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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:31 PM
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OH boy, are they ever getting creative..
Via Email:
Dear Friend,

I have a Secure Business Transaction which I need your assistance worth $7.5M,
Your Benefit will be 30% of the total funds; Please if you are interested
do reply for more details of this transaction via my personal
E-mail: hamzanabeelzark@blahblah.com

Engr. Nabeel Zarki Hamza (Mayor).
Oil Merchant, Libya.




Anyone want in? :shrug: And do people really fall for this?
PS. I changed the address.. but its a very common one.
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Warpy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:38 PM
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1. No thanks. That Nigerian prince
will transfer my three million dollars any day now and I don't want to seem greedy.
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Wilms Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:57 PM
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2. That's something like the letter the CIA sent to the White House last month.

Now you know why we're bombing Libya.

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Warren DeMontague Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-23-11 07:59 PM
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3. If you're bored & need a laugh, check out scamorama.com
Some of the exchanges are pretty funny.
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Lucky 13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 12:34 AM
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4. Don't laugh. Every ten minutes someone falls for an Internet scam...
...that person is Michael Scott.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 11:11 AM
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9. I haven't seen that Web site before.
I'm checking it out now. My favorite is www.419eater.com.
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 09:15 AM
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5. I have it from the Presidency that your message is a scam.
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THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENCY
ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION
14A AWOLOWO LANE, IKOYI
LAGOS NIGERIA.
Motto: No Body is Above the LAW

FROM THE DESK OF: Mrs. Farida Waziri
RE: BE CAREFUL OF THE HUDLOOMS
Following the recent broadcast of the president and the commander in chief of armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria during the visit to the America President Mr.Barack Obama, his speech to the united nation, couple with recommendation and resolution of his last visit to South Africa, British, France and the UNGA United Nations General Assembly in New York), a total sum of $2.8 Billion has been mapped out by the SENATE to settle all outstanding foreign debts owned to contractor this year.
It has therefore become imperative for us to explore our options for reducing our debt servicing policy to affordable and sustainable levels. On the order of the president as a mark of his reconciliation and image laundering exercise toward sanitizing the battered image of the federal republic of Nigeria abroad.
I am Mrs. Farida Waziri Chairman Economic And Financial Crime Commission, a committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria under the able President DR GOODLUCK JONATHAN. The purpose of the committee among other is to investigate, verify and settle all outstanding debts owed to foreign contractors whose payment is overdue. During the last military dictatorship of Late General Sani Abacha, many abnormalities had happened in the Central Bank of Nigeria and Union Bank of Nigeria where some top official of the apex Bank collaborate with importers and abandon our contractor half way with levies and taxes.
Consequently, we received a directive from the office of the president, ordering the above office to settle all genuine contractors whose debts has been outstanding for a long time now. These are those who has shown sufficient proof regarding the release of their fund, And we wish to inform you that in our record here, you have fulfilled such conditions.
But the reasons why your own Transfer has to be delayed is because, there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Peter Woo , who is presently trying to make us believe that you entered into an agreement with him, to help you in receiving your fund, in his bank account in China. So here comes the big question. Did you sign any Deed of Assignment in favor of Mr. Peter Woo, thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details: Account Name: Indo-China Group Ltd, A/C #: USD114-102-5567-8, Bank Name: Standard Chattered bank, 138-141 1st Floor, Edinburgh Tower, the Landmark, 15 Queens Road, Central Hong Kong, Swift Code: SCBL 11k111.
If you did not sign, nor authorize Mr. Peter Woo to receive your payment on your behalf, kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details, to avoid making payment to a wrong person, attempt to divert your payment to a new account without your knowledge may have been done by your local representative with the assistance of some (Union Bank of Nigeria) Officials, of whom most of them are presently under our custody and will face prosecution under section 35A sub section 1-2-4 of the criminal code of Nigeria, pending on when we finish with our investigation.
This office is glad to inform you that your payment shall be made as soon as this information needed from you is submitted, either by Telegraphic Transfer or by international Certified Bank Draft. We are sorry to inform you that the Federal Government of Nigeria had made it clear to all foreign contractors whose payment is overdue, to be paid immediately hence all the modality relating to the release of your contract fund had been completed. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department of the CBN or Union Bank or any Government parasitical. This is to forestall new effort towards a diversion of your payment.

