# Spelling mistakes in  Nigerian Scam

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-mistakes-in-nigerian-scam/711034>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 27, 2015, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-mistakes-in-nigerian-scam/711034 "2015-01-27T18:35:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-mistakes-in-nigerian-scam/711034/21 "2015-01-28T21:44:01Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> While nearly all “Nigerian” letters I have received have been pretty farcical in their spelling and grammar, I just received a Skype contact request from the daughter of the late Muammar Gaddafi that had almost perfect spelling and grammar.

I received one from Ban Ki Moon that is so courteous and well-written, it can only be true!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2015, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spelling-mistakes-in-nigerian-scam/711034/22 "2015-01-28T22:52:02Z")

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> [@Mangetout](#):
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> I received one from Ban Ki Moon that is so courteous and well-written, it can only be true!

Hey, I got one from him too! Also the widow of Yasser Arafat.

The ones I got from Flora Dumbo, Akiiki Kissa, Srta. Blessed Lama, and Tit Cherieff were less well written.

One of the funniest ones claims to be German and then signs with an African name (while giving a German name for his lawyer):

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> Hello Friend,
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> I am a German by nationality but lived all my life in America But i met you in Greece some years back.
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> I have less than a week to live because I am suffering from cancer and the doctor has just confirmed that I will die soon. Please I need your prayers. I have today willed my properties to your family and I want you to also help the poor. Find below the contact of my lawyer you are to contact him because I am at the moment in Asia for treatment.
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> Dr. Helmut Pilss Esq.  
> zentrale e-mail (xxxxx)
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> Thanks Dima Bassam Diab  
> 31-08-2013

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