She came upone a site: brandmay.com, that listed electronics at HALF THE PRICE. The site was very credible, and even said that they used the PayPal system(right at the bottom of the site page)…. anyway, my mom is very naive, and paid anyway, when the customer support rep. said they needed to be paid through MoneyGram (wire transfer service, offering no guarantee of refund)… I was shocked when she told me, because I work in the financial sector and know these types of scams exist… but she gave me the site name and it seemed very legitimate. They also gave her a UPS tracking number (which turned out to be invalid on www.ups.com)…when she asked them about this, they told her to “wait. the status will change”…and after that… nothing happened! I was supposed to receive this iPhone 5 days later on a shipment from Canada… OK, considering the distance, I kept waiting… but over a MONTH has passed… the website wasn’t uploading anymore, my mom called them: no reply. She emailed them: undelivered… I now checked on website profile info site: ‘who.is’, and found out that ‘brandmay.com’ is INACTIVE. The number provided goes straight to voicemail, saying you have reached “Eddie”…who the hell is Eddie? the rep’s “supposed” name is Jill Nixon… I searched further… turns out the number is a cellular phone; provider: Telus Mobility…no online free directory available…

I have tried searching for scam site lists in every possible way, but to no success. I cannot discover anything about this site, whether a scam, or otherwise!

I don’t know who can help me with this problem… how can my mum get her money back???

Thanks

This post was submitted by Kim Zammit Endrich.

Mrs. Mabel Owen.
Beloved in the Lord Jesus Christ, PLEASE ENDEAVOUR TO USE IT FOR THE CHILDREN OF GOD.

I am the above named person 76years old woman from #82 FEBAY AVAUNE
LIVERPOOL LONDON. I am married to Dr.Alan George Owen,We were married for Thirteen (13)years without a child. He died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days. Before his death we were both born again Christians.Since his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home.

When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of 4.500,000.00 (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand U.k. Pounds) with the (BARCLAYS BANK PLC) in London.

My Doctor told me that I would not last for the next three months due to cancer problem. Though what disturbs me most is my partial stroke.Having known my condition I decided to donate this funds to church or better still a Christian individual that will utilize this money the way I am going to instruct here in.

I want a church or individual that will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that grivet.I took this decision because I donthave any child that will inherit this money and my husband’s relatives are not Christians and I dont wantmy husband’s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers.

I dont want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner, hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence I know where I am going.I know that I am going to be in the bossom of the Lord. Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. With God all things are possible.

As soon as I receive your reply I will want you to give me

yourName:………………………
Address:……………………
Sex/age:………………………..
Phone:…………………………..
Occupation:……………………….

I will send a copy to the bank. For identification when you will contact them. I want you and the church to always pray for me because the lord is my shepherd and I shall not want. My happiness is that I lived a life of a worthy Christian.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein.
Note, this must be kept confidentially from eyes and ears of my
husband’s family. Hoping to hear from you.Reply me through this my private mail ID”(mrsmabelowen@gmail.com)

Remain blessed in the name of the Lord.

Regards,

Mrs. Mabel Owen

It’s a scam. Below is a copy of the email:

This office acknowledges the receipt of your email and with all due Verifications you are the true winner of this lottery claims. In order for you to claim your prize, there are some procedures which you are to follow; find attached is a scanned copy of your (Award Winning Certificate) and a confirmation (Letter of Verification) that was sent to me today from the Verification Department which substantiate your lottery claims.

First of all you have to call this office in receipt of this email to let us know when it is convenient to communicate with you verbally, because it is very necessary you communicate with us often, so as to speed up the process of claiming your funds. Secondly, you have to confirm to us, whether or not you can come down to South Africa to claim your prize money personally.

In case you cannot come over to South Africa to claim your prize money, we have an alternative of providing you with a legal representative who will represent you in doing all the necessary signing of documentations binding your lottery claims.

What we request to know from you now is if you will be able to come down to South Africa, or you would prefer the Option of a Legal Representative, Please Endeavour to call Mr. James Nobert on my Telephone No: (0027 83 518 8117), to let me know what Option you would prefer, you can as well send an email.

