Faith Freedom International

[Ali Sina]

How many of you have received the offer of millions of stolen money from Nigera? During the last 11 years I received about 30 of them. I actually lost count. Each has a unique story. But this one is the funniest of all.




Dear Beloved in Christ,

It is a privilege to hear from God and it gives me
Joy to relate my testimony to you haven received
Instruction from God through divine revelation.

I was a Moslem and a retired military top officer in
Nigerian Army that served under the past military
Regime. I was the financial secretary to the Armed
Force Ruling Council (AFRC). With my position as a
Financial secretary, I was able to save up to
$45,000,000.00 (Forty Five million U.S Dollars, into My
personal Bank Account,
hoping to invest the money When I'm retired.

Immediately I got retired, I was converted from Moslem
to Christian when I was
preached the words of God Through my cousin Pastor
Christopher Memeh.
I then gave my life to Christ and became a born again
Christian.

Since I gave my life to Christ, I had no rest of mind.
Some times I think of
the souls I killed when I was a Soldier and other
things. I
then decided to seek the Face of God for forgiveness
and after fasting and
Prayer through Divine Revelation, the Almighty God
Revealed to me that the
only way I could have rest of Mind is when I used all
my money to do the work
of God. I immediately disclosed my revelation to my
Pastor and he was happy
with me.

I have been thinking of the particular thing to do for
my God before this
present civilian president of my Country set up a panel
(Honorable Oputa
Panel) to Probe the Bank Account of the past
Military officers Like me. Instead of loosing this
money to my Government, I
quickly withdrew my money out of my Account and
deposited the money in a
finance and Security Company for safety.

My Pastor has advised me to sow it into a ministry
Abroad. I have decided to sow this money into your
Ministry. I am making arrangement to come over to your
Country but you need to
receive this in cash before I Come over.

The cash has been packaged by the security company in
Consignments and ready
for shipment but the security Company requires the
address
of the money from the Finance and security company
receiver. Please send to me
your names, address and your tel/fax number where I can
fax the Airway Bill to you to claim the consignment
over there.

I will be coming over to your ministry with my family
For thanksgiving as soon
as I sent out this money to You. Please act fast
because I don't want the
panel to Know that I want to leave the country, they
might Suspect my
intention to leave now that the probe is Going on.

I look forward to your response
God bless you.

Deacon Raphael Egobia.

Please reply to: deaconraphael@post.com
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Gauge]

Here is a write-up:

http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm

Gauge

[MarkT]

Nigerian 4-1-9 Scams from All Things Considered, Monday, July 29, 2002

A con is spreading by email. A letter from Africa says, "You can share in my fortune, if you can help me get to it." People who fall for it are losing from $1,000 to their entire life savings. The letters are known as "Nigerian 419 letters."

[Ali Sina]

I am receiving these scam offers constantly. Each one of them has a unique story. I thought it is fun to collect them. From now on I will post in this thread all the scam letters that I receive. If you receive these scam letters, please pulish them too. I find them very interesting. Sometimes the stories are hilarious.



Good Day,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this
mail meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact
might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in
the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its
importance and immense benefit. I duly apologize for infringing on your privacy,
if this contact is not acceptable to you, as I make this proposal to
you as a person of integrity.

First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you. My name
is Oliveira Chuli Savimbi, I am a nephew and Personal Assistant to Late
Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, leader of UNITA (National Union for the Total
Independence of Angola). As led by my instinct, I selected your email
address from an internet directory, in my search for a partner, hence
this email. I also crave your indulgence to read this carefully, and have
a general overview of my situation.

My Uncle (Mentor) was killed in a battle with government forces of
Angola, led by President Dos Santos, on Friday 22nd February 2002. After
his death, Mr. Antonio Dembo who was his second in command, assumed
office as leader of UNITA, due to the lack of Charisma my Uncle had carried
the party with in Dembo, there was chaos and struggle for leadership.
Prominent members like Carlos Morgado lobbied to depose him and assume
office as leader to enrich themselves and some of them who saw me as a
threat to their ambitions, including Mr.Dembo, planned to kill me. The
tension and confusion in UNITA become uncontrollable when Mr. Dembo died
10days after my Uncle's death. As I already lost my mentor in this
struggle that has been on for three decades now, not so much of the
struggle interested me anymore, as there was no more sense of direction. I
then desired a peaceful life, as I no more had interest in conflicts and
wars. For this reason, I secretly left Angola and came here (Holland) to
seek for political asylum.

I am sincerely proposing to you to render me your most needed
assistance in respect to safekeeping of some of my Uncle's money that arose from
Diamonds sales. This money (US$18.5million), which was already on its
way to my Uncle's Swiss Bank account, through the Diplomatic means we
use to move money abroad, and was on transit with a private safe deposit
security company here in Amsterdam, Holland in February last year when
the tragic incident of my Uncle's death occurred. I then instructed the
company to secure the consignment containing the money pending on
further instructions from me. I have waited all this time now for security
reasons, and have now decided to act with your reliable assistance. As a
matter of fact, the reason I came to Holland and sought for political
asylum here is the safe deposit with the Security Company here in
Amsterdam.

President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has lobbied the International
Community to freeze my Uncle's assets and accounts abroad, to ground UNITA,
and has already done this in Angola. Hence I cannot lodge the funds in my
name. Also I did not declare the funds to the government here.

I plan to use this money to safeguard my future. It is very essential
that you understand that the kind of trust and confidence I want to
place in you is extraordinary, and an act of desperation on my part, in
order not to lose this money. Also, ensure that this contact with you
should be treated with utmost secrecy.

Your role in this project, is acting on my behalf to clear the safety
deposit containing the money which is deposited in my name, from the
Security company, after which, the money will lodged into an account
preferably a new account you should open for this transaction. My share of
the money will be returned to me when my asylum application in this
country is granted, and I have permission to do business and open an
account here.

For your reliable assistance, I will reward you with 15%($2,775,000) of
the money.

I have with me, the Certificate of Deposit for the safety deposit,
which will be used for claim from the security company, and the release
codes of the vaults. Also, everything will be legally processed for
transfer of ownership to you, and this transaction should be completed
immediately depending on your prompt response.

I thank you in advance as I anticipate your assistance in enabling me
achieve this goal.

Please contact me whether or not you are interested in assisting me.
This will enable me scout for another partner in the event of
non-interest on your part.

To know more about the struggle by UNITA to liberate Angola, click on
the links below and read.

http://www.the-idler.com/IDLER-02/3-16.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_1839000/1839252.stm

Sincerely,
O.C.Savimbi.
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Patrick]

I got the first one few weeks ago but I removed it, too bad :)
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If you would be a real seeker after truth, you must at least once in your life doubt, as far as possible, all things- Rene Descartes -

[MarkT]

LOL, I was thinking the same thing. I got that one from "Oliveira" yesterday. It seems the stories are moving beyond Nigeria. And now some put a disclaimer due to the "governement hoaxes on the internet." Oey, but corruption is A-OK as well as this kind of scamming?



PLS READ IT AND HELP US, IT IS SAD THAT GOVERNMENT
HAS TRIED TO FRUSTRATE OUR EFFORT WITH SO MANY
HOAXES ON THE INTERNET WITH PUBLICATIONS, PLS DO
NOT HESITATE TO HELP US.

Dear friend,

Compliments of the season. Grace, peace and love
from me to you. I hope my letter does not cause
you any embarrasement as I write to you in good
faith. Please I will want you to read this mail
carefully and get back to me.

I am Mohammed Abacha, son of the the late Gen Sanni
Abacha, who was the former military head of states
in Nigeria that died in 1998. Since my father`s
death the family has been losing alot of money due
to vindictive government officials who are bent on
dealing with the family. Most of the family`s
accounts, home and abroad has been seized and
confiscated. You can find out more about this on
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/909972.stm

Based on this therefore, my family has asked me
to seek for a foreign partner who can work with me
as to move out the total sum of US$75,000,000.00
(seventy-five million United States dollars).
presently in our possessions. This money was of
course, acquired by my late father and is now kept
secretly by the family.

All modalities to move the money out of the country
through special diplomatic carrier in a create has
been perfected. The swiss government has already
frozen all the acconts of our family in Switzaland,
and some other countries would soon follow to do
the same. This bid by some government officials to
deal with our family has made it necessary
that I seek your assistance in receiving this
money and investing it on behalf of the family.

