Highena

When I woke up this morning and checked one of my emails, a yahoo account, I found a message from my Hotmail email, from me…

Dear
Please I am really out of town now; I went to a business trip with a friend of mine to Ivory Coast which will be of benefit if it proceeded normally.
Please I am out of money there and I need your help just to send $200 for my flight ticket, I really promised to pay you back as soon as I came back, please render this help to me and I will be very much appreciated.
Thanks
My full name was here.

When I realised that I hadn’t slipped into the twilight zone, and that somebody had hacked hotmail,
I immediately reset my password by changing it via the alternate email. When I got in I found that all my messages had been deleted, and quite a few of the above message sent to a selection of my contacts and about 50 random addresses.

I have no idea how they got in. I haven’t fallen for any phishing scams. It suprises me that somebody who knows how to hack a hotmail password would then distribute such a lame excuse of an email scam. Anybody who knows me will know that I wouldn’t be in the Ivory Coast.

The funny thing about all this is that I used my hotmail account to receive comment notifications here at Highena. These were the bulk of the messages they deleted. They could have quite easily, using that email, gotten access to the site.

If hacking hotmail is that easy I’m going to delete that account.

My Dear,
How is your day?Like you know,I am living in the refugee camp here in Dakar-Senegal.In this camp,its just like one staying in the prison and I hope by God’s grace,I will come out here soon.I don’t have any relatives now whom I can go to as all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war.
The only person I have now is Rev.Peter Vim who is the pastor of ( Our Lords Chosen Church ) here in the camp,he has been very nice to me since I came here but I am not living with him rather I live in the female’s hostel because the camp has two hostels one for men the other for women.
Please try to call by 12 GMT with The Pastor’s Telephone number is: ( 00-221-772029564 ),when you call,tell him that you want to speak with me,so that he will send for me in the hostel.Please call me today,I love to hear your voice.
As a refugee here,I don’t have any right or priviledge to anything be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the tragic incident that led to the death of my parents took place.
Please listen to this,I have my late father’s statement of account and death certificate and other document here with me which I will send to you later,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in a bank , which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount is $3.8M(Three Million Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars).So I will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.
I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Reverend because he is like a father to me.So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don’t tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.Sir,I will like you to send me all the under-mentioned particulars,for me to know you more,and know whom I am dealing with.
Below here is what I need from
you so that I can Forward it to the bank to start the processing of transfer procedures with you as my representative :
(1) Full name
(2) country of residence & city
Remember,I am giving you all this information due to the trust I reposed in you.I love you because you are an honest and understanding person.You are truthful,full of vision and a hardworking person.Thanks for your sweet regards for me.You are a nice person,I love to meet you very soon.I will like you to call me,call around 2pm GMT.I want to hear your voice.
Have a nice day and think about me.
Awaiting to hear from you soonest

FROM DESK OF JAMES BRIGGS,
OMEGA FINANCE & SECURITIE,
ATTENTION MY GOOD FRIEND.

RE- THE US$9 MILLION DOLLARS CREDIT IN YOUR FAVOUR:

I AM THE DIRECTOR FORIEGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OMEGA FINANCE & SECURITIE. AM
WRITING TO INFORM YOU ABOUT THE PAYMENT OF THE SUM OF US$9 MILLION DOLLARS IN
YOUR FAVOUR. WE HAVE RECEIVED YOUR INFORMATION AS THE BENEFICIARY FOR THE
PAYMENT OF THE OUTSTANDING FUND IN OUR BANK.MAY I INFORM YOU THAT AFTER OUR
RESEARCH WE FINALLY RESOLVED THAT YOU ARE THE RIGHTFUL OWNER OF THE SUM OF $9
MILLION (NINE MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS). THIS MONEY WAS DEPOSITED BY ONE OF
OUR LATE CUSTOMER AND A NATIONALE OF YOUR COUNTRY, YOU HAVE NOTED AS THE
NEXT-OF-KIN TO OUR LATE CUSTOMER. TO EFFECT THE PAYMENT, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO
CONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. CONTACT ADDRESS:
3. YOUR TELEPHONE CONTACTS:
4. AGE AND OCCUPATION:

UPON RECEIPT OF THE ABOVE REQUESTED INFORMATION FROM YOU WE WILL TRANSFER YOUR
FUND TO YOU WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT. WE ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATE YOU.
KINDLY REPLY TO THIS EMAIL ADDRESS: jamesbriggs2022@yahoo.fr
SINCERELY
JAMES BRIGGS
DIRECTOR FOREIGN PAYMENTS.

Good day,
I am Mark Austin, a paint artist based in U.K.
Your email address was requested from the British Chamber of Commerce
so I decided to contact you regarding an open job position.

Since 1994, we have been doing business as a uk midlands based gallery,
we sell and auction paintings and other art works.
In the recent years, customers have referred us to other potential
clients as well, this resulted in recent increased demand for our artworks and
supplies,We have been receiving orders from North America, Europe And Australia.
These are areas the gallery classified as outside our gallery’s reach
initially.

For this reason we decided to employ a representative who can take care
of payment from such out-of reach sales on our behalf.

After agreeing on price and shipping, customers want to pay with
American Money Orders or Credit Card, which is hard for us to process here in
theU.K, therefore I decided to search for a reliable, trustworthy and honest
candidate in the United States, who will help us receive and cash the
Money Orders at a substantial percentage after which the fund will be
sent to me here in UK or any of our regional offices via transfer.

If you are interested, kindly reply to this job offer, this position
will not affect your present work, the simple tasks can easily be performed
at your convenience.What I need from you is utmost honesty, trust, steady communication
and access to the internet.

Work hours is a part time (2-5hrs a week).
Your salary is $1400.00 Monthly.
On every payment you process on our behalf, you get to earn an absolute
10% commission.

In agreement, Kindly send me the details below so i can provide more
information, from which you will start receiving payments earnestly.

#Your full name:
#Your full home address(p.o.box not applicable),
#Your age,
#Occupation,
#Previous working Experience,
#Marital status,
#Direct contact telephone number,
#Direct contact cellphone number
#City,
#State,
#ZipCode,
#Country,
#Email.

Reply me as soon as possible only if you are interested, i will
commence
verification and approval so your information will be in the gallery’s
database for payment coordination in the USA.

Hello am Mr.Ben Mensah a citizen of Ghana working for the African Development Bank Accra Ghana Branch. This is a Business proposition for you involving a huge sum of money (11.5M USDollars).I want to move the funds out of my Bank but am seeking for your help and coperation,Please reply me back.

Mr.Ben Mensah
Accra Ghana.
Reply E-mail:info.benmensah@gmail.com
+233244 98 36 85.