Stealing from the Greedy
Do you think e-mail hoaxers sell their list of gullible souls to other evil e-mail hoaxers who hope to bank on someone's greed and stupidity? (Naw, they wouldn't do that! That would be unethical.) I got another one in my in box today. It's even worse than the one from Nigeria, I think, since this banker says he's trying to steal $7 million from a dead Saudi and his own country of Lagos.

To: hammer@naisp.net
Date: Thu, 23 May 2002 21:20:21 -0700
From: "first city bank plc first city bank plc"
Reply-to: hhansonamadi_fcb@lycos.com
Subject: MONEY TRANSFER NOTIFICATION
Organization: Lycos Mail (http://www.mail.lycos.com:80)
FROM:HANSON AMADI
FIRST CITY BANK(FCB)
35 RASHEED AMINU STREET LAGOS.

DEAR SIR,
I CRAVE YOUR INDULGENCE TO MAKE THIS INTIAL CONTACT AS I WRITE THIS LETTER OF ASSISTANCE WITH A GREAT SENSE OF HONOR AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE DECISION TO WRITE TO YOU WAS ARRIVED AT AFTER A CRITICAL CONSIDERATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENTS IN YOUR FIELD OFOPERATION.
I AM THE BRANCH MANAGER OF THE ABOVE NAMED BANK,FOLLOWING THE RECENT
BOMB EXPLOSINS THAT ROCKED LAGOS NIGERIA IN WHICH MANY LIVES WERE LOST.I DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS A SAUDI NATIONALE WAS ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE BOMB EXPLOSIONS. UNTIL HIS DEATH HE HAD A CURRENT ACCOUNT WITH OUR BRANCH AND IN IT WAS $7,235,000USD. ON FURTHER ENQUIRY I DISCOVERED THAT HE DIED WITH ALL THE MEMEBERS OF HIS FAMILY LEAVING NO ONE TO CLAIM THE MONEY IN HIS ACCOUNT.
ALL I REQUIRE IS THAT YOU SEND IN YOUR NAME AND ACCOUNT NUMBER FOR ME
TO TRANSFER THE MONEY INTO AS THE NEXT OF KIN /BENEFICIARY. ON GETTING YOUR DETAILS I WILL EFFECT THE NECCESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT WILL ENABLE THE TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR ACCOUNT. I WILL ON THE SMOOTHG TRANSFER OF THE MONEY INTO YOUR GIVE YOU AS THE ACCOUNT THE OWNER %25 OF THE TOTAL SUM TRANSFERED .
AFTER THE MONEY MAY HAVE HIT YOUR ACCOUNT I WILL THEN APPLY FOR VACATION IN MY BANK TO ENABLE ME COLLECT MY OWN SHARE OF THE MONEY. THE ARRANGEMENT IS RISK FREE SINCE I AM THE BRANCH MANAGER OF WHERE HE OPERATED THIS ACCOUNT,MORESO I WILL USE MY CONNECTION TO FACILITATE THE TRANSFER WITHIN 5WORKING DAYS OF GETTING THE DETAILSFROM YOU.
DO CONTACT ME WHERE YOU ARE INTERESTED AS IT WILL BE OF MUTIUAL BENEFIT TO BOTH OF US BECAUSE IF THE MONEY IS NOT CLAIMED IT WILL GO INTO THE GOVERNMENTS ACCOUNT.
YOU CAN ALSO MDISREGARD THIS MESSAGE WHERE YOU ARE NOT INTRESTED. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
BEST REGARDS
DR HANSON AMADI

- posted by Amy @ 5/24/2002 08:58:00 AM