Oh, this is a good one:

[awmperry]

Got a new one today:

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

                 

 CENTRAL BANK OF  NIGERIA
    TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS
                 
  

                                              

From the Desk Of:
Prof Charles Soludo
Executive Governor

(CBN) PRIVATE EMAIL: prof_soludo_cbngov@yahoo.com

 

ATTENTION: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR,                                     DATE:20/01/006

 

IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT                CONTRACT NO: MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009

 

We
Apologies, for the delay of your payment and all the Inconveniences and
Inflict that we might have indulge you through. However, we were having
some minor problems with our payment system, which is Inexplicable, and
have held us stranded and Indolent, not having the Aspiration to devote
our 100% Assiduity in accrediting foreign contract payments. We
Apologies once again.

 

From the Records of outstanding contractors due for
payment with the federal government of Nigeria, your name and company
was discovered as next on the list of the outstanding contractors who
have not yet received
their payments.

 

I wish to inform you now that the square peg is now in
square whole and can be voguish for that your payment is being
processed and will be released to you as soon as you respond to this
letter. Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding
contract payment is US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen million five hundred
thousand United States dollars).

 

Re-confirm to me if this is Online with what you have in your record and also

 

Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:

 

(1) Your full name.
(2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
(3) company's name,position and address.
(4)profession, age and marital status.
(5) Copy of int'l passport or any scanned identity to prove yourself.

 

As
soon as this information is received, your payment will be made to you
in a certified bank draft or wired to your nominated bank account
directly from central bank of Nigeria.

 

As soon as you receive this letter for further discussion, get back to me
on this e-mail address: prof_soludo_cbngov@yahoo.com

 

YOURS SINCERELY,

 

 

 

PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)

CONTACT PHONE NO: 234-806-2562889

Comments

[bibliophile20.livejournal.com]

ha; that is a good one; so, how often do you get those?

[awmperry.livejournal.com]

Not many these days - one or two a week.

[bibliophile20.livejournal.com]

Still, that IS funny; do you ever get tempted to email back, with the sole content of your reply being "419"?

[awmperry.livejournal.com]

Nah, not worth the bother. There are scambaiters, though - wearch for "bait a mugu" and "419 baiter".

[bibliophile20.livejournal.com]

ha; so the wolves now have something to worry about while they're hunting sheep: grizzly bears.