# Hello My Very Good Friend **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 22, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435 "2005-10-22T17:04:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/1 "2005-10-22T17:04:34Z")
First, I’m soliciting your utmost confidenciality in this Transaction.I am DR KELVIN GREEN,the foreign Operations Manager Citi Bank Plc.One of our customers who bears the same name with you, a national of your country, who used to work with Chevron Oil Producing Company in Nigeria that died On the 26th of December 2003,on the single reason of visiting his in-laws. His wife{A LEBANESE} and their only daughter were involved in a Plane crash on their way home for the holidays and were among the 111 people confirmed dead. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track over the Internet, to locate any member of his family or relative hence I contacted you.I’m taking this advantage in order to better my life and that of my family. I have ontacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$20.7 million Left behind by our customer before it get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by our bank where this huge amount was deposited Our bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated in the next six months. For the fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives since then I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the percentage that is coming to me after the money is been credited in your chosen account and the modalities for transfer. I can assist in procuring the necessary information and legal documents that may be needed to actualize this proposal since I will contract the services of our bank accredited lawyer who will legally represent you here. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please view the WEBSITE:www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html If this proposal is acceptable by you, kindly get back to me .I want you to also furnish me with your private telephone/fax or preferably your mobile numbers and I will have to apply for the release and subsequent Transfer of the fund in your favour. Please get in touch with me first by my secured and confidential email Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation. Yours Faithfully, DR KELVIN GREEN. Please upon your response include your private telephone and fax for further and oral communication. ---
**Author:** ![suezeekay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@suezeekay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suezeekay)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/2 "2005-10-22T17:11:49Z")
I get one of these about twice a week. If I’m in the mood, I send them a phone number to call me: Please contact me at (617) 742-5533 (FBI). I cannot imagine anyone actually thinking this is real, but apparently they do get people to send them money. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/3 "2005-10-22T18:15:55Z")
For a change of pace, **suezeekay** , give them the phone number (202) 456-1414. That’s the White House switchboard main number. (Heh, heh.) ---
**Author:** ![LiveOnAPlane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@LiveOnAPlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LiveOnAPlane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2005, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/4 "2005-10-22T18:40:16Z")
Man, I love this board. Where else are you gonna get a chance of MILLIONS of dollars, for no outlay on your part? Thanks, **CynicalGabe** , my email will be in your inbox before you can say “ohshit.” ---
**Author:** ![Rayne\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/df705f/32.png) [@Rayne\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rayne_Man)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/5 "2005-10-23T10:10:20Z")
These people in Nigeria have just won the Ig Nobel Awards for literature [link here](http://skeptico.blogs.com/skeptico/2005/10/2005_ig_nobel_a.html) . If you’ve got some free time you can always try a spot of scam-baiting. This is my favourite site:- [419 Eater](http://www.419eater.com/html/letters.htm) . Lots of funny pictures and ridicules scenarios. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/6 "2005-10-23T21:32:09Z")
I’ve always got free time. > [@Gabe's reply to the 419'er](#): > > DR KELVIN GREEN: > I am sorry to hear of your trouble in repatriating the fund. Please contact me and we can work out the modalities for transfer to my chosen account. Can you please inform me which documents may be needed to actualize this proposal? Thank you for your time. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/7 "2005-10-23T21:34:27Z")
These turn up in my junk mail all the time. BTW–just got a Phishing letter claiming to be from Amazon. **Do not click on any link!** Go to the Amazon page & deal with any problem there first. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/8 "2005-10-23T22:05:02Z")
I never click on links in email, unless it is from someone I know. Unless of course, that person is my mother, who continually sends me chain letters and urban legends. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/9 "2005-10-24T15:21:53Z")
Today I received this reply: > [@419](#): > > Dear Gabriel, > > Thanks for your response to my mail.I want to tell you that I sincerely proposed this beneficial and fruithful transaction to you so I wouldn’t want to joke with it.I have contacted you since you have the same last name with our late client Mr Dixon Martinez because all our efforts to locate any of the relatives for a long time now proved abortive.I would appreciate your sincerity and faithfulness to partake in this project. It will require your full commitment both time and otherwise for us to achieve our goal without any hitch. Bear in mind that as a manager of this bank, I will not be so visible in this transaction rather you are the purported next of kin to the deceased. > > I am also assuring you that this transaction is hundred(100%) percent risks free and legal. You should as well try as much as you can to make this project very confidential until the funds gets to you. Please reassure me that you will not seat on this money when it gets to you,also reassure me of your capability to handle this transaction with the maturity it deserves, forgive me if I offend you. This is because, we have not met before and we are going into business that worth’s millions of dollars.To me,I prefer someone who is married tied with family,who cannot be pushed or be overwhelmed with the magnitude of the money.I do hope you understand what I mean. > > You can call me on my direct telephone number any time :+234-803722-4957.for us to discuss details and the next steps to take in this transaction and possibly what will be your benefits for your sincere coorporation and participation in this transaction.Please provide me with your direct telephone numbers for more details. > > I await your response asap. > > Thanks and remain blessed. > > Best Regards, > > Dr Kelvin Green. ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/10 "2005-10-24T15:42:49Z")
My response: > [@](#): > > Dr. Kelvin Green: > > What assurance can I be provided that this offer is legitimate? As you stated, this is a very significant venture involving millions of dollars. I must be completely assured that there is nothing in contrary to the legal system involved in these transactions. > > I must be certain of this because of my past personal history with the authorities in my country. I am a political dissident, having been formerly convicted of many crimes in relation to political oppression. My finances matters is being closely monitered by my country’s secret police. > > You have written that you prefer to deal with someone who is married with family. I cannot document the existence of my family because many of then, including my wife and young child, have been imprisioned as a method of punishing my political activities. > > Also, I am not able to confirm that I will not be overwhelmed with the magnitude of the money, because of the fact that I have an unfortunate addiction to games of chance. I can assure you I would make a sincerest effort to not lose a substantial portion of the funds - indeed, if the correct cirucmstances were provided, we would both be in a position to profit substantially from such activities, based on a method of numerical prediction and manipulation that I have developed. I have being studiously developing said method for a number of years, in establishments based on the reservations of other oppressed persons in my country. With the funding you have access to, this method could be put to work. > > Please help me to address these concerns. Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Rashak\_Mani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rashak\_Mani](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rashak_Mani)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/11 "2005-10-25T13:58:14Z")
You should convince them of sending you some money !! Now that would be a master stroke. Get them to beleive your a legit crimelord of sorts… hehe ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hello-my-very-good-friend/327435/12 "2005-10-25T16:42:43Z")
> [@](#): > > Dear Gabriel, > > Your mail has been received and the content well understood. > > PLease send to me your direct telephone numbers for oral discussion. > > I wait to hear from you. > > Dr. Kelvin Green. That would be most impressive if I could get them to send me some of their ill-gotten gain. I’m almost tempted to stroll down to the local Wells Fargo and open another account for the purpose.