Bank of Nigeria FRAUD

[Beeblequix]

Okay, who in here has receieve the 'official' sounding Nigerian Bank fraud letter? Here's the one I got a couple of days ago:


"From Engr. Andrew Mamuzo Sat Jul 20 06:44:07 2002

X-Apparently-To: ***************@************** via 66.-38.78.42; 20 Jul 2002 06:43:58 -0700 (PDT)

Return-Path: <mamuzo@culturaldisplay.org>

Received: from 212.96.2.147 (HELO emzitd4713.com) (212.96.2.147) by *****************************with SMTP; 20 Jul 2002 06:43:53 -0700 (PDT)

From: "Engr. Andrew Mamuzo" <mamuzo@culturaldisplay.org> | Block Address | Add to Address Book

Reply-to: "Engr. Andrew Mamuzo" <mamuzo@culturaldisplay.org>

To: ****************************.com

Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 14:44:07 +0100

Subject: Personal/Urgent

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Engr. Andrew Mamuzo
Federal Ministry of Works & Housing
Ikoyi *****. Nigeria.
Date: 19/07/2002

Attn: President/C.E.O.

Dear sir,

BUSINESS PROPOSAL: TRANSFER OF US$26.426M (TWENTY SIX MILLION, FOUR
HUNDRED AND TWENTY SIX THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) & BUSINESS
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP.

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in this transaction,
this is by virtue of it's nature as been utterly confidential and top
secret as you were introduced to us in confidence through the
Nigerian/Gambian Chambers of Commerce, Foreign Trade division, during an official
assignment to Banjul.

We are top officials from the Federal Ministry of Works & Housing
(FMW&H), Federal Ministry of Finance and the Presidency, making up the
Contract Review Panel (CRP) set up by the Federal Government of Nigeria to
review contracts awarded by the past Military administration.

In the course of our work in the CRP, we discovered this fund which
resulted from grossly over-invoiced contracts which were executed for the
FMW&H during the last administration. The companies that executed the
contract have been duly paid and the contracts commissioned leaving the
sum of US$26.426M floating in the Escrow account of the Central Bank of
Nigeria ready for payment.

I have therefore been mandated as a matter of trust by my colleagues in
the Panel to look for an over-seas partner to whom we could transfer
the sum of US$26.426M by Legally subcontracting the contract entitlement
to your company. This is bearing in mind that our civil service code of
conduct forbids us from owning foreign companies or running foreign
accounts while in Government service hence the need for an over-seas
partner.

We have agreed that the funds will be shared thus after it has been
transferred into your account:
(1) 30% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of
the fund.
(2) 65% to us the Government officials (with wish we wish to commence
an importation business in conjunction with you).
(3) 5% has been set aside as an abstract projection for reimbursement
to both parties for incidental expenses that may be incurred in the
course of this transaction.

All logistics are in place and all modalities worked out for the smooth
conclusion of the transaction within ten to fourteen working days of
commencement after receipt of the following information from you: Your
company name, address, company's details and activities, telephone & fax
numbers. These information will enable us make applications and lodge
claims to the concerned Ministries & agencies in favor of your company
and it is pertinent to state here that this transaction is entirely
based on trust as the Solar Bank Draft or Certified Cheque drawable in any
of the Central Bank of Nigeria correspondent Bankers in America is
going to be made in your name.

Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter by using this e-mail
address.

Yours faithfully,


Engr. Andrew Mamuzo

NB. Bank Account details not necessary, as preferred mode of payment is
by draft or cheque."

Okay, first of all it's all BS. There is nothing in this letter which is legitimate.

When I went to investigate the IP addys, I discovered, through my good friends at <http://www.ripe.net> that the IP addy 212.96.2.147 actually belongs to COMMUNICATION TREND NIG. LTD, and located ETIEBETS PLACE,21,MOBOLAJI BANK-ANTHONY WAY IKEJA, ***** NG. Now, I'm a tad confused.

Is this simply the company who hosts the supposed Bank of Nigeria, or someone *posing* nearby an official sounding street and hoping people won't bother investigating further?

Also, the culturaldisplay.org site in one of those '502 DNS name server unreachable' sites. A few days ago, however, this culturaldisplay.org was associated somehow with Yahoo. I forwarded this letter to their abuse people and now it seems I can't reproduce the information leading to the Canadians associated with culturaldisplay.org (like I did a few days past). Guess I put a damper on their plans, eh? (pun intended).

Here are links to my favorite site:
<http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/xscam419.html>
<http://www.tafkac.org/ulz/scam419.html>
I'll be sending my letter over to the UL guys/gals in a few minutes.

NOTE: I will not, nor SYSOPT, be responsible for YOU believing in the Nigerian Email scam. If you begin to believe thier letter in any way, you will be obligated to live with your head in your @§§ for a very long time....

ßeeßle Qµix

[Steve R Jones]

This has been going a round for over a year. Have a friend that actually did several emails back and forth with some idiot..

[Lycia]

Actually these have been around for years.

I used to work in Corporate Security for a bank and would get these from the branches. What they do is target the manager of the branch and get them to send the money. We had one manager go so far as to actually have several conversations with these people and actually tried to argue for giving the money!!!! I read one case where another bank's manager went to Nigeria and ended up getting killed.

These are frauds, if you recieve the letter turn it over to the Local FBI office. That's what we did...or the US Seceret Service..

[bob05]

my dad(and Half my family) is from Nigeria. We know know of currption but its things like this that make there reputation worse.....

[j.m@talk]

Yeah I got on eof these e-mails too!

Still waiting for my cheque though

No running off to Brazil 4 me this side of th e
next milennium

Its junk mail

If your daft enough to act on it

Try placing your head in the toilet & flushing
(You never know you may enjoy it)