# Ahh! It's Fall and the smell of Nigerian bank scams wafts through the crisp air. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 21, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883 "2002-11-21T05:30:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/1 "2002-11-21T05:30:23Z")
Just received - I quiver with an-ti-ci-pation for my loot! > [@](#): > > From: Mr.Malenge Uwa. > Tel: 234-8023108038 > Fax:234-9-2721523 > Lagos-Nigeria. > > Attn: President/Ceo. > > STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL FINANCIAL PROPOSAL RE: TRANSFER OF US$21.5 MILLION (TWENTY ONE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY). > > I am contacting you based on information and esteem recommendation I received of you from a high ranking official in the commercial section of the Nigerian Chambers of Commerce and Industry who guaranteed your reliability and trustworthyness in business dealings. This business > proposal I wish to intimate you with is of mutual benefit and it’s success is entirely based on mutual trust, cooperation and a high level of confidentiality as regard this transaction. > > I am the Chairman of the contract Award/Advisory Committee (CAAC) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I am seeking your assistance to enable me transfer the sum of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars)into your private/company account. > > The fund came about as a result of a contract awarded and executed on behalf of my Ministry the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. The contract was supposed to be awarded to two foreign contractors to the tune of US$65,000,000.00 (Sixty Four Million United States Dollars). But in the course of negotiation, the contract was awarded to a Bulgarian contractor at the cost of US$43,500,000.00 (Forty-Three Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to my benefit unknown to the contractor. > > This contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian firm is presently securing payment from my Ministry, where I am the Executive Director in-charge of all foreign contract payment approval. As a civil servant still in active government service, I am forbidden by law to operate an account outside the shores of Nigeria. Hence this message to you seeking your assistance so as to enable me present your private/company account details as a beneficiary of contractual claims alongside that of the Bulgarian contractor, to enable me transfer the > difference of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) into your provided account. > > On actualisation, the fund will be disbursed as stated below. > > 1. 30% of the fund will be for you as beneficiary > 2. 5% for reimbursement to both parties for incidental expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction. > 3. 65% of the fund will be for me and my colleagues which we intend to invest in your country with you as my partner. > > We have strong reliable connections and contacts at the Central Bank of Nigeria, as well as the Federal Ministry of Finance and we have no doubt that all the money will be released and transferred if we get the necessary foreign partner to assist us in this deal. Therefore,when the business is successfully concluded we shall through our same connections withdraw all documents used from all the concerned Government Ministries for 100% security. I would require the following:- > > 1. Your company’s name,address,telephone and fax numbers. > 2. Your bank account and address where the money will be remitted. > > The above information would be used to make formal applications as a matter of procedure for the release of the money and onward transfer to your account. > > It does not matter whether or not your company does contract projects of this nature described here. The assumption is that your company won the major contract and subcontracted it out to other companies. More Often than not, big trading companies or firms of unrelated fields win major contracts and subcontracts to more specialized firms for execution of such contracts. > > All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for a smooth actualisation of the transaction within the nxt few working days of commencement. For further details as to the workability of this transaction, Please contact me immediately whether or not you are interested in this deal. If you are not,it will enable me scout for another foreign partner to carry out this deal. But where you are interested, please give me a call on my phone line (234-8023108038) or you can also send the required documents aforementioned herein either through my mailbox/fax line as time is of the essence in this business. > > I wait in anticipation of your fullest co-operation. > > Yours faithfully, > Mr.Malenge Uwa. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/2 "2002-11-21T08:53:03Z")
[Scam o Rama presents the Lads from Lagos](http://www.scamorama.com/) These people string along Nigerian scammers with outrageously phony names and information (How about trying to get money out of the best friend of Charles Dexter Ward? :D) and, while they have the scammers tied up chasing phony parties, inform various legal agencies about the illegal actions of those they have so skillfully gotten contact information out of… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/3 "2002-11-21T10:17:42Z")
Is that all? I got one from the South African Minister of Mines! ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/4 "2002-11-21T10:32:26Z")
There was a story about it on the local TV news the other day. They were talking about how some doctors, lawyers and a FEDERAL JUDGE fell for this scam. A FEDERAL JUDGE!?! WTF!?!Which federal judge? I want him/her removed! Either that, or if I ever launder money and get caught, I want them to be my judge… “you see, your honor, I was just trying to help this very wealthy man from Nigeria transfer his fortune…” ---
**Author:** ![istara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e79b87/32.png) [@istara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/istara)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/5 "2002-11-21T11:40:18Z")
I have been having some great fun scamming these people. Have a look at my website at [http://www.freewebz.com/afops/scams.html](http://www.freewebz.com/afops/scams.html) The best so far is George Kabbah, who is “impressed” with “Elva’s” religious background, and hasn’t yet twigged to the fact that she’s a white nazi bigot. And you gotta love my cool deliberately-obvious photoshopping of the church.gif. See how the letter C of “Church of White Fire” doesn’t even fit properly across the top?!! The absolute best of all the scammers I have read though is this guy - [http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/](http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/) - the Lovecraft one is weepingly funny. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ahh-its-fall-and-the-smell-of-nigerian-bank-scams-wafts-through-the-crisp-air/137883/6 "2002-11-21T11:45:54Z")
Yep, I got one last yesterday - from “REV JACKSON.” When I first saw it, I thought Jesse was spamming me. I’d gotten two others that I forwarded on to the 419 scam investigators. Gotta send this one too. idiots