Friday, July 22, 2011

Those danged Nigerians ...

Not only do they steal your money in the first place, presuming you're stupid enough to give them your bank account number, now they're offering it all back to you plus a premium to $7million!...presuming that you're stupid enough to give them your bank account number!

Here's an email I got yesterday:

Attn:

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has directed and ordered that the huge sum of money recovered from some Nigerian fraudsters arrested recently should be returned to their respective foreign-owners with immediate effect. So if you are already a fraud victim through any Nigerian or if you are a foreign contractor and you have executed any contract with any Nigerian and you have not been paid please report via this email.

First Bank Of Nigeria PLC has been mandated to verify all the transactions and re-fund all the money recovered from these fraudsters to their respective owners. All Foreign Affairs Files has been handed over to our Bank for official use.

We cannot determine the actual amount to pay the victims of these frauds because most of the transactions were long in the past and as a result this The Federal Government of Nigeria and The Central Bank of Nigeria has approved the payment of US$7M (US$7,000,000)SEVEN MILLION US DOLLARS as compensation to all published beneficiaries.

Your email-address is among the enlisted beneficiaries published for proper verification and immediate payment. If you have lost money to Nigeria through fraud or you have any other way which you have lost money to Nigeria Please, reply to our mail for confirmation so that we can begin processing the payment and transfer of your money to your custody. The Federal Government and The Central Bank of Nigeria has directed our Bank; First Bank of Nigeria to prepare the Transfer your money to your custody.

I, John Aboh has been appointed by the Bank,s Management Authority to supervise this exercise. I will help you process and transfer your money into your Local Bank Account in your country.

After the transfer, you will confirm your money in your bank account within 5-hours same day; no stoppage from any Government departments as the transfer will be done within the bank alone and it is very safe.

Send to me through this e-mail address:
jhnabh@ymail.com your:
Full Name;
House/Office contact address;
Phone and Fax Number;
the Name of your Bank, and your Bank Account Number of where you will like to receive your $7Million-USD.

When you send the above information, we will open a domiciliary for you, we will take your file and your domiciliary account details which we have opened for you to the presidency for clearance and ratification and then to the Telex section of the Central Bank of Nigeria where your money will be wired directly to your Local Bank in your country.

Awaiting your quick response.
Yours truly,
JOHN O. ABOH
FBN

Gotta love these guys.