This must be a joint venture transaction and we
must all work together since this money is still
cash. Extra security measures have been taking to
protect it from theft or seizure. I have personally
worked out all modalities for the peaceful and
successful conclusion of this transaction. The
transaction definitely would be handle in phases
and the first phase will involve the moving of
US$25,000.000.00 (twenty-five million United States
dollars).

My family is willing to give you a reasonable
percentage
of this money as soon as the transaction is concluded.

I will, however, based on the grounds that you are
willing to work with us and also contentious issues
discussed before the commencement of this transaction.


You may also discuss your percentage before we start
work.
As soon as I hear from you, I will give you all
necessary
details as to how to carry out the whole transaction.
please do not entertain any fears, as all necessary
modalities for the smooth conclusion of this
transaction have been mapped out, and I assure you of
all success and safety in this transaction.

Please this transactions requires absolute
confidentiality
and you would be expected to treat it as such until
the
funds are moved out of my country. please you will
also
ignore this letter and respect our trust in you by not

exposing this transaction, even if you are not
interested.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Thank you very much.

Truly yours,

Mohammed Abacha












CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP SOLICITED.
Date:4-1-2003
DIRECT FAX NO:0031-641 075 328


I am an Engineer with the South African Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources and I am also a member of the Republic of South Africa Contract Award and Monitoring Commitee in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources,I am presently in the Netherlands on an official assignment. It is a pleasure involving you in this project.

Two years ago, a contract was awarded to a foreign firm in the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources by my committee. This contract was over invoiced to the tune of US$14.3Million. This was done delibrately. The over invoicing was a deal by my commitee to benefit from the project. We now desire to transfer this money which is in a suspense account with the MEMR into any oversea account which we expect you to provide for us.

For providing the account where we shall remit the money, you will be entitled to 20% of the money, while the remaining 80% will be for my partners and myself.

I would require the following:
1)Bank details ( Name and address / Account no/Beneficiary )
2)Private Telephone and Fax number of Beneficiary

The above information would be used to make formal application 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 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 subcontract to more specialized firms for execution of such contracts. We have strong and reliable connections and contacts at the South Africa Reserve Bank and Ministry of Finance and we have no doubt that all this 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 connection withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100% security. We are civil servants and we will not want to miss this opportunity.

Please contact me immediately through my above Telephone and Fax number, 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 informations aforementioned herein without delay as time is of essence in this business.

I await in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Kumalo Diliza
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"—to find one's happiness in truth, to oppose illusion, to value integrity above God, and character above salvation."

[Crow]

Yeah, I occasionally get those scam emails myself.
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KAMIKAZE WATERMELON!

Fischerspooner is weird..but cool

[scepsis]

A friend of mine forwards them to one another.

[Ali Sina]

FROM Dr George Ibrahim.
Chairman Contract Review Panel,
Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire.
West Africa..



DEAR FRIEND.

LETTER FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE ON FUND TRANSFER

First,i must solicit your strictest confidence in this
transaction.This by viture of its nature as being
utterly confidential and TOP SECRET.

You have been recomended by an associate who assured
me in confidence of your ability and reliability to
prosecute a transaction of great magnitude involving a
pending buisness transaction requiring maximum
confidence.

We are top officials of the Federal Government
contract reveiw panel who are intrested in importation
of goods into our country with funds which are
presently trapped here in Cote d Ivoire.In other to
commence this business we solicit your assistance to
enable us transfer into your account the said trapped
funds.

The source of this fund is as follows:During the last
regime here of General Rorbert Gaui in Cote dIvoire
some government officails set up companies and awarded
themselves contracts which were grossly over invoiced
in various ministries.The government set up a contract
review panel and we have identified a lot of inflated
contracts funds which are presently Deposited in a
BANK here in Abidjan,Cote d Ivoire .

However,by virture of our position as civil servants
and members of the panel,we cannot aquire this money
in our name.I have therefore ,been delegated as a
matter of trust by my colleagues of the panel to look
for an overseas patner into whose account we would
transfer the total sum of USD$25,500,000.00 [TWENTY
MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS].

Hence we are writting you this letter.We agreed to
share the money thus:
[1] 20% FOR THE ACCOUNT OWNER [YOU]

[2] 80% FOR US [THE OFFICALS]

It is from the 80% that we wish to commense the
importation business.Please ,note that this
transaction is 100% safe and we hope to commense the
transaction latest seven[7 ]days from the date of the
receipt of the following information bellow.

