bunglehead Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) OSBORNE/KINGSWAY ROAD OFFICE COMPLEX IKOYI, LAGOS REQUEST FOR MUTUAL BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MY DEAR GOOD FRIEND, PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I AM MUSA BELLO ONE OF THE SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR'S OF NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION [NNPC]. IT IS TRUE WE HAVE NOT MET BEFORE BUT I GOT YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS THROUGH A RELIABLE SOURCE WHO ASSURED ME OFYOUR SINCERE HONESTY AND TRUSTWORTHINESS, THAT IS WHY I DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU WITH A BUSINESS PROPOSAL THAT WILL BE OF MUTUAL BENEFIT TO ALL OF US. IN 1998, MY CORPORATION [NNPC], AWARDED A CONTRACT FOR A CONSTRUCTION AND INSTALLATION OF OIL STORAGE TANKS AND OTHER HIGH-TECH PETROLEUM REFINING EQUIPMENTS AT THREE OF THE NIGERIAN REFINERIES AT PORTHARCOURT,WARRI AND KADUNA. THE VALUE OF THE CONTACT WAS $180 MILLION, HOWEVER MYSELF AND SOME TOP OFFICIALS OF THE NNPC USED OUR POSTION TO INFLAT THIS CONTRACT TO THE TUNE OF $222 MILLION, WITHOUT THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE GOVERNMENT AND THAT WAS THE TIME OF THE MILITARY REGIME, BEFORE THE CURRENT CIVILIAN GOVERNMENT CAME INTO POWER IN THE YEAR 1999... Classic. How many have gotten this exact same e-mail? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I've gotten this an many other variants over the years. Someone must fall for it occasionally, or they wouldn't keep sending them out. Hey we ought to collect as many of the variants right here for a good laugh. Unfortunately, I usually delete them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iain Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 http://www.j-walk.com/other/conf/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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bunglehead Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 Breakfast Kickoff Session: Your choice: A hard boiled egg, or two slices of white bread and a cricket That's hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason_Martin Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I think I've received that email or one similar about a hundred times... Jason Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobBob Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 That one isn't classic, because it didn't mention an uncle who was minister of _____ and died in a mysterious car crash. Kinda like a country music song leaving out the pickup truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fern Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 the best variation I have read is the one with the Nigerian astronaut who is stuck on the international space station until he can raise enough money to pay for a spaceflight home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catbirdseat Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 You're shitting us!?! Right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 From: Dr. Bakare Tunde Astronautics Project Manager National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) Plot 555 Misau Street PMB 437 Garki, Abuja, FCT NIGERIA Dear Sir, REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE-STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL I am Dr. Bakare Tunde, the cousin of Nigerian Astronaut, Air Force Major Abacha Tunde. He was the first African in space when he made a secret flight to the Salyut 6 space station in 1979. He was on a later Soviet spaceflight, Soyuz T-16Z to the secret Soviet military space station Salyut 8T in 1989. He was stranded there in 1990 when the Soviet Union was dissolved. His other Soviet crew members returned to earth on the Soyuz T-16Z, but his place was taken up by return cargo. There have been occasional Progrez supply flights to keep him going since that time. He is in good humor, but wants to come home. In the 14-years since he has been on the station, he has accumulated flight pay and interest amounting to almost $ 15,000,000 American Dollars. This is held in a trust at the Lagos National Savings and Trust Association. If we can obtain access to this money, we can place a down payment with the Russian Space Authorities for a Soyuz return flight to bring him back to Earth. I am told this will cost $ 3,000,000 American Dollars. In order to access this trust fund we need your assistance. Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount to your account for subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the Code of Conduct Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/ or operating foreign accounts in our names. Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In return, we have agreed to offer you 20 percent of the transferred sum, while 10 percent shall be set aside for incidental expenses (internal and external) between the parties in the course of the transaction. You will be mandated to remit the balance 70 percent to other accounts in due course. Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include downpayment in this financial quarter. Please acknowledge the receipt of this message via my direct number 234 (0) 9-234-2220 only. Yours Sincerely, Dr. Bakare Tunde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glacier Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 My understanding is that, behind oil, email scams are Nigeria's second largest source of revenue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglehead Posted August 27, 2004 Author Share Posted August 27, 2004 NO. FUCKING. WAY. A stranded Nigerian Spaceman troll!! WOW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 Stranded Nigerian Spaceman troll!! Sounds like a really bad "B" movie title. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted August 27, 2004 Share Posted August 27, 2004 I've never been sent such an email. Or, maybe I have but any spam I get I generally delete w/o even opening or preview paning it. When the sender or subject line are curious to me I sometimes use the properties function to check the sender's address. It's always some gobbledegook address. Goes right in the trash. Problem is, I'm getting more and more spam every day. Which one of you yahoos sold me out, hmmm? Comcast sucks donkeys now in this regard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 A few days ago, two friends of mine sent me their engagement annoucement cleverly disguised as a Nigerian spam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 dont delete those emails, have a little fun with them first. http://www.419eater.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klenke Posted August 28, 2004 Share Posted August 28, 2004 Is that a Dot Matrix Printer? Whoa! Thanks, Lars. Apparently there's a website for everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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