staunch commitment that you had put into the quest

[Ralph]

I read this email like this

I tried to scam you once before, I was unsuccessful but thought I would give it another go, please believe my promises to make you rich and send me all the money you can get your hands of for absolutely no financial gain to yourself

Following is a search result on the opening line Click Here

Good News My Dear (one of my fake names)


On a very happy note and bearing in mind the staunch commitment that you had put into the quest to see that the fund was transferred to you for claim as we had arranged but to no avail, I write to inform you that at last, the fund transfer had been a SUCCESSFUL.

Since all our effort in conjunction with yours were met with various failures and disappointments after the other, there was an influential party from Africa that was approached on our behalf by THE MANAGER OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC) and with his (influential party)imputes, the Fund was paid out and I have collected my own share.

Presently, I am in Holland where i am in partnership with a core investor in the Mining Sector of their economy, we are investing in the industry. But, I am not oblivious of the fact that you did your best in that context, although, it seem that element of doubt crept in. You were not to blame, as there were many circumstances that would reflect such skepticisms to any reasonable being.

For your sincere but unfruitful sacrifices, I pressurized the influential Man to concede some amount as COMPENSATION to you, for the resource that you impugned even the time and inconveniences. The sum of $US3, 000,000.00 was what he agreed to as your compensation value, and the sum was made in draft but, because of my appointment in Holland and too, I could not get through to you since your number at any time indicated "not in use", I then handed it over to the Secretary of THE MANAGER OF FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT (ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK PLC).

His name is Amadi Tony
Email: [email protected]
You are to forward to him the following

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. YOUR FULL ADDRESS
3. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER

The Secretary is very much informed by me about you and I instructed him to hand over the Draft you as soon as you contact him. I gave him the CODE 555, which you have to mention for identification.

Yours Sincerely,
Mrs Maria.Palacios

[Ralph]

Scammers love to impersonate real banks to make their scams look more realistic, here is another example of a scam using the name of Zenith Bank

This one came from [email protected]

Real banks will never contact you like this, nor will they use a free email provider such as yahoo

From Dr Johnson
Zenith Bank PLC
Nigeria

Dear,

We, the entire members of the Zenith Bank, on behalf of the Government, Federal Republic of Nigerian, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State,
President Umaru Yar'aDua and the New CBN Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria Mr. Lamido Sanusi, Zenith Bank Plc Mr. Jim Ovia MD wish to apologize to everyone
Who has unvisited money on ATM payment without due compensation. The Senate held a meeting last week concerning ATM payment, both foreign and local Contractors who have made payment for their ATM without receiving their Cards.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated and your ATM card which has been paid for was not delivered to you. We
Regret all inconvenience this delay may have caused you. All arrangements are being put together to make sure that your ATM Card is dispatched to your
Address within the earliest possible time.

All the Banks that were involved in this illegal transaction have been revoked and sanctioned under section 45 sub sections 4 of the Nigeria Banking act. The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is using this opportunity to compensate all the affected foreign individuals.

Kindly re-confirm your name, address and telephone numbers to assist us match the information provided on your file. This measure is in place to prevent
Impersonation. The Debit Card Application Form will be faxed to you as soon as you confirm your fax number.

We trust you have taken our advice to heart.

Best Regards,

Dr Johnson
+234 705 888 3247

[Ralph]

Same old scam, same scammers, new email address

This time the email came from [email protected]

From Dr Johnson
Zenith Bank PLC
Nigeria

Dear,

We, the entire members of the Zenith Bank, on behalf of the Government, Federal Republic of Nigerian, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State,
President Umaru Yar'aDua and the New CBN Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria Mr. Lamido Sanusi, Zenith Bank Plc Mr. Jim Ovia MD wish to apologize to everyone
Who has unvisited money on ATM payment without due compensation. The Senate held a meeting last week concerning ATM payment, both foreign and local Contractors who have made payment for their ATM without receiving their Cards.

On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated and your ATM card which has been paid for was not delivered to you. We
Regret all inconvenience this delay may have caused you. All arrangements are being put together to make sure that your ATM Card is dispatched to your
Address within the earliest possible time.

All the Banks that were involved in this illegal transaction have been revoked and sanctioned under section 45 sub sections 4 of the Nigeria Banking act. The Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is using this opportunity to compensate all the affected foreign individuals.

Kindly re-confirm your name, address and telephone numbers to assist us match the information provided on your file. This measure is in place to prevent
Impersonation. The Debit Card Application Form will be faxed to you as soon as you confirm your fax number.

We trust you have taken our advice to heart.

Best Regards,

Dr Johnson
+234 705 888 3247