Utmost secrecy and confidentiality!

[AfricanSkies]

Received in my email tonight...a) an excellent example of the honesty of an african bureaucrat or b) the worlds first surviving brain donor...

Attn,

First, I must apologise to you for using this medium to communicate to you about this project.

I am a highly placed official of Government of Nigeria and also a
founding member of the ruling party in Power now,the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP).

My committee - The Niger Delta Development Corporation(NDDC)-which is in charge of managing and supervising the disbursement of oil sales revenues for the Nigerian government which covers payment to foreign and local contractors who has executed contracts for our country.The revenues under our control runs into several hundred of millions of dollars monthly. My self and other colleagues in the NDDC are currently in need of a foreign
partner with whose bank account we shall transfer the sum of Twenty FiveMillion United States Dollars($25m).This fund was
accrued from various over invoicing of foreign contractors payments made over the years.

The Total fund is presently waiting in the Government Account named CBN/FGN INDEPENDENT REVENUE account number 400-939134 with J.P.MORGAN CHASE BANK,New York.You can do your independent verification of this. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the NDDC, we cannot acquire this funds in our name. This is because as top
civil servants, we are not allowed by law of the land to own or operate bank accounts outside our country for now.

I have been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues,
to look for an overseas partner in whose account we would
transfer the fund Hence the reason for this mail.We shall be Transferring the money to your account with your company as the beneficiary and you are been paid for a contract which you executed for our country through the NDDC and any other
Federal Mi! nistry that we decide to use to siphon the funds through.

For your support and partnership,please reply me to negotiate your fees or the percentage you wish to be paid when the funds arrive your bank account.

You must however note that this transaction, with regards to our disposition to continue with you, is subject to these terms. Firstly, our conviction of your transparency. Secondly, that you treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Finally and above all, that you will provide an account that you have absolute control over.

The transaction, although discrete, is legitimate and there
is no risk or legal disadvantages either to ourselves or yourself now or in the future as we have put in place perfect mchineries that will ensure a hitch free transfer into your account upon acceptance.

The transfer will be effected to your account within ten-fourteen
(10-14) working days as soon! as we reach an agreement and you furnish me with a suitable bank account and company name and address with all your contact numbers including fax number.

I am looking forward to doing business with you and do solicit
your confidentiality in this transaction, Please mail your
response to me through my private e-mail address, [email protected].

Yours faithfully,
Samuel Omonigho.

[Gunship]

AfricanSkies .. welcome to the wonderful world of Nigerian 419 and their great ideas .. and you know what they catch people dailey ! South Africa caught 15 in a 419 scandal a while ago but every Nigerian and his best mate is involved in this ... I receive at least three a week ... talk about the devil :mad: - I received this one this morning :

FROM: ENGR. SADIQ YUSUF

ATTN: DEAR FRIEND,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP.
First, I must solicit your strictest confidentiality in this transaction.This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and 'top secret'. You have been recommended by an associate who assured me in confidence of your ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a pending business transaction requiring maximum confidence.

We are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel who are interested in importation of goods into our country with funds which are presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this business we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your account the said trapped funds. The source of the fund is as follows:
During the last Military Regime here in Nigeria, the Government Officials set up companies and awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over-invoiced in their various ministries. The present Government set up a Contract Review Panel and we have identified alot of inflated contract sums which are presently floating in the Central Bank of Nigeria ready for payment. However, by virtue of our position as civil servants and members of the panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names. I have therefore been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look for an overseas partner into whose account we could transfer the sum of US$21,320,000.00 (Twenty-one Million Three Hundred and Twenty Thousand U.S Dollars). Hence we are writing you this letter.
We have agreed to share the money thus;
1. 20% for the Account owner (you)
2. 70% for us (The officials)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local and foreign expenses.
It is from our 70% that we wish to commence the importation business. Please note that this transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commence the transfer latest seven (7) banking days from the date of receipt of the following information by E-mail,your name, your companys name and Address, Telephone and fax numbers.

The above information will enable us write letters of claim and job description respectively. This way we will use your companys name to apply for payment and re-award the contract in your companys name. We are looking forward to doing this business with you and solicit your confidentiality in this transaction. Please acknowledge the receipt of this proposal using the alternative E-mail address below ONLY. I will bring you into the complete picture of this pending project when I shall have heard from you.

Yours faithfully,

Engr. Sadiq Yusuf.

N.B: PLEASE RESPOND ONLY THROUGH THIS ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS [email protected]

[airball]

I have received 6 of these letters from people claiming to be in Congo and Nigera over past few months .Sums range from $20,000,000 to $38,000,000. I assume that the mailing list was sold by an unscrupulous porn site that some one using my pc must have contacted (just shows you cann't trust your own 80 yr old mother) Any how does any one actually know what this scam is? Obviously it does not envolve the money mentioned.Is it a way of getting citizens credentials in foreign countries or other??

