Posted on 02/12/2016 2:45:28 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Nigerian astronaut lost in space needs $3m to get home - could be a scam
The Anorak Inbox features this plea: Nigerian Astronaut is lost in space needs $3Million to come home ...
Subject: Nigerian Astronaut Wants To Come Home
Dr. Bakare Tunde
Astronautics Project Manager
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA)
Plot 555
Misau Street
PMB 437
Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA
Dear Mr. Sir,
REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home.
In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access the his trust fund we need your assistance.
Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account or subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names.
Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course.
Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter.
Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only.
Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde Astronautics Project Manager tip@nasrda.gov.ng
http://www.nasrda.gov.ng/
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Tell him to land in the US. He’ll get Welfare, Food Stamps, public housing, Obamacare and a free smart phone.
He may want to look into GoFundMe.
shortest book in the world:
“nigerian astronauts i have known”
this is satire, right?
Are there really Americans stupid enough to believe this?
if so, this country is doomed.
Seems legit.
Just tell him to do an EVA and push off toward the big blue thing down there. Gravity will take care of the rest.
Isn’t there a people’s government version called Go F Me?
Dammit, why didn’t I get THIS one! Oh, wait...
Nobody, but nobody should fall for this. Nobody.
This one is rather good. Its worth a dollar for cleverness.
And its a very good premise for a movie.
Seems legit...
as you say.
I used to send fake Western Union money grams to those scammers. It was a riot reading their responses when they asked where there money was especially when I wrote back saying either they or their representative picked up the money already.
Dorkbama the Muslim voters will believe it.
After all, they elected a humanoid slime mold.
One for scamorama!
Do you really want an answer to that?
I think TCM is running “Marooned” about now. Or later tonight.
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