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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