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from the desk of: mr. danjuma hassan
union bank of nigeria plc.
victoria island branch lagos.


dear sir/madam,

first, i must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by
virtur of it's nature as beign utterly confidencial and top secret.
though i know that all will be well at the end of the day, we have
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction as we
feel that you may have the ability to handle such transaction.let me
start by introducing myself to you, i am mr. danjuma ibrahim hassan
an accountant with union bank of nigeria plc. lagos. i came to know
you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to
handle this confidencial business transaction. a foreigner, late
engr. butch miguel , an oil marchant/contractor with the federal
government of nigera until his death in 1999 in a ghastly automobile
crash, banked with us here at union bank p.l.c, victoria island
branch and had a closing balance of us$20.5m (twenty million five
hundred thousand dollars) which the bank unquestionably expects it to
be claimed by any available foreign next of kin o
f the late beneficiary or alternatively be donated to a discredited
trust fund for arms and ammunition at a military war college here in
nigeria.

fervently, valuable effort were made by the union bank to get in
touch with any of the miguel's family or relative but proved to no
avail. it is because of the perceived possibly of not being able to
locate any of the late engr. bucth miguel's next of kin (he had no
wife and children) that the management under the influence of our
chairman and members of the boards of director, retired major general
kalu uke kalu, that an arrangement be made for the funds to be
declared unclaimable and subsequently be donated to the trust fund
for arms and ammunition to further enhance the course of war in
africa and the world in
general as stated in the our financial constitution that any
unclaimed
deposited fund after four years be converted.in order to avert this
negative development and as you know that war is against humanity,
some of my trusted collegues and i now seek your permission to have
you stand as the next-of-kin to engr.bucth miguel so that the funds
us$ 20.5m (twenty million five hundred thousand dollars) would be
released and payed into your bank account as the beneficiary next of
kin. all documents and proves to enable you get this fund will be
careful worked out and more so we are, assuring you a 100% risk free
involvment. your share stays while the rest will be for myself and my
collegue for investment purpose in your country.

if this proposal is all right by you then kindly get back to me
immediately by e-mailing me through this alternative confidential
e-mail address: danjuma207(No Email Addresses In Posts!)


thanking you in anticipation of your cooperation.

yours faithfully,

mr. danjuma ibrahim hassan
(accountant union bank plc)



I remember seeing this scam on 60 Minutes about a year ago. If Americans are so stupid as to buy into this kinda crap then I can understand why the rest of the world hates us. I guess all I have to do is give this guy unlimited access to my bank account right? I gotta give the guy credit though, this is a fairly elaborate scam.

 

I've gotten 5 similar letters in the past 3 months. It is truly amazing.

 

Man, I got the same email 3 times within a 2 week period, each time they used a different name....I'm like you, ain't no way this guy is getting any kind of information concerning my Bank accounts or checking, I wonder how many will fall for this crap...

 

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Checkherefor more info on this scam. I'd report it.

 

i got that email. someone would have to be an idiot to give that guy money

 

You go to Nigeria to claim the money you may well end up dead. More than 1 person has. And that's no joke.

 

Man I got it too,I sure ain't sending him nothing..Lol maybe i'll send him some false info with a big F and a You

 

after alot of people contacting them, the FBI and the US Attorny Generals Office is investigating it. its been going on for 4 months according to my brother in law. hes a fbi agent

 

We have an announcement about this in the

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This is a scam. I saw a link somewhere confirming that. I have seen this so many times, especially in my employer's LAN. This is as irritating as this "***** enlargement" spams.

 

where can i send a check???

 

This is an Old one SCAM that is!! before the internet they used to Fax the copies to the fax machines.

 

...Maybe I'll give them my ex-wife's account number....

 

The only things stopping me from pulling a scam like this are ethics and my girlfriend.

I think it's funny when intelligent adults get whacked by a scam this obvious. I think they deserve it, in a way. As long as it's not an elderly couple or a widow or something...that's not cool.
They say there's a sucker born every minute, and this is rock solid proof...
As far as the scam listed in the Site Announcements, if some dork sent me a cashier's check for several thousand more than it was supposed to be, he'd be surprised when I told him "no, actually, it was accurate. And it cleared my bank, so shove it!"
When it came back counterfeit, I would return the cash and report the guy.
Can't con a con man, man!
BDV