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  • wherethefmi2000

    Dec. 22, 2008 11:49 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader

    Nigerians said:

    FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA PLC SCAM COMPENSATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT ECOWAS NATIONS STATE/UNITED NATIONS 2008 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

    YOUR REF/PAYMENTS CODE: FDB/06654 FOR $150,000 USD ONLY.

    This is to bring to your notice that our bank (FIDELITY BANK PLC ) is delegated by the ECOWAS/UNITED NATIONS in Central Bank to pay victims of scam $150,000 (One Hundred And Fifty Thousand Dollars Only). You are listed/approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount.

    On this faithful recommendations, want you to alert you that during the last U.N. meetings held last week Friday at ABUJA (WEST AFRICA),it was accessed/accumulated of reported cases of fraud that the money lost by various individuals to Africans scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today is over $239 Million United States Dollars in year 2007 to fraud in USA alone.

    http://www.techspot.com/news/29644-US-Citizens-lost-239-million-from-Internet- fraud-in-2007.html

    In other to compensate victims, the ECOWAS/UNITED NATIONS is now paying victims of such scam $150,000(One Hundred And Fifty THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH) in accordance with the UNITED NATIONS recommendations.

    The payments are to be remitted by FIDELITY BANK PLC NIGERIA as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA. Benefactor of this compensation award will have to be first cleared by FIDELITY BANK and confirmed as a victim from Africa Scam before scam payment can be effected. We shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you on how you can receive your compensation payment award.

    Send a copy of your response via email or call your remittance officer quoting your PAYMENT CODE NUMBER(FDB//06654).

    NAME: MR.OSAGIE BODE SCAMMED VICTIM/REF/PAYMENTS CODE: FDB//06654 $150,000 USD. TEL :+234 80566 10423 +234 80369 20291 Email: scam_victimdept01@yahoo.com.hk

    Yours Faithfully, Mrs. Doris Udoh PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER

    Probably the best use of reverse psychology ever lol.

  • amaff

    Dec. 23, 2008 12:40 a.m. amaff HalfDork

    That is pretty brilliant, especially if the recipient were one of those dumb / naive enough to fall for it the first time lol

  • aussiesmg

    Dec. 23, 2008 7:44 a.m. aussiesmg HalfDork

    I'll never understand why people actually send info to these scumbags....although I would happily deliver 9mm of lead in their direction

  • Dr. Hess

    Dec. 23, 2008 8:06 a.m. Dr. Hess SuperDork

    Finally, the U.N. is going to be good for something. I'm so relieved.

  • BBsGarage

    Dec. 23, 2008 8:51 a.m. BBsGarage HalfDork

    A big bank exec with a yahoo e-mail

    its not even a good scam letter.

  • Jensenman

    Dec. 23, 2008 8:58 a.m. Jensenman SuperDork

    It's probably a NewNinted Nations employee doing it. Seems about right.

 
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