Okay, so I got this weird e-mail...in my private penn state e-mail address no less. There were no attachments or anything and my anti-virus stuff didn't pick up anything so im not worried about that, but this is what the e-mail said...and i just think its kinda strange

From: Barrister Kola Adams
Date: january 15th, 2005
Subject: Business Proposal
Private Email: adamskola@box.az

Dear Friend,

Compliment of the day! First, Let me start by introducing myself properly
to you. I am Barrister Kola Adams, a solicitor and attorney at law. I am
the, personal Attorney to Late Engr.Eddy Moore, a national of your country,
who worked with an Oil Servicing and Exploration Company, here in Nigeria.
My client, Late Engr.Ramond singh Died In an Auto crash On the 21st of April
2001 with his wife and their two children While returning from Port Hartcourt
to Lagos where they where residing.

My client Deposited the sum of $5.5m in a Local Bank here in Nigeria, before
his untimely death, whose Deposit Certificate was kept under my care as
his personal Lawyer. He had wanted to transfer this fund to his country
as soon as he is on leave, but his hope was cut down because he died before
carrying out his wishes.

As his personal Attorney, Since his death I have made several enquiries
to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any of his relatives,
I decided to contact you so that you and I can work together in repatrating
the money left behind by my late client. I have contacted you to assist
in repatriating the money left behind by my late client before his account
get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this fund was
Deposited. Presently, the Bank has issued me a notice to provide the Next
Of Kin of my Late Client or have his account confiscated within the next
(14) official working days, mandated by the Bank, failure to provide the
next of kin within this period the fund will be declared as UNCLAIMED FUND.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for some couple
of years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next Of Kin of
the deceased, so that the proceeds of his account valued at $5.5million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money.

1. 40% of the money will go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the
fund.
2. 60% will come to me as the originators of the transaction.

All legal documents and proves to back up our claim will be provided when
necessary. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through and to reclaim the fund deposited by my client rather
than allowing the Bank to hold on to the fund and declare it UNCLAIMED.
I guarantee that this transaction will be carried out under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of law.

Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage
of the trust, I hope to bestow on you. Then kindly get back to me immediately,
only via my private email address: adamskola@box.az
for safety reason, to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.

PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY LATE CLIENT,
THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT
OF KIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I WAS HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY, WHOEVER I PRESENT
WILL BE PAID.

Awaiting your prompt kind response.
Thanks.

Best regards,
Barrister Kola Adams





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so, uhh...wtf kind of sad attempt at trying to scam people is this??
I assume if someone were to reply to this they would be asked for all sorts of personal information and shit...but come on. This is ust a little sad, though I bet there are some people out there that will try to go through with this and get royally screwed.

Anyways, everyone have a nice laugh at this...I know i did lol

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it's a scam hehe.

They sometimes get you to go to africa where people have been kidnapped.

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Lmao, theres so many holes to make this scam see through its not even funny

First of all, this supposed attourney didnt even bother to spell and grammar check this, and this seems like something important that you would want to be offical...

Also, In cases like this, there would need to be some proof as to who was next of kin, the wont just give it way if somebody says "Uh...yeah, that guy right there is his great grand nephew"

They would want social security numbers, birth certificates, immediate family to the supposed next of kin, etc.

Still kinda funny just because how dumb it is

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1.) it sure would be nice if it wasnt a scam... 40% of 5.5mil Yes, please!
2.) talk about identity theft... and being at a university makes it even easier, since records are saturated with your SS#, blah blah blah

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This is actually a pretty common scam~

I don't know why exactly, but Nigeria seems to be the most popular country used in these scams.... maybe it has something to do with their laws there....

http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml

There is lots of info online about these scams, and even the US government acknowledges Nigeria as the most popular source of these types of 4-1-9 scams.

Although, I've gotten emails of similar nature from a prince in Congo and some high ranking official that is trying to defect from Cuba.....

Looks like I'm really working for the CIA.

hehe, i especially like the "SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT
OF KIN, BASED ON THE FACT THAT I WAS HIS PERSONAL ATTORNEY, WHOEVER I PRESENT WILL BE PAID. " part...right, lol

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YES! Nigeria scam e-mails, these are hilarious as well as being infamous.

For more information shop around on google for some funny insight into these letters.
http://www.snopes.com/crime/fraud/nigeria.asp

http://www.j-walk.com/other/conf/

http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/

http://www.quatloos.com/cm-niger/nigeri ... museum.htm

There was one website devoted to scamming these people back, but I can't seem to find it.

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nvm

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