i just got this in my inbox:
quote:
From: "hamid umar" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 04:37:05 -0800
To: [email protected]
Subject: Mutual Relationship
> I am the territorial manager of UnionMerchants Bank Ltd.
> Western zone with the headquarter in Lagos- Nigeria. The
intended business
> is
> thus; we had a customer, an expartirate resident in Nigeria he
was a
> contractor with one of the government parastatal in the Energy
sector.
> He executed a contract with Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas plant
(NLNG) which
> the
> value was Eighteen Million United States Dollars ($18,000,000
.00) before he
>
> went
> back, he waited for this fund but couldn't, so be he instructed
the ministry
> to
> lodge the fund into his account with my branch for onward
transfer to a
> foreign
> account which he will nominate and the lodgement has been made.
> Unfortunately,
> the man died in a plane crash which equally killed our sports
> minister
> Dr.Ishaya Mark Aku,
> which occurred in May this year and non of his next of kin
> has come forward to claim the money. Having noticed this, I in
> conjuction
> with two other top officials of the bank we have covered up the
account all
> this
> while. Now we want you (being a foreigner)to be fronted as one
of his next
> of
> kin and forward (1) Your banking name,(2)Your account
number(3)Your private
> fax&phone numbers for easy communication and other relevant
documents to be
>
> advised to you by us to attest to the claim,We will use our
positions to
> get
> all internal documentations to back up the claims.The whole
procedures
> will
> last only fourteen working days to get the fund retrieved
successfully
>
> without trace even in future.Your response is only what we are
waiting
> for as
> we have arranged all the necessary things .As soon as this
message comes
> to
> you kindly get back to me
> indicating your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole
> procedures
> to ensure that the transaction is successfully concluded. For
your
> assistance
> we have agreed to give you Thirty percent (30%) of the total
fund at the
> end of
> the transaction. You will equally guide us on where to invest
our share in
> your
> country which is lucrative and which attracts less taxation.
It's risk
> free
> and all correspondence toward this transaction should be through
this e-mail
> [email protected]
Remember to keep secret,we don't want nything to jeopardize
> this once in a life time luck.Thanks,Yours Sincerely,
> DR. HAMID UMAR
>
>
>
>
>
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notice he didn't even send it to me personally? 'you@yourdomain' indeed!
so anyway, taking a leaf from the quirk's book, i replied thus:
quote:
Mr Umar,
I read your proposal with great interest.
Of course I would be interested in embarking on this endeavour.
Two things however are of concern to me.
Firstly, what would happen if one of your customer's true next of kin
should come forward at a later date? Who (if anyone) would then be
responsible for the funds?
Secondly, What recommendations have you received which prompted you
to choose me as your overseas liaison? I am interested to know how I
am referred to in certain circles and would be obliged if you would
let me know who recommended me to you.
I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.
Best wishes,
Calum A. Carlyle
will keep you updated on any further developments!
it seems to me that the way this scam would go is that if this money exists, and if the story is true, the whole thing would go off as planned, then afterwards the real next of kin (who has an arrangement with the banker) would be able to sue me for the money which was all taken out in my name (and which i only got 30% of) and then the bank manager and the next of kin get a total of 170% of the money between them when they win the lawsuit against me. i will be interested to see if they try and convince me this is not what's going to happen.
