Investment and Other Scams

There are numerous ways to get a person involved in identity theft where their information is shared in order to gain a profit. Here is a recent email that I received. The goal is likely identity theft. My identity. The scams come from so many angles but the outcome of identity theft is usually the goal of the email scammer. The following scam email seems to be a variation of the inheritance scam. Don't laugh... Please note, for all emailed scams, the spelling and errors are left as they were written by the email authors and have not been corrected. Excess line breaks were however removed.

From Alex Ojo,

Abidjan, Ivory Coast

West Africa.

(Email: alex_ojo200@yahoo.co.jp)

Dear after going through your profile i decided to contact you for friendship and assistace.I am Alex Ojo Williams the only child of late chief and Mrs Ojo Williams ,my father was poisoned to death by his business associates because of his wealth and during my fathers sickness he called me on his sick bed as his only child because my mother died when am young and told me about the money ($10.500.000) he deposited in a bank here in Abidjan that it was because of this money he was poisoned that if he dies i shall look for some one whom i trust to help me transfer this money out of this country to his account for investment purpose abroad while i will continue my education then the person will be managing the investment.Dear am soliciting your assistance to help me transfer this money out of this country for my life sake while i will come to meet you to continue my education in your country. Dear am looking forward to hear from you so that we can discuss on what will be your compensation for this assistace. Please reply me directely on this my private mail box for more details. (alexojo20012002@yahoo.fr)

Thanks

Alex Ojo,

Investing is a common email scam theme. The scammer has a great deal of money and you can get your hands into it to help and earn a commission. Your position makes you an ideal investment partner! The opportunity is too good to resist. Here is another version that I recently received as well.

Good Day,

I would like to apply through this medium for your co-operation and to secure an opportunity to invest and do joint business with you and my family in your country.I have a substantial capital i honourably intend to invest in your country into a very lucrative business venture of which you are to advise and execute the said venture over there for the mutual benefits of both of us. Your able co-operation is to become my business partner in your country and create ideas on how money will be invested,properly managed and the type of investment after the money is transferred to your custody with your assistance.

Meanwhile, on indication of your willingness to handle this transaction sincerely by protecting our interests and upon your acceptance of this proposal, I would furnish you with the full detailed information, procedure,amount involve and mutually agree on your percentage interest or share holding for helping me to secure the release of the deposit and investing the money. I shall be glad to reserve this respect and opportunity for you, if you so desire, but do urge you to give the matter your immediate attention it deserves, feel free to email me back or call me on +221 663 7269 for futher clarifications.

Yours Faithfully,

Mrs Benita Rachidi and son Patrick.

If the prior emails do not catch your fancy, perhaps the next email will be of interest. Believing the hype and getting involved will be like jumping into a snake pit. It will be an experience you will never forget if you dare to take the offer that can't be refused. If you are hesitant you might miss out on the opportunity.

Dear Friend

A Very Goodday To You!

I am Dr.David Bryan Ellis, British National,the Chairman / CEO of DBE International Consortium based in Marbella, Spain and i am in search of a trustworthy investment Expert cum funds manager, who would be disposed in handling the aforementioned a hundred percent for reinvestment purposes. I would have ordinarilly done this on my own given my investments experiences, but, because of the situations with my close friend in Marbella (http://news.fiestasiesta.com/ne-id_226.html), the Government here is watching

all my activities, these are my limitations, hence i need this favour.

I earned $640 Million Us Dollars Only ( Six Hundred & Forty Million United States Dollars Only ) the marbella property windfall with the help of my Marbella Government friends, during the property increase a while ago here in Marbella and i need a fund Manager,that will help me invest this amount.

For Further details pls get back to me as soon as possible with your,

Full Names.

Contact Address.

Tel/Fax Numbers.

Secured email Address.

bryanellis2@myway.com

Yours Sincerely

Dr.David B.Ellis

Yes, you might miss out on an opportunity of a lifetime. The opportunity to get tasken for a ride and lose your identity and or money. Here now is another email with as compelling a story as the last. Coming at you from various angles and degrees of believability, various scammers can gain your interest and involvement in their scam if you are gullible enough to listen and to follow their instructions.

Good day My Friend,

I am Captain Simon Smith of the US Marine Force on Monitoring and Peace keeping mission in Baghdad-Iraq. On the 14th day of May 2007, we were alerted on the sudden presence of some Terrorists camping in a suburb not too far from Karbala here in Iraq . After Immediate intervention, we captured three (3) of the Terrorists, twenty-six (26) were killed leaving seven (7) injured.

In the process of torture they confessed being rebels for late Ayman al-Zawahiri and took us to a cave in Karbala which served as their camp.Here we recovered several guns, bombs and other Ammunitions including some boxes among which two contains nuclear weapons, one filled with hard drugs(cocaine) and the other four to my amazement contain some US Dollars amounting to $24 Million after I and two of my junior

intelligent

officers counted them. I however instructed them to keep this in high secrecy.I am in keen need of a ?Reliable and Trustworthy? person like you who would receive, secure and protect these boxes containing the US Dollars for me up on till my assignment elapses in here in Iraq. I assure and promise to give you 14% of this fund, however feel free to

negotiate what you wish to have as your percentage in this business. Please assure me of your keeping this topmost secret to protect my job with the US Monitoring and Peace-Keeping mission. pleases contact me throught my personal email: (smithsimon@mail.com)

Sincere regards,

Capt Simon Smith.

Do not believe everything you read in an email. If it is too good to be true than it probably is a scam. Your personal and banking information should not be shared. The scammer will claim to be making sure that you can be trusted. They will even use God and religion to show how good a person they are. Be very careful online. I once saw an email knowing that it was a scam, that was connected to a business web site. Two days later that web site url no longer existed, it was like it had never been there at all.

If you fail to be careful the money in your accounts will disappear too, like it had never been there at all. You may end up with a bunch of new bills derived from credit taken out in your name. It could take a lifetime to clear your name and credit or you might even never completely clear your name at all. So be wary and don't get caught in a scam.