New scam possibly old

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

got this in my e-mail today

Senator David Ibru

Senate Committee

Contract/Award/Review & payment

Three Arms Zone

Garki, Abuja,

NIGERIA

ATTN:

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT

#:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009.

From our investigations of outstanding contracts due

for payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria,

Your name and company was discovered as next on the

list of the outstanding contractors who have not

received their payments.

I wish to inform you that your payment is being

processed and will be released to you as soon as you

respond to this letter. Also note that from our record

in my file your outstanding contract payment is

US$38.6 million dollars (Thirty eight million six

hundred thousand united states dollars).

Please re-confirm to me if this is inline with what we

have in your record and also re-confirm to me the

followings:

1)Your full name.

2) Phone, fax and mobile #.

3) Company name, position and address.

4) Profession, age and marital status.

5) Scanned copy of int'l passport.

As soon as this information is received, your payment

will be made to you in a certified bank draft or wired

to your bank account directly from Sapphire Finance

Group Ltd. and a copy will be given to you for you to

take to your bank and confirm it.

You must call me on my direct number as soon as you

receive this letter for a serious discussion with me.

And also send me an email to senatordavidibru@pathfinder.gr

Regards,

Senator David Ibru.

im so lucky ive wont $38.6 million //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/greedy.gif.5a53e6246569d7ab79867170f3b06629.gif im gunna have the kewlest system ever!!!!

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[bonesninja 5,000+ posts]

did he put a direct number on there? if he did let's have some fun!!!!!!!

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

thats everything that was in the e-mail

 

[btnhfan 5,000+ posts]

I got that a while back too. Its some famous nigerian scam thing.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

once in a while at the cell phone shop i work for we will have some one from nigeria call. well they use a system i think its through SBC where they type to a person that person reads me what is wrote and then they type back my response. anyways they call and want to buy all of our phone and want to know how much shipping is going to be. i just hang up on them.

 

[Damaso87 10+ year member]

Heh, the good ol nigerian scams...they try to get you to go down to nigeria then rob you blind and possibly kill you. W00t, death rocks.

 

[Bigrick31 10+ year member]

//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/ohsnap.gif.17c4c91be09a7a4a3995fb7145adac39.gif i didnt see nothin

 

[wags 10+ year member]

Heh, the good ol nigerian scams...they try to get you to go down to nigeria then rob you blind and possibly kill you. W00t, death rocks.

lol not quite, they steal your identity.

 

[Primo 10+ year member]

once in a while at the cell phone shop i work for we will have some one from nigeria call. well they use a system i think its through SBC where they type to a person that person reads me what is wrote and then they type back my response. anyways they call and want to buy all of our phone and want to know how much shipping is going to be. i just hang up on them.

http://msnbc.msn.com/ID/4781806

 

[Spkrman]

Are people really stupid enough to fall for this???

 

[95Prober 10+ year member]

Unfortunately... Yes!!