They keep coming up with new letters. And almost no caps!! This week I got one from Congo and South Africa. PS. In Holland the name Bello is usually given to a dog ;-) Regards, Ruud Bransen Databalk bv www.databalk.nl www.diskis.nl > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Kenzig http://thethin.net [mailto:jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: woensdag 12 maart 2003 15:05 > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [THIN] OT: Wed Humor FW: EXPEDIENT INTEREST > > > This is too funny. Ok I actually just got this Nigerian scam letter. He > assures me that it is not a scam like those "Other" nigerian scam letters > and faxes, and is RISK FREE! And that I can pick the percentage of the > money > I get! > Whatever will I do? I'll be greedy...I think I'll respond that I want > 99.99% > do you think they would go for it? > JK > > -----Original Message----- > From: DR.LATEEF BELLO [mailto:lateef2000@z > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2002 9:49 AM > To: jimkenz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: EXPEDIENT INTEREST > > Dear Sir, > > Business Proposal > > We represent the members of the Tender Board of the Federal Ministry of > Works and Housing, Abuja. We awarded the contract for the provision of > Street Lights in the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, Abuja in > 1999. > The contract was over-invoiced to the tune of $345 million. The > contract was actually completed at the cost of $300 million. However, the > balance $45 million is presently in a suspense account in the Central Bank > of > Nigeria. We hope to transfer this amount to a trusted foreign Partner, > who is willing to assist us to get the money out of Nigeria to an account > abroad. > > It is relevant to state that we are Civil Servants in the Ministry and > it is unlawful for us to have such a huge amount of money in our Bank > Account in Nigeria; hence we are seeking for a trusted foreign partner > overseas, with a foreign account that can help us to get this money out > of Nigeria. > > It is a known fact that there are lots of stories about scam business > in Nigeria. This could be seen in a lot of business letters and e-mail > and fax messages they send to people abroad. This is rather unfortunate. > The > Government of Nigeria is really doing its best to eliminate the scam > business. > > However this, we have to assure you that ours is real and genuine. It > is risk-free. In addition, we do not want to sound too greedy in this > transaction, therefore we expect you to use your discretion to decide > the sharing of the money based on percentages. > > In view of the above, we would be glad if you could give us your co- > operation, by consenting to our desires. > > We look forward to your response as soon as possible. > > Yours truly, > > Dr.Lateef Bello > Director of Operations > Federal Ministry of Works and Housing > > > > > > ********************************************************* > This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale > TScale increases terminal server capacity. > Get 30-40% more users per server to save $$$ and time. > Add users now! - not more servers. If you're using Citrix, > you must learn about TScale! Free 30-day eval: > http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=79 > ********************************************************** > > For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or > set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: > http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm ********************************************************* This Week's Sponsor - RTO Software / TScale TScale increases terminal server capacity. Get 30-40% more users per server to save $$$ and time. Add users now! - not more servers. If you're using Citrix, you must learn about TScale! Free 30-day eval: http://www.rtosoft.com/Enter.asp?ID=79 ********************************************************** For Archives, to Unsubscribe, Subscribe or set Digest or Vacation mode use the below link: http://thethin.net/citrixlist.cfm