Regular readers of these pages are bound to be familiar with the ubiquitous
Occasionally a conman comes up with an unusual twist on the Nigerian Scam, something amusing enough to stand out from the dozens of variations of this flimflam we're spammed with every day. We received one such version this morning, a sort of
my name is usman abdulahi i am the chairman of the financial aid in nigeria. my aiim of writting this lettrer is to inform you that thje the number of 1000 m,en has been caught running scams and has thanks
Comment: good day sir/ma,
rate which nigerians has been sending scam mail is much and has also been
collecting money from people in other countries. we are sending this
lettrer to every body who has nigerians must have stolen their money to
please send us a mail and the information on how they collected yoiur
money and the money will be sent to you.
been arrested .we also went further on and saw the sum of $32million in
their account and now this money has to be shared to every body who has
lost their .i want you to send me a mail; if your was stollen so that we
refund the money to you and also send us full information on how they
collected it .i am expecting to hear from you to refund you your money if
you have lost any.
usman abdulahi
Of course, this benevolent "chairman" is running the very same scam on the people he's offering to
Last updated: 10 August 2004