCAMS
BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL:
P O Box 1010
Liverpool, L70 1NL
UNITED KINGDOM
(Customer Services)
WINNING NOTIFICATION
The United Kingdom National Lottery wishes to inform you that the
results of the E-mail address ballot lottery international program by Great
Britain held on the of 2th April 2008.Your mail account have been
picked as a winner of a lump sum pay out of One Million
Pounds(£1,000.000.00). in cash credited to file REF NO. REF:UKL/74-
A0802742008.You are
the number two winner among the FIVE (5) international winners in this
category.
To begin your claim, please contact your Claims Agent:
Mr.Mokhtar Ford
Email: britishnationallo@gmail.com
Note below your winning details:
Ticket N?: 22-1356-4096-988
Serial N?: A069-07
Lucky N?: 12-13-21-26-32-39 Bonus-17
File REF N?.: UKL/74-A0802742008
BATCH N?.: 2008UKL-01
Your draw has a total value of One Million Pounds(£1,000.000.00).
Full Names:____________
Address:_________________
Age:____________________
Country:_________________
Occupation:_________________
Telephone:________________
Sex:______________________
Faithfully,
Carl Martins, Esq.
Zone Co-ordinator for BRITISH NATIONAL LOTTERYINTERNATIONAL
Sweepstakes International Program.
The UK National Lottery
Themes mead,
London, L70 1NL,
United Kingdom.
P.O Box 1010.
From: The Office of the Online Coordinator
Promotions/Prize Award Department
UK National Lottery Sweepstakes' International.
Dear Certified Beneficiary,
We wish to congratulate and inform you of the result of the just concluded
final draws (#1068) of the United Kingdom National Lottery International
Online Sweepstakes program which is now available for claims. This online
cyber lottery draws was conducted on an exclusive list of 67,000 e-mail
addresses of individual and corporate bodies picked from the internet by
our E-games Random Selection System Search (ERSSS). Of which your Email
address attached to Reference Number: UK/9420X2/68 was luckily selected
during the automated computer ballot draws as one of the 5 winners in the
Match 5 plus bonus category with the following winning information below:
Batch Number: 074/05/ZY369
Reference Number: UK/9420X2/68
You have therefore been approved to claim a total sum of £1,000,000 (One million pounds sterling) credited to file KTU/9023118308/03 as this is from a total cash prize of £5,000,000 shared amongst the (5) lucky winners in your winning category "Match 5 plus". Your prize award has been insured with your e-mail address and will be remitted to you upon meeting our requirements, statutory obligations, verifications, validations and satisfactory report.
We choose this method of winning notification to our certified winners to promote the use of the Internet/e-mail and we have also associated every e-mail address used in the draws with a reference number and batch number to identify the participants as no tickets were sold for this draws.
CLAIMS PROCEDURES:
In other to claim your £1,000,000 GBP( One Million pounds sterling)
winning prize, you are required to complete the (VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE
FORM) below and send it to our under listed licensed and accredited Fiduciary
agent via fax or email.
Accredited Fiduciary Agent: Mr. Larry Whiter.
Tel: Tel: +44-703-194-2862
Fax: +44- 870-479-6344
Email: larry.whitedesk@hotmail.com
VERIFICATION AND FUND RELEASE FORM
Full Names:
Present Address:
Present Country:
Telephone No:
Alternative Email Address:
Occupation.:
Age.:
Gender.:
Nationality.:
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
a.) Due to our security measures to avoid any case of double claiming or
abuse of this lottery program by other non participants or impersonators,
you are advised to keep your winning details of this prize confidential
from any third party(including friends and relations) till your claims have
been processed and your funds remitted to you. Any discrepancies resulting
from a breach of this confidentiality on the part of the winners will be
covered solely by such winner.***Your Winning Information should be released
only to our accredited Fiduciary agent for legal and security reasons!
b.) Note that there exists a periodic condition
on all winning claims; therefore you have limited time to claim your winnings.
Failure to claim your winning within the stipulated time frame will lead
to the forfeiture of your winnings. You are therefore advice to act with
the lottery regulations and have your prize remitted to you before the forfeiture
date.
Once again do accept my hearty congratulations on behalf of the staffs and
members of the UK National Lottery Online Sweepstakes International program!
Regards;
Mrs. Kate Ross
Online coordinator for The UK National Lottery
Sweepstakes International Program.
Conference Scams
My name is Jane Nicole. I am presently on a volunteer job
working with we care2
Seattle, WA, USA. We are cordially inviting you to our twin combined conference
which Will be held in Seattle, WA, USA from the 20th to 23rd of Nov. 2008
And Athens
Greece from the 27th to 30th of Nov, 2008 being organized in conjuction
with Vassos
Anthonis Foundation. If you are Interested to participate and want to represent
your
country, you may Contact the secretariat of the organizing committee for
details and
Information.
You should also inform them that you were invited to participate by a Friend
of
yours (Jane Nicole), who is a member of the Youths For Peace, We care2.
The
benevolent donors of the Organizing Committee will provide round trip Air
tickets
and accommodation for the period of participants Stay in The United States,
to all
registered participants.
You will only be responsible for your hotel booking in Athens where The
second phase
of the conferences will be held. If you are a holder of an international
passport
that may require visa to enter the United States/Greece you may inform the
conference secretariat Attn: Dr. Duke Peters at the time of registration,
as the
organizing committee is responsible for all visa arrangements and travel
assistances.
Please contact the Conference secretariat with the address below for Detailed
information.
By TEL: +1 206-333-0338
By FAX: +1 206-984-3466
Email: wyf_conf@care2.com copied to dukepete@eml.cc
Contact them with your full names and address.
Sincerely,
Jane Nicole.
