Home Office 419 scam

[Peter Tomlinson]

On Saturday I had a very nice letter with a lovely Spanish stamp, 
telling me that I have over 600K euros courtesy of El Gordo. I was 
impressed: first time for me. And of course I am "responsible for the 
remittance charge".

Peter

Richard Clayton wrote:
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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 :)
>
> - -----Original message-----
> 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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