OT - Nigerian Pigeon Drop Scam

From: Tony Eros <tony.eros_at_machm.org>
Date: Tue May 22 22:21:07 2001

Gee, I feel like I've finally arrived. This evening, I received the
infamous Nigerian megabucks scam email (see below)

Hey, this is a pretty infamous scam -- maybe I can sell this "Rare,
collectable confidence scheme email" on eBay! :-)

-- Tony

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From: Dr. Waziri Dongoyaro [mailto:kaza5005_at_hotmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 10:28 PM
To: Eros, Anthony
Subject: Urgent Proposal


REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE - STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

I am Alhaji Waziri Dongoyaro, an Accountant in the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) and I head a seven man tenders board in charge of Contract Awards
and Payment
Approvals. I came to know of you in my search for a reliable and reputable
person to handle a
very confidential transaction which involves the transfer of a huge sum of
money to a foreign
account.

There were series of contracts executed by a Consortium of Multinationals
in the oil industry in
favour of NNPC among which were:

(1) The expansion of the pipeline network within Nigeria for crude oil
and downstream
         products distribution and subsequent evacuation - US$5 Billion
(2) Contract for the Turn Around Maintenance (TAM) of the various
Refineries in the
country.
(3) The construction of storage tanks for Petroleum Products (Depots) -
US$90 Million

The original value of these contracts were deliberately over-invoiced in
the sum of USD Thirty Six
Million, Five Hundred and Sixty One Thousand ($36,561,000.00) which has now
been approved
and is now ready to be transferred being that the companies that actually
executed these
contracts have fully been paid and the projects officially commissioned.

Consequently, my colleagues and I are willing to transfer the total amount
to your account for
subsequent disbursement, since we as civil servants are prohibited by the
Code of Conduct
Bureau (Civil Service Laws) from opening and/or operating foreign accounts
in our names.

Needless to say, the trust reposed on you at this juncture is enormous. In
return, we have agreed
to offer you 25% of the transferred sum, while 10% shall be set aside for
incidental expenses
(internal and external) between the parties in the course of the
transaction. You will be mandated
to remit the balance to other accounts in due course.

You must however NOTE that this transaction is subject to the following
terms and conditions:
a) Our conviction of your transparent honesty and diligence
b) That you would treat this transaction with utmost secrecy and
confidentiality
c) That the funds would be transferred to an interest bearing account
where the incidence
of taxation would not exert a heavy toll.

Modalities have been worked out at the highest levels of the Ministry of
Finance and the Central
Bank of Nigeria for the immediate transfer of funds within 14 working days
subject to your
satisfaction of the above stated terms. Our assurance is that your role is
risk-free.

To accord this transaction the legality it deserves and for mutual security
of the fund, the whole
approval procedures will be officially and legally processed with your name
or the name of any
company you may nominate as the bonafide beneficiary.

Once more, I want you to understand that having put in over 19 years in the
civil service of my
country, I am averse to having my image and career dented. This matter
should therefore be
treated with utmost secrecy and urgency.

Kindly expedite action as we are behind schedule to enable us include this
transfer in the last
batch within this quarter payment for the 2001 financial year.

Contact me on Tel/Fax no. 234-1-7597613. e-mail: kaza5005_at_hotmail.com
Reply is preferable by Fax number as the e-mail server is not reliable here.


Yours sincerely,

ALHAJI WAZIRI DONGOYARO 234-1-7597613.
Received on Tue May 22 2001 - 22:21:07 BST