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The Nigerian National Petrolium Company (From June 9, 2002)

Those who reply to a message like this from Nigeria will get exactly what they deserve: They will be bilked out of money in their bank account. If you reply to a message like this, you are a crook -- looking for a quick, easy way to "help" another crook. You have to provide lots of information about yourself and your bank accounts, so when you discover that these accounts have been cleaned out, don't be too surprised.

These messages have been around for decades. They used to arrive by mail. Then by fax. The Internet and the fact that there's more than one fool born every minute makes it easy for the bunko artists to pull their spam scam.

Here's what one of the messages looks like:

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From: "ENGR. JOHNSON DURU" <johnsonduru@post.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Jun 2002 02:52:58
To: ***HIDDEN***@hidden.hidden.edu
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
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FROM: ENGR. JOHNSON DURU
email:- johnsonduru@go.com
FAX:- 234-1-7599618
LAGOS NIGERIA

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN.: PRESIDENT/CEO

SIR,

REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP I AM ENGINEER
JOHNSON DURU, A DEPUTY DIRECTOR AND CHAIRMAN OF CONTRACT AWARD
COMMITTEE IN THE NIGERIA NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) 
I GOT THE INFORMATION OF YOUR GOODSELF FROM A VERY RELIABLE 
FRIEND OF MINE WHO HAS LIVED IN YOUR COUNTRY BEFORE .

HE ATTESTED FOR YOUR RELIABILITY AND TRUST WORTHINESS IN THIS  
BUSINESS PROPOSAL I WANT TO DISCUSS WITH YOU.I, AND MY
COLLEAGUES ARE  TOP OFFICIALS OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT 
CONTRACT REVIEW AND AWARD  PANEL . WE ARE IN A POSITION 
TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF THIRTY FIVE  MILLION FIVE HUNDRED 
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS (US$35,500.000.00) IN TO 
YOUR PRIVATE /COMPANY BANK ACCOUNT FOR  MUTUAL BENEFIT.

THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY WAS GOT FROM OVER-INFLATION OF
CONTRACTS AND  SERVICES CARRIED OUT BY FOREIGN FIRMS WITH 
THE NIGERIA NATIONAL  PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). THE 
ORIGINAL CONTRACTORS HAVE BEEN PAID  AND WE ARE NOW LEFT 
WITH THESE OVER INVOICED AMOUNT FLOATING IN THE  CENTRAL 
BANK OF NIGERIA, HENCE MY COLLEAGUES ENTRUSTED
ME TO CONTACT  YOU FOR ASSISTANCE.

TO FACILITATE AND CONCLUDE THIS TRANSACTION YOU ARE 
REQUIRED TO FURNISH US WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS :-

A. YOUR NAME, YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS , AND YOUR PHONE
AND FAX NUMBERS  FOR EASY COMMUNICATION .
 B. THE NAME OF YOUR BANK , PHONE AND TELEX NUMBERS, 
AND YOUR ACCOUNT NUMBERS WHERE THIS MONEY WILL BE REMITTED

C. ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL KEEP THIS TRANSACTION SECRET 
CONSIDERING  THE PERSONALITIES INVOLVED AND ABOVE ALL, 
YOU WILL NOT SIT ON THIS FUND  WHEN IT FINALLY GOES 
IN TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

MY COLLEAGUES AND I HAVE AGREED THAT IF YOUR 
COMPANY CAN ACT AS THE   BENEFICIARY OF THIS FUNDS ON 
OUR BEHALF, YOU OR YOUR COMPANY WILL  RETAIN 30% OF 
THE TOTAL AMOUNT WHILE 60% WILL BE FOR US (OFFICIALS )
AND THE REMAINING 10% WILL BE USED IN OFFSETTING ALL 
BTS/EXPENSES INCURRED BOTH LOCAL AND FOREIGN IN THE 
COURSE OF THIS TRANSFER. ALL MODALITIES FOR A 
HITCH FREE TRANSFER OF THIS MONEY  HAVE BEEN  CONCLUDED .
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO TREAT THIS BUSINESS WITH UTMOST  
SECRECY AND CONFIDENTIALITY AS WE EXPECT 
TO CONCLUDE THE TRANSFER  BETWEEN 14 TO 21 BANK 
WORKING DAYS FROM THE DATE OF RECEIPT OF THE  
NECESSARY REQUIREMENTS FROM YOU , PLEASE NOTE 
THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% SAFE AND RISK FREE .

IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, PLEASE 
REPLY IMMEDIATELY  THROUGH THE ABOVE EMAIL AND 
SEND US YOUR BANK  PARTICULARS TO ENABLE US 
APPLY FOR THE CLAIM OF THIS MONEY FROM THE  
VARIOUS  MINISTRIES INVOLVED.

THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS.

SINCERELY YOURS,

ENGR. JOHNSON DURU(O.F.R)


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