toker
06-25-2001, 10:21 PM
I thought other might like to be forewarned about this scam which could cost you not only everything you own but also your life. This is geared toward mainly small hosts and ISP type companies but that could change real fast.
Please dont be a victim of online scams and always keep in the back of your mind "If it sounds to good to be true it probably is not true". This links into a scam run a few years back where people actually bring in money for these types of people and in turn are killed to keep the silence. Never give bank or credit card details to anyone unless they owe you money or you owe them money.
I reccomend same for new sponsors that are iffy also get a check first round and keep a photocopy to have a way to back track in the future if needed. The new age of the internet is that of many criminals looking for a quick scam to take your cash. I just hope we can all steer clear of these types of people and the shit they try to pull.
Remember also its harder and can take tons more cash to bust cyber criminals that have half a brain then it is to bust the smartest cerial killer. Please dont be a victim of cyber crimes and remember they only know what you tell them.
With this new age of scams and ripoff artists im currently working on a new project "THE WATCH" aimed to helping protect the adult webmaster community.
The goal is to and expose scams starting in our community and shut them down but also to protect sponsors from webmasters and vice versa. The system will be run with a rating system for performance and realiability of both webmasters and sponsors. To keep this fair and legal anyone who had a negitive rating would then have a chance to improve and gain a positive status.
This program will not just be run by a single entity but rather a large body of the community who wants to make a differance.
I will release further info about this in the near future but for now please review this email that is currently circulating the net...
-----Original Message-----
From: musa yakubu [mailto:*edited*@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 7:42 PM
To: *edited*@yahoo.com
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O
DR. MUSA YAKUBU.
TEL:234-1-759-8169
FAX:234-1-759-7366
LAGOS - NIGERIA
email - *edited*@soon.com
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence inthis
transaction .This by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential
and'top secret'. You have
been recommended by an associate who assured me in
confidence of your
ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of
great magnitude
involving a pending business transaction requiring
maximum confidence.
We are top officials of the federal government
contract review panel who are
interested inimportation of goods into our country
with funds which are
presently trapped in Nigeria.In order to commence this
business we solicit
your assistance to enable us transfer into youraccount
the said trapped
funds
The source of this fund is as follows : During the
last Regime here in
Nigeria, some Government Officials set up companies
and awarded themselves
contracts which were grossly over-invoiced in various
ministries.The present
Government set up a contract Review Panel and we have
identified a lot of
inflated contract funds which are presently floating
in the Central Bank of
Nigeria ready for payment.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants
and members of this
panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names.I
have therefore, been
delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues of the
panel to look for an
overseas partner into whose account we would transfer
the sum of
US$20,500,000.00 (Twenty Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United .States
Dollars) Hence we are writingyou this letter.We have
agreed to share the
money thus:
1. 20% for the Account owner (you)
2. 70% for us (The officials)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all
localand foreign expenses.
It is from the 70% that we wish to commence
theimportation business.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and we
hope to commence the
transfer latest seven (7) banking days from the date
of the receipt of the
following information below by Tel/Fax:234-1-
759-8169,
(a)company's name Beneficiary of account
(b) Your Personal TeL. Number and Fax Number
(c) Bank account/Sort/ABA/Routing numbers were
thefunds will be transferedto
(d) Your Bankers Address, Telephone and Fax Number.
The above information will enable us write letters of
claim and job
description respectively. This way we will use your
company's name to apply
for payment and re-award the contract in your
company's name. We are looking
forward to doing this business with you and solicit
your confidentiality in
this transaction.Please acknowledge the receipt of
this letter using the
above tel/fax number. I will bring you into the
complete picture of this
pending project when I have heard from you.
Your faithfully,
DR. MUSA YAKUBU.
NOTE:Please responed by phone or fax.with the number
above.Due to our poor
communication network, it may be difficult to
access,we therefore appeal for
your persistence in accessing the given tel/faxline
Please dont be a victim of online scams and always keep in the back of your mind "If it sounds to good to be true it probably is not true". This links into a scam run a few years back where people actually bring in money for these types of people and in turn are killed to keep the silence. Never give bank or credit card details to anyone unless they owe you money or you owe them money.
