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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 11:23 AM
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RE:Attention,


Your name and e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our
law firm, (Moore & Co Chambers,) in Lagos, Nigeria. I am Barrister Phil
Moore, the Legal Adviser and counsel to a deceased expatriate
contractor who used to work with Zenith Oil and Gas Company here in Nigeria
thereafter shall be referred as my late client. On the December 26th 2003,
my client and his entire family died in a plane crash in coition, Benin
Republic. You will read more stories about the crash on visiting this
Website: Www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/ he was a well
known philanthropist before he died, he made a Will stating that
$9.2m(Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand USA Dollars Only) should be donated
to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas. We have made a random draw
where your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to
this Will.


I am particularly interested in securing this money from the bank,
because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary
of this Will within two weeks or else the money will be credited to the
Government treasury as per law here.


It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client in your
favor and therefore, you are required to contact me immediately to start
the process of sending this money to any or your designated official
account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing
in mind that the bank has given us a date limit.


Please act fast and contact me via my private email address,
(barrister.philmoore@yahoo.com.vn).


Regards,


Barrister Phil Moore (ESQ).
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 12:03 PM
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it most likely is a scam it happens quite often..... i occasionally get emails like that and it is always someone in a foriegn country and they need info bc they want to give you money... yeah right
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Old Aug 21, 2006 | 09:34 PM
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SCAM... I get those kinds of e-mails once a week. What I think is funny is, that they think the dead guy is my next of kin because he shares my FIRST name or somethin' stupid like that.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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If I had taken up the offers I have received like this over the past year I would be a multi billionaire by now!

These are total scams and anyone stupid enough to fall for them deserves to be ripped off.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:13 PM
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http://www.seatstaysup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1951

Enjoy.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:15 PM
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scam. I get them once a week. My wife gets them like every other day. You would be surprised how many idiots actually fall for that **** though.
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Old Aug 22, 2006 | 04:32 PM
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It's from Nigeria, it is definitely a scam. Follow the above posted link to TSB and get some tips on baiting and scamming him. Most of those stories are pretty funny and you might be able to get some nice trophies.
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Old Sep 8, 2006 | 02:59 AM
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Man, I just spent an hour or two reading that thread and laughed my *** off so much. It pissed me off so much that people do that as a job. They deserve anything they get.
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