boomer

Has anyone else received the following (scam) e-mail?

It was sent to my Boomer address, which i use for my Scooby-related communications, so i was wondering whether the address was harvested from this BBS (no criticism of SDB though!).

It is a well know scam (see for example http://www.dcmsoft.com/zuba/index.html)

Anyone else get one??

mb

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HALLMARK TRUST BANK
#34 ADENIYI CLOSE,V/ISLAND
LAGOS.


ATTN:

Request for Urgent Business Relationship

First I must solicit your confidence in these transaction. This is by
virtue of it’s being very confidential. I’m Prince femi kuti, a Director
with the Union Bank of Nigeria (U.B.N) Plc, Lagos. I came to know of
you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle
this confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge amount
of money to a Foreign Bank Account requiring maximum confidence.

The proposition Poland, Late Engineer Romuald A. Wojolochowski an oil
Merchant/Contractor with the Federal Government of Nigeria, until his
death 3 years ago in a motor accident, banked with us here at Union Bank
of Nigeria PLC, Lagos, and had a closing balance of US$33.725M (Thirty
three million, seven hundred and twenty five thousand united states dollars)
which the bank now unquestionably expects to claim by Romuald A. Wojolochowski
next of kin or alternatively be donated to discredited trust fund for
alms and ammunition at a military war college here in Nigeria. Fervent
efforts have been made by the Union Bank of Nigeria PLC to get in touch
with any of the
Romuald family has proved abortive.

It is because of the perceived possibility of not being able to locate
Late Engineer Romuald’s next of Kin (he had no wife or children) that
the management under the influence of our Chairman and member of the
board of Directors, Retired Major Gen. Chukwu, that an arrangement be
made for the funds to be declared “UNCLAIMED” and subsequently be donated
to the trust fund for alms and ammunition to further enhance
the cause of war in Africa and the world in general. In order to avert
this negative development, some of my trusted colleagues and I now seek
your permission to have you stand as next of kin to Late Engineer Romuald
so that the fund US$33,725M would be released and paid into your Bank
Account as the next of kin.

All documents and proofs to enable you get this fund would be carefully
worked out and more so, we are assuring you of a hundred percent risk
free involvement. You will get a negotiable percentage of this money
for assisting us in this deal. We shall also map out some percentage
of this money to take care of accidental expenses that may arise in the
course of this transaction. If this proposal is okay by you and assure
us that you will not take undue advantage of the trust we hope to bestow
on you and your company, then kindly get to me immediately via e-mail.
And furnish me with your confidential phone number, e-mail and fax exclusive
banking coordinates so that I can use this information
to apply for the release and subsequent transfer of the funds in your
favour. But if you are not interested please keep it confidential.
remain blessed.
Yours faithfully,
COL. EDWARD ABEBE(RTD)

mattstant

Used to get these by post at work all the time where they were instantly filed in the round filing system on the floor next to my desk.
i cant believe some people are actually conned by these but they are.
i think there was an expose done on Paul kenyon or a similar programme

RaZe-=Buzz=-

And now you've told us about it, do you have to kill and eat us?

boomer

Aha, i knew that there was a connection!

"RaZe-=Buzz=-" is an anagram of "Nigerian Money Scam" (flipping a few bits around anyway) That'll be "Col. RaZe-=Buzz=-(Rtd)" no less

Now if i could just have your credit card number...

mb

Tim Taylor

Boomer

I got the same e-mail today. Check out this other tread http://www.scoobynet.co.uk/bbs/threa...hreadid=113030

Tim

SWRTWannabe

Mrs SWRTWannabe (a solicitor) saw one I had that was very similar and said "Money Laundering". Wonder whether money need's a cold wash to stop it shrinking

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Can I have that retired guy's e-mail address, Ive a need for some quick funds?
Yours, hopefullyand trustingly, Alcazar

mattstant

the con isnt about money laundering
Apparently they sucker you in and arrange meetings in posh hotel foyers and have an extended "cast" of other characters and then ask you for money up front say 10000 or so or however much you have to "oil the wheels" and then disappear with your money.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Surely not???? These must be first cousins to the b@st@rds that nicked my rear tyres off my Xantia at some date when it was serviced.

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Another urban legend has it that someone was actually suckered into travelling to Nigeria - and was promptly kidnapped.

It's a nasty scam, best deleted and forgotten about IMHO.

A.

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

A further urban legend has it that the kidnapped guy's bones turned up, but they'd been gnawed on....and not by an animal. Or is this racist?

Chris L

Andy

It ain't an urban legend, there are documented cases of people being tricked to travel to Nigeria, kidnapped and even murdered. These guys are very serious. The amount of money they have got away with is staggering. You can't believe how many people still fall for this type of con.

Read the other thread or have a look at this link posted up by DavidRB

Chris

alcazar

iTrader: (2)

Where can I buy tickets to Nigeria???? If there's free money in it, I'm having some .Yours trustingly, Alcazar
PS: my brain would fit in an egg-cup.