FthrJACK Posted August 21, 2002 Share Posted August 21, 2002 Well known to many on the net, but ive never recieved my own copy of that scam, until today.i thought id post it, theres always a few people suprisingly who have never heard of it even, that and its a good laugh. so, just incase any of you get this and fancy losing your identity and possibly funding terrorists such as osama bin lid' take note...usually the message is exactly the same, sometimes the countries, figures and senders "identity" change, in any case if you send your details they will open accounts in your name, empty your bank details, apply for passports, you name it.FROM: DR. OSCAR MARTINSFAX: 234-9-2721548LAGOS - NIGERIA.CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL: mar_tin3@arabia.comATTN: President/Ceo.STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL PROPOSALRE: TRANSFER OF US$21.5 MILLION (TWENTY ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY).I am contacting you based on information and esteem recommendation I received of you from a high ranking official in the commercial section of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Industry who guaranteed your reliability and trustworthyness in business dealings. This business proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and it's success is entirely based on mutual trust,cooperation and a high level of confidentiality as regard this transaction.I am the Chairman of the contract Award/Advisory Committee (CAAC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am seeking your assistance to enable me transfer the sum of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)into your private/company account.The fund came about as a result of a contract awarded and executed on behalf of my Ministry the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. The contract was supposed to be awarded to two foreign contractors to the tune of US$65,000,000.00 (Sixty Four Million United States Dollars). But in the course of negotiation, the contract was awarded to a Bulgarian contractor at the cost of US$43,500,000.00 (Forty-Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to my benefit unknown to the contractor.This contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian firm is presently securing payment from my Ministry, where I am the Executive Director in-charge of all foreign contract payment approval.As a civil servant still in active government service, I am forbidden by law to operate an account outside the shores of Nigeria. Hence this message to you seeking your assistance so as to enable me present your private/company account details as a beneficiary of contractual claims alongside that of the Bulgarian contractor, to enable me transfer the difference of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your provided account.On actualisation, the fund will be disbursed as stated below.1. 30% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary2. 5% for reimbursement to both parties for incidental expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction.3. 65% of the fund will be for me and my colleagues which we intend to invest in your country with you as my partner.We have strong reliable connections and contacts at the Central Bank of Nigeria, as well as the Federal Ministry of Finance and we have no doubt that all the money will be released and transferred if we get the necessary foreign partner to assist us in this deal. Therefore, when the business is successfully concluded we shall through our same connections withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100% security. I would require the following: -1. Your company's name,address,telephone and fax numbers.2. Your bank name, address and account number where the money will be remitted.The above information would be used to make formal applications as a matter of procedure for the release of the money and onward transfer to your account.It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of this nature described here. The assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other companies. More Often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution of such contracts.All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a smooth actualisation of the transaction within the next few working days of commencement. For further details as to the workability of this transaction, Please contact me immediately whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not,it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal.But where you are interested, send the required documents aforementioned herein either through my above fax line or confidential E-mail address: mar_tin3@arabia.com, as time is of the essence in this business.I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.Yours faithfully,DR. OSCAR MARTINS.i fancy replying, ill post any messages i get from them here, i love windups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LouCypher Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 There is another type of email scam going