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.

FROM THE DESK OF ENGR. WILLIAMS UDENMA
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FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING
FEDERAL SECRETARIAT
OBALENDE-IKOYI, LAGOS, NIGERIA.
DIRECT TEL:[censored]
DIRECT FAX [censored]
E-mail: [censored]    

ATTN
SIR,

                CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I  on behalf of my colleagues who are highly  placed
in various government parastatals solicit for your
unfilinching assistance to transfer the sum of  THIRTY
 FIVE  MILLION FIVE  HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES
DOLLARS ONLY (US$35,500,00.00) INTO AN OPERATIONAL
BANK ACCOUNT.
SOURCE OF FUND: This fund in question came into
existence as a result of contract awarded by the
national projects committee, which we are members. 
This contract was  the erection of the national
assembly house in Abuja and house of assembly for the
Thirty  Six (36) States of the Federation at the cost
of  Three Billion Fifty Million United  States Dollars
(US$3.05B) but was over inflated and over invoiced by
the committee to read Three Billion  Ninety Million
United  States Dollars (US$3.09B) as approved.
The proceed Sum of  Forty Million United  States
Dollars  only (US$40M) delibrately from the awarded
contract.
PROJECT:  The  contract has been completed and
commissioned by the last military regime and the
contractors involved has since  received their
entitlement in their nominated bank accounts leaving
the over inflated.
However, we have monitored nurtured and perfected the
modalities to transfer the over inflated fund which we
experimented by remitting the Sum of Four Million Five
Hundred Thousand United  States Dollars (US$4.5M) into
an account nominated by one Ahmed in Kuwait, who
denied us our share when we required some financial
assistance but insisted until the total sum be
transferred  before he can  assist.
Consequent upon the fact that we as Civil-Servants
are denied to operate foreign accounts overseas  in
line with the code of conduct bureau stipulation, thus
the urgent need to contact you became  paramount.
REQUIREMENT:  You are required to send by fax the
following:
1. Your companys name and address 
2. Your confidential telephone and fax numbers for
easier
communication.
3. Your bank details where the fund will be remitted
into
secret: since I and my colleagues are still on  active
services, absolute  securecy should  be given to this
transaction for we dont want anything  that will 
tarnish or Jeopardise our images before the  
 conclusion of this  business which was estimated to
last only 14 Bank working  days  on the receipt of
your  information.
30% of the total fund will be given to you for your
assistance, 10% will be all  expenses incur both sided
towards this transfer, while 60% will be for me and my
colleagues.
The nature of your business does not matter or
relative to this transaction.  All that we required is
your honesty and trust worthiness,
please call or send a fax indicative of  your
interest to the undersign as soon as possible since
time is not on our side based on the already remitted
fund.

YOURS FAITHFULLY


ENGR. WILLIAMS UDENMA
CHAIRMAN CONTRACT AWARDS