This is a standard type of business scam message, sent this week to probably tens of thousands of random people around the world. “Joiakim Hashum” claims to have a deal for you, but doesn’t say what it is. Have you ever heard of this person who is emailing you out of the blue? Of course not, because “Joiakim Hashum” isn’t a real person — he’s just a scammer trying to pick your pocket.
Reply-To: 13146818031@163.com
From: “Mr Joiakim Hashum”info.office1@msn.com
Subject: CAN YOU PARTNER WITH ME ON THIS BUSINESS ?
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2015
Dear Friend,
Good day to you, kindly spare a minute of your time to acknowledge this proposal. I need your collaboration to stand as a strategic partner regarding a substantial amount of fund for investment purposes or otherwise.
There are no illegal act on this transaction, all you have to do is follow my instructions accordingly and we will have a successful fund transfer to your nominated bank account.
If you are interested in partnering with me, your acknowledgment will prompt me for more details.
Kind Regards
Mr Joiakim Hashum
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This is a classic example of an African “419” scam message, claiming to have a fortune ready for delivery to you. (Read more about African email scams.) Alas, there really is no fortune, no payment waiting, and no “IMF Coordinator” — there’s just a scammer trying to get you on the hook so he can eventually pick your pocket.
The International Monetary Funds, IMF has authorized my Office to settle all the Foreign Debts owed by the Benin Republic Government.The IMF Foreign Policy and Currency Regulation offered loan of $23 billion to Benin Republic Government based on the Agreement $2 billion was mapped out for the Foreign Debts and your name was among those Beneficiaries to be paid through my Office.
Based on these all the money you have had spent in the course of getting this money in the past must be included as no money will be lost. Therefore, you are directed to state categorically the total amount you had spent before and forward it to my Office now before the total payment will be made on your behalf.
Your payment this time will be taken place immediately and under 72 Hours the payment of $15m was approved on your behalf and will be transferred to you immediately. You are requested to reply with your full information such as:
Your Names
Your Address
Your Phone
Your personal
Contact Phone;+2348022352997
Kindly reply now.
Yours,
John Marcinek
IMF COORDINATOR AFRICA
LAGOS / NIGERIA
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Who doesn’t dream of receiving a surprise inheritance? Unfortunately, scammers know that people do dream of such things, and they play on people’s hopes to defraud them of their money.
This is a typical inheritance scam message, probably sent randomly to tens of thousands of people. (Sorry, but you weren’t singled out.) The scammer claims to be an investigator who is trying to find the heir to a fortune. It could be you! Actually, it isn’t — because there is no fortune, and there is no investigator either. There’s just a scammer trying to invent a way to pick your pocket.
I’m Investigator Julie Emrick from J & E Private investigators. We are in search of a last name match for an inheritance. I was employed by Attorney A. Williams. Your last name was the only match found. Kindly contact Albertw110@bsdmail.com for more info
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This is a classic “advance fee fraud” message with all the trimmings. A rich orphan, a father poisoned by his business associates, and a fortune that “Safia Farkash” will share with you if you’ll help transfer it to safety.
Alas, there really is no fortune, no rich orphan, and no “Safia” — there’s only a scammer feeding you a long story so he can pick your pocket.
Please let this letter not to bring confusion to you. I know that we have not met either before but hear me from the dept of your mind. It is circumstances that made to send this to you.
I will introduce myself first to you, My name is Ms. Safia Farkash, I lost my Father, my hero and my lord Mr. Nicolas Farkash years ago. He was poisioned to death by his associate in business. He formed a company by one Mr. James Anoh who poisioned him only to take benefit of the multi million venture. He was arrested immedaitely my Father died and he entered an agreement with my father’s brothers that I and the immediate younger brother of my father will represent my father’s interest in the company. After six months I was kicked out of the company because I said that we have to change the company’s lawyer who I termed was part of the elimination of my father.
I did not know that they have changed all the company’s document without my name appearing any where. I will have to let you know more detail on that but let me move to the point why I am contacting you. I have been nick named bastard by my father’s relations, They have named me all source of names even calling me outcast because my father is late, while my father was the bread winner of the family. They have pushed me out of my father’s mansion and still want to eliminate my life.
