latest variety of Nigeria scam

Sat Dec 7 17:41:04 UTC 2002

Maybe you should check your word of hearsay on what a country of over 
150 mill people largest industry is before posting. Wouldn't this mean 
the possibility of getting a few hundreds of spam weekly?  Scam is big 
in Nigeria but a lot of other things such as natural resources are 
bigger regardless of what the economy status is..... getting off list 
topics here so please lets move on.

Olu

Scott Granados wrote:
> Just a note:)  I heard this the other day.  Did you know scams are the third
> largest Industry in Nigeria.  I guess people sit in public places with
> access and send these out hoping to get bank account numbers.
> 
> Funny:)
> 
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "William B. Norton" <wbn at equinix.com>
> To: "hostmaster" <hostmaster at nso.org>; <nanog at merit.edu>
> Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:15 PM
> Subject: Re: latest variety of Nigeria scam
> 
> 
> 
>>Just curious...Why post this - is there something unique here?  I've been
>>collecting these for years now, kinda like collecting insects. Currently I
>>have about 120 variants from Princesses, widows, Prime Ministers,
>>Ambassadors, and sons of deposed Kings, each with millions to give me.
> 
> This
> 
>>looks like a plain old vanilla variety that we've all seen.
>>
>>Seems similar to spammers in terms of problem profile. A systematic
>>approach is probably the right way to address it. (Please don't start a
>>Spam thread here.)
>>
>>Bill
>>
>>At 12:50 AM 12/7/2002 +0100, hostmaster wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>For those of you interested in the latest variety of the Nigeria -scam...
>>>
>>>it came straight from
>>>217.78.73.1     SIOTEL NIGERIA LIMITED
>>>217.78.73.5     SIOTEL NIGERIA LIMITED
>>>217.78.73.160   SIOTEL NIGERIA LIMITED
>>>
>>>And for law enforcement in The Netherlands, this hopefully will lead
>>>you to something.
>>>
>>>best
>>>
>>>Bert
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>===============================================================
>>>Dear xxxxx ,
>>>WELTLOTTO-FIRMA WORLDLOTTO
>>>41132, NL-1007 DB
>>>AMSTERDAM,
>>>THE NETHERLANDS.
>>>
>>>FROM: THE DESK OF THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
>>>
>>>
>>>INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT, REF:
>>>WFL/67-C337209635
>>>ATTENTION ENTRANT:
>>>AWARD NOTIFICATION; FINAL NOTICE
>>>We are pleased to inform you of the announcement
>>>today, 13TH November
>>>2002,of
>>>winners of the WELTLOTTO-FIRMA
>>>WORLDLOTTO/INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS held on the 8TH
>>>OCTOBER, 2002.
>>>Your company, attached to ticket number
>>>013-2316-2002-477, with serial
>>>number A025-09 drew the lucky numbers
>>>37-13-34-85-56-42, and consequently
>>>won in
>>>category C.
>>>You have therefore been approved for a lump sum pay
>>>out of US$1,500,000.00
>>>in
>>>cash credited to file REF NO. REF: WFL/67-C337209635.
>>>This is from total
>>>prize
>>>money of US$22,500,000.00 shared among the fifteen
>>>international winners in
>>>the
>>>category C. All participants were selected through a
>>>computer ballot system
>>>drawn
>>
>>>from 30,000 names from Australia, New Zealand,
>>
>>>America, Asia, Europe and
>>>North
>>>America as part our International Promotions Program,
>>>which is conducted
>>>annually.
>>>CONGRATULATIONS!
>>>Your fund is now deposited with a Finance and Security
>>>House insured in your
>>>name. Due to the mix up of some numbers and names, we
>>>ask that you keep this
>>>award strictly from public notice until your claim has
>>>been processed and
>>>your
>>>money remitted to your account. This is part of our
>>>security protocol to
>>>avoid
>>>double claiming or unscrupulous acts by participants
>>>of this program.
>>>We hope with a part of you prize, you will participate
>>>in our end of year
>>>high
>>>stakes US$1.3 billion International lotto.
>>>To collect your claim, please contact your claims
>>>officer immediately:
>>>MAXWELL FRIEDEL,
>>>FOREIGN SERVICE MANAGER,
>>>EUROSECURITIES NL,
>>>FAX : 31 205248020
>>>EMAIL : euro_securities_nl at europe.com
>>>WEB URL : http:/www.eurosecurities-bv.com
>>>For due processing and remittance of your prize money
>>>to a designated
>>>account of
>>>your choice. Remember, you must contact your claims
>>>officer not later than
>>>DECEMBER 17TH, 2002. After this date, all funds will be
>>>returned as
>>>Unclaimed.
>>>************
>>>NOTE: In order to avoid unnecessary delays and
>>>complications, please
>>>remember to quote your reference number in every one
>>>of your correspondences
>>>with
>>>your claims officer. Furthermore,should there be any
>>>change of your
>>>address, do inform your claims officer as soon as
>>>possible.
>>>************
>>>
>>
>>___________________________________________________________________________
> 
> _
> 
>>>
>>>_
>>>**NB** QUOTE YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER AS THE SUBJECT OF
>>>YOUR MAIL, AND ATTACH
>>>THIS ONE WHEN YOU MAIL YOUR CLAIMS AGENT TO EXPEDITE
>>>YOUR CLAIM AND AVOID
>>>SERIOUS DELAYS.
>>
>>___________________________________________________________________________
> 
> _
> 
>>>
>>>_
>>>
>>>Congratulations again from all our staff and thank you
>>>for being part of our
>>>promotions program.
>>>
>>>Sincerely,
>>>THE DIRECTOR PROMOTIONS,
>>>WELT LOTTO FIRMA BV.
>>>www.weltlottofirma.s5.com
>>>N.B. Any breach of confidentiality on the part of the
>>>winners will result in
>>>disqualification. Please do not reply this e-mail.
>>>
>>
>>
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