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419 Scam – Bank accounts of Holocaust victims
No human suffering is off-limits to the criminals who run "419" scams. Witness the scams that capitalized on the tsunami desaster in the Indian ocean. So it is not really surprizing when these criminals pose as Swiss officials in charge of bank accounts by European holocaust victims, using the image of murdered Nazi victims for criminal gain. As in all 419 scams, the funds don't exist, the names and addresses are fake and the whole object is to get the spam recipient to send money to the criminals. Here are several examples of 419 fraud emails connected to holocaust victims.
Dear Friend What I relate to you via this message is very urgent but I urge you to read on for your assistance. There exists a dormant account belonging end to a non-Swiss indigene since World War II.It may interest you to know that in July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of various government set up committees have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts -54,000 in December, 1999. The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest- bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transactionaccounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established. The Claims Tribunal handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account holder (deceased) with a credit balance of 21,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me, in my bank. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, Leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills). Being an insider in the bank, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. The funds will be routed via a private financial facility, being a safe haven for the funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds.All that is required is for you to provide me with your details for processing of the necessary legal and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you, to this regard, you are expected to fill out a text form. I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred to a secured, numbered account in your name, where you will be capable of accessing the funds and gradually transfering to your country and other banks of choice in the world. You can find additional information about unclaimed funds at the following websites: http://www.swissbankclaims.com www.wiesenthal.com The Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information and this is a great opportunity of a life time of success without risks. Due to cautious reasons, reply via email only. You may reply to me securely through this email address(pbg5@k.ro) I await your urgent response to this proposal, My Regards Mr. Patrick Berger
Two IP addresses in particular seem to be the source of many of the Holocaust-related 419 scam emails:
These IP addresses also show up in many other "dead foreigner" scams.
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WHOIS details for sending network (IP 81.199.108.18): inetnum: 81.199.108.0 - 81.199.111.255 netname: CIDR-INTERCELLULAR-1 descr: Intercellular Nigeria Ltd country: NG admin-c: YA95-RIPE tech-c: YA95-RIPE status: ASSIGNED PA mnt-by: AS12491-MNT source: RIPE # Filtered person: Yakubu Adamu address: 5th Floor, UBA House 57 address: Marina, Lagos address: Nigeria phone: +234 14704387 fax-no: +234 12643014 e-mail: akintolad@intercellular-ng.com e-mail: adamuy@intercellular-ng.com nic-hdl: YA95-RIPE source: RIPE # Filtered Here are some more email addresses used for the scam:
"George Dunant, Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP)" From: "GEORGE DUNANT" <georgedunant@zwallet.com> To: <emailaddress> Sent: Wednesday, 30 March, 2005 5:53 Subject: HOLOCAUST My name is George Dunant a member of Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP), Switzerland. ICEP is charged with the responsibility of finding bank accounts in Switzerland belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which have remained dormant since World War II It may interest you to know that In July of 1997, the Swiss Banker's Association published a list of dormant accounts originally opened by non-Swiss citizens. These accounts had been dormant since the end of World War II (May 9, 1945). Most belonged to Holocaust victims. The continuing efforts of the Independent Committee of Eminent Persons (ICEP) have since resulted in the discovery of additional dormant accounts - 54,000 in December, 1999. The published lists contain all types of dormant accounts, including interest-bearing savings accounts, securities accounts, safe deposit boxes, custody accounts, and non-interest-bearing transaction accounts. Numbered accounts are also included. Interest is paid on accounts that were interest bearing when established. The Claims Resolution Tribunal (CRT) handles processing of all claims on accounts due non-Swiss citizens. A dormant account of ORDNER ADELE with a credit balance of 35,000,000 US dollar plus accumulated interest was discovered by me. The beneficiary was murdered during the holocaust era, leaving no WILL and no possible records for trace of heirs. The Claims Resolution Tribunal has been mandated to report all unclaimed funds for permanent closure of accounts and transfer of existing credit balance into the treasury of Switzerland government as provided by the law for management of assets of deceased beneficiaries who died interstate (living no wills). Being a top executive at ICEP, I have all secret details and necessary contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch. The funds will be banked in the Cayman Island, being a tax free, safe haven for funds and we can share the funds and use in investment of our choice. Due to the sensitive nature of my job, I need a foreigner to HELP claim the funds. All that is required is for you to provide me your details for processing of the necessary legal, and administrative claim documents for transfer of the funds to you. Provide me with your full name, address, and telephone/fax. I will pay all required fees to ensure that the fund is transferred to a secure, numbered account in your name in the Cayman Island, and you can now start accessing the funds gradually and transferring to your country and other banks of choice in the world. My share will be 60 percent and your share is 40 per cent of the total amount. THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED. You can find