Nigerian Scam

scorpio_biker

At last I have received my invitation to help a Nigerian get all that money out of his country.

However I am concerned that the client has "been under probe" - sounds a bit painful to me

Greetings and Compliments.

Dear,Respected One

I have gotten your contact from a directory posted on the Internet accessed after a keen search for some one with the potential to be assertive in the matter expressed to you in this missive.

I am a lawyer as you may need to Know and I represent the interest of an important client of mine whose details I cannot release at this point has implored me to contact a reliable and trustworthy partner overseas to urgently receive and handle funds totaling TWENTY-EIGHT MILLION US DOLLARS (US$28.M) in CASH my client who has been under probe since the demise of the last Military President of Nigeria and he had a lot of his physical and monetary assets seized by the Nigerian Government who consider him as a part of the corrupt machinery of the then Military Government,

I decided to send this mail to know more about your companies and your good self since there was no previous existing relationship with you. So my inquiries is to finding out if you will be of help to assist us in this regerd to invest this fund in your country.

Due to my client's inability to travel out of the country presently and the fact that we continue to accumulate huge debts daily as long as this consignment remains in the security company, we need a friend and partner to proceed as soon as possible and retrieve this money on behalf of my client and handle it as duly instructed.

your maximum cooperation and support will be needed at all level. Finally to assist us in this project please kindly provide me with your private contact Telephone and fax Numbers including your Address to enable me open up full details to you for more clarification terms and modalities.

Yours sincerely,

Barr,Raymond Kuti

I must say, they are very polite tho

DebtEverest

I have been receiving at least two of these messages a week for the past month or so!
Each one is slightly different and references a different person in a different country each time.

One of them even stated to be trying to access 'funds' Yasser Arafat had deposited somewhere, shortly after he died.

I haven't had one since before Christmas so maybe mine are now stopped by my AOL spam blocker.

peter_the_piper

I'm beginning to feel left out, I haven't had one for weeks. They're always a good laugh.

sweven

I received one at work from a major in the US army in Iraq who had discovered Saddam's stash of Gold, Diamonds and Cash. Strangely, his English was very poor, even for an American, so I was a bit dubious.

I replied to him that I didn't need any gold, diamonds or cash, but if that he'd found any weapons of mass destruction I'd be very interested. He replied the next day to say he had found WMD, but although I've emailed him about them again I've never heard from him since. Perhaps he's fed up with me sending all the emails!

juno

I'm beginning to feel left out, I haven't had one for weeks. They're always a good laugh.

Well, I've never had one!

Rex_Mundi

Next time you get one of these, you might want to try here
http://www.419eater.com/forum/

It's another forum devoted to these kinds of email scams. Some people play them along for months. There are loads of tips on how to wind the sender up, and some of the accounts of months of email wind up are hilarious.

ReductionQueen

Next time you get one of these, you might want to try here  
http://www.419eater.com/forum/

It's another forum devoted to these kinds of email scams. Some people play them along for months. There are loads of tips on how to wind the sender up, and some of the accounts of months of email wind up are hilarious.

Hilarious! I might have a look at this, though I have a sneaking suspicion that I will end up there for hours.....

sabbykins

I love that site, it makes me jealous that i've never recieved one of those emails!!

trisontana

A new variation of this scam has now appeared. The other day I received this in my in box :-

"Rodreguez Import/Export Inc.
1/281a Miller Street North Sydney 2060,
Sydney Australia.

Dear Sir/Madam,
I'm Dr.Lucas Fernaldo I represent Rodreguez Import and Export Company based
in Sydney Australia.

My company exports cocoa, rubber and timber for world trade. We are searching
for representatives who can help us establish a medium of getting to our
customers in Europe and America as well as making payments through you as
our payment officer.

Most of our customer pay out in cheques and we do not have an account in
your country that will clear this money. It is upon this note that we seek
your assistance to stand in as our representative in your country.

Note that, as our representative, you will receive 10% of whatever amount
you clear for the company and the balance will be paid to us.

If you are interested in this business transaction, forward to us the information
below:


(1)Your full names,
(2)Contact address and,
(3)Phone/fax numbers."

But , of course the aim is the same , to get details of your bank account and probably ask you for some fees upfront.

lady_noluck

Rex_Mundi wrote:

Next time you get one of these, you might want to try here
http://www.419eater.com/forum/

It's another forum devoted to these kinds of email scams. Some people play them along for months. There are loads of tips on how to wind the sender up, and some of the accounts of months of email wind up are hilarious.

Oh, how I love this site (and mse of course ) I laughed till I cried with the "let's skip the foreplay" in Publish your work section. (unable to post link). Check out the photos sent!

busy2005

I own a small internet business and have just been thwarted by a nigerian customer.
I received an order which was all paid for from a nigerian customer. Since the payment went through they have been hassling us by email asking us to help them get 6 sony ericson phones and ship them to nigeria. Payment will only be made by credit card which is so obviously an act of fraud and so obviously we refused to help them.
Unfortunately the payment for the items they ordered had been processed
by worldpay before we had the chance to reject it leaving me feeling quite sick. The order was £45 not a lot I know but I feel sure that some time soon I will receive a chargeback which will end up costing us a further £25.
The order is sat here waiting to be dispatched but obviously since this transaction is more than likely an act of fraud we are not going to dispatch or we stand to loose over £100. As a small company this is an expense we could do with out so I just wanted to warn any other internet retailers about this problem.