We Fight the Nigerian Scam

The Nigerian Scam got it's name from the fact that it originates from Lagos, Nigeria.  The objective is to lure unsuspecting people and businesses into a tale of wealth and easy money.  The only easy money to be made is by those who present the "opportunity of a lifetime". Never give your bank account information, company letterhead, money or anything of value to these thieves.

Examples of  Recent Nigerian Scam Email:

 

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ATTN:

URGENT REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

May I first of all honestly express the seriousness

and dutifulness with which I am sharing this

correspondence with you. I implore you to hold it and

all subsequent correspondences regarding this

proposition in strictest confidentiality.

Be allayed of any fears stemming from the genuineness

of the transaction. I know that as we progress, any

existing doubt(s) will be put to rest. Fortunately, I

am in a position to ensure and will actually see to it

that the transaction is completed smoothly and

swiftly.

For your information, I am Mr. Olu Ayome, a top

Nigerian civil servant with the Federal Ministry of

Aviation (FMA) and a member of the 5-member adhoc

committee set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria

to review contracts awarded by the previous military

administration between 1995-1999. We, the members of

the committee are interested in the importation of

goods into the country with funds presently floating

in the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) foreign

payments account.

Our request is anchored on our desire and need to

establish a profiting business relationship with you

and your company. We therefore solicit your

partnership to enable us transfer into your designated

account the said funds.

The funds in question, presently floating in the

Federal Ministry of Aviation (FMA) foreign payments

account with the Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) is

as a result of grossly over-invoiced contracts that

were executed for the FMA during the previous military

administration in Nigeria and are presently under

verification. To this effect, the present

administration in Nigeria set up our adhoc committee

to identify, scrutinize and recommend for payment all

valid contracts that have been fully executed. In the

course of our assignment, we have identified a lot of

misappropriated and inflated contract sums, which are

presently floating in the suspense account of the

Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF), ready for payment.

The companies that executed these contracts have been

duly paid. It is part of the over-inflated sum,

totalling US$8,250,000.00 (eight million, two hundred

and fifty thousand United States dollars) that we

intend to transfer into a foreign account.

The members of the committee have therefore mandated

me, as a matter of trust, to seek a foreign partner

into whose account we would transfer the sum of

US$8,250,000.00 (eight million, two hundred and fifty

thousand United States dollars). This is the main

purpose of this correspondence.

On completion of the transfer, we the committee

members have agreed to share the fund thus:

(1) 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local

and foreign expenses that will be incurred in the

course of this transaction;

(2) 25% for the account owner (you) and

(3) 65% for us (the committee members)

It is from the 65% that we intend to commence the

importation of goods into the Nigerian market. Please

note that this transaction is completely safe and

guaranteed since the law under which our committee was

set up has empowered us to disburse all the funds

found to be floating in the Federal Ministry of

Finance (FMF) redundant accounts from 1995 till date.

Also, the present democratic dispensation creates even

a more favourable atmosphere.

We shall immediately commence with all appropriate

arrangements to transfer of the funds as soon as you

send us the following information;

(1) Your company's name and full address

(2) Your banker's name, address, telephone and fax

numbers

(3) The account number and name of would be

beneficiary

The above information is to enable us put up Letters

of Claim and Job Description to the appropriate

ministries for the issuance of the mandatory fund

release approval/recommendations. This way, your

company will become recognized and accepted as the

beneficiary of the contract entitlements before the

final remittance to your nominated account by the

Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF) being the paying

body.

We look forward to doing business with you and solicit

your absolute confidentiality in this transaction.

Please acknowledge receipt of this letter using the

above email address for more details regarding the

transaction.

 

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Olu Ayome

__________________________________________________

And another even more recent email:

STRICTLY PRIVATE AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir,

I am Dr Philip Osondu from Port Harcourt in River State of Nigeria. I am

the Chief Account Officer of Niger Delta Development Commission of Nigeria

(NDDC).

I obtained your contact through a reliable source of business information.

Very recently, we helped a multi-national firm to secure a contract worth

hundreds of million on energy and environment involving our Commission.

Consequently, the firm reciprocated by offering us some commission in the

sum of $15 million. This $15 million has been retained at source with a

prime bank overseas after payment of the due contract value to the

Contractors.

In view of the fact that we are still under the services of a government

agency, it will raise eyebrows if such huge sum of money is lodged in with

any of our local banks. Therefore, we consider transfering the fund

overseas

for safekeeping and investment. With my experience in accounts, I realize

that it would be difficult to accomplish this aim without involving a

foreign partner.

This has prompted my colleague and I seek your confidence to entrust this

money in your care. We know that you are a total stranger to us but we

believe in opening new avenues. We need somebody we can confide in and with

whom we can do future businesses. Opportunities abound in our Commission

because it was set about 10 months ago.

This transaction is intended to be of our mutual benefit. Therefore, you

will retain 25% of the total consideration. You will assist us to invest

and manage 75% until when we are privileged to take over.

We are hopeful to complete this transaction within 14 working days from

when we receive your consent.

