Nigerian Email Scam
Discussion
It's amazing to think that only the other week Jeremy Vine on Radio2 (OK - so I do listen to other stations) came across this scam for the first time - it's been going at least 8 years . . . so much for BBC researchers! He was getting quite excited by it until an "IT Security Specialist" called in to explain the hoax - and the number of deaths so far attributed to the scam - but it's the first I hear a Nigerian being on the wrong end of a killing related to the scam.
Latest one I received was a fax from a 'Lawyer' in South Africa claiming that a man with the same surname as me was killed in car crash last year. This man apparantly has no traceable relatives in South Africa and that if I say he was my brother, the 'Lawyer' can have his estate turned over to me. All I have to do is open a bank account in Swaziland and deposit $25000 to cover admin costs and fees...
I'm astonished that so many have apparantly fallen for these scams.
The fax met with the same fate as the Nigerian diplomat...
I'm astonished that so many have apparantly fallen for these scams.
The fax met with the same fate as the Nigerian diplomat...
www.silicon.com/news/500019-500001/1/2928.html
Silicon.com actually contacted one of these scammers and the results are here...
Silicon.com actually contacted one of these scammers and the results are here...
It staggers me that people are still falling for this scam. In the "old" days it was letters, now it's emails. I read an article in the Times a few weeks ago that said that at least 5 Americans (gullible - these guys?) wait in hotel lobbys in London each week for their Nigerian contact to turn up with the big pay off.
At the moment I reckon I get 3 or 4 emails a week - the price you pay for having a public website. Ted, you must get loads.
N.B. The other big scam of the moment - and this one arrives by post - is the Data Protection Registration scam. If you have a small business and haven't been approached by one of these "firms" you soon will. (If this has been covered before apologies for re hashing it).
At the moment I reckon I get 3 or 4 emails a week - the price you pay for having a public website. Ted, you must get loads.
N.B. The other big scam of the moment - and this one arrives by post - is the Data Protection Registration scam. If you have a small business and haven't been approached by one of these "firms" you soon will. (If this has been covered before apologies for re hashing it).
Another scam that has been around for some time but still catches people is the "Data Protection Scam". Letters from these scamsters look like official forms and request money to comply with the Data protection Act. See www.stopecg.org/dataprotection.htm
Mike
edited to add that I just seen Pauls post on the same subject - doh.
>> Edited by MikeG on Friday 21st February 09:43
Mike
edited to add that I just seen Pauls post on the same subject - doh.
>> Edited by MikeG on Friday 21st February 09:43
I responded to them, you really can wind them up!
I just kept giving him false inforamtion like my hometime was springfield, the bank managers name Phillipa B'Hinde etc. I had him going for a couple of weeks but he didnt repsond after i told him Chief Wigam of the local police department wanted to speak to him.
I just kept giving him false inforamtion like my hometime was springfield, the bank managers name Phillipa B'Hinde etc. I had him going for a couple of weeks but he didnt repsond after i told him Chief Wigam of the local police department wanted to speak to him.
Why not wait till you get one of these bastards try for it, and DO respond, but send him a nice copy of Subseven?
Or a nice keylogger?
That way everything he types, including his files will be available for you to nail him?
Iffy i know, but hell, they operate on shady ground, so fairs fair.
Or a nice keylogger?
That way everything he types, including his files will be available for you to nail him?
Iffy i know, but hell, they operate on shady ground, so fairs fair.
I got this e-mail the other day. It's confidential so you must sign the Nigerian official secrets act prior to reading it.
Festus Pemu
Federa Sec.Complex,
Ikoyi,Lagos.
Fax:234-1-7590807
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
Dear sir,
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 Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until 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 actualise this transaction.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or any safe account outside your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into US$15.5Million of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of specialisation does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your country.
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 serve as our agent . It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is seen.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal, through Tel/Fax No. 234 - 1 7590807. After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through.
If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Mr Festus Pemu.
Festus Pemu
Federa Sec.Complex,
Ikoyi,Lagos.
Fax:234-1-7590807
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.
Dear sir,
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 Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria.
Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until 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 actualise this transaction.
The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or any safe account outside your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into US$15.5Million of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of specialisation does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your country.
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 serve as our agent . It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is seen.
You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal, through Tel/Fax No. 234 - 1 7590807. After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through.
If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.
Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.
Best Regards,
Mr Festus Pemu.
Post the e-mail adress. I will then respond to them. I wonder how they will look if they get an answer from a completely different adress. Or better still, respond and tell them no thanks and that you're in a better deal at the moment with the President of Tralala or whatever. Wind them up, they deserve it.
>> Edited by hansgerd on Friday 21st February 13:02
>> Edited by hansgerd on Friday 21st February 13:02
Greetings, Sporting Vehicle Fanatics.
My name is General Elijah Tim Bucktoo and I have just been appointed as Senior Financial Accountant for PistonHeads. From Monday 3rd March 2003, the site will become a site accessible only to fully paid-up subscribers so, in order to continue enjoying this site from the aforementioned date, please send details of your credit card or bank to :
General E. Tim Bucktoo, PistonHeads (Nigerian Accounts Office), Bank of Newscam, Lagos, Nigeria, NN56 4PB.
