The Phishing Emails Resume
I posted some of my emails previously as I messed with an email scam artist. It seemed that after I told the scammer, Li, that i wanted to grease him up and make him my cabana boy, I was placed on some sort of "Do not reply to this guy if he emails us" list. But apparently I've responded to someone who didn't pay to view a copy of that list.....
Here's the scam email that was sent to me. Their emails are in normal type, while my responses are in bold italics:
Ecowas E-Lottery International programs
45 Western Avenue
Lagos - Nigeria
Ref. Number: 87K4/336/T071/006
Batch Numbe: 468911521-Bc87
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Ecowas E-Lottery
International programs 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
27522465896 6433 with serial number 3772-554 drew> lucky numbers
942-20-23-28-45 which consequently won in category 2E, you have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
U.S.DOLLARS.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000,000 company and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from all over the world. This promotional program
takes place every three years.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by major
software companies and eminent personalities, we
hope with part of your winning, you will take part in our next three
years USD50 million International Promotion lottery.
To claim your winning, please contact Dr. Chukwunye Ego the coordinator
Ecowas E-Lottery International program with the following information
on this E-mail address..eego_eego@yahoo.co.uk.
(1) FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY:
(2) REFERENCE NUMBER:
(3) COUNTRY:
(4) AGE:
(5) SEX:
(6) OCCUPATION:
(7) TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully, EMMANUELLA
Secretary.
(1) FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY: Steven Walker [insert last name] (they already had my name from my email, but I gave them a fake middle name as well as age and occupation)
(2) REFERENCE NUMBER: 87K4/336/T071/006
(3) COUNTRY: USA
(4) AGE: 19
(5) SEX: Male
(6) OCCUPATION: Cook
(7) TELEPHONE NUMBER: None
World-link E-lottery ORG.
WLA Garden - Lagos
Nigeria.
Dear Steven Walker [insert surname here],
This is to inform you that your won prize has been processed and approved for payment. Be further informed that your payment instructions No. P54/HH862JY-ID has been forwarded to the paying bank (ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC) in your favor. Following the aforementioned, affidavit of notarization is required.
However, you are required to notarize the lotto prize in the Federal High court Nigeria. The certificate of award has been released and is attached to this mail for your urgent attention. You may also personally come to Nigeria to notarize the prize.
It is not the policy of the lotto company to accept fund from any prize winner, but it is resolved after the September 11th, 2001, incident in the united state of America that enhance speedy delivering of the won prize to the beneficiary and for the fund not to be related to Drug Money, Money Laundry and Terrorist Sponsoring Fund, the fund most therefore be notarized in the court for it to be cleared by the bank and certify "OK" by your government and the government of Nigeria. In lieu of this you are therefore advice to contact the company attorney Mrs. Roseline Obaseki. You can reach her on E-MAIL: (roselineobasekichambers@Safe-mail.net), TEL: 234- 01-4761734, 234-01-806-465-0683, Since Winners may not wish to travel to Nigeria personally to notarize lotto prize in the court and to save time and cost it became imperative to request the notary amount in order to have the prize notarized in court and winners meet the deadline.
You are hereby directed to contact Mrs. Roseline Obaseki, immediately and forward a copy of your claim certificate to her office for verification to get your fund notarized.
Congratulations.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Chukwunye Ego
TEL: 234-01-8970236, 234-01-805-930-2151
My reference number is:
87K4/336/T071/006.
What do I need to do at this point in order to claim
my prize?
DearSir,
Hope by now you most have received information from us about your
winning prize.Please kindly get back to me to enable us proceed with your
payment.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Roseline Obaseki
Dear Rosaline,
I understand the need to pay the duty fees. How about
we make a deal. If you pay the $296.50 for the duty
fees, I will gladly share $500 of my prize with you.
You must admit, that is a generous offer on my part.
Roseline, are you in Nigeria? Are you married?
Please let me know as soon as possible about your
thoughts on my proposal.
