Home Office 419 scam

Richard Clayton ukcrypto at chiark.greenend.org.uk
Mon, 2 Feb 2009 18:23:01 +0000


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Just for a laugh...    an Advanced Fee Fraud has just turned up using
the good name (and old address) of the Home Office.

Perhaps this would be an advantage of Identity Cards ? No fraudster
could ever again suggest that the Home Office needed to be told my name
and address :)

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Subject:    London Home Office.
From:       "Mr.Amby Mich" <info@homeoffice.org>
Reply-To:   ambymich4u@yahoo.co.uk
Date:       Mon, 2 Feb 2009 13:12:31 -0500

London Home Office.
50 Queen Annes Gate.
London.England,U.K.
Tel: + 44 7035969146
Email: ambymich4u@yahoo.co.uk

Attention:

A very good day to you from the Home Office,London.Let me introduce my self as 
Mr.Amby Mich, senior Interpol officer attached to the London Home office, a 
governmental department dealing with law,public order and safety,immigration, 
fire, diplomatic delivery passport,prisons, police among others.

Our department intercepted a parcel wrapped in brown paper package fully 
addressed to your name and destination.

We found its content to be an international certified bank draft of $1.Million 
United States Dollars also addressed to you as beneficiary. Due to the on going 
fight against international money laundering and terrorist attack around the 
globe, we decided to hold on to it in order to carry out proper investigations 
as regards the validity and
reason the draft was issued to you.

After proper investigation we found out that the draft was issued as a 
compensation for your effort by contacting the bank were the draft was
originally issued and also found its value as original. We decided to first 
contact you via your email address for security reasons.

You are therefore required to send to this department the following information 
for proper confirmation and re-confirmation security reasons before we proceed 
with the delivery of your draft to you.

1. Your Full Names.
2. Residential Address.
3. Telephone numbers.
4. Fax Number (if available)

Note: You are required to pay for your final delivery charges as stipulated by 
the British Government as obligation to receive package. Upon the confirmation 
of the required information above,
I will give you further instructions.

Note,you might be given the option of receiving your funds via wire transfer if 
you certify the requirements.
 
Please do not fail to call.
Tel:+44 7035969146

Thank you.
Mr. AAmby Mich
London Home Office.

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richard                                              Richard Clayton

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.         Benjamin Franklin

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