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Dear Beloved, My name is Corporal Mary Ann MacCombie(E-4). I am an American soldier with Swiss background, serving in the military with the army 3rd infantry division. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of Three million,two hundred thousand united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no stolen money, and there...

A security company issued a warning about a new spam campaign that sends out e-mails purporting to be about a complaint filed with the Better Business Bureau. The spoofed e-mail, which appears to be from the bureau, contains a Microsoft Word attachment. While the e-mail claims the attachment holds more information about the complaint, it actually a Trojan downloader that tries to install a keylogger, which then tries to steal information and send it to an IP address in Malaysia...(snip)

"Hassan Mohammed" info@olympiasecfin.net Add to Address Book Subject: Last Wish Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2005 8:27:41 -0400 Dear Friend, As you read this, I don't want you to feel sorry for me, because, I believe everyone will die someday. My name is Hassan Mohammed a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.. It has defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live,according to medical experts. I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone(not even myself)but my business....

<p>This mail may not be surprising to you if you have been following current events in the international media with reference to the Middle East and Palestine in particular.</p> <p>I am Mrs. SUHA ARAFAT, the wife of YASSER ARAFAT, the Palestinian leader who died recently in Paris. Since his death and even prior to the announcement, I have been thrown into a state of antagonism, confusion, humiliation, frustration and hopelessness by the present leadership of the Palestinian Liberation Organization {PLO} and the new Prime Minister.</p>

Baiting conmen new internet sport Computer buffs in New Zealand are "baiting" Nigerian fraudsters in a game dubbed the new internet bloodsport, a report said today. The ultimate goal is to turn the fraud back on the Nigerians, but authorities warn the game is dangerous and are urging people not to play. Scam-baiters start by replying to emails from African fraudsters trying to fleece recipients with fake charities or investments. The baiters pretend to fall for the scams while secretly humiliating the fraudsters, whom they call "lads." Typically, they make endless demands for proof of identity that force the lads...

Meet Mr Madu Frank in a silicon.com special... Anybody who has ever received the notorious Nigerian Money Scam will probably have asked themselves the same question - what would happen if I replied? For those of you unfamiliar with this email scam, the basic idea is simple. Somebody purporting to be a Nigerian banker contacts you, offering a chance to earn some serious money. Often his bank will be looking after the considerable fortune of a deceased millionaire - from shipping magnate to former president. He says he needs a foreign bank account through which to launder the money -...

E-mail Scam to Launder Money Lures Many 10/28/02 JOHN SNELL Jane was a world-class chump, and she knows it. The Salem-area woman lost nearly everything in an international e-mail scam: her well-paying state job, her retirement savings and 17 years of hard-earned house payments. All to scrape together more than $70,000 she would give to African strangers who promised to make her wickedly rich. When the swindle began in March 2000, Jane figured her lucky day had arrived. In a way, it had. She's lucky she wasn't killed.The Oregonian is withholding Jane's real name because she is afraid the scammers...