RE: CRIME FW: scam mail, received as URGENT ASSISTANCE

From: Phil Hochstetler (Phil.Hochstetler@private)
Date: Wed Jul 10 2002 - 08:31:10 PDT

  • Next message: charles radley: "Re: CRIME FW: scam mail, received as URGENT ASSISTANCE"

    As others have pointed out, this is an old scam.
    For more details, try searching google using "inurl:419 fraud"
    Also, the United States Secret Service has more details at:
    http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml
    
    Phil Hochstetler
    
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Rob Martin [mailto:robert@martin-iti.com] 
    Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 11:24 AM
    To: crime@private
    Subject: CRIME FW: scam mail, received as URGENT ASSISTANCE
    
    
    A co-worker of mine received this today, and I'm not sure who to inform.
    Sorry to clog your email box with one more message.
    
    rob
    
    ----- Original Message -----
    From: "ajee usman" <ajee@private>
    To: <ajee@private>
    Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2002 3:46 AM
    Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE
    
    
    > REQUEST FOR AN URGENT ASSISTANCE
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > >From AJEE USMAN
    > Tel ++393339048897
    > E-Mail ajeeu@private
    >
    >
    > Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business 
    > relationship
    >
    > with you.I am Ajee usman ,the first son of late Mr Dantata Usman.My 
    > father was a very  wealthy GOLD and COCOA manchant who based in
    > ACCRA GHANA and
    > ABIDJAN respectively,The economic capital of coteD,Ivoire.He
    > was poisoned
    > to death by his business associate on one of their
    > business outings.My
    > father took me and my brother so special. Before
    > the death of my father
    > on the 29th November 2000 in a private hospital
    > in ABIDJAN,He sincerely
    > called me on his bed side and told me that
    > he had a sum of 14.000.000.00
    > US DOLLARS(FOURTEEN MILLION US DOLLARS)kept
    > in a security company in Madrid
    > Spain.Before his death,he gave me
    > all the relevant document which he used
    > to deposit a trunk box containg
    > the money in the security company in Spain,which
    > he declared as
    > family treasure.He also explained to me that it was because
    > of his
    > wealth that he was poisoned by his business assocaites,That I should
    > seek for a foreign partner
    > in a country of my choice where l will transfer
    > this money and use it for investment purposes.
    > (1)I want you to assist me in clearing this fund from the security
    > company
    > into your account overseas as beneficiary of the fund and
    > also for investment
    > purpose such as REAL ESTATE,HOTELS,PETROLUM INDUSTRY.
    > (2)To serve as a guardian of this fund since the clauses in my asylum
    > status
    > that did entitle me to do any banking transaction or invest
    >  such huge
    > amount in europe.For your assistance and co-operation,I
    > have decided to
    > bequeath to you, 15% of the total sum involved and
    > 5% mapped out for any
    > miscellaneous expenses that we may incur during
    > the process of transferring
    > this money to your country.Moreover,it
    > is risk free in the sense that I
    > have taken proper care of all the
    > formalities regarding to this transaction.
    > I request you to come down to Madrid Spain and open a non resident
    > investment
    > account where we will deposit this money after withdrawing
    > it from the
    > security company.For onward transfer to your account
    > in your country after
    > that I will travel back with you to your country
    > and take my share of 80%
    > or in alternative invest my share in your
    > country under your supervision.If
    > you consider this worth doing,kindly
    > contact me as soon as you receive
    > my mail to enable me finalise
    > with the security company,where it was deposited
    > for safekeeping.You
    > can also reach me with this email address above.
    > Regards,
    >
    > AJEE USMAN
    >
    >
    >
    >
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