Taking the 419 scam to whole new heights! While thoroughly detestable, you have to admit there some chutzpah in doing it this way! (BTW, for those of you who may not get it right away: THIS IS STILL A SCAM. DO NOT RESPOND TO IT IF YOU GET IT IN YOUR EMAIL!) Received this this morning: HELLO THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY HAS RESOLVED ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NIGERIA ON-BEHALF OF 100 SCAM VICTIMS TO BE COMPENSATED AFTER POLICE ARRESTED SOME FRAUDSTERS IN LAGOS NIGERIA WHO MENTIONED YOUR PARTICULARS AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. AFTER MY MEETING WITH DR. GOOD LUCK EBELE JONATHAN, PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND OTHER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS,YOUR NAME WERE AMONG THE LIST TO BE PAID $5M US DOLLARS COMPENSATION P A Y M E N T. SO RE-CONFIRM BELOW I N F O R M A T I O N SO THAT THERE WILL NOT BE ANY MISTAKE: YOUR FULL NAME,YOUR CURRENT HOUSE ADDRESS,DIRECT TELEPHONE,OCCUPATION & AGE CALL MY SECRETARY WITH THIS NUMBER FOR MORE I N F O R M A T I O N : + 2 3 4 8 1 5 3 5 1 1 7 0 7 MY BEST REGARDS. MR. JAMES F. ENTWISTLE UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA (FYI: for more information on 419 scams, see the attached site)
Posted on: Thu, 28 Aug 2014 14:54:09 +0000