I reccomend same for new sponsors that are iffy also get a check first round and keep a photocopy to have a way to back track in the future if needed. The new age of the internet is that of many criminals looking for a quick scam to take your cash. I just hope we can all steer clear of these types of people and the shit they try to pull.
Remember also its harder and can take tons more cash to bust cyber criminals that have half a brain then it is to bust the smartest cerial killer. Please dont be a victim of cyber crimes and remember they only know what you tell them.
With this new age of scams and ripoff artists im currently working on a new project "THE WATCH" aimed to helping protect the adult webmaster community.
The goal is to and expose scams starting in our community and shut them down but also to protect sponsors from webmasters and vice versa. The system will be run with a rating system for performance and realiability of both webmasters and sponsors. To keep this fair and legal anyone who had a negitive rating would then have a chance to improve and gain a positive status.
This program will not just be run by a single entity but rather a large body of the community who wants to make a differance.
I will release further info about this in the near future but for now please review this email that is currently circulating the net...
-----Original Message-----
From: musa yakubu [mailto:*edited*@yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, June 24, 2001 7:42 PM
To: *edited*@yahoo.com
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
ATTN: MANAGING DIRECTOR/C.E.O
DR. MUSA YAKUBU.
TEL:234-1-759-8169
FAX:234-1-759-7366
LAGOS - NIGERIA
email - *edited*@soon.com
REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP
First, I must solicit your strictest confidence inthis
transaction .This by
virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential
and'top secret'. You have
been recommended by an associate who assured me in
confidence of your
ability and reliability to prosecute a transaction of
great magnitude
involving a pending business transaction requiring
maximum confidence.
We are top officials of the federal government
contract review panel who are
interested inimportation of goods into our country
with funds which are
presently trapped in Nigeria.In order to commence this
business we solicit
your assistance to enable us transfer into youraccount
the said trapped
funds
The source of this fund is as follows : During the
last Regime here in
Nigeria, some Government Officials set up companies
and awarded themselves
contracts which were grossly over-invoiced in various
ministries.The present
Government set up a contract Review Panel and we have
identified a lot of
inflated contract funds which are presently floating
in the Central Bank of
Nigeria ready for payment.
However, by virtue of our position as civil servants
and members of this
panel, we cannot acquire this money in our names.I
have therefore, been
delegated as a matter of trust by my colleagues of the
panel to look for an
overseas partner into whose account we would transfer
the sum of
US$20,500,000.00 (Twenty Million, Five Hundred
Thousand United .States
Dollars) Hence we are writingyou this letter.We have
agreed to share the
money thus:
1. 20% for the Account owner (you)
2. 70% for us (The officials)
3. 10% to be used in settling taxation and all
localand foreign expenses.
It is from the 70% that we wish to commence
theimportation business.
Please, note that this transaction is 100% safe and we
hope to commence the
transfer latest seven (7) banking days from the date
of the receipt of the
following information below by Tel/Fax:234-1-
759-8169,
(a)company's name Beneficiary of account
(b) Your Personal TeL. Number and Fax Number
(c) Bank account/Sort/ABA/Routing numbers were
thefunds will be transferedto
(d) Your Bankers Address, Telephone and Fax Number.
The above information will enable us write letters of
claim and job
description respectively. This way we will use your
company's name to apply
for payment and re-award the contract in your
company's name. We are looking
forward to doing this business with you and solicit
your confidentiality in
this transaction.Please acknowledge the receipt of
this letter using the
above tel/fax number. I will bring you into the
complete picture of this
pending project when I have heard from you.
Your faithfully,
DR. MUSA YAKUBU.
NOTE:Please responed by phone or fax.with the number
above.Due to our poor
communication network, it may be difficult to
access,we therefore appeal for
your persistence in accessing the given tel/faxline