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fmgc 21st May 2001 01:01

Dodgy Email
 
As well as flying I have a part time business and I received this email completely unsolicited. What do you think (Ihave edited names etc.):


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FROM: ENGR KXXS KEXXEDY
NIGERIA
E-Mail: [email protected]


ATTEN :)avid XXXXXXXX

VERY URGENT
OUR URGENT REQUEST FOR YOUR UNALLOYED CO-OPREATION
FOR THE TRANSFER OF USD$18,5OO, 000.00 (EIGHTEEN
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS ONLY).

We are a team of top government officials who are
highly placed with the petroleum trust fund (PTF), as
well as the federal government of Nigeria contract
review committee, who are interested in commencing an
immediate business relationship with you. We hereby
solicit strongly for your assistances, to enable us
transfer (forex) fund, which total usD$18,500,000.00
(eighteen million, five hundred thousand us DOLLARS
ONLY) into a reliable bank account overseas, which you
have absolute control over.
SOURCE:
During the military regime of late General sani
abacha’s government here in Nigeria, government
officials set up companies and awarded themselves
contracts which were grossly over in voiced in various
ministries. The present civilian government set up a
contract funds which are presently floating and in the
central bank of Nigeria ready for payment. However, by
virtue of our position as top civil servants and
members of this panel, we cannot acquire this money in
our names, l have therefore, been delegated as a
matter of trust, by my colleagues on the panel to look
for an overseas partner into whose account we would
transfer this sum of USD$18,500.00 (EIGHTEEN MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S. DOLLARS ONLY).
SHARE:
We have agreed to share the money thus:
1. 30% for the account owner (you)
2. 60% for us (the officials)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local
and foreign expenses. It is from the 60% that we wish
to commence the transaction has been well perfected
and we hope to commence the transfer latest eight (8)
working days from the date of receipt of the following
information by e-mail number.
Your bankers name and address, account number,
telephone and fax number, and your private tell/fax
numbers are needed.
The above information will enable us prepare letters
of claims and job description respectively. This way
we will use your company’s name to apply for payment
and re-award contract in your company’s name. We are
looking forward to doing business with you and solicit
your confidentiality in this transaction. Please
acknowledge the receipt of this letter via my office
e-mail Address: [email protected]


Yours faithfully,

ENGR KXXS KEXXEDY

____________________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk
or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie
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If I was to trust them do you think that they would have a Yahoo email address??

Sensible 21st May 2001 01:15

Obviously genuine, a chance of a lifetime has fallen into your lap :)

Actually, to complete the transfer from your account err sorry, I meant to your account, they need your bank account details and a sheet of your headed paper left blank apart from your signature at the bottom! :) :)

This scam has been around years, some presentations are more professional than others. All find their way to my bin. I simply don't need the money you see! :)

Just had a thought, 18.5 mil.! I've only been offered a share of 1mil. you are indeed special!!!!!!

[This message has been edited by Sensible (edited 20 May 2001).]

ickle black box 21st May 2001 13:53

All they're doing is building a list of email addresses, which they then hit with spam mail from all directions. Don't ever reply to one of these, or email the 'remove me from this list'. They'll just spam you more!

Icarus 21st May 2001 21:50

Lots more like this on the web, but here appears to be the news story when this first broke.

http://www.newsnet5.com/yourmoney/tr...08-161311.html


EGGW 21st May 2001 22:20

If you get Spam go to www.spamcop.net and report the buggers, this can be satisfying having their accounts cancelled :)

Ausatco 22nd May 2001 18:41

I received a similar letter by snail mail from Nigeria a year or so ago. God knows how they got my address - for obvious reasons I don't publish or divulge it in any on-line communications, but the fact that they took the trouble to get it is scary! I guess they've gone to email to save on postage. Business must be slow :)

Erase it, ignore it and forget it.

Cheers

AA

DOC.400 22nd May 2001 20:13

I had one too! Just told them to Foxtrot Oscar -wonder what I've started!!!

ExSimGuy 26th May 2001 18:56

Really old one ;(

I remember years ago the same sort of thing (usually purported to be from Nigeria) was being "spammed" by fax!

Yes, they wanted the signed blank letterhead then too http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/tongue.gif

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