I have read that scammers and malware would use the death of Bin Laden to advance their agenda. I have a feeling this is one of them.

This is the email address used to send out this letter  (megaprjan@overdailyshore.com) It sure don’t look like an address Google earth would use.

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My Dear,
I am sure this mail would be coming to you as a surprise since we have never met before and you would also be
asking why I have decided to chose you amongst the numerous internet users in the world, precisely I cannot say
why I have chosen you but do not be worried for I saw your profile on the Internet, which has made me accomplish
my request. May the almighty God bless and see you through with this mission if you can carefully read and digest
the message below.
Before I move further, permit me to give you a little of my biography, I am Mother Emilly Olivier, 87 Years old
woman and the wife of Late Sir Jackman Olivier who died in a Plane crash on Monday the 7th of September 1998 GMT
14:22 UK while they were flying from New York to Geneva. Please see site below for more information.
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/index.html
After the death of my husband I became the Head of his investment and now that I am old and weak I have decided to
spend the rest of my life with my family and loved ones whom I never had time for during the course of my business
life, but before the death of my husband we had a plan to use the last days of our lives to donate half of what we
have worked for to the less privilege and charity homes and the other half for ourselves, family members and close
friends, and it is so unfortunate that my husband is not alive today to do this with me and I am very weak and old
now, hence I have decided to do this philanthropic work on behalf of my late husband and I.
Presently, I have willed out almost half of our assets to several charity homes and to some of the less privilege
in different countries. Despite the agreement between my late husband and I to give aid to the deprived, we also
agreed to render support to an individual we have not meet before in life due to the fact when we were still young
in life we receive an anonymous help from an individual we did not know and which we have not being able to know
till date, the impact we got from such gesture made us to do same.
I am sorry to inform you that you will never have the chance to know me because I have just concluded the
assignment which my husband and I have agreed upon before his sudden death and you happened to be the beneficiary
of our last WILL, irrespective of your previous financial status, hence I need you to do me a favor by accepting
our offer that will cost you nothing.
I have presently deposited a Cheque in the sum of £360, 000.00 British Pounds with FAST WAY COURIERS EXPRESS to
deliver to you, what you have to do now is to contact them as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
package to you because of the expiring date.
I only made the deposit with your EMAIL ADDRESS and SECURITY KEEPING CODE (SCT/0433/F) because I do not know your
name and the address you would want to receive the parcel with. I couldn\’t find them on net while browsing your
profile if not I would have given it to them for immediate and fast delivery of this parcel to you.
For your information, I have paid for the delivering Charge, Insurance Premium and Clearance Certificate Fee of
the cheque showing that it is not a Drug Money or meant to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.
You have to contact the FAST WAY COURIERS EXPRESS now for the delivery of the cheque with this information bellow;
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. George Greg
Email Address:georgegreg@hotmail.co.uk
Telephone: Tel: +447024054918
Again, you are not to pay for the delivering Charge, the Insurance premium and the Clearance Certificate Fee of
the Cheque because I have already paid for them, the only money you are expected to pay is 165 British Pounds for
the security keeping of the cheque so far.
I would have paid the fee but the company insisted that I should not because they don\’t know when you will be
contacting them and to avoid demurrage or further cost.
You are to reconfirm the below information to them to avoid any mistake on the Delivery.
Postal address;
Full Names:
Direct telephone number;
Below is the security keeping code: (SCT/0433/F) of the draft, you are to also present it to them for verification
before delivery.
Let me repeat again, try to contact them as soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember
to ask them to provide you with the method they wish to use in receiving their security keeping fee of 165 British
Pounds for their immediate action.
Note: Please I do not want you to thank me or my husband all I need you to do is, When you get this fund, use ONLY
£110,000.00 British Pounds (One hundred and Ten thousand British pounds) for your effort and USE THE REST OF THIS
FUND FOR CHARITY PORPOSE IN THE WAY IT WILL PLEASE HUMANITY.
Yours Faithfully
Mrs. Emilly Olivier Jackman 

