Latest Nigerian Email Scam Cites Estate of . . . Late Sen. Paul Wellstone!

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[governsleastgovernsbest]

Those Nigerian scammers are getting creative! The classic formulation is, of course, that of some foreign official who has died leaving ill-gotten gains which the scammer would be only too happy to share if the email recipient would willing to let the scammer use his bank account to receive the funds.

But in this variation, the deceased government official who has died without identifiable next-of-kin is none other than . . . the late Senator Paul Wellstone of Minnesota. Just how Wellstone supposedly came by the $9+ million left in a European bank account is not explained!

Anyone else receive this beauty? -------------------------------

Attn: Friend,

It is obvious that this proposal will come to you as a suprise. This is because we have not met before but I am inspired to send you this email by the huge fund transfer opportunity that will be of mutual benefit to the two of us.

However, I am Barrister Phillip Andrews,the personal attorney to the late Senator Paul lane Wellstone, a Citizen of the United states and he was into politics.

On the 25th of October 2002, my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a fatal Plane Crash near Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport.

Unfortunately they all lost their lives including other people in the Plane.Since then I have made several enquiries to several Embassies to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace and locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I contacted you.

I contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property left behind by my client since I have no place to locate any of his relatives. I can easily convince his bank in the Europe with my legal practice that you are the only surviving relation of my client.Otherwise the Estate he left behind will be confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged.

Particularly, My late client had an account with one of the banks in Europe valued at about US$9.3Million (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which I witness the documentations before he left for the states on 24 october 2002.

Conseqently,The bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to my client since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives.

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$9.3Million (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) will be paid into your account and then you and I can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should be for expenses,tax as your government may require.

I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

mail me on my altanative mail box :phillipandrews@box.az

Yours Faithfully,

Barrister Phillip Andrews Esq

N.B. Please indicate your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication in this mutual transaction.

[Rebelbase]

"On the 25th of October 2002, my client,his wife and their three children were involved in a fatal Plane Crash near Eveleth-Virginia Municipal Airport."

A good follow up line for the writer left out would be: "You might remember the funeral was corrupted into a political spectacle with many democratic Senators and Congress members making asses of themselves".

[boxerblues]

a new twist?

[Liz]

My late client (Wellstone) had an account with one of the banks in Europe valued at about US$9.3Million (Nine Million Three Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) which I witness the documentations before he left for the states on 24 october 2002.

So that's where the Dims launder those illegal campaign contributions.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

This guy is just paying homage to a pro.

Wellstone and the Democratic Party were (are) better at bilking money out of people than any Nigerian scam artist

[governsleastgovernsbest]

With no disrespect to the tragic death of Sen. Wellstone, his family and others, I must LOL.

[QwertyKPH]

When I read this it reminded me of my dealings with some scam attempts from Lagos. I reported details to local FBI office in New Haven CT on two separate occasions. I heard nothing more from them.

Back when I was researching the subject elsewhere on the net, I came across a very funny site that chronicles multiple contacts with the scammers. The ultimate goal being to get a scammer to do something foolish or embarrassing.

I highly recommend reading through some of them for a good laugh!

Click Here:

[WorkingClassFilth]

My suggestion would be to send the scammers the entire email lists for the University of Minnesota, his former employer Carlton college and the nearby St. Olaf college so that the scammers can tailor their targeting to a more receptive audience.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Oh yeah...clean up the letter's spelling and grammer, too. It'll improve the presentation for the moonbat Lefties at these colleges. Of course, those in the social sciences will never know one way or another...

[governsleastgovernsbest]

I scrolled through the correspondence. These guys don't give up easy, do they?

I'm curious as to how Tobi was planning to scam his correspondent in the long run? I've heard that one technique is to empty out the bank account to which the illicit gains are supposedly to be deposited. But what if there are no funds in the account to be cleaned out? Does the scammer require that the mark pay various fees, etc?

