1veedo Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 This time w/ an ironic twist. From: "david harry" <davidharry1@msn.com> Subject: urgent assistance Date: Mon, 05 Dec 2005 13:38:28 +0000 Dear Sir, I know that this email will surely come to you as a surprise, but I will crave your indulgence to view it seriously and I apologise, but I hope that it will be a welcome surprise. Before I run out of steam, I will like to introduce my self and go straight to the point. My name is David Harry and I am a banker. My primary reason for writing to you is to seek your partnership/assistance in a business transaction. I need your partnership and assistance because of the following reasons: a. it is practically impossible for me to carry out this business alone. b. you live in a foreign land far away from mine. This should normally not be a requirement, but when you understand the transaction then you will understand why it is important that you live far away from me. c. The amount of money involved in this transaction is US$18,500,000.00, which is too much for a man of modest means like my self to handle in my country. I believe from my few points above, you can begin to get an idea why I need your participation. Let me explain how the money, which is the basis of this business I am proposing, came about. Before I became a deputy director, some years ago I used to be Accounts Officer to some special corporate customers. One of these very important customers of our bank was Engineer Johnson Juan Creek an Amrican citizen, who had spent most of his years before his death working in Africa and mostly in Nigeria. He died in a plane crash in 1996 in Nigeria. This money belonged to him. Technically speaking now,it belongs only to his name. The money is payment he received for a contract he executed on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing for the government (Installation of Pipelines in arri Refinery). My reason for deciding to carry out this transaction is that Engr. Creek did not mention any next of kin in any of the documents held by the bank for thenumber of years he had banked with us. Since 1996 we have searched for any body that could be related to Engr. Creek, I was mandated by the bank to search for a relation of Engr. Creek and I did this from January 1997 to December 1999 after which the search was called off in the belief that soon a relative may turn up to claim his estate. Nevertheless, as it is, there is no relative. Now, the Chairman of thebank who is a retired soldier has indicated his intentions for the money. During the last meeting of Directors and Deputies, he said that he would donate the money to a military trust if it is not claimed soon, this invariably means the continuous flow of more arms and ammunition. I know for sure that not all of the money will go to the military trust some will surely line his pockets and that of anybody who is in support of his plan. My plan is to get a trust worthy person that can, under my constant guidance present him self as a cousin to the late Engr. Creek. I want you to note that your citizenship does not matter; You do not have to be an American. The papers demanded by the normal procedure for the claiming of an inheritance will take care of everything. You will be sole beneficiary to the estate of Engr. Creek. All I need is for you to follow my instructions closely because I am experienced in inheritance matters here and I am on ground here to advice you on every step until you receive the money. Then we meet. For your participation, we will allow you 30% of the gross. All expenses incurred in the process of this transaction will be deducted from the gross value and shared at a commensurate ratio; this we will done at the end of the transaction, because the money is bonded. An estimated 10% or less will cover all incidental expenses and we will take 60% for ourselves. The most important thing to me right now is trust on both sides. Now the money is still in the care of the bank, I hope the trust will still be there when we must have legally established your relationship as cousin to Engr. Creek and the money is paid to you. I need also to trust that you will not tell people or your bank about this business. You will collect the money first, then I get my share, then you can tell anybody what you chose thereafter. I shall need your help to invest in your country; therefore, any experience you have in this area will be beneficial. Surely, you must have some questions or may be you just need further clarification. I will be happy to receive a telephone call from you or a fax message to this effect, this will enable me explain further what the next step is and the general plan. I will also need your most confidential telephone number and fax number, if you have a mobile phone I believe it will help so that I can reach you anytime. Your positive and negative response is highly welcome. 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5614 Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 I have taken a new attitude to these kinda emails: Get their IP, find out their ISP, find out any other info I can on them (ie. whereabouts they live) and just send them an email back telling them their own IP, ISP, area they live in etc. and tell them to stop [insert rude word]ing spamming. Sadly none of these people have ever written back to me, I'd love to hear one of their replies!