around similar to that one. I got one the other day that used my name to generate email from a lawyer claiming to be searching for heirs to another guy with my last name who died in Africa with his family and $55 million dollars.I deleted it, otherwise I would repost it. It even included pictures in attachments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zivan56 Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I have an interesting ones HelloYou may have seen this business before andignored it. I know I did - many times! However,please take a few moments to read this letter.I was amazed when the profit potential of thisbusiness finally sunk in... and it works!With easy-to-use e-mail tools and opt-in e-mail,success in this business is now fast, easy andwell within the capabilities of ordinary peoplewho know little about internet marketing. And theearnings potential is truly staggering!I'll make you a promise. READ THIS E-MAIL TO THE END! -follow what it says to the letter - and you will notworry whether a RECESSION is coming or not, who isPresident, or whether you keep your current job or not.Yes, I know what you are thinking. I never respondedto one of these before either. One day though,something just said: "You throw away $25.00 going toa movie for 2 hours with your wife. What the heck."Believe me, no matter where you believe those "feelings"come from, I thank every day that I had that feeling. I cannot imagine where I would be or what I would bedoing had I not. Read on. It's true. Every word of it.It is legal. I checked. Simply because you are buyingand selling something of value.AS SEEN ON NATIONAL TV:Making over half a million dollars every 4 to 5months from your home.THANKS TO THE COMPUTER AGE AND THE INTERNET! ==================================================BE AN INTERNET MILLIONAIRE LIKE OTHERS WITHIN A YEAR!!!Before you say "Bull", please read the following.This is the letter you have been hearing about on thenews lately. Due to the popularity of this letter onthe internet, a national weekly news program recentlydevoted an entire show to the investigation of thisprogram described below, to see if it really can makepeople money. The show also investigated whether ornot the program was legal.Their findings proved once and for all that there are "absolutely NO laws prohibiting the participation in the program and if people can 'follow the simple instructions' they are bound to make some mega bucks with only $25 out of pocket cost".DUE TO THE RECENT INCREASE OF POPULARITY & RESPECTTHIS PROGRAM HAS ATTAINED, IT IS CURRENTLY WORKINGBETTER THAN EVER.This is what one had to say: "Thanks to thisprofitable opportunity. I was approached many timesbefore but each time I passed on it. I am so gladI finally joined just to see what one could expectin return for the minimal effort and money required.To my astonishment, I received a total $610,470.00in 21 weeks, with money still coming in."Pam Hedland, Fort Lee, New Jersey. ==================================================Another said: "This program has been around for along time but I never believed in it. But one daywhen I received this again in the mail I decidedto gamble my $25 on it. I followed the simpleinstructions and walaa ..... 3 weeks later themoney started to come in. First month I only made$240.00 but the next 2 months after that I madea total of $290,000.00. So far, in the past 8 monthsby re-entering the program, I have made over$710,000.00 and I am playing it again. The key tosuccess in this program is to follow the simplesteps and NOT change anything."More testimonials later but first, =========== PRINT THIS NOW FOR YOUR FUTURE REFERENCE ==== $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$If you would like to make at least $500,000 every4 to 5 months easily and comfortably, please read the following...THEN READ IT AGAIN and AGAIN!!!$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$FOLLOW THE SIMPLE INSTRUCTION BELOW AND YOUR FINANCIAL DREAMS WILL COME TRUE, GUARANTEED!INSTRUCTIONS:=====Order all 5 reports shown on the list below =====For each report, send $5 CASH, THE NAME & NUMBER OF THEREPORT YOU ARE ORDERING and YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS to theperson whose name appears ON THAT LIST next to the report.MAKE SURE YOUR RETURN ADDRESS IS ON YOUR ENVELOPE TOPLEFT CORNER in case of any mail problems.