I'm RICH, I'm RICH!!!

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE Office of the Minister and Accountant General of the Federation Plot 447, 448 Construction Avenue Central Business District, Garki-Abuja.

Our Ref: FGN/FMF/PMT/NG/2011 From: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, PH.D Hon. Min of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

SUBJECT: Immediate Release of Your FUND via Telegraphic Wire Transfer

Attention: Honorable Beneficiary,

It is my humble obligation to write you this message to inform you that your payment of US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) recovered from the Vault of the CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA as unclaimed inheritance contract entitlement/ award winning payment belonging to you has been APPROVED and is ready to be released to you through the Reliance Bank Nigeria Limited and your Approval No is: UN5685P, release code: IMF44CV and reference allocation No.-35460021-674632.

You are strongly advised immediately to contact MR. JEFFERSON OBI of Wire and Telex department of Reliance Bank Nigeria Ltd via his open access email address: rbnplc@blumail.org and email him your Approve numbers which will authorize him to release the fund to you within the next 72hours.

Lastly, do NOT disclose this message to anyone until you receive this fund into your account and be advised to disregard other contact with other offices or Banks and communicate only with Mr. Jefferson for security reasons.

Thanks to adhering to these instructions and accept our congratulations.

Yours Sincerely,

Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, PH.D Hon. Min of Finance, Federal Republic of Nigeria.

But I don't think I will respond.

Now just send a small payment of...

I did a Google on the name. She, indeed, was Minister of Finance for Nigeria- for one day. Her resignation letter stated that Nigeria did not need her, it needed God to figure out the finances. Now a director for the World Bank. These things can be so entertaining.

I believe this makes you rich in the urban sense of "Nigerian Rich"

We must be related, I've got the same email.

cant remember if i stole this from the hotlink thread...

cwh wrote: I did a Google on the name. She, indeed, was Minister of Finance for Nigeria- for one day. Her resignation letter stated that Nigeria did not need her, it needed God to figure out the finances. Now a director for the World Bank. These things can be so entertaining.

That isn't accurate and the resignation was an internet hoax.

Irony is ironic.

Strange. I got this same e-mail back in 1996.

I have always wondered if people actually fall for that?

I'm not proud to admit that I fell for it when I was about 19. Ended up sending them like $600 or so in "bribes". Extremely pissed at myself for being so naive, but I was 19 and it was back in 1999 or so and I was new at teh interwebz. Oh well, live & learn.

Yeah, it's a numbers game for the scammers. They send out thousands of e-mails and just hope for one or two suckers. A Nigerian can live quite well on 100K.

N Sperlo wrote:

holy E36 M3. is that kenny powers?

Lastly, do NOT disclose this message to anyone until you receive this fund into your account and be advised to disregard other contact with other offices or Banks and communicate only with Mr. Jefferson for security reasons.

well now ya did it, ya posted it on the internik

the Ministry of Finance is not gonna like that

... and speaking of fishy emails

Warning: What Looks Like Email From IRS Is Computer Virus

The email has an irs.gov domain, and it’s creating havoc for computer users. "The IRS never contacts a taxpayer about their account over email, so if you receive such a communication, chances are you're looking at a scam," said Dianne Besunder with the IRS. Federal officials are working to trace the emails and said they may be coming from eastern Europe. If you believe you may have received a suspicious email, you are asked to contact the IRS.

I wish I could get one 'a them unclaimed inheritance contract entitlement/award winning payment...thingies.

Has anyone gotten a physical letter in the mail from Canada with a bank check from California? You're supposed to cash the check or some crap.

It's pretty bad when they're getting sent straight to your house.

A couple of years ago, my son got one of those "Cash a check for us" scams. They sent him a check that was actually good, 40,000.00, drawn on a legit company from an active account. It was bogus, of course, but he was sorely tempted, but finally listened to Dad and did not deposit it. Sent it back to the issuing company. They were quite surprised and pleased that he did so. See, listen to Dad, he's right all the time.