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gunnyg
11-18-02, 09:45 AM
FYI
Re


Hello Richard,

The member you have reported has been removed from our servers.

You have received a classic 'Nigerian 419' fraud email. For
further
information regarding this well known scam, please see the
following
URL:

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml You should NEVER attempt to "reply" to these fraud emails, such
as the
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The email address that you have reported may be a "drop box".
This is
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attention.

Sincerely,

Sam

Terra Lycos Network Abuse Specialist
http://reportabuse.lycos.com Original Message Follows:
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Semper Fidelis
R.W. "Dick" Gaines
GySgt USMC (Ret.)
(1952-1972)
***************
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(Sites & Forums)
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http://expage.com/friendsusmc >From: "Dr William Galanga" <william_galanga@lycos.com> >To: <gunnyg@hotmail.com> >Subject: Confidential Business Assistance Requested
>Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 22:59:56
> > > > STRICTLY PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL
> >Dr. William Galanga
> >Pretoria
>South Africa.
>November 6, 2002.
> > >Sir,
> >It is my great pleasure to write you this letter on behalf of
my
>colleagues. Your information
>were given to me by a member of the South African Export
Promotion
Council
>(SAEPC) who
>was with the Government delegation on a trip to your Country
during a
>bilateral conference
>talk to encourage foreign investors. I have decided to seek a
confidential
>co-operation with
>you in execution of a deal hereunder for the benefit of all
parties,
and
>hope you will keep it
>confidential because of the nature of this business.
> >Within the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources where I
work as a
>Director of Project
>Implementation, and with co-operation of four other top
officials, we
have
>in our possession,
>an overdue payment in US funds. The said funds represent
certain
>percentage of the
>contract value executed on behalf of my Ministry by a foreign
contracting
>firm, which we the
>officials over-invoiced to the amount of US$14,500,000.00 (
Fourteen
>Million, Five Hundred
>Thousand United States Dollars). Though the actual contract
cost has
been
>paid to the
>original contractor, leaving the excess balance unclaimed.
> >Since the present elected Government is determined to pay
foreign
>contractors all debts
>owed, so as to maintain good relations with foreign governments
and
>non-governmental
>financial agencies. As a result we included ours bills for
approvals
with
>the co-operation of
>some officials at the Department of Finance and the Reserve
Bank of
South
>Africa (RBSA).
>We are seeking your assistance as the beneficiary of the
unclaimed
funds,
>since we are
>not allowed to operate a foreign account.
> >I have the authority of my colleagues involved to propose that,
should
you
>be willing to
>assist us in this transaction your share as compensation will
be 20%
while
>my colleagues
>and I receive 70%, and the balance of 10% for taxes and
miscellaneous
>expenses incurred.
> >It does not matter whether or not your company does contract
projects
of
>the nature
>described here. The assumption is that your company won the
major
contract
>and
>subcontracted it to other companies. More often than not, big
trading
>companies and firms
>of unrelated fields wins major contracts and subcontract to
more
>specialized firms for
>execution.
> >I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint
>me. Endeavor to
>contact me immediately through my above USA efax number or my
e-mail
>address, to
>indicate whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you
are
not, it
>will enable me scout
>for another foreign partner to carry out this deal I want to
assure you

>that my partners and
>myself are in a position to make the payment of this claim
possible
>provided you can give us
>a very strong assurance and guarantee that our share will be
secured
and
>please remember
>to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we
will not
>comprehend with any
>form of exposure as we are still in active Government Service
and
remember
>once again
>that time is of the essence to our successful execution of this
>transaction. I wait
>inanticipation of your fullest co-operation.
> >This business itself is 100% safe, provided you treat it with
utmost
>confidentiality. Also your
>area of specialization is not a hindrance to the successful
execution
of
>this transaction. I
>have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will not
disappoint
us.
> >Kindly notify me by fax for further details, upon your
acceptance of
this
>proposal.
> > >Regards,
> >Dr. William Galanga
> >NB: PLEASE SEND YOUR RESPONSE BY FAX TO MY DIRECT AND
CONFIDENTIAL
>USA EFAX: 1 253 498 8824.


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gunnyg
11-18-02, 10:24 AM
Well, at least I nailed one of the basturds!
Feels good, I wanna do it again!

firstsgtmike
11-18-02, 03:35 PM
I'm not sure where I got the URL from, but any time I receive one of those scam offers, I just forward it to this address:

419.fcd@usss.treas.gov

I haven't received any response back, but the message has always been delivered.

In the past week I have received, and forwarded, two of the scams, one was from a hotmail.com address and the other was from an aol.com address.

Mike

wrbones
11-18-02, 03:49 PM
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thedrifter
11-18-02, 04:01 PM
Leave it up to Bones to find the Spam............LMAO

Guess he was hungry...........LOL:banana:

Sempers,

Roger

PS: I always know I can rely on my Sgt.......ROFLMAO

gunnyg
11-18-02, 04:04 PM
E-E-E-YAH-YIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Got another one!!!

Subject :
A Response From Yahoo! Mail Abuse (KMM63428645V56588L0KM)

Date :
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