Monday, April 11, 2005
Mr. Smith Bowani
I'm really not in the mood to respond to these today. Eventually these things get old, the joke isn't funny any more, and it just doesn't seem worth the time to keep pestering Nigerian e-mail scammers. Howvere, I'll follow up with a standard request for some sort of documentation.
Hello,
I am Mr.Smith Bowani, an auditor of a reputable bank in Johannesburg,Gauteng Province in the Republic of South Africa. I have an urgent andvery confidential business proposition for you.We had a foreign client named Mr. Chung Timothy, who deposited a hugesum of money (18.6 Million United States Dollars), with our bank.
Eventually, this client died in a plane crash and since his death wehave not had anybody come up for the claims as the next of kin.
You may want to take a look at other passengers, who were on the sameplane; here is a site for yourperusal.http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/A situation I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Nowhaving monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before hisdeath, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the pastyears. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next ofkin as every other arrangement/ processes will be monitored by me and mypartners involved. However I got your contact from a trade consultanthere in South Africa, though I did not disclose the purpose of myseeking for a foreign business partner to him. Although we will stillhave to sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund intoany of your designated bank account.I have involved a very senior official in the operational department,and we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into youraccount, you shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum, my colleaguesand I will have 75% while 5% will be used to reimburse any expensesincurred. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a riskfree situation on the side of both parties. Please note that this dealcan only take place on the following conditions;
1. Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required andguaranteed, considering our positions in the bank.
2. Assurance that our own share will be released to us in good faithwhen this money finally gets into your account.Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me as quickly aspossible through my e-mail.
Expecting your urgent response,
Best Regards,
Mr.Smith Bowani
My response:
Dear Mr. Smith Bowani-
Thank you very much for your interest in selecting me as a business partner. As you may know, I recently inherited a large sum of money and am interested in investing it in international businesses. Please send me a photo of yourself (preferrably a passport) and we can begin discussing how we can help each other.
Again, thank you very much for your interest, and I look forward to meeting you!
God Bless,
Artemus Henderson.
Hello,
I am Mr.Smith Bowani, an auditor of a reputable bank in Johannesburg,Gauteng Province in the Republic of South Africa. I have an urgent andvery confidential business proposition for you.We had a foreign client named Mr. Chung Timothy, who deposited a hugesum of money (18.6 Million United States Dollars), with our bank.
Eventually, this client died in a plane crash and since his death wehave not had anybody come up for the claims as the next of kin.
You may want to take a look at other passengers, who were on the sameplane; here is a site for yourperusal.http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/A situation I have monitored closely with my position in the bank. Nowhaving monitored this deposit and managed it over the years before hisdeath, and hence nobody has showed up as the next of kin for the pastyears. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next ofkin as every other arrangement/ processes will be monitored by me and mypartners involved. However I got your contact from a trade consultanthere in South Africa, though I did not disclose the purpose of myseeking for a foreign business partner to him. Although we will stillhave to sign some agreement before the final transfer of the fund intoany of your designated bank account.I have involved a very senior official in the operational department,and we have agreed that after the transfer of the money into youraccount, you shall be entitled to 20% of the total sum, my colleaguesand I will have 75% while 5% will be used to reimburse any expensesincurred. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a riskfree situation on the side of both parties. Please note that this dealcan only take place on the following conditions;
1. Absolute confidentiality and sincerity will be required andguaranteed, considering our positions in the bank.
2. Assurance that our own share will be released to us in good faithwhen this money finally gets into your account.Please treat with utmost confidentiality. Contact me as quickly aspossible through my e-mail.
Expecting your urgent response,
Best Regards,
Mr.Smith Bowani
My response:
Dear Mr. Smith Bowani-
Thank you very much for your interest in selecting me as a business partner. As you may know, I recently inherited a large sum of money and am interested in investing it in international businesses. Please send me a photo of yourself (preferrably a passport) and we can begin discussing how we can help each other.
Again, thank you very much for your interest, and I look forward to meeting you!
God Bless,
Artemus Henderson.
