I receive this email in my email this morning, and cant stop laughing. I wonder who would believe such an email. Hmm I may be getting 30% of 22 million

Dear Friend

My Name is Mr. Abdul Raham, i am 53years old, Am a
citizen of Saudi Arabia, but i am resident in Cayman island. I was born
an orphan in 1952. I have no father or mother, and i have no relatives.
I struggled and Worked Hard and Almighty blessed me abundantly with
Riches. I used to be a dealer in gold, diamonds and tantalite. I have
no wife but i happened to have a child of 5Yrs from my late wife who
happens to die of Cancer of the Breast. For 2 years now I am seriously
sick. I have

been diagnosed with Cancer, which was discovered very
late, due to my laxity in caring for my health. It has defiled all
forms of medicine; Right now I have only about a year to live,
according to my Medical Doctor. I have not particularly lived my life
so well since after the

death of my wife four years ago, as I never
really cared for myself but the business. Though I am very rich, I was
never generous; I only focused on my business, as that was the only
thing I cared for. But Now I regret all this, as I now know that there
is more to life than just

wanting to have or make all the money in
the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance and heal me I
would live my life a different way from how I have lived it.

Please i
have sowed a seed for my healing; I have willed and given most of my
properties and assets to my immediate orphans children’s and as well as
a few close Friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul
and so, I have decided to give arms to charity Organizations

and give
succor and Comfort to the less privileged of the Tsunami Victims, as I
want this to be one of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I
have donated Money to Some charity organizations. Now that my health
has deteriorated so badly, I Cannot does this my self anymore. I once
asked a Close friend of mine to close one of my accounts in Saudi Bank
and donate the money which I have there to charity organization and to
the less Privileged in Bulgaria and Sudan-Africa he cashed the money
but kept it only to him selves.

Hence, I do not trust him anymore, as
he seems not to be contended with what I have left for him already. The
last of my money, which no one knows of, is the huge cash of Twenty Two
Million (22 Million US DOLLARS) deposited in the Vault of a financial
institution in Europe for Safekeeping. I want you to collect this
deposit on my behalf and disburse thus 30percent of the total amount
Among the Mudslide Earthquake Victims in Asia, Hurricane Katrina,
Hurricane Rita, Hurricane

Wilma and for the less Privileged,
30percent For you for your time and efforts and 40percent for my only
child for his upbringing as you will be responsible for his education,
health and Other activities.

So i need your urgent reply so that I
will not have to go on sourcing for a credible person to handle this
project, please if this is what you Know that you can handle kindly
respond back to me with the information below.

Reply to
abdulraham214@yahoo.fr

1.Complete Name
2.Contact Adress
3.Phone/Fax
number
4.Age and occupation

Best Regards
Sarah Mohammed
(Nurse) For:
Mr. Abdul Raham

Extremely common scam been goin around for years.

it may be funny but this is some kind of an organized crime
that has been featured on NBC's insider news
since their targets are those living in rich countries like the USA.
a lot of them have fallen into this trap & lost money.
one was a lady from oregon (USA) who later complained to the police
& was brought to the media's attention so that people will know about it.

Pity those that fell for it

A fool and his money are soon parted

But what is of greater mystery to me is how can these 'stupid' people have so much money in the first place.

Dear Friend,

I am Mr David Foster the Bank Manager of ABN AMRO Bank 101 Moorgate,
London, EC2M 6SB. I have urgent and very confidential business
proposition for you. On
JULY 20,1999,Mr.Andreas Schranner,a National of France, who used to be
a private contractor with the Shell Petroleum Development Company in
Saudi Arabia and also German property magnate. Mr.Andreas Schranner.Made
a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 36 calendar months, valued at
GBP17,000,000.00 (Seventeen Million Pounds only) in my branch.
Upon maturity in 2002, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding
address but got no reply.After a month, we sent a reminder and finally
we discovered from his contract employers, Shell Petroleum Development
Company in Saudi Arabia that Mr.Andreas Schranner And his wife with
their three children were involved in an auto crash,all occupants of the
vehicle unfortunatelylost their lives.

During one of his trips to his country. On further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr.Andreas Schranner. did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork
in my Bank.

This sum of GBP£17.000,000.00 have been floating as unclaimed since
1999 in my bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.

According to the British law at the expiration of 5 (FIVE) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody
applies to claim the fund and the FIVE years is the end of 2006.Since
then, I have made several enquiries with his country's embassies
to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
Unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
Contact you with this business partnership proposal. I have contacted you
to assist in repatriating a huge amount of money left behind by my
client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the
Finance/Security Company where these huge deposit was lodged. The deceased
had a deposit valued presently at $21million US Dollars and the Company
has issued me a notice to provide his next of kin or
Beneficiary by Will otherwise have the account confiscated within the
next thirty official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will
Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued
at $21Million US dollars can be paid to you. This will be disbursed or
shared in these percentages, 60% to me and 40% to you.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest Co-operation,
Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through.I guarantee
you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law.

