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THE 419 (NIGERIAN) SCAM
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03 November 2005
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Dear Peter,
I really do appreciate what you have done by putting up a warning to people on the 419 scams
Its is such a disappointment that Nigeria has been given such a bad image in the eys of the world but our government is doing a great work at combating it.
I must say that the victims of this poeple must also be blamed for involving themselves in such a clear act of folishness.
Why should I want to get involved in a business opportunity without conducting proper due diligence. Please I offer my email address, any one that sees any supicious mail and is not sure of what the content is trying to say or they want to be sure of the validity of the information I can help them with due diligence free of charge. I want this stupidity to stop. I want to do all i can do to help it stop as a Nigerian.
People out there should be careful, I too recieve this mails too in my mail box i never even bother to read them once I see the first paragrah.
The only way 419 can be stoped is if people co-operate, Victims Stop encouraging this people and mind you Peter, the world must know that even people from other countries do 419 and the world still blames Nigerians. Just the other day a friend of mine who is Nigeria was almost duped by a foriegn person in Europe claiming that my friend has won the total amount of 4,000,000 Euro in a Lottery and he has to pay about 4,000 Euro before he can claim it. Why should I pay money to receive money, when u can deduct that said amount from the money you claim I won. It is all abount proper reasoning sir.
Thank you very much for the advert you are putting on your website for people to see what a 419 mail sounds like and know what to do. We will join you in this fight. as Innocent people lost there life savings and at times even there lives because of lack of proper information. Also governments all over should start encouraging the posditive sides of the Internet.
Thank you peter for what you are doing, its a great job do keep it up.
Kenny DARAMS
Nigeria
Hi Peter,
I always appreciate your news updates but most of the events are always in the JHB area, how do we get some events staged in CT (CapeTown).
I am particularly interested in your 419 information and I am wondering if you could perhaps facilitate and exchange of information.
Some four or five years ago I did an investigation on behalf of the Chamber of Commerce and I am currently still working with Scotland Yard on further investigation as it seemed to have raised its ugly head again.
I would appreciate any info please.
Kindest Regards.
Joe Emeran
South Africa
Hi peter
thank you so much for advising your fellowman about the 419 scam. i will be carefull when i come accross these e-mails and i will advise you on 419 scam which comes accross.
warm regards
patience f chituku
zimbabwe
Hi Peter
Thanks we are aware of these scams and guard against such!!
Tonny Sauls
GFO
South Africa
Please see the mail received, maybe you can do something about this!!!
Regards
Dr. Carl Marx
IRCA (Pty) Ltd.
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Dear Peter
This thing will not end, at least not in the next few years.
The way I see it, as long as people remain greedy, hoping to reap where they did not sow and hoping to get rich quick without thought for integrity, then these fraudsters will smile home from time to time.
We must use this platform to enlighten people, especially those based in Europe and America because they are the major targets. Africa was impoverished in time past through such phony deals, but today, the process has been hijacked by youngsters who use the same tactics to lure unsuspecting victims with aview to defrauding them of hard earned money.
Remove greed from men, and the fight will succeed.
Regards
Obinna Joseph
Nigeria
Your mail is not important to us. Pse discontinue to mail us.
Consulate of the Republic of Zimbabwe
17th Floor, CCMA Building
20 Anderson Street
Marshalltown 2107
Johannesburg
South Africa
Dear Peter
Hope all is well. Talking about scams - Have you seen this one yet?
LM - Lindiwe MABUZA
CSIR Environmentek
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Dear Peter,
You are realy doing a grate work more greece on your ELBOW.
I realy like how you guy are operating keep on doing do good WORK.
I do not have anything to do with these poeple even when i saw there mail i always deleted it imidiately because i don't have anything to do with them.
Please if posible for you to let order poeple know how they operate it would be a nice thing.
With best regards
Waheeb Adio Toyin
South Africa
Please add this crook to your list. I receive dozens a day of similar letters. I will forward them to you to warn your members because people really believe in these crooks and end up paying dearly sometimes with their lives.
Ms Zingisa N. Zibonti
Elections and Political Processes
Electoral Institute of Southern Africa
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Dear Peter,
Please see the above emails, these guys are getting more and more creative by the day.
Take care and thank you for the invaluable service that you offer.
Brian Mdluli
Harvey Roofing Products
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Peter, I have taken the liberty of dsiributing this message in the Pretoria Chamber of Commerce & Industry monthly newsletter and also have had it posted on our website.
Acknowledgement ahs been given to you as source. Trust these actions are in order.