While we hope that at all reasonable times, you will send us an e-mail we

assure you that we will handle this transaction in harmony with your reputation.

Thank you for the kind attention and please, give my regards to your family.

Sincerely,

Dr. Philip Osondu

phildu@chigoife.com


DR.KOLE WILLIAMS

EMAIL:mailkole@techemail.com

 

 

 

ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

Dear sir,

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or

landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director

of Contracts and Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry

of works and Housing in Nigeria. Considering his very

strategic and influential position, he would want the

transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He

further want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for

now, until the completion of the transaction. Hence our

desire to have an oversea agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree

to act as our oversea agent in order to actualise this

transaction. The deal in breif is that the funds with which

to carry out our proposed investments in your country is

presently in a coded account in the Nigerian apex bank and we

need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or

any safe account outside your country in a convenient bank

account that will be provided by you before we can put the

funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have

executed a contract for the ministry. The contract sum of

which shall run into US$15.5Million of which your share shall

be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent.

Your area of specialisation does not matter in this

transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account

and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your

country. As soon as payment is effected and the amount

mentioned above is successfully transferred into your

account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some

estates abroad. For this too, you shall serve as our agent .

It might interest you to note that last year, a similar

transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of

Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment

effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses,

and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That

was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will

be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided

account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a

very minimal role until performance is seen.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise

of this proposal, through mailkole@techemail.com & Tel/Fax

No. 234 - 1 7599159. After which we shall discuss in details

the modalities for seeing this transaction through. If

however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly

delete/destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of

the proposed transaction and interest of personalities

involved.

Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.

Yours sincerely,

Dr.Kole Williams.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

ALHAJI SULEIMAN ABUBAKAR.

Lagos, Nigeria

FAX NO: 234 1 7594693

PrivateAddress:alhsuleiman_abubakar@presidency.com

alhsuleiman_abubakar@mail.com

ATTN.: THE MANAGING DIRECTOR / C. E. O.

REQUEST FOR URGENT (CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

OF THE TRANSFER OF US$45,560,000.00 (FORTY FIVE

MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES

DOLLARS ONLY).

I hope this letter will not embarrass you since we

have not had any previous communication. I got your

reference from the United States trade department

under private enquiry that is not related to my aim of

writing you this letter and went further to have it

confirmed by the Nigeria Exports Promotion

Council(NEPC).

I, on behalf of my other colleagues from different

Federal Government of Nigeria owned parastatals

decided to solicit your assistance as regards the

transfer of the above stated amount into your bank

account. This fund arose from the over-invoicing of

various contracts awarded in my parastatals to certain

foreign contractors some time ago.

We as holders of official positions in various

parastatals, were mandated by this new civilian

government to scrutinize all payments made to certain

foreign contractors by the past Military Government

and we discovered that some of the contracts they

executed were grossly over-invoiced, either by

omission or commission. Also we discovered that the

sum of $65,560,000.00 (Sixty-Five Million, Five

Hundred and Sixty Thousand United States Dollars Only)

was lying in a suspense account, although the foreign

contractors were fully paid their entitlements after

executing the said contracts. We all agreed that the

over-invoiced amount be transferred (for our own use)

into a bank account provided by a foreign partner, as

the code of conduct of the Federal Civil Service does

not allow us to operate foreign accounts.

However, we have succeeded in transferring some of

these money, precisely US$20,000,000.00 (Twenty

Million United States Dollars Only) into a foreign

account in GENEVA (SWITZERLAND). But

unfortunately, the provider of the account has severed

all forms of contacts with us as he has refused to

adhere to our earlier mutual agreement insisting that

the total amount be paid into his nominated bank

account before disbursement will take effect. If for

US$20M (Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) we

are not compensated, how can one guarantee full

compensation on remittance of the balance of

US$45.560M (Forty-Five Million, Five Hundred and Sixty

Thousand United States Dollars Only).

We are therefore seeking your assistance based on the

balance amount of US$45.560M, which can be speedily

processed and fully remitted into your nominated bank

account. On successful remittance of the fund into

your account, you will be compensated with 25% of the

amount for assistance and services and 5% set aside

for expenses contingency.

This transaction is closely knitted and in view of our

SENSITIVE POSITION we cannot afford a slip, I assure

you that this transaction is 100% risk free. We will

avail you with our identities as regards our

respective offices, when relationship is fully

established and smooth operation commences. I am at

your disposition to entertain any question(s) from you

in respect of this transaction, so contact me

immediately through the above private email addresses(

Presidency & mail) and fax number for

further information on the requirements and procedure.

Please note that the DEAL needs utmost confidentiality

and your immediate response will be highly appreciated

and we will use our own share of the money to

establish a lucrative business in your country.

Please you should contact me immediately with your

private fax and telephone numbers where further

details in respect to this transaction would be sent

to.Please do not disregard my email for any reason

because it was addressed to and from myself, it is for

security reason to avoid problem.

Yours truly,

ALHAJI SULEIMAN ABUBAKAR.

__________________________________________________

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