[granite]

Hello,
I need you to read this email message carefully because it is very imperative.
I am contacting you for an Urgent
Business Transaction and further explicit investment information about your
country.I am PRINCE FAYAD H.BOLKIAH,
the eldest son of PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH who was the former Finance Minister
of Brunei. Brunei Darussalam is a small
country located in the northwest of the island of Borneo and governed by
His Majesty SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH
MU'IZZADDIN WADDAULAH. I will save your time by not amplifying my extended
Royal Family history which has
already been disseminated by the international media during the controversial
dispute that erupted between my father
and his stepbrother, the sultan of Brunei SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH. As
you may know from the international
media, the Sultan had accused my father of financial mismanagement and impropriety
of US$14.8 Billion. This was
as a result of the Asian financial crisis which made my father company Amedeo
development Corporation(ADC) and
government owned Brunei Investment Agency(BIA) to be declared bankrupt during
his tenure in office. PRINCE JEFRI
BOLKIAH was relieved of his post as Finance Minister of Brunei and was stripped
of his chairmanship post as head of
the nation's international investment arm, the Brunei Investment Agency in
February 1998. The Agency controls 13
companies & Brunei's overseas assets.

In July 1998, SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH barred trading by Amedeo Development
Corporation when the world's biggest
corporate debt of US$14.8 Billion came to light. In September the 1998, the
Sultan ordered an investigation of
the BIA by accountants KPMG after the Brunei government alleged that"large
sums of money" had been misappropriated
to companies controlled by PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH. The Sultan then asked the
Bank of England to help track down an
alleged 28 Billion British Pounds of state and family funds said to be "missing".On
the 02/10/1998 PRINCE JEFRI BOLKIAH flew from London in
a private jet and was going to settle matters directly with SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL
BOLKIAH. PRINCE JEFRI drove
straight to his seaside palace at Jerudong, about 10 miles south of the capital,
Bandar Seri Begawan. He was due to
meet with officials of the Amedeo Development Corporation and visit the sultan.
After series of meetings relations
between the Royals appeared to deteriorate quickly. However,my father was
arrested, his Bank Accounts and
private properties including a crude oil export refinery & three large oil
wells which were later confiscated by the
sultanate. Furthermore, during this unfortunate period i was advised to evacuate
my immediate family outside the
sultanate to avoid further prosecution from the sultan and his security operatives.
Before I could do that I was
placed under house arrest by SHEIK HAJI HASSANAL BOLKIAH. You can visit the
websites below for a better understanding
of the situation:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/670959.stm
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/magazine/2000/0310/nat.brunei.jefri.html


I have a Palm V hand-held computer from which I am sending you this mail.
Before my arrest, I went ahead to dispatch
the sum of US$1 Billion in cash under special arrangement into the custody
of different Offshore Banks and Private
security and Trustee companies for safe keeping abroad.The money where split
and kept in the following countries
in this proportion: US$500 Million is in different offshore Bank accounts
while the rest are with Private Deposit &
Trustee companies with:- US$50 Million is in England, US$100 Million is in
Spain, US$100 Million is in Arabia,
US$80 Million is in United Arab Emirate and the balance US$170 Millions in
Malaysia.I am unable to reach my friends
& associates whom would have provided all the much needed moral and financial
assistance i require to release the
funds because my private/personal diary was seized by my uncle SHEIK HAJI
HASSANAL BOLKIAH who also happens to be
the Sultan of Brunei.Hence, I seek your good will & assistance to receive
and invest these funds into
profitable investment in your country to facilitate future survival for my
family abroad. I will compensate adequately
for your strong cooperation.I am counting on your absolute confidentiality
and transparency while looking forward to
your prompt reply towards a swift conclusion of this business transaction.
You can include your direct Mobile
phone number. My alternative email address is below: fayad@graffiti.net

I await your Urgent Reply.

Wassalam & Best Regards,

PRINCE FAYAD H. BOLKIAH
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM