My New 25.5 Million Dollar Bank Account

eMail recieved | 3/15/02 | MALLAM ADAMU YUSUFF

[Ragin1]

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
(DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES)
MALLAM ADAMU YUSUFF
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL:mallam_yussuf@yahoo.com

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP

ALTHOUGH THIS PROPOSAL MIGHTCOME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE
SINCE IT IS COMING FROM SOMEONE YOU DO NOT KNOW OR
EVER SEEN BEFORE, BUT AFTER DUE DELIBERATION WITH MY
COLLEAGUES, I DECIDED TO FORWARD THIS BUSINESS
PROPOSAL TO YOU. WE WANT A RELIABLE PERSON WHO COULD
ASSIST US TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF TWENTY FIVE MILLION,
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS.
(US$25.5 MILLION) INTO HIS/HER ACCOUNT.

THIS FUND RESULTED FROM AN OVER INVOICED BILL FROM A
CONTRACT AWARDED BY US FOR THE TURN-AROUND MAINTENANCE
(T.A.M) CARRIED OUT ON THE FOUR REFINERIES IN NIGERIA

DURING THE LAST MILITARY REGIME OF GENERALABDUL SALAMI
ABUBAKAR. WE AWARDED THIS CONTRACT UNDER THE BUDGET
ALLOCATION TO MY PARASTATAL, THE BILL WAS APPROVED FOR
PAYMENT AND THE CONTRACT HAS BEEN EXECUTED AND THE
ORIGINAL CONTRACTOR WAS PAID HIS ACTUAL COST OF THE CONTRACT.

WE ARE LEFT WITH THE BALANCE OF US$25.5
MILLION DOLLARS AS THE OVER INVOICED AMOUNT, WHICH WE
HAVE DELIBERATELY OVER-ESTIMATED FOR OUR OWN USE, BUT
UNDER OUR PROTOCOL DIVISION, CIVIL SERVANTS ARE
FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE OR OWN FOREIGN ACCOUNT. THIS IS
WHY I AM CONTACTING YOU FOR ASSISTANCE. WE HAVE
AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY AS FOLLOWS.

(i) 30% FOR YOU THE ACCOUNT OWNER.
(ii) 60% FOR US(THE OFFICIALS)
(iii) 10% TO BE USED IN SETTLING TAXATION
AND ALL LOCAL/FOREIGN EXPENSES.

AS YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW AND MAKE YOU LESS CURIOUS,I
GOT YOUR ADDRESS FROM OUR REPUTABLE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND I AM THE EXECUTIVE
CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE OF THE NIGERIAN
NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (DEPARTMENT OF
PETROLEUM RESOURCES)

THIS TRANSACTION IS VERY MUCH FREE FROM ALL SORT
OF RISK BECAUSE THIS BUSINESS WAS CAREFULLY PLANNED
BEFORE IT WAS SUCCESSFULLY EXECUTED AND WE THE
OFFICIALS INVOLVED IN THIS DEAL HAVE PUT IN
MANY YEARS OF MERITORIOUS SERVICE TO OUR PARASTATAL.

WE HAVE BEEN EXERCISING PATIENCE FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY
FOR SO LONG AND FOR MOST OF US THIS IS A LIFETIME
OPPORTUNITY WE CANNOT AFFORD TO MISS.

TO GET THIS FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT,WE HAVE TO

PRESENT AN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OUTFIT AND CONSEQUENT UPON
INDICATION OF YOUR INTEREST TO FULLY ASSIST US IN THIS
TRANSACTION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO FURNISH US WITH THE
FOLLOWING:

(i) THE BANK IN WHICH YOU WOULD WANT THE US$25.5
MILLION TO BE PAID INTO.
(ii) BENEFICIARY OF THE ACCOUNT.
(iii) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS FOR
EASY COMMUNICATION.

THIS INFORMATION WILL ENABLE US SEEK APPROVAL OF THE
FUND FROM THE CONCERNED QUARTERS WITHIN 5-7 BANKING
DAYS AND THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUEM CORPORATION
(DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES) PAYMENT
INFORMATION DATA WILL BE FAXED IMMEDIATELY TO YOU FOR
COMPLETION.

ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AND I INVOLVED IN
THIS DEAL WILL COME TO YOUR COUNTRY TO ARRRANGE FOR
OUR SHARE UPON CONFIRMATION FROM YOU THAT THE MONEY
HAS HIT YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT. ALL THESE WILL
ONLY TAKE US ABOUT 14 WORKING DAYS TO TRANSFER THIS
FUND INTO YOUR ACCOUNT FROM THE DAY WE RECEIVE THE
REQUIREMENTS.

YOUR LINE OF BUSINESS IN THIS TRANSACTION DOES NOT
MATTER. HONESTY AND YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP IT SECRET
AND KEEP OUR OWN SHARE SAFE WHEN THE MONEY HITS YOUR
ACCOUNT IS WHAT MATTERS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE
PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND AND CO-OPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER
TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS SUCESSFULLY CONCLUDED.

BEST REGARDS

MALLAM ADAMU YUSUFF
VICE CHAIRMAN, CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE
NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.
(DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES).

[section9]

It's not Nigerians who are doing it. Chances are, someone in Western Europe came up with this scam. There have been other variants: the South African money scam, the Nigerian Oil Ministry Scam, something about Tanzania, and of course, this weeks fundraising letter from the DNC.

