Can you believe this!? Sheesh!

Rec'd the following email...sounds like some scam to get people's telephone numbers and/or bank account. So beware ya'll. (Anyone know where to report this to?)


Dr. Timothy Olayemi. (Bsc, Msc, PhD)
Secretary, Contract Review Panel (CRP),
Falomo Office Complex, Ikoyi-Lagos.
Attn: Sir ,
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction; this is virtue of its nature
as beingutterly confidential and top secret. I am the secretary of the Contract Review Panel (CRP)
instituted by H.E. president Olusegun Obasanjo to probe/review all contract executed and payments
during the regime of late General Sani Abacha. I have been mandated by my colleagueson the panel
to seek your assistance in the transfer of the sum of US$25 Million into your bank account.
As you may know, the late General Abacha and members of his government embezzled billion of dollars
through spurious contracts and payments to foreigners between 1993-1998 and this is now the subject
of probe by my panel. In the course of our review, we have discovered this sum of US$25 Million,
which the former dictatorcould not transfer from thededicated account of the Central Bank of
Nigeria before his sudden death in June 8, 1998. It is this amount that my colleagues and I have
decided to acquire for ourselves through your assistance. This assistance becomes crucial because
we cannot acquire the fund in our names and asgovernment officials we are not allowed to own or
operate foreign bank accounts.
We have thus develop a, fool proof, legal and totally risk free scheme through which the fund can
be transferred to your nominated bank account within a very possibly short time, if you follow
strictly our instructions.
The scheme is to use our position and influence on the panel to represent you as a foreign contractor
beneficiary of the fund. We shall arrange all documentation to support this claim and get.
Approval for the transfer of the funds for your benefit on our behalf. The scheme is perfected to
be 100% risk free and we are sure the funds can arrive your Account within 10-14 working days for when youagree to assist us.
You should acknowledge the receipt of my mail through the above Telephone and Fax numbers Or
E-Mail addressso we can further discuss the modalities of your cooperation and negotiate the
charge for the usage of Your Bank Account. You definitely have a lot to benefit from this
transaction as we are prepared to give you 20%of the total funds as soon as you
secure it in your Account.
Please, endeavour to give me a telephone/fax numbers through which we can communicate with you in
confidence (in your response) as the need for secrecy is great to this transaction.
We expect your urgent response.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Timothy Olayemi

I got that one yesterday, too, 'Shoe.......I reported it to Yahoo, not that I think that will do any good. Terrible how these con artists get around everything!!

"eyes"

Wow...well, I just found the email to report fraud and scamming to my ISP so forwarded it there. Wish there was a Government place to send it to tho.

Try the FBI.....seems like that would fall under their jurisdiction.

"eyes"

I doubt it Eyes.

These emails seem to originate from Nigeria and it's a big business there. Lots of people have been taken in by their own greed.

We've been regularly receiving different variations on this theme for about two years - the first one kind of takes you aback, but anyone with a bit of common sense can smell a rat. And when you get a second one, you KNOW it's a scam. I do with them what I do with other junk - toss it :(

Wish the people who send out this stuff would find better ways of occupying their time.

I've been getting these for years, first by regular mail and then fax, and finally e-mail at my place of business. We have always been aware of these scams originating in Nigeria, the theme is always the same, the names and positions of the writer changes. finally I got so mad yesterday or the day before, i sent a reply and simply said "do you think we are that stupid? we have been getting this for years, the names change but the scam is the same"

That's right, Pebble. It's an ooold scam that's made its way into the electronic arena.

Truth or Fiction: http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/nigeriascams.htm

Snopes.com: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/scams/nigeria.htm

There are even versions which target churches, too, saying they want to do God's work. My pastor, amused by one he received, forwarded it to me. What these people will do....Sheesh is right!

The Nigerian one is old. You can report it here, and see other versions too.

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

Sheesh..............never wanted to go to Nigeria nohow!
I dump them too, Terry.

"eyes"

Horseshoe, I get there everyday, have gotten over a year! They're so annoying..

Wow! Guess I've been lucky all these yrs...this was the first time I've ever gotten one. It really got my attention cuz it came to an email address I very seldom give out to people.
Well, now I know!

'Shoe, if you answered that one, they now have your address and watch out! You will get thousands more. The first one I got like this was a much lower figure, for $500. A few months later got one from "State of NV" unclaimed funds division. That one is very popular, too... still haven't tracked that one back to its origin, gave up when I got lost somewhere in Phillipines.

One of our local news stations was interviewing Better Business Bureau recently. They said this is one of the oldest scams out there but, unfortunately, people (usually very trusting elderly) are still falling for it.

Don't worry Lupy (I LOVE calling you that! ;>)...I never answer emails from things like that...nor do I answer any that have suspicious subject lines and such.

This is copied from a newsletter I receive, and it is about reporting SPAM. The notice is about Internet scams, but the idea (and email address) of reporting SPAM and Fruad items remains valid.

Federal and state law enforcement authorities have cracked down on 19 Internet-based scams that they say collectively bilked consumers out of millions of dollars. Included were work-at home schemes, auction fraud, unwanted junk e-mail, securities fraud and other schemes. These were targeted by a nationwide effort that involved state attorneys general, local law enforcement authorities, and a number of federal agencies.

Prosecutors used a nationwide database of consumer complaints to track down perpetrators. A separate database of 15 million junk Spam e-mails submitted by consumers was also used. Reporting DOES help, and we always encourage all ****** subscribers to report all cases no matter how small, as a cumulative effect might bring a perpetrator to justice, even if one small incidence does not.

Forward Spam to uce@ftc.gov

thanks for the e-mail address - I will start forwarding my spam to them.

They must move them around the country or something. I remember something very similar back about 2 months. Just pushed delete and went on with my day!
Bernie