Did you receive an email from a "ENGR ALI KASIM" who
"would love to seek your indulgence over an urgent and very sensitive business
proposal." It's the usual dead,
wealthy person with no will and no heirs and you-have-the-same-last-name - scam!
"ENGR ALI KASIM" will just change the name of the dead man to match your surname. the
claim that "unclaimed funds are... credited to the Government for purchase of
military equipments" is, of course, completely false; just a nice scammer touch
to make the fraud work. It is a rather preposterous statement in any case.
Even if this were all true, you would be committing several
felonies and would end up in prison. In reality, it is all a scam.
ENGR ALI KASIM (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
From: From ENGR ALI KASIM [mailto:
al_mohammedd4@yahoo.com.vn ]
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 10:32 PM
Subject: NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION
From ENGR ALI KASIM
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC),
Garki, Abuja-Nigeria.
7-3-2007
ATTN,
IT IS MY PLEASURE TO WRITE THIS E-MAIL TO YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL
FIND IT INTERESTING TO READ AND REPLY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
MY NAME IS ENGR ALI KASIM, I AM A DIRECTOR IN THE NIGERIA NATIONAL
PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC).
I HAVE THIS DEAL OF AN OVER INVOICED SUM OF US$180,000,000.00 PURPOSELY
CARVED OUT FROM AN ALREADY EXECUTED CONTRACT IN MY CORPORATION.
IT WILL BE MY UTMOST INTEREST TO HAVE YOU AS ONE OF THE PARTNERS TO
PROCESS THE DOCUMENTS AND HAVE THE FUND RELEASED TO YOU AS THE FOREIGN
CONTRACTOR THAT OWN THE FUND.
THE TRANSACTION WILL BE GIVEN EQUAL LEGAL BACKING THAT IS GIVEN TO AN
EXECUTED CONTRACT. THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO RISK INVOLVED. IT IS 100% RISK
FREE. EVERY
ARRANGEMENTS TOWARDS IT SUCCESSFULL PROCESSING
HAVE BEEN PERFECTED.
MY POSITION AS A CIVIL SERVANT HERE IN NIGERIA DOES NOT PERMIT ME TO RUN
A FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNT THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS I NEED YOUR INVOLVEMENT
AND ALSO ASSIT IN FINANCING THE PROCESSING OF THIS TRANSACTION WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT. THE RATIO OF ITS SHARING IS 55% FOR ME, 45% FOR YOU.
TO COMMENCE THE PROCESSING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SEND TO ME
(A) YOUR FULL
NAMES AND COMPANY NAME TO BE INCORPORATED AND ADDRESS,
(B) YOUR BANK ACCOUNT INFORMATION WHERE THE FUND WILL BE
TRANSFERED TO OR WITHIN THE SHORTEST
PERIOD YOU CAN OPEN A NEW ACCOUNT FOR THIS TRANSACTION,
(C) YOUR
TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.
I AWAIT YOUR URGENT REPLY.
REGARDS
ENGR ALI KASIM
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