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PrincessTast...	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 3:48 PM FEDERAL HIGH COURT OF NIGERIA. Attn: Beneficiary, This to acknowledge you that your e-mail address was found among the list of foreigner that have been scammed by Nigerian Fraudster. It might interest you to know that we have signed an agreement with the UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT during our first meeting this year with our PRESIDENT Commander In-Chief Federal Republic of Nigeria, ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA and the FBI to fight against this and to return all contract funds that has been stolen and people who has been scammed too.A total sum of ($150.000.00) united state dollars in cash has been set aside for compensationwhichwill be deliveredto your door step by an accredited diplomatic courier. Note that the only office/chamber you are to contact prior to the delivery of your fund, is , which is currently been headed by the Bank Manager Mr.Joe Thomas. You are further advised to deal directly with him and do what so ever you are asked to do because that is the only way you will achieve the success in the wire of your funds to you as designated: Endeavor to contact the chamber in charges which is currently been headed by Barrister Tunde Martins esq.You are further advised to deal directly with him and do what so ever you are asked to do because that is the only way you will achieve the success in the delivery of your funds to you as designated: Name: Barrister Tunde Martins (esq). Private E-mail Address:barristertundemartins_esq@o2.pl Direct Telephone: +234-802-391-4049 For more information on how to make sure your fund is delivered to you, get back with the below information: Your home address....... Telephone number.......... Your occupation........... Country........................ Zip code....................... Any form of identification of yourself........ Please we demand an urgent response prior to this matter and to work with us to enable track those Miscreants and send their information to the FBI to carry out actions in the US immediately because those Miscreants have some agent all over the country and we are now working with the internet operation such as YAHOOMAIL, HOTMAIL,AOL,the Nigeria police and also the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) so that the scam can be eradicated in this country, hence i want you to follow your fund code which below, which is given to you by the high court of Nigeria(NG29820FGN). You are to keep this code for security purposes. Note that every beneficiary will be responsible for shipping fees which cannot be deducted from the fund because there is a bond holding the consignment that stated that only the sole beneficiary of the fund is permitted to open it after it has been sealed by the foreign payment department. The shipping fee is only $390.00usd. Also note that the federal high Court here will alert the united state bureau and also your state police immediately your shipment leave the shore of Nigeria so as to avoid any restriction and problem when the fund get to its port of destination. Thanks. Best Regard. Federal High Court Of Nigeria.
ShadowMom	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 3:55 PM I don't believe the nerve of these people. And yet, I guess there are some people so naive or so greedy that they fall for it.
PrincessTast...	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 3:55 PM I didn't.
Opossum	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 3:56 PM That's okay, I won the lottery ten times yesterday (and I didn't even have to enter). Maybe I'll invest in some of those amazing business offers I get a gazillion of in a day.
tsand20175	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 4:59 PM ..that's just one variation of this world famous scam. the sad part is that some people actually fall for it. http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp
ChillinBuzz	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 5:03 PM One of my former business clients went along with one of those a few years ago to see what they really did... Ended up with the police, immigration and serious fraud office questioning her. They end up asking for your CC details and other personal things, they even asked her for money up front to help them move it along... Then... Nothing. No more emails, no more calls, no more police. Just like that. Weird.
PrincessTast...	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 7:07 PM "A new strategy that has also been used to defraud the 'victims' is to offer to use chemicals to transform ordinary paper into United States dollar bills, which would be subsequently shared by the parties. "
ChillinBuzz	Date: July 11, 2007 @ 7:25 PM Wait... Is that a Nigerian scam or one a bit closer to home?
zedsalt	Date: July 12, 2007 @ 10:56 AM We have scam and eggs; sausage, eggs, and scam; scam, a biscuit, and sausage... I was reading about someone who fell for the large-bills-Xeroxed-onto-black-construction-paper scam that Princess mentioned last night. It was really kind of sad. She had stolen from her employer for "transaction fees", "new anti-terrorist-funding measures", "large cash amount handling fees", etc., THEN when she received a box of black construction paper "money", she stole MORE money for a "chemical specially designed to remove the security ink". The saddest part was that, even as they were arresting her for over $600,000 worth of theft, she kept telling them over and over that she had always intended on replacing the stolen funds, and if they would just wait for her to "clean" her millions, she would replace every penny.