5614 Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 I agree. Oh how I'd love to reply to him beginning "I know that this email will surely come to you as a surprise" followed by what I do [see post #2] "Your positive and negative response is highly welcome" are you sure you mean that?!?
doG Posted December 5, 2005 Posted December 5, 2005 I have taken a new attitude to these kinda emails: Get their IP' date=' find out their ISP, find out any other info I can on them (ie. whereabouts they live) and just send them an email back telling them their own IP, ISP, area they live in etc. and tell them to stop [i'][insert rude word]ing[/i] spamming. Sadly none of these people have ever written back to me, I'd love to hear one of their replies! With IP in hand I've find a small number of these people amazingly have open shares on their box at that address inviting other possible responses
1veedo Posted December 5, 2005 Author Posted December 5, 2005 % This is the RIPE Whois query server #2.% The objects are in RPSL format. % % Note: the default output of the RIPE Whois server % is changed. Your tools may need to be adjusted. See % http://www.ripe.net/db/news/abuse-proposal-20050331.html % for more details. % % Rights restricted by copyright. % See http://www.ripe.net/db/copyright.html % Note: This output has been filtered. % To receive output for a database update, use the "-B" flag % Information related to '82.128.0.0 - 82.128.127.255' inetnum: 82.128.0.0 - 82.128.127.255 org: ORG-AFNC1-RIPE netname: AFRINIC-NET-TRANSFERRED-20050223 descr: This network has been transferred to AFRINIC remarks: These IP addresses are assigned in the AFRINIC region. remarks: Authoritative registration information for this network remarks: is available for query and modification in remarks: the AFRINIC whois database: whois.afrinic.net or remarks: web site: http://www.afrinic.net remarks: The routing registry information (route(6) objects) remarks: may be published in any Routing Registry, including remarks: RIPE Whois Database country: EU # country is really somewhere in African Region admin-c: AFRI-RIPE tech-c: AFRI-RIPE status: ALLOCATED PA mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-routes: RIPE-NCC-RPSL-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered organisation: ORG-AFNC1-RIPE org-name: African Internet Numbers Registry org-type: RIR address: see http://www.afrinic.net e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net admin-c: AFRI-RIPE tech-c: AFRI-RIPE remarks: For more information on AFRINIC assigned blocks, use remarks: AFRINIC's whois database, whois.afrinic.net. mnt-ref: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered role: The African Internet Numbers Registry org: ORG-AFNC1-RIPE address: AFRINIC, see http://www.afrinic.net admin-c: AFRI-RIPE tech-c: AFRI-RIPE nic-hdl: AFRI-RIPE e-mail: bitbucket@ripe.net remarks: For more information on AFRINIC assigned blocks, connect remarks: to AFRINIC's whois database, whois.afrinic.net. mnt-by: RIPE-NCC-HM-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered azevedo@ubuntu:~$ whois -h whois.afrinic.net 82.128.5.94 % This is the AfriNIC Whois server. inetnum: 82.128.0.0 - 82.128.31.255 netname: INET-MLTL descr: Multi-Links Telecommunications Limited country: NG admin-c: DG26 tech-c: RIA27 status: ASSIGNED PA notify: deep@multi-links.com mnt-by: MLTL-INT-MNT changed: deep@multi-links.com 20040416 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC person: Dwaipayan Ghosh address: 231, Adeola Odeku Street Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria phone: +23417751039 e-mail: deep@multilinks.com nic-hdl: DG26 notify: deep@multillinks.com changed: deep@multilinks.com 20030507 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC person: IP Admin-RIPE address: Multilinks Telecommunications Limited address: 231 Adeola Odeku Str. address: Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria e-mail: ipadmin@multilinks.com remarks: complaints/spam report : abuse@multilinks.com phone: +2341774000 nic-hdl: RIA27 changed: techadmin@multilinks.com 20040331 changed: hostmaster@afrinic.net 20050205 remarks: data has been transferred from RIPE Whois Database 20050221 source: AFRINIC Is this his address and phone or the ISP? deep@multilinks.com?I know this email will surely come to you as a suprise, Dwaipayan Ghosh. 231, Adeola Odeku Street Victoria Island Lagos, Nigeria Stop ****ing spamming.
