Nigerian Fraud Email Gallery: Dead Foreigners

Hey wait a minute, I thought that the dead foreigner funds were always in jeopardy of being impounded to the Fund to "FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL" or worse yet the Red Cross (see the next letter). This guy wants me to believe that this account has been DORMANT for 10 years. What kind of scam are they trying to pull, anyway?

FROM: bada isa [mailto: bada_isa@mail.com ]
MAILED: Thursday, August 22, 2002 10:14 PM
SUBJECT: BUSINESS CONTACT.

FROM: MR JULIUS YENLONG.
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
UNION TOGOLAISE DU BANQUE
LOME- TOGO.TEL: 0092289037244.
E.MAIL" yenlong123@yahoo.com "

DEAR SIR,

PLEASE URGENT REPLY IS HIGHLY NEEDED.

I am Mr. JULIUS YENLONG , Chief Accountant for the
bills and credits in the foreign remittance Dept.
section of Union Togolaise Du Banque(UTB) Lome-Togo in
west Africa with due respect and regard. I have
decided to contact you on a business transaction that
will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of
the transaction. During our investigation and auditing
in this bank, my department came across a very huge
sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died
on november 1992 in a plane crash and the fund has
been dormant in his account with this Bank without any
claim of the fund in our custody either from his
family or relation before our discovery to this
development. Although personally, I keep this
information secrer within myself and partners to
enable the whole plans and idea be Profitable and
successful during the time of execution.

The said amount was (US$11.5M) (ELEVEN MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS). As it may
interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through my good friends who works with
chamber of commerce on foreign business relations here
in Lome-Togo. It is him who recommended your person to
me to be viable and capable to champion a business of
such magnitude without any problem. Meanwhile all the
whole arrangement to put claim over this fund as the
bonafide next of kin to the deceased, get the required
approval and transfer this money to a foreign account
has been put in place and directives and needed
information will be relayed to you as soon as you
indicate your interest and willingness to assist usand
also benefit your self to this great business
opportunity. In fact I could have done this deal alone
but because of my position in this country as a civil
servant, we are not allowed to operate a foreign
account and would eventually raise an eyebrows on my
side during the time of transfer because I work inthis
bank.

This is the actual reason why it will require a second
party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of
kin with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and
also present a foreign account where he will need the
money to be re-transfered into on his request as it
may be after due verification and clarification by the
correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money
will be remitted from to your own designation bank
account. I will not fail to inform you that this
transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of
this transaction, you will be entitled to 20% of the
total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside
to take care of expenses that may arise during the
time of transfer and also telephone and fax bills,
while 75% will be for me and my partners. Please, you
have been adviced to keep top secret as we are still
in service and intend to retire from service after we
conclude this deal with you. I will be monitoring the
whole situation here in this bank until you confirm
the money in your account and ask us to come down to
your country for subsequent sharing of the fund
according to percentage for previously indicated and
further investment, either in your country or any
country you advice us to invest in.

All other necessary information will be sent to you
when i hear from you. I suggest you get back to me as
soon as possible either by fax, phone or e-mail,
stating your wish in this deal.

REPLY TO: yenlong123@yahoo.com

Yours faithfully,
Mr. JULIUS YENLONG
CHIEF OF THE GROUP.
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 Hurry, if you don't help us steal the funds of the late engineer Johnson Creek, the money will be declared unclaimable and go to the Red Cross, The Mandela Fund or some other worthy cause...

  Not only that, but it seems that these funds, thankfully, by diverted by the manager of one of South Africa's top banks, are in no way connected to Al Qaeda, or any other terrorist organization.

  The only problem is that Jesse just can't seem to decide if the amount is 22,300,000 or 36,000,000. He must have gotten his dead-millionaire-foreigner-who-died-tragically-with-no-next-of-kin bank accounts confused. For tally purposes, I have split the difference, and assumed the amount to be $29,150,000.

  Of course, its completely understandable, just look at how many millionaire foreigners are dying over there...

FROM: jesse brown [mailto: jesse_brown2003us@yahoo.co.in ]
MAILED: Thursday, August 22, 2002 5:14 AM
SUBJECT: PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTICAL

FROM:MR JESSE BROWN
PHONE:27-83-4262-385
FAX:27-11-643-6119
JOHANNESBURG,
SOUTH AFRICA.
E-MAIL ADDRESS:( JESSE_BROWN2003US@YAHOO.CO.IN }

HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN:MANAGER/DIRECTOR/C.E.O

First I must solicit your confidence in this
transaction;this is by virtue of its nature as being
CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make anyone
apprehensive,but I am assuring you that all will be
well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction,
as we have been reliably informed of your honesty and
ability in transaction of this nature.Let me first
start by introducing myself to you.