Regards
Louis Knight
South Africa
Great move Peter
Nici
Nici Columbine
Columbine Communications
South Africa
thanks for the advice - yes we do need to take some steps against this sort of scam and the people involved
Melanie Anthony
Compass Exports
South Africa
Thanks a lot Peter.
I am also tired of the emails received from those guys.
Thanks for your valuable information and wishing you best of the luck.
Joseph Mungarulire (Dr)
Radmaste Centre
Wits University
South Africa
Dear Peter,
Thanks for the info. My first reaction to this would be (and I'm probably wrong here): If any one is stupid/greedy enough to be caught out by a 419 scheme then he deserves to loose a few thousand rand. 419 scam e-mails are one of the reasons Outlook Express has a 'delete' button.
Have a great day!
Reinhard Gruner (Dr)
South Africa
Thanks Peter for the information but you can rest assured that I won't fall for any of these scams. I have started getting their e-mails lately. I usually send back insulting responses. I hope that they don't send somebody to kill me!
Richard Babajko
Croatia
Hi Peter.
Thanks for the info. There are also some pretty "hokie" Lottery scams that try to back door into getting banking details or scamming peole directly for money (catch 2nd to last para. beginning with "Note:...". They vary from many parts of the world, primarily European to make people think they are credible. I recieve two, they were very similar but from different countries.
Here is a sample:
"EURO 2004 E-MAIL LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL"
Monique D Griffith
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
HI Peter, thanks for the heads up, I have received a new mail and this is how it starts.
I see that your list does not have this guys name so possibly you should add it to your list.
I corresponded with him and he appears very genuine. He contacts you directly and legitimately from overseas.
I unfortunately do not know what his game is, but better safe than sorry.
Cheers
Ikoyi - Lagos
Nigeria
Dear Peter
Excellent information. Thanks very much for the effort.
Best wishes
Ravi Gajjar
South Africa
Gosh Peter this is scary stuff!!
Tanusha Raniga
University of Kwa-Zulu Natal
South Africa
Peter
I think this e-mail that we received is also part of a scam.
We did not reply or take any note of it. If of any interest for your attention
Thank you
Des Day
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Hello
I received an email from Peter Metcalfe (mail attached) regarding the 419 scams and in the mail he requested that if anyone has had contact with these people to please send the information on to you.
I trust that this information will assist in stopping these scams.
Best regards
Ian King
Business Development Africa
SYSPRO
South Africa
(Culprit now listed)
Peter,
Your warning is timely.
As a former SA foreign service officer, it beats me that so many otherwise sensible people can be so stupid - probably driven by greed - to fall for these solicitations. We even at one stage had to deny visas to Uzbek citizens who wanted to come to SA attracted by these scam letters. And we had to explain to the Uzbekistan government why we were refusing to let their citizens visit SA - in their own best interests.
Recently I have seen a letter claiming to come from Susan Shabangu, Deputy Minister of Minerals and Energy Affairs, but providing offshore contact details. Also on an Anglo American "letterhead". I even saw one once addressed to the Chairman of SA's then Atomic Energy Corporation! The cheek of the perpetrators has no limits.
As many of these scam letters originate in SA, the SAPS has a dedicated unit to deal with them. The Consular Section of the Dept of Foreign Affairs also handles complaints, many received from foreign businessmen by our diplomatic and consular missions abroad, about these scam letters received purportedly from SA.
I note, however, that the addresses you provide are in the US. If you wish, I can get the local contact addresses and details and pass them to you.
The one I have already is consular@foreign.gov.za
Regards.
Tom Wheeler
Chief Operating Officer
The South African Institute of International Affairs
South Africa
Hi Peter,
You have got to check out how this guy scammed a Nigerian 419 Scammer it is brilliant!!!!
Check this article out on the BBC site
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3887493.stm
Kind Regards
Sean Wheeler
Freight Training (Pty) Ltd
South Africa
Dear Peter,
In relation to this subject you may want to refer to the website www.scamorama.com, which has a lot of information about scams.
Best regards,
Saskia de Smidt
Economic and Trade Department
Royal Netherlands Embassy
Pretoria
South Africa
Hurray Peter:
I too get inundated with this nonsense. It's hard enough to get US investors/firms interested in our African JV's to have to compete with this fraud.
All the best.
Alex Dely (Prof)
President
TTT Inc Holding Group
USA
Thanks Peter,
This is really great, thanks for all your efforts.
Regards
Tyra Kolia
South Trade Alliance
South Africa
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