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Here are a few more examples of some of the dodgy deals people are trying to get me involved with, so they can eventually steal my identity and money.

These ones claim to be from Karin Ahmed, Amina Kipkalya, Azeem Igwedo and Ramatu Sawadogo.

From: Karim Ahmed [mailto:kar.ah.00128@msn.com]
Subject: DID YOU RECEIVE IT? PLEASE REPLY.

DEAREST,

MY NAME IS KARIM AHMED A STAFF OF BANK OF AFRICA ((BOA)) OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO . I AM CONTACTING YOU FOR A CLAIM IN MY DEPARTMENT WITH A VALUED SUM OF (USD$18.5M).

THE MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY ONE OF OUR CUSTOMER DURING (( IRAQ OIL FOR FOODS PROGRAM)) IN 2003. THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED JULY 2005 WHEN HE TRAVELLED TO RESCUE HIS FAMILY DURING AMERICA AND IRAQ CONFLICT. AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION, WE DISCOVERED THAT HIS ENTIRE FAMILY WAS EVICTED.

THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDELINES HERE STIPULATE THAT IF AN ACCOUNT HOLDER INVOLVES IN SUCH VICTIM, A RELATIVE OR BUSINESS ASSOCIATES OF THE DECEASED THAT HAS HIS CORRECT INFORMATION IS LIABLE TO HAVE THE FUND.

IT IS UPON THIS REASON THAT I NOW DECIDE AND CONTACT YOU TO TAKE A POSITION AS HIS BUSINESS PARTNER AND I WILL BACK YOU WITH EVERY OF HIS INFORMATION TO ENABLE THE  BANK MANAGEMENT BELIEVE AND TRANSFER THE ABOVE FUND TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN.

THE REQUEST OF FOREIGNER AS NEXT OF KIN IN THIS BUSINESS IS OCCASIONED BY THE FACT THAT THE CUSTOMER WAS A FOREIGNER AND A CITIZEN OF BURKINA FASO CAN NOT STAND A NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER AS THE LAW STIPULATES HERE OTHERWISE I HAVE MANY RELATIVES FOR THE CLAIM.

THEREFORE THE FUND CAN ONLY BE APPROVE AND TRANSFER TO A FOREIGNER SO IF YOU’RE WILLING FOR THE CLAIM, REPLY BACK IMMEDIATELY TO MY PRIVATE EMAIL CONTACT ADDRESS: kar.ah@chaiyo.com <http://us.mc356.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kar.ah@chaiyo.com>   WITH THE BELOW INFORMATION’S FOR RECOGNITION PURPOSE OF WHO I AM TRUSTING TO PERMIT ME GUIDE YOU ON HOW WE CAN TRANSACT THE BUSINESS WITHOUT FEAR OR CALL ME IMMEDIATELY ON + 22678784625:

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YOUR FULL NAME…………………………….

YOUR RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS………………………..

YOUR MOBILE PHONE NUMBER…………………………..

YOUR FAX NUMBER IF ANY…………………………………..

YOUR OCCUPATION……………………………………….

YOUR AGE…………………………………………….

YOUR PHOTOGRAPH……………………………………..

SINCERELY

KARIM AHMED.

Next One

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You’re invited to:             HELLO,

By your host:            amina kipkalya

Date:        Thursday September 3, 2009

Time:        10:00 pm – 11:00 pm  (GMT +00:00)

Street:            Dearest ,I am writing this mail to you with tears and sorrow from my heart.With due respect trust and humanity, i appeal to you to exercise a little patience and read through my letter i feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business having gone through your remarkable profile, honestly i am writing this email to you with pains, tears and sorrow from my heart, i will really like to have a good relationship with you and i have a special reason why i decided to contact you, i decided to contact you due to the urgency of my situation,My name is Miss. Amina Kipkalya Kones, 23yrs old female and I held from Kenya in West Africa. My father was the former Kenyan road Minister. He and Assistant Minister of Home Affairs Lorna Laboso had been on board the Cessna 210, which was headed to Kericho and crashed in a remote area called Kajong’a, in western Kenya. The plane crashed on the Tuesday 10th, June,2008. You can read more about the crash through the below site:http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/06/10/kenya.crash/index.html After the burial of my father, my stepmother and uncle conspired and sold my father’s property to an italian Expertrate which the shared the money among themselves and live nothing for me. One faithful morning, I opened my father’s briefcase and found out the documents which he have deposited huge amount of money in one bank in Burkina Faso with my name as the next of kin. I travelled to Burkina Faso to withdraw the money for a better life so that I can take care of myself and start a new life, on my arrival, the Bank Director whom I met in person told me that my father’s instuction to the bank is that the money would only be release to me when I am married or present a trustee who will help me and invest the money overseas. I am in search of an honest and reliable person who will help me and stand as my trustee so that I will present him to the Bank for transfer of the money to his bank account overseas. I have chosen to contact you after my prayers and I believe that you will not betray my trust. But rather take me as your own sister. Though you may wonder why I am so soon revealing myself to you without knowing you, well I will say that my mind convinc ed me that you may be the true person to help me. Moreso, I will like to disclose much to you if you can help me to relocate to your country because my stepmother have threaten to assinate me. The amount is( $5.8 USD )Million United State Dollars, and I have confirmed from the bank in Burkina Faso on my arrival, You will also help me to place the money in a more profitable business venture in your Country. However, you will help by recommending a nice University in your country so that I can complete my studies. It is my intention to compensate you with 20% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my capital in your establishment. As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely. Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self for now untill the bank will transfer the fund. I beg you not to disclose it till i come over because I am affraid of my weaked stepmother who has threatened to kill me and have the money alone ,I thank God Today that am out from my country (KENYA) but now In (Burkina Faso) where my father deposited these money with my name as the next of Kin.I have the documents for the claims. Yours Sincerely Amina Kipkalya Kones.

