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I got an email from UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon yesterday (he has a by the way). It goes like this:

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT, IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.
Attention: Friend,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and family?, You may not understand why this mail came to you.

We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to the UNITED NATIONS. This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of US$ 500,000.

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.

We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

You are advised to contact Dr.S.K Williams of our paying center in Africa, as he is our representative in Nigeria, contact him immediately for your Cheque/ International Bank Draft of USD$500,000. This funds are in a Bank Draft for security purpose ok? so he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.

Therefore, you should send him your full Name and telephone number your correct mailing address where you want him to send the Draft to you. Contact Dr.S.K Williams immediately for your Cheque:

Person to Contact: Dr.S.K Williams
Email:
Phone: +234-8022097627
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Bank Draft. Making the world a better place.

Regards,
Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
http://www.un.org/sg/
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What do you think… should I go for it?

Posted by Patrick Lambe on 13/12/08 at 08: 42 AM | Categories: Ignorance Management | Permalink

2 Comments so far

kim sbarcea

Patrick

Here’s your answer:
http://icanhascheezburger.com/?s=nigeria

Kim

Posted on December 13, 2008 at 10:36 AM | Comment permalink

Luke Naismith

Personally, I would take then on Patrick - you can find tips and some hilarious stories of how others have baited the scammers at http://www.419eater.com/index.htm

Posted on December 14, 2008 at 07:11 PM | Comment permalink

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