Woohoo...I am gonna be rich....or says this old scam :).

Zombie

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What is wierd is that I got this e-mail at work. I rarely use that e-mail address for anything more than work. I am gonna reply just to mess with him :). Any ideas? I am surprised he didn't ask me for my bank account number.



Subject:
YOUR URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED.
Date:
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 04:15:36 -0800
From:
"Dr GAB OKEKE" <gab1_ok@mail.com>
Reply-To:
gab1_ok@maktoob.com
To: <my company e-mail>








My name is Dr.GAB OKEKE


I am a medical director and
the family doctor to late chief Bola Ige's family, my
late client wife is interested in investing some good money in
your company .
Chief mrs. IGE is a very important and prominent
person who has mandated me to contact you or your
company for a very important business trasaction.
She is by name mrs.ELIZABETH ATINUKE IGE, she is the
wife of chief Bola Ige the Nigeria late ATTORNEY
GENERAL OF THE FEDERATION AND MINISTER of JUSTICE WHO
WAS ASSASINATED ON THE 23 OF DECEMBER 2001.As you can read through this our widely
daily news paper http:// www.vanguardngr.com thursday january 3,2002, vol.17:NO
4918 with the caption " OBASANJO ORDERS SECURITY AUDIT" where our president chief
OLUSEGUN OBASANJO ordered security audit in our country because of the killing of
CHIEF BOLA IGE.
Her husband late chief BOLA IGE made a lot of money
espacially through over inflation of the contract he
awarded for the supplying of eletrical EQUIPMENT TO our
NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY (N.E .P.A.) while he was
formally in office as the
minister of mines and power.
Infact it was discover after his assasination that he
worth well one hundredand sixty million U.S.
dollars[$160,000,000]and some of these funds were
retrive after he died while some were recovered from
officials that served under him during his tenure in
office.

The truth of this case is that my late client's wife
despite the problem she is going through now, she
still has a huge amount of money in a security company in a forign
country which was deposited by her late husband which she
intends to invest outside our country. To avoid hunger and stavertion affecting
her and her family.
What she needs is only reliable person who can help to realise
this money as soon as possible from this security company and
subsequently invest it. And she is ready to to give you all the
important documents including the lodgement and the security codes of the
fund , which the security company will like to confirm first before
releasing the money to you, but mind you that, She would like to
build confidence and trust in someone who
will not expose her plan remitt and possibly invest in
your company or country.She has agreed that I should
make all arrangements for the transaction and you are free
to negotiate your mode of compensation even if she
intends to invest the money in your country.
Please, do not hesistate to indicate your view of this
request by contacting me immediately you receive this
mail, so that the necessary arrangements can be made
for the money to be realised immediatly.
Due to present situation of Cheif Mrs Elizabeth
Atinuke Ige, She and I would be happy if this request can be
kept a secret. I would also like to note that there is
no risk involved.
I hope she would be happy investing with you.

Sincerely yours,
Dr GAB OKEKE



 

radioouman

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That's funny. I got that email yesterday.

I replied and now I'm rich!!!!! J/K!
 

MinorityReport

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Dear Zombie and Radioouman,

This letter or e-mail which you got is actually one of the biggest scams on planet earth.

Its called the Nigherain Fraud or 419 simply.

DO NOT ever get into this .. each year hundreds of fools fall for these and end up losing thousands and more and sometimes their own life.

My friend in US Secret Services ( they handle this ) tells me US has requested Nigerain govt a million times to end this and so far 7-15 US citizens were lured into Nigeraia, and killed by the thugs.

These people are educated, dangerous thieves and do this MASS fraud every day,. every hour.

Read it here : Fraud and Fraud 2.


Go to google and search for Nigerain Fraud and see what shows up :

A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by the Nigerians themselves.
The Scam operates as follows: the target receives an unsolicited fax, email, or letter concerning Nigeria containing either a money laundering or other illegal proposal OR you may receive a Legal and Legitimate business proposal by normal means. Common variations on the Scam include "overinvoiced" or "double invoiced" oil or other supply and service contracts where your Bad Guys want to get the overage out of Nigeria; crude oil and other commodity deals; a "bequest" left you in a will; and "money cleaning" where your Bad Guy has a lot of currency that needs to be "chemically cleaned" before it can be used and he needs the cost of the chemicals. Or the victim will just be stiffed on a legitimate goods or services contract...the variations are very creative and virtually endless.

At some point, the victim is asked to pay up front an Advance Fee of some sort, be it an "Advance Fee", "Transfer Tax", "Performance Bond", or to extend credit, grant COD privileges, whatever. If the victim pays the Fee, there are many "Complications" which require still more advance payments until the victim either quits, runs out of money, or both. If the victim extends credit etc. he may also pay such fees ("nerfund" etc.), and then he is stiffed with NO Effective Recourse.

