An
Email with the Subject "My Dear Sir/Madam," was
received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:31 -0700
and has been classified as a Generic Scam Email.
The sender shows as "=?utf-8?q?Dr.=20William=20Adams?=" <dr_adams_20@yahoo.com.co>.
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nigeria$88 millionforeignbanknationalaccount millionpartnertransactionpayment transferfundsentbank euro central bank dr_adams_20@yahoo.comyahoo.comtreasury[nnpc]my dear
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[5] => from [41.222.70.198] by web59902.mail.ac4.yahoo.com via HTTP; Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:26 PDT
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[date:] => Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:02:26 -0700 (PDT)
[from:] => "=?utf-8?q?Dr.=20William=20Adams?="
[reply-to:] => dr__adams_01@hotmail.com
[subject:] => My Dear Sir/Madam,
[to:] => scams@scamdex.com
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- My Dear Sir/Madam, I am the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] and a close associate of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources. The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$88 millions Recovered from over-invoiced contracts involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] into several private accounts in Europe and United States. A total sum of US$68,000,000.00 has been transferred before the Emergence of this present Civilian Administration, leaving the balance of US$20,000,000.00.I have madeproper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC with the Central Bank of Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in trust. We cannot complete this transaction smoothly without the participation of a foreign partner who would provide an account where the funds could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment the funds
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- My Dear Sir/Madam, I am the Treasury Controller, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] and a close associate of the immediate past Minister of Petroleum Resources. The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$88 millions Recovered from over-invoiced contracts involving the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation [NNPC] into several private accounts in Europe and United States. A total sum of US$68,000,000.00 has been transferred before the Emergence of this present Civilian Administration, leaving the balance of US$20,000,000.00.I have madeproper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC with the Central Bank of Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to receive the fund in trust. We cannot complete this transaction smoothly without the participation of a foreign partner who would provide an account where the funds could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment the funds
