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| Abdul AlhazredSkeptic Friend
 
  
USA58 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  08:36:59       
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           	| I'm not up to it. Anyone want to have fun with this guy? 
 
 quote:
 I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of State
 who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services.Following the
 sudden death of my father, General Sani Abacha, the present Civilian
 Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter confusion,
 frustration,and hopelessness. I have been subjected to inhuman physical
 and physiological torture, incarceration by the security Agents in my
 country. I was only recently released from detention after been arraigned
 before the Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my
 late father.
 
 The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
 intensified his probe into my late father's activities while in the
 office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts together with
 other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late father did to
 him when he was alive as the Head of the Military reg! ime in Nigeria. As
 a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not
 relenting to make us poor for life.
 
 As a man that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
 within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the regime
 of my late father have openly abandoned all my family.
 
 MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
 I got your contacts through my personal research and out of desperation
 decided to reach you through this medium.
 
 You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
 recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in
 different Banks and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security
 firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to
 the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my
 family's cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
 
 Please my dear, I re! pose great confidence in you and I hope you will
 not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of
 $20,000,000.00 with a security firm abroad whose name is withheld for now
 until we open communications. The money is contained in a metal box
 consignment with Security Deposit Number.I shall be grateful if you could
 receive this fund into your Bank account for safekeeping. This
 arrangement is known to you and my junior brother (Abbas) only. So I will deal
 directly with you. I am proposing a 20% share of the fund to you for
 your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the documents of the
 fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney `to
 enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank account.
 
 Also this transaction demands absolute disclose it to anybody
 irrespective of your relation with the person. Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I
 am looking forward to your urgent and ! positive response via my email
 above.alhajimohammedabacha_205@yahoo.com
 Best regards
 Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.
 
 
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| The lack of a rational explanation is not evidence for an irrational explanation.
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| BigPapaSmurfSFN Die Hard
 
  
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  10:15:20   [Permalink]     
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| Man they must have tortured him with english and grammer classes. |  
| "...things I have neither seen nor experienced nor heard tell of from anybody else; things, what is more, that do not in fact exist and could not ever exist at all. So my readers must not believe a word I say." -Lucian on his book True History
 
 "...They accept such things on faith alone, without any evidence. So if a fraudulent and cunning person who knows how to take advantage of a situation comes among them, he can make himself rich in a short time." -Lucian critical of early Christians c.166 AD From his book,  De Morte Peregrini
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| filthySFN Die Hard
 
  
USA14408 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  16:19:26   [Permalink]     
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| I got one a couple of years ago and unfortunately, lost my temper. The reply I sent was *ahem* let us say: scathing. Oh, fuck that; it was downright profane and threatening in the extreme. If I'd been on the recieving end of it, I would have loaded the 12 gauge and told the M/C about it (I don't much trust the cops). 
 I've read that some folks more imaginative than I can string these grifters along for months. I hope someone gives this rat-bastard a memorable ride.
 
 
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| "What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
 
 "If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
 
 
 "The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
 
 Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
 
 and Crypto-Communist!
   
 
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| Dr. MabuseSeptic Fiend
 
  
Sweden9698 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  16:59:06   [Permalink]       
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| It's a classic scam. |  
| Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
 Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
 
 "Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
 
 Support American Troops in Iraq:
 Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
 Collateralmurder.
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| KilEvil Skeptic
 
  
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| CourseKnotSkeptic Friend
 
  
USA82 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  18:56:35   [Permalink]     
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| quote:Originally posted by Abdul Alhazred
 
 I'm not up to it. Anyone want to have fun with this guy?
 
 
 quote:
 I am Alhaji Mohammed Abacha, the son of the late Nigerian Head of State
 who died on the 8th of June 1998 while in active services.Following the
 sudden death of my father, General Sani Abacha, the present Civilian
 Government has thrown my family and I into a state of utter confusion,
 frustration,and hopelessness. I have been subjected to inhuman physical
 and physiological torture, incarceration by the security Agents in my
 country. I was only recently released from detention after been arraigned
 before the Federal High Court of Nigeria for an offence committed by my
 late father.
 
