p2pnet.net News:- The seriously warped 419 scammers have turned their attentions to the tsunami tragedy in Asia.

As we said in another post, "they leave no stone unturned in their seemingly unrestricted quests for new suckers" and now they’re trying to rob people wanting to help victims of the tragedy.

"We’ve received some reports of advance-fee fraud cases that are set on this backdrop," says F-Secure research director Mikko Hypponen on the company’s blog, going on:

"These are the typical 419 scams, except instead of talking about a military coups or revolutions they talk about the earthquake and the tsunami.

"As there have only been some isolated reports, this is not a huge problem, at least not yet."

Most of the 419 cons originate in Nigeria.

Hypponen lists three examples seen by F-Secure, one of which is below:

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From: "Marco Nullamento" marconulla@netscape.net

To: xxxxxxxxx

Subject: Earthquake and Tsunamis in Indonesia (how we were affected) Dear Ms My name is Marco Nula; I am a victim of the recent Earthquake followed by the Tsunami that wrecked our whole society of Banda Aceh Province in Indonesia resulting in painful death of my Parents.

My Late Father Mr. Alfredo Nula is from Paramaribo in Suriname (South America) and my Mother from Banda of Aceh Province in Indonesia, they got married in Suriname because Indonesia like Suriname was a colony of The Netherlands, but they moved to settle in Indonesia when my Sister and I were born and because Indonesia has better economy than Suriname, but my Sister and I was away in School in the Capital Jakarta when this sorrowful incidence happened to my late parents and all other Families affected by the Quake and the Tsunamis all around Sumatra and Aceh Province.

My Father and Mother owned a tourist resort and grocery store at No 71 Panglima Polim Street, Banda Aceh in Indonesia, it was visited by numerous tourists from different countries on Holidays each year but this tragic and devastating Tsunamis took the lives of my parents and many others. My Late Parents saved much of their money in a Bank in The Netherlands, not only because we were Dutch Colony but also because we speak Dutch as an official Language in Suriname, I contacted my Parents Lawyer in Jakarta and he has confirmed to me that my Parents has the sum of 3.2Million Euros deposited in savings in The Netherlands which will be claimed by me as next of Kin, but he also explained to me that because I was not nationalized in Netherlands after Suriname got Independence from the Netherlands I had no permission to settle there in that Country.

We have recovered the corpses of my Late Parents, although private, international and government aid is coming in, it will not be any where enough to settle our problems, please I am hereby soliciting for your assistance at clearing my Late father’s money Euros 3.2Million in The Netherlands, I have asked the Lawyer to provide me with all documents, I shall have send them to you when you show sincere intentions to help me and my Sister, if you are business oriented with experience in Holiday, Hotel and Resort business or have some idea on how to run a groceries shop, I am willing to recommit the money for the full benefit of all (My Sister you and I) apart from that I shall be willing to give a negotiable percentage of the money to you otherwise or alternatively, please contact me on my email address as the telephone system is not functioning at the moment. Thank you, I hope you understand our predicament and come to our assistance.

Marco Nula

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See:-
no stone unturned – BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!!, p2pnet, December 18, 2004
backdrop – Don’t fall for tsunami scams, F-Secure, January 7, 2005

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