A PRIME EXAMPLE OF OUR WORLD'S DECLINING SENSE OF ETHICS...

[thespitfiredragon]

I received this email today and just HAD to share it with all of you... Besides being unethical, what this guy proposes CAN'T be legal. Furthermore...there probably ISN'T any money...except for what they can somehow get from YOUR account. Anyway, take a look and let me know what you all think!





Dear Sir or Madame,

I am Mr. Michael Okafor, Bank Manager of CITY EXPRESS BANK
OF NIGERIA PLC, western Avenue Branch victoria inland lagos. I have urgent and
very
confidential business proposition for you. On June
of 1999, an American oil consultant/contractor with the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Fredrick
Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed)deposited for twelve
calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty-Five 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, Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Fredrick Kelly
died from an automobile accident. On further
investigation, I found out that he did not leave a
WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were
fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Fredrick Kelly did not declare any
next of kin in all his official documents, including
his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum of
US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the
interest is being rolled over with the principal sum
at the end of each year. No one will come forward to
claim it. According to the 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 funds.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.
Fredrick Kelly so that the fruits of this old man's
labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide
me immediately with your full names and address so
that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents
and affidavits, which will put you in place as the
next of kin. We shall employ the services of two
attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL
and obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.
A bank account in any part of the world, which you
provide, will then facilitate the transfer of this
money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.

The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction. If you are
interested, please reply immediately via the private
email address below. Upon your response, I shall then
provide you with more details and relevant documents
that will help you understand. Please observe utmost
confidentiality, and 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.

Awaiting your urgent reply via email.

Thanks and regards



Michael Okafor

[ANDY-J2]

I received a similar one several months ago and I ignored it however I was inundated with them for several weeks after that.Of course it isn't legal or genuine however incredibly some people with more money than sense have fallen for it.Just ignore it and the several dozen more which will very probably soon be arriving in your inbox.

[Sharp_Kid]

I get at least one a day.
The one I got theis morning was worse than any I had received previously.
It was supposedly from a woman who had been married to a Muslim man who had died, but she had been keeping it secret from her husband all along that she was in fact a Christian.
She had discovered she had terminal cancer and wanted someone to help her to donate her entire life savings to the church, or to a devoted Christian who would spread the wealth fairly.

Playing on peoples faith is bad enough, but using the current middle eastern crisis as a platform for that is horrifying.

A little advice for everyone.
NEVER REPLY TO THESE E-MAILS, EVEN TO COMPLAIN OR CALL THEM STUPID. THIS ONLY NOTIFIES THE SENDER THAT YOUR E-MAIL ACCOUNT IS ACTIVE AND IS LOOKED AT REGULARLY, WHICH WILL RESULT IN MORE AND MORE SPAM.

[Monco]

These types of spam turn up all the time, I have had many of them. Really though, I can't see anybody falling for it.

[Fear_nam_Beanntan]

Here's the way the scam works with these e-mails: They make up a big elaborate story leading the victim to believe he's going to get millions of dollars for helping transfer this money. Then they ask him for several thousand dollars to help the transfer. They pull him along for as long as they can, sucking as much money as possible, and then run. One guy got so mad that he killed the poor Nigerian guy who the con-artists were pretending to be.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,s2130821,00.html

[thespitfiredragon]

Sharp_Kid...I thought of responding to the email to complain about it, but immediately decided against it. Instead I posted it up here because it massively annoyed me.

And, hey, what's up with the 60% for "him" and the 40% for "me"...if I'm going to be doing something unethical AND illegal then I at least want the bigger share! (Just kidding, of course.)