An e-mail I got today...

[marcinthemiddle]

From: "iain" <[email protected]>
Dear Friend,

First, I must apologize in advance if the contents of this email do not meet
with your approval; but I humbly crave your indulgence.

My name is Iain Wilson; I am a South African, an accountant by profession.
I recently retired as the accountant to the South African 2010 World Cup
Local Organizing Committee. In my capacity as the accountant, my
committee was in charge of all the construction and rehabilitation of
Government infrastructures for the successful hosting of the FIFA World Cup
tournament, held in my country. (South Africa)

I came across a lot of foreign businessmen and woman seeking contracts for
the building of stadia and residential housing units for the participants of the
world cup during the preparations before the world cup tournament.

I was courted by these foreign businessmen and women to help them secure
contracts. I did not in any way compromise my integrity or position. I only
rendered help when it was convenient for me.

I amassed a lot of goodwill and since my retirement and the successful
hosting of the World Cup; many contractors have approached me with the
aim of showing appreciation for the favour I rendered to them while in office.

These appreciations have been in form of monetary gifts. I need a proxy to
collect these monetary gifts for me, hence this proposal to you. This
transaction does not require any financial commitment of any sort from you.
All you need to do is to collect this fund on my behalf and we can come to an
agreement as to your remunerations for this service.

I can be reached via email for more details.

Like I stated earlier, this transaction does not require any financial
Commitment from you and also note that I did not solicit for this fund,
hence this does not constitute a bribe.

Thanks for your time as I await your response to indicate your interest.


Yours faithfully,

Iain Wilson


Whoa- guess I better repond right away. Iain's "awaiting my response".

[dbphotos]

Those Nigerians are getting tricky! No financial participation on your part, until we ask for participation on your part!

[mpkRolex]

God save all the naive citizens

[Andad]

I'd jump all over that Mark.

[MonBK]

X 2, I had to pay $1,500 twice.

[marcinthemiddle]

Originally Posted by MonBK

X 2, I had to pay $1,500 twice.

I actually emailed the dude- I wanna aee what he says!

[CoopJr]

Originally Posted by marcinthemiddle

Whoa- guess I better repond right away. Iain's "awaiting my response".

And craving your indulgence!

[marcinthemiddle]

Originally Posted by CoopJr

And craving your indulgence!

[mtrunner]

Marc he craves your indulgence. Humbly I might add.

[CoopJr]

Originally Posted by mtrunner

Marc he craves your indulgence. Humbly I might add.

He's so polite...how can it be a scam?

[East Bay Rider]

If you will only give him your account numbers I'm sure he'll have his 'good will' directly deposited by his grateful businessman friends.

[Mike B]

And your SS number, and CC numbers, and . . . . LOL

[johnbeth]

I got a message two days ago on my mobile phone and it goes

(UN)
Your Mobile Nos won £1,450,000 GBP.
FOR CLAIM SEND US EMAIL: [email protected]
Tel: +447011136260
1)Name
2)Address
3)Tel Nos
Mr John mark

Sender was this number +27 (83) 7712827

[Mosco]

Wish they would use their powers for good and not evil!

[johnbeth]

I'm just wondering how on earth they got My cellular number!

[nolawis]

Anyone who falls for this scam gets exactly what they deserve. Greed overpowers common sense.

[Rolex116520]

Must be a scam .. no Dr.'s , no diplomats , no ex-presidents widows and not even a suitcase full of cash at the airport .

I once read in a newspaper about a scam like this in the late '90's . I can't remember all the details but it was a guy that had been contacted via one of these mails .
He got involved with them and at first they arranged for him to pick up a woman at the airport and she did carry quite an amount of cash and he was given a percentage ..
weeks later the same thing ..and that happened a couple of times more .
Till they proposed him to receive parcels through the post and again he was given money for that ;
One day he went to collect another parcel and when he was coming home from the post office with it and was about to open his front door the narcotic brigade jumped on him .
Kilo's of cocaine in the parcel ..
The man turned out to be a retired government official enjoying an impeccable reputation .. still ..he ended up convicted

[bayerische]

Atleast he's "faithful" to you...