| Its time i updated....xanga is dying with facebook being the new trend.... i havent visited my xanga in like 2/3 months.... dont you hate those stupid scam emails sent to make you an instant millionare? for example, this is one i received a while back..... Dear Friend,
I am Barrister Matthew Baker, an attorney in London. A deceased client
of mine, by name Alh. Slamet Hassan died in Banda Aceh, Indonesia with
his wife and family as a result of the deadly Tsunami.
Please log on to this website for more about the Tsunami
www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/tsunami.disaster/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake
The main reason i contacted you is to assist me in ensuring that the
funds lodged by my late client with a Financial Institution Abroad is not
decleared unclaimed since he died with his wife and children.
The Financial Institution has issued me a notice to contact the next of
kin, or the funds will be confiscated. My proposition to you is to seek
your consent to present you as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my
late client, so that the proceeds of this funds can be paid to you, Then
we can share the amount on a mutual agreement based on percentage.
All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin
will be provided. All i require is your honest co-operation to enable us
see this transaction through. This will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. If this
business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.
Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.
However if you are willing to assist me in this venture i will
establish a verbal telephone communication with you and bring you into a much
better picture of the situation.
Best Regards,
Barrister Matthew Baker.
3rd Floor,
Sunlight House, Quay Street
Manchester M3 3JZ so i thought...wow...im so lucky to have been chosen from the 6 billion people of this world (ok, not all have internet access) so i eagerly replied: Dear Friend, First of all, I would like to offer my gratitude that you have been gracious enough to consider me a worthy candidate for this business proposition. Also, it was particularly heartwarming that in this email, our first correspondence, I have earned the title of friend, and I hope that our relationship can develop over time. Who knows, maybe even into something more. I was slightly surpised at the choice of the subject name in the email, namely Att: Good Day!!! I would have thought that your proposition, which may not only affront moral standards as you point out, but which may also be illegal, would have been veiled by a more sombre subject title. But then again, as you have trusted me to aid and abet you, a complete stranger, without question, I believe that I should return the favour so I will give you the benefit of the doubt. But then you used the word attorney in describing your occupation. The word attorney in England was abolished as a term used to describe a legally-qualified solicitor in the 19th century. For your benefit, please click on the link below for more information. But then again, I might be overanalysing and just assuming things. For all I know, you could be an expatriate American working in England. http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question62384.html I apologise in advance for the source of my information not being as credible as your CNN link or your wikipedia link. One question I want to ask for our next eagerly anticipated correspondence is this: what do the links establish? I mean, the tsunami disaster is common knowledge and those links do not establish anything at all about the legitimacy of your proposal. Despite this, out of goodwill, I was still willing to risk all for you, my dear friend. Regarding the next of kin, I am willing to present myself as that. However, I would have thought that notwithstanding your documents backing up my claims, there would be stringent procedures imposed by this financial institution, and seeing that I am a fair skinned Asian, I might have difficulty in claiming to be the next of kin of someone who appears to be of Arabic descent from their name. Forgive my doubts if I have made more ignorant assumptions. However, in light of your skill in creating an arrangment whereby I will be protected from ALL breach of the law, I will defer to your experience in these matters, and offer you my honest cooperation. I look forward to your prompt reply. p.s i wasnt sure why you had two emails, the yahoo one or the @cox.net one which seems to be your chambers one. So i just sent to your yahoo one as i didnt want to spam your work email p.p.s i am concerned for your well-being and continued freedom as my sources deep within london tell me that on the same floor of the same building as where your offices are located is the legal services ombudsman who looks into complaints regarding legal services. please run for your safety p.p.p.s are you single? because i hope that through this experience together, we may share more of each other. in case you are wondering, i do bat for the other team. possibly due to a lack of subtlety, i didnt receive a reply.... then i received another one: This is to inform you of the release of our 2007 MSW MEGA JACKPOT,Your
e-mail address, is attached to winning number 20-12DEC-2005-02MSW, with
serial number S/N-00168 drew the lucky numbers 887-13-865-37-10-83, and
consequently won in the first lottery category. You have therefore been
approved for a lump sum pay out of 500,000.00 GBP ( FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited to file REF NO:MSW-L/200-26937. This is
from total prize money of GBP 2,500,000.00 POUNDS, shared among the Five
(5)international winners in this category.
To claim your winning prize, you must first contact the claims
department by email.
Name: Mrs Vanessa White Scott
Email: mrsvanessawhites@yahoo.dk
In respect to claims, you are to forward the following details to
enable her clear your file for immediate payment:
1. Full Names: _______________________
2. Address: __________________________
3. Age: _____________________________
4. Sex: ______________________________
5. Marital Status: _____________________
6. Occupation: ________________________
7. Phone numbers: ______________________
8. Fax number: ________________________
9. Country: ___________________________
Yours faithfully,
Sir David Alberto.
For Ms Word lottery Uk. so i decided to be a bit more tactful with this one: Dear Sir Alberto, there must be a mistake because i have never bought a lottery ticket in England, let alone even been in England. How can i win a share of that large prize money? surely i cant have won a random lottery which draws random winners for such a big pool prize!! Like being knighted gives an auro of legitimacy (not that i added this part) and he sounds spainish anyway, so i wasnt sure how he was eligible this is the reply i received: FROM: THE DESK OF THE E-MAIL PROMOTIONS MANAGER,
INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT
MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY,UK
3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD
REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937
BATCH: 2005MJL-01
Dear Esteemed Winner,
Your fund has been deposited in an escrow account and insured with your REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937 and your E-mail address, Please note that, you are to contact us via email and not phone as we are promoting the use of E-mail, any communications with this office should be by mail, You have the right to call the bank, as we will provide you with the necessary details on how to claim your prize. You are to keep your ref. number and batch number from the public, until you have been processed and your money remitted to your account.
