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October 12, 2003 at 12:07 am #583577AnonymousInactive
This must be most outragious spam i ever found in my mailbox.
From: The Desk of KEN OLA
Senior Manager: Pacific International Bank PLC.
40 Marina Street
LagosDear friend,
First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction. This is by virtue
of its nature being utterly confidential and top secret. We have decided to
contact you due to the urgency of this transaction, as we have been
reliably informed of your discretness, trustworthy and ability to carry out
legitimate business.THE PROPOSITION: A foreigner and American, Late Engr. Neal Walker, an Oil
merchant with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his death on an
EgyptAir Flight #990, which crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on October 31,
1999, banked with us at Pacific International Bank Plc Lagos and had a
closing balance of US$10,000,000.00 (Ten Milion United States Dollars
Only) as at the end of September, 2000. Attached here is a CNN webpage on
the unfortunate crash in 1999:
http://www.cnn.com/US/9911/02/egyptair990.list/index.htmlValuable efforts have been made by the bank to get in touch with any of
the Walker’s family or relative, but to no avail. The only Next of Kin
address that was given to the bank by Late Engr. Neal Walker was at Sierra
Loene, West Africa, in the person of Mrs. Mabel Brain. However, the said
address was destroyed during the last rebel crisis in Sierra Leone and the
woman was reportedly dead together with other United Nations Officials.
It is because of the perceived impossibility of locating a relative of the
Late Engr. Neal Walker (since they never gave birth to a child) that the
bank is making plans to ceed the said amount to the Defence Ministry for
the procurement of weapons of war. In order to avert this ugly situation,
few of
my colleagues and I have decided to contact you and seek your permission
to have you stand as Next of Kin to Late Engr. Neal Walker so that the
total amount of US$10 Million Dollars will be processed and released in
your favour into your personal
account.All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund will be carefully
worked out. We have secured from the probate, an order of Madamus, to
locate any of the deceased beneficiary. Be rest assured that this
transaction is risk-free. Also, your share for offering to assist us and
provide the receiving account will be 20% of the total sum, while 80% will
be for my colleagues and I, which also would be in your account for safe
custody and probable future investment purpose in your country.As soon as we receive an acknowledgement of your willingness to accept
our proposal, we shall furnish you with further details as we concluded
all arrangements to have the money transferred to you within 7 working
days from the date of commencement.If this proposal is acceptable to you, then furnish us with your most
confidential telephone and fax numbers at which time an application for
the fund release will be forwarded in your favour.Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation.
Regards,
KEN OLA
October 14, 2003 at 11:58 am #640139AnonymousInactiveJust got another one;
“PRIVETE AND URGENT
ATTN:Remco
Good Day,
I have to contact you immediately for your assistance as our overseas partner to handle this great millinium transaction. I know you may consider this transaction as strange since we have not met ourselves personally before. I got your esteemed address from the internet during my search for a reliable individual/company who can jointly handle strictly confidential transaction with me which involves the transfer of a reasonable sum of money to a foreign bank account. Due to the nature of this business transaction, a neutral person like you is preferred.
It is with trust confidence that I write to make this urgent and important business proposal to you.I am Senior Accountant with the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas here in Abuja Nigeria.
The purpose of this letter is to seek for your urgent assistance in securing the worth of an already executed remunerated contract numberLNG/PED/1140a/LAGREF/99, executed to the LNG by foreign contractors and the contract sum was deliberately over invoiced (inflated contract values) to the tune of sum of USD$18.500.000 (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Of American Dollars) Only.The original contractor have been paid following the completion and commissioning of the various contract and they are unaware of the over invoicing. Presently this fund has been approved for payment but still floating in Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suspense account awaiting activation.
However since the initial contract were executed by foreign films, only a foreign film can also make claims or act as a beneficiary for the purpose of transferring this money out of Nigeria, I and my colleagues agreed together to contact you for urgent assistance, we are in control of all the procedures and we have the capability to manipulate any kind of difficulties we may come across during the transaction. Your assistance will be needed for two main reasons:-
1. As senior government employees. We are not permitted by the Nigeria law to operate foreign accounts.
2. You will assist us to arrange on investment potentials and prospects in your country in order to enable us reduce part of the fund back to our country.
I and my colleagues also has agreed unanimously to compensate you with 20% of the total sum if you assist us to transfer this money in your nominated bank account 10% will be set aside to offset incidental expenses that might be incurred by either of us in the course of effecting this transfer. The remaining 70% shall be our due share.All necessary arrangement required for a conclusion of this transaction have been put in place with top officials of the Nigerian Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Nigeria to enable us conclude the whole transaction within 21 working days. What is required from you is as follows:-
A. Your bank details to be used where this funds should be remitted to and must be very reliable bank.
B. The name of the company to be used as beneficiary.
C. Your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication.The nature of your company s business is irrelevant to this transaction. It is also very important to inform you that this transaction and information shall be handled with absolute secrecy and confidential, because this deals involves some high ranking Nigeria government officials who would not ant to be involved/mentioned in any form of scandal, should this deal made open/exposed.
We shall appreciate your acceptance to assist us to conclude this transaction in distant time. Endeavor to contact me through my email address for security reason (seawell_darrell@yahoo.com) remember to send your private Tel/Fax Numbers so that we can officially communicate with you on these lines . indicating your interest. I will not contact any other person until I hear from you.
The reason for choosing email is because of privacy.
Thank you
Best Regard and God Bless
Dr. Darrell Seawell”
Do people really respond to this sjit?
October 14, 2003 at 2:11 pm #640143AnonymousInactiveThese are most commonly known as the Nigerian Scam…
Believe it or not many people fall for these scams.
Rick
Universal4October 14, 2003 at 2:18 pm #640144AnonymousInactiveThey don’t only send them via email either…
I received the second one that you posted through my fax machine about 4 months ago!October 14, 2003 at 3:19 pm #640147AnonymousInactiveI get these a lot – I can’t believe anyone falling for that!
October 14, 2003 at 4:39 pm #640149AnonymousInactiveThese scams produce millions a year.
Rick
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