Email scams are in full force these days as Americans are finding themselves in an economic pinch. This is the perfect environment for e-mail (and other) scammers to operate in. Often times when your financial situation is stressed you are more vulnerable to scammers and their operatives. Some people allow themselves to believe in something they would normally be skepticle of, but when financial pressures mount people are more vulnerable. Scammers prey on this weakness by pushing your "hope" buttons. Often times a person can become blinded by false hope and sound judgement breaks down as the scammer moves in for the kill.

For a while I have been collecting scam/fraud e-mails and I am going to post them here for the world to see the filthy scam. What amazes me is people are still getting scammed by these criminals. Some how, some way, these scams are still working, I guess there is an internet noob born everyday.

Here are the e-mails, read a few of them, some are outragous, some are so retarded they are funny. If just one person that would have been scammed by one of these e-mails avoids getting scammed because of this hub it will have been worth it.

Yahoo/Msn Lottery Incoperation
Baley House, Har Road Sutton,
Greater London SM1 4TE
United Kingdom.

Dear Sir/Madam

This is to inform you that you have won a prize of £500,000.00 ( Five Hundred thousand Great Britain Pound Sterlings ) from the Lottery draw promotion which was organized by YAHOO/MSN & MICROSOFT WINDOWS, Your email address was selected among the lucky winner from the millions email subscribers through electronic balloting System without the winner applying. These are your identification numbers:

Batch Number.......YM 09102XN
Reff Number..........YM35447XN
Winning Number.....YM09788

Do fill out this Claims Verification and Funds Release Form to the Event Manager to file out your claims with below informations.

1. Full Name....
2. Full Address.........
3. Occupation..............
4. Age/Sex:.....................
5. Phone Number/ Fax............
6. Country :.....................
7. Ref/ Batch Number.................

LOTTERY EVENT MANAGER

Contact Person: Mr. Alexander Hart
Telephone: +44-701-1130907
E-mail: l.eventmanager@hotmail.co.uk

Congratulations once again.

Sincerely,
Mrs. Janet Fullerton-Rawlins
Lottery Online Co-Ordinator

DEAR FRIEND,

I KNEW THIS MESSAGE WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE. I AM AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER IN BANK OF AFRICA (BOA), OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO . I HOPED THAT YOU WILL NOT EXPOSE OR BETRAY THIS TRUST AND CONFIDENT THAT I AM ABOUT TO IMPOSE ON YOU FOR THE MUTUAL BENEFIT OF OUR FAMILIES.

I NEED YOUR URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSFERRING THE SUM OF (USD$25) MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 10 TO 17 BANKING DAYS. THIS MONEY HAS BEEN DORMANT FOR YEARS IN OUR BANK WITHOUT ANY BODY CLAIMING THE FUND.
I WANT THE BANK TO RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEAREST PERSON TO OUR DECEASED CUSTOMER (THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT) DIED ALONG WITH HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN IN AN AIR CRASH SINCE JULY, 2003.I DON'T WANT THE MONEY TO GO INTO OUR BANK TREASURER ACCOUNT AS AN ABANDONED FUND.
FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/euro11pe/859479.stm

SO THIS IS THE REASON WHY I CONTACTED YOU SO THAT THE BANK CAN RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED CUSTOMER. PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO KEEP THIS PROPOSAL AS A TOP SECRET AND DELETE IT IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.

UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR REPLY, I WILL GIVE YOU FULL DETAILS ON HOW THE BUSINESS WILL BE EXECUTED AND ALSO NOTE THAT YOU WILL HAVE 30% OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED SUM IF YOU AGREE TO HANDLE THIS BUSINESS WITH ME. AND 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES THAT ARISES ON THE PROCESS BEFORE THE FUND GET INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT SUCH AS TELEPHONE CALLS BILLS (ETC).I LOOKING FORWARD RECEIVING YOUR RETURN MAIL OR CALLING THRUOGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS;abubaklla_m1@live.fr
THANKS AND HAVE A GREAT DAY

1. NAME IN FULL:.........................

................

2. ADDRESS:.............................................

3. NATIONALITY:.........................................

4. AGE:.................................................

5. Sex..................................................

6. OCCUPATION:..........................................

7. MARITAL STATUS:.......................................

8. PHONE................................................

9. FAX:.................................................
BEST REGARD.

DR. ABUBAKAR MUHAMED
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING MANEGER,
BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A)
OUAGADOUGOU-BURKINA FASO.