Union Pay Malaysia Sdn Bhd19th Floor, Plaza
IBMNo. 8, First Avenue,Persiaran Bandar
 Utama47800 Petaling JayaSelangor Darul Ehsan 

Union Pay/ATM Compensation Payment Notification

Attention Dear Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that the Malaysian Union Pay
settlement Committee and the ATM International Inc.
 wishes to congratulate you on the successful
emergence in our ongoing fund remittance promo of
all ATM card users around the globe. This scheme was
 initiated by the CUP and the ATM Inc. to compensate
 ATM card users and also to help the world in the
sustainable 2010 poverty alleviation scheme. In regards
 to this, we wish to inform you that your ATM
compensation funds valued at (US$1.800.000.00)
One million and eight hundred thousand United States
 dollars has been authorized to be released to you
 through our corresponding financial institution in Malaysia.

BENEFICIARY SELECTION PROCESSNo tickets were sold out.
Your email was one of the
 lucky emails/ATM Card users selected RANDOMLY via
 E-wheel Computer Ballot System drawn from over
 200,000 companies and 300,000 individual email/ATM
 card users, from all over the world during the
 ATM Online EMAIL selection draw.

In the mean time we have been mandated to issue out
 this payment via our swift card payment centers,
which is the latest technology powered by the
CUP/ATM Inc.This World Union Pay card will be
uploaded with your fund and couriered to your
location via speed post and a tracking number
issued to you to enable you track your parcel
till it gets to its final destination. This card
 can be used in any ATM machine in any part of the
 world, so if you like to receive your fund in this
 way, please let us know by contacting our ATM
 Center Manager with the requested information
as listed below to the follow office via email.

Union Pay Malaysia Sdn Bhd19th Floor, Plaza IBMNo. 
8, First Avenue,Persiaran Bandar Utama47800 
Petaling JayaSelangor Darul Ehsan 
Telephone:+60146230520 Email:atmcardunit@telexbocn.
tkContact Person: Mr. Michael Young

Required information:1. Full Name
2. Phone and Fax Number
3. Address Were You Want Us to Send the ATM Card
4. Your Age and Current Occupation5. Country

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you
 our code of conduct, which is (ATM-3714) so you have
 to indicate this code when contacting the card
center by using it as your subject. Now contact
our ATM center Manager for more details.

We Wait For Your Expedite Response.

Yours in Service,Mrs.Tracy Lou

Another twist on the traditional scam. These scammers never give up. You should find someone else, not me.

I AM MRS JULIAN KONE
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER.
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU , BURKINA FASO .
Dear Friend.
CONFIDENTIAL
I will like you to help me, in receiving of this fund into your Bank Account .However; it’s just my urgent need for foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction. I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance Department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) here in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso. In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$27.2 Million dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign Customer (MR. PAUL LOUIS from Paris, France) who died along with His entire family in July 2003 in a plane crash.
I am afraid if this money stays in our bank without claim for long period of time, our government will step in because
The Banking laws here does not allow such huge amount of money to stay
Dormant for more than 9years. And you will be receiving this money into your Bank account within 10 or 14 banking days.
The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Eight years an above, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. I agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner in respect to the provision of a foreign account, and while 70%would be for me.
If you agree to my business proposal, further details of the transfer will be forwarded to you as soon as I receive your return mail. Make sure you keep this transaction as your top secret and make it confidential till we receive the fund into the account that you will provide to the Bank. Don’t disclose it to any body, because the secrecy of this transaction is as well as the success of it, have a great day.
Place contact me immediately
Yours faithfully.
Mrs Julian Kone

Here is a new email I recently received stating that I 

have two military trunk boxes waiting for my reply. It is

probably stuffed with money from Saddam Hussein’s dictatorship.

(That is my speculation) I just don’t think I will reply to this

potential scam

Greetings,
 
I am Col.Stefan Dotson, a Col in the US Army,a West Point

 Graduate presently serving in the Military with the

 82nd Air Borne Division Peace keeping force in Baghdad, Iraq. 
 
I really need your help in assisting me with the safe

 keeping of two military trunk boxes which has just 

arrived the USA from the UK, and it also has your name 

and address as the legal beneficiary to the boxes. 

You can view the link below for more info,
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/2988455.stm 
 
Please can you be trusted on this?If you can,please 

do let me know,and get back to me as quick as you can. 

I am also sorry if i have crossed the line by sending 

the boxes to you without your knowledge, but i can 

explain better. First, i need to know if you can be 

fully trusted? Let me hear from you today, and i 

would highlight you more on everything.
 
God Bless America
 
Col.Stefan Dotson
col.stefandotson@rocketmail.com
U.S. Army

First I get a message from the FBI stating I have money. I did not
bite on that now they are going to try the British High Commission
I am still not biting.

BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Metro Plaza,Plot991/992
Zakari Maimalari Street
Cadastral Zone AO,
Central Business District,Abuja.
TEL: +234 812 714 9506

ATTENTION:

The BRITISH High Commission in Nigeria,Benin Republic,Ghana
and Bokinafaso received a report of scam against you and other
 British/US citizens and Malaysia,Etc. whom the country of
Nigeria/Benin,Bokinafaso And Ghana have recompensed you due
 to meeting held with Four countries Government and the world
 high commissions against fraud activities by the Four
country Citizens. Your name was among those scammed as
listed by the Nigeria Financial Intelligent Unit (NFIU).
A compensation has been issued out in ATM DEBIT CARD to
 all the affected victims and has been already in
 distribution to all the bearers. Your ATM CARD REF
(# TNY/478593G9/19) was among those that was reported
 undelivered as at last Friday and we wish to advise you
to see to the instructions of the Committee to make sure
you receives your ATM CARD immediately for your usage.

NFIU further told us that the use of Nigeria Couriers and
 the Benin was abolished due to interception activities
 noticed in the above mentioned courier services in
Benin,Nigeria and Ghana and thereby have made a concrete
 arrangement with the DHL COURIER SERVICES for a safe
delivery to your door-step once the beneficiary meets up
 the demand of the conveyance.

Due to the security, we ask that you keep all information
 confidential until your claim will be processed and your
 money remitted to you.

THIS IS PART OF OUR SECURITY PROTOCOLS TO AVOID UNWARRANTED
 ABUSE OF THIS PROGRAM BY SOME UNKNOWN PARTICIPANTS.

THE BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION has discovered a huge number
of double claims due to beneficiaries informing close
 friends relatives, attorneys and third parties about
their Awards. As a result of this, this close friends
relatives,attorneys and third parties try to claim the
 prize on behalf of the real recipients. We advise that
 you do the needful to make sure the NFIU dispatches
your recompense on Friday. You are assured of the safety
 of your ATM CARD and availability and be advised that
you should stop further contacts with all the fake
lawyers and security companies who in collaboration scammed
 you. Call me at: +234 816 574 0484. immediately to check
if the delivery date suits you.

Your Full Name:......................
Your Delivery Address....................
Your phone Number......................
Your occupation ........................

Yours in Service, Agent:John Simmons
CONSULAR/DIPLOMAT
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
ABUJA, NIGERIA.
Phone:+234 812 714 9506
Website: http://ukinnnigeria.fco.gov.uk/en

If you want to stay away from problems do not click on these links from unknown addresses you receive in your email box.  It may be a legitimate site, but I don’t take any chances.

For some reason I just don’t believe this email.
We are delighted to inform you that you have won the sum
 of 2,000,000(TWO MILLION EURO) from NATIONALE POSTCODE LOTERIJ
 (HOLLAND) Awards program.
Five people emerge winners yearly from this promotion and your
 E-mail was selected
randomly from the world wide web through an Electronic
Balloting System (E.B.S.)
Please contact our approved agent and fill your claims
 verification form below.

PAMELA ANN (MRS.)DIRECTOR; CLAIMS DEPARTMENT.
TEL/FAX: +31 (0) 84 740 8620

E-MAIL:npcl05@hotmail.com

Prize Number :NPCL/67/89/82/28

1. Full Names:2.
Address:3.
Marital Status:4.
Occupation:5.
Age:6.
Sex:7.
Telephone Number:8.
Nationality:9.
Country of Residence:10.
Prize Number:

PAYMENT OPTION1. Courier delivery of certified winning
 (.....)2. Transfer of prize money via online bank transfer (.....)

