Here is just one of the 7emails i received this morning alone along the same line.
Does ANYBODY actually fall for these things…
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DIPLOMATIC/FOREIGN DEBT RECONCILLIATION PANEL FEDERAL SECRETARIAT COMPLEX, 3rd Floor, Ikoyi Lagos Tel: +234-17652503, Fax: +234-1-534332 Direct-Email: [email protected]
Ref: F.DRC//N.T/2008
ATTN: SIR/MADAM,
RE: TRANSACTION FOR MUTUAL BENEFIT.
MY NAME IS DR.DAN MUSA (DFDRP) I KNOW YOU MUST BE SURPRISED AT THIS DEVELOPMENT BUT I CHOOSE TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH BECAUSE OF MY SINCERE WISH TO TREAT EVERY MAN, AS I WOULD EXPECT TO BE TREATED.
AFTER THOROUGH INVESTIGATION ON CONTRACT PAYMENT FILE AS DIRECTED BY THE PRESIDENCY, I DISCOVERED THAT IT WOULD TAKE A LONG PROCESS FOR CONTRACT PAYMENT TO BE RELEASED DUE TO SOME IRREGULARITIES DETECTED IN FILE.
DURING OUR INVESTIGATION, WE FOUND OUT THAT ALOT HAVE BEEN SPEND SO MUCH MONEY IN TRYING TO GET ONE DOCUMENT OR THE OTHER FOR YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT, WHICH DID NOT EVEN REFLECT IN YOUR FILE, BUT I HAVE AN OFFER, WHICH WILL AT LEAST HELP YOUR FINANCIAL STAND UNTIL YOU RECEIVE YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT.
THIS OFFER IS AN AMOUNT FROM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DIPLOMATIC COMPENSATION PROGRAM.
IT IS A TOTAL SUM OF US$10,500,000.00 (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY), WHICH WILL BE SHARED BETWEEN YOU AND I IN THE RATIO OF 50%-50%.
THIS AMOUNT IS NOT FROM YOUR CONTRACT SUM OR HAVE ANY THING RELATED TO YOUR CONTRACT SUM, RATHER I WAS INSTRUCTED BY THE PRESIDENT TO GIVE A FINAL CLEARANCE TO SOME LISTED DIPLOMATS WHO SUPPORTED HIM DURING THE LAST ELECTION FOR HIS SECOND TERM IN OFFICE FOR A TOKEN OF APPRECIATION.
I AM OFFERING YOU THIS BECAUSE I HAVE SEEN THAT YOUR CONTRACT FUND WILL NOT BE RELEASED ON TIME UNTIL ALL THE ANORMALIES ARE RECTIFIED AND ALSO BECAUSE YOU ARE A CATAGORY A CONTRACTOR.
THE ONLY THINGS REQUIRRED FOR THIS US$10.5MILLION TO BE TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITHIN 48 HRS ARE AS FOLLOWS;
A NEW BANK ACCOUNT WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM WHAT IS IN YOUR FILE
US$750 WHICH WILL BE USE TO REGISTER YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN THE FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE
FOR YOUR INFORMATION, THIS IS A DIPLOMATIC TRANSACTION SO THERE WILL BE NO ANY BUREAUCRACY / MISFORTUNE IN THIS TRANSACTION.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AND IF YOU ARE WILLING TO MAKE
THIS DEAL WITH ME, YOU ARE ADVISED CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY ON THE ABOVE
TELEPHONE, FAX AND EMAIL FURNISHING ME WITH YOUR
NEW ACCOUNT,
FULL NAME
MALING ADDRESS
TELEPHONE & FAX NUMBER
AGE & OCCUPATION
MARITAL STATUS
ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL TAKE US JUST 48HRS TO ACCOMPLISH.
YOURS TRULY,
DR.DAN MUSA
So what’s the problem?? This nice man, that can hardly string 2 words of english together, has and admin problem. He is asking you for help and a little cash…
Shame on you
Unfortunately people see the huge sum to be “shared” and greed takes over, shame and very sad
Have you got a bit of spare time to string him along a bit?
There used to be a site on line somewhere where like minded individuals shared lots of fun ways to wind these guys up… I can’t be arsed to google it myself - but it did seem a lot of fun
The people sending these things out are as greedy as the stupid people replying, so if you show a little interest they almost always bite…
Well ask him for his bank details so that you can deposit it? Then you could post his bank details online for everyone to use…Or maybe you could arrange to meet him at a mutually convenient place so that you can give him to money… somewhere like
Broadway
London
SW1H 0BG
should do it…he can ask the security on the door for assistance:)
Yes they do, the UK is one of the best targets for this type of scam, as new people are coming on the Internet for the first time each day (normally AOL users )…
The return on this type of 419 scam and all other spam email has to only be about .01 % to make it worth their while sending, normally through a free open gateway. I think it’s now up to about 80% of all email is spams or viruses.
Don’t string him along because unless you know exactly what you’re doing, you might put yourself in a lot of danger. The people who do this are sometimes ruthless and violent criminals, with similarly-minded mates in the UK.The website referred to is this one: http://www.419eater.com/The Trophy Room (link at the top) is very funny.
My dad regularly get’s letters telling him he’s won the Spanish lottery and asking for his account details so that he can bank the ‘money’. Fat lot of good that is to him - he died ten years ago. . .
Get this sort of stuff fairly regularly at work in the closed inbox created by the spam filter.
The two most recent have been the Royal Bank of Scotland telephone banking security department and American Express Card security department checking on possible fraud.
Odd they should both have outsourced to Nigeria. Odder still is that I don’t have accounts with either.
Ever thought what a bu88er it must be to be a legitimate Nigerian business man using emails?
Yip, sitting with a problem where our Lagos office cannot send us emails, blocked as a possible spam source!
Might seem like an oxymoron, but a very legit Nigerian company HQ’d in the UK in banking software.
Most resort to using webmail services like Yahoo.
- but it did seem a lot of fun
)…