Please it is very important we hear from you within the next 48 hours, so we know how to start your lottery process. This office will give you a call as soon as we confirm from you what time is best calling you, due to the time zone; we do not know when it will be convenient for you. However incase you are wondering how you became a winner in this, your email was gotten through South Africa Information Network Online(S A I N O) which is affiliated with the internet and you became a winner through a computer ballot system. We hope to receive a quick response from you as time is of essence in this regards.

Congratulations once more and have a wonderful day. Kindly understand that we are expecting your call as soon as you acknowledge this mail as it is deemed important.

Yours Truly,

Mr. James Nobert

EMAIL: james.nobert@yahoo.com (my direct email)

TEL: (0027 83 518 8117)
FAX: (0027 86 538 3894)

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FROM: MR.CHEN GUANGYUAN
Bank of China (Hongkong)
Eastern Commercial Centre,
393-407 Hennessy Road, Wan Chai,Hong Kong.
..
Dear Sir/Madam,
It is understandable that you might be apprehensive because you do not know me
but I have a lucrative business proposal of mutual interest to share with you.
Permit me to introduce myself, I am Mr. Chen Guangyuan, Foreign Operations
Manager of the Bank of China (Hong kong), Eastern Commercial Centre, Wan Chai
Branch. Only recently I discovered that an account belonging to Ghazi Musa
Hassan, who was with the Iraqi forces and also a businessman made a numbered
fixed deposit for 12 calendar months, with a value of Seventeen Million Three
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars (US$17,300,000.00) only into an account
with my branch, Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, but there was no
response.
Again, december last year, another notification was sent and still no response
came from him. We later find out that Ghazi Musa Hassan and his family had been
killed during the war in gun fire at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/names.htm
After further enquiries, it was discovered that Ghazi Musa Hassan did not
declare any next of kin in his official papers, including the paper work of his
bank deposit. The last time he came to my office, he confided in me that no one
knew of this deposit in my bank. What bothers me most is that according to the
laws of my country, at the expiration of six{6} years,the funds will be revert
to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government, if nobody applies to claim it.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like to front you as
a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Ghazi Musa Hassan, so that you will
be able to receive his funds.
MODALITIES:
I want you to know that all modalities for the successful of this transfer to
you have been mapped out and success is 100% sure. I have an attorney that will
prepare the necessary documents that will back you up as the next of kin to
Ghazi Musa Hassan, all that is required from you is to provide me with your Full
Names and Address, so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have
been made the next of kin, the attorney will file for claims on your behalf and
also secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the
movement of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. We are going
to adopt a legalized method because the attorney will prepare all necessary
documents in your favour. There is a reward for this project and it is a task
well worth undertaking. There is no risk involved at all in our planned
modalities, I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is your
refusing to work with me and alerting my bank.
I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you
with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life.
Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this
issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account, we
shall share in the ratio of 50% for me, 50% for you. I send you this mail not
without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that
nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy
or on a platter of gold.
Please observe this instructions religiously and contact me on this email :
chenguangyuann04@yahoo.com.hk
Should you be interested please send me your:
1,Full names and address.
2,Telephone and fax numbers.
And finally after that I shall furnish you with more informations about this
operation.
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.
Kind Regards
Chen Guangyuan

