# Oy, not another Nigerian scam! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 25, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-not-another-nigerian-scam/120757 "2002-07-25T13:34:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-not-another-nigerian-scam/120757/1 "2002-07-25T13:34:04Z")
Get a load of the last two paragraphs! > [@](#): > > FROM: BARRISTER MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA. > HAKIM BELLO LAW FIRM > ATTORNEYS/LEGAL PRACTITIONERS. > NIGERIA > > GOODDAY TO YOU > COMPLIMENTS OF THE SEASON. GRACE AND PEACE AND LOVE > FROM THIS PART OF THE ATLANTIC TO YOU. I HOPE MY > LETTER DOES NOT CAUSE YOU TOO MUCH EMBARRASSMENT AS I > WRITE TO YOU IN GOOD FAITH BASED ON THE CONTACT > ADDRESS GIVEN TO ME BY A FRIEND WHO WORKS AT THE > NIGERIAN EMBASSYIN YOUR COUNTRY. PLEASE EXCUSE MY > INTRUSION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE. > > I AM BARRISTER MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA, I REPRESENT MOHAMMED > ABACHA, SON OF THE LATE GEN. SANI ABACHA, WHO WAS THE > FORMER MILITARY HEAD OF STATE IN NIGERIA. HE DIED IN > 1998. SINCE HIS DEATH, THE FAMILY HAS BEEN LOSING A > LOT OF MONEY DUE TO VINDICTIVE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS > WHO ARE BENT ON DEALING WITH THE FAMILY. BASED ON THIS > THEREFORE, THE FAMILY HAS ASKED ME TO SEEK FOR A > FOREIGN PARTNER WHO CAN WORK WITH US AS TO MOVE OUT > THE TOTAL SUM OF US$75,000,000.00 ( SEVENTY FIVE > MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ), PRESENTLY IN THEIR > POSSESSION. THIS MONEY WAS OF COURSE, ACQUIRED BY THE > LATE PRESIDENT AND IS NOW KEPT SECRETLY BY THE FAMILY. > THE SWISS GOVERNMENT HAS ALREADY FROZEN ALL THE > ACCOUNTS OF THE FAMILY IN SWITZERLAND, AND SOME OTHER > COUNTRIES WOULD SOON FOLLOW TO DO THE SAME. THIS BID > BY SOME GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS TO DEAL WITH THIS FAMILY > HAS MADE IT NECESSARY THAT WE SEEK YOUR ASSISITANCE IN > RECEIVING THIS MONEY AND IN INVESTING IT ON BEHALF OF > THE FAMILY. > > THIS MUST BE A JOINT VENTURE TRANSACTION AND WE MUST > ALL WORK TOGETHER. SINCE THIS MONEY IS STILL CASH, > EXTRA SECURITY MEASURES HAVE BEEN TAKEN TO PROTECT IT > FROM THEFT OR SEIZURE, PENDING WHEN AGREEMENT IS > REACHED ON WHEN AND HOW TO MOVE IT INTO ANY OF YOUR > NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNTS. I HAVE PERSONALLY WORKED OUT > ALL MODALITIES FOR THE PEACEFUL CONCLUSION OF THIS > TRANSACTION. THE TRANSACTION DEFINITELY WOULD BE > HANDLED IN PHASES AND THE FIRST PHASE WILL INVOLVE THE > MOVING OF US$25,000,000.00( TWENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED > STATES DOLLARS ). > > MY CLIENTS ARE WILLING TO GIVE YOU A REASONABLE > PERCENTAGE OF THIS MONEY AS SOON AS THE TRANSACTIONIS > CONCLUDED. I WILL, HOWEVER, BASED ON THE GROUNDS THAT > YOU ARE WILLING TO WORK WITH US AND ALSO ALL > CONTENTIOUS ISSUES DISCUSSED BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT > OF THIS TRANSACTION. YOU MAY ALSO DISCUSS YOUR > PERCENTAGE BEFORE WE START TO WORK. AS SOON AS I HEAR > FROM YOU, I WILL GIVE YOU ALL NECESSARY DETAILS AS TO > HOW WE INTEND TO CARRY OUT THE WHOLE TRANSACTION. > PLEASE, DO NOT ENTERTAIN ANY FEARS,AS ALL NECESSARY > MODALITIES ARE IN PLACE, AND I ASSURE YOU OF ALL > SUCCESS AND SAFETY IN THIS TRANSACTION. > > PLEASE, THIS TRANSACTION REQUIRES ABSOLUTE > CONFIDENTIALITY AND YOU WOULD BE EXPECTED TO TREAT IT > AS SUCH UNTIL THE FUNDS ARE MOVED OUT OF THIS COUNTRY. > > PLEASE, YOU WILL ALSO IGNORE THIS LETTER AND RESPECT > OUR TRUST IN YOU BY NOT EXPOSING THIS TRANSACTION, > EVEN > IF YOU ARE NOT INTERESTED. > > I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU. > > THANK YOU. > > TRULY YOURS, > > MOHAMMED MUSTAPHA ESQ. > > * * * ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-not-another-nigerian-scam/120757/2 "2002-07-25T13:41:36Z")
Exposing the transaction! Heh! “And you don’t want us exposing ourselves!” - Ghostbusters ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-not-another-nigerian-scam/120757/3 "2002-07-25T13:44:42Z")
That sounds like a sweet deal! Could you forward it to me? I’m gonna be rich!! ---
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2002, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oy-not-another-nigerian-scam/120757/4 "2002-07-25T17:48:32Z")
I didn’t know that a Compuserve account got me so much international exposure 😉 > [@](#): > > REQUEST FOR AN URGENT CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP > > After due deliberation with my colleagues, We have decided to forward to you this business proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us in the transfer the sum of Twenty Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars ($20,500,000 ). Via International Bank Draft Cashable in any First World Countries. > > This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from contracts awarded by us under the budget allocation to our Ministry. This bill has been approved for payment by the other concerned Ministries. The contract has since been executed, commissioned and the contractor was paid the actual cost of the contract. We are left with the balance US$20.5M as part of the over-invoiced amount which we have deliberated over estimated for our own use. But under our protocol division, we as civil servants are forbidden to operate or own foreign accounts. This is why we are soliciting your assistance in this manner and regard . > > As you may want to know and to make you less curious, I got your address from adverts in the business directory . I am the > Chief Accountant/Internal Auditor of the Contract Award Committee ( CAC ) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation > ( NNPC). This transaction is very much free from all sorts of RISKS and TROUBLE from my Government. We the N.N.P.C. Officials involved in this deal have put in many years in service to this Ministry. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. > > Best Regards, > > DR.FELIX DIKE