 The incumbent civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has
 intensified his probe into my late father's activities while in the
 office and he has frozen all our local and foreign accounts together with
 other assets of my family as a retaliation for what my late father did to
 him when he was alive as the Head of the Military reg! ime in Nigeria. As
 a matter of fact, we have been declared bankrupt and they are not
 relenting to make us poor for life.
 
 As a man that is so traumatized, I have lost confidence with anybody
 within my country as all those who benefited immensely during the regime
 of my late father have openly abandoned all my family.
 
 MY REASONS FOR CONTACTING YOU.
 I got your contacts through my personal research and out of desperation
 decided to reach you through this medium.
 
 You must have heard over the media reports and the Internet on the
 recovery of various huge sums of money deposited by my late father in
 different Banks and security firms abroad. Some of these banks and security
 firms willingly gave-up/divulge their banking secrets and disclosed to
 the present civilian administration of Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, all my
 family's cash lodgement and monetary transactions with them.
 
 Please my dear, I re! pose great confidence in you and I hope you will
 not betray my confidence in you. I have secretly deposited the sum of
 $20,000,000.00 with a security firm abroad whose name is withheld for now
 until we open communications. The money is contained in a metal box
 consignment with Security Deposit Number.I shall be grateful if you could
 receive this fund into your Bank account for safekeeping. This
 arrangement is known to you and my junior brother (Abbas) only. So I will deal
 directly with you. I am proposing a 20% share of the fund to you for
 your kind assistance. I shall provide for you all the documents of the
 fund deposit with the security firm, and raise a power of attorney `to
 enable you claim and receive this fund into your bank account.
 
 Also this transaction demands absolute disclose it to anybody
 irrespective of your relation with the person. Remember, Loose lips sinks ship I
 am looking forward to your urgent and ! positive response via my email
 above.alhajimohammedabacha_205@yahoo.com
 Best regards
 Alhaji Mohammed Abacha.
 
 
 
 
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| Just flying through space with the rest of you...
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| Dr. MabuseSeptic Fiend
 
  
Sweden9698 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  19:28:02   [Permalink]       
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| Hello CourseKnot, and welcome to Skeptic Friends Network |  
| Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
 Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
 
 "Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
 
 Support American Troops in Iraq:
 Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
 Collateralmurder.
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| trishranSkeptic Friend
 
  
USA196 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/24/2005 :  23:27:46   [Permalink]     
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| I thought of a fun way to play with them: Give the return address as 419 Aff Way
 Fleece, ME 04190
 
 I came up the house number 419 because the scam is often called the 419 scam after the Nigerian statute against it, and AFF for "advance fee fraud".  "Fleece me" should be obvious.
 
 There are also websites where people who "play" with these scammers by pretending to go along, post the exchanges.  Amusing reading.
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| CourseKnotSkeptic Friend
 
  
USA82 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/25/2005 :  04:29:53   [Permalink]     
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| Thanks Doc. 
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| Just flying through space with the rest of you...
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| KilEvil Skeptic
 
