[djnang]

Hi there all. i wanted to show an example of what got sent today A total scam as it is so obviouse...

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From: "petroleum gas5" <petroleumgas5@virgilio.it>
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP


From the desk of: Engr.Patrick Mba
Executive Director/Financial
Controller
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)
Falomo Office
Annex
Lagos Nigeria

Dear Sir/Madam,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS
RELATIONSHIP

I am the financial controller of Nigerian
National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). I got
Your Contact address from an
associate working
With the Nigerian Export Promotion Council.
I and my
colleagues are ministry officials in
Charge of offshore remittance in
this Corporation
(NNPC). We are seeking your assistance to transfer
of
Forty Two Million (US$42,000,000.00) to your
Account for further
private investment. Please
Note that the nature of your job/business
does
Not matter and you will be better informed when
I hear from you.

This amount accrued from an over-invoiced contract
Amount for the
construction of an Oil Refinery
Sub-stations in Nigeria in 1995 to
expatriate
Companies. The contract was originally valued for
One
Hundred and Twenty Seven Million United States
Dollar
US$127,000,000.00) but we manipulated the
Figure to read one Hundred
and Sixty Nine Million
United states Dollars ($169,000,000.00) the
extra
$42,000,000.00 is what we want to transfer to your
Account.

This contract has been completely executed and the
Original contractors
have been paid their entire contract Bills less this $42,000,000.00 for
your assistance,We have agreed to remunerate you with 30% because it Is
impossible for us to claim the amount here in Nigeria Without foreign
collaboration. 5% has been mapped out for any miscellaneous expenses
incurred by either party During this business, and 65% for my
colleagues and myself.

It may interest you to know that four years
ago, a
Similar transaction was carried out with one Mr. Patrice
Miller,
the President of Crain International Trading
Corporation at number 135
East 57th Street, 28th floor,
New York.10022 with Tel: 212-308-7788 and
TLX number
6731689. Mr. Patrice disappeared into thin air when he
Received the money. His Telephone and Telex numbers had
Been
reallocated to other users by the time we arrived
New York for our
share. This explains exactly why we will Make a concrete agreement
between you and us, should you Be willing to assist in this deal.

All
modalities to effect the payment and subsequent transfer of this money
have been worked out. This transaction is 100% risk free but requires
100 percent confidentiality. This is a golden opportunity which must
not be allowed to Slip out of any careless acts and utterances. We
chose you For this transaction because we believe that good friends can
be discovered and businesses such as this cannot be Realized without
trust. You can be rest assured that your Security has been considered
before you were contacted.

Upon the receipt of this mail message,
feel free to send
to me the following, to enable us start the process:

1. Your full Names and contact address.
2. Your private telephone and
fax numbers.

Thanks and best regards in anticipation of your
response.

Best Regards,
Engr.Patrick Mba

N: B
Please note that the
nature of your job/business does not Matter and you will be better
informed when I hear from you.If you are interested, send your reply
with this E-mail address; (engr_patmba1@yahoo.com.hk).

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So i replied back back saying every possible swearing word i can think off.

What do you lot think?

[darren]

I think you've just confirmed your email address is still valid.

[djnang]

[djnang]

[darren]

[djnang]

[djnang]

[Sol]

best just to report it as spam and get his email blocked

[djnang]

[cakesy]

[quote="djnang"]Where can i report it as spam?[/quote]

If you use gmail. which you should, click the report spam link above the email.

Another one to watch out for is when people send out emails for Petitions, or to help some poor girl in Somalia. These are ways of harvesting emails, so avoid sending the them, and tell your mate who sent it to you to stop being stupid.

[Raengel]

I had exactly the same email. How stupid do these people think we are?

The thing is, it makes you wonder how many people fall for it.

[Bluey]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

It is estimated that the frauds may employ as many as 250,000 and that it is the largest income in Nigeria after Oil revenue.

"The Nigerian scam is hugely successful. According to a 1997 newspaper article: "We have confirmed losses just in the United States of over $100 million in the last 15 months," said Special Agent James Caldwell, of the Secret Service financial crimes division. "And that's just the ones we know of. We figure a lot of people don't report them."

So it's not unreasonable to assume that many thousands of people are scammed on a regular basis.