for amusement thought the list might like to see my latest 419 email with not a single african government official in sight. amused us all here anyhow, not seen anything like this before! the netblock is a nameless nigerian ISP inetnum: 81.199.82.0 - 81.199.83.255 netname: CIDR-COMMUNICATION-01 descr: Internet service provider country: NG ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2003 23:02:19 +0200 From: "CAPT TONY [LEADER]" <capttony@mail9.com> Reply-To: capt_tony2001@indiatimes.com Subject: US ARMY Dear Sir/Ma, We are teams of American coalition troops writing from Baghdad Iraq! We are urgently seeking for your willingness to secure the below consignments as shown in the attached photos! The goods were captured here in Baghdad, abandoned in one of the Saddam Hussein's Treasure House. However, the goods consist of Gold Bars, Gold coins and huge amount of fund in the sealed boxes! At this moment, we are intending to ship these goods outside Iraq for reasons of safekeeping on our behalf but due to law and restriction order, we are unable to transport the goods to AMERICA that is the reason why we are soliciting for your interest to assist us in receiving the goods on our behalf preferably in Europe. We are ready to meet to your demand on this basis with our intending 25% of the entire goods either in cash or in value. Therefore, we will appreciate your effort to reach back via email confirming your interest to assist us receive the consignment. As soon as we receive your positive reply, we shall furnish you with further details. Please, note, this issue must be handled with utmost confidentiality as to avoid publicity! Yours truly. Capt. STELLA .A (Team Leader)
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003 13:09:56 -0000, "Stephen J. Wilcox" <steve@telecomplete.co.uk> said:
for amusement thought the list might like to see my latest 419 email with not
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single african government official in sight. amused us all here anyhow, not s een anything like this before!
I can do you one better (though it's possible these guys are both cashing in *AND* actually legit.. ;) Spam from investigate@INVESTIGATENIGERIANS.COM: Dear Sir /Madam, If you are currently considering or presently engaged in a business transaction with a Nigerian whose legitimacy you can not confirm or you might as well be involved in a transaction regarding transfer of funds, whose authenticity you are not sure of.Or have you been the brunt of an extensive swindle and you are interested in locating the individuals that conned your money away from you? Then we can be of assistance to you.You can visit us at our website www.investigatenigerians.com <http://www.investigatenigerians.com/> for more information, or e-mail us at inquiry@investigatenigerians.com <mailto:inquiry@investigatenigerians.com> All inquires will be treated with the strictest confidentiality. Yours Sincerely, Mr. Francis Aniekwu. Chief Investigator. Note: Due to the recent alarming rate of 419 activities, we unadvoidably have to adopt the same pattern of these 419 operators, which is mass-mailing. This mail was sent to you randomly, so please forward to friends or family who might end up being or were victims of an elaborate swindle that involved Nigerians.
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