Those silly nigerian scams

i’ve seen the thread about those scams,and how some peoples would get tricked :astonished:

those emails usually arrive in my junk folder and are swiftly forwarded to my trash can.

however, today, one of them made it thru to my main mail folder

i wanted to reply and make fun of this poor poor chap

but i thought the F community could get amused by giving this guy a reply in a F.com sauce.

get cooking… :laughing:

[quote]FROM THE DESK OF : DR BELLO USMAN,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
AFRICAN DEVLOPMENT BANK ( A.D.B )
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,WEST AFRICA.

Attention Please,

I am Dr Bello Usman, the Director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
section of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso
West
Africa. With due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the
end
of the transaction .

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died
in a
plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank
without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation before our discovery to this development.

The said amount was U.S 7.5M (Seven Million,Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars). As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through internet directory . Meanwhile all the whole
arrangement
to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the
deceased, get
the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has
been
put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to
you as
soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist, and also
benefit your self to this great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in
this
country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a
foreign
account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the
time of
transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it
will
require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of
kin
with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign
account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his
request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the
correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted
from
to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk
free.On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of
the
total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
and
internet bills, while 60% will be for me and my coleagues. Please, you
have
been adviced to keep “Top Secret” as I am still in service and intend
to
retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm
the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for
subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously
indicated
and further investment, either in your country or any country you
advice us
to invest in. All other necessary vital nformation will be sent to you
when
I hear from you.

I look forward to receive your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication,

Yours faithfully,

Dr Bello Usman.[/quote]

_________________ :smiley:

Interestingly, there is a website which lets you paste the text of the suspect email in, and their software automatically tells you whether it resembles known scams.

It’s here.

I did that with your text, and got this answer:

[quote]Please carefully review the following Scam-O-Matic results:

This email looks like a next of kin scam email.
The following phrases should put you on alert:
“from the desk of” (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
“huge sum of money” (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
“hundred thousand united states dollars” (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
“you will be entitled to 30%” (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
“is 100% risk free” (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
"affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.) [/quote]

:laughing: Nice. Scam-O-Matic to the rescue!

Haha, the poor scammer should have googled banks first.

afdb.org/portal/page?_pageid … ema=PORTAL

They are temporary located in Tunisia.

How about a bewildered letter from some stupid person wanting to donate?

The name Pierre LeCon might be a good one for the “recipient” of their offer.

Or let’s answer as B. E. Drieger …

It is probably a scam. I don’t think I’d send them money again. The last three times I set accounts up like this and deposited the money needed to transfer the enormous fortune over here, the money never came. I even deposited some extra money to make sure it could get through after a it didn’t work at first, and they still chose to go through someone else.

So, I’d be real careful if I were you.

[quote=“dablindfrog”]i’ve seen the thread about those scams,and how some peoples would get tricked :astonished:

those emails usually arrive in my junk folder and are swiftly forwarded to my trash can.

however, today, one of them made it thru to my main mail folder

i wanted to reply and make fun of this poor poor chap

but i thought the F community could get amused by giving this guy a reply in a F.com sauce.

get cooking… :laughing:

[quote]FROM THE DESK OF : DR BELLO USMAN,
AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING SECTION,
AFRICAN DEVLOPMENT BANK ( A.D.B )
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA-FASO,WEST AFRICA.

Attention Please,

I am Dr Bello Usman, the Director in charge of Auditing and Accounting
section of AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK (A.D.B) Ouagadougou Burkina-faso
West
Africa. With due respect and regard. I have decided to contact you on a
business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the
end
of the transaction .

During our investigation and auditing in this bank, my department came
across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died
in a
plane crash and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank
without any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or
relation before our discovery to this development.

The said amount was U.S 7.5M (Seven Million,Five Hundred Thousand
United
States Dollars). As it may interest you to know, I got your impressive
information through internet directory . Meanwhile all the whole
arrangement
to put claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the
deceased, get
the required approval and transfer this money to a foreign account has
been
put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to
you as
soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist, and also
benefit your self to this great business opportunity.

In fact I could have done this deal alone but because of my position in
this
country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a
foreign
account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the
time of
transfer because I work in this bank. This is the actual reason why it
will
require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of
kin
with affidavit of trust of oath to the Bank and also present a foreign
account where he will need the money to be re-transferred into on his
request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the
correspondent branch of the bank where the whole money will be remitted
from
to your own designation bank account.

I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk
free.On
smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 30% of
the
total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
and
internet bills, while 60% will be for me and my coleagues. Please, you
have
been adviced to keep “Top Secret” as I am still in service and intend
to
retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.

I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you
confirm
the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for
subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously
indicated
and further investment, either in your country or any country you
advice us
to invest in. All other necessary vital nformation will be sent to you
when
I hear from you.

I look forward to receive your phone and fax numbers for easy
communication,

Yours faithfully,

Dr Bello Usman.[/quote]

_________________ :smiley:[/quote]

Hey Anybobdy named " Dr" must be legit so I sent him my life savings of 23k Nt and I know I’m awaiting my fortune. Damn, I love these guys that are always looking out for us! Others have cheated me but - - - DAMN! - - - I feeel a double douce coming on this one! Join us. You can party with me in the Virgin Islands.

[quote=“R. Daneel Olivaw”]It is probably a scam. I don’t think I’d send them money again. The last three times I set accounts up like this and deposited the money needed to transfer the enormous fortune over here, the money never came. I even deposited some extra money to make sure it could get through after a it didn’t work at first, and they still chose to go through someone else.

So, I’d be real careful if I were you.[/quote]

nah, i’d give it one more try just to make sure…

in 1 week, my GF received not less than 114 Scam-a-like e-mails like the one above. High time record.
It is just funny to read them…

One of them was very explicit with a text which went like:

Me General mugamba, … saved the assets of our decapicated father… worth 20MM USD… we want the money get out of the country before they kill us… HELP HELP…
I had a BIIIG grin on my face. :smiling_imp:

Another mail was to order a 40 feet container of Bluetooth devices. Send them first and get the money afterwards. they are soooo funny those Nigerians! :notworthy:

[quote=“Dragonbones”]
“huge sum of money” (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals) [/quote]

I beg to differ! Join the order of the holy painted breast!

[quote]Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am fine today and how are you? I hope this letter will find you in the best of health. I am Prince Joe Eboh, the Chairman of the “Contract Award Committee”, of the “Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)”, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). [/quote]
Oh my GOD! That’s exactly the way an ex-F.com moderator used to start her private messages! 914 is a bloody 419 scammer! How could we have been so blind!

[quote=“sandman”][quote]Dear Sir/ Madam,

I am fine today and how are you? I hope this letter will find you in the best of health. I am Prince Joe Eboh, the Chairman of the “Contract Award Committee”, of the “Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC)”, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). [/quote]
Oh my GOD! That’s exactly the way an ex-F.com moderator used to start her private messages! 914 is a bloody 419 scammer! How could we have been so blind![/quote]

AND she speaks some french…definetly something fishy there… :s