I got this in a PM
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES.

Dear Sir,

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in your country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance Allocation of the Federal Ministry of works and Housing in Nigeria. Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be strictly as confidential as possible. He further want his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the transaction. Hence our desire to have an overseas agent. I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualise this transaction. The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed investments in your country is presently in a coded account in the Nigerian apex bank and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to your country or any safe account outside your country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use. For this you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into US$15.5Million of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our overseas agent. Your area of specialisation does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your country. As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too, you shall serve as our agent . It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan. That was how we lost US$7.5Million. So this time around , I will be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is seen. You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal, through email. After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through. If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved. Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.

Best Regards,

Dr.Richard Fernandez
NOTE:I WILL ADVICE THAT ALL CORRESPONDENCE BE DIRECTED TO MY CONFIDENTIAL EMAIL ADDRESS(richardestates_003@yahoo.com)FOR CONFIDENTIALITY

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G352NV,
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I got this in a PM
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES

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That PM come to you here at G35Driver???????

As you've guessed - it's a scam so if you have an s/name (of the person who logged in here) please send it to me.

Thanks for letting us know.

Colin (GSM)

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Wow thats, uhhhhh, ummm afuggin weird!


Martin
2003.5 BS G35
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Injen CAI
B+G Springs
ADR M-Classic 19's..

 

I think I got a PM from the same guy, who was trying to scam me over my car for sale:

I am interested in your vehicle i saw in the advert, please let me know if it
is still available for sale.

Best Regards,

Richard Cole.

Note:You can reply to my email address,which is richardcole_003@yahoo.com.


He was trying to pull one of the scams where he has a client who is out the country and wants to buy my car, but he will send a check for a higher dollar amount than what I'm asking.

 

That is a total scam. If someone overseas really wanted a car, why would they buy a used one LOL. They obviously have enough money to ship it over, etc., so they would order a new one.

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i just got that too. wtf. sonofa. he says hes from Nigeria...and his name is Richard Fernandez... that doesnt match up. LOL. idiot.

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I banned 'Richyfernandez' now, and the same guy (it seems) registered as 'Richfernandez' was banned a while back.

Thanks for the heads-up guys... You get a whiff of any of these scams, let any <font color=green>Mod</font color=green> or <font color=red>Admin</font color=red> know and we'll deal with it.

Colin (GSM)

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Not only is this a scam it is a very serious one. The jist is that you provide your bank account # to deposit this money but instead of depositing this money thay use the acct# and withdraw everything in that acct. Goodby savings. I saw this some five years ago. I own a business and they approached me much the same way wanting my business acct#.

 

got it too....

 

I can't believe anyone in their right mind would fall for a scam from that shylock *****. The message is completely nonsensical - sort of like the "jibberish" language Adam Sandler used in the movie Billy Madison.

I hope somebody finds, and skull cracks that guy.

 

that fool sent that thing to me too and i didnt really read it cuz it was too long... well once was enough he sent me the same PM 3 times....

 

Yeh I can't believe anyone would fall for it, but some more experienced members have expressed concern that some unaware, newbies may be tempted or at least be unfamiliar with these 'tricks'.

Let's hope all our members are savvy about scams like this, but that if there's any doubt in your mind with any approach such as we've seen lately, that you'll bring it to our attention so that we may advise you, and to deal with the unsavoury scum who try to scam unsuspecting members.
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LOL, I live, usually, by one very useful credo: that "If it sounds too good to be true, ........then it prolly is"
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Be aware, be careful, and be safe peeps.

Colin (GSM)

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Yeah I just posted so it could be taken care of, and it looks like it has. I get these emails all the time!

 

I got sent it too.

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