Please indicate whether you wish to pay annually or five years in advance so that we can automatically deduct the fees.
My name is General Elijah Tim Bucktoo and I have just been appointed as Senior Financial Accountant for PistonHeads. From Monday 3rd March 2003, the site will become a site accessible only to fully paid-up subscribers so, in order to continue enjoying this site from the aforementioned date, please send details of your credit card or bank to :
General E. Tim Bucktoo, PistonHeads (Nigerian Accounts Office), Bank of Newscam, Lagos, Nigeria, NN56 4PB.
Please indicate whether you wish to pay annually or five years in advance so that we can automatically deduct the fees.
Dear General Buckaroo
You nearly had us fooled there - except your speeling and Inglish is far too good.
Please send the US$79.3M to PetrolTed, a team of highly skilled official PH drivers will then proceed to export your money back to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries in the shortest possible time.......
You nearly had us fooled there - except your speeling and Inglish is far too good.
Please send the US$79.3M to PetrolTed, a team of highly skilled official PH drivers will then proceed to export your money back to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries in the shortest possible time.......
I recently penned a suitable response thus (incoming scam below)
Dear Barrister Williams
Please follow these instruction carefully :
(1) Load printer with good quality, sharp-edged paper
(2) Print this reply several times
(3) Remove paper from printer
(4) Place all pieces of paper in one pile
(5) Roll the pile of paper into a tight cone, pointed at one end
(6) Insert pointed end sharply up your arse
(7) Repeat after me "I am a cheap, thieving bastard and the bogeyman is
going to get me"
Yours sincerely
The bogeyman
----- Original Message -----
From: "barrister williams"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: SAVE A SOUL !!!
BARRISTER WILLIAMS DEDE& CO
BLOCK 804-LAW HOUSE BUILDING, LEGAL
PRACTITIONERS/NOTARY PUBLIC)
LAGOS-NIGERIA
DEAR FRIEND ,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
HOWEVER, I GOT YOUR NAME THROUGH YOUR COUNTRY
BUSSINESS ATTACHEE HERE IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE
AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH A
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.
I AM BARRISTER WILLIAMS DEDE, A FAMILY LAWYER
TO OUR LATE MILITARY RULER, GENERAL SANI ABACHA WHO
DIED SUDDENLY IN POWER ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998. SINCE
HIS UNTIMELY DEMISE THE FAMILY HAS SUFFERED A LOT OF
HARRASSMENT FROM THE REGIME THAT SUCCEEDED HIM.THE
REGIME AND THE CIVILIAN.
RECENTLY, THE WIFE WAS BANNED FROM TRAVELLING OUTSIDE
NIGERIA BEING A FALL OUT FROM THE SEIZURE OF 38 SUIT
CASES CONTAINING CASH MONEY (800 eight hundred million
USD) FROM HER AT THE MURTALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT ON HER WAY TO SAUDI ARABIA. ALSO HUGE AMOUNT
OF MONEY HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM HER SON WHO IS IN
INCARCERATION NOW.
THERE ARE STILL LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN HARD CURRENCY
SAVED WITH SOME SECURITY COMPANIES OUTSIDE NIGERIA AND
MRS ABACHA HAS SHOW ME DOCUMENTS OF WHERE THEY
DEPOSITED USD 35.5MILLION IN A SECURITY VAULT FOR SAFE
KEEPING.
HOWEVER, THE FAMILY IS NOW BANKRUP FOLLOWING THE
INCARCRATION OF MOHAMMED HER SON WHO WAS CHARGED FOR
THE MURDER OF KUDIRAT ABIOLA THE WIFE OF LATE CHIEF
MOSHOOD ABIOLA, RECENTLY THE FAMILY APPROACHED ME TO
GET A RELIIABLE PERSON WHO WILL CLAIM THE MONEY ON OUR
BEHALF IN THE SECURITY COMPANNY.
THIS MONEY IS ALREADY IN (EUROPE) AND IT IS DEPOSITED
IN DIPLOATIC BOXES, AS ARTIFACTS AND PERSONAL
EFFECTS.IT IS ONLY BOTH OF US THAT KNOW IT CONTAINS
CASH MONEY.
IF YOUR CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE, WE WILL PREPARE YOU
AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE BOXES. WE HAVE ALL THE
DOCUMENTSWITHS US.THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE HAVE
CALLED US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLAIMING THESE BOXES
WHICH WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE SHALL GET IN
TOUCH WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLES.REMEMBER THAT WE
ARE MAKING THIS CONTACT BECAUSE WE CANNOT LEAVE THE
COUNTRY UNTILL AFTER THE COURT CASES.