[A] COMPANYS NAME BENEFICIARY OF ACCOUNT.

[B] YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBERS.

[C] BANK ACCOUNT/SORT/ABA/ROUTING NUMBERS
WHICH THE FUND WILL BE TRANSFERED TO .

[D]YOUR BANK ADDRESSS,TELEPHONE NUMBERS/FAX NUMBERS.

The above information will enable us commense the
transfer of this funds into your account in your
country without delay and also to open an account in
your name.We are looking forward to doing this
business with you and solict your confidentiality in
this transaction.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter using
the above email address,I will bring you into the
complete picture of
this pending project when i hear from you.

With Kind regards,
Dr George Ibrahim.
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

Dear Sir,

I know you will be surprise to receive this letter but please consider
it as a request from a suffering family in serious need of your
assistance.

My family had to bring before you this proposal because we sincerely
hope you will be reliable to assist us. Anyway, my i am from Zimbabwe.My
father was ordered to be killed by President Robert Mugabe because he
supported the white farmers who refused to give up their lands in
Zimbabwe during the land reform crisis in the country.

After the death of my father,I am my family fled to South Africa, from
where I was able to travel to the Netherland where I applied for asylum
and I am currently living as a refugee.

We need your assistance to claim $15 Million US Dollars from a security
company in the Netherlands, which my father deposited there before he
died.You will claim this fund from the Company and transfer it to your
country, after which we will then come over to meet with you in your
country.

For your assistance you will get 10% of the total fund and 5% will be
for expenses, while the balance 85% will be for my family.

We are soliciting for your assistance due to my inability as a refugee
to operate an account with huge amount of money.

I genuinely solicit that you kindly help me and my family transfer this
Fund to your country and we are relying heavily on you to help us.

Note that you will also assist us to come over to your country as soon
as you claim the fund. We also intend to invest part of our share into
a profitable business in your country under your supervision.

Also Keep this transaction secret and confidential as the lives of my
family is at stake in south Africa.

Kindly contact me immedaitely so that i can funish you with the
necessary information before we proceed.

Kind regards,
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

Dear sir,



I am a government official and i have an amount of
money which i want to front a foreigner who has a good account in which this fund will be transfered safely without any problem arising either from his bank or country and to whom i can trust.

My position in government will not allow me to claim this money because we are strictly monitored by security agents.

The conditons are:

(1)I will provide all neccesary logistics here to see
that your

account will be credited.You will be duely compensated
for your assistance.

(2)You will be responsible for any requirements which
may arise on your side however.

You will be duely compensated for your assistance.

If my proposal is accepted feel free to contact me.

Thank you.

Dagash
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT.

TEL: 871 - 762535915
FAX: 871 - 762535916
TEL: 27 - 835948129


Alternative e-mail address: tu_tu26@latinmail.com

Dear Sir,

I am Mr.Tambo, a native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an
Executive
Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural
Resources.
First and foremost, I apologized using this medium to reach you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude, but this is due to
Confidentiality
and prompt access reposed on this medium. Be informed that a member of
the
South Africa Export Promotion Council (SEPC) who was at the Government
delegation to your country during a trade exhibition gave your enviable
credentials/particulars to me. I have decided to seek a confidential
co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described Hereunder
for
the benefit of all parties and hope you will keep it as a top secret
because of the nature of this transaction.

Within the Department of Mining & Natural Resources where I work as an
Executive Accountant and with the cooperation of four other top
officials,
we have in our possession as overdue payment bills totaling Twenty -
Six
Million, Five Hundred Thousand U. S. Dollars ($26,500,000.) which we
want to transfer abroad with the assistance and cooperation of a
foreign
company/individual to receive the said fund on our behalf or a reliable
foreign non-company account to receive such funds. More so, we are
handicapped in the circumstances, as the South Africa Civil Service
Code
of Conduct does not allow us to operate offshore account hence your
importance in the whole transaction.

This amount $26.5m represents the balance of the total contract value
executed on behalf of my Department by a foreign contracting firm,
which
we the officials over-invoiced deliberately. Though the actual contract
cost have been paid to the original contractor, leaving the balance in
the
tune of the said amount which we have in principles gotten approval to
remit by Telegraphic Transfer (T.T) to any foreign bank account you
will
provide by filing in an application through the Justice Ministry here
in
South Africa for the transfer of rights and privileges of the former
contractor to you.

