Nigerian Email Scam

by liamssoft | July 6, 2007 at 05:49 am
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I received the following email addressed to undisclosed recipients in today's emails. It is a scam...


Frank Martins & CO.
Barrister & Solicitors,
JOEL Chambers,
Suite 6, 3rd Floor,
118 Lord Regard Street, Lagos Island.
P.O.Box 75519,
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

Hello.

Before I start, I must first apologize for this unsolicited mail to
you.I am aware that this is certainly an unconventional approach to
establishing a relationship, but you will realize the reason for my action
after going through this email.I am Barrister Frank Martins, a
solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Late Mark Robinson .

I got your impressive information after a Conscious search for a
reliable and matured mind that has all it takes to execute this project.I was
elated when I saw your address, and I picked a keen interest with
confidence to solicit for your help in executing this
opportunity.However,I was moved to contact you based on the present
situation of this opportunity,which I may say, is a God given offer.There
was a for signer who lived here in NIGERIA some time ago; he is
called Mark Robinson by name,until his death.

I was his Personal Attorney,unfortunately Mark Robinson died with his
wife and their two kids in a Local Plane Crash at Kano State, which
enroute from sokoto to Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria), all occupants
in the Plane lost their lives,unfortunately on this same flight were
other dignitaries like the former Nigeria Sports Minister and a host
of others.The following websites could be referenced: Please go
through the website.

http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm

Owing to his death, his bank called on me for a meeting as regards his
Account Balance with the bank, being h is attorney till the time of
his death, I was told to come up with any of his relatives to come and
claim the money, tried all I could to trace his family, but all my
efforts proved abortive.

Since January this year till date, the bank has been asking me to look
for his family because they realize that a lot of people have been
trying to claim the money as his next of kin, but after verification, It
is found out that those people are not really his next of kin,
because they cannot provide any legal evidence to prove that they are his
relative.

Hence, I have decided to use you as his next of
kin to claim the money as it happens that none of his relatives will
ever appear to claim the funds, besides I have all his documented memo
in my possession,which will back you up before the bank as his next of
kin .

I have the logistics to make your name to be that you are the rightful
next of kin to the deceased and as well as the beneficiary of the
funds. The amount involved is $US28.5Million Dollars. As regards to that,
I will like you to furnish me with the following information, which I
will use to secure the legal documents.

1). FULL NAMES
2). COMPLETE CONTACT ADDRESS
3). CONTACT PHONE NUMBER
4). FAX NUMBER
5). OCCUPATION
6). AGE
7). Sex

As soon as I receive your information, I will forward an application
for account closures to which you will submit to the concerned bank as
his next of kin. Be rest assured that, there is no risk involved as I
have perfected and made the necessary arrangements to back you up in
claiming the funds.

I will want you to regard this deal as being highly
confidential because this business as transaction demands a high level
of secrecy as the bank does not know that I am involved in the
deal.if interested in the transaction and to enable me feed you with more
information, then do all you can to furnish me with all the needed
informations stated above.

Thanks for your anticipated co-operation as I await your reply. Reply
through my alternative: (frankmartinschambers11@yahoo.com)

Best Regards,

Barrister Frank Martins
PP: Frank Martins. M.C

Ahora también puedes acceder a tu correo Terra desde el móvil.
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Nigeria's most wanted scammer :by egoigwe, Have you seen any of these men? If you have please report sighting and location to the polce station nearest you.

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infomatique

These letters are amazing and more than a little amusing to read.  Unfortunately a large number of people get sucked in and lose a lot of money.

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Jordan Yerman

Huh. The Spanish-language advert text at the bottom is my favorite... they presumably sent it from a web-based email account based in Spain, most likely, where "movil" is the term for "mobile phone".

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egoigwe

Good eye J. Most of these nitwits already left Nigeria and it'd make good sense that they're in Spain because they get there by crossing over the desert into Algeria or Morrocco and crossing into Marjoca, Spain without valid travel documents. And apparently, the only way they survive is to set up shop to dupe gullible citizens and nationals.

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at 07:11 on July 6th, 2007

This is good stuff liamssoft that may well save some gullible folks from deep trouble.

I'd like to know if you recieved this mail personally or if it was forwarded to you by a friend. If you did, please let me know when and how it was sent to you and if via a friend I'd need the same information and all details involved to take up this matter with our Economic and Financial Crimes Commission here. Straight up, I can tell you there is no such address as the one provided in Lagos. The closest to that address is Luggard Rd and it's in my neighborhood, Ikoyi. It's a street named after the British Lord Luggard and there are no streets named after Lords in the Lagos Island area. These scammers are a curse to all well-meaning Nigerians and a towering disgrace to the land I call home.

In the alternative you may want to contact them yourself, their address is as provided:

EFCC Head Office





Plot 1017 & 1018 Coree Bay Crescent,Off

Adetokunbo Ademola Crescent

Wuse II, Abuja


+234 (9) 6441000


ABUJA OFFICE

1 Ibrahim Taiwo road

Aso Rock Villa

PMB 166

FCT Abuja,

Nigeria.

Tel: +234 (9) 3148070-74

+234 (9) 3141791

+234 (9) 6717419

Fax: +234 (9) 3148074 E-Mail: info@efccnigeria.org

Scam Mails: scam@efccnigeria.org

 

Lagos Office





15A Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos


+234 (01) 2624189,


+234 (01) 4749419
+234 (01) 2624187

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liamssoft

Thank you egoigwe

The email was sent from frankmartinschambers11@yahoo.com direct to me. This is the first
time I have received this particular email and as always I delete them from my
system ASAP, just in case they contain any bugs.

when you put the email address into the searchbar you get this information.

http://www.joewein.net/419/419-bl-f.htm

It confirms the email addresses used in this particular scam. 

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egoigwe

Way to go liam... way to go.

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liamssoft

Thanks

egoigwe I have put a link in the story to your brilliant Nigerian scammers most wanted article.

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egoigwe

You're quite the Prince liams... and as promised, I've forwarded your page to EFCC. I eagerly await their reply but like J so capably pointed out they're probably located in Spain, we'll just wait and see what EFCC has to say about that.

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liamssoft

I have seen  Alahaji Abdulkadir Abacha in London. He is very
friendly and buys lots of computer related goods in TCR Tottenham Court Road
area London W1. He dresses in casual local fashion and heavy gold
Jewellery and does not wear any hat.

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egoigwe

Thank you ever so much liam. I took a while to reply because I was frantically trying to reach EFCC. They'd rather we didn't do this any more through a public channel, the worry is that the man may elope. I'll be doing J a mail shortly to see if there's any way some kind of channel can be created for us to interact c/o NP. There are a few things I'd need to clarify from you.... do please stay in touch.

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talentedchimp

You may also like to check out the following sites:

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liamssoft

Thanks for your links talentedchimp

I am not receiving notification when messages are left, so sorry for the
delay.

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