Thursday, November 7, 2002 |
11:48 - Okay, now what?
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I just got the following e-mail:
From: "NELSON DANDY" <nelsondandy44@eircom.net> Date: Wed Nov 6, 2002 8:00:54 PM US/Pacific To: m_s2002uk@hotmail.com Subject: URGENT HELP Reply-To: <nelsondandy33@mail.com>
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL > From: MR NELSON DANDY JNR. > E-Mail :nelson_dandy20022000@yahoo.com > > ATTN: THE DIRECTOR /CEO. > > Dear Sir, > URGENT ASSISTANT > > You may be surprise to receive this kind of message > from me since > you do not know me personally and we have not met > before. The purpose > of my introduction is that I am MR. NELSON DANDY
hello mr. nelson dandy i don`t know who r u but i can help u on certain rules of my own made see u r investing some heavy amount in my account i don`t mind but the govt will mind certainly so i bhave more than 4 accounts if ur relly interested u can contact me i want 100% of bank interest than only iam reddy for agreement. > JNR, the first son > of DR.NELSON STEVE DANDY, who was recently murdered > in the land > dispute in Zimbabwe. I was furnished with viable > information from the > world trade center here in Amsterdam-Holland and > decided to write you. Before the > death of my father, he had taken me to Spain to > deposit the sum of > THIRTY FIVE MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED > STATE DOLLARS ONLY (USD$35.5M).In a security > company, as if he has foreseen the looming danger in > Zimbabwe.This money was deposited in a Box as Gold > and Diamond to avoid much demurrage from the > security company. This amount was meant for the > purchase of new machines and the chemicals for the > farms and the establishment of new farms Swaziland. > > This land problem came when the Zimbabwe president > MR ROBERT MUGABE introduced a new land act that > wholly affected all rich farmers and some few black > farmers. This resulted to the killing and mob action > by Zimbabwe war veterans and some lunatics in the > society. In fact a lot of people were killed because > of the land-reformed act of which > my father was one of the victims. It is against this > background that I and my family who are currently > staying in Amsterdam decided to keep the money in > Madrid Spain,since the Law of the Netherlands > prohibits a refugee (asylum seeker)to open any > account or to be involved in any financial > transaction of this magnitude. As the oldest son of > my father, I am saddled with the responsibility of > seeking a genuine foreign account where this money > could be transferred without the knowledge of my > Government who are > bent on taking everything we have got. The > Netherlands Government seems to be playing about > with them.I am faced with dilemma of investing this > amount of money in Netherlands for the fear of going > through the same experience in future since both > countries have similar history. Moreover, the > Netherlands foreign exchange policy does not allow > such investments from asylum seekers. As a > businessman,whom I have entrusted my future and my > family in his hand, I must let you know that this > transaction is risk-free. If you accept to assist me > and my family, all I need you to do for me is to > make arrangement to make a trip to Madrid Spain so > that you can > non-resident account which will aid us in > transferring the money into my account you will > nominate in your country or elsewhere. This money I > intend to use for investment. > > I have options to offer, first you can choose to > have certain percentage of money for nominating your > account for the transaction, or you can go into > partnership with me for a proper profitable > investment of the money in your country. Which > options you choose, feel free to notify me please, > contact me with the above E-mail address or call me > briefly with the above telephone number and I will > call you back for more details on the subject. I > implore you to maintain the absolute secrecy require > in this transaction. > > I wish you the best of luck. > > Thanks and God bless. > Sincerely yours > > MR. NELSON DANDY (JNR.)
It's either:
a) Someone replying (in full dupe mode) to a Nigerian Scam Letter, who somehow managed to get my e-mail address as a Bcc: recipient; or
b) A bizarre variant on the NSL in which it's engineered to appear like someone replying to the NSL in full dupe mode. Perhaps to attract unsuspecting do-gooder recipients of the reply into e-mailing the poor sod who appears to be falling for it, to warn him off. For the purpose of-- what, I don't know. Harvesting a single working e-mail address? Seems like an awful lot of work and social engineering.
One possibility assumes immense moronicity in the people involved. The other assumes a quite astonishing level of Machiavellian plotting and espionage-type forgery.
And these days, thanks to Klez and friends, I honestly don't know which is less plausible.
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