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Nigerian Money Laundering Scam
Calum:
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
--- End quote ---
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.
Pantso:
I have received similar e-mails in the past, but my manners are not as polite as yours. In a few words, I tell them all to go f**k themselves. In a strange way, they never reply. :D
Annorax:
I alternate between two "stock" replies to that bullshit" the "fuck off" approach and a line i took from a Dilbert comic several years ago: Ratbert gets one of those emails and replies back:
"Gustava,
My bank is a tube sock that fell behind the dryer"
God, Im an evil motherfucker!
Calum:
quote:Originally posted by Panos: Mac Commando:
I have received similar e-mails in the past, but my manners are not as polite as yours. In a few words, I tell them all to go f**k themselves. In a strange way, they never reply. :D
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usually i block their server from sending me any more shit. this time though, i am trying to see how long i can string this one along for. i have never replied to such emails before so i will be interested to see if i can waste some of this guy's time...
Calum:
?!?!?
i just got this:
quote:
The original message was received at Wed, 4 Dec 2002 03:34:39 -0800
from 205-158-62-68.outblaze.com [205.158.62.68]
----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors -----
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From: "Calum Carlyle" <[email protected]>
To: "hamid umar" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 04 Dec 2002 11:32:40 +0000
Subject: Re: Mutual Relationship
X-Originating-Ip: 164.143.244.33
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Mr Umar,
I read your proposal with great interest.
Of course I would be interested in embarking on this... (you get te idea)
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not only that but this!!!:
quote:#78 Church Road,
By Mossel Bay Avenue
garden route,
SOUTH AFRICA.
{URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL}
Dear sir/Madam
This letter might surprise you because; we have not met neither in
person nor by correspondence. But I believe it is one day that you
get know somebody either in physical or through correspondence.
We want to transfer to overseas ($ 126,000.000.00 USD) One hundred
and Twenty six million United States Dollars) from a Bank in Africa,
I want to ask you to quietly look for a reliable and honest person
who will be capable and fit to provide either an existing bank
account or to set up a new Bank a/c immediately to receive this
money, even an empty a/c can serve to receive this money, as long as
you will remain honest to me till the end for this important business
trusting in you and believing in God that you will never let me down
either now or in future.
I am Mr Babali Noe, the Auditor General of a bank in Africa, during
the course of our auditing I discovered a floating fund in an account
opened in the bank in 1990 and since 1993 nobody has operated on this
account again, after going through some old files in the records I
discovered that the owner of the account died without a
[heir]hencethe money is floating and if I do not remit this money out
urgently it will be forfeited for nothing. the owner of this
accountis Mr. Phillip Morris, a foreigner, and a sailor, and he died,
since 1993. and no other person knows about this account or any thing
concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my
investigation proved to me as well that Phillip Morris until his
death was the manager Morris & Morris Coy.(pty). SA.
We will start the first transfer with Twenty six million[$26,000.000]
upon successful transaction without any disappoint from your side, we
shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining rest amount to your
account,The amount involved is (USD 126M) One hundred and Twenty Six
million United States Dollars, only I want to first transfer
$26,000.000 [Twenty Six million United States Dollar from this money
into a safe foreigners account abroad before the rest, but I don't
know any foreigner, I am only contacting you as a foreigner because
this money can not be approved to a local person here, without valid
nternationalforeign passport, but can only be approved to any
foreigner with valid international passport or drivers license and
foreign a/c because the money is in us dollars and the former owner
of the a/c Mr. Phillip Morris is a foreigner too, [and the money can
only be approved into a foreign a/c.
However, we will sign a binding agreement, to bind us together I got
your contact address from the Girl who operates computer, I am
revealing this to you with believe in God that you will never let me
down in this business, you are the first and the only personthat I am
contacting for this business, so please reply urgently so that I will
inform you the next step to take urgently. Send also your private
telephone and fax number including the full details of the account to
be used for the deposit.
I want us to meet face to face to build confidence and to sign a
binding agreement that will bind us together before transferring the
money to any account of your choice where the fund will be safe.
Before we fly to your country for withdrawal, sharing and
investments.
I need your full co-operation to make this work fine. because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner who has
correct information of this account, which I will give to you, upon
your positive response and once I am convinced that you are capable
and will meet up with instruction of a key bank official who is
deeply involved with me in this business.
I need your strong assurance that you will never, never let me
down,With my influence and the position of the bank official we can
transfer this money to any foreigner's reliable account which you can
provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending our
physical arrival in your country for sharing. The bank official will
destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place and to build confidence you can
come immediately to discuss with me face to face after which I will
make this remittance in your presence and three of us will fly to
your country at least two days ahead of the money going into the
account.
I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you
that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I
will use my position and influence to obtain all legal approvals for
onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate
clearance from the relevant ministries and foreign exchange
departments.
At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the
total amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for expenses both
parties might have incurred during the process of transferring.
I look forward to your earliest reply through my email
Sincerely,
Mr Babali Noe
infomation from Mr Babali Noe
please if you are interested send your reply to [email protected]
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these guys are doing a pretty cack handed version of the nigerian money laundering scam! they're not even very interesting! i'm pissed off that they are robbing me of any fun! well i blocked them both and that's that.
[ December 04, 2002: Message edited by: Calum ]
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