Thank you,
Steve
Hello Steve,
I am in receipt of your email correspondence. I am in Nigeria at the
moment but I am original from the UK. As per your request I can only help
with a $50, while you make up the balance for the notarization of your
funds. As soon as the bank releases your draft to me, I will send it to
you through any of the reliable courier company. To answer your other
question, I was married before but I had a divorce. Anyway I don’t
think this is the best channel to discuss about my personal issues. You
can call me on phone, if you will like to know more about me. Meanwhile I
have just found out from the bank that you can make the payment via
western union money transfer. You can send down the payment with the
following information to enable me act accordingly. I hope I will get the
money after you receive your prize from the bank.You will use this
information to wire the fund via western union: NAME: Mrs. Augusta Abdulmalik
CITY: Lagos : Country: Nigeria.
As soon as you wire the fund let me know for follow up with the bank
proceedings.
We await your response.
Yours sincerely,
Roseline Obaseki (Esq.
Roseline,
First of all, I am utterly enchanted by you. If I had
$1,000, I would give it to you with no questions.
Unfortunately, the only money that I do have at the
moment is $63 that I earned from recycling aluminum
cans. I have to wake up very early in the morning to
collect enough empty beer cans from people's garbage
cans. Usually I just buy beer with the money, but
with the $63, I could possibly use that for this
situation. However, I will need to borrow $233 from
you to cover the remainder. I can tell from the tone
of your email that you are a very kind, and
understanding human being who would help anyone out.
All that I need is for you to mail me a certified
cashiers check for $233 as soon as is humanly
possible.
In regards to your personal situation, I would love it
if you would go ahead and give me your phone number as
you suggested. After I receive this lottery money, I
would love to fly to Nigeria to have dinner with you.
When you give me your number, I can give you a call.
xoxo
Steve
I now await a reply.
Here's the scam email that was sent to me. Their emails are in normal type, while my responses are in bold italics:
Ecowas E-Lottery International programs
45 Western Avenue
Lagos - Nigeria
Ref. Number: 87K4/336/T071/006
Batch Numbe: 468911521-Bc87
Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform you of the result of the Ecowas E-Lottery
International programs 2006.
Your e-mail address attached to ticket number
27522465896 6433 with serial number 3772-554 drew> lucky numbers
942-20-23-28-45 which consequently won in category 2E, you have therefore
been approved for a lump sum pay out of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND
U.S.DOLLARS.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
We ask that you keep your winning information
confidential until your claims has been processed and your money
Remitted to you. This is part of our security protocol to avoid double claims
and unwarranted abuse of this program by some participants.
All participants were selected through a computer
ballot system drawn from over 20,000,000 company and 30,000,000
individual email addresses from all over the world. This promotional program
takes place every three years.
This lottery was promoted and sponsored by major
software companies and eminent personalities, we
hope with part of your winning, you will take part in our next three
years USD50 million International Promotion lottery.
To claim your winning, please contact Dr. Chukwunye Ego the coordinator
Ecowas E-Lottery International program with the following information
on this E-mail address..eego_eego@yahoo.co.uk.
(1) FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY:
(2) REFERENCE NUMBER:
(3) COUNTRY:
(4) AGE:
(5) SEX:
(6) OCCUPATION:
(7) TELEPHONE NUMBER:
Please note, in order to avoid unnecessary delays and complications,
remember to quote your reference number and batch numbers in all
correspondence.
Note: Anybody under the age of 18 is automatically disqualified.
Yours faithfully, EMMANUELLA
Secretary.
(1) FULL NAME OF BENEFICIARY: Steven Walker [insert last name] (they already had my name from my email, but I gave them a fake middle name as well as age and occupation)
(2) REFERENCE NUMBER: 87K4/336/T071/006
(3) COUNTRY: USA
(4) AGE: 19
(5) SEX: Male
(6) OCCUPATION: Cook
(7) TELEPHONE NUMBER: None
World-link E-lottery ORG.