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Third One

From: azeem igwedo [mailto:azeemigwedo462@msn.com]
Sent: 03 September 2009 08:39
Subject: URGENT REPLY PLEASE

Dear Friend,

I am Mr Azeem Igwedo, the  director in charge of auditing and accounting section  of Bank of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso West-Africa. I would like you to indicate your interest to receive the transfer of $9.8 Million Dollars. I will like you to stand as the next of kin to our late customer whose account is presently dormant for claims. Please once you are interested kindly send me the following details information below,

1.Your full name:………..

2.Resident address:……..

3.Private phone……..

4.fax numbers:……………

5.Country :…………….

6.Occupation:…………..

7.Age:………

I shall send you more details as soon as i hear from you.

Regards,

Mr. Azeem Igwedo,

Phone (+226 768-64-469)

Final One

From: Mrs. Ramatu Sawadogo [mailto:mrsramatus@voila.fr]
To: Mrs. Ramatu Sawadogo
Subject: From Mrs. Ramatu Sawadogo

Hello Friend

I am Mrs. Ramatu Sawadogo, the director of account/audit department in the Bank of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso, West Africa. I got your contact from a Yahoo Tourist Search When I was searching for a foreign partner. I assured of your capability and reliability to champion this business opportunity when I prayed to the Almighty about you. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $22,000.000.00 million U.S dollars (Twenty two million U.S dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer Mr. Alan Williams, A British National who died along with his entire family in (20 Oct 2005) in a plane crash.  As followed in this link

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/tanzania/1501084/Tycoon-dies-with-family-in-Tanzania-safari-plane-crash.html>

Since I got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don’t want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after five years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and I cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner since I am from this country. I agree to offer you 45% of the total sum as foreign partner in respect to the provision of an account, 55% will be for me while we both will take care of the  expenses incur during process of the transfer.  There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where the money will be remitted.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by email the text of the application which you fill and send to our bank. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to move very smoothly into the account you will provide to the bank. Don’t hesitate to furnish me with your private telephone for easy and effective communication. Also send me your personal information as followed

(1) Your full names

(2) Your age and occupation

(3) Your nationality

(4) Your private telephones for easy communication

(5) A copy of your international passport or recent photo for me you know your person.

Below is my residential address and email contact.

Siege social: 01BP 452001 Ouaga 01, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso

Email: ramatusawadogo@voila.fr <http://us.mc1116.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=ramatusawadogo@voila.fr>

Anxiously waiting for your urgent response

Thanks and God bless.

Mrs. Ramatu Sawadogo

Once again it is time for more e-mail from the junk mail folder, and here are two which are along the same lines asking me to partake in dodgy dealings with the promise of a lot of money at the end.

All I have to say on these types of e-mail is that I am sure if someone actually wanted to do this type of thing they would already have contacts (friends or family) that they could have do it for them rather than some person they do not know and have randomly e-mailed.

From: George Nduka [mailto:icbgeorge@gmail.com]
Subject: DO NOT IGNORE (PLEASE READ AND GET BACK TO ME)

Hello

Pardon me for not having the pleasure of knowing your mindset before making you this offer and it is utterly

confidential and genuine by virtue of its nature.

I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$3.5M.This fund has been stashed out of the

excess profit made last 2years by my branch office of the International Commercial Bank of Ghana which I am the manager.

I have already submitted an approved end-of-the-year report for the year 2007 to my head office here in Accra-Ghana and they will never know of this excess.

I have since then, placed this amount on a Non-Investment Account without a beneficiary. Upon your response, I will

configure your name on our database as holder of the Non-Investment Account. I will then guide you on how to

apply to my head office for the Account Closure/bank-to-bank remittance of the funds to your designated bank

account.