additional information about unclaimed funds through the internet at the following websites: www.swissbankclaims.com www.avotaynu.com www.icheic.org www.livingheirs.com www.wiesenthal.com The Holocaust Claims Processing Office has put funds in Escrow awaiting submission of valid claims for necessary disbursement. I find myself priviledged to have this information and this may be a great opportunity for a life time of success without risks. Thank you for your prompt response. Due to security reasons, reply to my via email only on{georgedunant@yahoo.it ,georgedunant@latinmail.com,georgedunant@gawab.com} Thanks once more for co-operating, George Dunant. Here's a reply from "George" sent from Nigeria: I got your timely mail today and wish to respond in order to clarify certain issues. I will first of all give you my family introduction; my grand father Henry Dunant (1828 - 1910) was born in Geneva, businessman and philanthropist Henry Dunant was responsible for founding the International Red Cross in 1864. Dunant was moved to action after witnessing the horrific aftermath of an intense battle at Solferino, Northern Italy in 1859. The battle, led by Napoleon III, saw the death of 40,000 casualties in just one day. In 1862, Dunant financed a publication called ‘A Memory of Solferino’, in which he lamented the tragedy of the many lives that were lost simply because there was no treatment available. Dunant pleaded for the drafting of an international Conventionto set up a society to care for those wounded in war. There was an immediate response. Gustave Moynier and the Société Genevoise d’Utilité Publique took up the cause. An international conference in 1863 led to the establishment of a committee set up with the intention of pursuing Dunant’s aim. The following year, the conference that adopted the Geneva Convention was held and the International Red Cross humanitarian organisation was born. Dunant aided other causes and wrote several books. In 1901, he shared the first Nobel Peace Prize with the founder and president of the first French peace society, Frédéric Passy. You are to be adequately briefed in my proposition,that the work will start with the lawyer immediately you send your particulars,I have realized US$21,000 for payment of legal service charge and to offset related fees for your legal right of documentation. I have hired the service of highly experienced legal expert who will handle the entire documents. I have also mortgaged my home to be able to pay for litigation charges, government taxes, stamp duties and miscellanous expenditures which i assume will be within 200-350,000 US dollars.I raised this money by mortgaging my beautiful home as i am sure that in few days time, we will have success and i will be glad to use part of my funds to purchase great homes in different parts of the world. First, i will assure you that this business is risk and trouble free. There will be no money laundering charge on the transfer as the transfer has a legitimate, verifiable source of origin, which is free from legal liens and encumberances. Money Laundering laws affect funds of suspicious origin, and the money laundering laws has become stricter since the september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks against the USA and rising wave of drug trafficking, illegal dealing on conflict diamonds from warring countries, illegal trade on war arms, etc. Holocaust funds is established source of funds, WHICH THE FUNDS ARE LEGITIMATE INHERITANCE FROM DEPOSITS WITH OVER 7 DECADES OF EXISTENCE IN THE SWISS BANKS. Information about the holocaust abound on the internet and it is verifiable and approved genuine source of funds. For privacy and unrivaled secrecy, the entire funds will be moved to an offshore account in your name in the Carribbean. The banks in carribean are reknowned to have the best bank secrecy laws, and zero tax on income. This way you can be withdrawing the funds in bits from the bank in the caribbean for investments and for other things without suspicion. Thank for your reply.I feel glad and now my confidence is increased in your experience to manage large funds.Lets proceed with the transaction. Provide me with your full copy of scanned international passport of your proper identification so that my lawyer will start preparing the necessary documents. For every payment i make, i will send you the receipt for your records. At the end of the transaction, we will deduct the funds i spent from the entire amount, and we share the rest as agreed percentage. Therefore,your only commitment to this magnitude transaction is to access this fund through an internet after securing the necessary accreditation which legalized the transaction and follow the directives of the payment banking officers, then receive the money into your account in escrow’s a matter of time constraint.Note,after procession of your documents, you will always speak authoritatively when speaking with the officer(s) sitting in the bank that you need your money to be paid immediately . Lastly, remember the officers do not know the genesis of this transaction and you must keep our involvement confidential, all they know is that, the funds belong to your name in documentation, so no mistakes. As i said, the procedure is safe and risk free. I will use my good office to ensure that the process is quickly completed and that the money is quickly and swiftly transferred to safe account in your name in the Carribean Isand from where you can start accessing the money through the internet banking service without traveling out of your country and you can issue wire transfer instructions to your country and to any other part of the world, making it easy and risk free to bank the funds and transact with it without risk of unnecessary explanation to the banks in your country asking for where the funds came from. Hopefully, we will receive the notarized affidavit by next and also submit for approval of fund release same week. Regards, Dunant George. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nuovo Yahoo! Messenger E' molto più divertente: Audibles, Avatar, Webcam, Giochi, Rubrica… Scaricalo ora! Message headers: Received: from [195.44.170.41] by web26806.mail.ukl.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 06 Apr 2005 04:37:29 CEST Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2005 04:37:29 +0200 (CEST) From: george dunant
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