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[D Hook]

Got this today in an email:




Subj: please reply
Date: 8/11/03 9:09:07 PM Central Daylight Time
From: idrismugu2@hotmail.com
Reply-to: idrismugu@fastermail.com
To: idrismugu2@hotmail.com
Sent from the Internet (Details)



From the Desk of: Dr. IDRIS MUGU
Executive Director and Financial Controller(NNPC)

Dear Sir,

I am Dr, IDRIS MUGU the financial controller ofNigeria National
Petroleum corporation (NNPC) and by virtue as adirector in the NNPC Lagos, I
got your contact address from an associate working with the Nigeria export
promotion council and I decided to propose to you this business in strict
confidence. Purpose: on behalf of myself and my colleagues who are
ministerial officers and the other officer in charge of off-shore remittance
in this corporation, we are seeking your assistance for the transfer of
thirty million united state dollars ($30,000,000.00)to your account for
further private investment. Hence ourrequest for your assistance. Source of
Fund : this amount to be transferred into your account accured from an over-
invoiced contract amount for the construction of anoil refinery sub-station
in Nigeria (northern region) in 2001to an expatriate company. The contract
which was originally valued for one hundred and nine million U.S dollars was
manipulated to read one hundred and thirty nine million U.S dollars. The
extra $ 30,000,000.00 US dollars is what we want totransfer to your account.
This contract has been completely executed and the contractor had been paid
their entire contract sum remaining US$ 30,000,000.00.Requirement: what we
expect from you in your replyare:
A. Your name and contact address, your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication.
B. The name of your bank, phone and telex number and your bank account
number for submission to the
ministries as to where this money will be lodged.
C.You shall arrange for us to meet with you immediately after the money had
beenremitted in
to your account.
Disbursement:We have resolved that youtake 30% of the total amount for your
assistance because it is impossiblefor us to claim the over
invoiced money here in Nigeria without your assistance in addition 10% has
been mapped out for any miscellaneous expensesincurred by you and us during
the business and 60% is for my colleagues and myself.
Security: all modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of
this money have
been worked out. So, this transaction is 100% riskfree. Though, you are
required to treat this business withstrictconfidence.I await your immediate
response through my e-mail address above send me your confidential fax and
phone for speedy correspondence. I will highly appreciate if you treat this
business with strict confidence for security reasons.Our communication
should be on e-mail messages only.


Best regards,
Dr IDRIS MUGU

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Ooops...guess I blew the confidentiality thing. Man, what a scam! I'd heard of this but this is the first time I actually rec'd one.

[dwak]

I get that Nigerian stuff a lot too. They must have learned their stuff from the Toronto and Montreal 'boiler room' boys!

dwak

[5150]

I've had hundreds of variants of the nigerian scam, if you're really bored and want a giggle send them a reply acting as if you're really interested... i spun one moron along for weeks making my story more and more ludicrous the longer it went on

[jad73]

yeah i did the same... is quite fun when your bored

[Minus000]

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[Richard]

I got a scam today also. Foreign accent (sounded Indian) calls and says because of my shopping at large Dept. Stores, as a sign of their appreciation, I will get $100 in free gas coupons if I give them my credit card number so as to charge the $1.95 S&H charges. Needless to say, I harassed them right back, even asked for their website which I tried to call up while they were on the phone. Not a valid address the screen said. They were perplexed and I hung up.