Dear Winner,

We are delighted to inform you of your prize release this month from the
United National Award programme. Which is fully based on an electronic
selection of winners using their e-mail addresses.Your name was attached
to ticket number 5647560054 serial number 5360/02 This batch draws the
lucky numbers as follows 03-17-22-49-50-03-06 which consequently won you
the lottery in the second category.You hereby have been approved a lump
sum pay of ($850.000.00 USD) in cash credit file ref:ILP/HW 47509/02 from
the total cash prize of $850.000.00 USD.

For the immediate release of your funds you are to provide the following
details to our agent;

1. Name.........
2. Address.........
3. Marital Status.........
4. Occupation.........
5. Age.........
6. Sex.........
7. Nationality.........
8. Country Of Residence.........
9. Telephone Number.........
12.Draw Number above..........

(CONTACT EVENTS MANAGER)
Email: unfoundationawakkrds@ymail.com
David Bricks

Dear Valued Customer,
Your e-mail have emerged as a winner of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in our on-going promotion.Your Winning details are as follows: Computer Generated Profile Numbers (CGPN):7-22-71-00-66-12, Ticket number: 00869575733664, Serial numbers:/BTD/8070447706/06, Lucky numbers: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12). Contact Mr. Francis Henson for more details through the contact below:
Mr. Francis Henson,
Email: giveaways.promoonline.03@gmail.comll

Sincerely,
Mrs Ann Jones.

You have been awarded the sum of £1,000.000.00 GBP in our tobacco draw, get
back to us asap

Names:............
Address:..............
Country:.................
Age:..........
Sex:..............
Phone/cellphone........

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: R3/A312-59 Dear Email Owner This is to inform you that your email address have just won a cash price of £590,983.00 Pounds in the UK National e-Lottery Online Sweepstakes you are to contact the online claims agent.
Name: Christopher Smith
Email: uknlfoundajjjtionjj2@googlemail.com Provide the Following Information: Name, Address, Age, Sex, Tel, Occupation Online Coordinator Edrick Alston
For claims proceedures Send your details to ( uknlfoundationkk2@googlemail.com

) Only.

Hello Dear beloved In Christ,

How are you doing today?

My name is Mrs. Cindy Rogers from Greece but resides in east london united kingdom. I
am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to you/church.I am 59 years old
and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 2 years ago, immediately after the death of my
husband, who has left me everything he worked for.

I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to
you for the good work of God, rather than allow my relatives to use my husband hard
earned funds ungodly.Please pray, that the good Lord forgive me my sins. I have asked
God to forgive me and I believe he has because He is a merciful God. I will be going in
for an operation in less than three hours.

I decided to WILL/donate the sum of $4,200,000 (four million two hundred thousand
dollars--converted to usd) to you for the good work of the lord, and also to help the
motherless and less privilege and also for the assistance of the widows.

At the moment I cannot take any telephone calls right now due to the fact that my
relatives are around me and my also my present health status.But you can only call me
at night if you choose to call.my number is +44-7024080235.I have adjusted my WILL and
my lawyer is aware I have changed my will to you and he will arrange the transfer of
the funds from my account to you. I wish you all the best and may the good Lord bless
you abundantly,and please use the funds well and always extend the good work to others.

Contact my lawyer with this specified email mr.kennth@consultant.com name Mr Kenneth T-
Swiss and tell him that I have WILLED($4,200,000.00) to you by quoting my personal
reference number law/chamber/solicitors/je/ws/

WILL/9834520012 and I have also notified
him that I am WILLING that amount to you for a specific and good work. I know I don't
know you but I have been directed to do this. Thanks and God bless.

NB: I will appreciate your utmost confidentiality in this matter until the task is
accomplished as I don't want anything that will jeopardize my last wish.

And Also I will be contacting with you by email as I don't want my relation or anybody
to know because they are always around me.

My best Regards,

Mrs Cindy Rogers.
+44-7024080235.

Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/05
Batch: 074/05/ZY369
Ticket number: 56475600545 188
Amount Won: £750,000.00 Pounds Sterling.

You have won £750,000.00 British Pounds and consolation prize of Sony Viao
4 Laptop, a company T-shirt and Face cap in the National Online Sweeps email
raffle Ref: LSUK/2031/8161/04 and Ticket Number:56475600545299 in our
online sweepstakes award program.
For further inquiry please contact our Claim Department below with your
Ticket/reference numbers.
Contact: Mr. Martins Geere
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Tel: +44 704 577 3086
Contact Him with your .
Full Name,Winning email address,Full address,Gender,Age,Occupation,

Telephone,Fax,Country.