I have the authority of my partners involved to propose that should you
be
willing to assist us in the transaction, your share of the sum will be
25%
of the $26,.5 million, 70% for us and 5% for taxation and miscellaneous
expenses. The business itself is 100% safe, on your part provided you
treat it with utmost secrecy and confidentiality. Also your area of
specialization is not a hindrance to the successful execution of this
transaction. I have reposed my confidence in you and hope that you will
not disappoint me. Endeavor to contact me immediately through my above
Tel/Fax number or
my e-mail address, 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 I want to assure you that my partners and myself are in a
position to make the payment of this claim possible provided you can
give
us a very strong
Assurance and guarantee that our share will be secured and please
remember
to treat this matter as very confidential matter, because we will not
comprehend with any form of exposure as we are still in active
Government
Service and remember once again that time is of the essence in this
business.
I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Tambo
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Nicolei]

Fake bank site part of Nigerian scam Well-known Internet con gets more elaborate
By Bob Sullivan
MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.com/news/900824.asp?0na=x225H061-

April 17 — They’re certainly persistent. Another flavor of the well-known Nigerian scam has popped up, this one even more elaborate than the familiar e-mail solicitation. The scam appears to target former recipients who were initially drawn in by an e-mail offer, but abandoned the scheme half-way through. To ease potential victims’ fears, scam artists have set up a fake online bank, and even deposited funds into a bogus account there. One pair of victims has reportedly lost $100,000 to such a fake bank scam. And now, thanks to a private citizen who did a little sleuthing of his own, here’s a chance to see it in action.

SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, “Bill” played out the con with e-mail suitors who offered him a percentage of $45 million for helping move it out of Nigeria. Bill cut communications with the solicitors, as many potential victims do, when they requested some up-front payment. He forwarded all e-mail correspondence to the U.S. Secret Service, and figured that would be the end of it.
But on April 9, Bill — who requested that his identity be withheld — heard from his suitors anew. A writer identifying himself as Larry Peters was eager to meet Bill’s “long overdue contract payment.”
“I crave your indulgence not to treat it as one of those ‘HOAX’ letters you do receive,” Peters wrote.
And the good-will proof?
“The welcome relief is that you are NOT to pay a cent UPFRONT. Please be informed that your outstanding payment will be paid through ONLINE BANKING which will be given to you on your response to this e-mail.”

Sure enough, when Bill wrote back, he was directed to open an account at AlliedTrustCompany.com, supposedly an online bank. Two days after opening the account under the pseudonym Joseph Cipriani, a $45 million deposit was reflected on the bank’s Web page.
The bank setup is sophisticated, requiring a user name and password to access the account information. But a careful Web user would notice that surfers are quickly redirected to a site located at VOSN.net, a small Internet hosting company.

THE REAL SCAM
The account application process is thorough, and at first Bill supposed he was merely the target of an identity theft scheme. But four days later, the real intentions of the scammers were revealed.
The money is sitting in the Allied Trust Company account but cannot be transferred yet, wrote someone calling himself Michael Edwards. First, the Financial Transaction Reporting Agency Of North America (FinTRAN) must be satisfied that the money is “clean.” There is no such agency, though the U.S. Treasury has a similar-sounding division called the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).

A “North American Certificate of Circulation” will supposedly be enough assurance to clear the money. But getting the necessary documentation from the mythical agency will cost $9,600, Edwards wrote. And, perhaps anticipating Bill’s next question, Edwards continued:
“We then asked if there any way we could be authorized to temporarily unfreeze the account to enable withdraw at least the required amount to cover the cost of getting this document but the appeal was refused.”
Edwards’ appeal to Bill came about a week after he was first contacted by Peters, and as the con wore down, Bill once again planned to share his e-mail exchange with authorities.
The people behind the con are indeed brazen. When Bill mentioned offhand in an e-mail that he didn’t know what he would do with the money he was set to receive, the con artist suggested sending a laptop computer to him as “some form of compensation.”
And while Bill wasn’t taken in by the fake bank, other people have fallen for similar schemes. Two Canadians lost $100,000 to Nigerian con artists after they were taken in by a fake bank site that mimicked a major British financial institution, the BBC reported in October.
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And the truth shall set you free

[Ali Sina]

FROM:BARRISTER SEDIQUE EDUZE ESQ.
SEDIQUE & CO
ATTORNEYS/LEGAL PRACTITIONER
NIGERIA.

