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I got this in May last year and loved it so much I couldn't delete it. They are corkers....


DR. MARK PETERS,
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT,(NNPC)
LAGOS- NIGERIA
CELL: +234-805 427 5116
TEL: 234 1 7600125

ATTN: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO,

DEAR SIR ,

IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU. I AM SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MY COLLEAGUES TO SEEK A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$10 MILLION (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY. THIS MONEY AROSE FROM A DELIBERATE OVER - INVOICING OF A PARTICULAR CONTRACT AWARDED CORPORATION IN 2004.

WE HAVE BEEN SAFEGUARDING THIS MONEY SINCE THEN, AWAITNG AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THE MONEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO A SAFE KEEPING, PENDING OUR ARRIVAL FOR THE SHARING AND UTILIZATION WITH THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT. NOW THE NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE ORDERED THAT ALL DEBTS OWED FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE GOVERNMENT BE PAID IMMEDIATELY, ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER, WE WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TO PRESENT YOU OR YOUR COMPANY AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING OWED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED THUS, 75% WILL BE FOR US (I AND MY COLLEAGUES),20% WILL BE FOR YOU FOR COLLABORATING AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE WHILE THE REMAINING 5% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE, THAT THE NATURE OF YOUR COMPANY'S BUSINESS IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS TRANSACTION AS ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND
HITCH- FREE TRANSACTION. NOTE THAT THIS MONEY IS STILL IN SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF MY CORPORATION (NNPC) WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO EMAIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO US IMMEDIATELY.

(1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS
(2) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(3) YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS , PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(4) YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER

WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO RISKS INVOLVED ON BOTH PARTIES. WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 14
WORKING DAYS ON RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO THIS PROPOSAL BY E-
MAIL. PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH THE TEL NUMBERS OR E-MAIL ADDRESS ABOVE SIGNIFYING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS BUSINESS THIS INFORMATION IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT.FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE CONVEYED TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS.

DR.MARK PETERS

[denizaksulu]

I got this in May last year and loved it so much I couldn't delete it. They are corkers....


DR. MARK PETERS,
ACCOUNT DEPARTMENT,(NNPC)
LAGOS- NIGERIA
CELL: +234-805 427 5116
TEL: 234 1 7600125

ATTN: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO,

DEAR SIR ,

IT IS WITH TRUST AND CONFIDENCE THAT I MAKE THIS URGENT AND IMPORTANT BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU. I AM SENIOR ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS. I HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED BY MY COLLEAGUES TO SEEK A FOREIGN PARTNER IN THE TRANSFER OF THE SUM OF US$10 MILLION (TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) ONLY. THIS MONEY AROSE FROM A DELIBERATE OVER - INVOICING OF A PARTICULAR CONTRACT AWARDED CORPORATION IN 2004.

WE HAVE BEEN SAFEGUARDING THIS MONEY SINCE THEN, AWAITNG AN APPROPRIATE TIME WHEN THE MONEY CAN BE TRANSFERRED INTO A SAFE KEEPING, PENDING OUR ARRIVAL FOR THE SHARING AND UTILIZATION WITH THE OWNER OF THE ACCOUNT. NOW THE NEW CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE ORDERED THAT ALL DEBTS OWED FOREIGN CONTRACTORS BY THE GOVERNMENT BE PAID IMMEDIATELY, ON THE STRENGTH OF THIS ORDER, WE WISH TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT TO PRESENT YOU OR YOUR COMPANY AS ONE OF THE CONTRACTORS BEING OWED BY THE GOVERNMENT.

MEANWHILE, WE HAVE AGREED THAT THE MONEY WILL BE SHARED THUS, 75% WILL BE FOR US (I AND MY COLLEAGUES),20% WILL BE FOR YOU FOR COLLABORATING AND PROVIDING THE NECESSARY ASSISTANCE WHILE THE REMAINING 5% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FOR INCIDENTAL EXPENSES THAT MIGHT BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION.

NOTE, THAT THE NATURE OF YOUR COMPANY'S BUSINESS IS IRRELEVANT TO THIS TRANSACTION AS ALL ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONCLUDED FOR A SUCCESSFUL AND
HITCH- FREE TRANSACTION. NOTE THAT THIS MONEY IS STILL IN SUSPENSE ACCOUNT OF MY CORPORATION (NNPC) WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA.YOU ARE REQUIRED TO EMAIL THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO US IMMEDIATELY.

