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To: dewey#######@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2003 15:10:04 GMT
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Message-Id: <20030125.071051.10255.872075@webmail3.wlv.untd.com>


Dear #######,

I am Barrister Sisulu, a solicitor at law, personal
attorney to Mr.P.B #######, a national Of your
country,who used to work with Shell Development
Company in Lome Togo. Here in after shall be referred
to as my client. On the 21st of April 2000, my client,
his wife and their only daughter were involved in a
car
accident along Nouvissi express Road. All occupants of
the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then
I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to
locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has
also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to
track his last name over the Internet, to locate any
member of his family hence I contacted you.I have
contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund
valued at US$20.5 million left behind by my client
before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable
by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount
were deposited. The said Security Finance Company has
issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
his account confisicated within the next twenty one
official working days.

Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the
relatives for over 2years now, I seek the consent to
present you as the next of kin to the deceased since
you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt
of your positive response, we shall then discuss the
sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all
necessary information and legal documents needed to
back you up for claim. All I require from you is your
honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through
the above email for more details.

Best regards.
Barr.S.Sisulu.

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Anatomy of an (attempted) Internet Fraud

A friend lets call him ... Luke. Well that is his name so why not. Anyway this
friend fancied himself the film making type and after spotting a good deal on
a digital video camera on www.sold.com.au he proceeded to place a bid on said
camera. Luke won the bid and received an email from Alex Nechipor.

Now Alex is what is technically known as a scumbag and although he listed his
location as being somewhere in NSW on the auction site, he now explained that
in fact he lived in the Ukraine and wanted to send the camera to Luke and of
course get Luke to send the cash to him. After some sleuthing Luke discovered
that the Third Party delivery service Alex was suggesting they use for the transaction
was in fact a site created by Alex himself to further confuse the matter. The
full email trail can be read here.

This security alert was posted by the Regional Security Officer for the U.S.
Embassy in Kyiv in November 2000.

Regional Security Office

SECURITY ALERT

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November 20 , 2000

SUBJECT: COMPUTER SCAMS---A GROWING PROBLEM IN UKRAINE

The Regional Security Officer for the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv would like to warn
all computer users on a vast increase of computer crime. The RSO has received
numerous complaints from U.S. citizens - approximately 30 in the past 2 months
( from September-November 2000 ) - who have participated in internet auctions
originating in Ukraine and have been cleverly swindled out of their money.

The auctions have been listed on the American website http://www.auctionmac.com
and Yahoo! Auctions. Consumers going on the sites have been offered inexpensive
notebook computers, digital cameras and TV sets. Persons who organize these
scams from Ukraine on Yahoo Auction use their selling location as "Atlanta,
GA", i.e. the United States. When you participate in the auction and are
"chosen" a winner, the seller provides a Ukrainian address and suggests
that the money should be sent via Western Union. The "winner" sends
the money but receives no item! The RSO office has identified at least the following
Ukrainian cities from which scams have originated from: Kiev, Kharkiv, Smila,
Cherkassy. The scam artists are constantly changing their tactics. Lately, the
scam artists have been providing tracking numbers for shipping on the website
http:// http://www.expressmail.com.ua/.

The RSO has reported these crimes, to the local Ukrainian police officials,
but the Ukrainian police authorities do not have the manpower, equipment, or
expertise to combat this growing problem.

The RSO office would also like to call to your attention the "love trap"
on the internet originating from Ukraine. "Innocent-looking" women
from Ukraine are seeking mates in the West. The would be subscribers hope to
"meet your dream women" on the internet and instead are duped into
paying exorbitant internet fees to prolong contact with available women in Ukraine.
In some cases they even sent their "internet girlfriends" money to
meet them somewhere--but they never show up.

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