Someone wrote:

Subject: Lottery winnings of $18.5 mil a scam?
Question/Comment: Please investigate as to the authenticity of this winnings notification, requesting a fee, and get back to me, ASAP.  Thank
you, really, very much: 

"Your mail is well noted, I want to you to tell me when you will be sending the fee  I will gladly keep your funds to you but you   have to very fast about it  just let me know when you will send the money so that I can reconfirm the information to you again."

Hot Scam Specifications:

Scam Type: 419 Scam (Lottery Scam)
Likely Fake Names: Mr Adolfo Pepe, Mr.Tandja Mamadoua
Offer Type: Lottery Winnings
Winning Amount: GBP 1 Million
Storyline: You won a lottery which you did not join
Scammer Location: Sierra Leone or Nigeria
Scammer Email: ecowas_nigf@yahoo.com, ecowas.x@libero.it
Scammer Phone: +234-2-7509441

Someone wrote:

Subject: Malaysian money scam
Question/Comment: I have rec'd numerous e-mails by one or more persons (I have copies of all e-mails) that have claimed to have an overseas account opened in my name in which have been deposited illegal funds.  Who do I contact for assistance?  Thank you for your time and consideration in this matter.

This is just another 419 scam. They will ask you for transfer fees and stuff, or make use of any personal sensitive information that you provide. Give them a pass.

We received this email:

Subject: Job Offer

Question/Comment: Hi, I received an appointment letter and a very highly paid job offer of 9,500 GBP (as a Eng. teacher) from University Hospital
London.  I want to know whether this job offer is valid or is it a scam. I am told to pay the visa process fee of 620GBP to a Travel Agent in London. They haven't taken my interview, nor told me whom to teach and what? They have also offered me a 5 bedroom flat, One month payment in adv. and my travelling tickets. So I am in a fix, what am I to do? Pl. let me know what to do. I personally request u to mail me if u need any further information.
Thanks a lot.

Scammers seldom ask for your money in the first email, they will throw a bait and lead you into the deal.

They will know (or think) that you are very careful at the beginning, and they will lead you on trying to convince you that there isn't anything required of you.... until the final email (probably after passing a few hands) and bingo...

"The agreement document will cost you a little fee for your loan amount of $25k to be secured from the court.This fee has to be paid directly to the bank from where your loan will be transfered.Mr.Patrick Smith will give you the details.Once your payment is confirmed to Mr.Smith,he will give me the order to proceed to the court for the issuing of the agreement document."

A scam mail claiming to be from Western Union says that you have won $500k and $1million respectively.

Whenever we say claims, it normally means that we are sure they are not sent by who they claim to be. There seemed to be quite a number of Western Union lottery scam variants making its round, possibly competing with fake Oxford and Yahoo lottery scams.

So if you received anything like that, just ignore them as they are all scams. We can't possibly publish all scam mails, and if you received one that looks slightly different from ours, its still a scam. So please, please don't assume that the mails will be EXACTLY the same.

Question/Comment:
I have been recently anounced by so called Yahoo & Windows Live Inc Notification Officer Neola Wilmington as a winner of 25,000.000 pounds under the batch No. MFI/013/APA-43645 and Ref. No. 2008912533 and have been requested to pay them 500.00 as HMRC Value added Tax (VAT) before they transfer the prize money to my bank account. Would you please verify this allegation?

There is no need to verify, as this is a scam. Send no money.

This is a very complicated story involving animal medicine trading, "Lancico Breeders Farm", some $4.3million in transaction, cheats, and more...

There seemed to be 4 parties involved,

1) The Employee of Company A (writer of the email, original scammer)
2) The Boss of Company A (buys at $3,000 and sells to Farmer at $5,800)
3) The Farmer (buys from Company A)
4) The Supplier (sell each carton at $3,000)

Well, thanks for the blessing Elizabeth, but we have none in return.

"I am not requesting any money from you befoe you will receive the funds that am giving out to you"

You won't ask for money because in this story you are the "Angel", and in the new couple of steps you will lead the victims to the "Devil" who would be the ones asking for money (fees, fees and more fees). You think we are nuts? Oxymoronic!


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From: Mrs Elizabeth Smith <mrselizabethsmith7000@yahoo.it>
Subject: Re: Dear Beloved In Christ
Date: Sunday, September 21, 2008, 2:35 AM

Dear Beloved Janyne,

How are you doing today hopefully you were in church today being Sunday? Peace of the Lord be with you!! Thank you very much for responding. Let me tell you dear I am not requesting any money from you befoe you will receive the funds that am giving out to you. All I am praying is for us to be in unity with the lord so that this divine work will come to a successful end. Also I will like you to put this in prayer what ever the lord tells you to do then let me know because I will not force you to what you are not willing to do. I believe the Lord will give you the best way to follow. I so much believe and trust in God that is why I want you to know that it is by His grace that we are called to serve Him and that my contact with you is not just ordinary rather it is a divine one from God.

God works in mysterious ways that human cannot understand. The funds that I am giving out are currently deposited with a company here in the United Kingdom and I have to prepare a letter of authorization nominating you as the new beneficiary of the funds and send it to you and a copy of it to the company, then I will give you the company contact details so that you open communication with them as the new beneficiary of the consignments that contains the funds. I will need your full names, complete physical contact address and telephone numbers to enable me prepare the letter accurately. God Bless you.

Yours Sister,

Mrs. Elizabeth Smith.