Cap'n Refsmmat Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Oh dear. Computer nerd vs. spam king. Sounds like fun.
insane_alien Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 i got an email from the "natinal lotery" saying i had £4 septillion. i wasn't aware there was that much money in the world. and i never put a ticket on so i couldn't have one anything.
RICHARDBATTY Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 Could you just say that you are related and entitled to %100 of the money and, your solicitor will be contacting him in person about trying to con you out of %70 of your money.
5614 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 1veedo, the information you have is that of the ISP's. I was uncertain when I looked at the lookup, however using a bit of intelligence I found this: http://www.multilinks.com/multilinks/contactinfo.html Seeing as the company is multlinks, they must have a site, on which will be the contact details So we know his IP and his ISP, you could threaten to write to his ISP. Use something like: http://download.visualware.com/networkmonitoring/index.html (Get the one called VisualRoute... I don't know if it's a demo or not, it may try to make you pay or something) or the online version: http://visualroute.visualware.com/ to see whereabout he lives.
H W Copeland Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 The last one of these I got, I told him to take his fee out and give the rest to the DNC in the name of Osama Bin Ladin.
5614 Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 There's the standard: "I'm glad to hear it, give me your bank details and I'll withdraw the money. Thanks"
ydoaPs Posted December 6, 2005 Posted December 6, 2005 I have taken a new attitude to these kinda emails: Get their IP' date=' find out their ISP, find out any other info I can on them (ie. whereabouts they live) and just send them an email back telling them their own IP, ISP, area they live in etc. and tell them to stop [i'][insert rude word]ing[/i] spamming. Sadly none of these people have ever written back to me, I'd love to hear one of their replies! how would one do this?
1veedo Posted February 24, 2006 Author Posted February 24, 2006 Wow, they're getting more original. This time they've got my last name wrapped into the message and a reason to actually contact me. The guy Christopher Purchace QC is a real person in Crown Office Chambers, some English company. 217.146.177.167 is a Londer mirror for Yahoo. Google I don't know how he found me, "azevedo," because google / yahoo doesn't show my site with that querry in the first few pages. Google also doesn't seem to show any spam for it. I almost trashed it but for some reason it seems for real. I could give him my telephone number and find out but I don't think it's worth my time. Crown Office ChambersTemple London EC4Y 7HJ From Christopher Purchas QC, Crown Office Chambers UK. I know we have not met in person but I have a very profiting proposal which I am sure you can handle. I am a member Barrister with the Crown Office Chambers in London United Kingdom and I am only contacting you to help claim deposited funds made by one of our clients who was involved in a fatal auto crash which killed him and his entire family in 2003. You must communicate with me using the above email address. Late Mr. Mark Azevedo was a personal client of mine and I managed all his legal affairs. As of today, I stand as the only custodian to the deposit he made in a finance company and now I am faced with the task of providing a beneficiary for the fund. The amount in the deposit is $12,000,000 (Twelve Million United States Dollars Only) and the finance house is ready to release the money to whoever I present as the true fund beneficiary and next-of-kin to my late client because my late client issued me a Power of Attorney duly endorsed in the British High Courts of Justice when he made the deposit and I was his legal advicing councellor on the deposit and other issues. Now the finance house where my client deposited the fund demands that I quickly provide a claimant for the fund because the deposit duration has expired and needs a renewal or withdrawal from their company otherwise it will be handed over to the government. Because I have since not be able to provide anyone due to my fears of releasing to money to someone who mightrun away with it, I am being very careful about this. I have however decided to try and do this deal with you whether you are truly related to my client or not and I pray you will not run away with the money when they release it to you. I will arrange to formalise your papers so that you can be approved as next-of-kin to my late client and the fund can be released to you immediately. We shall draw an agreement between you and me for security of the fund sharing when it is released to you. I agree to a fifty-fifty sharing but we must bear serious responsibilities on both sides to ensure the release of the fund to you. I want you to note that this is a very serious deal and not a child's play and this time the money must be released because it is truly existing in the finance company. If you feel we can sign out the funds together, quickly send me your phone and fax and I will call to give you the details of the deal and send you the relevant transaction documents. Regards, Christopher Purchas QC I still think it's a scam. The guy could easily impersonate some English dude. What I want to know is why he doesn't just look up my phone number. And why me out of all the azevedos?
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