i am receiving mail from uk that i have won the lottery these email are true pl let me know

[vineetkumar2005]

i am receiving mail from uk that i have won the lottery these email are true pl let me know if want i will forwerd you

[ganpat1956]

Ignore that mail. It is part of an internet swindle that has been going on for several years.

[karira]

Also ignore ALL emails coming from anyone claiming to be wife/son/etc of some minister somewhere who left behind a lot of money in some account and seeking your help in retrieving it....

[colnrkurup]

I have been getting above types of e-mails on an average of 3 per week. Even yester-day I got one from one bank employ promiissing to share millions with me if I help him to transfer the money from some dead account expressing that he has absolutefaithinme etc.. These are absolute frauds.The anount is millions. Some time it is even from coco cola, microsoft etc. For a fun if you respond, the concerned will speak to you convincingly telling you that they have sent the ambassoder to you who will be contacting you and someone will contact you to fix the place where the parcel tol be delivered, of cource demanding the postage and insurance charges. These are all frauds. Efforts to report to Interpol or theEmbassy of the concerned states or the genuine company like coco cola etc., will not be of any use. Unless you wish to have the first hand experence of this fraud, please ignore it. Under any circumstance please donot sent a penny in advance. Still if you insistit it as genuine please proceed without senting a penny in advance. You may promiss hem to pay all charges after you receive the lotery of millions or you may tell them to deduct all charges with interest from the gross amount. It is a fun to experience someone trying a fraud assuming you tobe aninnoscent man.

[kushal]

I wonder if somebody did try to go to logical conclusion with these mails?

[karira]

Originally Posted by colnrkurup

It is a fun to experience someone trying a fraud assuming you tobe aninnoscent man.

Originally Posted by kushal

I wonder if somebody did try to go to logical conclusion with these mails?

Carrying on a bit too far can become dangerous in such cases...
I remember a case (a few years ago) of someone from Gujarat who travelled all the way to Nigeria after being ensnared in a similar trap. He was kidnapped and his family back home was asked to pay a big ransom. Finally the Indian Embassy in Lagos got involved and the person was released.

[kushal]

That is a serious issue worth explained by you Karira.

[colnrkurup]

Yes. I have gone into it. These are frauds to extract some money from a large number of illogical greedy people. These e-mails and its persuations are so efficient that a large number of them believe it as true. The offeres areof millions. In the process they make the culprit to deposit fairly good sum as insurance and other charges. In one case I had gone to the extend of sending a prescribed for by registered post toSouth Africa. After a month it has come back undelivered. In one case Ihad warned them to contact Interpol and in another case to contact their Embassy. In both cases they vanished. My son-in law from Abudhabi has told me that some the employees working therehad lost the money they had paid. Unless the Government Agency is involved in locatting them innoscent people become prey. Some of hem appears working from India only.

[maneesh]

colnrkurup & karira
i would also like to add up to your experience. One of my acquiescence has replied to the mail and entered into conversation with the persons. As you have rightly pointed that they sound very convincing and ask to submit token amount. The amount was also sent and then they informed that he has to come to Nigeria to collect the money. Timely advise saved him from getting kidnapped.

[colnrkurup]

Dear Maneesh,
Why don't you also enter into responding them (of course without paying a penny or disclosing anything useful) just to get an experience. I did it fully knowing that it is a fraud. It was a nice experience I cherish

[karira]

This is the type of email you will get.
Just arrived in my inbox this morning.
I usually get 2 or 3 a day....with slightly different variations:

Subject: Personal Aide to the former Liberian President From: Mr RICHARD SNOWE Leave me a message Date: Mon, Oct 22 2007 02:27:51 -0700
Dear Sir/Madam,

With due respect, trust and humility, I write you this proposal believing that it will receive the most desired attention from you even as we have not had any previous correspondence, Although, I am constrained by insufficient information about you, but I will express in full the main objectives of this proposal.

I am Mr. Richard Snowe Personal Aide and in-law to the former President of Liberian His Excellency Mr. Charles Taylor, who resigned his post due to pressure from the International Community in order to maintain peace in West African Region. His Excellency who is currently behind bars at a U.N.-backed court in Hague Netherlands, facing 11 counts of war crimes during the country's 1991-2002 civil wars.

I need your services in a confidential matter regarding transfer of Money belonging to My Former Boss His Excellency Mr. Charles Taylor. This requires a private arrangement because the fund in question is quite large. a total sumof USD$115M Though the details of the transaction will be furnish to you if you indicate your interest in this proposal.See the website for more details

JURIST - Paper Chase: BREAKING NEWS ~ Charles Taylor captured by Nigeria in escape bid
BBC NEWS | World | Africa | Charles Taylor - preacher, warlord and president
CNN.com - Taylor to face war crimes charges - Mar 29, 2006
SomaliNet News: Liberia: Ex-President’s family, advocacy group seek fair trail : SomaliNet > Somali > Somalia and Somalinad

I decided to contact you so that we can talk and see how we can both put heads together and achieve this. On this note, we intends to execute a deed of conveyance of this deposit to a capable and trust worthy firm or individual who will immediately effect a change of beneficiary on the deposit and release it from the custody of the Company where the money was been deposited by way of terminating the deposit contract to avoid any trace and repatriation of the deposit by the new government in Liberia.

Terms of the transaction shall be discussed and agreement entered into when you indicate your ability to handle and manage funds of this magnitude under a strict confidential understanding. Please treat as most confidential due to the sensitive information given in here strictly to you.I will appreciate if you can send me the following,

1. Your Full Names
2. Your current Mobile telephone and fax numbers
3. Your age
4. Occupation
5. Your Current address and your company name

I am expecting to hear from you, if you are willing to do the business with us.

Yours sincerely
Richard Snowe
Personal Aide to the former Liberian President
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Company Name: Snowe Inc
Business Type:
Industry Category: Horse Racing
Number of Company Employees: 51 - 100 People
Annual Sales Volume: US$10 Million - US$50 Million
Zip/Postal Code: 23371
City: Achimota
Province/State: Accra
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Web Address: http://
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Name: Mr RICHARD SNOWE Leave me a message Company: Snowe Inc Address: 12 Jerry Rawlings Way Country: Ghana Phone: 233-242-869589 Fax: 233-

[kushal]

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