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re is no-one out there who has fallen for this…
marc
Dear Sir,
I am making this contact with you on behalf of my
colleagues and I after the satisfactory information we
gathered from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and
Industry.
We are members of the Presidential Contract Review
Panel on foreign debt. We are contacting you as a
trustworthy individual, into whose account we intend
to transfer some funds.
Presently, we have in our possession, instrument of
payment for US$10M(Ten Million U.S. Dollars), This
amount arose from over-invoicing of some supplies and
engineering works contracts which had been financedby
the Petroleum Trust Fund. The Contractors have been
paid in full for contracts executed. The fund are
therefore free to be transferred overseas without any
risk whatsoever.
Due to the nature of accrual of these funds, it has to
be applied for by a foreign individual or
organisation, and payment can only be made into a
foreign account: Hence this contacts is necessaryto
accomplish this deal. We are willing to compensate you
with 20% of the amount for providing the account and
all other relevant assistance to enable us accomplish
this, 5% will be used for the reimbursement of all
expenses that will be incurred by both parties during
the course of this financial transaction; the
remaining 75% is for my associates and I.
We shall require from you the following urgently, by
fax or email:
1.Your name, contact address,telephone and fax
numbers.
2.The name and full address of your organization or
company.
My colleagues and I have had fruitful discussions with
relevant top officials of both the Federal Ministry of
Finance (FMF) and the Debt Reconciliation
Committe(DRC) and they have agreed to co-operate in
the transfer. An application for funds transfer will
be made at the appropriate ministries in favour of
you, the beneficiary.Thereafter you will be officially
regarded as having executed the contract for the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for which
payments is being made.This process makes the
operation legal according to the laws of the federal
Republic of Nigeria.
Please, treat this transaction as strictly
confidential, we are civil servants who would not want
our names tarnished, bearing in mind our positions.
Because of cross interference of telephone calls in
Nigeria do ask my security code pciii before speaking
to the person that pick up your call and do not go
through the international telephone operatorof (AT&T)
when lines are busy at any time in the course of this
transaction.
Always dial direct. it is difficult to get telephone
access to Nigeria. So you must persist when the
telephone says subscriber not available or the number
does not exist; these responses are always given when
there is no access. thanks for your anticipated
co-operation, while I await your timely response.
Yours faithfully,
(Identity not mentioned publicly)
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<DIV>Who else has received nonsense like this - what a con. I hope that the=
re is
no-one out there who has fallen for this…</DIV>
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<DIV>marc</DIV>
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my<BR>colleagues and I after the satisfactory information we<BR>gathered fr=
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the
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u as
a<BR>trustworthy individual, into whose account we intend<BR>to transfer so=
me
funds.<BR><BR>Presently, we have in our possession, instrument of<BR>paymen=
t for
US$10M(Ten Million U.S. Dollars), This<BR>amount arose from
over-invoicing of some supplies and<BR>engineering works contracts which ha=
d
been financedby<BR>the Petroleum Trust Fund. The Contractors have been<BR>p=
aid
in full for contracts executed. The fund are<BR>therefore free to be transf=
erred
overseas without any<BR>risk whatsoever.<BR><BR>Due to the nature of accrua=
l of
these funds, it has to<BR>be applied for by a foreign individual
or<BR>organisation, and payment can only be made into a<BR>foreign account:=
Hence this contacts is necessaryto<BR>accomplish this deal. We are willing =
to
compensate you<BR>with 20% of the amount for providing the account and<BR>a=
ll
other relevant assistance to enable us accomplish<BR>this, 5% will be used =
for
the reimbursement of all<BR>expenses that will be incurred by both parties=
during<BR>the course of this financial transaction; the<BR>remaining 75% is=
for
my associates and I.<BR><BR>We shall require from you the following urgentl=
y,
by<BR>fax or email:<BR>1.Your name, contact address,telephone and
fax<BR>numbers.<BR>2.The name and full address of your organization
or<BR>company.<BR><BR>My colleagues and I have had fruitful discussions
with<BR>relevant top officials of both the Federal Ministry of<BR>Finance (=
FMF)
and the Debt Reconciliation<BR>Committe(DRC) and they have agreed to co-ope=
rate
in<BR>the transfer. An application for funds transfer will<BR>be made at th=
e
appropriate ministries in favour of<BR>you, the beneficiary.Thereafter you =
will
be officially<BR>regarded as having executed the contract for the<BR>Nigeri=
an
National Petroleum Corporation for which<BR>payments is being made.This pro=
cess
makes the<BR>operation legal according to the laws of the federal<BR>Republ=
ic of
Nigeria.<BR><BR>Please, treat this transaction as strictly<BR>confidential,=
we
are civil servants who would not want<BR>our names tarnished, bearing in mi=
nd
our positions.<BR>Because of cross interference of telephone calls in<BR>Ni=
geria
do ask my security code pciii before speaking<BR>to the person that pick up=
your
call and do not go<BR>through the international telephone operatorof
(AT&T)<BR>when lines are busy at any time in the course of
this<BR>transaction.<BR><BR>Always dial direct. it is difficult to get
telephone<BR>access to Nigeria. So you must persist when the<BR>telephone s=
ays
subscriber not available or the number<BR>does not exist; these respo=
nses
are always given when<BR>there is no access. thanks for your
anticipated<BR>co-operation, while I await your timely response.<BR><BR>You=
rs
faithfully,<BR>(Identity not mentioned publicly)</DIV>
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from marc
>Who else has received nonsense like this - what a con. I hope that
>there is no-one out there who has fallen for this…
>
>marc
>
>
>>Dear Sir,
>>
>>I am making this contact with you on behalf of my
>>colleagues and I after the satisfactory information we
>>gathered from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and
>>Industry.
