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What do all these emails have in common? All are unsolicted, or, in common Internet terms "spam emails." They are being sent to an old Yahoo! account I had to abandon because of all the spam email I was getting. So, I turned a negative into a positive and forwarded all of the emails here, for you to read and enjoy on the Spam Email Graveyard.

Many--but not all--of the messages listed on this site are known by a simple name: the Nigerian 419 scam. What is a Nigerian 419 (aka Advance Fee Fraud) Scam? Basically it is a con game which the target (or mark--YOU!) is persuaded to advance a small sum of money in the hope of getting a larger amount later. Almost all give the impression that the person who receives them will receive a large amount of money (usually millions of dollars) in exchange for helping, uh, "liberate" that cash from either an evil bank, evil government, or evil rich guy.
The 419 scam originated in the African country of Nigeria in the 1980's as a means of manipulating business visitors interested in shady deals in the Nigerian oil industry, then moved on to the generla population. Scammers in the early-to-mid 1990s targeted companies, sending scam messages via letter, fax, or Telex. These scams really exploded once email arrived and email-harvesting software made the cost of sending scam letters through the Internet inexpensive. The number "419" refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code (part of Chapter 38: "Obtaining Property by false pretences; Cheating") dealing with fraud.

Again, not all of the emails listed here are Nigerian 419 scams or scams of any kind, but they are unsolicted, and as such, once I receive them they belong to me. A few others might be known as "phishing" scams that try to make you think they are coming from your bank, credit union, credit card company or PayPal. (You'll have to read up about phishing scams on your own.)

If, however, you find an email listed here that you sent out and don't think it should be sent to the Spam Email Graveyard, please leave a comment to that affect and I'll get back with you ASAP.

Tuesday, January 06, 2009

From:Usman Kabore

¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo electrónico!
Ahora podés escribirme a: u_kabore607@yahoo.com.ar



- Dear friend,With all due respect, may you please forgive my intrusion into your privacy.But firstly, let me introduce myself. I am Mr. usman kabore, Director of the Audit and Reconciliation section of African Development Bank, Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso in WestAfrica.I am contacting you based on the fact that your profile as gotten from the federal chamber of commerce was good and commendable. This message might meet you in utmost surprise, however, it's just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me contact you for a business transaction. When auditing abandoned and outstanding accounts of the bank (ADB), I was privileged to discover the secret file of one of our late customers, who was a gold merchant here in the Republic of Burkina-Faso. He was involved in a plane crash while on a trip along with his entire family on 31 July 2000 and the all lost there lives.He happened to lodge some money into this bank either for personal use or for business of which we could not disclose. The said amount was US$10.5M (Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand USA Dollars)My several frantic search proved unsuccessful as he neither left no Will nor any next of kin to this fund. Therefore, I have personally decided to contact you to seek your consent and to present you as the next of kin so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you for our mutual benefit.As a foreigner, you stand a better position to be presented through documentation as the bonafide next of kin and partner since the deceased is also a foreigner. I can not do this deal alone as a citizen of Burkina-Faso. I have the opportunity of transferring this left over as I am the director of the Audit and Reconciliation section of the Bank, if only you will give me a full assurance that you can handle this business.If you agree to my business proposal and on receipt of your positive response, further details and modalities for the transfer will be forwarded to you.Your prompt response, even to the contrary, will be highly appreciated. Please reply back for more explanation about the transaction, you can call me on +226-76-37-81-47. Regards, Mr.usman kabore.

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