Lately my spam e-mails have been offers to get drugs from foreign countries without prescriptions. Often the word ‘pharmacy’ isn’t spelled correctly, so I think it may come from the same source.
I haven’t seen one of these e-mail scams in a while… it feels like a breath of fresh air!
From: guaranty <wonday2005@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: PLEASE REPLY FAST
FROM: MR. WONDAY KUMBA
HEAD TRESURY AND CREDIT UNIT.
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC.
Direct Email Contact: wondaykumba@guarantytrustbank.com
Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having
gone through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this
medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you
through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most
secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is purely
private, and it should be treated as such.
I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may
think of. I am MR. WONDAY KUMBA , the HEAD TRESURY AND CREDIT UNIT. in
the GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. I am contacting you based on Trust and
confidentiality that will be attached to this deal. The Management and the
Legal department of our BANK (GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. NIGERIA) in a
recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN,
who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant and
confisticated the depositor’s fund to the Bank Treasury according to Nigeria
Banking and Financial law. He is a foreigner based in Nigeria,
unfortunately He is late as he was amongst those that was Killed in the recent
WARRI CRISIS as you can confirm through this website
http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/1083.cfm
He is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar account with the
sum of US$35M (Thirty Five MillionUnited States Dollars Only) deposited
in the account. In fact it happened that since her death, the next of
kin of the dollar account holder (the brother) has not show up for the
claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to
come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will
give you necessary Assistance and perfect the Legal Authentication
documents which will officially recognise you as a relation to the
deceased. Then, I will give you the contact of the Payment Authority and you
will write an application for the claims as the Next of Kin to Late MR.
ROBERT FINKELSTEIN.
I shall guide you with all diligence and legal processes to ensure the
smooth perfect success of this transaction and the Funds (US$35Million)
must be transfered into your own bank account in your country as the
newly approved beneficiary. Upon my personal finding on this matter, I
kept this information secret to myself until now that I am contacting
you. In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from
a different country), it is Officially important for the involvement of
a foreigner who will pose as a next-of-kin. I will use my exalted
position in this Bank to present you as his Next of Kin as you can be his
relative, friend or Cousin and the Money (US$35Million) will be Safely
transfered into your own bank account in your country. Before I made up
my mind to contact you, I have concluded every arrangement to ensure
that you receive the funds successfully as the next of kin.
Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying
this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate
your willingness to assist in this transaction. We will use our
positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. The
whole Procedures will last only 5 working days to get the fund
retrieved successfully Without trace even in future.
Please I need the following:
- YOUR FULL NAME
- PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
- HOME ADDRESS
- COMPANY’S NAME AND ADDRESS. AND COUNTRY NAME
- BANK ACCOUNT DETAILS INCLUDING NUMBER AND ADDRESS.(WHERE YOU WANT TO
RECEIVE THE FUNDS). - YOUR AGE. AND OCCUPATION
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via
email and phone. You don’t need to come to my country. Send your full
name, address and telephone number to me via email urgently today so that
I will call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you must be happy and
shall rejoice greatly soonest for cooperation with me in this
transaction. After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share
the money 50-50 (50% for you and 50% for me).
Yours truly,
MR. WONDAY KUMBA
HEAD TRESURY AND CREDIT UNIT.
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC.
I didn’t notice that until you pointed it out, Tyghress