I got through the records of my father account books three weeks ago while crying and meditating, which I beleive was inspired by the spirit of God, I discovered that there is a huge sum of money he deposited in a bank, which is Ђ5808,396.00 . The note attached to the deposit agreement he made with the bank indicated that, the money was to be used to purchase machinery for the establishment of a new company of his own.
Please all I need from you is to do all you can to help me to get this money out of the bank. I have been to the bank where this money is deposit ed immediately, and confirmed the account most deligently. The bank told me that my father informed them that the money was to be remitted to his company’s costumer account abroad, which his costumer will provide to them but since then they have never heard from him nor the costumer. Now my father is late. I don’t want the bank to know that my father is late. I told them that he is ill and appointed me to represent him in his affairs.
(1).I want you to provide an account where the money will be remitted into as my father’s costumer. (2).Make arrangement for me to leave here as soon as possible.
My father did not marry to any woman, He had me as the only child while he was having an affair with the person that surpposed to be my mother when he was 28 years and the woman abandoned him and disappeared which forced him to remain single. I have no home now and my life is in danger, I don’t have any one to run into. All the members of my father family have turned their back on me because I demand for me right. They told me that I don’t belong to the family. That I should go and look for my mother, Whom I don’t know. I have made trace to know my mother without sucess. I want you to hear me from the inner most of your heart and accord me this help.
God will bless you for saving my life and future.
Best wishes,
Miss. Safia Farkash
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This is a dangerous type of scam message, one that arrives with an attachment that probably contains a computer virus. It attempts to frighten you into opening the attachment (which is deactivated here) by implying that you are supposed to appear in court and need to respond immediately to acknowledge the conditions of your trial.
Please read pretrial requirements in attached document.
Waiting for your reply
pretrial_requirements.zip
Shortly after the above message arrived, I received a second copy from a different email address, showing that the sender’s account in each case has probably been hacked and is sending these messages without the true owner’s knowledge:
Please read pretrial requirements in attached document.
Waiting for your reply
pretrial.zip
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This is a classic example of the old “abandoned bank account scam.” If you learn to recognize the usual components you can avoid getting caught in the fraudsters’ traps.
The person sending the message, “Madi Hamidou Madi,” claims to be a bank official who has discovered an abandoned account with money in it. (This is usually in a bank somewhere in Africa.) If you’ll just help him to get this money out of the country you can have a percentage. And after all, the money is abandoned, so we’re not really hurting anyone, right?
Unfortunately there is really no abandoned bank account and no deceased bank customer. There’s only a scammer running an advance fee fraud who is trying to pick your pocket.
My names are:Mr. Madi Hamidou Madi, a banker in one of the banks in my country Burkina Faso in African.I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families.I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $ 5 million U.S dollars ( Five million U.S dollars) into your account.The money has been dormant for yearas in our Bank here without any body coming for it.I want to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer(the owner of the account)who died a long witah his supposed next of kin few years ago.I don’t want the money to go into our Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you, so that we will release the money to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret or delete it from your mail box ,if you are not interested. Urgent reply e-mail address is (mrmadihamidoumadi01@yandex.com).
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This is a standard type of next-of-kin scam involving the usual (fictitious) abandoned bank account. The scammer, “Francis Barry,” claims to work at a bank where a deceased foreigner had a large account. If you’ll just pretend to be the next-of-kin to this deceased foreigner, you can have a cut of the fortune.
Alas, there really is no deceased foreigner and no abandoned bank account, and “Francis Barry” is just a scammer trying to trick you out of your money.
Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015
From: Francis Barry agonzalez6@ipostel.gob.ve
Reply-To: Francis Barry turnelsfinance@foxmail.com
Subject: OFFER
Greetings,
I am Francis Barry the Head of Operations at Tunnels Finance & Loans. I have great offer for you, a wealthy customer of ours who is from England died leaving behind £75,000,000.00 GBP (Seventy Five Million GBP) which is approximately $115,000 USD (One Hundred and Fifteen Million USD).
He had no next of kin and I am contacting you today because you can inherit this fortune through some legal trickery means because you share the same last name and with the help of the deceased personal lawyer he will prepare all necessary legal binding documents that will enable this finance firm release the mentioned amount to you if you accept this offer.
