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Date Posted: 21:56:33 06/21/02 Fri
Author: Infamous LLuke
Subject: What type of scam is this?


Got this in my Inbox today. I know it must be a scam but what can they possibly gain from knowing some of this info?

"From: "IBRAHIM SOMBO"
Reply-To: saobo_ibrahim@rediffmail.com
To: LLuke@bmwe30.net
Subject: I NEED YOUR CO-OPERATION
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:09:13 +0200

URGENT BUSINESS REQUEST

After due deliberation with my colleagues, l decided to forward to you this proposal. We want a reliable person who could assist us to transfer the sum of (US$38.5M)Thirty Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars only into his account. This fund resulted from an over-invoiced bill from a contract awarded by us under the budget, allocated
to my ministry and the bill was approved for payment by the
concerned ministries. The contract has been executed. Commissioned, the contractor has been paid his actual cost for the contract. We are now left with the balance of US$38.5M as the over-invoiced amount,which we have deliberately over estimated for our own use. But under our protocol division, civil servants are forbidden to operate or own a foreign account. This is why l contacted you for an assistance. We have agreed that you will be entitled to:

30 PERCENT FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE.

60 PERCENT FOR ME AND MY COLLEAGUES.

10 PERCENT SET ASIDE FOR ANY EXPENSES INCURRED DURING THIS BUSINESS.


and whatever left from the 10% will be shared equally.

As you may rightly want to know l got your address from our
Chambers of Commerce and Industry. I am a top official with the Federal Ministry of Transport and Aviation (FMTA)We
the officials involved in the deal have put in many years in services to our ministries. We have been exercising patience for this opportunity for so long and to most of us, this is a life time opportunity we cannot afford to miss. This transaction is very much free from all sorts of risks.

To enable us get this fund paid into your account, we have to present an international business outfit and consequent upon your agreement, we shall proceed in doing business
together.

As soon as you confirm the receipt of this fund in your account. Three of my colleagues will come to your company to arrange for our share. All these will only take us
10 working days to transfer this fund into your account right from the day we receive the requirements.


For confidential and security of this transaction,all we require from you is your:

[1]YOUR FULL NAME

[2]PRIVATE TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBERS.

[3]YOUR FULL POSTAL ADDRESS.

[4]YOUR BANK NAME,ADDRESS,VIABLE ACCOUNT NUMBER.

[5]YOUR BANK TELEPHONE/FAX NUMBER.

On receipt of this informations I shall apply for approvals from various ministries and departments


NOTE: Your discussion regarding to this transaction should be limited, because we are still in governmentservice.

Let honesty and trust be our watch word throughout this
transaction. And your prompt reply will be highly appreciated.

Best Regards.
Ibrahim Sombo"

OK so either they want to send me junk mail or try to hack into my bank account? Is that right? If so it seems like a lot of effort. Shurg. Whats the stoy on this scam?

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