A very strange offer

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Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:05 pm

Just arrived in Captain Mal's inbox:

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K3L3BS INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS & ENGINEERING LTD of ACCRA-GHANA
FUNDS CLINICAL & ANALYTICAL LABORATORY REQUEST & REPORT
ATTENTION :
This is an engineering company that undertakes all kind of industrial chemical and engineering work, we produce all kind of chemicals for treatment of fund such as all kind of mercury, chlomiclox, pharmacological for all kind foreign and local fund such as (ACUTE PHASE) cleaning of stained currency,defacing, stamping, dusting,wetting, drying, bank spray, trending, separating, packaging e.t.c.
Also available: all types of machine and equipment for cutting, master keys to open any kind of consignment boxes such as German box, Italian box, Diamond box Bank safe e.t.c, we disconnection of electrified consignment boxes, we can also connect you and your finished funds to the big banks in Ghana for an effective transfer of funds to your destination account in your country.
Noted that we are affiliated to United Nations courier services, We undertake delivery of consignment to your doorstep, we are at your services at any time waiting to hear for you. Thanks.

I've got a few Ghana Lads around at the moment, so which one sent me this?

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:20 pm

Sounds like they are claiming to provdide some kind of service to organised crime.
But most probably tied into some 'fund' scam.

See how far down the rabbit hole it goes Yastreb.

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ACUTE PHASE

This phrase seems to be only used in medical terminology (Googled), he must mean when the 'fund' has just been covered in ink or whatever.

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 12:48 pm

New scammer species
The Chemist (Chemicalia tohellicum): Lad who makes up their own chemical compound names ..(chlomiclox)

Posted: Fri Jun 11, 2010 11:29 pm

Wouldn't you know it - just two days ago (emphasis added):

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Dear Mr. M4lc0lm R3yn0lds,
My Name is Br3nd4 Kuj0, I am a female and I am from the Democratic Republic of Togo, I need your help because I was told that you have an Engineer in Ghana who can open my consignment, please Sir I need your help, My consignment contains spendable money, what I need is somebody that can open it.
I am now in republic of Togo, I want you to be by beneficiary to help me receive the funds after I can open the consignment, the consignment is metallic boxes and I have 2boxes and they contain 5 million US dollars each. these money was my father's money, I came to Togo because of the war in my country.
sir now the nly problem that I have is to get to Accra, the consignments are with me in the hotal where I am staying sir please give me the address and telephone number of any body that you know that can help me, sir, if I can open the consignment I will send you money through western union or money gram fro Togo so that you can prepare travel document for me to come to your country to join so that you can arrange a good business for me that will profit me.
Sir I will give you 30% of the total amount.
Now I am trying to cross to Ghana because now I am at the border town between Ghana and Togo, Please Sir tell me what to do,
Please give me your telephone number so that I can call you.
Ms. Br3nd4 Kuj0.

Mal was baffled:

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Who told you about me and some engineers in Ghana? I received something from K3lb3r Engineering or some such, but I assumed it was spam.

Brenda was confused:

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Sir, I don't know what you mean, but I got you information from a boy named Kofi, he told me that you can help me, please Sir if you know any body that Can open my consignment please get me their telephone number or address so that I can take my consignment there, Also sir do me a favor to introduce me to the company and tell the that I will contact them, I really need to open the box so that I can get money to care fro my self. You know I am a girl and I need cash to use to care for myself.

This won't help:

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I don't have that information - I deleted the K3lb3r contacts as I thought it was spam. I don't know any boy named Kofi or how he might know me at all.