Is anyone stupid enough to try this?

[TDXI]

I have just recieved this and as im a really nice person i am going to give you all a chance to share in my good fortune. Offers like this dont come along everday (maybe every otherday) The choice is yours.

From:fran3Subject:From Mr Frances Bruno Date:2005-05-27 11:23:41.0 From Mr Frances Bruno

Manager Bills&Exchange

Foreign Remittance Department

Zenith Bank of Nigeria

Tell; 2348033307560

I must solicit your confidence in this transaction this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.But let me first introduce myself.

I am Mr Francess Bruno, Manager of Bills&Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department of Zenith Bank of Nigeria,I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable person to help handle this confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account.

Detail: The President/Ceo of Mark Kogan Farm and Engineering Drilling company Nig. Ltd, Mr. Mark Kogan (CANADA) made a fixed deposit of USD14,000,000.00 (Four**** Million United States Dollar) deposit with the Zenith Bank of Nigeria PLC five years ago. This deal was to mature in April 2002. But Mr. Ramirez Sanchez and his only son whom he used as next of kin died in kenya air crash in the year 2000.Since we got information about his death,we have been expected his next of kin/relations to come over and claim his money because our bank cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez the late depositor as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately none of his relation has come for claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that i now decided to make business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin/relation to Mr Ramirez Sanchez for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for the money and i dont want this money to go back into Federal Government account as unclaimed fund.

The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed,the money will be transfered into the banking treasury as unclaimed fund.The request for a foreigner as the next of kin/relation in this business is occasioned by the fact that Mr Ramirez SANCHEZ was a foriegner and a Nigeria cannot stand as a next of kin/relation to the late depositor who is a foreigner.Therefore i request you to provide a reliable Bank account into which the Zenith Bank of Nigeria Correspondent bank abroad will pay the funds into.

Documents and proves to back you up in the receipt of the funds into your account shall be carefully worked out. We have also decided that for your assistance you will be entitled to 30% of the funds as your commission. 10% shall be set aside for reimbursement to both parties for any incidental expenses that may be incurred in the transaction.

If this proposal is acceptable to you, contact me immediately through Email. Please furnish me with your most confidential telephone and fax numbers,including your full names and address,complete Bank information so that they can be used for all your official communications.

Thank you for your anticipated co-operation and *** Bless.

Mr francess Bruno



Sender's Contact Information
Name:fran3Company:Zenith PlcAddress:35 marina streetPhone:234-0833-307560Fax:234-0833-307560

[TDXI]

And just in case you where unlucky enough to miss out on the above fantastic opportunity here is another one for you.

From: aynour3
Subject: I SOLICIT YOUR TRUST
Date: 2005-05-27 15:34:44.0
Message:



Dear Sir,
I am Mrs.Ayishat Nour ,wife of Late Major.Nour Karim, Nour who was shot dead by Military troops after approaching a checkpoint on the wrong side of the road behind Doura district of south western Baghdad .View the Website below for detail Story of how I lost my husband.
http://www.aljazeera.com/me.asp?service_ID=7750
http://www.islamonline.com/cgi-bin/n...ervice_id=7750
My late husband deposited $12.5M with Trustee Firm in Europe for safe keeping .All I need from you is an assistance to receive the fund and invest the fund in any lucrative investment in your country .
I will give you 40% of the total sum ,but most of all is that I solicit your trust in this transaction and will not want you to betray me.
All correspondence should be directed to my private email: [email protected]
Sincerely,
Mrs.Ayishat Nour .

Sender's Contact Information
Name: aynour3
Company: link
Address: AL-Rubai Street
Phone: 964-1-77280280
Fax: 964-1-76179850

Dont forget if anyone make a quick million or 2 a donation in a nice thick brown envelope would be appreciated.

[The Repair Shop]

they will be someone stupid enoght to try this LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

[SiRoYa]

lol
i receave almost 5 mails daily with the same story with different names


wbr
Siroya

[spectrum]

I get this type of email everyday!

[T.S.T]

yes me too every day my email box make me $$$$$$$$ and when i delet all junk than i back to realty

[Odia The Ultimate]

There appears to be mostly always some good advice in these and that is:-

Don't fly by any Nigerian Airlines they keep crashing

[spectrum]

And what has airlines got to do with this?
Pls do not make any ignorant and un proven allegations here
Give me the facts!

[TDXI]

Jesus spectrum chill out will you. Why you getting so worked up do you have shares in nigerian airways or something?

[spectrum]

@TDXI
I happen to be Nigerian. You see. A very proud one at that.
When people make unproven allegations, it borders me.
Nigerian airways does not even have a plane! The national airlines is run by Virgin.
We are fighting the scam syndrome in our own little way here and we need all the help we can get.
I hope you understand where I am coming from

[GSM Coolhawk]

@All

Old story. I've gotten these mails already 6 years or so. Oldest scam in the business

Regards

[[MoOkIe]]

Yeah, phishing is one of the most recent "scam systems". So be careful

BR

[Syed]

but i wonder how it works ? wats the modus operandi ? what they want to get out of this kinda mails ??

WBR
Syed

[themobileking]

Its a simple plan
before the "supposed" final amount is to be transferred into your account , they will contact you saying that you have to pay a certain amount of money as a sort of security amount before the actual transfer can take place.

If you transfer the initial amount their job is done and you can never hear from them again.
I have read personal stories of people who went Personally to Nigeria to get the money and they were first met by very "high class' looking people and they came to the persons hotel in a Mercedes, wearing designer suits etc. they ever took the person to a security and bond company and showed him the money .After that the real nightmare started . well to cut it short he was held at gun point and forced to pay whatever money he had . They then dropped him to the ******* and he used the return ticket that he had to go back to his home country.


read more about it here : http://www.lpconline.com/Nigerian_fr...tter_scam.html

and here: http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

and here : http://www.fbi.gov/majcases/fraud/fraudschemes.htm

some people are even killed if the try to resist
see here : http://www.quatloos.com/scams/nigerian.htm

http://www.dqindia.com/content/nscam/103080801.asp


@ Spectrum . You are right man . I have business with wonderful people from Nigeria. All people are not the same.But it is happening . Please dont take it personally.

Finally Remember : If It sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

[TDXI]

Originally Posted by unlockingteam

think it like Junk mail

Really? Do you think so? I thought it looked rather genuine myself so you dont think its worth following up then?