NOTE: THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED BECAUSE I AM ALSO
INVOLED AS THE ABACHA'S ATTORNEY. THEREFORE, CONTACT
ME ON MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS AS STATED ABOVE. PLEASE,
IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED JUST DESTROY THIS
INFORMATION, AS THIS IS A TOP SECRET.WE SHALL BE
PREPARED TO DO MORE BUSINESS WITH YOU AT THE END OF
THIS TRANSACTION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS,
BARR.WILLIAMS DEDE. Ph.d
_________________________________________________________
Gagne une PS2 ! Envoie un SMS avec le code PS au 61166
(0,35? Hors coût du SMS)
Dear Barrister Williams
Please follow these instruction carefully :
(1) Load printer with good quality, sharp-edged paper
(2) Print this reply several times
(3) Remove paper from printer
(4) Place all pieces of paper in one pile
(5) Roll the pile of paper into a tight cone, pointed at one end
(6) Insert pointed end sharply up your arse
(7) Repeat after me "I am a cheap, thieving bastard and the bogeyman is
going to get me"
Yours sincerely
The bogeyman
----- Original Message -----
From: "barrister williams"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 1:15 PM
Subject: SAVE A SOUL !!!
BARRISTER WILLIAMS DEDE& CO
BLOCK 804-LAW HOUSE BUILDING, LEGAL
PRACTITIONERS/NOTARY PUBLIC)
LAGOS-NIGERIA
DEAR FRIEND ,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE FACT THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.
HOWEVER, I GOT YOUR NAME THROUGH YOUR COUNTRY
BUSSINESS ATTACHEE HERE IN MY SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE
AND TRUST WORTHY PERSON THAT CAN HANDLE SUCH A
CONFIDENTIAL TRANSACTION OF THIS NATURE.
I AM BARRISTER WILLIAMS DEDE, A FAMILY LAWYER
TO OUR LATE MILITARY RULER, GENERAL SANI ABACHA WHO
DIED SUDDENLY IN POWER ON THE 8TH OF JUNE 1998. SINCE
HIS UNTIMELY DEMISE THE FAMILY HAS SUFFERED A LOT OF
HARRASSMENT FROM THE REGIME THAT SUCCEEDED HIM.THE
REGIME AND THE CIVILIAN.
RECENTLY, THE WIFE WAS BANNED FROM TRAVELLING OUTSIDE
NIGERIA BEING A FALL OUT FROM THE SEIZURE OF 38 SUIT
CASES CONTAINING CASH MONEY (800 eight hundred million
USD) FROM HER AT THE MURTALA MOHAMMED INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT ON HER WAY TO SAUDI ARABIA. ALSO HUGE AMOUNT
OF MONEY HAS BEEN RECOVERED FROM HER SON WHO IS IN
INCARCERATION NOW.
THERE ARE STILL LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY IN HARD CURRENCY
SAVED WITH SOME SECURITY COMPANIES OUTSIDE NIGERIA AND
MRS ABACHA HAS SHOW ME DOCUMENTS OF WHERE THEY
DEPOSITED USD 35.5MILLION IN A SECURITY VAULT FOR SAFE
KEEPING.
HOWEVER, THE FAMILY IS NOW BANKRUP FOLLOWING THE
INCARCRATION OF MOHAMMED HER SON WHO WAS CHARGED FOR
THE MURDER OF KUDIRAT ABIOLA THE WIFE OF LATE CHIEF
MOSHOOD ABIOLA, RECENTLY THE FAMILY APPROACHED ME TO
GET A RELIIABLE PERSON WHO WILL CLAIM THE MONEY ON OUR
BEHALF IN THE SECURITY COMPANNY.
THIS MONEY IS ALREADY IN (EUROPE) AND IT IS DEPOSITED
IN DIPLOATIC BOXES, AS ARTIFACTS AND PERSONAL
EFFECTS.IT IS ONLY BOTH OF US THAT KNOW IT CONTAINS
CASH MONEY.
IF YOUR CONDITIONS ARE ACCEPTABLE, WE WILL PREPARE YOU
AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THE BOXES. WE HAVE ALL THE
DOCUMENTSWITHS US.THE SECURITY COMPANY IN EUROPE HAVE
CALLED US TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT CLAIMING THESE BOXES
WHICH WE HAVE EXPLAINED TO THEM THAT WE SHALL GET IN
TOUCH WITH THEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLES.REMEMBER THAT WE
ARE MAKING THIS CONTACT BECAUSE WE CANNOT LEAVE THE
COUNTRY UNTILL AFTER THE COURT CASES.
NOTE: THERE IS NO RISK INVOLVED BECAUSE I AM ALSO
INVOLED AS THE ABACHA'S ATTORNEY. THEREFORE, CONTACT
ME ON MY DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS AS STATED ABOVE. PLEASE,
IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED JUST DESTROY THIS
INFORMATION, AS THIS IS A TOP SECRET.WE SHALL BE
PREPARED TO DO MORE BUSINESS WITH YOU AT THE END OF
THIS TRANSACTION.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.
BEST REGARDS,
BARR.WILLIAMS DEDE. Ph.d
_________________________________________________________
Gagne une PS2 ! Envoie un SMS avec le code PS au 61166
(0,35? Hors coût du SMS)
I received two of these emails this week - one from this chappie zulumakaleni77@ecplaza.net wanting my bank details so he could pay money into my account. Any one know of some good spam sites I can add this address to so that he gets hundreds of unwanted emails - preferably sex related ones. 
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