  
USA13481 Posts
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|  Posted - 08/25/2005 :  08:52:21   [Permalink]           
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| Here is a variaton on the form.  I get shit like this almost every day.. 
 quote:COMPLIMENT BELOVETH,
 I AM MOTHER SILVANA .M. JAYASINHA D.W, FORMERLY SILVANA C. WEDDELL, I
 AM 50 YEARS OLD. I BECAME A CITIZEN OF HONG KONG DUE TO MARRIAGE, BUT I
 AM RESIDENT IN FALKLAND ISLANDS (ISLAS MALVINAS) AT PRESENT WHICH WILL
 BE PROBABLY BE MY FINAL RESTING PLACE. I WAS BORN AN ORPHAN IN 1955. I
 HAVE NO FATHER OR MOTHER, AND I HAVE NO RELATIVES.
 I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE MARRIED A HUMBLE AND KIND MAN, DR. IDRIS.
 JAYASINHA, WE BOTH BECAME CHRISTIANS AND CHANGED OUR LAST NAMES AND HE LATER BECAME MATYER JAYASINHA. WE BOTH STRUGGLED AND WORKED HARD AND THE
 ALMIGHTY BLESSED US ABUNDANTLY WITH RICHES. HE WAS A DEALER IN TEXTILES,
 APPAREL, TANTALITE AND SHIPPING.
 I AM NOW OLD AND SICK WITHOUT A HUSBAND AND CHILDREN. THIS HAS MADE ME
 UNHAPPY. I HAVE NOT RE-MARRIED DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WANT TO CHERISH
 MY HUSBAND'S MEMORIES. FOR 2 YEARS NOW I HAVE
 BEEN SERIOUSLY SICK. I AM PRESENTLY IN HOSPITAL SUFFERING FROM CANCER
 AND I HAD A STROKE WHICH HAS AFFECTED MY SPEECH. THE LEFT SIDE OF MY
 BODY IS PARALYSED. THE DOCTORS SAY I HAVE A FEW
 MONTHS LEFT TO LIVE. I CAN ONLY MOVE MY RIGHT HAND, AND I AM ABLE TO
 WRITE LITTLE WITH IT WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN IS BEEN SENT TO YOU VIA EMAIL BY
 MY PRIVATE COMPUTER.
 I HAVE LITTLE TIME SO I HAVE COMMITTED IT TO SPREADING MY WEALTH
 TOWARDS BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR MANKIND BECAUSE THIS WILL BE WHAT MY HUSBAND
 WANTED. I AM CURRENTLY BEING ATTENDED TO BY A PRIVATE NURSE AT MY ABODE.
 I HAVE EARMARKED SOME FUNDS FOR THE MANAGEMENT AND TO UPGRADE AND BUILD
 A NEW CANCER RESEARCH FACILITY WHERE I WAS BEING TREATED UP TO A FEW
 MONTHS AGO.THIS
 WILL PROVIDE BETTER HEALTH CARE FOR OTHER CANCER PATIENTS.
 I DONT KNOW YOU, I WAS ABLE TO GET YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THROUGH A
 SPECIALISED SOURCE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROJECTS OF WHICH I DONT HAVE TIME TO
 EXECUTE AT PRESENT SO I AM CONTACTING DIFFERENT
 INDIVIDUALS WITH THE HOPE THAT YOU WILL CARRY OUT MY INSTRUCTIONS FOR
 THE SAKE OF HUMANITY.CLOSER TO HIS CALL HOME, HE MADE ME AWARE OF THE
 LIGUID FUNDS AND KIND WORTH $ 7.9 MILLION USD.IN CURRENCY AND KIND
 WITH A FINANCIAL COMPANY.I WANT YOU TO TAKE CUSTODY OF THE DEPOSIT, AND
 USE THE MONEY TO BUILD AN ORPHANAGE IN YOUR COUNTRY. YOU WILL
 NAME IT AFTER OUR NAMES SILVANA .M. JAYASINHA D.W FOUNDATION HOME.
 I DO NOT WANT ANY OF MY RELATIVES TO BENEFIT FROM OUR LABOUR BECAUSE
 MOST OF THEM AVOIDED US WHEN WE WERE STRUGGLING. THEY HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT
 MY PRESENT LOCATION. GIVING TO THE POOR AND
 LESS PRIVILEDGED IS WHAT BEING A CHRISTIAN IS ABOUT.
 ALL I NEED FROM YOU IS YOUR ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL USE THIS FUNDS
 JUDICIOUSLY AS STATED IN THIS MESSAGE. I AM NOT ABLE TO USE MY LAPTOP AS
 OFTEN AS I WILL LIKE DUE TO THE ADVICE GIVEN ME
 BY THE DOCTORS. THIS IS ALL FOR NOW.
 
 MAY YOU REMAIN BLESSED.
 SILVANA .M. JAYASINHA D.W
 
 
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| Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
 
 Why not question something for a change?
 
 Genetic Literacy Project
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| caslad60New Member
 
  
United Kingdom5 Posts
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|  Posted - 09/04/2005 :  02:17:54   [Permalink]     
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| I get loads of these. I always send  reply saying please forward £20 to cover cost of information by registered post and give my Works address. Funny...they  seem to lose all interest!
 
 Howard
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