For more information please verify from this site below.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm


Kindly provide me the following;

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
4.occupation & Age.

Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.



Best regards,
Mr David Foster

Hello

Thank you greatly for entrusting me with such a huge position of responsibilty, i can only assume my reputation an honest well-meaning member of the community has lead you to contact me personally for such a delicate matter.

However i am somewhat confused by some minor details, You say that Mr Schranner and his family died in an auto crash and you have included a link to the relevant BBC news report, however the article refers to a Concorde crash, this is quite a different matter and i am not too sure how you could confuse the 2 as Concorde is arguably the most well-known and popular of all Airplanes.

My concern is that somewhere along the line there has been a huge mix-up, possibly a human or computer error. Now a sum such 17,000,000 GBP is substantial and while i would certainly be pleased to help you with this matter i would feel a lot more comfortable if i could understand how such an error could have occurred.

Of course, one would worry that if an error of this scale has been made that perhaps another error also has been made. I find it difficult to comprehend how a man of such wealth could be so irresponsible to not make a WILL. Are you sure that this has not also been mislaid? This gentleman was no doubt very popular and i would assume with such a media reaction to this tragedy that there would be several family members who should have tried to contact you or his solicitor.

This leads me to the conclusion that the above mentioned sum of 17,000,000 GBP may infact belong to someone else, and i would feel very uncomfortable assisting you in this endevour unless i can personally be sure that a mix-up of this nature has not occurred.

Please can you provide me with some further information regarding this matter. This is a large sum of money and, as you may be aware from my previous work, i intend to donate my share to several deserving charities who i am sure would benefit greatly from this whole tragedy.

Thank you and i look forward to your response.

Shaun.

Hello Shaun,

I would like to do this with you as i have discovered that you are a very brilliant person and as such i would not want you to provide the informations below so that we can start up.
It will benefit both parties because i have already mapped out 30% as soon as we succeed in this transaction.
I will provide you with all the necessary details of Mr. Schranner ( the deceased) as an insider who knows the proceedures of securing this funds in an account you will provide.

If you are willing to assist me confidentialiy is the key to the sucess of this transaction please maintain it.

Waiting to hear from you ASAP.

David Foster.


Kindly provide me the following;

1. Full Name
2. Your Telephone Number and Fax Number
3. Your Contact Address.
4.occupation & Age.

Hi Dave.

Thank you ever so much for a speedy response, also thank you kindly for such a flattering compliment. I dont look for praise in my work for the community but it always brings a smile to me when i receive it.

Before i go further i should inform you that i have discussed this matter with a close associate of mine. You may be familiar with business partner Mr R Wratt, as you will no doubt be aware he is a man of much integrity and one whom i would entrust my life to. I can understand that you would wish this matter to remain confidential and can only apologise for my mistake. I sincerely hope this will not damage our relationship.

Two more things that concern me:

1. In your last e-mail you say that you "would not want" me "to provide the informations below so that we can start up", however you then ask me to provide this information. Please clarify as this has left me somewhat confused.

2. According to your original e-mail Mr Schranner made a deposit at your bank in July 1999 for a period of 36 months, this would result in a closing date of July 2002. According to UK law "at the expiration of 5 (FIVE) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the fund". You say that this 5 year period expires at the end of 2006. By my calculations, this period should expire in July 2007.

Please could you clarify these matter for me, as i feel there should be no real reason to hurry should my calculations be correct.

Thanks again and i look forward to hearing from you shortly.

Shaun.

Dear Friend,

How are you hope you are keeping healthy,permit me to ask you if you
are in full time ministerial word? is your ministry into humaniterian
activities? as indicated in the directory where I found your contact. Let
me hasten to introduce myself as Mrs Rebeca Philip ,I am married to
Mr.Bancozzi Philip, an Italian based business man in India, who until his
death was a timber and and raw matrials export marchant here in India.
It's a sorrowful thing to say that he died in a fatal motor accident
alongside with our only son on the 19th of may 2005, while cominig back
from a business meeting.(God knows best). When my husband was alive. He
deposited his life's savings (u.s $4.5 million) in a security vault
here INDIA as family valuables, with my name as the next of kin.

As God may have it, recently i was diagonised of liver cancer, and the
doctors said i have just six months to live. In view of my condition,
and the fact that i have nobody to leave this money behind for, knowing
full well that my late husband people are after my life, just because i
converted their most elderly brother (my husband) to christainity, with
the exception of my husband people who are not Christains, I decided to
donate this money to either a living Church or a humaniterian
organization/religious organization that will use this money in propagating the
good massage and also taking care of the orphans,widows, and the needy
generally.( 2Cor: 4:6-18-17 ).

