Nigeria Here I Come
The following letter came to me via e-mail today. I know it's kind of long, but seriously, take a look at it:
ATTN:
With reference to your yet to be transferred inheritance funds in the STB/ETB Banks in Lagos, after due consideration of the fact that you had not been able to claim your rightful inheritance which from our datas gotten from the Central Bank of Nigeria is $750,000 on inheritance claim before the end of the last quarter of the year 2004, the Federal Ministry of Finance has decided that all beneficiaries who have not fulfilled all paperwork request for the release of his/her inheritance funds to his/her nominated account, should be transferred to the International Paying Bank of Nigeria. The IPBN has been advised to pay you instalmentally,through NATWEST BANK UK PLC starting with the sum of $250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFY THOUSAND US Dollars)strictly by certified cheque , which will debited from the Government's foriegn account with NatWest bank UK here clearable every 3month after drawn airmarked for payment in this 2005 first quater. The cheque will be sent to the contact address you will provide to us. The check will be sent to you via our official courier, FEDEX, to your designated contact address .
As soon as we receive your response a confirmation that you have received this message and you are willing to receive the cheque, the cheque will be sent to your contact address.
We will require the following information from you to prepare the cheque immediately in your name: Beneficiary Full Name: Contact Address: Telephone Number: Your response will be highly appreciated. Best Regards, Mrs Chizoba Martins Depty. Remittance Director TEL: 234-1-4456789 International Paying Bank[IPBN] [SUBSIDIARY OF THE CBN]
Too funny. I get maybe one of these a month. The only noticeable difference in this one and the probably dozens like it I've received over the years is that this one promises (as near as I can decipher) mere hundreds of thousands of dollars where they usually promise tens of millions. Other than that, it's the same as always: Same official-sounding language, same bad grammar, same bizarre stories of inheritances out-of-the-blue and huge sums of money and something for nothing. It's a scam of course, a variation on the famous "Nigerian" or "419" scam, and at this point it's a very old scam to boot. If I were to respond then suddenly there would be fees that needed to be paid, or officials that needed to be bribed, or some other need for me to send cash, and the money coming to me would always dance just tantalizingly out of reach until I figured the whole thing out for the sham that it is. I'm really surprised that I still get these e-mails. I would think everyone in the world who has internet access would have gotten wise to this by now. But I guess there will always be a few people out there who so badly want to believe that the system can be beaten that they'll swallow any story, no matter how preposterous. I mean honestly, inheritance in a bank in Nigeria? My family is Irish and German for God's sake!
ATTN:
With reference to your yet to be transferred inheritance funds in the STB/ETB Banks in Lagos, after due consideration of the fact that you had not been able to claim your rightful inheritance which from our datas gotten from the Central Bank of Nigeria is $750,000 on inheritance claim before the end of the last quarter of the year 2004, the Federal Ministry of Finance has decided that all beneficiaries who have not fulfilled all paperwork request for the release of his/her inheritance funds to his/her nominated account, should be transferred to the International Paying Bank of Nigeria. The IPBN has been advised to pay you instalmentally,through NATWEST BANK UK PLC starting with the sum of $250,000.00 (TWO HUNDRED AND FIFY THOUSAND US Dollars)strictly by certified cheque , which will debited from the Government's foriegn account with NatWest bank UK here clearable every 3month after drawn airmarked for payment in this 2005 first quater. The cheque will be sent to the contact address you will provide to us. The check will be sent to you via our official courier, FEDEX, to your designated contact address .
As soon as we receive your response a confirmation that you have received this message and you are willing to receive the cheque, the cheque will be sent to your contact address.
We will require the following information from you to prepare the cheque immediately in your name: Beneficiary Full Name: Contact Address: Telephone Number: Your response will be highly appreciated. Best Regards, Mrs Chizoba Martins Depty. Remittance Director TEL: 234-1-4456789 International Paying Bank[IPBN] [SUBSIDIARY OF THE CBN]
Too funny. I get maybe one of these a month. The only noticeable difference in this one and the probably dozens like it I've received over the years is that this one promises (as near as I can decipher) mere hundreds of thousands of dollars where they usually promise tens of millions. Other than that, it's the same as always: Same official-sounding language, same bad grammar, same bizarre stories of inheritances out-of-the-blue and huge sums of money and something for nothing. It's a scam of course, a variation on the famous "Nigerian" or "419" scam, and at this point it's a very old scam to boot. If I were to respond then suddenly there would be fees that needed to be paid, or officials that needed to be bribed, or some other need for me to send cash, and the money coming to me would always dance just tantalizingly out of reach until I figured the whole thing out for the sham that it is. I'm really surprised that I still get these e-mails. I would think everyone in the world who has internet access would have gotten wise to this by now. But I guess there will always be a few people out there who so badly want to believe that the system can be beaten that they'll swallow any story, no matter how preposterous. I mean honestly, inheritance in a bank in Nigeria? My family is Irish and German for God's sake!
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