If you agree to this proposal half of the amount $58,000,000.00 USD (Fifty Eight Million USD) will be transferred to you via wire transfer while the other half will be for I and the lawyer. If you are interested kindly get back to me urgently so that I can furnish you with relevant details for you to contact the lawyer to proceed with the legal binding documents for you to sign.
This is a great opportunity of a life time and it is my pleasure to work with you.
I look forward to your quick anticipation.
Yours Faithfully,
Francis Barry.
Tunnels Finance & Loans
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This is a type of scam message that has become quite common in recent months, and is being sent to thousands (and perhaps millions) of people around the world.
The scammer says you have received a donation and need to contact him immediately. (And who wouldn’t be delighted to receive a donation?) The scammer’s strategy is just to get you on the hook and talking, like a telephone salesman who figures if he can keep you talking he can eventually make a sale. The scammer here just wants to get you talking, and then he figures he’ll be able to find some way to pick your pocket (probably by requesting an advance fee before your supposed donation can be sent).
You have a personal donation of five hundred and fifty thousand dollars From a Mega Million winner reply immediately for more information.
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This is a a familiar type of “419” scam from Africa, with an ATM card twist. (Read more about how “419” scams work.) A supposed bank official, “Rev. John William,” says there is a payment ready for you, to be delivered by ATM card. Unfortunately there is really no payment, no ATM card, and no “Rev. John William” — there’s only a scammer who is trying to pick your pocket.
from: ecobankoffice25@gmail.com
date: Sat, 05 Sep 15
subject: GOOD DAY
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (ECOBANK) HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT Of $6,500,000.00 USD THROUGH ATM CARD. YOU HAVE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE AFRICA TO AVOID HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.
ATM CARD NUMBER: 4848 4222 5323 8848 HAS BEEN ALLOCATED IN YOUR FAVOR; YOUR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION NUMBER IS 2482. UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA MANAGER HAS CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC ATM CARD PAYMENT WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.
THE MAXIMUM DAILY WITHDRAWAL IS $5,000USD PER DAY, A TOTAL OF $5,000USD AT A TIME.
NOW YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT REV. JOHN WILLIAM WHO IS THE FOREIGN PAYMENT DIRECTOR WITH THE INFORMATIONS BELOW IN ORDER TO RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT TO YOU.
YOUR FULL NAME:…………………..
HOME ADDRESS:………………..
COUNTRY:…………………….
OCCUPATION:…………………..
TELEPHONE NUMBER:……………..
AGE:………………………..
Sex:…………………………
FOR IMMEDIATE MAILING OF THE ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS.
CONTACT REV. JOHN WILLIAM WITH THIS INFORMATION BELOW:
NAME…. REV. JOHN WILLIAM
EMAIL….(ecobankoffice25@gmail.com)
POSITION:..FOREIGN PAYMENT DIRECTOR,
ECOBANK MANAGER BENIN REPUBLIC.
NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, THE (ECOBANK) HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT WHICH IS ATM-0212 SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING REV. JOHN WILLIAM ON THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT. KINDLY NOTIFY (ECOBANK) IMMEDIATELY TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS MASSAGE FROM UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA (ECOBANK).
YOURS FAITHFULLY
REV. JOHN WILLIAM
HEAD OF ATM DEPT
ATM PAYMENT CENTRE
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA [ECOBANK]
BOULEVARD DE FRANCE
08 BP 0879, COTONOU
TEL/FAX: 0022998391873
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Oxfam is a legitimate charity that has been in operation for decades. Like many other legitimate charities, Oxfam unfortunately attracts scammers who try to take advantage of the organization’s good name. This message, which claims to come from a “Robert Cornford,” says you have received an Oxfam donation. In reality, this is just an attempt to lure you into a typical advance free fraud that will end with “Robert Cornford” picking your pocket.
CONGRATULATIONS from all staff and board members.
Yours faithfully,
Robert Cornford
(Online Coordinator)
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Please be aware that scammers often use the names of real people and legitimate businesses in their fraudulent messages. Why? To lend an air of legitimacy to their criminal enterprise. Just because the name of a real person or a real bank or a real government agency appears in a scam message that doesn't mean the person or organization in question is involved in the scam in any way. The scammers are just stealing these names in order to make themselves look legitimate.