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Is this CIA entrapment or what?

by Thomas Paine Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 12:04 AM

I keep receiving these emails (at least one a week). Does anyone here know what this is? Is this some sort of entrapment or guise to allow the government to snoop into my private life and bust me for illegal funds or some other shit?????????





FROM:THE CHAIRMAN,

CONTRACT REVIEW PANEL,

FEDERAL MINISTRY OF WORKS AND HOUSING

FEDERAL SECRETARIAT OFFICE COMPLEX

F.C.T ABUJA.

TELEPHONE:234-803-3279474





URGENT

FUND TRANSFER/INVESTMENT

Dear Friend,

First, I must solicit your strictest confidence in

this transaction,this is by virtue of it's nature as

being utterly confidential and top secret.Study this

portion carefully and advice categorically,if you will

be able to handle, as I might not want to be exposed of

the information considering the source and reputation

of my name.

I am the Director of project and the newly appointed

chairman, contract reviewing committee(CRC) of the

Federal ministry of Works and Housing(FMW&H)in

Abuja, Nigeria. I am seeking your assistance to enable

me transfer the sum of (US$21.4MILLION) into your

account for mutual benefits.This money came about as a result of a contract executed on behalfof my

Ministry,the (Federal Ministry of Works and Housing).

This contractwas officially assigned to be awarded and

executed by two foreign contractors at the tune of

(US$94MILLION) but in the course of our negotiation,

we bargained with only one foreign contractor, a

Bulgarian firm which now executed the contract at the

cost of(US$72.6MILLION)Thus leaving the remaining

(US$21.4MILLION) to our (members of the CRP)benefits unknown to the contractor and any other person in my Ministry.This contract has been satisfactorily executed and inspected as the Bulgarian firm is presently securing his payment from my ministry.

It is however to this effect that I seek your maximum

assistance and approval to present your company name along side with the Bulgarian contractor as the second foreign contractor to enable me transfer the

difference(US$21.4MILLION)into your account for

further investment depending on your advice.

On actualization of the transaction, the funds will be shared thus:

1. 30% of the money go to you for acting as the beneficiary of the funds.

2. 10% for reimbursement to both parties for

incidental expenses that may be incurred in the course of the transaction for insurance,phonebills,documentation etc.



3.60%to me.

All logistics are in place and all modalities

workedout for the smooth actualization of the

transaction within fourteenworking days of

commencement after receiving the following information by fax:

Yourname or company's name,address, phone/fax numbers and the

activities of your company.

The above information will enable me make application and lodge claims to concerned Ministries in favour of your company or your name

and itis pertinent to state here that this deal is entirely based ontrust and the fear of God.

If you are able to handle this, feel free to reach me back for a perfect understanding of the transaction.

Thanks in anticipation of your positive response.

Yours faithfully

Eng JOHN OKACHIE

???

by fresca Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 12:22 AM

are you serious?

nah...

by Ziegler Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 12:24 AM

... have seen several variations of this message... just run-of-the-mill spam.

Absolutely

by Newton Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 1:46 AM

Good thing you realized it was a CIA plot. Very clear and perceptive -- and not at all the thoughts of a delusional paranoid.

For the record, this is a standard scam attempt by Nigerian conmen. They've been doing this for at least a decade. In case you didn't notice, they are trying to get you to give them some personal banking account info -- so they can empty it for you.

THE LUNATIC IS IN MY HEAD

It's a Con, but how frequently do you receive these?

by Maria Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 6:34 AM

I know others with political websites that receive these very frequently. What I'd like to determine is whether some receive them more frequently than others. It would be useful to compare the contact information too.

Ignore the fascists that call you paranoid. In some areas of life, accute awareness is healthy. Specificially, it is healthy when there is plenty of evidence that you are being targeted.

Most covert operations include a pathway for denial. It would be a clever move for an intelligence agency to disguise an operation as a common hoax. Think about how an intelligence agency would seek cover for such an operation. They would look at the world around them and modify some existing pathway of interaction into one that fits their needs. A common con, such as the one you received, could be modified by merely changing the contact information and then using that to entrap you.

I was at a bank a few months ago when a customer came in and asked the manager about the scam. He really wanted to see if he could cash in. What I found interesting is that after the bank manager told him it was a scam, the bank manager was still willing to go through with it, provided the customer had been sufficiently warned. If I were the bank manager, I would refuse to assist a customer with it.

CIA

by Newton Monday, Jun. 23, 2003 at 6:02 PM

"the bank manager was still willing to go through with it, provided the customer had been sufficiently warned. If I were the bank manager, I would refuse to assist a customer with it. "

The bank manager must have been CIA. This is obviously a CIA plot to fund the 9/11 coverup (assassinations of eyewitnesses, etc)

According to Maria,

by daveman Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2003 at 8:20 AM

...lack of evidence of CIA involvement is proof of CIA involvement.

The mating cry of the Conspiracy Theorist: "There's no proof against it, so that's proof for it!"

A bunch of kooks

by Bush Admirer Wednesday, Jun. 25, 2003 at 9:26 AM

Daveman - The best thing about these conspiracy theory proponents is that they're self discrediting.

America sees them in the same category with those who claim the Holocaust didn't happen.

They're self-identifying themselves as 'a bunch of kooks.'

They just cancel themselves out. That gives them zero audience for their whacky theories. Their only listeners are themselves.

That's why they cluster together, attent protest marches, etc. It's their only chance to be with other people who don't consider them weird.

gg

by gav Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008 at 11:49 PM
gavgcool@yahoo.com

i believe this to be a con to get your name address dob place of birth ect hey someone else has your id....


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