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(Message started by: Mark C on Dec 4^th, 2002, 11:05am)

Title: Scam
Post by Mark C on Dec 4^th, 2002, 11:05am

I finally recieved the "Nigeran Money Scam" in my e-mail. Cool.... this one has been around for a while, I am surprised it is still around. Take a look. All they want is my bank account number!

Message subject is ASISSTANCE REQUEST
From eboh chinedu1 <eboh.chinedu1@caramail.com>

ATTN: THE PRESIDENT
FROM: DR. EBOH CHINEDU
TEL: 234 1 7763734
FAX: 234 1 7591328

SIR,

You might have received my proposal which I sent to you by
post. I have been out of town since two months, as I came
back I decided to email this proposal to you in case you
did not receive the one I sent by post.

If you are interested, do call me on telephone number 234 1
7763734. Although this letter may come to you as a
surprise, please accept it as an introduction of
myself and a request for your urgent attention. I am
sending this letter to you based on information gathered
from the foreign trade office of
the Nigerian chamber of commerce and industry during my
search for a reputable, honest person with whom I will
execute this deal.

I am an Accountant and member of the "TENDER'S COMMITTEE"
of my Corporation, the Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation (N.N.P.C) in charge ofcontract awards, After
due consultation with other members of the committee, I
have specifically been mandated to arrange with you for a
possible transfer of some funds being an over estimated sum
resulting from various contracts executed by Saipem
Namprogetti and other foreign firms for my Corporation.
The contracts in question were for the following:-

(i)The construction of OSO condensate recovery plant worth
$1.2 Billion.
(ii)Construction of several pipeline network for crude, gas
and petroleum products evacuation, for $1.0 Billion.
(iii) $80M for Turn Around Maintenance (T.A.M) of Port-
Harcourt andWarri Refineries.

The original value of these contracts were purposely over-
inflated by us (Tender Committee) with the sum of
$30,000,000 (Thirty Million U.S.Dollars only), now that all
the firms have received their supposed payments accordingly
and the projects commissioned, we want to transfer this
over invoiced sum to a trusted foreigner's account. We
have agreed that if your company can act as the
beneficiary, you will retain 30% of thetotal amount, 60%
for us while 10% will be set aside for any expense which
will be incurred (internal and external) during the
process of transfer,
since we as civil servants are prohibited by the code of
conduct bureau (civil service laws) from operating foreign
accounts.

Honestly we expect that some money are going to be spent
along the line of getting
the deal fruitfully executed. We expect to lobby some
top officials for them to approve the payment.

All modalities have been worked out with the top officials
of Federal Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of
Nigeria to facilitate the remittance of this sum of money
into your account within 14 workingdays of receiving the
following information from you:

(1).The name of the Bank, Account Number, Address and Telex
Number of the Bank.
(2).Your personal Phone, Fax and Telex Numbers for easy
communication.

We shall arrange a meeting immediately with the officials
involved for a face to face talk and hitch-free transfer of
these sum of money into your account.

Note that we have put in many years of meticulous services
to the Government, therefore, we would not want our
reputable image dented. Therefore,handle
this arrangement with maturity, topmost secrecy and urgency.

Thank you, as I look forward to your immediate reply.

Yours faithfully,
Dr. Eboh Chinedu
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Title: Re: Scam
Post by sueellen83 on Dec 4^th, 2002, 11:51am

Thanks for the heads up, Mark.

I guess I've been lucky, Haven't seen this one yet.

Sue Ellen

Title: Re: Scam
Post by ave on Dec 5^th, 2002, 10:01am

Mark, I have had I think two dozen of this, in all sorts of guises. Thought it was easing up. I've got a hope!

Title: Re: Scam
Post by fubar on Dec 5^th, 2002, 10:33am

Oh, that stuff is totally legit. I am expecting a deposit in my bank account today, as I just sent the last wire-transfer of my entire savings account to this guy so all the paper work could be completed. When I get my $9 million, I'll buy us all lifetime supplies of oxygen and imitrex.

D'oh!

Title: Re: Scam
Post by Jabeen on Dec 5^th, 2002, 10:58am

My husband has gotten about a dozen of these-I can't believe they would ever get someone to respond..but who knows?

Title: Re: Scam
Post by Drk^Angel on Dec 5^th, 2002, 11:11am

I guess some of them have had replies... It wasn't too long ago that one of the groups running the scam was busted, and it was said they'd conned ppl out of like a few hundred thousand dollars. Can't remember the particulars, and I'm too lazy to try to look it up. :P

PFDAN.................................. Drk^Angel

Title: Re: Scam
Post by fubar on Dec 5^th, 2002, 11:27am

This is known as the 419 Fraud or many other names. 419 refers to the criminal code in Nigeria that addresses this problem, but obviously it's still a huge problem. Estimates of actual money scammed by these outfits top $5 Billion. This has been going on since the 1980's.

Check out this informational site. There are many others as well.

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

Never underestimate the stupidity of the masses.

-Fu

Title: Re: Scam
Post by captdshea on Dec 5^th, 2002, 6:15pm

Having worked in Nigeria for the last 2yrs.
I can tell you this is A very small portion of the
Scams going on there. Many scams, Have turned
out to be imprisonment or death for the innocent.

Title: Re: Scam
Post by cerebus on Dec 6^th, 2002, 12:15pm

I got that one a couple of times myself

Cerebus