I know that this is not exactly a musical topic but since I have some
experience with this stuff I though I would emphasize the warning about
these emails! As Adegboye mentioned, avoid these or even responding since
they are all a scam and there are some real gangsters behind them Lately
there has been one in circulation purporting to be from a Special Forces
soldier (one of ours!) in Afghanistan but it is essentially the same scam
just with different details and names! I have a collection of these emails,
mainly from Nigeria which is home to many of these kinds of scams, but also
some from other West African countries. Even a simple response to these
folks will assure you of their continuous and nagging attention for years to
come. I am pretty sure that no-one on this list is silly enough to fall for
this but please be forewarned that there are some unpleasant people behind
this and if they can get any information on you they will try to steal
whatever they can from you and the Nigerians are tops at stealing
identities, there is NO partnership here nor anything positive about it so
avoid this at all costs. CBS' 60 Minutes did an expose of this and similar
scams and it was an ugly picture that got painted!
leslie/The Power of Sound
----- Original Message -----
From: "Adegboye Adefope Oloyede" <102142@bud.cc.swin.edu.au>
To: "DR DELE KUKAH" <rbc77x2@yahoo.com>
Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
> Hi all,Just bringing to your attention this ridiculous email.
> Should be ignored at all possible cost.It's just a Nigerian scam.
> By the way I thought this forum was all about rhythms.
>
> Peace from Australia.
>
>
>
>
> Quoting DR DELE KUKAH <rbc77x2@yahoo.com>:
>
> > FROM: DR. RIMI THOMA.
> > SATELLITE TEL.871-761-88-31.
> > SATELLITE FAX.871-761-88-32.
> > DATE:27/05/2002
> >
> > ATTN:PRESIDENT/CEO.
> >
> > STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL & URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL.
> >
> > RE:TRANSFER OF U$21,500.000{TWENTY ONE MILLION FIVE
> > HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS ONLY.
> >
> > I AM A MEMBER OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA
> > NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION(NNPC) SOMETIME AGO, A
> > CONTRACT WAS AWARDED TO A FOREIGN FIRM IN THE PTF BY
> > MY COMMITTEE. THIS CONTRACT WAS OVER INVOICED TO THE
> > TUNE OF US$21.5M US DOLLARS. THIS WAS DONE
> > DELIBRATELY. THE OVER- INVOICING WAS A DEAL BY MY
> > COMMITTEE TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. WE NOW WANT TO
> > TRANSFER THIS MONEY WHICH IS IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT
> > WITH PTF INTO ANY OVERSEA ACCOUNT WHICH WE EXPECT YOU
> > TO PROVIDE FOR US.
> >
> > SHARE:
> >
> > 60% WILL BE FOR MY PARTNERS AND ME.
> > 30% OF THE MONEY WILL BE YOURS FOR PROVIDING THE
> > ACCOUNT WHERE WE SHALL REMIT THE MONEY.
> > 10% HAS BEEN MAPPED OUT FROM THE TOTAL SUM TO COVER
> > ANY EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURRED BY US DURING THE
> > COURSE OF THIS TRANSFER, BOTH LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL
> > EXPENSES.
> > IT MAY INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT SIMILAR TRANSACTION
> > WAS CARRIED OUT WITH ONE MR. PATRICE MILLER, PRESIDENT
> > OF CRANE INTERNATIONAL TRADING CORP. OF 153 EAST 57TH
> > ST; 28TH FLOOR, NY10022, TELEPHONE: 212-3087788 AND
> > TELEX:6731689. THE DEAL WAS CONCLUDED AND ALL COVERING
> > DOCUMENTS WERE FOWARDED TO MR. MILLER TO AUTHENTICATE
> > THE CLAIM. ONCE THE FUNDS WERE TRANSFERRED, MR. MILLER
> > PRESENTED HIS BANK WITH ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS AND
> > REMITTED THE WHOLE FUNDS TO ANOTHER BANK ACCOUNT AND
> > DISAPPEARED COMPLETELY. MY COLLEAGUES WERE SHATTERED,
> > SINCE SUCH OPPORTUNITIES ARE NOT EASY TO COME BY.
> > AT THIS JUNCTURE, I WOULD LIKE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT
> > IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ASSISTING US IN THIS DEAL, WE
> > WOULD REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION FROM YOU,
> > WHICH WOULD ENABLE US MAKE FORMAL APPLICATION TO THE
> > VARIOUS MINISTRIES\PARASTATAL FOR THE RELEASE AND
> > ONWARD TRANSFER OF THE MONEY TO YOUR ACCOUNT. THE
> > INFORMATION WE REQUIRE ARE:
> >
> > YOUR NAME, COMPANY`S NAME, ADDRESS , TELEFAX NUMBER.
> > YOUR BANK NAME ,ADDRESS, TELEFAX NUMBER.
> > YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER AND BENEFICIARY NAME.
> >
> > WE HAVE STRONG RELIABLE CONNECTIONS AT THE CENTRAL
> > BANK OF NIGERIA AND OTHER GOVERNMENT PARASTATALS TO
> > ASSIST US IN THE DEAL, AND WHEN IT IS FINALLY
> > CONCLUDED WE SHALL USE SAME CONTACTS TO WITHDRAW ALL
> > DOCUMENTS USED TO AVOID ANY TRACE TO YOU OR US.
> > IT MIGHT ALSO INTEREST YOU TO KNOW THAT WE ARE
> > ORDINARY CIVIL SERVANTS WHO DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS
> > OPPORTUNITY, SINCE WE WANT THIS MONEY TRANSFERRED
> > BEFORE THE NEWLY DEMOCRATICALLY ELECTED GOVERNMENT
> > STARTS PROBING THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL PREVIOUS MILITARY
> > GOVERNMENTS.
> > PLEASE CONTACT ME THROUGH MY ABOVE TEL\FAX NUMBER
> > WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE INTRESTED IN THIS DEAL. IF YOU
> > ARE NOT IT WILL ENABLE ME SCOUT FOR ANOTHER FOREIGN
> > PARTNER TO ASSIST US. BUT IF YOU ARE INTRESTED PLEASE
> > SEND THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY SO THAT WE
> > CAN SWING INTO ACTION, SINCE TIME IS NOT ON OUR PART.
> > I WAIT IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR FULLEST CO-COPERATION.
> > YOURS FAITHFULLY,
> >
> > DR. RIMI THOMA.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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