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,

 DR.RALPH ESE
 

 LAGOS - NIGERIA

 REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
 First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in
this transaction 
.This by virtue of its nature as being utterly
confidential and'top 
secret'. You have been recommended by an associate who
assured me in 
confidence of your ability and reliability to
prosecute a transaction of great 
magnitude involving a pending business transaction
requiring maximum 
confidence.
 We are top officials of the federal government
contract review panel 
who are interested in
 importation of goods into our country with funds
which are presently 
trapped in Nigeria.In
 order to commence this business we solicit your
assistance to enable 
us transfer into your
 account the said trapped funds The source of this
fund is as follows : 
During the last Regime here in Nigeria, some
Government Officials set 
up companies and awarded themselves contracts which
were grossly 
over-invoiced in various ministries.The present
Government set up a contract 
Review Panel and we have identified a lot of inflated
contract funds 
which are presently floating in the Central Bank of
Nigeria ready for 
payment.
 However, by virtue of our position as civil servants
and members of 
this panel, we cannot acquire this money in our
names.I have therefore, 
been delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues
of the panel to 
look for an overseas partner into whose account we
would transfer the sum 
of US$21,500,000.00 (Twenty One Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United 
.States Dollars) Hence we are writing you this letter.
 We have agreed to share the money thus:
 1. 20% for the Account owner (you)
 2. 70% for us (The officials)
 3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all local
and foreign 
expenses.
 It is from the 70% that we wish to commence the
importation business.
 Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and
we hope to 
commence the transfer latest seven (7) banking days
from the date of the 
receipt of the following information;

 (a)company name and Beneficiary of account
 (b) Your Personal TeL. Number and Fax Number
 (c) Bank account/Sort/ABA/Routing numbers were the
funds will be 
transfered to
 (d) Your Bankers Address, Telephone and Fax Number.
 The above information will enable us write letters of
claim and job 
description respectively. This way we will use your
companyms name to 
apply for payment and re-award the contract in your
companyms name. We are 
looking forward to doing this business with you and
solicit your 
confidentiality in this transaction.Please acknowledge
the receipt of this 
letter using the above tel number. I will bring
you into the complete 
picture of this pending project when I have heard from
you.

 Your faithfully,

 DR RALPH ESE