I am MR.JESSE BROWN a manager with one of the top
South African Banks,Johannesburg.I came to know of
you in my private search for a reliable and reputable
person who will handle this confidential
transaction,which involves transfer of huge sum of
money to a foreign account.

THE PROPOSITION:

A foreigner,late Engineer Johnson Creek.An oil
merchant/contractor with South African Government,
until his death a year ago in a ghastly air crash,
banked with us here(in our bank).And had a closing
balance as the year-end of 2001.Worth US$22.3M
(Twenty Two Million three hundred thousand United
States Dollars).Which the bank now expects a next of
-kin to claim as a beneficiary.Valuable efforts have
been made by the bank to get in touch with any of the
creek’s family or relatives but there has been no
success. It is because of the perceived possibility of
not being able to locate any of the late Engineer’s
next of kin(he had neither wife nor children)that is
known to us.

That the management under the influence of our
chairman and members of the board of Directors,
Prof.Zuma requested that arrangement be made for the
fund to be declared UNCLAIMABLE and subsequently
donated to the Red cross or the Mandela Children’s
Fund.In order to prevent this, some of my colleagues
and I now seek your permission to have you stand as a
next of kin to late Engineer Johnson Creek. So that
the fund US$36.(Thenty six Million Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars) would be release and
paid into your account as next of kin.All document to
enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out.


We proposed that,1.30% of the money will go to you for
acting as the beneficiary of the fund.2.10% or less
will be set aside for reimbursement to both parties
for any incidental expense that may be incurred in the
course of the transfer.3.60% will go to us originators
of the transaction.If this proposal is accepted to
you,then take advantage of the trust we have bestowed
on you, and kindly get in touch (with me personally)
immediately via the above address.

Please furnish me with your confidential Telephone and
Fax numbers and exclusive bank account particulars so
that I can use this information to apply for the
release of and subsequent transfer of the fund in your
favour.

Thank you in advance for your anticipated
co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

MR.JESSE BROWN.

NB:Please note that this fund is in no way connected
to any terrorist or criminal arganisation.

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Isn't it amazing how many millionaire foreigners have died tragically in Nigeria without leaving next-of-kin? Since my new friend Udo Duke hasn't specified my share of this windfall, I have assumed the "standard" 20% share. I don't want to be too greedy ;)....

From: udo duke [mailto: udoduke@mail.com ]
Mailed: Jueves, 25 de Julio de 2002 10:11 a.m.
Subject: Urgent Need

FROM MR. UDO DUKE
FAX : 234-1-7599660

ATTN : THE PRESIDENT / CEO.

DEAR SIR,

FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS
TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF ITS NATURE AS BEING
UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET. THOUGH I KNOW
THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANY
ONE APPREHENSIVE AND WORRIED, BUT I AM ASSURING YOU
THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY.WE HAVE
DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS
TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR
DISCRETNESS AND ABILITY IN TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.

LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF PROPERLY TO YOU.
I AM MR. UDO DUKE, CREDIT OFFICER WITH THE UNION
BANK OF NIGERIA PLC, LAGOS. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY
PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO
HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION, WHICH INVOLVES
THE TRANSFER OF HUGE SUM OF MONEY TO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT
REQUIRING MAXIMUM CONFIDENCE.


THE PROPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER AN AMERICAN, LATE ENGR JOHN CREEK (SNR) AN
OIL MERCHANT WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA,
UNTIL HIS DEATH TWO YEARS AGO IN KENYA AIR BUS (A310
-300) FLIGHT KQ430, BANKED WITH US AT UNION BANK OF
NIGERIA PLC LAGOS AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE AS AT THE
END OF JANUARY, 2000 WORTH USD30, 000,000.00 (THIRTY
MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLAR), THE BANK NOW EXPECTS A
NEXT OF KIN AS BENEFICIARY. VALUABLE EFFORTS ARE BEING
MADE BY THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA TO GET IN TOUCH
WITH ANY OF THE CREEK'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT TO NO
SUCCESS.IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBILITY OF
NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF LATE ENGR. JOHN
CREEK'S NEXT OF KIN (HE HAD NO WIFE OR CHILDREN THAT IS
KNOWN TO US).

THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS, THAT ARANGEMENT HAS
BEEN MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLEARED"UNCLAINMED" AND
SUBSEQUENTLY BE DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND
AMMUNITION TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN
AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL.

IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF
MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION
TO HAVE YOU STAND AS NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGR. JOHN
CREEK (SNR) SO THAT THE FUND USD30MILLION WILL BE
RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS
THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT OF KIN.

ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND
WILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT.WE HAVE SECURE FROM THE
PROBATE AN ORDER OF MANDATE TO LOCATE ANY OF DECEASED
BENEFICIARIES, AND MORE SO WE ARE ASSURING YOU THAT
THIS BUSINESS IS 100% RISK FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR
SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST BE FOR MYSELF AND MY
COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE. ACCORDING TO
AGGREMENT WITHIN BOTH PARTIES.

AS SOON AS WE RECIEVE AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF RECEIPT
OF THIS MESSAGE IN ACCEPTANCE OF OUR MUTUAL BUSINESS
PROPOSAL, WE WOULD FURNISH YOU WITH THE NECCESSARY
MODALITIES AND DISBURSEMENT RATIO TO SUITE BOTH
PARTIES WITHOUT ANY CONFLICT.

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE BY YOU DO NOT MAKE
UNDUE ADVANTAGE OF THE TRUST WE HAVE BESTOWED IN YOU
AND YOUR COMPANY, THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY
VIA E-MAIL.PLEASE FURNISH ME WITH YOUR MOST
CONFIDENTIAL TELEPHONE, FAX NUMBERS AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE
BANK ACCOUNT PARTICULARS SO THAT I CAN USE THIS
INFORMATION TO APPLY FOR THE RELEASE AND SUBSEQUENT
TRANSFER OF THE FUND IN YOUR FAVOUR.

THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CORPORATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. UDO DUKE
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From: Kenneth Bryan Williams [mailto: kenneths_mailbag@rediffmail.com ]
Mailed: Friday, 19 July 2002 11:17 p.m.
To: kenneths_mailbag@rediffmail.com
Subject: Attn: Chairman/CEO, Very Urgent & Important.

LEEDS BANK OF AFRICA (ENUGU BRANCH)
DEPT OF FOREX & COMPUTER OPERATIONS
DR. KENNETH BRYAN (Director)

Greetings!

PLEASE, I NEED YOUR PROMPT ASSISTANCE

Accept my apologies for writing to you in this mode for it might
be of inconvenience to you considering the fact that you might
have received such mail from different people using my companies
name and my name thereby making me a public ridicule. Please I
implore you not to treat this mail as such mindless the means on
which I sent it but all is a result of confidentiality involved
and my quest for an honest and reliable international assistance
concerning a business here in my country Nigeria. I need the
effectiveness of your professionalism in accomplishing this very
business. I am DR. KENNETH BRYAN, Director/ coordinator Forex and
computer operations department of the Leeds Bank of Africa PLC. I
am writing this letter to ask your support and cooperation to
carry out this business opportunity in my department. We
discovered an abandoned sum of $42.5000, 000.00 (forty two
million, Five hundred thousand United States Dollars) in an
account that belongs to one of our customers in Leeds Bank of
Nigeria, Late Monsieur Ives Laurent (a French citizen and an
Engineer executing major federal contracts with governments of
West African sub region). He died with a fellow business associate
in a ghastly auto crash last October 14th 2002 and his remains
have since been incarcerated. Since his death, we have been
expecting his next of kin to come over and put claims as the next
of kin and beneficiary to the resources of Monsieur Ives Laurent
left in his account, for it is against the ethics and norms of the
finance institution to claim such resources without a beneficiary
unless proclaimed or order wise stated by the government.

Early this year 23rd March 2002, the federal government of Nigeria
has gave directives to financial institutes in the country to
declare adamant accounts that has stayed more than 8months in
their custody unclaimable before the end of the second quarter of
this year as they intend to use it to equip her Military peace
keeping force (ECOMOG) fighting in War ravaged African countries
precisely and as the case may be, late Monsieur. Ives Laurent
account fell into this category thus the necessity for contacting
you for assistance for I am determined to move this fund out as
the rigorous and rash economic decision and policies on civil
service has really turned us government workers to mere civil
labourers mindless the proclaimed democratic dividend meant to be
enjoyed by the civil service commission. I have worked for almost
a decade and half and I have nothing to show as reaps and rewards
of my hard earned labour.