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I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund churches
Dearly Beloved in Christ,
Singleton Swansea,
SA2 Hospital
United Kingdom
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ,Having known the truth, I had
no choice than to do what is lawful and right in the sight of God for enternal
life and in the sight of man for witness of God´s mercy and glory upon my
life. I am Mrs Lornah Hulst,age 61 and the wifenof Mr Van Der Hulst,i am
fromnsouth africa, my husband worked with the Chevron/Texaco for twenty years
before he died in the year 2003.We were married for twenty-nine years without a
child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted or only four days.Before his
death we were both born again Christians. Since his death I decided not to
re-marry or get a child outside my matrimonial home which the Bible is against.
When my late husband was alive he deposited the sum of US $12.7M.(Twelve Million
Seven Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Security and finance Company in
Nigeria. Presently, this money is still with the Security and finance Company
and the management just wrote me as the beneficiary to come forward to sign for
the release of this money or rather issue! That somebody to receive it onmy
behalf if I can not come over.
Presently, I’m in a hospital in United Kingdom where I have been undergoing
treatment for cancer of the breast. I have since lost my ability to talk and my
doctors have told me that I have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish
to see this money distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World.
Because relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness, I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge responsibility to
any of them. Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand and collect
the Funds from the Security and finance Company.
I want a person that is God fearing that will use this money to fund churches,
orphanages and widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house
of God is maintained. The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand
that giveth. I took this decision because Idon’t have any child that will
inherit this money and my !husband relatives are not Christians and I don’t
want my husband’s hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I
don’t want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly manner.I
am afraid since so many things are happening in the world now,like
hurricanes,earthquakes,bird flu and the Innocent and homeless people of the
Tsunami disaster.I just want you to be open minded and help me so that my funds
can make a great change in the affected people’s lives.
Hence the reason for taking this bold decision. I am not afraid of death hence
I know where I am going. I know that I am going to be in the bosom of the
Lord.Exodus 14 VS 14 says that the lord will fight my case and I shall hold my
peace. I don’t need any telephone communication in this regard because of my
deafness and soundless voice as a result of my illness which has affected my
brain and also my husband’s relatives around me always. I don’t want
them to know about this development. With God all things are possible. As soon
as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of Security and finance
Company.
Note: I anxiously wait your response.
Yours in Christ,
Mrs Lornah Hulst.
I anxiously wait your response

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Oceanic Bank ATM’S
International Transfer Dept
Oceanic Bank Of Nigeria.
Our Ref: OCBRTD/100000767-23
ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,
RE: DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract /
inheritance file presently on my desk, and found out that you have not received
your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations
given to you in respect to your contract /inheritance payment. Secondly, you are
hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as it is an
illegal act. This office is given the SOLE authority by the Presidential
Committee on foriegn payments to release all fund without any further delay to
all bonafide beneficiaries
After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a
solution to your problem and as you may know, we have arranged your payment
through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which
is the instruction given to us by our president, President Umaru Musa Yar’
Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The presidency also issued an ultimatum to us to deliver fund to beneficiaries
as long as they fulfil all necessary obligations. This card centre will send you
your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any
part of the world, but the maximum is ($3,000) Three Thousand US Dollars (in
three transactions of $1,000) per day. Note that the total funds in your ATM
account is USD $950,000 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS).
Meanwhile as demanded by the United Nations money transfer act of 2004,
(section 4, subsection us1138 paragraph 12-13) and the electronic communication
act 2004 (section 8, subsection 24, paragraph k-22c); you are mandated to
provide us with the following details again for verification with what we have
on file before we can proceed in order to make sure we are not paying the wrong
beneficiary.
NAME:
FULL CONTACT ADDRESS:
OCCUPATION:
CELL PHONE NUMBER:
You will be receiving your fund via ATM card which will be sent to you from our
bank headquaters directly to your given address we have on file. Be informed
that you will have to take care of the courier and insurance charges before we
can send your ATM card to you.
It is my pleasure to inform you that you are not the first beneficiary that we
have scheduled to be paid through this method, we have previously paid our
American and Canadian beneficiaries which I have included their tracking numbers
for verifications. Kindly, track it online on www.fedex.com for more
clarification and verification.
856467606835
856467606570
858407652831
858407652783
856467606673
The federal government under the ministry of finance with the world bank and
IMF (international monetary fund) has adopted this administrative measure
because of various complains/petitions received from beneficiaries due to the
delays in receieving their contract/inheritance funds/ATM cards as expected..
It might interest you to know that the swift credit card system of payment was
adopted to reduce the administrative protocols as regards (cost of
transfer,vat,taxes and levies). It was adopted to help beneficaries who are
financially down, who are not capable to meet up with the obligation of paying
banks for administrative fees and handling charges. The swift credit card system
will only cost the beneficiary ‘cost of shipment’ via courier company
such as dhl, fedex and ups and insurance of his/her package.
*Delivery fee via Courier Service is $105.
*Insurance Charge: $270
*Total Charge payable: $375
Upon the receipt of payment, your ATM card and your PIN number will be sent to
you immediately via any courier service of your choice to your designated
address. You are to keep your Pin number secret to avoid unwanted access to your
fund in your ATM card. You are not expected to pay any other fee as this is a
one time fee. Do get back to us immediately and we will instruct you on how to
wire the required $375 to proceed.
We would anticipate your information and your willingness to effect the
required payment of USD$375 for us to proceed and have your ATM sent out to you
ASAP. Thanks for your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Mr. Femi Williams

