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 Sir,
 
I know that this message will come to you as a surprise since we don't know each other before, but for purpose of introduction, I am Mr.Walter Nkosi. The Bank Manager of AMALGAMATED BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA ABSA). There is an account opened in this bank in 1980 and since 1990 nobody has operated on this account.

Again after going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for nothing.

The owner of this account is Mr. Smith. B. Andreas, a foreigner and a miner at Kruger gold co, a geologist by profession and he died since 1990. No other person know about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is (USD26M) twenty six million United State Dollar.

I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be
approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign
account because the money is in US Dollar and the former owner of
the account is Mr. Smith. B. Andreas is a foreigner too. I know that
this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves
before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it is real and a
genuine business. Please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next
step to take immediately. Send also your private telephone and fax number
including the full detail of the account to be used for the deposit.

I want us to meet face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. I am contacting you because of the need to involve ! a foreigner with foreign account and foreign beneficiary.

I need your full co-operation to make this work fine because the
management is ready to approve this payment to any foreigner, who has
correct information of this account, which I will give to you later, if
you are capable and willing to handle such amount in strict confidence
and trust according to my instruction and advice for our mutual
benefit because this opportunity will never come again in my life,
I need truthful person in this business because I don't want to make
mistake I need your strong assurance and trust with my position now in
the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner reliable account,
which you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending my physical arrival in your country for sharing.

I will destroy all documents of transaction immediately we receive this
money leaving no trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me
face to face af! ter which I will make this remittance in your presence
and two of us will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the
money going into the account I will apply for annual leave to get visa
immediately I hear from you that you are ready to act and receive this
fund in your account.

I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance form of the ministries and foreign departments.

At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 30% of the total amount, 65% will be for me and while 5% will be for expenses both parties might have incurred during the process of transferring. I look forward to your curliest reply through my email or by my Telephone number above.

Yours truly,

Mr.Walter Nkosi.

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