VICTIMS OF EXPEDIA and other Scams
These are a typical Nigerian Scam letters:
EXAMPLE # 1
| From: | "DR. USMAN BELLO" <usmanbello111@myway.com>  Add
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| Subject: | YOUR ASSISTANCE IN A CONTRACT AWARD |
| Date: | Sat, 1 Mar 2008 04:11:07 -0000 |
FROM THE DESK OF : DR. USMAN BELLO
NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
FALOMO IKOYI, LAGOS
Date : 26th Febuary 2008
Dear Sir/Ma,
I am the Chairman of the Contract award committee,Federal Ministry of
Petroleum resources,Nigeria.I am in search of an agent to assist us in
the transfer,which is valued to be Fifty Million and Four Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars if converted and subsequent investment in
properties in your country. You will be required to :
[1]. Assist in the Transfer of the said Sum
[2]. Advice on Lucrative areas of Investment
[3]. Assist us in purchase of properties.
If you decide to render your service to us in this regard,you will be
compensated with 20% of the total sum. Please reply to Indicate your
Willingness in Assisting us by replying this mail, indicating if you can
assist, so that I will give you full details about this project, please
do include your direct Telephone and Fax numbers for easier
communication.
Thanks for your Anticipated Assistance.
Yours Sincerely,
DR. USMAN BELLO
[CHAIRMAN OF THE CONTRACT AWARD COMMITTEE].
EXAMPLE # 2
| Date: | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:06:27 +0000 (GMT) |
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| Subject: | Dearest One, |
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From;rosemark
12 BP 1046 ABIDJAN COTE D IVORIE
WEST AFRICA
APPEAL FOR URGENT ASSISTANCE
ATTN PRESIDENT/CEO
MY PRIVATE EMAIL IS:
Dearest One,
permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business relationship
with you , l got your name and contact through the help of a friend who
works in internet here in
Abidjan and I
prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to its esteeming
nature and the recommendation by the director for a reputable and
trustworthy person l can do business with and by the recommendation l must
not hesitate to confid in you for this simple and sincere business.
l am mrs rose
mark the only daughter of late Mr Konel mark.My father was a very wealthy
cocoa merchant in
Abidjan here,
the economic capital of Ivory
Coast, he was poissoned to death by his business associates on one of
their outings on business.My mother died on the 20th october 1988 and my
father took me so special because l am motherless. Before the death of my
father on 29th november 2001 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan, he secretly called me on his bedside,when I sat down
to
listen to him, he started crying, why?(1) he conplained that I am too young
to be managing my life, (2)that I have not finished my university education
as he planned for me,(3)no body to take care of me again as a young girl,
but after much crying, he still passed an instruction to me that he has a
sum of $9.5 (nine million five hundred thousand dollars) left in a
security company here in
Abidjan, that
he used my name as the only daughter for his next of kin in deposit of the
funds.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth that he was
posisoned by his business associates , that l should seek for a GOD fearing
foreign partner in a country of my choice where l will transfer this money
and use it for proper investment purpose ,that I must finish my university
education by the help of a business partner abroad,that he or she should
help me obtain a resident permit in his or her country.
Please, I am now ready to do all these since my father my bread winner is no
more.Please l am honourable seeking your assistance in the following ways.
(1) to serve as my gaurdian in your country while I will depend on your
expert advise since l am a girl of 23 years. ( 2 ) to make arrangement
for me to come over to your
country in order to further my university education and to secure a
residential permit for me in your country.
Moreover l am willing to offer you 15% of the total sum as compensation for
your effort /input after the successfull transfer of this funds to you
oversea s.
Furthermore, you can indicate your option towards assisting me as l believed
that this project would be concluded within fourteen ( 14 ) days you signify
interest to assist me.Hoping to hearing from you soonest.
May God bless you as you extend your helping hand to a needy fellow.
Best wishes
rose mark
EXAMPLE # 3
| From: | "MRS.DEBORAH WILLIAMS" <mrs.deb_williams14@hotmail.com> Add
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| Subject: | GREETING IN THE NAME OF THE LORD,PLS LET THIS NOT SOUND STRANGE TO YOU |
| Date: | Mon, 18 Jun 2007 21:23:34 +0100 |
Greetings in
the name of God,Pls let this not sound strange to you for my only surviving
lawyer who would have done this died early this year.i prayed and got your
email id from your countrys christian guestbook which i have been with my
late huband and liked to visit once more if God will in his infinite
mercies.
I am Envangelist Mrs.Deborah Williams from London,I am 58 years old,i am
deaf and suffering from a long time cancer of the breast which also affected
my brain,from all indication my conditions is really deteriorating and it is
quite obvious that, according to my doctors they have advised me
that i may not live for the next two months,this is because the cancer stage
has gotten to a very bad stage. I was brought up from a motherless babies
home was married to my late husband for twenty years without a child ,died
in a fatal motor accident Before his death we were true Christians.Since his
death I decided not to re-marry,I sold all my inherited belongings and
deposited all the sum of $8.5million dollars with a Security Company.
Presently, this money is still with them and the management just wrote me as
the true owner to come forward to receive the money for keeping it so long
or rather issue a letter of authorization to somebody to receive it on my
behalf since I can not come over because of my illness or they get it
confisticated.
Presently, I'm with my laptop in a hospital where my doctors have told me
that I have only a few months to live.It is my last wish to see that this
money is invested to any organisation of your choice and distributed each
year among the charity organization,the poor and the motherless babies
home where i come from. I want you God fearing, to also use this money to
fund churches, orphanages and widows,I took this decision, before i rest in
peace because my time will soon be up.
As soon as I receive your reply I shall give you the contact of the Security
Company.I will also issue you a letter of authority that will prove you as
the new beneficiary of my fund. Please assure me that you will act
accordingly as I stated herein. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
Waiting for your reply.
Envangelist Mrs. Deborah William