Congratulations Once More Again from all our staff.
Dr.Cooke Renee.
THE PROMOTION CO-ORDINATOR

Dear Valued Customer,
Your e-mail have emerged as a winner of £500,000.00 GBP (Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in our on-going promotion.Your Winning details are as follows: Computer Generated Profile Numbers (CGPN):7-22-71-00-66-12, Ticket number: 00869575733664, Serial numbers:/BTD/8070447706/06, Lucky numbers: 12-12-23-35-40-41(12).

Contact Mr. Francis Henson for more details through the contact below:

Mr. Francis Henson,
Email: .

Sincerely,
Mr Diego Jose Rativa.

Hello Dearest !
I am glad to contact you having seen your contact in my search for a relaible friend (.). I will really like to have a good relationship with you, because I have a special reason why I decided to contact you, due to the urgency of my situation here and I am Miss Jemaima Samuel Doe 23 years old girl from Liberia, the only daughter of Late President Samuel Kanyon Doe who was killed by Prince Johnson and his rebels groups after many innocent soul were killed ,My father was killed by government of Prince Johnson, he accuse my father of coup attempt.

I am constrained to contact you because of the maltreatment I, am receiving from my step mother. She planned to take away all my late father's treasury and properties from me since the unexpected death of my beloved father.

Meanwhile I wanted to escape to the Europe but she hide away my international passport and other valuable traveling documents. Luckily she did not discover where I kept my Father's File which contains important documents. So I decided to run to the refugee camp where I am presently seeking asylum under the United Nations High Commission for the Refugee here in Dakar, Republic of Senegal. I wish to contact you personally for a long term
business relationship and investment assistance in your Country.

My father of blessed memory deposited the sum of US$6, 123, 000.00 in a Bank with my name as the next of kin. However, I shall forward you with the necessary information of the deposit on confirmation of your acceptance to assist me for the transfer and investment of the fund. As you will help me in an investment, and I will like to complete my studies, as I was in my fist year in the university, when the crisis started.
It is my intention to compensate you with 5% of the total money for your services and the balance shall be my investment capital. This is the reason why I decided to contact you. Please all communications should be through this email address only for confidential purposes.

As soon as I receive your positive response showing your interest I will put things into action immediately. In the light of the above, I shall appreciate an urgent message indicating your ability and willingness to handle this transaction sincerely.
I'm staying at the female hostel. Awaiting your urgent and positive response. Please do keep this only to your self please I beg you not to disclose it till I come over , once the fund has been transferred and the below picture is mine, i will send you another copy in my next e-mail for you to know me more.
Yours Truly!
Miss Jemaima Samuel Doe

Hi Bk,

Have you received your share of government funds yet? Both the U.S. Government and Canadian Governments are handing out money...

There are literally millions of dollars awarded to regular citizens every year. There are also millions of dollars that go unspent and are not awarded to anyone simply because most people don't know about what they may qualify for.

Anyone is able to apply for a grant, but they're very limited due to the demand. You do not have to pay grants back. You can use a Grant for a number of things, such as:

• Getting rid of debt
• Going back to school for a better education, or paying off student loans
• Starting your own business
• Paying off your mortgage, or buy a house
  

You can get a check from the government in as little as 2 weeks. Let me know how it goes...

FROM THE DESK OF :MR OKWUSS MALAKI,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
BANK OF AFRICAN ( B.O.A )
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO, WEST AFRICA .
Tellephone +226-76-64-40-00,

Dear Friend.

This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however,it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction.I am a banker by profession from Burkina faso in west Africa and currently holding the post of Director Auditing and Accounting unit of the bank.I have the opportunity of transfering the left over funds ($18.3 million) of one of my bank clients who died along with his entire family on 31 july 2000 in a plane crash.You can confirm the genuiness of the deceased death by clicking onthis web site ...

Hence,i am inviting you for a business deal where this money can be sharedbetween us in the ratio of 60/30 while 10% will be mapped out for expenses. send your private phone number to call you or you can call me, it shows more trust. If you agree to my business proposal.further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as i receive your return mail.have a great day. Send your (1).Full names....(2).Phone Number.... (3).Country....
Your Faithfully
Mr Okwuss Malaki
+ 226 76-64-40-00.

NB, MAKE SURE YOU KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS YOUR TOP SECRECT AND MAKE IT CONFIDENTIAL TILL WE RECEIVES THE FUND INTO THE ACCOUNT THAT YOU WILL PROVIDE TO THE BANK. DONT DISCLOSE IT TO ANY BODY "PLEASE", BECAUSE THE SECRECY OF THIS TRANSACTION IS AS WELL AS THE SUCCESS OF IT.









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