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        Nigerian scam going holy
        Somehow my e-mail address is one of the targets of the on-going Nigerian scam. I thought by now the scammers will be tired of this because EVERYBODY knows about it. But, no. They are going more sophisticated, don't get tired of it and now they are with the UN under the leadership of a Reverend! It's getting very amusing.

        Here is what I received...

        Attention: The Beneficiary,

        SCAMMED VICTIM/ $3.5 million COMPENSATION-REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654

        We are delegated from the United Nations to Bank of American to pay 100 Nigerian 419 scam victims $3.5 million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $3.5 million compensations funds.

        On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the president of the Country is now paying 100 victims of this operators $3.5 million each, Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Pacific Finance Company Plc under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria According to the number of applicants at hand ,80 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, we still have more 20 left to be paid the compensations of $3.5 million each only.

        Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Imo State Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him [hopefully, he's not a reader of this blogsite] for any reason for whatsoever, the US secret service is already on trace of the criminal.[That explains the two buff guys in black outside my house] For more vital information, you will receive your compensations payments via a DRAFT PAYMENTS and not a WIRE TRANSFERS; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

        Yours faithfully,
        Rev.Father Anthony M. Ani,
        De-facto Chief Compensation Officer,
        United Nations Compensation Committee,
        (United nations Anti-fraud Comm)

        I'm enjoying these e-mails.
        posted by Fikirte @ 4:35 PM   Digg!
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