The Nigeria "URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL" Email Is A Scam

Last significant update: 1 May, 2001

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Here is another version of this fraud; for more details of the general scam, see our write up of the Nigeria scam

This is the "URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL" version; again, it is a fraud. Don't be taken by it; you will lose all the money you "invest."

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: [snip]
Subject: RE:CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL

URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL

This letter may come to you as a surprise since it is coming from someone you
have not met before.  However, we decided to contact you based on a satisfactory
information we had about your business person as regard business information
concerning your country and the safety of our funds in a steady economy such as
that of your country compared to our country Nigeria Africa.

I am a civil adviser currently working with the monitoring committee overseeing
the winding up of the petroleum trust fund(PTF).Myself and my close and trusted
colleagues need your assistance in the transfer of US$25 million into any 
reliable Account you may nominate overseas.

This fund was generated from over-invoicing of contracts executed by the PTF
under the administration of the past military government.These were discovered
while we were reviewing the PTF accounts.

From our discoveries,these contracts have been executed and the contractors in
question were all paid.The difference of US$25,000,000 being the over-invoiced
amount is the funds,we want your corporate entity to help us receive.

What we want from you is a good and reliable company or personal Account into
which we shall transfer this fund. Details should include the following:

1. Name of Bank
2. Address of Bank with Fax & Tel. No.
3. Account Number
4. Beneficiary/Signatory to Account (Account Name)

Upon the Successful crediting of your Account.The fund will be shared as
follows:
1. 20% for you and your assistance
2. 75% for myself & my Colleagues
3. 5% for contingency expenses

Please after your first reply through e-mail,I will want us to continue further
communication by fax and telephone for confidential purpose.
We wish to assure you that your involvement should you decide to assist us,
will be well protected, and also, this business,proposal is 100% risk free as we
have put a whole lot into it.

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation while we look forward to a mutually
benefiting business relationship with you.

Please when replying to my e-mail kindly include your telephone, fax number and
mobile telephone numbers preferably extremely private numbers where we can reach
you any time of the day.Please be aware that a high level of confidentiality and
trust is required in this business.  My private Telephone number is [snip],
Fax: [snip]

Best Regards,

Dr. [snip]
Tel: [snip]
Fax:[snip]
email: [snip]
---------- End Forwarded message ----------

Need I point out that Dr. so-and-so is almost surely not a doctor -- and if he is, he took the Oath of Hypocrites, not Hippocrates. Please do not reply to this -- or warn all your friends about it.

Instead, you might try to get the account cancelled, but the best thing to do is just ignore it.

If for some reason you need to tell others about this, I suggest that you provide a pointer to this URL (http://www.umich.edu/~virus-busters/hoaxes/nigeria_urgentbiz.html)
For virus or hoax info, please see our main page (http://www.umich.edu/~virus-busters/) or go to another reputable site, like The Urban Legends Reference Pages (leaving our site).

   -BPB

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