Actually one woman from Mauritius (that's where I live) got entagled in one of those stupid suff. She move to south africa and lost quite some money!
Well, not trying to be rude but some people definitly ARE stupid!! Paul > -----Original Message----- > From: Peter MacGregor [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 5:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [wdvltalk] Re: [OT] How stupid do they think I am? > > > I'm absolutely amazed that you have never had one of these > before! I get > about three a week! > > It's the well known old "Nigerian Scam" and you'd be > surprised how many > gullible people get taken in by it and actually follow it up! > Some lose > thousands and thousands as a result! > > I've had versions from about eight or nine different > countries this year > alone (got six copies of the same one in one week - the > sender must have > been getting really p**ss*d off with me for not replying! > HeHeHe) and if I > was able to inherit all the money that has apparently been > left in bank > accounts around the world by dead relatives I never knew I > had (and most of > whom have the same name and died in exactly the same way on > the same road > on the same date in different countries - now there's a feat) then I > wouldn't be reading the wonderful wdvl list. I'd be on the > beach lying on a > carpet of ten thousand dollar bills and enjoying a life style > to which I'd > love to become accustomed. > > Hey Ho - back to the current web development project! > > Peter MacGregor > > At 13:57 29/07/2003, you wrote: > >In my lifetime I have received all kinds of emails > soliciting all kinds > >of things. The email I got today definitely beats all the junk that > >has previously graced my inbox. Do they really think I am so stupid > >that I would believe them? Who falls for this? > > > >Sorry to rant on, but I had to vent! Thanks for listening. > > > >Will (the message is below) > > > >Dear Friend, > > > >Please don't let this mail come as a surprise to you.Your > address was > >given to me by my husband foreign contact in your country. > My name is > >Mrs. Janet Marshall Harry the widow of the late Dr Marshall > Harry who > >was brutally murdered on Tuesday March 4th 2003 in Abuja the seat of > >the Nigeria Government. > > > >Everybody is convinced that he was killed by the People's Democratic > >Party(PDP) > >led Federal Government because of his critical views of government > >policies and the need to weaken the opposition party of the All > >Nigerian Peoples > >Party(ANPP) > >which my husband is aprominent member and financier ahead of > the April > >General Elections. They believe by killing him the opposition party > >will be in disarray > >and will not be able to put up a good fight in the election. > > > >Before my husband was killed the government through their > agents came > >to bribe my husband with the sum of $15Million United States Dollars > >and with a promise > >of oil lifting license to shut his mouth and for him to > decamp from his > >party > >to the ruling party. He calledto inform me about the money the > >government > >brought which he deposited in a security company and he told > me that is > >going > >to return the money once the his party election campaign is > over in Port > > > >Harcourt Rivers State his home state on Saturday 8th of > March but the > >government could not wait any longer they moved in to finish him > >off.Right now my life and that of my family is in danger. We > are being > >constantly harassed by > >the agents of the state and all my telephone lines have been > bugged. I > >am of > >the view that if the family stays longer than necessary they > might come > >for us > >because we can identify some of the killers. There is need for me and > >the > >family to relocate and seek political asylum in a western > country. Since > >we > >will be in need of funds when we are outside the country i > have decided > >to keep > >the $15 Million United States Dollars for the family upkeep and > >survival. > > > >What is needed now is a foreigner who will claim the money > and have it > >transferred safely out of the country. You will hold the money in > >custody and invest it for the family while we perfect our traveling > >arrangement to your > >country. This will be done immediately the money has been > successfully > >and > >safely transferred into your account. > > > >Please get in touch with me for more information via my > email address > >if you are really interested in assisting me and the family. Please > >treat this email > >with the urgency and sincerity it deserves our lives, survival and > >destiny lies > >in your hand. > > > >May the good Lord be with you as you help your fellow > >mankind in his hour of need. > > > >Respectfully yours, > > > >Mrs. Janet Harry Marshall > > > > > > > >____ . The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM . ____ > >To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Send Your Posts > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To set a personal password send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > >the > >words: "set WDVLTALK pw=yourpassword" in the body of the email. > >To change subscription settings to the wdvltalk digest version: > > http://wdvl.internet.com/WDVL/Forum/#sub > > > >________________ http://www.wdvl.com _______________________ > > > >You are currently subscribed to wdvltalk as: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] To > >unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > ____ . 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