New spin on Nigeria Scam? (long)

[goose491 0]

Check this out, there have been posts about Nigeria bank scams before. I just got this email today. Looks like there's a new spin on it though. Can anybody send them a nice worm in my name?

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Mr. Sadiq Yusuf
First Atlantic Bank PLC
4/6 Adetokunbo Ademola Street
P. O. Box 75369
Victoria Island, Lagos-Nigeria
Tel: +234-1-2622472 to 6; Tel: 234-1-2622497
website: www.firstatlanticbank.com

Dear friend,

This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we
have not yet met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some
attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the
sake of your integrity. Please accept my sincere apologies. In
bringing this message of goodwill to you, I have to say that I have no
intentions of causing you any pains.

I am Mr. Sadiq Yusuf, Branch Manager, First Atlantic of Nigeria. I
managed to get your contact details through the Internet myself. Time
is of the importance and I am desperately looking for a person to
assist me in this confidential business. A British oil
consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Claude
Brian Best made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit on January 6, 1999,
valued at US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty- five Million Dollars), for twelve (12)
calender months in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Claude Brian
Best died from an automobile accident. On further nvestigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace
his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Claude
Brian Best did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum
of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law, at
the expiration of 4 (four) years, the money will revert to the
ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Claude Brian Best so that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will
prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place
as the next of kin. We shall employ the service of two lawyers for
drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide
will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction
will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager
guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below;

s_yusuf_1con@37.com

Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall
require your assistance to invest my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email address.

Thanks and regards.

Mr. Sadiq Yusuf

It's just disgusting!!! Somebody in a previous post said you could report this type of thing to the Government... Any suggestions?

My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

[ernokaikkonen 0]

Jessica just posted the same message in the "Google and email"-thread. I hope the guy likes "Hung studs and Kinky Fetishes directly to your mailbox".

[goose491 0]

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Which thread?

My Karma ran over my Dogma!!!

[Sonic 0]

This one

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It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone

[Ducky 0]

I received that same email 5+ years ago and in turn chnged some of the info and sent it to friends as a joke.

If ya ask me its no more absurd than the paper crapo that shows up in my snailmailbox daily. Or nothing like the scam crap sold in the back of amagazines that we actaully pay for!


kwak

Sometimes your the bug, sometimes your the windshield. Sometimes your the hammer sometimes your the nail. Question is Hun, Do you wanna get hammered or do you wanna get nailed?????

[kmcguffee 0]

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Somebody in a previous post said you could report this type of thing to the Government... Any suggestions?

You can report this to your local FBI office. The problem is that if you haven't lost any money to the scam then it will be very low priority. The good thing is you might accidentally help out someone who has lost money to the same exact scam (by providing additional evidence).

"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do." Ben Franklin

[DJL 235]

I just got an Africa scam email. I responded "These are horrible events. How can I help?"

"I encourage all awesome dangerous behavior." - Jeffro Fincher