Spam or is it plain old fraud?

[sheep]

From: "stephen goma" <stepgoma@mail2Banker.com>
To: <stepgoma@mail2banker.com>
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 05:30:59 -0700

MR. STEPHEN GOMA(B.Sc/M.Sc).
DIRECTOR OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION.
SOUTH AFRICA MINING & NAT.RESOURCES.
E-MAIL: stepgoma@yahoo.co.uk


I am MR.STEPHEN GOMA a native of Cape Town in South
Africa and Director of Project Implementation with the
South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources.I apologize for using this medium to reach you for a transaction/business of this magnitude but this is due to Confidentiality and prompt access reposed on this medium.Be informed that a member of the South Africa Export Promotion Council(SEPC)who was on the Government delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable particulars to me.I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder for the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources
where I work as Director and with the cooperation of four other top officials,we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Ten Million United States Dollars($10, 000 000)which we want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a foreign company /individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable foreign non-company account to receive such funds.More so we are handicapped in the circumstances as the South Africa Civil Service Code of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $10million represents the balance of the
total contract value executed on behalf of my
Department by a foreign contracting firm which we the
officials over invoiced deliberately.Though the actual
contract cost have been paid to the original contractor leaving the balance in the tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to remit by Key tested Telegraphic Transfer to any foreign bank account you will provide by filing in an application through the Ministry of Justice here in South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to
propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction,Your share will be 25% of $10million,70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous expenses. The business itself is 100% safe on your part provided you treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality,Also your area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this transaction.I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me,Endeavor to contact me immediately through my email address to confirm if you are interested in this deal.

If you are not it will enable me scout for another
foreign partner to carry out this deal.I want to
assure you that my partners and myself are in a
position to make the payment of this claim
possible provided you can give us a very strong
assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured
and please remember to treat this matter very
confidential because we will not comprehend with any
form of exposure as we are still in active Government
Service.

Once again remember that time is of great essence in
this transaction,Positive response should be
accompanied with your most private telephone and fax
numbers so I can reach you immediately with more
informations.

Yours truly,
MR.STEPHEN GOMA.




Luckily this got put straight into my junk mail folders over at hotmail but I thought that I would share it as it keeps coming round again and again and again.

Don't want anyone falling foul of this scam

[Defiant]

I've had loads of these but they tend to change the story every now and then. I believe Scotland Yard are investergating this too if not mistaken. You might even find something on their website

[darkangel]

Originally posted by sheep
Luckily this got put straight into my junk mail folders over at hotmail but I thought that I would share it as it keeps coming round again and again and again.

Don't want anyone falling foul of this scam wouldn't worry about it this is way old news hundred of these flying about, normally from Nigeria check this link out
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~gcaselton/spam/nigerian.html

[Stuart]

Last year, a friend of mine actually responded to one of these scams. He set up a hotmail account, and under a false name, he wrote back thanking them for their help, and pointing out that the money would really help with his worsening financial situation.

Funnily enough, he never heard anything...

[Tiptoes]

Junk,con.spam


All of the above

[zoombini]

This too is designed to entice you into giving up your account details.. yet it does not ask for them.

Dear Friend.
As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for
me, because, I believe everyone will die someday.
My name is JOSEPH HADIM, a merchant in Dubai, in the
U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .
It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now
I have only about a few
months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I
never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my
business. Though I am very rich, I was never
generous, I was always hostile to people and only
focused on my business as that was the only thing I
cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know
that there is more to life than just wanting to have
or make all the money in the world.
I believe when God gives me a second chance to come
to this world I would live my life a different way
from how I have lived it. Now that God has called
me, I have willed and given most of my property
and assets to my immediate and extended family
members as well as a few close friends.
I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul
so, I have decided to give alms to charity
organizations, as I want this to be one of the last
good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some charity organizations in the U.A.E,
Algeria and Malaysia. Now that my health has
deteriorated so badly, I cannot do this myself
anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one
of my accounts and distribute the money which I have
there to charity organization in Bulgaria and
Pakistan, they refused and kept the money to
themselves. Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as
they seem not to be contended with what I have left
for them.
The last of my money which no one knows of is the
huge cash deposit of twenty four million dollars
$24,000,000,that I have with a finance/Security Company
abroad. I will want you to help me collect this deposit
and dispatched it to charity organizations.


I have set aside 20% for you and for your time.

God be with you.