Tick an option for the remittance of your winning prize

Yours faithfully,Dr (Mrs.) Wanda MaeOn line co-ordinator.

It seems like the FBI would not be very happy with these scam artists using their name and impersonating the office of the FBI. 

Anti-Terrorist and Monitory Crimes Division.
Edward John(FBI SPECIAL AGENT)
Chief Information Officer:Zalmai Azmi
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION FBI.WASHINGTON DC.
Email:washington.fieldic.fbi.gov
FBI SEEKING TO WIRETAP INTERNET
READ CAREFULLY,
We the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Washington, DC in conjunction with some other relevant security Agencies here in the United states of America have recently been informed through our Global intelligence monitoring network that you presently have a transaction going on with the Central Bank of Nigeria(CBN), as regards to your lotto winning payment award which was fully endorsed in your favor accordingly by the government of Nigeria.It might interest you to know that we have taken our time in screening through this lotto winning payment notification as stipulated on our protocol of operation,and have finally confirmed that your lotto award payment is 100% genuine and legal with due process of law, and it is as well free from all illegal activities,which you have the lawful right to claim your fund without any further delay.Having said all this, we will further advise, that you should go ahead in dealing with the Central Bank payment officials as FBI will be monitor!
ing all their services accordingly
We were also made to understand that a lady with name Mrs. EILEEN DOYLE from OHIO and another person named as Mr.ALLEN BUCHALTER who reside in NEW JERSEY as well has already contacted them and also presented to them all the necessary documentations evidencing your claims, claiming to have been signed personally by you prior to the release of your contract fund valued at about US$10,000,000.00 (Ten million united states dollars), but the Central Bank officials did the wise thing by insisting on hearing from you personally before they go ahead on wiring your fund to the Bank information which was forwarded to them by the above mentioned names, the main reason,the federal bureau of investigation were contacted by the CBN is to assist them on making some investigation regards to this issue.
They further informed FBI that we should inform our citizens, who must have been informed of this lotto winnings payment awarded to them from the government office
to be very careful prior to these irregularities so that they don’t fall victim to scam.
The FBI are instructing you personally, that if you were already dealing with anybody or office claiming to be from the Central Bank of Nigeria, you are further advised to STOP further contact with them in your best interest and then contact immediately the real office of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) only with the below information accordingly and make your claims immediately :
MAKE SURE YOU CALL MR.SAM BANK FOR CLEARIFICATION OF YOUR WINNING.
CONTACT PERSON: MR. EMAKPO SAM BANKS (FINANCIAL SECRETARY)
CONTROL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OFFICER
OFFICE ADDRESS: Central Bank of Nigeria
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
TEL: +234 702 505 1694
Email: remittancedptt@mail.com
In your best interest, any email or fax that doesn’t come from the above official email address and phone number should be disregarded accordingly for security reasons.
Meanwhile, FBI advise you to contact the Central Bank office immediately with the above email address and request that they attend to you payment file as directed so as to enable you receive your contract fund accordingly.
Ensure you follow all their procedure as required by them in order to hasten Up the effective procedures,of transferring your funds to you as designated by you. Also have in mind that the Central Bank of Nigeria equally have their own protocol of operation as stipulated on their banking realm, so any delay could be very dangerous.
Sequel to this letter stated to you on this comprehensive e-mail , you are further advise that you furnish the central bank officials with your direct
contact details such as :
FULL NAME:
ADDRESS:
CITY:
STATE:
ZIP CODE:
DIRECT CONTACT NUMBER:
You will also be required to request Western Union or Money Gram details on how
to send the required $350 in order to immediately ship your prize of Ten Million United State Dollars via Certified Cashier’s Check drawn from Bank Of America, also include the following transaction code in order for him to immediately identify this transaction: EA2948-910.
Note : You are only required to send $350 for the delivery fees and nothing more If any more fees is requested from you apart from the $350, kindly report back to our office and let us know in details of what is going on
Thank you very much for your anticipated co-operation in advance, and always endeavor to send us an e-mail at all times if you discover any fraudulent activities in this transactions,we earnestly await your urgent response to this matter.
Our Mission To protect and defend the United States against terrorist and foreign intelligence threats to uphold and enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and to provide leadership and criminal justice services to federal,state, municipal, and international agencies and partners.
Best Regards,
Mr Edward John(FBI SPECIAL AGENT)
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C.
20535-0001, USA