DEAR FRIEND,

COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. GRACE AND PEACE AND LOVE
FROM THIS PART OF THE ATLANTIC TO YOU. I HOPE MY
LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AS I WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH BASED ON THE CONTACT
ADDRESS GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT THE
NIGERIAN EMBASSY IN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE
EXCUSE MY INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE.

I AM BARRISTER SEDIQUE EDUZE ESQ. I REPRESENT MOHAMMED
ABACHA, SON OF THE LATE GEN.SANI ABACHA, WHO WAS THE
FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA. HE DIED IN
1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LOSING A
LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH THE FAMILY. BASED ON THIS
THEREFORE, THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK FOR A
FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE OUT
THE TOTAL SUM OF US$75,000,000.00 ( SEVENTY FIVE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), PRESENTLY IN THEIR
POSSESSION. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY THE
LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY.
THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE
ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER
COUNTRIES WOULD SOON FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME. THIS BID
BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY
HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF
OFTHE FAMILY. THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION
AND WE MUST ALL WORK TOGETHER.

SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH, EXTRA SECURITY
MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT FROM THEFT OR
SEIZURE, PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS REACHED ON WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF YOUR NOMINATED BANK
ACCOUNTS. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT ALL MODALITIES
FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS TRANSACTION. THE
TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD BE HANDLED IN PHASES AND
THE FIRST PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE MOVING OF
US$25,000,000.00(TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ). MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A
REASONABLE PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE
TRANSACTION IS CONCLUDED.

I WILL, HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT YOU ARE
WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND ALSO ALL CONTENTIOUS
ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THIS
TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR PERCENTAGE
BEFORE WE START TO WORK. AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU, I
WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO HOW WE
INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. PLEASE, DO
NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS,AS ALL NECESSARY MODALITIES
ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL SUCCESS AND
SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION. PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION
REQUIRES ABSOLUTE CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE
EXPECTED TO TREAT IT AS SUCH UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE MOVED
OUT OF THIS COUNTRY.

PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT
OUR TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION,
EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED.LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU.THANK YOU.

TRULY YOURS,

BARRISTER SEDIQUE EDUZE ESQ.
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 06:50:39 -0400
To: faithfreedom2000@yahoo.com
Subject: CALL ME AS SOON AS YOU GET THIS
From: "peterugo" <peterugo3@zwallet.com>


NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
LAGOS - NIGERIA

Dear sir,
I AM THE DEPUTY DIRECTOR IN THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(NNPC) HERE IN LAGOS. MY COLLEAGUES HAVE ASSIGNED ME TO SEEK FOR
ASSISTANCE OF RELIABLE FOREIGN COMPANY OR AN INDIVIDUAL THROUGH WHOM
WE CAN TRANSFER THE SUM OF ($8.5MILLION U.S. DOLLARS) WHICH AROSE FROM
THE DELIBERATE OVER - INVOICE OF SOME CONTRACT AWARDED BY THE
CORPORATION IN THE TWILIGHT DAYS OF THE LAST MILIARY REGIME. HOWEVER,
THE CURRENT FAVOURABLE POLITICAL/ECONOMIC CLIMATE IN THE COUNTRY SINCE
THE HAND OVER FROM MILITARY TO DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT NOW
PRESENTED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS MONEY TO BE TRANSFERRED OUT OF THE
COUNTRY.I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH A RELIABLE SOURCE THAT IS
WORKING WITH NIGERIA CHEMBERS OF COMMERCE, COMPUTER EXPERT DEPARTMENT, I
DISCUSSED
WITH HIM THAT I WANT TO GO INTO A BUSINESS VENTURE WITH A FOREIGN
PARTNER, HE GAVE ME YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS AND TOLD ME THAT HE SOURCE IT
THROUGH INTERNET.
OUR CONTACTS IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA AND FEDERAL MINISTRY OF
FINANCE HAVE GIVEN US A GO AHEAD ORDER FOR REMITTANCE, SO WE HAVE SET
IN MOTION THE MACHINERY FOR THE TAKE OFF OF THIS TRANSACTION AND
FURTHER ACTION WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY WE HEAR FROM YOU. WE HAVE
AGREED THAT AFTER THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. YOU
SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 20% THE OFFICIALS, MY COLLEAGUES AND I SHALL TAKE
70% WHILE 10% SHALL BE MAPPED OUT TO COVER FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED IN THE COURSE OF TRANSACTION.
THE NATURE OF YOUR BUSINESS IS NOT PARTICULARLY RELEVANT FOR THE
SUCCESS OF THIS TRANSACTION. ALL WE REQUIRED IS YOUR WILLINGNESS TO
CO-OPERATE AND ASSURANCE THAT OUR OWN SHARE WILL BE GIVEN TO US WHEN
THIS MONEY IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. ALL NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS
HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO ENSURE A NORISK SITUATION ON THE SIDES OF BOTH
PARTIES AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT THIS TRANSACTION WILL LAST FOR 7
WORKING DAYS, BARRING ANY DELAY.
PLEASE IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, OR IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTION FEEL FREE TO CONTACT THE ABOVE email NUMBER, I WILL OBLIGE YOU
WITH FURTHER INFORMATION. DO NOT FAIL TO INCLUDE YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE
AND FAX NUMBER WHILE REPLYING THIS LETTER FOR EASY COMMUNICATIONS.AND
CALL ME ON 234 80 371 66902

