Nigerian Scammer! YAY!
Not that I use this much, but I figured it would be a great place to chronicle my Fun with the Nigerian Scammer! I've disabled comments (and am hoping I will be able to add readable additions...I don't do the sneaky special stuff with LJ...ever) but will add another thread so you folks can comment or add input on things I should say to this guy.
Without further ado, here's his email:
Before I introduce myself, I wish of inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treatit serious. I am Dr. Martin B.Gido, a banker of the DIAMOND BANK LTD here.I am the Accounts officer of Engineer Robert Ewing, a national of your Country, who was until his death, a contractor and Crude Oil merchant in my country Nigeria.Robert Ewing, his wife and their children were involved in auto crash along shagamu express way Lagos on the 1st of Feb. 2002.Since then I as his accounts officer in the Bank,have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of Robert Ewing extended relatives/available next of kin, without any success.
I came across your name and contact, on the course of my personal searching for Robert Ewing relations. Following the protest by some members of the International Community, the World Bank and IMF,The Presidency has mandated that all outstanding foreign debts especially Next of Kin Payment and Contractual Payment should be released to the beneficiaries forth With unconditionally.So I decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by Robert Ewing, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my Bank. The board of my Bank has issued a notice that after 4 months from now and no next of kin shows up for the claim, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable. Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating any of Robert Ewing relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit valued at USd$3 Million Dollars can be released to you for charity purpose.The bank will release the funds to any foreigner who has all related information/documents to the bank account.I am in charge of this matter in my bank, because I am his accounts officer.Your application will be directed to my department for verification and approval.Everything is under my control.I shall provide you all the information and copy of the certificate of deposit issued to Robert Ewing when he deposited the funds. I will Also introduce you to attorney who will represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim. This is just to proof to you that my proposal is genuine. I also have all necessary information we need for the claim and once the money is transferred to you, I shall destroy all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces. After everything, you shall have 50% of the total sum, for the expenses that you might incure during the process of transferring the fund from my bank to your country. All requires is your honest,cooperation to enable us see this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Robert Ewing Was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to be declared unserviceable by the greedy directors of my Bank.Further details await your response by email.
Best Regards
Dr. Martin B.Gido,
And my reply:
Dr. Martins,
Ahoyhoy! I must say, your offer...intrigues me, and the timing is eeexellent as I am facing the possibility of paying...shall we say fees...in the near future, and an addition to my bank account could be quite helpful!
And we have a little bit in common, but perhaps I will speak of this later.
Regards,
C.M. Burns.
Without further ado, here's his email:
Before I introduce myself, I wish of inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treatit serious. I am Dr. Martin B.Gido, a banker of the DIAMOND BANK LTD here.I am the Accounts officer of Engineer Robert Ewing, a national of your Country, who was until his death, a contractor and Crude Oil merchant in my country Nigeria.Robert Ewing, his wife and their children were involved in auto crash along shagamu express way Lagos on the 1st of Feb. 2002.Since then I as his accounts officer in the Bank,have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of Robert Ewing extended relatives/available next of kin, without any success.
I came across your name and contact, on the course of my personal searching for Robert Ewing relations. Following the protest by some members of the International Community, the World Bank and IMF,The Presidency has mandated that all outstanding foreign debts especially Next of Kin Payment and Contractual Payment should be released to the beneficiaries forth With unconditionally.So I decided to contact you for this project. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating and securing the wealth left behind in a fixed deposit account by Robert Ewing, before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by my Bank. The board of my Bank has issued a notice that after 4 months from now and no next of kin shows up for the claim, the funds will be confiscated and declared unserviceable. Since I and my team have been unsuccessful in locating any of Robert Ewing relatives for sometime now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceased since you are a foreigner, so that the proceed of this deposit valued at USd$3 Million Dollars can be released to you for charity purpose.The bank will release the funds to any foreigner who has all related information/documents to the bank account.I am in charge of this matter in my bank, because I am his accounts officer.Your application will be directed to my department for verification and approval.Everything is under my control.I shall provide you all the information and copy of the certificate of deposit issued to Robert Ewing when he deposited the funds. I will Also introduce you to attorney who will represent you in all the appropriate offices for the claim. This is just to proof to you that my proposal is genuine. I also have all necessary information we need for the claim and once the money is transferred to you, I shall destroy all the documents used for the claim and leave no traces. After everything, you shall have 50% of the total sum, for the expenses that you might incure during the process of transferring the fund from my bank to your country. All requires is your honest,cooperation to enable us see this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Robert Ewing Was a very good man and it is not wise to allow his hard earned wealth to be declared unserviceable by the greedy directors of my Bank.Further details await your response by email.
Best Regards
Dr. Martin B.Gido,
And my reply:
Dr. Martins,
Ahoyhoy! I must say, your offer...intrigues me, and the timing is eeexellent as I am facing the possibility of paying...shall we say fees...in the near future, and an addition to my bank account could be quite helpful!
And we have a little bit in common, but perhaps I will speak of this later.
Regards,
C.M. Burns.