Advance Fee Frauds and Email Scams
Philip Ike and John Ken (2007)
This is one message from a collection of email scams. We aren’t the source of these messages and we don’t send them! We collect the ones we receive and document them here for the benefit of others. (How do advance fee frauds work?)
If you have been victimized by an email scam like the one shown below you may wish to contact a lawyer or postal inspector in your state or country.
from “philipike0001@zipmail.com.br”
date Aug 24, 2007 12:02 PM
subject COMPENSATION FOR YOUR PAST EFFORT
DEAR FRIEND,
THIS IS TO SHOW APPRECIATION FOR YOUR PASS EFFORTS/COMMITMENTS;I REALIZED YOUR HANDS WERE TIED UPTHAT TIME. NOW I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE SUCEEDED IN GETTING THOSE FUNDS TRANSFERRED UNDER THE COOPERATION OF A NEW PARTNER FROM CHILE.
CONTACT MY SECRETARY IN COTONOU DE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN BECAUSE I HAVE LEFT THE WHOLE INSTRUCTION TO HIM ON YOUR BEHALF AND INSTRUCT HIM WHERE TO SEND THE $1,500.000.00M US DOLLARS, WITH OUT ANY FURTHER DELAY FOR YOUR COMPENSATION.
HIS NAME IS JOHN KEN
EMAIL:kiloto1@yahoo.com
NB:NOTE :BELLOW IS THE REQUIRED INFORMATIONS YOU WILL SEND TO MY SECRETARY :-
(1) YOUR FULL NAMES
(2) YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS
(3) YOUR DIRECT CELPHONE NUMBER AND HOUSE PHONE WITH FAX IF ANY .
IN THIS MOMENT, I’M VERY BUSY HERE IN CHILE BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT PROJECTS, WHICH THE NEW PARTNER AND I ARE HAVING AT HAND. SO FEEL FREE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH MR.JOHN KEN TO SEND THE CHEQUE TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DELAY.
REGARDS
PHILIP IKE