BEST REGARDS,

DR. PETER UGO

NB:
How are you today and your family,Please do not take this letter as a
junk letters that normally send by africans.first of all I got your
e-mail adress thruogh foreign e-mail internet directory. l am
contacting you with the hope that you will be of great help
_________________
Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Susan]

Ali, by now you should be an extremely wealthy individual with all of these offers of easy money just there for the asking.

I wonder why you mock these altruistic providers of largesse
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The Sudanese Civil war has killed 2 million people and pushed 4 million tribespeople off their ancestral lands.

[Ali Sina]

Date: Sun, 18 May 2003 09:52:03 -0400
To: faithfreedom2000@yahoo.com
Subject: a nice person
From: "Dobbous Basanga" <a_b1@zwallet.com>

from Al Dobbous Basanga,
Director Crystal Manufacturing
Company Ltd. Iraq
Andalous – Block 12, Street 8
Villa 3 Industrial layout.
Nasiriya Iraq
Dear sir

First, I must solicit your confidence in the
transaction. This is by virtue of its nature a very
confidential and secret transaction, let me start by
introducing myself, i got your email true net I am Al Dabbous Basega,
Managing
Director Crystol Manufacturing company Iraq and an
Iraq citizen, I am writing to you base on prevailing
information I have for you because of your to solicit
your assistance in helping me to receive some amount
of money in your country, I made the money through my
own sweat from my company I mean that the money is my
own personal money. The reason why I want to send this
money out of this country is the war between my
country Iraq and the United State of America and I
have lost almost $7.5 million US dollars I have in the
bank here because the bank was demolished during the
war.
Now my main reason of contacting you is because of the
information I had from a friend working in a security
company here, that people are claiming their
belongings from the security company because they had
an information that our president Sadam Hussein is
planning another serious war against the United State
of America and I have $18million US dollars in the
security company and it is the only money I am hoping
on, now because my company was demolished during the
war, and today I have finished the whole necessary
arrangement on how to send this money out of this
country through a diplomatic means from Iraq direct to
your country and they charge me $22,000 dollars to
carry the two boxes direct to your country because the
money is in two boxes and I have finalize with the
person in charge of any cargo going out of their
country to settle him with $4,000 dollars to make sure
that the consignment will be deliver to you safety and
all the money for the expenses here is intact with me
what I only need form you now is for you to give me
your full name and your address where the consignment will be sent to,
your private telephone number which the diplomat will use to
contact you immediately they arrive your country.
In the air way bill I will write that the content of the consignment is
computer accessories sending from Al Dabbous Basaga from Iraq , as soon
as you get it i will come to your contery wite my pepol I have my wife
and two daughters only, one is in the University and
the other one is still in the secondary school.
Contact me through my email address.

remember being a Christian or Moslem a nice person
remains a nice person.
Expecting your immediate reply.to help me

Yours truly,
Al Dabbous Basaga.
Director Crystol Manufacturing Company Iraq.
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

This guy probably wants you to sent him the $4,000 dollars to pay for the shipment of the $18 million dollar cash. I don’t know whether this is the best letter I received because one must be a total fool to believe that he is short of $4000 dollars when he can open one of the boxes and take out any amount of money he needs.