[ … ]
you know marc, i think most of them really ARE cons after all! it
was the fact that we got stuff from abdula kamiri and a week later
from aDBul kaRiMi that got me suspicious. Also saw a while ago a
bunch of ebay stores were saying no more credit cards from Nigeria.
What's with Nigeria? Why is this hustler picking on that country?
At least the con could rotate a little. Be good for everyone: the
hustler AND honest Nigerians who really DO want to buy stuff on ebay.
But looks to me like this isn't from an ordinary hustler. It's from
a con ARTIST (like a "trapeze artist" only shorter). This is no mass
form letter. They are writing you specifically to YOU! They want to
break into the art world. You're their man. They scraped off a
bunch of Furtherfield plastering jobs and framed them. 100s. Floor
to ceiling, covers the wall.
For God's sake, help them out. Send credit cards, sign them onto
your bank accounts, Fed Ex them your wallet. Doesn't anyone
recognize radiating talent, the hands of a master in search of their
mentor? The finesse. The verisimilitudes. The vulnerable dips into
melodramatic fervor. Swelling beauty. (Or does that stuff not come
across on the web?)
judson
from t byfield
>btw, did you see that six of your 'nigerian' pals were arrested in
>south africa?
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PLASMA STUDII
http://plasmastudii.org
223 E 10th Street
PMB 130
New York, NY 10003
>hate to tell you this marc, but these are pretty common in my little
>domain. we laugh at them collectively. one time someone wanted to
>report it to spamcops….but????? why bother.
>
>>>Who else has received nonsense like this - what a con. I hope that
>>>there is no-one out there who has fallen for this…
>>>
>>>marc
>>>
>>>>Dear Sir,
>>>>
>>>>I am making this contact with you on behalf of my
>>>>colleagues and I after the satisfactory information we
>>>>gathered from the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce and
>>>>Industry.
>>[ … ]
Questioning these kind of hoaxes is about like wondering if you
REALLY can buy the Brooklyn Bridge (such a traditional US scam, it's
probably written into the constitution and tattooed on the Statue of
Liberty's butt). It's just not a major accomplishment to debunk. Or
in NY, it was popular to ask people for $20 because their wallet was
stolen and they needed to get back to New Jersey. Ok it gets absurd
when you hear it 5 times a day. But that's beside the point. Folks
who hand over the twenty dollar bills are always so dead sure they
will he paid back. Even weeks later.
I absolutely LOVE these things. I find them fascinating. UFO
sightings, and self-help nutrition books too. Just plain dismissing
stuff is easy. But what makes folks really go for these? It seems
to make absolutely no difference how absurd the story is. The
stories themselves are rarely very inventive or uniquely creative.
It's a lot more intriguing to listen to the fanatics who completely
buy into it. Their obsession becomes louder than the voice of logic.
Textbooks about neural disorders and "never before revealed" secrets
about mass murderers are really more chapters of the same book.
They go to frantic extremes to keep believing whatever they believed.
We ALL do it. We'd ALL end up listening to the "voice of God" in our
heads if we didn't consciously tell ourselves to dismiss it as
unreasonable. It's when those that don't dismiss it, let their
imaginations take priority, that they become fervently passionate
about the most ridiculous things.
There are a few great non-fiction writers (Gould-pop science,
Pinker-linguistics. Both are Stephens too, hmmm) who get that
fanatic over things like fossils and sentence diagrams. I could care
less if they are wrong or right, trying to determine that is
completely missing it (and pretty impossible if you think about how
trendy science is, truth will flip flop 200 times in the next
millennium. I predict we'll think the world is flat again at least
once before humans are extinct). To debunk (or buy) the (writers' or
Nigerians') myths is to miss the PASSION of the believers.
To scrutinize the stories themselves has nothing to do with the
phenomena of people who buy into them. Similarly, the same can be
said for art. Look at what is popular today. No one in their right
mind would actually ENJOY looking at most Abstract Expressionism
(black on black?) and net.art is often the computer equivalent
(what's beautiful about code? I want to have my attention drawn away
from HOW it was made not TO it). It's a case of the emperor with no
clothes, but weirder because everybody is standing around saying
"Well, of course. Yes, we know. But come take a look at this
delightful stick figure rendered in catsup, exploring the
relationship of individualism to consumerism in regards to …"
Nevermind what folks SAY, it's what they DO.
But why does someone (or some institution) pay thousands to own a
Koons or fund a 6 digit grant for a stretched ball of string? It's a
_CON_ and the folks conned are dead sure they are going to "get their
money back". Believing makes them happy. The suggestion that their
beliefs are unsound makes them upset. Why is that?! Why do people
take some of their beliefs SO personally? There's rarely anything to
cull from the hustle itself itself, rather the peculiar sway it has.
If there are folks who WANT to be conned, they'll buy any story from
the first person who presents it with confidence.
judson
ps. Thanks. I was trying to think if there's anything left of New
York worth the price of being here and now I remember. It's the
hustles. This town is fantastic for hustles.
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PLASMA STUDII
http://plasmastudii.org
223 E 10th Street
PMB 130
New York, NY 10003