So here's another Nigerian scam email. It's the first I've read about a 'ghostly' accident involving one of my more far-flung kin (presumably) but the rest, I'm sure, is the same down to the part where I contact the guy and sign over all of my worldly possessions in a fit of greed. Oh wait, I don't do that sort of thing. Perhaps one of the other several hundred Lietzes with "the same nationality" will succumb.
In an unrelated note, I'm thinking of organizing an airlift of lowercase letters to Africa.
FROM THE DESK OF (BARRISTER, USMAN BELLO) SOLICITORS AND ADVOCATE #16 CANAL STREET IKOYI (LAGOS NIGERIA.) EMAIL: [barrister_usman_bello1@yahoo.com ATTN: LIETZ BEFORE I START, I MUST FIRST APOLOGIZE FOR THIS UNSOLICITED MAIL TO YOU I AM AWARE THAT THIS IS CERTAINLY AN UNCONVENTIONAL APPROACH TO STARTING A RELATIONSHIP, BUT AS TIME GOES ON YOU WILL REALIZE THE NEED FOR MY ACTION. MY NAME IS BAR.USMAN BELLO, A SOLICITOR AND THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY TO MR.MARTIN LIETZ, A CITIZEN OF YOUR COUNTRY,WHO WORKED WITH AN OIL COMPANY IN NIGERIA.HERE IN AFTER REFERRED TO AS MY CLIENT. ON THE 21ST OF APRIL 2000, MY CLIENT, HIS WIFE AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN A GHOSTLY MOTOR ACCIDENT ALONG SAGAMU EXPRESS ROAD. MY CLIENT AND HIS ENTIRE FAMILY UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ACCIDENT. SINCE THEN I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ENQUIRIES TO YOUR EMBASSY TO LOCATE ANY OF MY CLIENT'S EXTENDED RELATIVES, WHICH HAS PROVED ABORTIVE AFTER THESE SEVERAL UNSUCESSFUL ATTEMPTS, THE NEED TO CONTACT YOU. MY MAIN REASON FOR CONTACTING YOU IS TO ASSIST ME INREPATRIATING THE MONEY AND PROPERTY LEFT BEHIND BY MY CLIENT BEFORE THEY ARE CONFISCATED OR DECLARED UNSERVICEABLE BY THE BANK WHERE THEY ARE DEPOSITED/LODGED. PARTICULARLY,THE UNION BANK OF (NIG) PLC. WHERE THE DECEASED HAS A FIXED SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS.THE SAID BANK HAS ISSUED ME A FINAL NOTICE TO PROVIDE THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT OR THEY WILL BE LEFT WITH NO OTHER CHOICE THAN TO CONFISCATE HIS FUNDS, A COPY OF THE SAID NOTICE WHICH I WILL FAX TO YOU ON GETTING YOUR REPLY. SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING MY CLIENT'S RELATIVES FOR THE PAST 2 YEARS NOW I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF MY CLIENT GOING BY THE FACT THAT BOTH OF YOU HAS THE SAME NATIONALITY , SO THAT THE SAID FUNDS AS STATED ABOVE I.E, THE SUM OF EIGHTEEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS CAN BE PAID TO YOU INSTEAD OF LEAVING FOR UNION BANK OF (NIG) PLC. WE CAN TAKE PART OF IT AND LEAVE THE REST TO CHARITY. I HAVE ALL NECESSARY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BEUSED TO BACK UP ANY CLAIM WE MAY MAKE ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION TO ENABLE US SEE THIS ARRANGMENT THROUGH I GUARANTEE THAT THIS WILL BE EXECUTED UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WILL PROTECT YOU FROM ANY BREACH OF THE LAW. PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR CONFIDENTAIL PHONE/FAX NUMBERS SO THAT I CAN FAX TO YOU ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN THE BANK AND ME. EMAIL: [barrister_usman_bello1@yahoo.com BEST REGARDS, BARRISTER USMAN BELLO[ESQ]