I think I'm RICH

[Rkring1]

This arrived in todays email....anyone want a share ???


Dear Friend

I am Dr Devante Fadaka, the Bank Manager of Citi Trust Finance,*****
Branch.I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

On June 6,2000, a FOREIGN Oil Consultant/Contractor with the Department
of Petroleum Resources /Shell development company joint venture
contract, Mr Mark White made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$8,000,000.00(Eight Million Dollars) in my
branch.


Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address
but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his
contract employers, the Department of Petroleum Resources that he died
from an automobile accident. On further investigation,I found out that he
died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
to date has been fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that he did not
declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including his
Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$8,000,000.00 is still
sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to
claim it. According to Nigerian Law,at the expiration of 5 (five) years,
the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as an Foreigner to
stand in as the next of
kin to the deseased so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not
get into the hands
of some corrupt government officials.

This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full
names,address,and most especially your telephone and fax numers so that we
can discuss this transaction in detail and then make the application to
put you in place as the next of kin. A bank account in any part of the
world, which you will provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your nominated account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me,
35% for you and 5% to cover any accidental expenses on either sides
during the course of this transaction.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will
be done by an atttorney
and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees to a great extent the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested,please
reply immediately via this email address.Upon your response, I shall
then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help
you understand the transaction better and proove your case as ther next
of kin.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be
most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance
to invest my share
in your country. Looking forward to getting ae favourable response from
you soonest.

Best regards,
Dr Devante Fadaka.

[crookedsaw]

Had a friend in Boise go down for the old get money out of Africa trick. Cost him $11,000 and he barely got out. However, he does now sell Zimbawe art that he imports.

[Mayet]

I get at least two different ones along the saem lines a day.
i really would like to know if anyone does fall ofr this and what the percentages are of people actually getting ripped off.

It must be successful in some way seeing as there is so many copycats going around doing same now....

[Major Kong]

I get at least two different ones along the saem lines a day.
i really would like to know if anyone does fall ofr this and what the percentages are of people actually getting ripped off.

It must be successful in some way seeing as there is so many copycats going around doing same now....

Hi Mayet!!!

[Orangeman]

This scam is the biggest export of Nigeria. It was profiled on 20/20 or one of the magazine shows.

Speaking of hoaxes, I got am email last night from 1-800-Flowers. It said that $78.56 had been charged to my AOL account and was emailing me to 'verify' the imformation.

I thought about verifying it, and giving them a piece of my mind too, but when I went to the 800-Flowers email address, it asked me for password.Its nice to know this website has been penetrated.

So, I called 1-800-Flowers and told them about it. They said they'd been getting calls like this all night.


HOAX

[NooNoo]

I gather the FBI are more than interested in those emails RKING - keep the header and give them a call.

[confus-ed]

What are those old Clichés ? .... ' ...a fool & his money are easily parted ...' & '.. if it looks too good to be true it almost certainly is ...'

Scam !

As for the FBI tracking 'em down ... you are pissed ! they have no juristiction ! Which is one of many reasons why these scams persist ... This ones at least 5 years old, maybe more .....

[drewmaztech]

My boss fell for it. Well, almost. He was seriously discussing it when I overheard him and took a running leap to grab the email from his hand.

You wave money in someones face and their brain just shuts down sometimes...

[Ya_know]

The hard time I am having is determining how anyone can get ripped off by responding to this. If I were dumb enough to do it, I still would open up a different account. Certainly not offer an account that I have my own funds in. Really, the only way I can see them getting you is if they withdraw money from your own account. Unless they are able to use this information to fleece identities, and open lines of credit using your name.

[gazzak]

Full information about this scam, part of the 419 scam, can be found here!

There's a LOT of reading there but here is the first paragraph to give you a small flavour...

A Five Billion US$ (as of 1996, much more now) worldwide Scam which has run since the early 1980's under Successive Governments of Nigeria. It is also referred to as "Advance Fee Fraud", "419 Fraud" (Four-One-Nine) after the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria, and "The Nigerian Connection" (mostly in Europe). However, it is usually called plain old "419" even by the Nigerians themselves.

[Camaro80z]

I had a friend fall for that in high school. Luckily for him, he only gave a credit card with a 300 dollar limit, so he did not get ripped off that bad. When they kept asking for more money, he realized it was a scam. Also convinced him to never read his emails again when he was drunk.

[confus-ed]

...Also convinced him to never read his emails again when he was drunk.

Mmmmm do you think that can extend to threads ... hic