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Alert! Need Help, possible Scam Artist
e-mail | 10.`18.02

Posted on 10/18/2002 11:43:04 AM PDT by meandog

I received the following over e-mail. I wonder if I could get some help from FReepers in the suspicion that perhaps this is being bantied about....


From the desk of:-
MRS GRACE ITA
C/O Barrister Chike Egobia
Lagos Nigeria

Sir,

URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

I am Grace Ita (mrs) widow of the late Col. Kulu Ita the former governor of Kano State of Nigerian. My late husband was one of the victims of the November ADC Aircraft Boeing 722 that crashed in Lagos.

I have just been informed by family attorney Barrister Chike Egobia that my late husband operated a secret account with fictitious name in a Nigeria bank into which total sum of Nineteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars ($19.5) was transferred and credited in his favour. The attorney now advised me to seek in confidence a foreign account into which this fund could be transferred for disbursement as directed by my late husband in his will.

It has been resolved that 25% will be your share for nominating an account for this purpose and any other assistance you will give in that regard. 10% has been mapped out to payback all local and international expenses, which may be, incurred in the transfer process and 5% has been conceded to the local bank manager here assisting facilitating the transfer.

Finally, 60% will come to myself and my children and good part of this shall be directed towards executing his will which is to buy shares and stocks in foreign country to securities his children’s future to facilitate the conclusion of this transaction if accepted do send to me promptly by fax through family attorney, the following.

1. The account number to be used for remittance

2. Name and address of your bank

3. Fax and telephone numbers, through which you will be contacted

4. Promptly whenever you attorney/ assistance may be required

Please note that i have been assured that the transaction will be concluded in ten (10) banking working days upon my receiving from you the above listed information will commence the process of retrieving the will immediately i hear from you.

May at this point emphasize the high level of confidentiality, which this business demands hope you will not betray the trust and confidence, which is reposed in you. However, you may need to give me sufficient assurance that you will not sit on this fund when it is finally remitted into your account.

Please direct your reply by email to my box in which the family attorney will communicate with him towards effective completion of this transaction.

Regards.

Grace Ita (Mrs)


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I HAVEN'T RESPONDED TO IT...I am just curious about its origin. Anybody know?
1 posted on 10/18/2002 11:43:05 AM PDT by meandog
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To: meandog
Gee, I don't know, meandog, it could be legit...

Just kidding. This is one of the most notorious e-mail scams going.

2 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:10 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: meandog
This is the oldest scam on the books -- I'm surprised it's still making the rounds.

I'm not surprised, however, whenever I hear that there are a lot of people on this planet who are dumb enough to fall for these things.

3 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:37 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: meandog
Nigeria makes a large portion of its money from these SCAMS.


Do not respond or do anything. It's a BIG TIME SCAM. Nigerians specialize in that(not all, just these scams are run by them)
4 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:39 AM PDT by Skywalk
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To: meandog
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=nigeria+scam&btnG=Google+Search
5 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:54 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: meandog
Congratulations. You are the last person in the United States to receive this scam letter.
6 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:59 AM PDT by pabianice
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To: meandog
These messages are from Nigeria. Hundreds go out everyday.
7 posted on 10/18/2002 11:44:59 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: meandog
Total scam. I get one or two of these a month. First time I've seen a woman's name, though.
8 posted on 10/18/2002 11:45:03 AM PDT by EggsAckley
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To: meandog
Yeah, it's the standard Nigerian scam. They used to do it by mail. Now they e-mail the crap. You can count on your bank accounts being cleaned out if you respond to them.
9 posted on 10/18/2002 11:45:03 AM PDT by Catspaw
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To: meandog
Geez! Who hasn't received this email spam dozens of times? Delete it.
10 posted on 10/18/2002 11:45:06 AM PDT by Spiff
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To: meandog
Forward that e-mail, with all headers intact, to the Secret Service. Their e-mail address for that is "419.fcd@usss.treas.gov". This is an example of "Section 419 Fraud," a scam run out of some central African countries.
11 posted on 10/18/2002 11:45:14 AM PDT by Chemist_Geek
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To: meandog
POSSIBLE scam?

It IS from Nigeria, all right, and this cr*p has been flooding the U.S. for months now.

Send her a polite note - or do like me and tell her exactly what you think of "her."
12 posted on 10/18/2002 11:45:20 AM PDT by Redbob
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To: meandog
I'm also willing to bet that the name "Chike Egobia" translates to "go f#ck myself" in Swahili or some such language.
13 posted on 10/18/2002 11:46:05 AM PDT by Alberta's Child
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To: meandog
From the desk of:-
MRS GRACE ITA
C/O Barrister Chike Egobia
Lagos Nigeria

SCAM!

This is an old one.

14 posted on 10/18/2002 11:46:18 AM PDT by rdb3
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To: meandog
where should I send my bank account numbers to?
15 posted on 10/18/2002 11:46:32 AM PDT by rface
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To: Howlin; Ed_NYC; MonroeDNA; widgysoft; Springman; FreedomPoster; Timesink; AntiGuv; dpa5923; ...
"Hold muh beer 'n watch this!" PING....

If you want on or off this list, please let me know!
This has come about after much badgering by you, my friends and extended family...

16 posted on 10/18/2002 11:46:40 AM PDT by mhking
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To: dirtboy
I've recieved a number of these myself, although I've never fully understood what they are trying to accomplish. Are they trying to tap bank accounts? I would hope most people are smart enough to never give personal banking information out.
17 posted on 10/18/2002 11:46:51 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: meandog
And... YOU MAY HAVE ALREADY WON A KOOL 1,000,000,000.00 - do you want to know for sure? Well... just give me a couple of days so that I could set my 900 number. Then you dial that number and... it will tell you the absolute truth.
18 posted on 10/18/2002 11:47:02 AM PDT by A Vast RightWing Conspirator
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To: Chemist_Geek; meandog
Excellent advice. I was about to suggest sending it to the FBI, apparently the SS handles this junk. That or just delete and ignore it.
19 posted on 10/18/2002 11:47:29 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard
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To: meandog
http://www.mgb-home.de/english/Nigeria-scam-letters.html
20 posted on 10/18/2002 11:47:35 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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