I got this email today. Obviously a scam. Anyone else see this?

Senator adamu hamed,
14B,Hwallk rake view,
Republic tu Chad.

Email: [email protected]


Date:25/09/2005.


Dear Putnam,

I am senator adamu hamed, a prominent member of
the Council of Ministers at the House of Assembly of the
Republic tu Chad. I decided to write you this letter
based on the trust confinded on your person.

Right now, i have a sum of $23,000,000USD which I
deposited at the Metropolitan Trust Security & Finance Company
in Republic of Nigeria some year ago and Recently, the
government of my country raised a policy and concluded at
frozening any local or foriegn account above 1,000,000USD
that belongs to any member of the house of assembly
as away of reducing the rate of embesulment of the countries
wealth.

As a matter of fact, they have suceeded in confiscating two
Foriegn Accounts belonging to members of the House of
Assembly and so my friend, I ask but only one thing
from you, the asistance to recieve this fund from the
Metropolitan Trust Security & Finance Company as my Foriegn
Partner when moved to you.

As soon as I here from you, I will be travelling to
meet with the Security in Nigeria for your Formal
Introduction as my Foriegn Partner to recieve my Deposit with
them.

After sucessful transaction, you are entitled to 30%
of the whole sum and I will refund any expenses you incure
during the cause of the Transaction.

If you are Intrested and Capable of doing this
business with me, Signify by sending your :

1. full name                 2. Contact Address

3.Direct telephone number    4. Idenification of
yourself

to my private email: [email protected]

THANKS

Senator Adamu.

I haven't seen that exact one, but I do occasionally get them.  What I find really weird is I only get them at my Hushmail address.

I get at least two a day. different names and problems.

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I haven't used my Hushmail in a few weeks.  Just went to get you my standard reply, and this arrived 2 Sep 2005. The few people that have my address call me when they send something.

Bills & Exchange Manager Union Bank of Nigeria Suit 23, Pentagon Plaza 72 Allen Avenue Ikeja Lagos state-Nigeria. Dear Friend, I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account.Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.I am an american residence in Nigeria and the manager of the above named bank. PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of (Twenty Million United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds (Twenty Million United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin. It may interest you to note that we have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following; 1. Your Full Names and Address. 2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers. These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 3 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us. Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for us for investment purposes in your country. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email. Best regards, DR WINSLEY SMITH.

This is my standard reply - I modify it to fit the received email.  Feel free to use all or part of it.

I apologize for the late reply; I was out of the country on business. How unfortunate the tragic death of Engineer Liang Shaiming and his family. I certainly do appreciate your efforts at locating any heirs prior to contacting me. As Director of Securities, you are no doubt intimately familiar with the complex international laws regarding the transfer of this large sum of monies. In order to protect my interests, I will need the following from you: 1. Verification of funds. Please provide me the name, address, telephone number and account number of the financial institution where the funds are maintained. My attorney will then verify that the funds are available. 2. Next, I will need the name, address and telephone number of your corporate attorney. 3. I will provide your attorney with the information necessary to contact my attorney. 4. I will then require an international cashier's check in the amount of $25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand dollars). My attorney will provide the transfer details. These funds will be a sign of good faith on your part, and will be used to cover any miscellaneous expenses on my part. These funds will also be used to send a representative from my organization to meet personally with your representative in order to complete the transfer of funds in a more formal manner. I always prefer face-to-face meetings when dealing with such a lucrative event. Your $25,000.00 will be returned to you upon the completion of our transactions. I'm looking forward to our business partnership. Sincerely, Backstop

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