Stupid Punts!

I am honoured, a prince has written to me.

Rather let me put it this way, some person claiming to be a Nigerian prince has written to me.

He claims to be involved with the Special Committee for Budget and Planning of the Ministry of Petroleum; and he has a sum of $8M, that he wishes to transfer out of Nigeria.

Now here is the amusing thing, this money (which doesn't exist) has been accumulated by over invoicing third parties. In other words, the person writing this claims that he has committed a fraud.

He wants me to help him get away with this fraud. The odd thing though, is that I have to prove that I am trustworthy. If I pass his "honesty test" (which I doubt is very demanding) he will then discuss the "modalities" (I love that word) with me.

So let's get this straight, if I were interested in getting involved in this deal (if I were stupid enough) I would have to accept the fact that the money I would be handling (which let us not forget doesn't exist) has been stolen. In other words I would have to be dishonest, yet I have to prove my honesty; bit of a conundrum really isn't it?

I don't have any sympathy for the people who fall for this one; they are not only stupid, but dishonest. The worst possible combination, a stupid dishonest person.

FROM THE DESK OF PRINCE TUNJI MOHAMMED


WE ARE SENDING THIS LETTER TO YOU BASED ON
INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE FOREIGN TRADE OFFICE OF

THE NIGERIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY.
WE BELIEVE THAT YOU WOULD BE IN A POSITION
TO HELP US IN OUR BID TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS ($8.5 M USD) INTO A FOREIGN ACCOUNT.

WE ARE MEMBERS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE FOR BUDGET
AND PLANNING OF THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM, THIS
COMMITTEE IS PRINCIPALLY CONCERNED WITH CONTRACT APPRAISALS AND APPROVAL OF
CONTRACTS IN ORDER OF PRIORITIES AS REGARDS CAPITAL PROJECT OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA. WITH OUR POSITIONS, WE HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SECURED FOR OUR
SELVES THE SUM OF EIGHT MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATE DOLLARS
(US$8.5M). THIS AMOUNT WAS ACCUMULATED THROUGH OVER INVOICED CONTRACTS PURPOSELY
DONE BY US FOR OUR OWN GAINS.

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU IS TO PLAY THE ROLE OF EXECUTOR
OF THE CONTRACT AND THEREFORE THE BENEFICIARY OF THE FUNDS, YOU WILLALSO
PROVIDE A SAFE ACCOUNT WHICH THE INCIDENCE OF TAX WILL BE LOW AND WE ARE SURE TO
BE ABLE SPEND THE MONEY AFTER THEN, INTO WHICH THE FUNDS WILL BE TRANSFERRED
SINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE NOT ALLOWED BY OUR LAWS TO OPERATE FOREIGN
ACCOUNT. IT HAS BEEN AGREED THAT FOR YOUR ROLE, YOU WILL BE GIVEN 25% OF THE
TOTAL SUM AND 5% HAS BEING EARMARKED FOR SETTLEMENT OF EXPENSES AFTER THE FUNDS
HAVE BEEN SECURED IN YOUR ACCOUNT.

SO IF YOU CAN PROVE YOURSELF TO BE TRUSTED, ABLE AND INTERESTED IN THIS DEAL
THEN WE ARE PREPARED TO DO BUSINESS WITH YOU.
WHAT WE WANT FROM YOU IS THE ASSURANCE THAT YOU WILL
LET US HAVE OUR SHARE WHEN THIS AMOUNT OF US$8.5M IS TRANSFERRED INTO YOUR
ACCOUNT. PLEASE CONTACT ME STRICTLY THROUGH MY E-MAIL STATED ABOVE, SO WE CAN
ADVICE YOU ON THE MODALITIES OF THE TRANSACTION. . THIS TRANSACTION IS 100%
SAFE. PLEASE TREAT AS URGENT AND VERY CONFIDENTIAL.

GOD BE WITH YOU AS I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR REPLY TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS
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BEST REGARDS.


PRINCE TUNJI MOHAMMED