Damn, my uncle, a secret agent in Nigeria died! I can be a millionare!

Kelvrick

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From: Barrister Blah Blah ESQ,
Alternative E-mail addresses;
blahblah@mailtobe.com

Dear removed,

My name is Barrister blah blahESQ, a solicitor at law. I am the
personal attorney to Mr. Peter Dao, a national of your country, who
used to work with shell development company in Nigeria and as well a one
time secret agent in transferring money overseas for the former financce
minister of this country. Before his death in the year 2000 [my client,
his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along
Lagos/Ibadan express road in which all occupants of the car died}. My
client {Peter} deposited the sum of $12m in a local Bank here in Nigeria
for himself, with the hope of transferring it to his country as soon as
he is on leave. Since his death I have made several enquiries to your
embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also
proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his last
name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I
contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money
and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the local Bank where this huge Deposit were
lodged. Presently, the local Bank where the deceased had an account
valued at about 12million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin of my late client or have the account confiscated within the
next twenty-one (21days) official working days. Since I have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name
so that the proceeds of this account valued at 12million dollars can be
paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 60% to me and 40%
to you.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law,
therefore indicate your interest and willingness over this business by
furnishing me with your personal contact telephone and fax numbers,
indicate your age, occupation, your country of origin, and your full
name, all this information will be needed to arrange a text of the
application you are to submit to the bank directly as the next of kin,
so that the bank will arrange for the money transfer into your account
undelayed.

Cliff Notes: Someone I'm related to, who used to work in shell development in Nigeria and also a secret agent in transferring money overseas dies with his wife and three children in a card accident.

He deposited 12 million in a bank account for himself before he dies

This guy is his lawyer and wants 60% for getting the rest to me.

Damn, I'll buy anandtech and make babe threads mandatory!!

EDIT: It looks like he emailed himself and bcc'ed me.
 

ReiAyanami

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Watch Out! this guy isn't even backed up by any members of Nigerian royalty, so it's probably might possibly considerably be shady perhaps maybe
 

Kelvrick

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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
ughhh.... how many of these do we need in a month.

Searched for "niger" only came up with a thread about the woman getting in trouble for falling for one some time ago.
 

DanJ

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Originally posted by: Kelvrick
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
ughhh.... how many of these do we need in a month.

Searched for "niger" only came up with a thread about the woman getting in trouble for falling for one some time ago.

I think his point is that people have been getting spam messages like this for about the last 3 years...
 

PanzerIV

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That Lagos/Ibadan express is death's highway itself! Amazing how many engineers/secret agents and their families die there each year!! :D
 

Warthog912

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Originally posted by: PanzerIV
That Lagos/Ibadan express is death's highway itself! Amazing how many engineers/secret agents and their families die there each year!! :D

lol, ain't that the truth-
 

rudder

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Nov 9, 2000
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Originally posted by: fivespeed5
ughhh.... how many of these do we need in a month.

Keep posting these!!! Someone here may have missed one. I know I did. I lost $34,000 to these losers. Plus I flew to Nigeria to meet with them and only got a black eye for my troubles. I wish I had heard of this scam sooner.
 

Maximus96

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i wonder if there's any chinese guys in Nigeria with my last name, then i can have fun with one of these too
 

Zugzwang152

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Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
ughhh.... how many of these do we need in a month.

Keep posting these!!! Someone here may have missed one. I know I did. I lost $34,000 to these losers. Plus I flew to Nigeria to meet with them and only got a black eye for my troubles. I wish I had heard of this scam sooner.

:D
 

Techie333

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Jan 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: fivespeed5
ughhh.... how many of these do we need in a month.

Keep posting these!!! Someone here may have missed one. I know I did. I lost $34,000 to these losers. Plus I flew to Nigeria to meet with them and only got a black eye for my troubles. I wish I had heard of this scam sooner.
Did you really do all this?

 

Freejack2

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Dec 31, 2000
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Yeah I did this. Flew to some little dinky African country. But it turns out the 14 million was in their local currency. My share was worth like $450 in US dollars. I spent over $800 on that plane ticket. :(
 

Techie333

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HAHAHA! I am so surprised at some of you guys!!! You actually flew to Africa for this? LOL! With all the spam that comes through email everyday!??!?
 

Mill

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Originally posted by: Techie333
HAHAHA! I am so surprised at some of you guys!!! You actually flew to Africa for this? LOL! With all the spam that comes through email everyday!??!?

You're an idiot.
 

Freejack2

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Originally posted by: Techie333
HAHAHA! I am so surprised at some of you guys!!! You actually flew to Africa for this? LOL! With all the spam that comes through email everyday!??!?

It wasn't that bad. Got to spend a couple of days in a tropical area. I would have stayed longer but they had a revolution and the current government was overthrown. The US embassy had to rescue me from the hotel before the rebels killed everyone there.
 

GreenGhost

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All he requires is your *honest* cooperation so that you both can defraud the bank under a legitimate arrangement, while you are protected from any breach of the law. That's a no-brainer in my book. You are so lucky.
 

WHipLAsh13

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Originally posted by: Freejack2
Originally posted by: Techie333
HAHAHA! I am so surprised at some of you guys!!! You actually flew to Africa for this? LOL! With all the spam that comes through email everyday!??!?

It wasn't that bad. Got to spend a couple of days in a tropical area. I would have stayed longer but they had a revolution and the current government was overthrown. The US embassy had to rescue me from the hotel before the rebels killed everyone there.

They sent in Rambo