E mail scams, please be careful.

Dear readers,
Looking at the internet these days is really worrying me, scams are everywhere, every seconds and in every forms. Greedy people will always contemplate to rob the poor naïve. If you come across anything that offer instant wealth, just don’t fall for the trap. Below is the example of an attempted e mail scam directed to me several times :-

1. The first example
wassim yahmed
URGENT REPLY IS NEEDED FOR TIME SAKE PLEASE !!!
wassim yahmed
show details 3:41 pm (7 hours ago)
FROM THE DESK OF MR. WASSIM YAHMED,
THE BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT.
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)ANNEX
OUAGA-BURKINA FASO.

I am WASSIM YAHMED, the manager in charge of auditing and accounting unit
foreign remittance department of bank of africa (BOA)ouaga-burkina faso in
west Africa.
With due respect and regards 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 the bank, my
department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased
person, a foriegner who died in a plane crash and the fund has been dormant
in his account with the bank without any claim of the fund in our custody
either from his family or relation before my discovery to this
development,Although personally, I kept this information secrete within
myself and to enable the whole plans and idea be profitable and uccessful
during the time of execution.

The amount involved is (us$9,210.000.00) (Nine Million Two Hundred And Ten
Thousand United State Dollars ). Meanwhile, all the whole arrangement and
directives needed to put claim over this fund as the next of kin to the
deceased, Upon your acceptance all the information will be forward to you as
soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist me and 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 foriegn account and would eventually
raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer because I work in
this 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 foriegn account where you will need the
said fund to be transferred into, after due verification and clarification
to designated 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 40% of the total sum as ratification, while 10% will be
set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of
transfer such as telephone bills etc,While 50% will be for me.

Please you have been adviced to keep top secret as I am still in service and
intend to retire from service after I conclude this deal with you, I will be
monitoring the whole situation here in the bank until you confirm the money
in your account and ask me to come down there for subsequent shearing of the
fund according to percentages previously indicated and further
investment,either in your country or any other country you may advice me 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, stating your wish in this
deal.

Yours Sincerely
WASSIM YAHMED

2. The second example
Dear Sir/Madam.

We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting sweepstake held on 20th, August,2007.This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approved for the star prize of US $950,000:00(Nine Hundred And Fifty Thousand United State Dollars Only).

To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:

E-mail:- globesconsultn@aim.com
Con tact Person: MR.MIGUEL FERNANDO

(I) Batch No: BCA/0 2 2/CAC
( ii) Ticket No: 197-033-02345
(iii) Lucky No: 04-6-8-12-24
(iv) Ref No: MTD/SAN/9500/LAS.

You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home,Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.

Fill the Claim form correctly:
Your full name:-
Nationality:-
Address:-
Sex:-
Date of birth:-
Occupation: -
Telephone number/Fax:-
Lottery Date:-

The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected to make your claims immediately.

Once again congratulations !!!

Best Regards,
Mrs,Emilo Sanchez.

3. The third example (they never got tired).

The National Lottery
PO Box 1010
Liverpool L70 1NL, United Kingdom.
Ref: XYL /26510460037/05
Batch: 24/00319/IPD

WINNING NOTIFICATION

We happily announce to you the draw (#1071) winner of the UK NATIONAL
LOTTERY cash prize of £2,696,385 (Two Million Six Hundred and Ninety held
on the 8th of September 2007 in London Uk.The selection process was
carried out through random selection in our computerized email selection
system(ess) from a database of over 250,000 email addresses drawn from
which you were selected.

The BRITISH UK. Lottery is approved by the British Gaming Board. To begin
the processing of your prize you are to contact our fiduaciary claims
department for more infomation as regards procedures to claim your prize.

Agents Name: Van Williams
Email: claims_uknationallottey77@yahoo.co.uk
Tel: +447024096270
+ 44 702 402 8482
Fax: + 44 7075767527

1.Name..........................
2.Address.......................
3.Nationality...................
4.Age...........................
5.Sex...........................
6.Occupation....................
7.Phone/Fax.....................
8.cOUNTRY.....................

YOU ARE TO CHOOSE PAYMENT MODE: OPTIONS

1. BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER.
2. CERTIFIED CHEQUE MADE OUT IN YOUR NAME COURIERED TO YOU VIA OUR
AFFILIATE COURIER COMPANY AND WILL BE DELIVERED TO YOUR ADDRESS

Cordially,
Rose Wood
Online Co-ordinator
U.K NATIONAL LOTTERY
Sweepstakes International Program

Huh. Please be careful if you receive those form of e mail scams. Usually after you are convinced that you are going to be filthy rich with no effort, they will ask you to deposit some amount of cash and disappear. The most obvious signs are the bad English (from the first e mail) and any sweepstake lottery winnings (second and third e mails). I hope you won't fall for their traps.

Love
Hanafi
Ps: As an early birthday gift to myself (14 September), I have upgraded my domain name to www.hanafionline.com.