===WHEN YOU PLACE YOUR ORDER, MAKE SURE ======YOU ORDER EACH OF THE 5 REPORTS! ===You will need all 5 reports so that you can savethem on your computer and resell them.YOUR TOTAL COST $5 X 5 = $25.00.Within a few days you will receive, via e-mail, eachof the 5 reports from these 5 different individuals.Save them on your computer so they will be accessiblefor you to send to the 1,000's of people who willorder them from you. Also make a floppy of thesereports and keep it on your desk in case somethinghappens to your computer.IMPORTANT - DO NOT alter the names of the people whoare listed next to each report, or their sequence onthe list, in any way other than what is instructedbelow in steps 1 through 6 or you will lose outon the majority of your profits. Once youunderstand the way this works, you will alsosee how it will not work if you change it. Remember, this method has been tested, and if youalter it, it will NOT work!!! People have triedto put their friends'/relatives' names on all fivethinking they could get all the money. But it doesnot work this way. Believe us, some have tried tobe greedy and then nothing happened. So Do Nottry to change anything other than what is instructed.Because if you do, it will not work for you.Remember, honesty reaps the reward!!! This IS a legitimate BUSINESS. You are offering aproduct for sale and getting paid for it. Treat itas such and you will be VERY profitable in a shortperiod of time.1.. After you have ordered all 5 reports, take this advertisement and REMOVE the name & address of the person in REPORT # 5. This person has made it through the cycle and is no doubt counting their fortune.2.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 4 down TO REPORT # 5.3.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 3 down TO REPORT # 4.4.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 2 down TO REPORT # 3.5.. Move the name & address in REPORT # 1 down TO REPORT # 26.... Insert YOUR name & address in the REPORT # 1 Position.PLEASE MAKE SURE you copy every name & addressACCURATELY! This is critical to YOUR success.==================================================**** Take this entire letter, with the modifiedlist of names, and save it on your computer.DO NOT MAKE ANY OTHER CHANGES.Save this on a disk as well just in case you loseany data. To assist you with marketing your businesson the internet, the 5 reports you purchase willprovide you with invaluable marketing informationwhich includes how to send bulk e-mails legally,where to find thousands of free classified ads andmuch more. There are 2 primary methods to get thisventure going:METHOD # 1: BY SENDING BULK E-MAIL LEGALLY ==================================================Let's say that you decide to start small, just to seehow it goes, and we will assume you and those involvedsend out only 5,000 e-mails each. Let's also assumethat the mailing receives only a 0.2% (2/10 of 1%)response (the response could be much better but let'sjust say it is only 0.2%). Also many people will sendout hundreds of thousands of e-mails instead of only5,000 each.Continuing with this example, you send out only5,000 e-mails. With a 0.2% response, that is only10 orders for report # 1. Those 10 people respondedby sending out 5,000 e-mails each for a total of50,000. Out of those 50,000 e-mails only 0.2%responded with orders. That's 100 people whoresponded and ordered Report # 2.Those 100 people mail out 5,000 e-mails each fora total of 500,000 e-mails. The 0.2% response tothat is 1000 orders for Report # 3.Those 1000 people send 5,000 e-mails each for atotal of 5 million e-mails sent out. The 0.2%response is 10,000 orders for Report # 4.Those 10,000 people send out 5,000 e-mails eachfor a total of 50,000,000 (50 million) e-mails.The 0.2% response to that is 100,000 orders forReport # 5.THAT'S 100,000 ORDERS TIMES $5 EACH = $500,000.00(half a million dollars).Your total income in this example is: 1..... $50+ 2..... $500 + 3.....$5,000 + 4..... $50,000+ 5.... $500,000 .... Grand Total=$555,550.00NUMBERS DO NOT LIE. GET A PENCIL & PAPER ANDFIGURE OUT THE WORST POSSIBLE RESPONSES AND NOMATTER HOW YOU CALCULATE IT, YOU WILL STILLMAKE A LOT OF MONEY! ==================================================REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING ONLY 10 PEOPLEORDERING OUT OF 5,000 YOU MAILED TO. Dare to thinkfor a moment what would happen if everyone or halfor even one 4th of those people mailed 100,000e-mails each or more?There are over 150 million people on the internetworldwide and counting, with thousands more comingonline every day. Believe me, many people will dojust that, and more!METHOD # 2: BY PLACING FREE ADS ON THE INTERNET ==================================================Advertising on the net is very, very inexpensive andthere are hundreds of FREE places to advertise.Placing a lot of free ads on the internet willeasily get a larger response. We strongly suggestyou start with Method # 1 and add METHOD # 2 as yougo along. For every $5 you receive, all you mustdo is e-mail them the report they ordered. That's it.Always provide same day service on all orders.This will guarantee that the e-mail they send out,with your name and address on it, will be promptbecause they cannot advertise until they receivethe report.