This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claiming and the act of scamming people of their ref number and prizes. We hope with a part of your prize, you will participate in our year high stakes US$1.3 billion International Lottery.
PLEASE NOTE THAT YOU ARE TO FILL AND SEND THE BELOW INFORMATIONS REQUIRED TO CLAIM YOUR WINNING PRIZE TO YOUR CLAIMS OFFICER:
*FULL NAMES*
*NATIONALITY*
*AGE*
*DATE OF BIRTH*
*SEX*
*MARITAL STATUS*
*CONTACT ADDRESS*
*TELEPHONE NUMBER*
*OCCUPATION*
*WINNING E-MAIL ADDRESS*
*REF/ BATCH NUMBERS*
*TOTAL AMOUNT WON*
Upon receipt of the duly requested data,I will send you the contact information of the payment office so you can proceed with effecting the release of your claim in anyway you deem fit, submit back immediately.Remember that all prize money must be claimed not later than 25th of April, 2007. All funds not claimed on or before the fixed date will be forfeited.
NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications, please remember to quote your reference and batch numbers in all correspondences with your claims officer. Do not reply any other mails like this on net as they are alot of scam artist out there pretending to be us. You may see mails like this do not reply. Do contact your claims officer MRS. VANESSA WHITE SCOTT at once by email. You will be asked to provide some details to enable us proceed file keeping.PLEASE KEEP THIS CONFIDENTIAL as we wish you a blissful new year!!!
Warm regards,
Mrs. Vanessa White Scott
For Ms Word Lottery UK.
oh...so now im esteemed? and where is my sir alberto? so i replied again: Hi.... is it really safe to communicate via email? You know...with all the viruses and money scams which go on over the internet. I would have thought the phone was more prudent. For my security, the following details are provided: 1) Borat John Nazarbayev 2) Kazakhstan 3) 37 4) 19.04.1970 5) masculine 6) single now (my wife...she died- HI 5) 7) unit 12 29/37 Asimove parade Astana 8) 091- 87323 28392 9) journalist 10) john_kimmy83@yahoo.com 11) MSW-L/200-26937 in my countryyyy, like they say, have a blissful new year, i keep everything confidential and then this reply from the scammers: MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY UK
CLAIMS/ VERIFICATIONS DEPARTMENT
P.O.Box 275. 3b Olympic Way, Sefton Business Park,
Aintree, Liverpool , L30 1RD DEAR:Borat John Nazarbayev, CONGRATULATIONS!Thanks for your e-mail. This is to also confirm that we have recieved and confirmed your winning informations.
For more clarity, MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY programes was held on 1st 0f April, 2007. Your e-mail address attached to ticket number:20-12DEC-2005-02MSW with Serial Number:S/N-00168 drew the Lucky Drew Numbers:887-13-865-37-10-83. and consequently won the lottery in the 1st category.
You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay out of ?500,000.00 GBP (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING) credited to file REF NO: MSW-L/200-26937. All participants were selected through our microsoft computer ballot system drawn form 21,000 names,3,000 names from each continent, as part of International "E-MAIL" Promotions Program, which is conducted annually for our prominent MS WORD user all over the world, and for the continuous use of E-mail.
This is also to inform you that you have been cleared a winner of the MICROSOFT WORD LOTTERY. I am happy to let you know that we have forwarded your Original winning Certificate and your Certified bank cheque to the courier company.
Find below the details of the courier company.
GLOBAL COURIER SERVICES
ADDRESS: Rovex House, Hay Hall Rd. Tyseley,
Birmingham. B11 2AG. England.
EMAIL:gcs77online@yahoo.co.uk
TEL: +44-703-181-9276
+44-703-181-9372 Please note that considering the amount of money that is involved, we cannot enthrust the postage of your cheque in the hands of any other courier service apart for our affiliate.
You are adviced to contact the courier company for their courier cost of delivering your winning prize safely to you for immediate claim.
When contacting them,you are to include this order number as your subject.Please you are adviced to write down the order number and save it.
ORDER NUMBER: MO35468UK
Note: you are to Quote your complete names,Ref/Batch Numbers and your direct phone number so that they can honour your letter also do keep me updated with your communications with the courier company.Also note that the question on when and how to pay the courier cost will be answered by the courier company.
Furthermore, as soon as you receive your cheque from the courier company, you are to proceed to your bank in your country so that the full value of your cheque will be paid to you. This means that your winning cheque is a certified cheque and as such can be cashed across the counter of any bank in your country.
Once again congratulations!!! from our members of staffs, We do hope that with part of your winnings you take part in Next year's Grand draws as we wish you a very blissful year.
Warm regards,
Mrs. Vanessa White Scott For Ms Word Lottery UK. by now, i was packing it...whoa...i gave them fake details, and here they were ready to pounce on my details..... so i conceded and stopped communication....i cant match these internet geeks
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