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"The government of Nigeria roundly condemns these assaults on our national image," Nigerian Embassy officials in Washington, D.C., said in a prepared statement detailing the measures their country has taken in its "war against the 419 scams."

And adds that if you send in $600 now, you will be able to collect 1 million dollars once the perpetrators are brought to justice.

1 posted on 09/01/2003 5:27:51 PM PDT by Pharmboy
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To: Pharmboy
Nigerians attack con artists

The Clintons were in Nigeria?

2 posted on 09/01/2003 5:31:00 PM PDT by Paul Atreides (Bringing you quality, non-unnecessarily-excerpted threads since 2002)
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LOL. The only thing more corrupt than Nigeria's private sector, is its public sector.

Smuggling, fraud and the easy buck are the national pasttime.
4 posted on 09/01/2003 5:41:09 PM PDT by witnesstothefall
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Do you mean to tell me that guy isn't going to transfer $28 million into my account like he said? Great
5 posted on 09/01/2003 5:44:58 PM PDT by paul51
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I received these faxes. It's hard to beleive that anyone ever fell for this scam. It was funny in its absurdity.
6 posted on 09/01/2003 5:46:49 PM PDT by At _War_With_Liberals (If Hillary ever takes the oath of office, she will be the last President the US will ever have. -RR)
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To: Pharmboy
DEAR GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIAN

THANKS TO YOU FOR YOUR BEING OF GOOD MORAL REPUTATION. I AM WANTING TO ASSIST YOU IN YOUR PURSUIT OF REGAINING YOUR INTERNATION STATURE IN FRONT OF YOUR BROTHER NATIONS. I AM AN OFFICIAL OF A HIGH AMERICAN GOVERMENT OFFICE, AND AM IN A POSITION TO ASSIST YOUR GOBERNMENT IN REGAINING ALL OF YOUR LOST REUPATION THAT YOU HAVE NOW GONE MISSING ALL THIS TIME.

PLEASE TO BE SENDING A DEPOSIT FEE OF TEN MILLIONS DOLLARS ($US) TO MY ADDRESS IN AMERICA, TO BE SENT TO YOU WHEN YOU ARE RESPONDING WITH INTEREST TO MY ABILITIES OFFER. I WILL BE HAPPY TO BE ASSISSTING YOU WITH YOUR REGAINING YOUR MISSING REPUTATIONS.

I AM WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY, I WILL BE PREPARING THINGS FOR YOUR RESPONSE AS TO MAKE CERTAIN OF ALL NECESSARY PREPARATIONS FOR YOUR REHABILITATION BEFORE YOUR BROTHER NATIONS.

SINCERELY,

ELLIOTT GIGANTALOPE, ESQ.
VERY IMPORTANT HIGH GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL PERSON.
GOVERNMENT OF UNITEDED STATES OF AMERICA.
8 posted on 09/01/2003 6:29:45 PM PDT by Elliott Jackalope (We send our kids to Iraq to fight for them, and they send our jobs to India. Now THAT'S gratitude!)
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