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ROBERT S. MUELLER III
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FBI
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
E-mail: robertmue10@live.com
ATTENTION:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D.C (FBI) wrote to inform you
that we operates 56 field offices in major cities through out the United States
of America many of these offices are further subdivided into smaller resident
agencies which have jurisdiction over a specific area. These resident agencies
are considered to be part of the primary field offices. FBI Headquarter, located
in Washington D.C. The FBI have purposely create an email in order for us to
contact you personally, soon we will provide you with a line you can reach us
with for more information about this contract winning funds.
You are hereby advise never to be skeptical regarding our services for you and
also the services of Central Bank of Nigeria because we are monitoring their
services through our NETWORK MONITORING SYSTEM, as a Citizen of United States is
our duty/responsibility to protect your best interest at any time most
especially regarding your pending funds, so be rest assured.
In regard to the previous mail sent to you consigning your contract payment of
$8,000,000 Eight Million United States Dollars which was recently endorsed by
the central bank of
Nigeria. It might interest you to know that we have already contacted the
person in charge of your transfer (Mr James Adaranijo), and he assured us that
he will contact you as soon as possible.
Meanwhile be inform that we have not contacted your local FBI in your state
regarding your pending transaction, we want the Central Bank of Nigeria to
complete the processing
regarding your transfer, so you are hereby advise to keep this notification
confidential for security reasons until the process of transfer have
successfully completed.You are
hereby advise to contact only the below address/information’s and seek for
the urgent release of your inheritance fund, you are further advise to disregard
any email received that does not come from the below address and forward to us a
copy for verification, in order for us to secured and protect your
information’s against impostor/impersonators.
ADDRESS: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
CADESTRAL ZONE ABUJA.
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY.
TEL: 234-7095-147-177
EMAIL ADDRESS: jamesadaranijo1@live.com
You are hereby advise to contact only the above address prior to the urgent
release of your inheritance fund into your nominated bank account and you are
hereby advise to forward to them all the requested informations in order for
them to hasten up with the processing of transfer.
Note that the central bank of Nigeria equally have their own protocol as
stipulated in their banking operation, so we advise that you follow up their
procedure as may be required
from you as that will further hasten up the whole process regard to the release
of your inheritance fund to you as instructed by the federal government of
Nigeria. Just keep us
updated on anything you are ask to do by the corresponding bank, so as to
enable us advise you.
Be rest assured that every thing regarding this is legit and legal, and we are
monitoring all their services accordingly. It is also our duty to protect your
interest at any time.
We will be hear to guide you during and after this project is been completed.
Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance as we
earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.
Best Regards,
Robert S. Mueller III
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA
E-mail: robertmue10@live.com

