From Czechoslovakia With Love…
And it still keeps coming, this one a well-known scam with a personalized twist, sent from a free email account in what was once Czechoslovakia:
I am contacting you for the claim of your late uncle fund that was deposited with the Union Togolaise Bank. I am soliciting for your confidence in this matter, this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top Secret. Though I know that a contact of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well since I know everything about your late uncle’s fund.
I have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this matter. Let me start by introducing myself properly to you. I am BARRISTER SMITH BABA the personnal attorney to your late uncle Engr.JC LeCour, Sr. an oil Merchant with the Federal Government of Lome-Togo, who died some years ago in Kenya Air Bus Flight KQ430. He was banking with Union Bank PLC, Lome-Togo and had a closing balance as at the end of September 2001 worth S$48,000,000.00 (fourty-eight million United States dollars). The bank now expects the next of kin to come forward as beneficiary.
Efforts have been made by the Union Togolaise Bank of Lome-Togo to get in touch with any of the deceased family or relatives, but they have met with no success. As the deceased being a foreigner, that was why I decided to contact you so that you can put claim on this.
Now the management under the influence of the bank Chairman and members of the board of directors has made arrangement for the fund to be declared unclaimed so that they can share the money amongst themselves.
In order to avert this negative development, it is my duty to contact you since your name was amongst those listed in his personal files that was with me. Now you are to stand as the next of kin to his properties.
A quick search on the Internet revealed the tragic news that Engr.JC Rondeau Sr., Engr.JC Barns Sr., Engr.JC Brown Sr., Engr.JC Bussell Sr., Engr.JC McClure Sr., Engr.JC Meadows Sr., and many hundreds of other famous oil merchants with the Federal Government of Lome-Togo perished in the same fiery crash…
4 e mail from this sick crazy person. DEAR ZESSEN THANKS FOR YOUR FAST RESPOND TM MY MAIL,BUT I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY YOU MISUNDERSTAND ME INTHI STRANSACTION TRY AND SAY SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS GOOD SO THAT WE CAN HAVE THIS TRANSACTION BEFORE THE DEADLINE GIVING TO US FROM THE BANK. THANKS NESTOR ETEKOBEH Fam van zessen wrote: I don’t believe in God and I don’t believe in you either. So don’t mail me. And get on with your own life. –Oorspronkelijk bericht– Van: etekobeh nestor Datum: 02/02/06 10:53:27 Aan: Fam van zessen Onderwerp: GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY Dear Fam Van Zessen Thanks for your respond to my mail,i know it will sound like this to your understanding because you will be surprise of having this transaction, but there is only one thing i want to let you understand that is GOD because when good things is comming like this you can not understand it because enemis is against one’s progress, iam not contacting you because i need money from you rather i want us to have this transaction humbly and trust worthy so that we can achieve the goal not the loose,so help me with your whole hearth and i promise you that this transaction will be risk free transaction,all the documents in this transaction i promise to forword it to you only support me so that we can use you account to transfer this fund to avoid the bank to confisicate this fund as a waste fund in there bank. Thanks and GOD bless you NESTOR ETEKOBEH. Only forword to me your private number also your private email adress SO that i can contact you whenever neccessary
Here is a link for yooz to have a look at and mail back to your ‘Scammers’ if they are still hasseling you.
http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-barrister-lome-togo.htm
here is the one i just recieved
Dear Melinda Grooms,
Please, do not be offended if this message comes to you as I ought to have sought your consent and approval before e-mailing this proposal I acted as I did due to the importance and urgency of this business.
Which ever way you may look at it, let it please you to respond quickly either negatively or positively.
I am Barrister NESTOR ETEKOBEH,an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to Engineer M.A.Grooms,a foreigner who used to work with Shell International Republic of Togo, Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. As it may interest you to know, I got your contact through the internet proffesional Data Base by devine inspiration as I was going through some directories. I decided to contact you in order to champion such a business magnitude without any problem.
On the 21st of April 2001,my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome.All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several
inquiries to their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$10.5m,(Ten million and five hundred thousand United States Dollars),left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited. The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.
Therefore, 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 30% of the total sum as gratification, while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills, while 65% will be for me. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Upon your acceptance to this proposal, I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in this great business transaction to our both mutual trust. Your telephone and fax number will be need for our easy communication.
For further clarification you can always reach me on my direct number at:+228-908-3841.
Sincerely,
NESTOR ETEKOBEH, Esq.
From Mr. Robert Nduoma.
Auditing & Accounting Department
of Ecobank PLC lome-Togo.
Dear Naveed,
I wish this my proposal will not come to you as a surprise.I am Mr. Robert Nduoma,a Regional Director of Ecobank Lome-Togo(Economic community of West African Bank) with regional Office here in Lome-Togo.We had a foreign client,who used to work with Shell International Republic of Togo,he deposited a huge amount of $4.5m(Four million five hundred thousand United States Dollars),with our Bank.
Eventually this client,died on the 21st of April 2001,our client,his wife and their children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome,Togo.
A sitaution I have monitored closely with my position in the Bank. Now, having monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before his death, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the past three years plus, I have removed the file to my private vault.
I seek your consent to present as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has being concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his designated foreign bank account in his country.
This does not have any risk attached to it as all the internal documentations will be handled by me. I therefore request you to confirm your interest by a return message and I will furnish you with details but do not forget to keep top secret. you will be entitled to 25% of the total sum as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone/fax bills, and 70% will be for me and my partner.
I look forward to hearing from you immediately you recieves this message.
Best Regards,
Mr.Robert Nduoma
Dear Sir, I had also rcvd the following email from the scammer. Regards Naveed
Dear friend,
I have tried my very best to raise this money and was not be able to get it all, i dont know why you want to leave all this to me, you have to look for that sum and send it to the name of the receiver is as stated below through western union:
Rceivers Name: Mr Chukwu Ifegwu.
Address:27 rue de eglise
Location:Lome
Country Republic Of Togo.
Code 228451.
Confirm back with the transafer information, after sending the money, western union will give you the transfer control number. You will also give text question and anwser which will be used by the receiver to pick up the money here.The bank board of directors has been waiting to have the approval documents.
Confirm.
Mr Robert Nduoma
Dear Sir,
I plead you in the name of Our Lord Jesus to get my name of your website blog list, i know some stupid greedy good for noting africans has been using my name to run there dirty scam business.
A friend called me from UK to tell me about this, i am a staff with Eco Bank International.Take my name of your site or i will take this site to the lawy court.
Thank you.
Mr Robert
you better do fast and get my name of your list or i will take this matter to court, you will be fined for this.
This is Robert Nduoma,
I told you again, i will take legal action if you dont get my name of your blog site.
I can as well send virus to this site which you cost you alot of demage, all you need to do is delete my name from your list of scammers.As i told you my Good name is been used by bad people, as i truly work with Eco Bank.
hi i just got a e mail exactly like the scams above from john awele about my late uncle jb middlemass who died and left me 28 million us and wanted me to give him my banking info so i looked it up and blocked his e mails thanks jonathan
Robert, I will gladly take your name off my website (heck, I’ll even take the entire website down) if you work in your capacity as an Eco Bank employee to coordinate the full release of funds from the Union Togolaise Bank of Lome-Togo belonging to my late uncle Engr.JC LeCour, Sr. (the oil Merchant with the Federal Government of Lome-Togo). I need that $48 million as soon as possible. Thanks!