This office supersedes every other department in the CBN ,every other banks in Nigeria and correspondence bank abroad and is thus responsible for the final payment. The consequences of not heeding to this warning would be yours.
Although we have been able to come up with some good result about the people that have extorted money from you illegally and i wish to list them so that you will personally indicate them by witting back because we want to make your payment to you without any delay but we must surely deal and bring this names to book if only you will indicate correctly any of them.
The names of the Touts that have been arrested are as follows:
1)Dr.ken in U S A
2) PROF CHARLES SOLODO
3) CHIEF JOSEPH SANUSI
4)DR. R.RASHEED
5) BARRISTER AWELE
6)BARRISTER UCHEUZO WILLIAMS.
7) DR. HANZ MUSSA
UNION BANK (NIGERIA) PLC
8)Mr. Ernest Chukwudi Ebi
9)Mr Eric William
Deputy Governor - Policy / Board Member
10) Mr. Tunde Lemo Deputy Governor - Financial Sector Surveillance /
Board Member
11)MR CUPPA ACOKA.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA.
12) PASTOR GUMBS
13) PASTOR DESMOND
14) MR GEORGE PETERS
15)MR. PETER.JOSEPH
EXECUTIVE/ REMITTANCE DIRECTOR
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC
16) EDWARD WILLIAMS
The above listed names are been traced/investigated by our team and some of them have elope the country and note that if any of them is caught and find guilty he/she will go to jail for 25 years(twenty five years) as it is under the Degree 47 of the constitution of Nigeria under section of criminal law.
So we are waiting for you to write us and inform us if any of the above names have once contacted you in respect to the your fund if yes don't waste time to indicate it immediately.
We apologize on behalf of the President and the good citizens of Nigeria for any delay and lost this most have coursed you and promise that such thing will not happen again.And if you are dealing with any one of them regarding this payment we urge you to STOP because you are taking a big risk and you never find your money because your funds in the total sum $15.5MUSD (Fifteen Million five hundred thousand United States Dollars) is now with the WEMA BANK OF NIGERIA PLC a commercial recently approved by the Presidency to fulfill all foreign payments.
Considering the circumstances at hand, you are advice not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from this office. Call me immediately you receive this message for more information or send your reply to this email us mrsfaridawaziri@centrum.cz
Hope to hear from you soon.
Best regards,
Mrs. Farida Waziri
CHAIRMAN: ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION(E.F.C.C).
ASSISTANT CHAIR PERSON (MUSA BELLO).
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 11:06 AM
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8. "....kindly reconfirm to us, your genuine bank account details,..."
Anyone who falls for this has to be a complete idiot.
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Prof Lester Donating Member (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 09:49 AM
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6. That's really great.
Edited on Sun Apr-24-11 09:56 AM by Prof Lester
I am so filled with confidence when the President is a guy called "Goodluck Jonathon." (Or is it GOODLUCK JONATHON) as it says in the letter. Like.. "Okay, we got the guy who's going to lower the boom on all these email scammers." "Right. Goodluck, Jonathon."
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Takket Donating Member (89 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 09:55 AM
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7. The mayor is also an oil merchant? That's a conflict of interest. nt
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AsahinaKimi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 08:43 PM
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10. maybe he is the
Mayor of the Oil Merchants? :rofl:
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Incitatus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Apr-24-11 08:47 PM
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11. Yes, people really do fall for this.
Edited on Sun Apr-24-11 08:49 PM by Incitatus
Just consider some of the things teabaggers believe or scientologists and mormons. Then there are some elderly with diminished mental capacity, yet access to considerable funds.

If they send out 10 million spams and only get one sucker, they still get one hell of a payday.
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