The Owl
- 2009-07-09
I saw it before as someone posted it on this board in November (link below). This is by far the funniest 419 I have ever read.
This being said, the whole thing is not funny, it is a disgrace for West Africa. Although I feel that the majority of faudulent posts are still posted from Lagos in Nigeria (and a few from their capital Abuja), I feel that there are more and more scams posted from other countries of Western Africa. We can't wait for the governments of these countries to do anything about it - the email that you just posted is probably as far as things can go as far as government interventions are concerned ;o) - so the best policy is to inform as many people as possible, and this is what you just did by posting on this board. Thank you. Keep posting.
This is a new one..... all scams I have received in the past have been about teaching jobs. Now I get this:
ECONOMICS AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMISSION,
15A Awolowo Road Ikoyi,
Lagos NIGERIA.
efccdepartmentag92@sbcglobal.net
ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,
I AM MRS FARIDA WAZIRI THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NIGERIAN ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL
CRIME COMISSION,OUR JOB IS TO PROTECT NIGERIA AND THE WORLD FROM RELATED CRIME
SUCH AS FRAUD AND FRAUDSTERS,I HEREBY USE THIS MEDIA TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE
NEXT ON THE LIST TO BE COMPENSATED BY THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT,IT MAY INTEREST
YOU TO KNOW THAT AFTER OUR INVESTIGATION WE WERE INFORMED ABOUT SOME NIGERIANS
THAT HAVE SCAMMED YOU OF SOME CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEY ALL HAVE BEEN
APREHENDED AND BROUGTH TO BOOK.THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT HAVE BEEN COMPENSATING
INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE BEEN INVOLVED WITH THIS FRAUDSTERS WITH THE SUM OF
$500,000 (FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLAR) TO EACH
INDIVIDUAL INVOLVED IN THIS SCAM.WE WERE ALSO GIVEN YOUR INFORMATION BY THE
CAUGTH FRADSTERS AND CRIMINALS SCAMMERS,BUT YOU ARE TO RECONFIRM AS FOLLOWS FOR
VERIFICATION WITH WHAT WE HAVE HERE:
NAME:........
ADDRESS: ....... ......
COUNTRY:......................
Mobile Number: .......................
Home Number: ............................
AGE:.................................
OCCUPATION:..........................
SEX:............................
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO NOW IN ORDER TO GET YOUR FUNDS FROM THE NIGERIAN
GOVERNMENT TRANSFERED TO YOU IS TO PROVIDE US ALSO WITH BELOW INFOMATIONS:
1)THE FOMART BEING GIVEN TO YOU BY THESE FRAUDSTERS.
2)ALL THE FOLOW-UPS GIVEN TO YOU ALSO.
3)TOTAL AMOUNT BEING PAID BY YOU.
4)THE NAMES THAT YOU PAID THIS MONEY TO.
5)THE NAME OF THE COORDINATOR,FIDUCIARY AGENT,CONTROLLER AND BARRISTER ETC,
BEING USED.
6)PROVIDE TO US YOUR ACCOUNT DETAILS TO TRANSFER THE $500,000 TO.
YOU ARE TO SEND THESE REQUIRED INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE CAN VERIFY FROM WHAT WE HAVE HERE AND WILL ENABLE US NOT TO TRANSFER THESE FUNDS TO A NON- RECEIPIANT'S ACCOUNT.AND THERE AFTER REFER YOU TO THE BANK WHERE THE FUNDS HAS BEING DEPOSITED FOR YOU TO GET IT TRANSFERED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT.
Thanks
Your faithfully,
Signed,
FARIDA WAZIRI
Chairman, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission