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In case you're really bored, you can read some of the variations of the
Nigerian '419' Scam emails I receive
every now and then. Apparently people are still
falling for this, which is not only naive but also
potentially dangerous.
From: "Kenneth Usman" <k_u1_1999@maktoob.com>
Date: 2002/01/04 vr PM 09:19:34 GMT+01:00 Dear Partner to be, It is my great pleasure in writing you this letter on behalf of my colleagues and myself. Your particulars were given to me by a member of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council (NIPC) who was at the Federal Government Delegation to your country during a trade exhibition. I have decided to seek your assistance for the actualization of the project described below: DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT: I am the Director, Project Implementation with the Federal Ministry of Science & Technology(FMST).With the cooperation of two other top officials, we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totalling Forty Nine Million Five hundred thousand united states dollars (U$49,500,000.00) which we want to lodge into an account abroad. To do this, we will need your cooperation as a foreigner who could front to receive the fund on our behalf. SOURCE OF FUND: The amount represents a percentage of the total contract value executed on behalf of my ministry by a foreign contracting firm which we over-invoiced. Though the actual contract value has been paid to the original contractor, leaving a balance to the tune of the amount aforementioned, which we have in principle secured approval to remit by telegraphic transfer (T.T) to any bank account, you will provide. PROCEDURE: Since the present government of Nigeria is determined to pay every foreign contractor all debts owed so as to maintain good relationship with foreign governments and non-governmental financial agencies, we have decided to include our bills for approval with the cooperation of some officials from the relevant government establishments. We are seeking your assistance in providing a good company s account or any other offshore bank account into which we can remit this money by acting as our main partner and trustee or acting as the original contractor. This will involve the swapping of account; changing of beneficiary name; and other forms of documentation. I have the authority of my partners to propose that should you be willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be 15% of the U$49.5million 80% for us. I have reposed confidence in you and hope that you will not disappoint me. Expecting your response. Thank you for your cooperation. Sincerely, Kenneth Usman
From: "idris abacha" <idrisabacha5@weedmail.com>
Date: 2002/06/05 wo AM 12:24:29 GMT+02:00 SIR, RE: DISTRESS CALL FOR URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL ASSISTANCE. I am IDRIS ABACHA, son of the former Nigerian Head of State, late General SANI ABACHA who died on June 7, 1998 as a result of cardiac arrest while on the seat of power. My main aim of sending you this mail is to solicit for your favor and help to receive into any of your chosen account the sum of thirty two million United State Dollars ($32m) only from one of my late father's secret vault which he operated during the period he was in office in one of the financial and security companies. The reason to get this money transferred into another unknown account in Europe, Asia or America is because since my father's death, the present democratically elected government has secretly investigated, frozen all our foreign accounts and started probing my late father's activities and wealth. On the other hand, MOHAMMED my brother is also being detained together with some of my father's aides, by the government as you read through the print media or the cable network. In view of this development, my mother, has cautioned that I should immediately transfer this money into an account that cannot be traced to us without delay before the government could di! scover the fund. In agreement with my mother, I have consulted our family Attorney, by name CHIEF BARRISTER LAS BAYERO (S.A.N) who has agreed and promised to handle all modalities regarding to the transfer. However, our family Attorney has held series of meetings and concluded the whole agreements with the Security official under whose custody the fund is kept, awaiting for the familys' approval, of an off-shore account abroad where the fund will be pushed in confidentially within some few days, which is my purpose of asking for your help and assistance, to provide us with an account to enable me safeguard this only money left in our possession in your hands for the future welfare of my political ambition. Our Attorney and I after much deliberation with my family duly resolved that you will have 30% of the total sum and all your e-mails, telephone and fax bills and traveling expenses in the process of opening accounts if you don't have any good ones now, and other assistance rendered will be duly calculated and refunded to you as soon as the fund is received at your end. All we require from you is utmost sincerity and co- operation to enable us transfer this fund into your accou! nt through an offshore account that will be opened for the benefit of this deal. I am expecting you to advice me on a tested blue chip investment opportunity where this money will be well invested. Note that all correspondence relating to this issue should be directed to our family Attorney whom I have given power of attorney to handle this transaction owing to security reasons, since I have been kept under house arrest and bound from traveling out of the country by the government until the probe is over. Please try and assist us to safeguard this money well because it is all our hope. Be your brother's keeper and don't use our situation to sit on the money when it comes to you. The Almighty ALLAH, The Most Merciful will bless you abundantly and protect you and your family for helping and assisting me in time of great need. Regards, IDRIS ABACHA
From: Mrs.m.sese seko" <mseko11@hotvoice.com>
Date: 2002/06/08 za PM 01:23:19 GMT+02:00 ATTN: PRESIDENT/CEO DEAR FRIEND, I AM MRS. SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE- SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC). I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS BENSON AND BASHER OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER DISEASE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'S TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING OVER (JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM THIRTY MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$30,000,000,00.) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (BENSON) WHO HAS THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE SAID FUNDS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE INVESTMENTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU. IN CONCLUSION, IF YOU WANT TO ASSIST US , MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF THE BUSINESS, TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES INCLUDING REMUNERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES. FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION, THAT IS YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSE. BEST REGARDS, MRS M. SESE SEKO
From: "MARY" <mary_kb@lycos.com>
Date: 2002/06/19 wo AM 04:08:34 GMT+02:00 DEAR Sir/Ma I am very much interested to enter into a mutual business relationship with you, after going through your profile yesterday. I am Madam Maria Kabila, the second wife of the late President of Democratic Republic of Congo, Laurent Desire kabila who was assassinated on January 16th 2001, by one of his security aides. I am under severe pressure from this present military government headed by the first son of my late husband, General Joseph Kabila who felt victimized due to the incessant family problems between his biological mother and I .He has seized all the deposited funds registered under my care by my late husband, through the help of his friend who is the Governor of Central Bank of Congo. However, I have USD90m(Ninety Million United States Dollars only) currently in a coded security company vault overseas, which I now intend to use to establish a profitable business venture a abroad to enable me and my family start life all over again. As a result, I am urgently in need of a very reliable investor participant who is not know as my associate, that I could entrust with the PIN and Certificate of Deposit to help me remove the fund since no name were used in securing the vault. I cannot successfully claim it myself as the government starlight is still on my immediate family, hence I crave your assistance. You will in addition bank and assist me in investing (with my lawyers approval on project) as a front until the situation becomes more favourable for us to now meet and discuss the way forward. Finally, more details on the logistics and modalities of the transaction will be given to you on my receiving your acceptance letter. I do not need to remind you of the absolute secrecy and confidentiality that this transaction demands. Reply, through Email address is ideal. Best regards, Madam M. Kabila |
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