Below is one of many Nigerian scam emails that we have received in our inbox. This is provided for your entertainment as well as to give you an example of what these scams look like. If you have received one of these email messages (and odds are you have or will receive many of them) simply delete them from your inbox. They are scams, designed to con you from your hard-earned money.

Dear Friend,  

I will like to solicit your help in a business  proposition,which is by
nature  very confidential and a Top Secret.I know that a  transaction of
this magnitude  will make anyone worried and apprehensive but I am  assuring
you not to worry,as  all will be well at the end of this endeavour.   I
am Mr.Ahmad Joshua and I am the Accounts Manager  of the African Development
 Bank PLC and I and my partners have decided to seek  your helpin transfer
 of a huge sum of money requiring maximum confidence.  

THE PROPOSITION  
A foreigner,Dr.Edwards Marples who was an oil  merchant and contractor with
 the Federal Government of Nigeria until his death  onboard the ill fated
 Kenyan Airways bus{A310 flight-KQ431}Sunday January  30,2000 (you can
visit:usafricaonline.com/aircrashkenya.html  for the full story on the crash)wasour
customer at  the AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT  BANK and had a balance of US$32million
which the  bank now expects his next  of kin to claim as the beneficiary.Wehave
made  valuable efforts to get his  people to no avail as he had no known
relatives,due  to this development  our management and our board of directors
are making  arrangements for the  funds to be declared unclaimed and subsequently
paid  into the federal government's  purse and to avert this negative development
me and  my colleagues have decided  to look for a reputable person to act
as the next of  kin to late Dr.Marples  so that the funds with interest
will be released and  paid into this person's  account and this is where
you come in.  

All documents to aid your claim will be provided by  my colleagues and I,for
 your help you will be getting a percentage of the  total sum. Please be
assured  that this transaction is risk free and will take a  maximum of
9-12 working  days and we will need your fax number and phone  number for
more communication.  

Please reply soon.  

Ahmad Joshua.

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