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if the ex-president of Nigeria....

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suzywong · 24/03/2004 14:48

..happens to contact you by email

Compliments,
i was privilege to capture your name from the internet. My name Atiku Abubakar, vice president of Nigeria. I need a foreign patner that can or would be able to support me to claim an huge amount of money sixty millon, eight hundred dollars ($60.8000.000) which i had kept because of the election that was held last two year october2002, My thinking was that we were not going to win the last year election and i taught that was my last chance to do what i think could sustain me for some period of time. But to my greatest surprise we won the election and all i had to do was to keep the money at the Central Bank Of Nigeria on the 20th of october 2002.

He asked ME first
Beware

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popsycal · 24/03/2004 14:49

eh?

Twinkie · 24/03/2004 14:55

Ooooo me thinks this is a huge con - is he a personal friend of yours??

hmb · 24/03/2004 14:56

Who was it that posted the ' show us your boobs' version of this??? that was inspired and made me laugh so much

katierocket · 24/03/2004 14:56

this is a really old scam. has been on watchdog etc

bin it.

beansprout · 24/03/2004 14:57

This man is SO betting that for starters, most people wouldn't be able to name the Vice-President of Nigeria....!

kiwisbird · 24/03/2004 14:57

Very common con, we have both had emails there is a home office link somewhere to report them if you can be bothered! It has been on watchdog and other programmes like that and on the news etc
J xx

lou33 · 24/03/2004 15:14

We get these all the time. Theres a couple of websites dedicated to them, which are quite funny.

Twinkie · 24/03/2004 15:16

God I never get anything like this!!

suzywong · 24/03/2004 15:19

Well He has chosen me to help him recover the money and I get 5% apparently. He hasn't said who's going to be looking after the kids while I do it or how I will recognise him without his ex-presidential regalia

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lou33 · 24/03/2004 15:35

Have a looksie here Suzy

suzywong · 24/03/2004 15:44

presumably the scammers must be successful on some level or they wouldn't go to such lengths

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katierocket · 24/03/2004 15:45

sadly I think there are still a lot of naive people out there.

kiwisbird · 24/03/2004 15:46

I guess you only need one or two to make it worthwhile
Funny thing about the one we got was that the name in our email address was oddly - due to dh taking pi** one day chosing our email addy
[email protected]
Our email came addressed to Mrs Madonna Sbosom
Humour

suzywong · 24/03/2004 15:51
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OldieMum · 24/03/2004 16:27

I get dozens of these, because I do research on Africa and must be on a list somewhere. They are sent out to thousands of addresses, in the hope that someone, somewhere will be daft enough to be taken in. On no account reply, even to say b**r off, as this confirms to them that they have reached a real person and you will get lots more messages.

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