(1) YOUR COMPANY NAME AND ADDRESS
(2) YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(3) YOUR BANK NAME AND ADDRESS , PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
(4) YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBER

WE HAVE TAKEN MEASURES TO ENSURE THAT THERE ARE NO RISKS INVOLVED ON BOTH PARTIES. WE HAVE ESTIMATED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL BE CONCLUDED WITHIN 14
WORKING DAYS ON RECEIPT OF YOUR ACCEPTANCE LETTER TO THIS PROPOSAL BY E-
MAIL. PLEASE REACH ME THROUGH THE TEL NUMBERS OR E-MAIL ADDRESS ABOVE SIGNIFYING YOUR INTEREST IN THIS BUSINESS THIS INFORMATION IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL AND URGENT.FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE CONVEYED TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECEIVE YOUR ACCEPTANCE RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS.

DR.MARK PETERS

That ending is the same ending that GetReal used to use - which in yurn, I also adopted. Could GR be the mystery 'Scammer'?

[free_cyprus]

Get Real!
when i get emails like that i usualy write back and tell these people that i work for the bbc and i make documenteries regarding crime and froud and then i ask them if i can make a documentary about my good fortune regarding them and their honesty, and they never write back to me again lol

[Get Real!]

BEST REGARDS.

DR.MARK PETERS


That ending is the same ending that GetReal used to use - which in yurn, I also adopted. Could GR be the mystery 'Scammer'?

Oh definitely! I mean that’s a dead giveaway Deniz… who do you work for Sherlock Holmes?

[Get Real!]

Checklist for Berkina Faso...

1. Divorce wife...

2. Donate crappy house and car to worst enemy.

3. Drive by employer and tell him what I think of him!

4. Tell all mates that henceforth they'll need an appointment to see me.

5. Empty pockets of petty change to make room for big bills.

What else did I forget?

[denizaksulu]

BEST REGARDS.

DR.MARK PETERS


That ending is the same ending that GetReal used to use - which in yurn, I also adopted. Could GR be the mystery 'Scammer'?

Oh definitely! I mean that’s a dead giveaway Deniz… who do you work for Sherlock Holmes?

I expected a different answer from that GR. But never mind. I get worried in case they think we are the same person.

[phoenix]

Checklist for Berkina Faso...

1. Divorce wife...

2. Donate crappy house and car to worst enemy.

3. Drive by employer and tell him what I think of him!

4. Tell all mates that henceforth they'll need an appointment to see me.

5. Empty pockets of petty change to make room for big bills.

What else did I forget?

. . . . . Me?

Pip-pip
Phoenix

[devil]

The sad thing is that there are people who fall for these scams.

Statistics about the 419 are problematical: perpetrators do not publish information on their demographics or revenue, victims often do not report their losses, successful prosecutions are rare, media coverage is often uncritical.

A UK presentation at the 2002 International Conference on Advance Fee (419) Frauds reportedly claimed that around 1% of the millions of people who receive 419 e-mails and faxes are successfully scammed. Annual losses to the scam in the United States total more than $100 million, and law enforcement officials believe global losses may total over $1.5 billion.

The US National White Collar Crime Center and FBI Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) 2001 Internet Fraud Report (PDF) indicated that 419 fraud cases amount to 15.5% of reported grievances, with only one in ten crimes being reported. The median loss was US$5575, compared to a median for all internet fraud of US$435.

In 2006 the Queensland Police Fraud & Corporate Crime Group reported that 419 scams had defrauded over $7 million from Queenslanders, including financial advisers, lawyers and university professors. One victim had handed over $2.2 million to scammers over the preceding two years.

Harvey Glickman's insightful The Nigerian "419" Advance Fee Scams: Prank or Peril? (PDF) analysed a set of 419 email messages, which supposedly came from

Nigeria 80 (41%)
South Africa 35 (18%)
Sierra Leone 16 (8%)
Zaire 11 (6%)
Zimbabwe 10 (5%)

and were attributed to -

64 from widows, heirs, or someone representing
4 from ex-military, most of these numbers rolled into governmental officials as a category
67 from governmental officials
53 bank officials/accountants
2 other company officials

Even sadder, there have been many murders of victims and tens of suicides of idiots who have lost every sou.

.

[LENA]

I got some of them last year but not anymore...most of them were about trips, or gifts only one of those was about money like the one that GR got.



Hope none of it was true because i never replied to any of those.

[denizaksulu]

[quote="LENA"]I got some of them last year but not anymore...most of them were about trips, or gifts only one of those was about money like the one that GR got.



Hope none of it was true because i never replied to any of those.[/quote]

At least you have the brains girl. Can anyone please check on Epsilon and make sure he has not responded to these geeks. After the Irish Air Disaster we dont want him to fall for this scam, do we now?