Latest Twist on Nigerian Email Scams Promise to Help You

Editor's note: The scam emails are highlighted in bold.

We have all seen the various scams that promise to send you millions of dollars if you can only help them transfer this money. Sadly, some people do still fall for these scams and it appears that often it is the elderly. We are confident that some will fall for the latest version of these scam emails. The problem here is that we can see someone who was already scammed, yet kept their mouth shut, falling for this to finally get the money they have coming.

Many of us recognize these emails and delete them, but we had to admit we were intrigued when we saw this new twist. We almost wanted to root for the lady who headed to Nigeria and got the money she was promised and could feel the excitement that she can help us get our millions as well. We had to read it! From here we returned to our email and spotted similar stories of people being ripped off but getting their millions of dollars.

In this email, Sharon Williams went to bat for us claimimg that she got her millions. We know better.

"Dear Esteem Beneficiary,
I am Mrs Sharon Williams, I am a US citizen,46 years Old. I reside here in New Jersey. My residential address is as follows. 27 THIRD AVENUE, ROEBLING, NEW JERSEY 08554 United States, am thinking of relocating since I am now rich. I am one of those that took part in the Compensation in Nigeria many years ago and they refused to pay me, I had paid over $39,000 while in the United States of America, trying to get my payment all to no avail.

So I decided to travel down to Nigeria with all my compensation documents, And I was directed to meet Mr Taylor Clarke, who is the member of COMPENSATION AWARD COMMITTEE with the UNITED NATIONS, and I contacted him and he explained everything to me. He said whoever is contacting us through emails are fake.

He took me to the paying bank for the claim of my Compensation payment. Right now I am the most happiest woman on earth because I have received my compensation funds of $3,500,000.00 Moreover, Mr Taylor Clarke, showed me the full information of those that are yet to receive their payments and I saw your name as one of the beneficiaries, and your email address, that is why I decided to email you to stop dealing with those people, they are not with your fund, they are only making money out of you. I will advise you to contact Mr Taylor Clarke.You have to contact him directly on this information below.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION
Name :Mr Taylor Clarke
Email:taylor.clarke@globomail.com

You really have to stop dealing with those people that are contacting you and telling you that your fund is with them, it is not in anyway with them, they are only taking advantage of you and they will dry you up until you have nothing.The only money I paid after I met Mr Taylor Clarke was just $250 for the paper works, take note of that.Once again stop contacting those people, I will advise you to contact Mr Taylor Clarke so that he can help you to Transfer your Fund into your account, instead of dealing with those liars that will be turning you around asking for different kind of money to complete your transaction.

Thank You.
Sharon Williams."

No Sharon, thank you for the laugh. It is actually written fairly well and we would expect that Mr. Clarke will also need some sort of retainer to work on your case which is where the scam begins. This scam email makes for an interesting twist on the standard “collect your money” scam.

This next email comes from a Pastor to really put your mind at ease. We all know that most Pastors are also crime fighters, right? Aside from the annoying caps, this email is also actually well written:

GOOD DAY TO YOU

FIRST WE INTRODUCES THIS COMMISSION, Economic & Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) WE FIGHT CYBER CRIME FRAUD SCAM MONEY LAUNDERING IN AFRICA.OUR COMMISSION HAS BEEN IN EXSITANCES SINCE 2004.

OUR DUTIES IS TO STOP INTERNET FRAUD SCAM. AS FOR TODAY WE HAVE PUT ALOT OF PEOPLE FRAUDSTERS BEHIND BARS ALOT OF THEM ARE IN JAIL WE GO ALL OVER WORLD TO PICK THESE SCAMMERS/INTERNET FRAUDSTERS.

WE HAVE OVER 2,987 OF THEM IN OUR JAILS ROUND AFRICA AND WE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR MORE, WE ARE AWARE THAT A LOT OF FOREIGNERS OUT THERE HAVE BEEN DECEIVED TRICKED AND LOST A LOT OF MONEY. TO THIS FRAUDSTERS AFTER PROMISING YOU PERCENTAGES IN THEIR LETTERS FOR YOU TO HELP THEM MOVE FUNDS AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY WILL COLLECT THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM YOU MAKING YOU A POOR PERSON.

