Because they're not making money on the 'account transfer', they're making it on the phone call. > -----Original Message----- > From: proudhawk@uswestmail.net [mailto:proudhawk@uswestmail.net] > Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2001 12:55 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: FW: confidential business > > > I've got something of an idea though (scamming the scammer). > > why not open an account at a different bank than what you > normally do business > with (open a no-fee checking or something) and then leave $1.00 in it > and pass that info on to this joker? > > if its a scam, all you lose is $1.00 (and if he's real dumb and > actually deposits a large sum of money in there, you can snag > it to hold > until someone actually shows up to claim it in person. > > just a suggestion. > > > On Wed, 14 March 2001, "David Demland" wrote: > > > > > I just got this E-Mail here at work. It is most likely not > true. Question: > > how do I find out where it came from. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > Thank You, > > > > David Demland > > Qa/Process Manager > > CADTEL Systems, Inc. > > 11201 N. Tatum Ste. 200 > > Phoenix, AZ 85028 > > (602) 648-6054 > > Fax: (602) 648-6054 > > ddemland@cadtel.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: samuel churchil [mailto:samuel_churchil@caramail.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, March 14, 2001 4:48 AM > > To: ddemland@cadtel.com > > Subject: confidential business > > > > > > MR SAMUEL CHURCHILL > > TEL 225 07 96 94 14 > > FAX 225 21 25 25 09 > > > > DEAR SIR > > > > I AM MR SAMUEL CHURCHILL ,THE ONLY SON OF LATE CHIEF JOSEPH > > ALFRED CHURCHIL FROM SIERRA LEONE. I GOT YOUR CONTACT FROM > > THE DIARY OF MY LATE UNCLE REV CHARLES DICKSON CHURCHILL > > WHO DIED ON JANUARY 2000 AS A RESULT OF AIR CRASH INVOLVING > > KENYA AIRWAYS. > > MY SOURCE OF YOUR CONTACT GAVE ME THE COURAGE AND > > CONFIDENCE TO RELY ON YOU. > > > > I AM WRITING YOU IN ABSOLUTE CONFIDENCE PRIMARILY TO SEEK > > YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER OUR CASH OF THIRTEEN MILLION > > EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 13,800,000) NOW IN THE > > CUSTODY OF A SECURITY TRUST COMPANY HERE IN ABIDJAN TO YOUR > > PRIVATE ACCOUNT PENDING OUR ARRIVAL TO YOUR COUNTRY. SOURCE > > OF THIS MONEY MY LATE FATHER ,CHIEF JOSEPH ALFRED > > CHURCHILL , A NATIVE OF MENDE DISTRICT IN THE NORTHERN > > PROVINCE OF SIERRA LEONE , HE WAS THE GENERAL MANAGER OF > > SIERRA LEONE MINING COOPERATION (S.L.M.C.) FREETOWN. > > > > ACCORDING TO MY FATHER , THIS MONEY WAS THE INCOME ACCRUED > > FROM MINING COOPERATION' S OVER DRAFT AND> MINOR > > SALES .BEFORE THE PEAK OF THE CIVIL WAR BETWEEN THE REBELS > > FORCES OF MAJOR PAUL KOROMA AND THE COMBINED FORCES OF > > ECOMOG PEACE KEEPING OPERATION THAT> ALMOST DESTROYED MY > > COUNTRY ,FOLLOWING THE FORCEFUL REMOVAL FROM POWER OF THE > > CIVILIAN ELECTED PRESIDENT AHMED TEJAN KABBAH BY THE > > REBELS. MY FATHER HAD ALREADY MADE ARRANGEMENT FOR HIS > > FAMILY _MY MOTHER ,MY YOUNGER SISTER AND MYSELF TO BE > > EVACUATED TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE WITH OUR PERSONAL > > EFFECTS AND THE BOX CONTAINING THE MONEY THROUGH THE AID OF > > UN EVACUATION TEAM. MY FATHER INSTRUCTED US TO DEPOSIT THE > > BOX IN A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY FOR THE SAFE CUSTODY > > UNTIL AFTER THE WAR WHEN HE WILL JOIN US. DURING THE WAR IN > > MY COUNTRY, AND FOLLOWING THE INDISCRIMINATE LOOTING OF > > PUBLIC AND GOVERNMENT PROPERTIES BY THE REBEL FORCES, THE > > SIERRA LEONE MINING CORP WAS ONE OF THE TARGET LOOTED AND > > DESTROYED. > > > > MY FATHER INCLUDING OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES WERE > > ATTACKED AND KILLED BY THE REBELS IN APRIL 2000 BECAUSE OF > > HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT OF AHMED > > TEJAN KABBAH. AS A RESULT OFMY FATHERS DEATH ,AND WITH THE > > NEWS OF MY UNCLE 'S INVOLVEMENT IN THE AIR CRASH IN > > JANUARY ,DASHED OUR HOPE OF SURVIVAL. THE UNTIMELY DEATHS > > CAUSED MY MOTHERS HEART FAILURE AND OTHER RELATED > > COMPLICATIONS OF WHICH SHE LATER DIED IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER > > WE MUST HAVE SPENT A LOT OF MONEY ON HER. NOW MY 16 YEAR > > OLD SISTER AND MYSELF (28 ) ARE ALONE IN THIS STRANGE > > COUNTRY SUFFERING WITHOUT ANY CARE OR> HELP.WITHOUT ANY > > RELATION, WE ARE NOW REFUGES AND> ORPHANS. OUR ONLY HOPE > > NOW IS IN YOU AND THE BOX WE DEPOSITED IN THE SECURITY > > COMPANY. TO THIS EFFECT, I HUMBLY SOLICIT YOUR ASSISTANCE > > IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. _TO ASSIST ME CLAIM THIS BOX FROM > > THE SECURITY COMPANY AS CO-BENEFICIARY. > > > > TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY IN YOUR NAME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO MAKE > > A GOOD ARRAAANGEMENT ON ANY PROFITABLE INVESTMENT ON OUR > > BEHALF AND YOU, THE CARE TAKER TO SECURE A COLLEGE FOR MY > > LITTLE SISTER AND MY SELF IN YOUR COUNTRY TO FURTHER OUR > > EDUCATION AND TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR OUR TRAVEL WITH YOU > > TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER YOU HAVE TRANSFERRED THIS FUND. MOST > > IMPORTANTLY, THE SECURITY COMPANY OFFICIALS DO NOT KNOW THE > > EXACT CONTENT OF THE BOX BECAUSE IT WAS DECLARED FAMILY > > VALUABLES. THE WHOLE DOCUMENTS ISSUED AFTER DEPOSIT IS IN > > MY CUSTODY. FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE, I BEG TO CONCEDE 15 % OF > > THIS MONEY TO YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND ASSISTANCE. LASTLY, > > I URGE YOU TO KEEP THIS TRANSACTION STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL. > > > > NB : PLEASE, I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO YOUR QUICK AND> > > POSITIVE RESPONSE FOR MORE DISCUSSIONS. BEST REGARDS. MR. > > SAMUEL CHURCHILL > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > Le journal des abonnés Caramail - http://www.carazine.com > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________ > > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your > mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to > write mail. > > > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > > Signup for your free USWEST.mail Email account http://www.uswestmail.net ________________________________________________ See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. 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