But believe it or not there are people who fall for these scams and pay the required money. I read that some have lost up to $100,000 dollars. They keep paying and they always find some small unexpected problem that can be solves by the payment of just a few more thousands of dollars. This is the biggest scam despite the fact that it is very old. It started in Spain some 70 years ago and it was known as Spanish scam.

A variation of that is that you receive an email congratulating you that you won $1,000,000 dollars and all you have to do is pay a few hundreds of dollars to release it.
_________________
Doubt everything, find your own light!

[Ali Sina]

Greetings,

Did you get my mail, the one i sent yesterday, because i never got your
reply? Is it that you never got it or you don't want to help, I feel we
can do this together and both have good results at the end, For you its
good pay and friend, for me freedom and safety . Hope you are in a Good
state of Mind. to hear me now. We are one, under the Shelter of the
Most High. I know its hard on your side due to present scam on the
Internet but please this is not one ot them, I have proof of all my claims.

I am the only hope for my kids, because their Father is dead. My heart
is filled with sorrow, The future we planned for our kids is shattered,
and i have to move on because that's the only way i can make him proud,
as he watches over us from the sky. Before he died we were planning to
leave Angola for the United States of America with our entire
Household, but some how unknown people assassinated him while he was driving
home and my brother in-law Fredrick lost his wife and 3 kids that same day
in that accident. I have lived my life in confusion, not knowing what's
going on, not even seeing or knowing how it will end.

My Husband was Founder of The National Independence for the Total
Independence of Angola, Jonas Savimbi, which was the reason of his
suddenenemies. As a woman each time i remember how he died, i always feel like
its High time we left this Country, which is the Basic reason of this
Contact. We wish to leave this country to seek greener pastures overseas.

Myself and my brother In-law Fredrick have been trying to reach out for
help, and we were able to raise money from the Sale of our Family
House, from My husbands personal savings and most especially from the
Savings of the Organization and Diamond Royalties and Companies that mined
precious stones in the areas he controlled in Angola. At the conclusion
of our quest to raise money from all these sources, we realized
Seventy- Five Million United States Dollars. We did not have any bank to save
such a huge amount for us or transfer them to a foreign account.

Hoodlums and thieves gradually disturbed us, so we decided to arrange
the Funds in 4 trunks boxes and took it along with us to Mauritius. The
boxes of money as been lodged, as photo material and artifacts on
behalf of a foreigner with a security company here in Mauritius for
safekeeping. Now need your assistance and cooperation in getting the funds
overseas from Mauritius.

I am willing to give you give you a certain percentage of this fund. I
will be happy if you could serve as our guardian. The money is useless
to us here, as we can't spend it here. If we could get them out of here
we could easily meet up with it elsewhere. But i can't do that on my
own, as movement and association with the outside world is restricted for
now

Please its no longer safe here anymore for me, i don't even know what
the future holds for my kids, they have stopped school for 5 months now.
-I wish to assure you of a good business relationship and all logistic
is in place for success at the end of this. Please try to forward me a
phone number i can reach you so i can give you more details on the
exact role which is required of you for the successfully conclusion of this
transaction's I look forward to your earliest response, Please I need
your help and I believe with your help my life and that of my family
will be safe.

Peace, Reconciliation and Progress
Rosa.
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Doubt everything, find your own light!

[CafeNoir]

This one is no less funny especially since it was sent by Uday himself!

[soy yo]

When I worked for a bank, (my last day there was just this friday) we got those letters faxed to us constantly from Nigeria and South Africa, asking for account numbers and similar assistance for a share in millions of dollars. I wonder how many people fall for this?
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"The most important thing a man can do for his children is to love their mother."

[bob]

The scams I get all come from Zimbabwe (from anti-Mugabe democrats of course!) but all based on the same idea that they need a reliable source through which they can fund millions of dollars.

How do these guys get our email addresses in the first place, Hacking or what?
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"Two things fill the heart with ever renewed awe the more we meditate upon them: the starry firmament above and the moral law within." Immanuel Kant