By so doing, I would have susceeded in immortalising the names of my
late Husband and my only Son. Beloved, though i am sick and dieing, I am
not afraid of death because I know where I am going. My soul has found
a resting place in the handsome bossom of the lord. Who shall seperate
us from the love of christ? Shall tribulation, or persecution- -- -Rom
8:28-38 vs 35 As soon as i receive your reply,I will give you the
contact of the company and all the legal documents that would warrant the
transfer of the fund to you. Please understand that this massage requires
urgency as my ill-health demands, any delay in your response will give
me room to contact other person, I also want an assurance that you will
use this fund for the purpose i have stated here. Hope to read from you
soon.


Remain blessed
Mrs Rebeca Philip.

Dear Ms Philip

May i first offer my condolences toward you for such an unfortunate loss, the lord does truly work in mysterious ways. I am sure wherever your husband and son are now that they are happy.

It is also unfortunate to hear of your ill health. I for one, know that at a time like this a massage can be the one thing to make you feel better. In my work i have come across many poorly people in hospitals all over the world and they all have felt that a massage would give them so much relief. Just last night my wife was struck down by a terrible pain through her spine, she was literally screaming at me for the need of some sort of massage.

However this is not my field.

I can see how you would have came to find me as my extensive work in the community has led many needy people to ask for my help. I personally am not a religious man, although i do beleive in the goodness of humanity. You may be aware of my good friend and colleague Rev. Wratt. His is a local vicar and minister who works very closely with me. He also devotes his life to spreading the word of God.

I have every belief and complete trust in him, if you would wish for me to contact him regarding this massage, i am sure he would be pleased to assist you in any way that he can. Please respond whether it would be acceptable to pass your information over to him.

Best Wishes

Shaun.

There are a lot of scams going around in the world. Some of them really hilarious. There was one where people were conned into buying a special ink that can convert blank paper into genuine US dollars. (I'm not kidding, it came out in the papers) But to buy that ink you have to pay a few thousand dollars. It is worth it I guess because you will then have an unlimited supply of US$.

Another con is about a magical stone that can cure all ills. And of course you have to pay a few thousand dollars to buy the stone.

In both these cases many people were duped into parting with their money.

How can people be so stupid?

But what is of greater mystery to me is how can these 'stupid' people have so much money in the first place.

I bin spending (wasting?) quite a bit of time on this lately. I made a little website for my e-mails and replies:

www.freewebs.com/scamfun

Check it out.

i just received this email it is the first one i have ever gotten

URGENT GREETINGS! FROM THE DESK OF: ERIK MADU ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC MARINA- BRANCH, LAGOS. TO: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO DEAR SIR, RE:TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$5.5M DOLLARS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT, FIRST,I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION.THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEING UTTERLY CONFIDENTIAL AND TOP SECRET.THOUGH I KNOW THAT A TRANSACTION OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE ANYONE 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 THROUGH THIS MEDIUM DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE HAVE BEEN RELIABLY INFORMED OF YOUR DISCRETENESS AND ABILITY. LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU. I AM ERIK MADU, A SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. MARINA BRANCH OFFICE LAGOS.I CAME TO KNOW ABOUT YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION AS WE ARE STILL IN ACTIVE SERVICE. THE PROPOSITION. AN AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL,LATE ENGINEER BUTCH R.MIGUEL,AN OIL MERCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, UNTIL HIS DEATH THREE YEARS AGO IN A GHASTY AIR CRASH IN AN EGYPTIAN AIRLINE,BANKED WITH US HERE AT UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. MARINA BRANCH LAGOS,AND HAD A CLOSSING BALANCE OF US$5.5M (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS)WHICH THE BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT-OF-KIN TO THE LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITIONS AT THE MILITARY WAR COLLEGE IN KADUNA STATE HERE IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. SEQUEL TO THIS,FERVENT VALUABLE EFFORTS WERE MADE BY UNION BANK PLC. TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MIGUEL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVES BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL.IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSIBILITY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE ENGR.BUTCH R. MIGUEL'S [NEXT-OF-KIN] HE HAS NO NO WIFE NOR CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR HONOURABLE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS,(Retired)MAJOR-GENERAL KALU UKE KALU THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE FUND TO BE DECLARED UN-CLAIMABLE" AND SUBSIQUENTLY BE DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR THE PURCHASE OF ARMS AND AMMUNITON TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL. IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS CRUDE AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT,SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEAGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO LATE ENGR. BUTCH R.MIGUEL, SO THAT THE FUND US$5.5M WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAID INTO YOUR ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY'S NEXT-OF-KIN. ALL DOCUMENTSAND PROVES TOENABLE YOU RECIEVE THIS FUNDWILL BE CAREFULLY WORKED OUT AND MORESO ! AS PROFESSIONAL BANKERS, WE ARE ASSURING YOU OF 100% RISK-FREE INVOLVEMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEAGUES FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSES IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALRIGHT BY YOU,THEN KINDLY GET TO ME IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU IN ANTICIPATON OF YOUR CO-OPERATION. YOURS FAITHFULLY, ERIK MADU (Senior Accountant) UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC.