Waz, what do you think of this?

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING FEDERAL SECRETARIAT IKOYI-LAGOS FROM: MR. DELE BRIGHT ATTN:THE PRESIDENT/CEO Dear Sir, ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATE I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance Allocations of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria. Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be as strictly confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, untill the completion of the transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent. I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction. The deal, in brief, is that the funds with which we intend to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account at the Nigerian Apex Bank (i.e. the Central Bank of Nigeria) and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use in your country. For this, you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing in Nigeria for which payment should be effected to you by the Ministry, The contract sum of which shall run into US$10 Million, of which your share shall be 20% (US$2Million) if you agree to be our overseas agent. As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you shall also serve as our agent. In the light of this, I would like you to forward to me the following information: 1. Your company name and address if any 2. Your personal fax number 3. Your personal telephone number for easy communication. You are requested to communicate your acceptance of this proposal through my above stated email address after which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through. Your quick response will be highly appreciated. Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation. Yours faithfully, MR. DELE BRIGHT

received that spam e-mail recently.

Dear Arthur and Everybody on this list. Although those mails might be very very attractive, please do not fall into any of this. I have seen it even on the Rennlist Lounge and it pains me that people have fallen into these traps. These mails have turned people's life into misery, many were bankrupt. These people will drag you, attract you, promise you up till you spend your last penny in your banks. They can even meet you there as ministers and senators, as directors and managers, as princes and sons of kings.. They will forge, duplicate and immitate all documents from Presidency to Ministry to any agency letters. So you say you got nothing to lose and you will just reply, Ok.. this is what they do: they will call you and fax you many times as you reply and probably fax them back with no commitment really.. Soon, they will send you more convincing documents (forged of course) that the matter is at its peak.. So you think what the hell, it's only a $100... ok, there they go again and again and drag you more.. they'll send you bank evidences, accounts, etc.. (ahh.. forged of course).. so you think it's millions involved, what the heck.. another $1,000 wont change your life.. ...and on and on, and i know personally ppl who were ripped out empty pockets! PLEASE THE WORLD AS MOST OF YOU REALIZE IS NOT SO EASY SO THAT SOME1 CAN JUST SHOVE 20 MILLION DOLLAR IN YOUR ACCOUNT. I actually play with these ppl here coz they even call me and i drag them on and on and on until they are suckered out and i just throw them out of my office! DON'T BE GREEDY anyone who is thinking to reply those mails, please please don't.. If ever you want to reply to them, keep doing so and play with them until they ask you to send them even a single dollar or meet them somewher in USA or Europe.. THEN STOP!! Waz

Look Guys, EVEN EVEN EVEN and there is no one chance in a billion trillion lightyears that this should happen.. ANY transaction out of this country of ***** is monitored very closely by the CEntral Bank, am sure the Feds, am sure the other S.S's... (let's not go political on this..) BUT you will get eventually caught, though these whole letters are nothing but cr*p Waz

HEY GUYS THIS IS ONE OF MY REPLIES TO THE SUCKERS!!!! ENJOY: Dear Mr. Evans, It gives me such a great pleasure for you to have entrusted in me such a big responsibility. I am so deeply honoured and compelled to thank you from the deepest of my heart. Congrats! Unfortunately enough, I am really obliged to turn your attractive offer down since $20 million do not represent an amount enough for me to venture into such an operation. Please contact me furthermore should you have any similar transaction involving a minimum of $500 million or more. Thank you, Your Friend. BASTA!!! WAZ

ok waz, calm down now.....

I have seen documentaries in TV here on how they do that scam in Nigeria, unbelievable

I've received about 6 in the past year. I wonder how they get their lists, and I wonder if ANYONE we know has actually fallen for this. <img border="0" title="" alt="[Frown]" src="frown.gif" />

What does this thread have to do with 996's or Porsche's for that matter?

I used to get these hand written, and type written and mailed from Nigeria. In recent years I'm averaging 2-3 per month in E mails. Most are quite ingenious. My revenge is to reply to one with the copy of a previous, and ask them if they can beat the offer &lt;g&gt; It is know as the 419 scam. A google search "Nigerian Scam" brings up a plethora of sites. This one explains it in detail <a href="http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/" target="_blank">http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/</a> This site is dedicated to the payback. <a href="http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/a_kerenx/</a> Not all are immune. A former congressman Ed Mesvinsky got caught up in this 15 years ago, and lost what he claimed were millions. He's now doing time for his own scams. perry

Arthur, I dont want to see any lister lose his pcar on this.. i know a lot of people biting their fingers over this.. now if the adminstrators can delete this post.. Waz

I love the payback site - funny stuff

This showed up today: I got your contact while searching for somebody who will be of immediate assistance to me now, then I decided to forward this business proposal to you with hope that it will be beneficial to both of us. Let me introduce myself to you, I'm Prince Bruno Guei, the first Son of the former military ruler of ( cote d' Ivoire /ivory coast,) who had just been killed on 19/9/2002 with some of his loyalist officers during a cross fire battle between them and government troops in his attempt to seize power through coup d'etas in Abidjan on 19/9/2002 . In brief, I have the sum of Twenty million seven hundred thousand united states dollars only(us$20.7m) which I want to move out of here with most despatch. This money was deposited by my late father in a security company for the purpose of using it to fine tune his administration in the invent that he succeed in the fail coup attempt. While I was also made the sole beneficiary and next of kin as the first son of my mother the third wife to my father, in a situation like this that we are right now. So because of the present situation in my country cote d' ivoire , my mother advised me to leave the country immediately for security reasons, and also to look for a trust worthy foreign partner who can assist me to transfer the money out of Cotonou-Benin Republic to his private or company's account for investment. Sir, I highly need your assistance both in transferring the money to your country and also investing it in a profitable venture with your kind advice ,as I confide in you hoping you will never betray me at last. My mother and I have proposed (25%) percent of the total sum of the money for you as your own commission, so as for you to give us all necessary assistance and protection we may need in your Country. Please treat as highly confidential because e our future depends on this money, all the vital document! to covering the deposit of the fund in a security company are with me here in Cotonou, and will be used to effect change of ownership in your favour for subsequent transfer to any account you may wish us to use abroad . The identity of the finance company where the fund is deposited, will be revealed to you as soon as I receive confirmation from you on your willingness to proceed, as seeing is believing. Reach me through this mail box to discuss modalities on how to proceed. Looking forward to hearing from you urgent. Best wishes. Bruno