Nigeria calls...

[Caid Ivik]

Has anyone of you encountered the (in)famous "Nigeria e-mail phenomenon"? It is said this joke hits 1/3 of all mailboxes, users of Hotmail are, I would say, doomed...

Dr David Eze.

Tel: 234-803-306-7523

Lagos-Nigeria

DEAR SIR/MADAM

I am Dr David Eze Chairman of the Tender Committee of the

Nigerian

National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My Committee is

principally

concerned with payment of all contract awarded from 1998 to

date, in

order of priority as regard capital projects of the NNPC.

The information we gathered from the Foreign Office of the

Nigeria

Chambers of Commerce and Industries is so positive as to

convince us

that you would provide us with solution to a money transfer

deal

valued at Thirty One Million United States Dollars and

subsequently a

joint business venture.

In the course of our duties as values, and project

inspectors for the on-going liquefied Natural Gas

(LNG) project, we have over-invoiced the value of some

jobs done by foreign contractors for the NNPC to the

tune of US$31M. As follows: -

Computer optimization and Installation $16,000.000.00

Installation of 250,000.00 Monax Turbine$10,000.000.00

Turn Around Maintenance $5,000,000.00

Our aim of over-invoicing this payment is to divert

the excess amount to a discrete account abroad. This fund

is now

floating in suspense account at the Central Bank of Nigeria

(CBN).

This is the fund my colleagues and I have decided to

transfer into

your account since we, as civil servants are not allowed to

operate

or own foreign account.

The money will be shared as follows after transfer:30%

for you (Account Owner)

60% for me and my colleagues10% to off-set both local

and international expenses

thatWould be incurred in the course of this

transaction.

To be able to claim the funds, we will be purporting

your company to be the original contractor /

beneficiary of the funds so all procedures for

international transfer shall be strictly followed, as

we have worked out all modalities for a swift and

riskfree transfer.

If this proposal satisfies you, please contact me Through ezedavid01@go.com with

the

following important

information. Bank Name / Address

Account Name ,Account NumberTel/Fax Telex of Bank

Personal Phone / Fax Numbers for easy communication.

This transaction will last for 14 working days from

the time we submit the required information, as all

modalities concerning this transaction have been

worked out and it is completely risk free.

Please be informed that this subject is classified

sensitive. Therefore treat the transaction with utmost

confidentiality and urgency.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr David Eze. ezedavid01@go.com

Tel: 234-803-306-7523

[Navaros]

users of Hotmail are, I would say, doomed...

users of Hotmail became doomed ever since the owners sold-out to MicroSoft

[lowzeewee]

No they did not. They only received some frequent mail from the staff and that's all. I have a hotmail account.

[bryorama]

I don't. I use AOL v ersion 8.0 PlUs!

[nampigai]

I think empr told us about it one time too, but yea I've recieved one or two of them.

[nemafakei]

Joke? Long-running international scam!

[lowzeewee]

I read in the Singapore newspapers that close to a million US dollars was lost in that scam.

[ordos45]

Never gotten that Nigeria e-mail. However...I did get one telling me they were a former Nigerian Prince, but renounced the title upon conversion, and to accept Jesus as my Lord and Savior.

[lowzeewee]

That is not a scam, but spam.