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CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS.
CABLES: CENBANK
TELEGRAM: CENBANK
FROM THE DESK OF: Professor Charles C. Soludo
Executive Governor,Central Bank Of Nigeria (CBN),
International Remittance Department,
Corporate Headquarters: # CBN House, Tinubu Square,
213 Eleke Crescent-Victoria Island, Marina,
Lagos, Nigeria, West Africa.
P.O.Box 55037 Falomo
Ikoyi Lagos Island Marina.
Tel: 234-80-6232-4719
EMAIL : enquirydepartment7@hotmail.com
YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT
Dear Sir/Ma,
I know that this letter will hit you by surprise, but firstly I will like
to introduce myself; I am (Prof. Charles Chukwuma Soludo) the rightful
Governor of The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and the Executive Chairman
of “E.C.D.R”.
Sorry for the inconveniences that was rendered to you in your line of
Inheritance Payment transaction with some Nigerian Officials some while
ago, We apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the
inconveniences andinflict that we might have indulge you through it was
due to the newly assigned President Of Nigeria President Umar’ Musa
Yaradua, However, we were having some minor problems with our payment
system, which is inexplicable, and have held us stranded and indolent, not
having the aspiration to devote our 100% assiduity in accrediting foreign
contract payments.We apologies once again.
During the auditing and closing of all financial records of the Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) it was discovered from the records of outstanding
Foreign contractors due for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria
in The year 2008 that your name and company is next on the list of those
who Will receive their fund.
On the 1st of October 2006 , the President of The Federal Republic of
Nigeria (Chief Olusegun Obasanjo) introduced a Commission named the
“E.C.D.R” (Executive Committee on Debt Recovery) which is duly
registered
under the United Nations (U.N.) and the Federal Government of Nigeria.This
particular Commission was initiated to detect fraud/fund
delays/interrupted funds Payments and to also Settle foreign debts/fraud
victims/Un-paid beneficiaries to satisfactory in other to maintain peace
in the world at large,Presently we are being paid by the American
government in other to avert Scam and also to avert beneficiary funds
delays here in Nigeria.
I wish to officially notify you that your payment is being processed
And will be released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Also
note That from the record in our file, your outstanding contract payment
is USD $14.7 Million dollars (Fourteen million seven hundred thousand
United States Dollars). Kindly re-confirm to me if this is inline with
what you have in your record and also re-confirm the information below to
enable this office proceed and finalize your fund remittance without
further delays.
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Working d/Int’l passport
6) Daytime telephone
7) Home Equity Line Of Credit Account(Yes Or No)
Home telephone
I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in square whole and
can be voguish for that your payment is being processed and will be
released to you as soon as you respond to this letter.
As soon as the above information are received, your payment will be
Made available to you via an international certified bank draft, or wire
transfer to your nominated bank account from central bank of Nigeria.
Prof Charles Chukwuma Soludo,
EXECUTIVE GOVERNOR,
OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
Tel: 234-80-6232-4719
EMAIL : enquirydepartment7@hotmail.com

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(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
Directorate of International
Payment and Transfers.
New York, NY 10017, USA
Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX027

Attn: Beneficiary,
IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed UN secretary general,and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund, recommended and approved in your favour. in various countries esspecially in countries like Nigeria, Ghana Senegal and even in the Britain. During the course of our investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment have been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Banks who are trying to divert your money into their private account. To stop this, security for your funds was organized in the form of personal Identification number (PIN) ATMCARD. This will enable only you have direct Control over the fund. We will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situationcreated by the Officials of the banks.

We have obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment. We are happy to inform you that your entire Inheritance funds have been credited in your favor through ATM card. You are therefore advice to send your contact details to the officer in charge to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card as follows:

REV. OWEN SAMUELSON
International Audit unit,
United Nations Liaison Office London
EMAIL: rev.owensam@live.com

They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per day. So if you like to receive your funds through this means kindly let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the following information as stated below to them as directed above.

1. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
2. YOUR MAILING ADDRESS
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV. OWEN SAMUELSON WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS.AND ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS$9.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU IN A LATER DATE.

We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with REV.OWEN SAMUELSON as directed to avoid further delay.

CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UN, NEW YORK

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Good day,
My name is Mr.Peter T.S Wong i am the director of operation in Hang Seng Bank
Hong
Kong.I have an obscured business suggestion for you in the tune of One Hundred
& Twenty
Five Million, Seven Hundred & Fifty Thousand U.s dollars (125,750,000.00
USD),after the
successful transfer Should you be interested please contact me through my
private email
(peter_wong005@yahoo.com.hk)so we can commence all arrangements and I will
give your
more information on how we would handle this project as soon as i recieved your
reply.
Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality and send me the
following if you
are intrested.
(1)Full names, (2)Private Phone number, (3)Current residential address,
(4)Occupation,
(5)Age and Profession.
Kind Regards,
Mr.Peter.T.S.Wong

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