Attn: Sir,

My name is Mr Willian Anderson, chairman of contract award and
monitoring
committee of the ministry of industry and international trade
development ,my duty as empowered by the Mauritius government is to
provide the basic amenities, social recreational activities in urban
and
rural areas.

This program includes assistance to deprived local communities and to
co-ordinate projects and development at the national level,
furthermore,
from this projects we have been able to secured some Reasonable amount
of u.s.$21.8(Twenty one million eight hundred thousand US. dollars
only)
as commission from various contractors resulting from over invoicing ,
hence all the necessary approvals has been completed.

These approved fundS was packaged and dispatched through a security
company for onward delivery to its Destination in Europe.

These fundS was first deposited into a security vault before we arrange
for its movement to Europe through diplomatic channel using decoy
purportingthat the fund belongs to an expatriate/company. As we are
government
officials, we are not allowed to operate foreign bank account.

Hence we need you to stand as the beneficiary and claim the
fund on our behalf from the security company.

Presently I am now in Europe to search for a reliable person/company of
high integrity /dignity and one with conscience who will claim this
fund
on our behalf as the beneficiary , and we have agreed to give you 25%
of
the total sum as commission for your Assistance/effort and 5% will
be used to settle every expenses incurred, we will use 70%to invest
under your recommendation and guide and go into joint venture business
with
you . I would greatly appreciate your assistance . I look forward to
your response as soon as possible.

Best regards,

Mr.Willian [REMOVED by Forum Moderator]

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I have a bridge for sale in New York City if you're interested. Or perhaps you'd care for an exclusive tract of land in the Florida Everglades.

if you are dumb enough to give this person the time of day, you deserve to have your bank account cleaned out, which is exactly what is going to happen when you give him an account number so he can deposit the funds.

I have plenty of those, are you a collector?

do what i did, send them an e-mail back saying you wont tell the local govt. authorities if they give you the full amount.
Funny i havent heard back from them yet, wonder why ?

This one dates back to 1999 or before and is known as the African or Nigerian scam. The basic idea is that you give them money for "fees" and then they are supposed to give you this "surplus money" from the US govt. If you were to agree to do this, you would be pulled deeper and deeper in, paying as you go, in order to get this money. Later, the scammers might point out to you that you are engaging in an illegal act and attempt to blackmail you for still more money. People have actually gone to Nigeria and have been killed there over this scam.

419 scams typically require a financial investment upfront, which this doesn't. This is different; maybe a cousin to the 419 or something... :P

The investment just isn't mentioned in the letter. Were you to reply and go along with it, you would be asked to pay out of pocket for "fees" until you could be reimbursed.

or you can act like a believer and try to get them to giv you $50. People have done it before, and it's worked.

And yes, i am a sort of collecter, i like to see what gullible people actualy fall for. I mean, how stupid do you have to be to actualy send these people money

Hahaha that is a purely awesome site.

Doesn't that just make you want to get a loaf of bread?