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Old 11-29-2003, 01:13 PM
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Default Spammed Twice!!!!

Do these people think I was born yesterday. I wish I would get my first client than this:

My name is Chiroma Machido, chairman of the contract award committe of the. Federal Ministry of Aviation. Sometime last year,the Federal Government of Nigeria decided to upgrade the Radar and Landing facilities at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport,kano in Northern Nigeria.The contract ran into several millions of Dollars.

The contract was handled by a foreign firm but because of the huge monetary profit we envisaged we decided to over-invoice the contract sum.

Now the contract has been completed and the original contractor has since been paid, but the contract balance of US$12.5 million, which resulted from the over invoiced contract sum that has been left in a suspense account with the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, is what I am planning to take out of the country for myself.

The problem is as a government official, I am not supposed to own fat bank accounts, talk less of having foreign ones. To this end, I am soliciting your assistance as a foreign partner who can assist me and receive this amount into your Account.

I am ready to share this money with you on the basis of participation. I also have plans to invest part of this money in any viable business in your country under your care, as I am very close to retirement age.

In any case, I received a reference of you on the net while looking for a potential and reliable partner. Please if you accept my proposal do not hesitate to send me an e-mail, so that I can provide you with the basic procedures for the release of the fund.

It does not matter whether you or your company does contract project of the nature described here, the assumption is that you won a major contract and subcontracted it to another company, more often than not, big trading companies or individuals of unrelated field win major contracts here in Nigeria and subcontracts same to more specialized firms for execution.

BENEFIT: For providing the account where we shall remit this money, you will be entitled to 15% of the entire funds, 80% will be for me, while 5% has been set aside to cover any expenses that may be incurred by both parties during this transaction, both local and international.

Please I enjoin you to handle this transaction with utmost degree of maturity and confidentiality because I am still in active government service with the "FEDERAL MINISTRY OF AVIATION".

If I receive your response on time, this whole transaction could be accomplished within the shortest possible time based on your interest and determination, since the money is already in transit.

Please, try to reach me soon as there is no much time to waste on this .

Yours faithfully

Dr Chiroma Machido.

I am a lawyer resident and practicing in Lagos,
Nigeria and I am using this correspondence to urgently
seek and request your assistance and cooperation in a
sensitive but highly beneficial financial arrangement.

An important client of mine whose details I cannot
release at this point has implored me to contact a
reliable and trustworthy partner overseas to urgently
receive and handle funds totaling $4,500,000.00 USD
(Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in CASH presently lodged in two luggages as
photographic materials and personal effects in a
security/finance outfit OVERSEA.

Due to my client's inability to travel out of the
country presently and the fact that we continue to
accumulate huge debts daily as long as this
consignment remains in the security company we need a
friend and partner to proceed as soon as possible and
retrieve this money on behalf of my client and handle
it as duly instructed.

We have agreed in principle to give ten-percent (10%)
of the total sum to whomever shall handle this funds
for us, eighty five-percent (85%) shall be for my
client and I while the remaining five percent(5%) will
be for incidentail expenses incured by both parties
during the course of this project. As soon as you are
ready to proceed and retrieve this cash on our behalf
we shall furnish you with the details and information
you will need.

Please be rest assured that this arrangement is
absolutely risk free and cannot implicate you in any
way yet I implore you to handle this matter with
urgency and utmost confidentiality even if you do not
intend to execute the project for us.

Whatever is the case please acknowledge receipt of
this mail and if your response is positive we shall
proceed immediately without any delay.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation and
hoping to hear from you soon.

Your's sincerely,

BARRISTER JACOB.
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Old 11-29-2003, 02:29 PM
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Default One of the largest Spam Scam

No doubt this scam has captured a lot of people.
But it's nothing butThe Spammers Scamming the Spammers.
Thats just what it is like any old pack of wolves they soon turn on each other.
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Old 11-29-2003, 03:31 PM
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Default Spam at WebProWorld

I received a copy of the classic "Nigerian Scam" spam in my private message box here at WebProWorld a while back. It was from a user named "snoo" (What's "snoo"? Not much, what's "snoo" with you?)

There are many web sites with information about this scam. One good one with lots of linked resources is Nigeria - The 419 Coalition Website. Further information is also available at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission site.
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Old 11-29-2003, 05:25 PM
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Damn I only ever get intelligent messages in my message box on here. I'm starting to feel left out :-|
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Old 11-29-2003, 05:37 PM
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Originally Posted by carbonize
Damn I only ever get intelligent messages in my message box on here. I'm starting to feel left out :-|
I was surprised to actually get a message at all, let alone spam! :)

Here is a problem that I have. I got a hotmail account in 1996, and have kept it active ever since then. That was before Hotmail achieved the popularity it has today. It seems that usernames for Hotmail are in short supply. Many people seem to have gotten addresses rather similar to mine (with an added number or letters). Now these people sign up for services/newsletters/etc. online and instead of their own address, they use mine! I even found my address listed as contact information for a Dutch medical equipment company.

I must admit, it hasn't always been a disadvantage. Someone once bought software online using my address. The download link was quite helpful. ;)
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Old 11-29-2003, 05:57 PM
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Benefit of owning your own domain and using a catch all email address.
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