WLA Garden - Lagos
Nigeria.
Dear Steven Walker [insert surname here],
This is to inform you that your won prize has been processed and approved for payment. Be further informed that your payment instructions No. P54/HH862JY-ID has been forwarded to the paying bank (ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC) in your favor. Following the aforementioned, affidavit of notarization is required.
However, you are required to notarize the lotto prize in the Federal High court Nigeria. The certificate of award has been released and is attached to this mail for your urgent attention. You may also personally come to Nigeria to notarize the prize.
It is not the policy of the lotto company to accept fund from any prize winner, but it is resolved after the September 11th, 2001, incident in the united state of America that enhance speedy delivering of the won prize to the beneficiary and for the fund not to be related to Drug Money, Money Laundry and Terrorist Sponsoring Fund, the fund most therefore be notarized in the court for it to be cleared by the bank and certify "OK" by your government and the government of Nigeria. In lieu of this you are therefore advice to contact the company attorney Mrs. Roseline Obaseki. You can reach her on E-MAIL: (roselineobasekichambers@Safe-mail.net), TEL: 234- 01-4761734, 234-01-806-465-0683, Since Winners may not wish to travel to Nigeria personally to notarize lotto prize in the court and to save time and cost it became imperative to request the notary amount in order to have the prize notarized in court and winners meet the deadline.
You are hereby directed to contact Mrs. Roseline Obaseki, immediately and forward a copy of your claim certificate to her office for verification to get your fund notarized.
Congratulations.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Chukwunye Ego
TEL: 234-01-8970236, 234-01-805-930-2151
My reference number is:
87K4/336/T071/006.
What do I need to do at this point in order to claim
my prize?
DearSir,
Hope by now you most have received information from us about your
winning prize.Please kindly get back to me to enable us proceed with your
payment.
Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Roseline Obaseki
Dear Rosaline,
I understand the need to pay the duty fees. How about
we make a deal. If you pay the $296.50 for the duty
fees, I will gladly share $500 of my prize with you.
You must admit, that is a generous offer on my part.
Roseline, are you in Nigeria? Are you married?
Please let me know as soon as possible about your
thoughts on my proposal.
Thank you,
Steve
Hello Steve,
I am in receipt of your email correspondence. I am in Nigeria at the
moment but I am original from the UK. As per your request I can only help
with a $50, while you make up the balance for the notarization of your
funds. As soon as the bank releases your draft to me, I will send it to
you through any of the reliable courier company. To answer your other
question, I was married before but I had a divorce. Anyway I don’t
think this is the best channel to discuss about my personal issues. You
can call me on phone, if you will like to know more about me. Meanwhile I
have just found out from the bank that you can make the payment via
western union money transfer. You can send down the payment with the
following information to enable me act accordingly. I hope I will get the
money after you receive your prize from the bank.You will use this
information to wire the fund via western union: NAME: Mrs. Augusta Abdulmalik
CITY: Lagos : Country: Nigeria.
As soon as you wire the fund let me know for follow up with the bank
proceedings.
We await your response.
Yours sincerely,
Roseline Obaseki (Esq.
Roseline,
First of all, I am utterly enchanted by you. If I had
$1,000, I would give it to you with no questions.
Unfortunately, the only money that I do have at the
moment is $63 that I earned from recycling aluminum
cans. I have to wake up very early in the morning to
collect enough empty beer cans from people's garbage
cans. Usually I just buy beer with the money, but
with the $63, I could possibly use that for this
situation. However, I will need to borrow $233 from
you to cover the remainder. I can tell from the tone
of your email that you are a very kind, and
understanding human being who would help anyone out.
All that I need is for you to mail me a certified
cashiers check for $233 as soon as is humanly
possible.
In regards to your personal situation, I would love it
if you would go ahead and give me your phone number as
you suggested. After I receive this lottery money, I
would love to fly to Nigeria to have dinner with you.
When you give me your number, I can give you a call.
xoxo
Steve
I now await a reply.