The Nigerian Scam is, according to published reports, the Third to Fifth largest industry in Nigeria. It is the 419 Coalition view that, in effect, the elites from which successive Governments of Nigeria have been drawn ARE the Scammers - therefore, victims have little recourse in this matter. Monies stolen by 419 operations are almost Never Recovered from Nigeria, though there have been some indications of progress in anti-419 matters under the Obasanjo government.

Most 419 letters and emails originate from or are traceable back to Nigeria. However, some originate from other nations, mostly also West African nations such as Ghana, Togo, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast ( Cote D'Ivoire ) etc. In most cases 419 emails from other nations are also Nigerian in that the "Home Office" of the 419ers involved is Nigeria regardless of the source of the contact materials. But there are occasionally some "local" copycats trying to emulate the success of the Nigerians. These folks tend not to last too long actually operating out of nations other than Nigeria, but they do try.

419 COALITION DOES NOT NEED TO SEE A COPY OF THE LETTER, EMAIL, OR FAX YOU RECEIVED we've seen tens of thousands already. But please DO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS THAT APPLY TO YOU AS GIVEN IN THE WHAT TO DO SECTION BELOW, WHICH TELLS YOU WHERE TO SEND THE 419 MATERIALS YOU RECEIVED..

Please Read the ENTIRE site BEFORE contacting 419 Coalition for information, questions etc., as ALL AVAILABLE INFORMATION AND DATA IS ALREADY SUMMARIZED AND POSTED UP ON THIS SITE.

 

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MinorityReport Dunno where you're getting your info from but I have engaged in this and actually realized about $40 million. I did it last year and it went along without a hitch. My friends all did it and made millions too. :D
 

rudder

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
MinorityReport Dunno where you're getting your info from but I have engaged in this and actually realized about $40 million. I did it last year and it went along without a hitch. My friends all did it and made millions too. :D

as a matter of fact, I have been invited to Nigeria to collect my share of $40million. The guys told me not to notify the embassy and to pack my suitcase with cash for bribes, etc. I am sooooo excited. I will buy all ot ATOT a drink when I return.
 

MinorityReport

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Ohh .. sorry ... just scaring the kids ..here.

Hey Skoorb, I do remember you and your buddies in the Canary Islands when you all showed up in a 80' yatch with Victoria Secret models as escorts and smoked Monte Cristos with Heffner and his bunnies, just last new years. Wait, actually you flew in your private Gulfstream jet if I am correct. Man it was fun.

We made our millions. Let them make theirs.



 

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No Lifer
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Originally posted by: rudder
Originally posted by: Skoorb
MinorityReport Dunno where you're getting your info from but I have engaged in this and actually realized about $40 million. I did it last year and it went along without a hitch. My friends all did it and made millions too. :D

as a matter of fact, I have been invited to Nigeria to collect my share of $40million. The guys told me not to notify the embassy and to pack my suitcase with cash for bribes, etc. I am sooooo excited. I will buy all ot ATOT a drink when I return.
Yeah the cash for bribes thing is funny :) I truly can't believe that so many people fall for this. My dad got one in the mail once and it looked decent cause at least it was on letter head and what not, but over a spam email? have these people not heard of spam? That's just down right stupid. If you fall for it _over the internet_ good riddance.
 

Aves

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Originally posted by: Skoorb
MinorityReport Dunno where you're getting your info from but I have engaged in this and actually realized about $40 million. I did it last year and it went along without a hitch. My friends all did it and made millions too. :D
Can you spare $2,000,000? I'm still waiting for my cash and have a few things I need to buy.

 

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No Lifer
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Originally posted by: aves2k
Originally posted by: Skoorb
MinorityReport Dunno where you're getting your info from but I have engaged in this and actually realized about $40 million. I did it last year and it went along without a hitch. My friends all did it and made millions too. :D
Can you spare $2,000,000? I'm still waiting for my cash and have a few things I need to buy.
Gimme your paypal address you'll have the cash by lunchtime.
 

MinorityReport

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Originally posted by: Zombie
I know its a scam but just wanted to mess around with them :).

Hey this is what you can do :

Try getting that guy's Europe contact. Most of them have accomplices in Europe and maybe US.

See if you can get to the Europe part. Call local Interpol/ FBI and maybe you help law enforcement somewhere.

Funny > I gave my office# to one of them and this guy calls me. His name is Dr Obuku Osage. His thick accent ..funny as hell. I wish i made a wav/mp3 file.