===========AVAILABLE REPORTS ====================The reason for the "cash" is not because this isillegal or somehow "wrong". It is simply about time.Time for checks or credit cards to be cleared orapproved, etc. Concealing it is simply so no onecan SEE there is money in the envelope and stealit before it gets to you.ORDER EACH REPORT BY ITS NUMBER & NAME ONLY.Notes: Always send $5 cash (U.S. CURRENCY) foreach report. Checks NOT accepted. Make sure thecash is concealed by wrapping it in at least2 sheets of paper. On one of those sheets ofpaper, write the NUMBER & the NAME of the reportyou are ordering, YOUR E-MAIL ADDRESS and yourname and postal address.PLACE YOUR ORDER FOR THESE REPORTS NOW : ==================================================REPORT # 1: "The Insider's Guide To Advertisingfor Free On The Net"Order Report #1 from:Thomas AgerholmVesterbro 4 st.9881 BindslevDenmark______________________________________________________REPORT # 2: "The Insider's Guide To Sending BulkEmail On The Net"Order Report # 2 from: Peter NymanVestersundsgatan 10d1568620 JakobstadFinland______________________________________________________REPORT # 3: "Secret To Multilevel Marketing On The Net"Order Report # 3 from:Luis PastorApartado 8148080BilbaoSpain______________________________________________________REPORT # 4: "How To Become A Millionaire UsingMLM & The Net"Order Report # 4 from: Richard MoultonP.O. Box 82Hot Springs,MT 59845USA______________________________________________________REPORT # 5: "How To Send Out One Million EmailsFor Free"Order Report # 5 From:J.sidenkrondikesvägen 54 A83147 ÖstersundSweden______________________________________________________$$$$$$$$$ YOUR SUCCESS GUIDELINES $$$$$$$$$$$Follow these guidelines to guarantee your success:=== If you do not receive at least 10 orders forReport #1 within 2 weeks, continue sending e-mailsuntil you do.=== After you have received 10 orders, 2 to 3 weeksafter that you should receive 100 orders or more forREPORT # 2. If you do not, continue advertising orsending e-mails until you do.** Once you have received 100 or more orders forReport # 2, YOU CAN RELAX, because the system isalready working for you, and the cash will continueto roll in ! THIS IS IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER: Every timeyour name is moved down on the list, you are placedin front of a different report.You can KEEP TRACK of your PROGRESS by watching whichreport people are ordering from you. IF YOU WANT TOGENERATE MORE INCOME SEND ANOTHER BATCH OF E-MAILSAND START THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN. There is NO LIMITto the income you can generate from this business !!! =================================================FOLLOWING IS A NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM: You have just received information that can give youfinancial freedom for the rest of your life, withNO RISK and JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT. You canmake more money in the next few weeks and monthsthan you have ever imagined. Follow the programEXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do Not change it in any way.It works exceedingly well as it is now.Remember to e-mail a copy of this exciting reportafter you have put your name and address inReport #1 and moved others to #2 .....# 5 asinstructed above. One of the people you send thisto may send out 100,000 or more e-mails and yourname will be on every one of them. Remember though, the more you send out the morepotential customers you will reach. So my friend,I have given you the ideas, information, materialsand opportunity to become financially independent.IT IS UP TO YOU NOW !=============MORE TESTIMONIALS==============="My name is Mitchell. My wife, Jody and I live inChicago. I am an accountant with a major U.S.Corporation and I make pretty good money. When Ireceived this program I grumbled to Jody aboutreceiving 'junk mail'. I made fun of the wholething, spouting my knowledge of the populationand percentages involved. I 'knew' it wouldn't work.Jody totally ignored my supposed intelligence andfew days later she jumped in with both feet. I mademerciless fun of her, and was ready to lay the old'I told you so' on her when the thing didn't work. Well, the laugh was on me! Within 3 weeks she hadreceived 50 responses. Within the next 45 days shehad received total $ 147,200.00 ......... all cash!I was shocked. I have joined Jody in her 'hobby'."Mitchell Wolf M.D., Chicago, Illinois ================================================"Not being the gambling type, it took me severalweeks to make up my mind to participate in this plan.But conservative as I am, I decided that the initialinvestment was so little that there was just no waythat I wouldn't get enough orders to at least getmy money back. I was surprised when I found mymedium size post office box crammed with orders.I made $319,210.00 in the first 12 weeks. The nice thing about this deal is that it does notmatter where people live. There simply isn't abetter investment with a faster return and so big."Dan Sondstrom, Alberta, Canada ================================================="I had received this program before. I deleted it,but later I wondered if I should have given it a try.Of course, I had no idea who to contact to getanother copy, so I had to wait until I was e-mailedagain by someone else......... 11 months passed thenit luckily came again...... I did not delete this one!I made more than $490,000 on my first try and all themoney came within 22 weeks."Susan De Suza, New York, N.Y. ================================================="It really is a great opportunity to make relativelyeasy money with little cost to you. I followed thesimple instructions carefully and within 10 days themoney started to come in. My first month I made $20,in the 2nd month I made $560.00 and by the end of thethird month my total cash count was $362,840.00.Life is beautiful, Thanx to internet."Fred Dellaca, Westport, New Zealand =================================================ORDER YOUR REPORTS TODAY AND GET STARTED ON YOURROAD TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM !=================================================If you have any questions of the legality of thisprogram, contact the Office of Associate Directorfor Marketing Practices, Federal Trade Commission,Bureau of Consumer Protection, Washington, D.C.This message is sent in compliance of the proposedbill SECTION 301, paragraph (a)(2)© of S. 1618. * This message is not intended for residents in theState of Washington, Virginia or California,screening of addresses has been done to the bestof our technical ability.* This is a one time mailing and this list willnever be used again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 I came across a site one time (sorry I don;t have the link anymore) that showed several weeks worth of email correspondence between a woman in New Mexico and some "Nigerian". It was quite funny - she kept leading him on and on and on and on...... to the point that she was finally asking him for money. Wish I still had the link - but FthrJACK, you should try the same thing. These guys will apparently keep at you like a bulldog - if you respond at all.LS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zErO Posted August 22, 2002 Share Posted August 22, 2002 that is seriously a long one zivan56, what happened to take a few moments to read was more like 10 mins. I never read these anymore I just highlight and delete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted August 22, 2002 Author Share Posted August 22, 2002 thats the idea LS heh, anyone got any ideas? i have one but its nasty, not funny. well its funny to me anyway.But, if anyone has any ideas that WONT land me in prison they would be good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted August 24, 2002 Author Share Posted August 24, 2002 i replied, i have a nasty trick up my sleave Dear sir,your offer sounds most interesting, however i am at a loss as to whom it is at the Nigerian embassy that recomended me, as i do not know anyone from that common wealth state.yoursD.irvinefor those who dont know, Derry Irvine is the head chief justice. His son is on trial in the USA for selling an automatic weapon or something at the moment too.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aKaFrEE Posted August 24, 2002 Share Posted August 24, 2002 lol...keep us updated on what happens. this could get interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 OMG!LoL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluekelt Posted September 15, 2002 Share Posted September 15, 2002 One of those emails caught me on a bad day. I went through the headers and sent emails out to the hosts of the two domains that the email had been sent from. I then forwarded a copy of the email with it's headers to the fraud squad. In the UK we have a special department that just deals with this scam. I then sent a reply to the email telling them what I had done. Strangely the email's author never took the time to thank me for my efforts.Catch you all later,Blue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted September 15, 2002 Author Share Posted September 15, 2002 lol nice one bluekelt, yeah we have a department out to catch these scammers... wonder how much cash they are wasting, would be easier to just put filters on mail servers to filter the mail out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LS_Dragons Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 Hey FthrJACK - any update on your reverse scam?Just wondering, cause I thought it might turn out funny......LS_Dragons Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xper Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 I came across a site one time (sorry I don;t have the link anymore) that showed several weeks worth of email correspondence between a woman in New Mexico and some "Nigerian". It was quite funny - she kept leading him on and on and on and on...... to the point that she was finally asking him for money. Wish I still had the link - but FthrJACK, you should try the same thing. These guys will apparently keep at you like a bulldog - if you respond at all.LSMaybe was that this site. Funny. w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 I get these things in my e-mail all the time. I think I'm gonna complain to the peoples ISPs. w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted October 14, 2002 Share Posted October 14, 2002 This nigerian email scam was mentioned on Watchdog last week. Must have been a big scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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