Posted on 02/22/2008 10:23:15 PM PST by Sammy67
21 January 2008 Posted to the web 21 January 2008
Betrand Nwankwo
The security measures put in place by the Nigerian Postal Services (NIPOST) to check the activities of fraudsters have started yielding results, as it has intercepted 2,500 fake passports meant for shipment overseas. Similarly, NIPOST also intercepted 4,000 scam letters and parcels meant for shipment abroad between October and December last year.
Postmaster-general of federation (PMG), Mallam Ibrahim Mori Baba, disclosed this at the weekend while speaking on the occasion to mark this year's Pan African Postal Union (PAPU).
Explaining further, Mori Baba said the intercepted letters and parcels contained fake international currencies which include; 894,774 pounds sterling, 2,635, 095euros and $117, 058, 972 were meant for shipment to Britain, Germany, France, China, Japan, Russia, Canada, Brazil and the United States of America (USA).
He revealed that the 2500 fake international passports intercepted by NIPOST were
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Now THAT's a job for Superman
good think we dont have retina scans yet
that would 1500 eyeball operations
Drat! They musta intercepted my 1.5 million stipend transaction from Prince Umbadooboo
It's our "stuck in the '70s" government that creates these acronyms for us, and for other governments. I'm declaring a jihad on anything "70's". Right now.
I hope they don’t take my passport.
I just got an email from Nigeria saying that they will pay me $3,000,000. The guy who sent it said that he can’t inherit his father’s billions in his estate unless I send him $10k.
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