ALL THE AFRICAN CRIME FIGHTERS LEADERS HAS COME TOGETHER TO INFORM THE WORLD WHAT IS GOING ON NOW AND WE HAVE RECOVED OVER $322 MILLION DOLLARS(THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY TWO MILLION DOLLARS) FROM THE PEOPLE WE HAVE BEHIND BARS. THE ONLY REASON WE ARE WRITTING YOU THIS LETTER, IS BECAUSE YOUR NAME WAS GIVEN TO US BY ONE OF THE FRAUDSTERS IN OUR JAIL HOUSE, THAT HE COLLECTED MONEY FROM YOU BY TRICKS.

OUR ACTION NOW IS TO REFUND BACK MONEY TO FOREIGNERS WHO LOST MONEY TO THESE THIEFS. WE ARE PAYING THEM BACK FROM THE MONEY WE RECOVERED.

WE CAN ONLY REFUND YOUR FUND IF YOUR NAME IS MENTIONED AND YOU SHOW US PROVE OF HOW MUCH YOU LOST.IF THIS LETTER GETS TO YOU THEN YOU ARE MENTIONED. BUT IF ITS GETS TO YOU BY MISTAKE AND YOU HAVE NOT LOST ANY MONEY THEN PLEASE DISREGARD IT.

IF YOU KNOW ANY PERSON FAMILY OR FRIEND THAT HAS LOST MONEY TO FRAUDSTARS PLEASE TELL HIM/HER TO WRITE TO THIS COMMISSION WITH PROVES AND WE WILL HANDLE HIS/HER CASE THEN PAY BACK AFTER VERIFICATION.

WE ARE AWARE THIS FRAUDSTARS HAS BROKEN ALOT OF HOME, MADE ALOT OF PEOPLE TO LOSE THEIR JOB, SELL THEIR PROPERTIES,CLOSED THEIR BUSINESS, PUT MANY PEOPLE ON THE STREET, MADE ALOT TO EVEN LOSE THEIR LIFE. PLEASE YOU ARE TO REACH US IN OUR EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE FOR FUTHER CLEARIFICATIONS ON HOW YOU ARE TO RECEIVE YOUR LOST FUNDS YOU ARE TO FORWARD YOUR FULL PARTICULARS AND RECENT TELPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS TO OUR EMAIL ADDRESS ABOVE ON IF YOU ARE A VICTIM.

AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE YOUR RESPONSE WE WILL ASSIGN A LAWYER TO YOU WHO WILL TURN TO UPDATE YOU AND ENSURE THAT THE FUNDS YOU HAVE ALREADY PAID OUT IS RECOVERED AND HANDED BACK TO YOU AND THE FRAUDSTERS WILL BE PERSECUTED ACCORDINGNLY..BELOW ARE THE INFORMATIONS NEEDED FROM YOU TO ASSIST US IN OUR QUEST.

1) Your Full Name,
2)Your Address,
3)Country,
4)Telephone number
5)Your Occupation.

IN REGARD TO FURTHER OUR INVESTIGATION YOU ARE ALSO REQUESTED TO PROVIDE THE BELOW DETAILS OF THE SCAMMERS/INTERNET FRAUDSTERS.

2) The Name of the person you are in contact with (SCAMMERS/INTERNET FRAUDSTERS)
3) His/Her email address which is very important SO we can monitor where he/she is sending you the scam email messages from (ORIGINATING IP/ SERVER HOST)
4) His/her telephone and fax number
5) His/her address if any and the Bank/Institution being Impersonated

TIME THEY SAY IS THE BEST JUDGE, BUT WE HOPE AND BELIEVE THIS BODY WILL BE ABLE TO UPHOLD JUSTICE AND INTEGRITY.

HELP FIGHT CRIME TO MAKE THIS EARTH A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN.

REGARDS

Pastor Kenneth ELvis (ACTIVE AGENT)
MR. IBRAHIM LAMORD (ACTIVE CHAIRMAN EFCC) REPLY TO ME FOR URGENT ATTENTIONS VIA E-MAIL:EMAIL@REMOVED
Contact phone:+was-removed"

Elvis? Are you thinking what we are thinking? Anyway it is very well written and covers all the bases. They claim to have been saving the world since 2004, arrested thousands and more just before they ask for all your information.

We hope people do not fall for this latest hoax.

Here is a video we did where we open some dangerous emails while safely using Toolwiz Timefreeze: