Nigerian IQD Scam Letter!!

[adlon]

I am sure that most of you are familiar with or have received Nigerian scam letters. When I received this email it blew my socks off! (See Below).

The Nigerians’ are now into Dinar! Could this mean they view the RV as a hoax to prey upon those who are hoping for an RV, or does it mean that they believe in the RV, and see the it as another means of scamming those who seek to get rich quick? You be the judge.

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CONFIDENTIAL

Dear Sir,

Good day and compliments. This letter will definitely come to you as a huge surprise, but I implore you to take the time to go through it carefully as the decision you make will go off a long way to determine the future and continued existence of the entire members of my family.

Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Dr. (Mrs.) Mariam Abacha, the wife of the late head of state and commander in chief of the armed forces of the federal republic of Nigeria who died on the 8th of June 2010.

My ordeal started immediately after my husband's death on the morning of 8th June 2010, and the subsequent take over of government by the last administration. The present democratic government is determined to portray all the good work of my late husband in a bad light and have gone as far as confiscating all my late husband's assets, foreign currency investments, properties, freezing our accounts both within and outside Nigeria. As I am writing this letter to you, my son Mohammed Abacha is undergoing questioning with the government. All these measures taken by past/present government is just to gain international recognition.

I and the entire members of my family have been held incommunicado since the death of my husband, hence I seek your indulgence to assist us in securing these funds. We are not allowed to see or discuss with anybody. Few occasions I have tired traveling abroad through alternative means all failed.

It is in view of this I have mandated DR GALADIMA HASSAN, who has been assisting the family to run around on so many issues to act on behalf of the family concerning the substance of this letter. He has the full power of attorney to execute this transaction with you.

My late husband had/has Three Hundred Million uncirculated IQD ($300,000,000.00), that when eminently revalued will be worth the equivalent of Six Hundred Million USD ($600,000,000.00) specially preserved and well packed in trunk boxes of which only my husband and I knew about. It is packed in such a way to forestall just anybody having access to it. It is this sum that I seek your assistance to get out of Nigeria as soon as possible before the present civilian government finds out about it and confiscate it just like they have done to all our assets.

Be expecting your soonest reply.

I implore you to please give consideration to my predicament and help a widow in need.

May Allah show you mercy as you do so?

Your faithfully,

Dr (Mrs.) Mariam Abacha (M.O.N)

PLEASE CONTACT DR GALADIMA HASSAN FOR FURTHER BRIEFING AND MODALITIES CONTACT ME THROUGH MY PRIVATE TEL/FAX NUMBER 234-1-7741519 Email: ahmedbulus@zdnetmail.com DR GALADIMA HASSAN WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE FULL DETAILS OF THE TRANSACTION.N/B:

[smed]

Now that looks like solid intel...

ba ha ha ha...

[NCricket]

Wow...the scams never stop!! I have received previous scam letters as many of you from Africa and it's so sad that some people are so desperate they get taken advantage of! Thanks for the post!

[Carrello]

The salacious introduction is almost as bad as the letter itself.

Why would you.....do you think we don't.....is it entertainment for you.....oh, never mind.

[Don Paul]

It tells ME a couple of things:

1. The dinar has received enough worldwide attention for scammers to use the 'hype' and lack of information available to regular Joe

2. The media will soon couple DINAR and SCAM together for cheap headlines which probably means:

3. A lot of 'newbies' will come on this site stating 'I heard from xxxx that dinar is a scam' and just make me think that the Dinar should not have been made so available to such unsophisticated of individuals.

Edited January 17, 2011 by Don Paul

[Riverdawg]

NO, NO, NO, a very close friend of my sisters best friend called Dr. Hassan and actually spoke with him. I'm telling you people, my sister's best friend is a very trustworthy person and I've known her all my life. I'm sure she wouldn't trust the word of just anyone so I'm certain her friend is being truthful. Anyway, this close friend of my sisters best friend said this 300,000,000 dinar thing is for real and she will have them in her hand by this Friday and blah, blah, blah, blah..... get my point?????

This is almost kind of fun, I hope y'all realize I was only kidding....

Well, good luck to all of us with another week ( or shall I say weak) of impending RV and various and assorted intel...

rd

[chevyseller2008]

Looks like we finally have a rate of $2.00!!

[araiderfan]

I dont know why you received a negative I went ahead and zeroed you out.

[Teresa82]

great

[Rayzur]

I got one of these scam letters from alleged military guys who asked me to help them get dinar out of Iraq. I did a reverse trace on the email and it was coming from Brazil...... That probably explains why the grammer and sentence structure was a bit better than those usually coming from a non latin based language lol lol ... These guys are getting better all the time...

[smee2]

I had this momentary desire to write to this woman, and in the most tearful of terms, explain to her that I am so sorry for her loss, and that tomorrow is the first year anniversity of the death of my husband. I wish I could help her, and detail all the ways a widow can use help in these trying times but unfortunately, being a recent widow myself, and having to pay out for phsychiatric treatment to keep me from taking a final ;plunge, I just don't know where to turn. Could she help me? Please?

I know you are thinking I am using and abusing a sad situation. Not sad, real. Neil died January 18 2010 and I am stll finding myself drawn to that place where just one step over the edge would make it all be over.

So, as much as I hate the email scams this one is just a little beyond my ability to just shrug and let it go. If I thought these people had a modicum of conscience, I'd give it a good hard yank!

Smee2

[umbertino]

With that kind of introduction which is more or less the same as 1000's of other "Nigerian scam" letters, one should be really super-fool to fall for it.