From: "Misty"
To: "Armageddon or New Age?"
Subject: Rense: Nigerian Net Fraud Continues - Beware
Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 20:14:22 +1200
Every letter a different excuse. Yesterday I got one, "We've got millions now because of an accounting error". Nicky
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Nigerian Net Fraud Continues - Beware
We've run a number of versions of this criminal hustle before. The following email is a reminder this ongoing fraud continues. Do NOT even answer any email like this...
Dear Sir,
Firstly, I will like you to take your time to go over this mail carefully and with patience. Please this is a matter of urgency because I need your help and I need it very quickly too.
At this stage I will like to introduce myself I am COL. MUSA BELLO (RTD) I am 55years and a citizen of Nigeria. Today I am formally retired as the personal accountant to the Late Head of States of this country, Late General Sani Abach. Since demise things as have never had been this same for us who serve under his regime. I cannot leave the country for now because the
present Government is still investigating the huge amount of fund embezzled by the Late Head of States and remain hostile to his family and properties.
Shortly before his death, the General gave me a very huge amount of money to be transfer to an offshore security company outside the country with the help of his eldest son who is who is presently being held in detention for human right violation. You can check the internet to confirm these facts in any case the fund were successfully moves and currently in a safe deposit.
All papers to legally claim of the fund is with my attorney for security purpose and the amount US$12, 300, 000.00 (twelve Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars). The present Civilian Government of my country has so far recommended most of the funds transferred by the late General but they do not and will not have access to this fund with me. This is because the fund is not in a bank like the others already recovered Rather it is in a security company and all the documents relating to its existence are
completely unknown except by me I have thought about this and decided to invest this fund abroad, preferably in your country and may be later settle
with the family there when the transaction is over.
However, for now I sincerely want your help in the area of investment opportunities in your country such as Real Estate Properties and other things that will bring real return for my investments worth. Please I want you to help me by receiving this fund, as Bonafide owner there is no risk involved as the funds are already out of Nigeria. All you need is just the
papers which I shall send to you upon your response which you shall put forward before the security company and the funds will be released to you promptly. These papers I am ready to send to you as soon as I hear from you indicating your personal interest. Please be informed that you will be highly compensated with 25% of the funds upon collection and the rest we can put into profitable business investment.
I will furnish you with more information when I have heard from you. You can reach me on my private phone number 23408033032446.
I wait your urgent respons Best Regards
Col. Musa Bello.
And another...
From Paul Baba
Greetings,
I am Paul Baba, Bank Manager of ORIENT BANK OF NIGERIA, Lagos Branch. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On June 6 1997, an American oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) deposited for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty-five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to the Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the
funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Barry Kelly so that the fruits of this old manís labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits,
which will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and obtain the
necessary documents and letter of robate/administration in your favor the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world, which you provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply via email: pb220550@consultant.com
Thanks and regards
Paul Baba
More: received here at rense.com
From: "david west"
FROM: LAGOS NIGERIA E/MAIL-david6666west@yahoo.com
BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Sir,
After due deliberation with my colleagues, I decided to forward to you this proposal, we want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of US $8.5m (eight Million Five Hundred thousand Dollars) only into his account. This funds resulted from an over-involved bill from a contract awarded by us under the budget, allocated to my ministry and the bill was
approved for payment by the concerned ministries, the contract has been executed, commissioned and the contractor has been paid his actual cost for this contract. We are now left with the balance of US $8.5m as the over-involved amount, which we have deliberately over estimated for our own use. This is why I contacted you for an assistance. we have agreed that you will be entitled to 20% of the total sum, 70% for us while 10% for any expenses incurred while transacting this business and whatever is left from
the 10% will be shared equally.As you may rightly want to know I got your address from our Chambers of Commerce and Industry here in Lagos. I am a top official with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). we the officials involved in this deal have put in many years of service to our
ministries, we have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us, this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss.
This transaction is very much free from all sorts of risks. To enable us get this fund paid into your account, we have to present an international business outfit and consequent upon your agreement, we will forward to you the NNPC FOREIGN CONTRACTORS PAYMENT APPLICATION FORM. All you will need do is to front as the foreign contractor and we would look for a reputable Nigeria base ATTORNEY to introduce to you whom you can employ to sign the fund release authority in our national bank. Thereafter one official will
come to your country/ company to arrange for our share. All these will only take us 10 working days to transfer this fund into your account right from the day we receive the requirements. NOTE: your discussion regarding to this transaction should be limited, because we are still in Government service. Let honest and trust be our watch words throughout this transaction.
And your prompt reply through this same email address will be highly appreciated.
Best regards,
Mr David West.
N.B WE NEED YOUR SECURE E/MAIL TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR CONFIDENTIAL PURPOSES.
Followed by this email:
From: "david west"
From - David West in respect of Business Proposal
Sir
Thank you,
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Subject: business proposal
Date: Sat, 11 May 2002 01:00:28
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Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 14:08:10
New Email Address - david666west@hotmail.com
Kindly respond to the business proposal I sent you via this new confidential email address david666west@hotmail.com because I have blocked the other email addresses for security reason of this transaction. I await your reply.
David West.
