[meteorite-list] New Subject - Nigeria

From: Meteoriteshow <meteoriteshow_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed Apr 20 14:27:43 2005
Message-ID: <01c101c545d6$9e2c7a00$6396e052_at_bebees>

Sorry I had not seen Walter got it too and sent it to the List.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Branch" <branchw_at_bellsouth.net>
To: "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Subject - Nigeria


> Here is another that I just received a minute ago (sorry, the last one
from
> me):
>
> -Walter
>
> Dear sir/madam,
>
> I must solicit your confidence in this transaction
> this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly
> confidential and top secret. Though a transaction of
> this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
> worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well
> at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you
> due to the urgency of this transaction.But let me
> first introduce myself. I am Mr Patrick Harba,
> Manager of
> Bills&Exchange at the Foreign Remittance Department
> of Zenith Bank of Nigeria,I came to know of you in my
> search for a reliable and reputable person to help
> handle this confidential transaction, which involves
> the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign
> account.
>
> Detail: The President/Ceo of Mark Kogan Farm and
> Engineering Drilling company Nig. Ltd, Mr. Mark Kogan
> (CANADA) made a fixed deposit of USD14,000,000.00
> (Fourteen Million United States Dollar) deposit with
> the Zenith Bank of Nigeria PLC five years ago. This
> deal was to mature in April 2002. But Mr. Ramirez
> Sanchez and his only son whom he used as next of kin
> died in kenya air crash in the year 2000.Since we got
> information about his death,we have been expected his
> next of kin/relations to come over and claim his money
> because our bank cannot release it unless somebody
> applies for it as next of kin or relation to Mr
> Ramirez Sanchez the late depositor as indicated in
> our banking guidelines.
>
> Unfortunately none of his relation has come for
> claim.It is therefore upon this discovery that i now
> decided to make business with you and release the
> money to you as the next of kin/relation to Mr
> Ramirez Sanchez for safety and subsequent disbursement
> since nobody is coming for the money and i dont want
> this money to go back into Federal Government account
> as unclaimed fund.
>
> The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that
> if such money remains unclaimed,the money will be
> transfered into the banking treasury as unclaimed
> fund.The request for a foreigner as the next of
> kin/relation in this business is occasioned by the
> fact that Mr Ramirez SANCHEZ was a foriegner and a
> Nigeria cannot stand as a next of kin/relation to the
> late
> depositor who is a foreigner.Therefore i request you
> to provide a reliable Bank account into which the
> Zenith Bank of Nigeria Correspondent bank abroad will
> pay the funds into.
>
> Documents and proves to back you up in the receipt
> of the funds into your account shall be carefully
> worked out. We have also decided that for your
> assistance you will be entitled to 30% of the funds
> as your commission. 10% shall be set aside for
> reimbursement to both parties for any incidental
> expenses that may be incurred in the transaction.
>
> If this proposal is acceptable to you, contact me
> immediately through Email. Please furnish me with your
> most confidential telephone and fax numbers,including
> your full names and address,complete Bank information
> so that they can be used for all your official
> communications.
>
> Thank you for your anticipated co-operation and God
> Bless.
>
> Mr Patrick Harba
>
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meteoriteshow" <meteoriteshow_at_free.fr>
> To: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>; "Michael L Blood"
> <mlblood_at_cox.net>; "Meteorite List" <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 1:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Subject - Nigeria
>
>
> > Hi to both Michael!
> >
> > Yes it is true that many "spam" e-mails are coming from Nigeria, to
> propose
> > some wonderful looking deals, that 99.99% of the times are ways to get
> > information about you, your bank, your account number, letter heads and
so
> > on... Some years ago, those highly suspect enquiries were sent by fax to
> > companies that are exporting to Africa including Nigeria; I received a
lot
> > when I was an export salesman in a company making packaging machines, as
I
> > was in charge of the sales in Africa. On their request, I reported some
to
> > the French Embassy in Lagos, providing tel and fax numbers I had from
the
> > messages received, and they were always leading to empty offices for
rent,
> > where those thieves were sitting for few hours or days, just to try and
> > catch some fish.
> > So the best advise I have about those e-mails is to try and tune your
> > "outlook express" or whatever in order to refuse those messages, and to
> > delete straight away the ones passing through.
> > Best wishes,
> >
> > Frederic - meteoriteshow
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Michael Farmer" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>
> > To: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net>; "Meteoriteshow"
> > <meteoriteshow_at_free.fr>; "Meteorite List"
> > <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 7:35 PM
> > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Subject - Nigeria
> >
> >
> > > Michael,
> > > Man, you need to stay up on the common scams.
> > > These are people wanting to buy anything using STOLEN credit cards.
> > > First warning should be when they ask to buy "your product". They
don't
> > even
> > > know what they want, just anything you can ship using stolen credit
> cards.
> > > Best to avoid any business with Nigeria.
> > > Mike Farmer
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Michael L Blood" <mlblood_at_cox.net>
> > > To: "Mike Farmer & Melody" <meteoritehunter_at_comcast.net>;
> "Meteoriteshow"
> > > <meteoriteshow_at_free.fr>; "Meteorite List"
> > > <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, April 20, 2005 10:20 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] New Subject - Nigeria
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hi All,
> > > > Since the last survey of the list resulted in 26% of the
> members
> > > > responding that they considered themselves meteorite dealers, I post
> > > > this to the entire list:
> > > >
> > > > I have received six or eight inquiries from NIGERIA - all
> > different
> > > > individuals, asking weird questions about buying "my products" -
such
> > > > as: Do I ship to Nigeria? Will I take a direct bank wire, etc. The
> first
> > > > one
> > > > I tried to accommodate, but then received additional inquiries from
> > > > others in Nigeria. After that, I strongly suspected I was receiving
> > > > some sort of spam hustle (like the never ending posts, often in all
> > > > CAPS, about some widow from some obscure country who's dead
> > > > husband left her 26.8 million dollars and if I would just let her
wire
> > > > it to my bank account she would happily give me 5% or the like). As
> > > > a result, I am no longer responding to any inquiries "from Nigeria."
> > > > In any event, I wonder if others on this list who have
> commercial
> > > > web sites have been getting multiple enigmatic posts from Nigeria?
> > > > Best wishes, Michael
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > "You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are."
> > > > -Herb Cohen
> > > > --
> > > > If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish
thing.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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