New Phishing Scam
Well, it looks like Li decided he was not interested in being a cabana boy. Fortunately, though, I now have Reuben from South Africa who would like to do business with me:
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Do not be surprised about receiving this confidential mail from
somebody you do not know.
It is as a result of the urgency and nature of the business that made
me contact you in this manner.
I am Mr. Reuben Chizea, an attorney from Durban, South Africa and a
personal attorney to late
Mr. John Cuthbertson, (hereinafter referred to as my client") an
expatriate and an oil/mining contractor
who used to work in my country back in Africa as an Engineering
Consultant with South African mining Corporation.
On the 31st of January 2000,my client died from an air crash aboard
Alaska Airline flight 261 that crashed into
the Pacific Ocean on January 31,2000
(http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html).
My client used to be a close friend of my late father who also died
four years ago. Shortly, before my client's
death, he had instructed me to prepare his WILL but without a named
beneficiary yet. He had already signed the
WILL and was contemplating on making his pet dog the beneficiary since
he had no wife nor children before he died
from air crash. Since that unfortunate incident, I have made several
enquiries to locate any of my client's
relatives to facilitate repatriation of his estate from Africa. My
efforts up till date proved unsuccessful.
His personal house in the capital city Pretoria has already been
confiscated by the government.The reason for
contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating the sum of
Twenty Five Million Six Hundred United States
Dollars (US$25,600,000)left behind by my client before his death.This
amount of money is kept in safe custody
with a security/finance company operating in Africa and Europe. The
security company has issued me a notice to
provide the next-of-kin of my client or have the money declared
unserviceable and returned to the South African
government.I cannot claim this money myself because of my position as
the Attorney to the deceased and the Security
company is aware of this situation. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating any of his relatives for five years now,
I seek your consent for a confidential co-operation with me so that I
can present you as the next-of-kin to my client
- Mr. John Cuthbertson for the money to be paid to you as the
beneficiary.
Note that this transaction is simple and risk free because I will
provide you with expert legal services, documentations and
transaction codes that will guarantee the successful execution of this
deal with the security/finance company. All I require
is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable us see the deal
through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I wish to point out that after the claims, I would
want 20% of this money to be shared among charity organizations, while
the remaining 80% is shared equally between us.
You will agree with me that It is a better judgement for us to claim
this money and put into profitable/peaceful use than
allowing it to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt
government in South Africa. If you are capable of handling this
transaction,please reply via my email
address:r_chizea01@satellite-email.com with your full names and telephone
number to
enable us discuss and proceed accordingly.THANK YOU.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Reuben Chizea
Dear Mr. Chizea,
I received your email proposal regarding the cash transaction of the estate you are currently managing. First off, please let me express my sincere condolences at the loss of your client, whom I am certain was probably more like a friend to you, am I right? Secondly, I would like for you to consider me over any other individuals who may reply to your offer. I am a small business owner of 4 local electronic stores, specializing mostly in plasma screen televisions. However, just because I am quite successful at that and have a very, very comfortable lifestyle as a result, that does not mean that I can't use more money, am I right!?
Mr. Chizea, if we are to do business together, I must renegotiate the percentages slightly. Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a risk to our venture. Rather than 20% being given to charity, I would like that amount changed to 25% (that would garner a jury's sympathy a bit more than 20% if we are caught). Furthermore, simply out of principle, I must receive at least 1% more of the shares than you. Due to American customs laws, I am risking much (ie: my 4 elctronics stores) and feel as though I should receive slightly more than you, am I right?
If you can agree to everything I have stated, then please email me back with all due haste so that we may move forward with this transaction and both become wealthy men.
Sincerely,
Ishmael Phisch
I actually created a new Yahoo email account just for phishing scams, using the name Ishmael Phisch (translation of I Smell Fish). We shall see if Reuben wants to play.
Dear Sir/ Madam,
Do not be surprised about receiving this confidential mail from
somebody you do not know.
It is as a result of the urgency and nature of the business that made
me contact you in this manner.
I am Mr. Reuben Chizea, an attorney from Durban, South Africa and a
personal attorney to late
Mr. John Cuthbertson, (hereinafter referred to as my client") an
expatriate and an oil/mining contractor
who used to work in my country back in Africa as an Engineering
Consultant with South African mining Corporation.
On the 31st of January 2000,my client died from an air crash aboard
Alaska Airline flight 261 that crashed into
the Pacific Ocean on January 31,2000
(http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/index.html).
My client used to be a close friend of my late father who also died
four years ago. Shortly, before my client's
death, he had instructed me to prepare his WILL but without a named
beneficiary yet. He had already signed the
WILL and was contemplating on making his pet dog the beneficiary since
he had no wife nor children before he died
from air crash. Since that unfortunate incident, I have made several
enquiries to locate any of my client's
relatives to facilitate repatriation of his estate from Africa. My
efforts up till date proved unsuccessful.
His personal house in the capital city Pretoria has already been
confiscated by the government.The reason for
contacting you is to assist me urgently in repatriating the sum of
Twenty Five Million Six Hundred United States
Dollars (US$25,600,000)left behind by my client before his death.This
amount of money is kept in safe custody
with a security/finance company operating in Africa and Europe. The
security company has issued me a notice to
provide the next-of-kin of my client or have the money declared
unserviceable and returned to the South African
government.I cannot claim this money myself because of my position as
the Attorney to the deceased and the Security
company is aware of this situation. Since I have been unsuccessful in
locating any of his relatives for five years now,
I seek your consent for a confidential co-operation with me so that I
can present you as the next-of-kin to my client
- Mr. John Cuthbertson for the money to be paid to you as the
beneficiary.
Note that this transaction is simple and risk free because I will
provide you with expert legal services, documentations and
transaction codes that will guarantee the successful execution of this
deal with the security/finance company. All I require
is your honesty and serious co-operation to enable us see the deal
through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. I wish to point out that after the claims, I would
want 20% of this money to be shared among charity organizations, while
the remaining 80% is shared equally between us.
You will agree with me that It is a better judgement for us to claim
this money and put into profitable/peaceful use than
allowing it to be confiscated and divided amongst the corrupt
government in South Africa. If you are capable of handling this
transaction,please reply via my email
address:r_chizea01@satellite-email.com with your full names and telephone
number to
enable us discuss and proceed accordingly.THANK YOU.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Reuben Chizea
Dear Mr. Chizea,
I received your email proposal regarding the cash transaction of the estate you are currently managing. First off, please let me express my sincere condolences at the loss of your client, whom I am certain was probably more like a friend to you, am I right? Secondly, I would like for you to consider me over any other individuals who may reply to your offer. I am a small business owner of 4 local electronic stores, specializing mostly in plasma screen televisions. However, just because I am quite successful at that and have a very, very comfortable lifestyle as a result, that does not mean that I can't use more money, am I right!?
Mr. Chizea, if we are to do business together, I must renegotiate the percentages slightly. Whether you want to admit it or not, there is a risk to our venture. Rather than 20% being given to charity, I would like that amount changed to 25% (that would garner a jury's sympathy a bit more than 20% if we are caught). Furthermore, simply out of principle, I must receive at least 1% more of the shares than you. Due to American customs laws, I am risking much (ie: my 4 elctronics stores) and feel as though I should receive slightly more than you, am I right?
If you can agree to everything I have stated, then please email me back with all due haste so that we may move forward with this transaction and both become wealthy men.
Sincerely,
Ishmael Phisch
I actually created a new Yahoo email account just for phishing scams, using the name Ishmael Phisch (translation of I Smell Fish). We shall see if Reuben wants to play.