If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me. Kindly forward

your response to me immediately

With Regards,

George Nduka

+233 24 888 6531

From: Mr Momma F. IBRAHIM. [mailto:momma-_faso.005@msn.com]
Subject: I AM WAITING YOU PLEASE.

Dear Friend,

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of($15.5)million to your account within 14 banking days.

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 while 60% will be for me,I am expecting your urgent response.

Mr Momma F. IBRAHIM.

PLEASE ,IT IS TOP SECRET OK.

The scammers seem to work in waves, some days I have a load of bank phishing attempts and others a lot of 419 scams, and at the moment it seems to be the turn of the 419.

I always find it amusing when they refer to “me” as reliable and trustworthy or words to that effect when they are trying to convince me to do something totally unethical. Given that they ask for a photo I take it they are going for identity theft as well as trying to con money for a “bank transfer costs”

From: Robert Maurice [mailto:robmau13@msn.com]
Subject: Read and understand.

Bill & Exchange Manager!

Bank of Africa Annex,

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Firstly’ I must solicit for your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential. Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude could make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the deal. I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, however let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am “

Mr. Robert Maurice” Manager of Bill & Exchange department at Bank of Africa Annex here in Ouagadougou-Burkina Faso.

I discovered your credentials and email contact in my private search through the internet for a reliable and reputable person who will handle this confidential Project which involves transfer of a huge sum of money to a Foreign Account and it requires maximum confidence to execute this Project. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business through this medium, though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through this medium because it still remain the fastest medium of communication. This correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.

HERE IS THE PREPOSITION;

A Foreigner who met his untimely Death in Thailand Plane Clash was banking with us at the Bank of Africa Annex here in Ouagadougou; as at the end of September 2007 he had a closing balance worth of $14,500.000.00 (Fourteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).After going into deep investigations/verifications i had discovered that HASSAN died on Sunday 16th September 2007, in a plane clash. For more details & information please visit: (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6997381.stm).

Bank of Africa annex now expect the beneficiary to come for the claim of the fund but a lot of effort had been made without success, the perceived possibility of not been able to locate any of the depositor next of kin is due to he had no wife neither he had a child, base upon this fact i have decided to contact you so you can stand as the next of kin and beneficiary to our deceased customer fund since nobody is coming for the claim of the fund, and i don’t want this fund to go into our country treasury as unclaimed fund, that is the major reason why i contacted you, due to the law imposed by the British prime minister GORDON BROWN  in world press conference on the 6th of December 2005, at 12:18 GMT, for more information about the prime minister decision on dormant account visit: http://news.bcc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

Why i need you to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer fund, it is because you are a foreigner and the late depositor of this fund was a foreigner, i want you to understand that all information for you to apply for this fund to enable Bank of Africa annex release the fund to you and also to prove that you are the next of kin to our deceased customer fund is available, so now i seek your permission to stand as the next of kin to this fund, because it is due to your acceptance to partake in this transaction that will enable things work out smoothly, 40% will be for you and 50% for me why 10% will be set aside for any expenses that occurs before the release and transfer of the fund into your account.

I will furnish you with every necessary information you will use in applying to the bank for the release and tranfers of the fund,  please do not make undue of the trust that i have bestowed in you, if it is acceptable by you from your heart don’t hesitate to provide me with this requires” Your Picture, Your direct telephone number, Home address, and your Occupation, awaiting to receive your positive response.

Best regards,

Mr. Robert Maurice.

Direct from my junkmail folder comes yet another Nigeria 419 scam

From: mschwar4@gmu.edu [mailto:mschwar4@gmu.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph Uzambe
Sent: 06 August 2009 19:48
To: Undisclosed recipients:
Subject: Next of Kin Claim

Attention

First I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction and I pray that my contacting you will be given genuine approval considering the fact that we don’t know each other before. I wish to use this opportunity to introduce myself to you. I am Joseph Uzambe, I am writing to inform you of my desire to invest, and to buy a house in your country.

I am the first son of John Uzambe who was the former Diamond Board Director of Sierra-Leone. My father was attacked by the R U F rebels on his way to Lucia a northern part of Sierra-Leone and my father sustained injuries and he died three days later.

Before he died he revealed to me about the two boxes containing $15 million US dollars, which he deposited with a security company in Ghana for safe keeping. My father did not disclose the content of the boxes to the security company. To avoid the officials from raising eye brows.

Presently I and my brother are here in Ghana to notify the security company of the claims, and we are staying here as Asylum.

Therefore I want you to lecture me on how best we can invest this money in your country, because my father told me that it is dangerous to invest in Africa to avoid suspicions, and due to market instabilities coupled with economic and political situation facing Africa for your assistance myself and my brother have agreed to offer you 30% of the total amount of the money as your commission.

We have all the vital documents covering the deposit and the ownership which I can send to you.

Note, I have never disclosed this transaction to anybody apart from you. So please keep it very confidential.

Joseph Uzambe

Tel: +233 24 0488 422