The sad thing is, people send these Yahoo adresses their checking account numbers. Suckers!

There's a Palm Beach County Voter in every bunch.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[MarkWar]

>HONESTY AND YOUR ABILITY TO KEEP IT SECRET AND KEEP OUR OWN SHARE SAFE WHEN THE MONEY HITS YOUR ACCOUNT IS WHAT MATTERS. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE PERFECTLY UNDERSTAND AND CO-OPERATE WITH ONE ANOTHER TO ENSURE THAT THIS BUSINESS IS SUCESSFULLY CONCLUDED.

You know, in a way, this is actually good advice for keeping a marriage together, let alone an international mail fraud scam...

Mark W.

[Great Dane]

Ms Cleo comes to mind, anyone stupid enough to fall for this, deserves to get ripped off.

[general_re]

You know, I'm jealous - maybe I wanted Nigerian oil money, but I never see these. All I ever get are stock "tips" for companies I've never heard of, and every once in a while I get an invitation to try products guaranteed to, uhhh, enlarge certain parts of me....

[Hank Rearden]

My favorite passage:

WE ARE LEFT WITH THE BALANCE OF US$25.5 MILLION DOLLARS AS THE OVER INVOICED AMOUNT, WHICH WE HAVE DELIBERATELY OVER-ESTIMATED FOR OUR OWN USE, BUT UNDER OUR PROTOCOL DIVISION, CIVIL SERVANTS ARE FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE OR OWN FOREIGN ACCOUNT

So they're criminal enough to supposedly steal $25.5M, but law-abiding enough not to open a foreign account surrepticiously.

More gifts and wisdom from Mother Africa. Our foreign aid welfare pays off.

[B4Ranch]

Forward the email to your Congressman and tell him, "Here is where to get your money to build the ...... that we have been "needing" for so long." No need to raise taxes.

[grammymoon]

My business got two of these, The same nonsense but different story.
The first one wanted to use my business Name, Bank Account & Federal ID # and the second, was more like this one.
I fowarded both to FBI.

[Harrison Bergeron]

"This must work on somebody or the Nigerians would not keep on doing it."

Oh yeah, it definitely works on some people. My late father-in-law, for example. He received a phone call from a similar operation requesting that he send a $1000 cashier's check in order to claim a winning lottery ticket that "would take care of his family for life." You see, that hook worked on my father-in-law because he was slightly addled from intensive chemo and pain medication and he desperately wanted to see his family better taken care of after he died.

These con artists are the bottom feeding lowlife scum of the earth - lower than the lowest socialist share-the-wealth democrat race baiting poverty pimps. E-mails like this should be forwarded to law enforcement rather than posted as an opportunity to ridicule the victims.

[RWG]

I replied that if contract papers were prepared and sent I would give them to my lawyer to review, but yes I was interested. Nothing ever came back.

[BansheeBill]

This has to be about the 40th time I have seen one of these types of supposedly Nigerian emails, posted on Free Republic. It's almost as common as the "I Am A Bad American" repeat post.

[Roger_W_Isom]

Perhaps AA MIGHT like this dough??????? ROFLMAO

[Roger_W_Isom]

Perhaps ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE would be the DEMONrats??????? ROFL

[Roger_W_Isom]

Perhaps ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE would be the DEMONrats??????? ROFL

[Plexus]

P.S. I FORGOT TO MENTION: SUSAN KEISTER *FAILED* TO RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL AND WITHIN WEEKS HER PARAKEET DIED.

MICHEAL HIMMELFARB IGNORED THE E-MAIL AND WAS STRICKEN WITH A REALLY BAD CASE OF DIARRHEA.

BUT GENE POOLE *DID* RESPOND AND HE GOT $$17,000,000.OO ( SEVENTEEN MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ) !!!!!

SO YOU **MUST** ACT NOW !!!!

[Plexus]

P.S. I FORGOT TO MENTION: SUSAN KEISTER *FAILED* TO RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL AND WITHIN WEEKS HER PARAKEET DIED.

MICHEAL HIMMELFARB IGNORED THE E-MAIL AND WAS STRICKEN WITH A REALLY BAD CASE OF DIARRHEA.

BUT GENE POOLE *DID* RESPOND AND HE GOT $$17,000,000.OO ( SEVENTEEN MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ) !!!!!

SO YOU **MUST** ACT NOW !!!! BEST REGARDS MALLAM ADAMU YUSUFF VICE CHAIRMAN, CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION. (DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES).

[Plexus]

P.S. I FORGOT TO MENTION: SUSAN KEISTER *FAILED* TO RESPOND TO THIS E-MAIL AND WITHIN WEEKS HER PARAKEET DIED.

MICHEAL HIMMELFARB IGNORED THE E-MAIL AND WAS STRICKEN WITH A REALLY BAD CASE OF DIARRHEA.

BUT GENE POOLE *DID* RESPOND AND HE GOT $$17,000,000.OO ( SEVENTEEN MILLION U.S. DOLLARS ) !!!!!

SO YOU **MUST** ACT NOW !!!!

BEST REGARDS

MALLAM ADAMU YUSUFF

VICE CHAIRMAN, CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE

NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION.

(DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES).

[Recovering_Democrat]

My SO got this email at work. Whatta crock, eh?

[Ragin1]

Outstanding.