This is the email address that this letter was received from

Agent Edward John (test@test.com) It seems to me that the FBI would use an FBI.gov email address.

I’m passing up another answer to my prayers.

Dear Friend,
My name is Mr.ABEDI GYAN, I am an accountant in accounting department of Ministry of Mines and Energy Ghana. Also am a member of contracts awarding committee of this ministry under Ghana government. This mail may come to you as a surprise but be rest assured that this is not a hoax mail. I write to solicit your assistance in a funds transfer deal involving US$5,500,000:00M.
Two years ago, Ghana government asked my committee to award contracts to foreign firms, which I and my colleague With our good position, deliberately over invoiced the contract sum to the tune of US$5,500,000:00.
The contracts value has been paid off to the actual contractors that executed these jobs, all I want now is a trusted foreign partner like you that we shall front with the banking account number to Claim the over inflated sum. All I require is your honest cooperation an confidence in me which I know would not come easy. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate background that will protect you from any breach of the law. I would advise that you give this positive consideration and get back to me soon.
I’ll be flexible and considerate in the percentage share that will be given to you for your assistance I know there may be scams and junk mails on the internet but certainly, this is not one. Please do not fail to understand that in spite of all that, opportunities of this kind still abound. If you have ever wished or prayed for something good to come your way, now I urge you to take this message seriously and with an open mind,you could never know.
This may be an answer to your prayers.I look forward to hearing from you as soon as possible.
Bye And God Bless,
Mr. ABEDI GYAN

Here is another attempt to get your personal information

No way would I log in by using the link in this email.

I am drenched with tears reading this sob story. It is so sad that 
they won’t get a response from me
Beloved,  
I am drenched with tears while writing this short message
 to you.
It was heartbreaking news to me few  days ago when my doctor
notified me on complications on my health condition which he
 officially made known to me. He further stressed that the
complication I had in my human mechanism as a result of a
secondary liver cancer which have destroyed all the organs in my
body system.  According to him, he said that this complication
will lead to my imminent death since no medication can alleviate
the high system of deformation I am encountering at this time in
my system.   In the view of the above, I am in quest to find a trustworthy
and upright individual whom I will entrust the sum of $3.2
million USD and this   has led me to you. The said fund was
acquired by me as  an inheritance from my adopted father who
died as a result of political crisis which erupted among his most
political associate and business clique.   I will make available
to you all information and officially
authorize document which will endorse your claim as the beneficiary
to the fund in question in the finance house where the fund was
lodged by my adopted father. I have mapped out the modalities on
how the fund will be apportioned. 35% of the principal amount of
the money will be dished out to you while 65% will be allotted
to any charitable or orphanage home of your preference.  
My motive to dispense the funds to a charity and orphanage home
is that I grew up as an orphan and do not have any heirs hitherto.  
 Upon your acceptance to this proposal kindly get back to me through
this email:

Best Regards
Mrs. Farida Jordan
Received from this email address  contraloria@crc.gov.co

Another email I received to attempt to get my personal information. It is a shame a small percentage of internet users will fall for this kind of scam,

Dear Good Friend

We wish to notify you again that you are listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of 10,600,000.00G.B.P (Ten Million Six Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in the council and last testament of the deceased. (Name now withheld since this is our second letter to you). We contacted you because of your good name to the society and basically we can present you as the beneficiary to the inheritance. All the legal papers will be processed in your acceptance to this deal. We request that you kindly forward to us your acceptance Notification; your current telephone and fax numbers and a forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents for the release of this sum of money.

Please contact me for further details of the funds.
 
Yours Faithfully,
Pirez Russo