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do you get these emails?

The following is an email Ive recieved that Ive copy and pasted. This is a 5 Billion dollar a year industry in Nigeria.

Dear Sir,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction.
This is
by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and “top secret”.
We
are top officials of the Federal Government Contract Review Panel
who are interested in importation of goods into our country with funds
that are presently trapped in Nigeria. In order to commence this
business, we solicit your assistance to enable us transfer into your
account the said-trapped funds. The source of the fund is as follows:
During the regime of the last Military transitional government of Gen.
Abdulsalami Abubakar, government officials set up companies and
awarded themselves contracts which were grossly over invoiced in
various ministries. The present democratic government of President
Olusegun Obasanjo set up the Contract Review Panel and we have
identified a lot of inflated contract funds that are presently floating
in the
Central Bank of Nigeria ready for payment. However, by virtue of our
position as civil servants and members of this panel, we cannot acquire
this money in our names. My colleagues in the panel have therefore
delegated me as a matter of trust, to look for an oversea partner into
whose account we would transfer the sum of US$31,320,000.00
(Thirty-One Million, Three Hundred and Twenty thousand United
States Dollars) in which we hope to use in purchasing Agro Allied
Equipment, and to enable us to own properties and invest in the stable
economy of your country. Hence, we are sending you this email
message. We have agreed to share the money thus: (1). 20% for the
account owner (you) (2). 70% for us (the officials of the CRP) (3). 10%
to be used in settling taxation and all local and foreign expenses.
Please
acknowledge receipt of this message for proper briefing on the safe
modality for the execution to Email: rasheedbako@fedminofworks.com
Yours faithfully
Dr. Rasheed Bako
NOTE: PLEASE QUOTE THIS REFERENCE NUMBER
(RB/09/02) IN ALL OUR REPONSE.

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By: coanda - 28th September 2002 at 18:41

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These are certainly fraudulous, and little if no action is being taken to get these people stopped(inadequate security forces, for this situation).

beware of where your email is!

coanda

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By: mixtec - 28th September 2002 at 18:31

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Whats really funny is that people try to get the Nigerian government to prosecute this people. Can you amagine what a letter to like that would read like?

Dear Nigerian State Dept,
I was solicited by someone claiming to be an official of your govt who recieved money from me for the purpose of smuggling ilicite funds from your country, only to find that my money has been taken with no further corespondance. I expect legal action on your part to be taken expeditiously in order to apprehend and procecute the said person….blah blah blah

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By: JimP - 28th September 2002 at 00:26

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“we would transfer the sum of US$31,320,000.00
(Thirty-One Million”

HEY! how come you get preferential treatment, they only offered me fifteen million and change x(

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By: Arabella-Cox - 27th September 2002 at 02:04

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Taking money from greedy people…. I like it.

Amazing the number of people around who want money for nothing…

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By: Dazza - 26th September 2002 at 17:24

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I get them regularly, most amusing they are too!

Regards, Dazza.

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