Advice Please!

[petethegreek]

Got this today as an e-mail.

Advice fellow forum members as to what I should do.



MR Godwin Bongani.
BURKINA FASO OUGADOUGOU,
WEST AFRICA.
Dear FRIEND,

I know that this letter may come to you as a surprise but i got your contact
when i was seaching through a person who will assist me to claim my late
father wealth as i need a reliable and honest business partner outside
Burkina Faso.

My name is MR Godwin Bongani.


I am a Sierra Leonean and the SON of the late
Osman Bongani, former Director-General of the Government of Gold and
Diamond Office (GDDO) in Freetown. He replaced the Lebanese business tycoon
Mr Jamil Mohamed Saheed who was sacked by the government of President Ahmed
Tejan Kabbah. Unfortunately, my father was attacked by rebels of the
Revolutionary United Front (RUF) in Kono, Eastern Sierra Leone.

He survived the bullet wounds and was hospitalised at the Connaught Hospital
in Freetown where he later died of internal bleeding. Before he died, he
revealed to me that he has $18.5m (Eighteen Million Five Hundred Thousand
US dollars) in an Iron Crate which he lodged in a security company for safe
keeping in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. And he registered the contents of the
box as gold and diamond which belongs to him and his foreign partner. He
also confided in me that he kept the certificate of the deposit and the keys
of the box in his safe.

As last month, I traced the address of the security company in Ouagadougou,
Capital of Burkina Faso. Backed with the certificate and receipt of the part
payment, I met the Director of the security company with the receipt for
collection of the box. After thorough verifications, he agreed for the
release provided I can come along with the foreign partner who is involved
in the transaction.

Based on this development, I contacted a friend of my father who is working
at the Chamber of Commerce to assist me to seek for a reliable, honest and
well-established individual that has business foresight, he then gave me
your contact as the person he believes will do a fair transaction with me.
I propose that you come as the foreign partner concerned so that we can
retrieve the money from the security company. I have decided that for all
assistance and inconveniences, 20% of the total sum would be yours, while
the rest of the remaining balance will be put into investment opportunities
in any profitable areas you might suggest in your country or any where else
you trust.

Please keep this proposal in the most confidential manner and I assure you
of our 100% risk free transaction. Please let me be informed of your
decision to come so that I can work on your visa. While I close here, I hope
that Almighty Allah will give you the power to do this transaction with me

and I am waiting for your urgent responds to this letter. You can send me
Email through the above address,
Thanks so much for your co-operation.
Yours Faithfully
MR Godwin Bongani

[cannedmoose]

I get about five of these a week... just ignore them. The people involved with these emails can be quite dodgy in some instances, particularly if you start messing with them. Just stick it in your trash box and delete.

[brother]

SCAM at best but you know that, just junk mail it and block the e-mail address.

[CY]

yup i agree with the above. i used to receive a lot of those.

[Liza]

If you don't wanna ignore there's another alternative but you really have to be careful!

check out this site - quite amusing acutally
http://www.419eater.com/html/joe_eboh.htm

[cannedmoose]

If you read the whole thing it's brilliant...

[Dhavlos]

Do not ever give bank details in an email....it will always be a hoax...even if it looks authentic.

if i ever get emails like this, i just delete them

[petethegreek]

[Xenos 2Fan]

Put that letter in file #13.

[Crash Test Dummy]

There was another site liek that Liza. V. Funny

[brother]

[Xenos 2Fan]

I loved the whole bit about quitting the priesthood and joining the freaking circus and selling ice to Siberia. Priceless.

[petethegreek]

Unreal. Got this one today.



DEAR FRIEND

I AM MR.KEN CHOKRI TAYLOR THE SON OF THE FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT CHARLES
TAYLOR,I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE SUM OF US$15.5m
AND THE TOP LIST OF MY PRIORITY IS WHERE TO
INVEST THIS MONEY OUTSIDE MY COUNTRY."REASON BEST KNOWN TO ME".I URGENTLY
NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE IN PROVIDING A RELIABLE GENUINE TRADE OR COMPANY
WHERE
I CAN INVEST THE FUND AND IMMEDIATELY MEET YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY FOR
SETTLEMENT.

PLEASE I WILL KINDLY WELCOME YOUR ADVICE TOO,I AM EXPECTING YOUR URGENT
MAIL RESPONSE AND YOUR SUPPORT AND SERIOUSNESS.

I AM PRESENTLY ON EXILE AFTER THE UNITED STATES ASKED MY FATHER TO RESIGN
AS THE PRESIDENT OF LIBERIA,MY FATHER IS ALSO ON A SELF EXILE IN ONE OF
THE WEST AFRICAN COUNTRY.

YOUR OFFER FOR ASSISTING ME CAN BE NEGOTIATED.

SEND YOUR CONFIDENTIAL PHONE NUMBER SO THAT I CAN REACH YOU WHEN
NECCESSARY.

REGARDS

MR.KEN CHOKRI TAYLOR.

[Dhavlos]

Yes, yes,cos that letter was convincing

[city]

C'mon PTG, please don't post any more of those. I receive enough of them emails every day.......... don't need to see them here as well.

This "Nigeria connection" is known for ages and everyone should be aware that it is spam/hoax. Currently there is a new "wave" of it, after it was relatively quiet during the last months...

I hope you are not seriously asking for advise what to do with them!
Sorry to tell you off but all these spam is really annoying!!