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CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC PAYMENT
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
ASO ROCK VILLA, ABUJA(F.C.T)


Attn: Beneficiary

I am Lt. General James Morgan (Rtd), National Security Adviser to
President Federal Republic of Nigeria, ALHAJI MUSA UMARU YAR' ADUA. I am
delighted to inform you that the contract panel, which concluded in Abuja
just released your name amongst contractors to benefit from the
Diplomatic Payment. This Panel was primarily delegated to investigate
manipulated contract claims, contracts and over-invoiced payment as the effect
has eaten deep into the economy of our dear country.

However, we wish to bring to your notice that your contract profile is
still reflecting in our central computer as unpaid contractor while
auditing was going on. Your contract file was forwarded to my office by
the auditors as unclaimed fund. We wish to use this medium to inform you
that for the time being Federal Government of Nigeria have stopped
further payment through bank to bank transfer due to contractors numerous
petitions to United Nations against Nigeria on wrong payment and
diversion of contract funds to different account.

In this case, we are going to send your contract part payment of One
Million, five hundred thousand United States dollars only to you via
diplomatic cash payment. Note that the money will be packaged as a
consignment which will be sealed with synthetic nylon and padded with machine.
Please you don't have to worry for anything, as the transaction is 100%
risk free. The Diplomatic agents will accompany the box to your house
address. So all you need to do now, is to send to me your full contact
informations as stated below.

1. Your full name.
2. Mobile Phone #.
3. Company's name, position and address.
4. Profession, age and marital status.
5.Copy of int'l passport/ drivers license.

However, the Diplomatic agents will call you immediately they arrive at
the airport in your country airport. Please kindly get back to me with
the above requested informations so that we can proceed.

Note: The diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes.
What l declared to them as the contents is Sensitive Photographic Film
Materials and jewelries. I did not tell them that it is money, so do not
reveal it to them for security reason. If they call you and ask you the
contents, please tell them the same thing Ok. Confirm the receipt of
this message and send the requirements needed to conclude your
consignment delivery to your doorstep.

Please respond urgently because the diplomats would be scheduled to
leave as soon as we hear from you. Thank you.

Yours Sincerely,

Lt. General James Morgan (Rtd).
National Security Adviser to the President
Federal Republic of Nigeria




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Hi Sailor.
It's a standard 419 Advance Fee Fraud letter. There are many, many of these "unpaid contractor" scams doing the rounds.

transaction is 100% risk free.

Scammers just love to use that phrase.

Sailor,

Watch out for this one as I know of some one that got the same type of email sent to them and when they had some one else look in the package only to find it was not real money. The told him he needed to get a certain chemical to transform it into US money. He was told by some one that he should look into the way US money is made and he would know that US money is not transformed, it is printed just the way you see it. Their was being sent by a Nigerian Diplomat that called him from San Fransisco CA and said he needed $2,500.00 USD to get the money out of customs or he would send it back to the sender.

^^Yes, that is another very common type of advance fee fraud. It is can be the main storyline of a scam, or it can be used as a twist in another type of scam. There is a nice summary of it in Emma's post at the top of this forum. I'll quote it to save a few steps:

Black money or wash-wash – the scammer tells the victim he has a huge sum of money in currency, but that it has been dyed black to disguise it and keep it safe, or marked or stamped in such a way as to conceal that it is currency. The scammer offers to share it with the victim if the victim will pay for the chemicals needed to clean the money. The victim will be invited to visit the scammer to see a demonstration of the money being cleaned. This is just sleight of hand, a magician’s trick, and there is no cleaning process involved. There is no money at all, it is all just black paper cut to size.

"Black Money Scam", here's some more details: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theblotter/nig ... index.html