[Mobotu]

The 'scam' has been running for decades and has earned millions of dollars to some very clever and cunning people who basically rely on others greed.

The idea of gaining huge amounts of money for simply using your bank account for a transfer is just too irristable to most and even very large reputable companies have become victims over the years.

What surprises me is that people actually think they are going to receive part of the stolen loot! To those of us from Africa we know that when it comes to money at least 'Africans NEVER just give it away'.

It usually goes something like this - once they have all your details they proceed to 'create' bank payment orders which surprise surprise encounter a little hitch just hours before the set transfer is to be made, and WILL require you to make a payment from your account to unblock the situation.

Examples include paying a bank official to sign the payment order, paying someone in the government to close their eyes as the transfer is made etc.....

The amount involved can be anything between $5000 - $500,000 depending on how much money they think you have. At this point maybe 90% of people smell a rat and cut further contact with these parasites.

What they count on however is the remaining 10% of greedy brainless individuals who make the payment and think they will receive their fair share of the money. They NEVER do and that is the last they hear of these people and their money.

My advice is to not only delete and block these messages but also take note of their email address and give it to as many porn, advertising or even your enemies as you can. This way their ISP will quickly block their account when it becomes full and they will no longer receive emails from potential suckers.

Question: When can you call yourself an African?

When you can see through a Nigerian scam!

[Gunship]

International Citizens and Residents
1. Please Fax hardcopy of the 419 correspondence you received to the US Task Force at 202-406-6930 or 202-406-5031, especially any banking data, so that it can be included in the Task Force Database; state what Country you are sending from; and state whether there has been a Loss or there is No Loss.
Alternatively, you can email the material to Task Force Main in Washington DC ([email protected])

If there is a US Connection to the 419 operation, please Clearly state exactly what that is and give details.

2. Notify your Own Nation's National Law Enforcement Agency and your Own Nation's Foreign Office.

Do not expect to be contacted by Task Force in No Loss cases or in Loss cases without a US connection. There IS, however, an an informal group of National and International Law Enforcement Agencies which meets and shares Information and Data on Nigerian Scam operations, and it is Important that your 419ers data be on record to be included in these discussions.
The Nigerian Coalition 419 Scam Web Site (http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/)

[Gunship]

News 24 what else ? (http://www.news24.com/News24/Finance/Companies/0,4186,2-8-24_1277089,00.html)

Sanlam name in Nigerian scam.

Johannesburg - A massive Nigerian swindle being passed off under the Sanlam banner has been uncovered following careful sleuthing.

The swindle was operated from a head office in Nigeria without the insurance company's knowledge. It is not known how many in South Africa and abroad - where Sanlam also has considerable interests - have been caught out already.

The Scorpions unit is now in control of the investigation.

The swindle involves a website for the so-called Continental Bank of Africa (CBA), which doesn't in fact exist. The syndicate's mode of operation is to request investments via this website.

In this request, use is made word for word of investment proposals by Sanlam's Gensec Bank. Investors are also asked for advance payments to "cover the costs of their investment".

According to Sanlam forensic division head Jaques Marnevicke, the swindle came to light when a Sanlam client who wanted to invest in the scheme enquired from Sanlam about the credibility of the promised earnings.

"Sanlam and the companies in the group have never been involved in the fictitious Continental Bank of Africa, and we wish to warn our clients and other investors most urgently to keep away from this swindle," Marnevicke said.

He said there is a new trend among Nigerian fraud syndicates to operate under the banner of large South African companies, especially those with foreign ties.

"The South African public has been pestered by false Nigerian investment schemes for years, so much so that the many letters in this regard no longer trick the alert South Africans. That's why the Nigerian syndicates are now misusing the names of established companies like Sanlam.

"This latest swindle of course has worldwide tentacles, because it is also seen overseas by prospective investors as a result of Sanlam's foreign business ties. As the investigation has only just begun, we don't know yet how many people have fallen for it. We will have to wait until the losers contact us."

Marnevicke says in addition to being reported to the Scorpions, the matter has also been brought to the attention of the Reserve Bank. At the time of going to the press, there had not been any arrests yet.

Marnevicke has requested Sanlam clients or any visitor to the Sanlam website who has come into contact with this swindle or who has been asked to transfer money to the CBA to report the matter to Sanlam.

"They must under no circumstances give any account details or transfer any money to these fraudsters."

[soggyboxers]

Another fun website to check out the latest Nigerian scams is:
The Boys From Lagos (http://www.scamorama.com/#notes )
:D

[airball]

Thank you soggy boxers. 'Boys from lagos' is a very good site and answered all questions.Whole thing is quite unbelievable......oh well

[lostcomm]

oh yes, the story is a million years old. how to get the money from a naive person. nigeria is world famous for that.