Now I want you to be my partner so that we could retrieve this
money in your name as the next of kin to the account. The protocol
involved is not tedious rather all I need is your consent and
swiftness considering the time frame. So as a partner and the
believed next of kin to be, my attorney and I are proposing a
commission of 25% out of the total resources for your kind
assistance and five 5% has been mapped out to be reimbursed to
both parties as sundry expenses incurred in the course of this
business as I cannot take on this project alone considering it
financial and fiscal commitments.

To commence this business, I require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return E-mail via this address; and enclose a
reliable private telephone number, fax number, full name &
address, and your designated bank particulars to enable us file a
letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals before the transfer could be made. Note also that this
business must be kept strictly confidential because of its nature
and can be finalized within a short time depending on the level of
your commitment/swiftness. I look forward to receiving your prompt
response.

Thank you and best regard,

DR. KENNETH BRYAN

Please I will be very pleased if we can discuss in details this
transaction through the telephone so that we get used to each
other very well. So don't hesitate to send your private telephone
and fax numbers to enable us discuss in details on the modalities
of the transaction.
Thanks.

From: williammartins@eircom.net  [mailto:williammartins@eircom.net ] 
Mailed: Monday, 15 July 2002 09:04 p.m.
To: williammartins@eircom.com 
Subject: A CALL FOR HELP


Dear Sir, 

It is my humble pleasure to write this letter irrespective of the
fact that you do not know me. However, I came to know of you in my
private search for a reliable and trustworthy person that can
handle a confidential transaction of this nature in respect to
our investment plans in real estate. Though I know that a transaction
of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. 

Let me start by first, introducing myself properly to you. I am
DR WILLIAM MARTINS, a Branch Manager at one of the Zenith Commercial
Bank Nigeria Plc, Lagos. 

A foreigner, Late ANTHONY OSCAR, a Civil Engineer/Contractor with the
federal Government of Nigeria, until his death three years ago in a
ghastly air crash, banked with us here at the Zenith Commercial Bank
PLC, Lagos. He had a closing balance of USD$25.5M (Twenty five Million,
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which the bank now
unquestionably expects to be claimed by any of his available foreign
next of kin. Or, alternatively be donated to a discredited trust fund
for arms and ammunition at a military war college here in Nigeria. 

Fervent valuable efforts made by the Zenith Bank to get in touch with
any of late ANTHONY OSCAR'S next of kin (he had no known wife and
children) has been unsuccessful. The management under the influence
of our chairman and board of directors, are making arrangement for
the fund to be declared "UNCLAIMABLE " and then be subsequently
donated to the trust fund for Arms and Ammunition which will further
enhance the course of war in Africa and the world in general. 

In order to avert this negative development. Myself and some of my
trusted colleagues in the bank, now seek for your permission to have
you stand as late ANTHONY OSCAR'S next of kin. So that the fund
(USD$25.5M), would be subsequently transferred and paid into your
bank account as the beneficiary next of kin through our overseas
corresponding bank. All documents and proves to enable you get this
fund have been carefully worked out and we are assuring you a 100%
risk free involvement. Your share would be 30% of the total amount.
While the rest would be for me and my colleagues for purchase of
properties in your country through you/your Company. 

If this proposal is OK by you, then kindly get to me immediately via
my e-mail furnishing me with your most confidential telephone, fax
and e-mail, so I can forward to you the relevant details of this
transaction. 

Thank you in advance for your anticipated co-operation. 

Best Regards. 

DR WILLIAM MARTINS
Branch Manager, 
Zenith Com


DETAIL REPLY TO, WILLIAMMARTINS200@lycos.com 

The message below is probably my favorite so far....
The scammer actually chose to change the name of the
dead foreigner to match my last name. Give him a gold
star for extra effort...

RECEIVED: 09:20 p.m. 12/JULY/2002

FROM: Michael Adams [mailto:maad2341@kukamail.com]
 

ATTN: Patrick Deese

I am Barrister Micheal Adams a Solicitor. I am the Personal Attorney to Mr Fredrick Deese a national of your country, who used to work with shell development company in Nigeria.On the 21st of April 1999, my client, his wife And their three children were involved in a car accident along Sagbama Express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confisicated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about 14.6 million dolla! rs has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official working days. since i have been unsuccesfull in locating the the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this account valued at $14.6 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require, I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this dealt through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Please get in touch with me by my email to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,

Micheal Adams(Esq)

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