How sad is this? phish scheme i n my gmail

MaxDepth

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Updated with new "players":

from: Mrs. Joy Ojo <ojo.4@k.ro>
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I'm writing on behalf of my boss to solicit your assistance in a project of
mutual benefit.

I am the confidential secretary to my boss who is the chairperson on
petroleum matter in the upper senate cabinet in Nigeria.

I am contacting you to seek your sincere partnership in transfer of a huge
sum of money requiring maximum confidentiality that he wishes to invest in
your country.

The source of this fund came as a result of a kickback from the $2.5
billion contract awarded to TSKJ, a subsidiary of Halliburton in July 2004
for the construction of pipeline for the Nigeria liquefied natural gas and the fund in question is deposited with the apex bank of Nigeria.

Can you be trusted?

The deposit contained $45,000,000.00, which will be invested into any
viable and profitable venture in your country under your care and based on
the mutual trust you exhibited now.

You will also be needed to front to retrieve this fund into your account,
to manage the investment for the next two years (2007) till this present
dispensation step aside in May 2007.

SHARE: -
For assisting us in this deal, you will be entitled to 30% of the money,
70% will be for us.

I would require your contact details (company's name, address, telephone
and fax numbers) so that he (my boss) can discuss the process and duration of this
great deal with you.

I sincerely hope that you will be of assistance. I implore you to treat
this mail as confidential as possible as myself and my boss is still in
active serve, though my boss intends to retire in the last quarter of 2005.

Please reach me on my email for now. If you are not in a position to assist
us, do not respond to this mail and I apologize for taking your time.
Best regards,
Mrs. Joy Ojo


 

MaxDepth

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Originally posted by: Hardcore
This is your first phishing email you've ever encountered?

Naaaw. I had one of the original ones that actually came in the mail (physical) in the '80s.

I just noticed that they changed some of the names that people nowadays would recognize, like Haliburton. And instead of a lottery or a bank draft default, this is a "pipeline." Still has Nigeria in it, must be a phishing law that says you mention Nigeria somewhere in the email.
:D
 

yoda291

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It makes me sad that, for this type of scam to still be alive, there are still people gullible enough to fall for it.
 

midnightrat

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Haha, a friend of mine who's computer illiterate was telling me about that exact email. Said he was gonna run it by his lawyer to see how he could avoid paying taxes on the money he would make.

He's a pretty smart guy so I was pretty suprised that he could think it was for real. I could almost understand if he was like 50 or older, you know missed the computer generation, but being 32 means he grew up with computers/email/internet and uses them in everyday life. Oh well....