It appears that, since they began appearing uninvited in our email inboxen, the 'Nigeria 419' scam has become so common a thing that many people have been doing what spammers recommend we do to their eTurds if we don't like them -- 'just hit the "delete" key'.

And, apparently, that doesn't sit too well with some of the Lads from Lagos -- as we can tell from this variant that I recently received.

Anyway, Without Further Ado: The spam!

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WHOIS says this address is registered to ipplanet.net, out of -- you guessed it -- Lagos, Nigeria. It figures...

From:THE OFFICE OF MR.M.G JOHN,(K.T.T UNIT) DIRECTOR
OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA(C.B.N)CH47/NCN6/01G/004
Tel:223288324,E-Mail:

ATTN:

Hmmm... a Very Important Person with a bank in Nigera, with an email address from Italy, using an IP in Lagos, and an email service out of Jackson TN. A really international scam, this is.

NOTE: THE INFORMATION IN THIS MESSAGE AND IN ANY
ATTACHMENTS, CONTAINS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION AND IS INTENDED SOLELY FOR
THE
ATTENTION AND USE OF THE NAMED ADDRESSEE (S).IT MUST NOT BE DISCLOSED TO ANY
PERSON(S) WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION. IF YOU ARE NOT THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, OR A
PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR DELIVERING IT TO THE INTENDED RECIPIENT, YOU ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED TO AND MUST NOT, DISCLOSE, OPY,DISTRIBUTE, OR RETAIN THIS MESSAGE
OR ANY PART OF IT.

I guess that means I can't, like, post it on a web site? Oopsie, my bad.

RE: UNPAID CONTRACT SUM

After waiting to hear from you or your Nigeria partners for a long time now,
I decided to make this direct approach to you in other not to let it be as if
I have anything in mind against you.

This is the first I have heard of you, but go on...

I do not know if you have asked yourself why each time the release of these
fund is approved, all of a sudden, the payment will be stopped or one
problem or the other will come up. If you have not asked this question or you
do not know, this is an opportunity for me to tell you.

I haven't asked because, well, it's the way the scam is supposed to go, isn't it? You keep stringing the mark along, getting him to pay you more and more $$$$MONEY$$$$$ in fees, but never coming through with the dough.

Some time ago, your Nigerian friend I mean the people that introduced you to
the project approached me through my dear Wife who works with the federal
Ministry of Finance and requested me to assist them conclude a money
transfer deal they had with you,they requested me to assist them by removing
the original contractors name, companys name and bank particulars from Central
bank of Nigeria (CBN) vetting computer and replacing them with your name and
your bank details in order to make you appear as the rightful beneficiary of
this funds.

Sounds like fraud to me...

I agreed on condition that they will pay me $100,000 as soon as your name
appears as the beneficiary.I did as agreed and demanded to be paid but your
friends started telling me tories. They even told me that you promise to
send money to me. Do you know that up till now, I have not received a single
cent from them and have not set my eyes on any of them. Based on their
attitude,
I
decided to stop the funds release movement because I cannot be denied of my
right in my own office considering the risk as it might affect my job.
Secondly, I know the source of the funds and you did not execute any
contract in Nigeria, although I am the only person privileged to know this
information and it is a fact.

You mean, they are scamming you, too? Who woulda thunk?

Why I am making this clear to you is that I can see that you are still
making efforts spending money in order to conclude this project. Now I am
ready to forget the past, I do not need the $100,000 any longer from you but a
share of 25% of the total sum. I need your assurance that those your olleagues
will be totally keep outof this transaction, I know that none of them is aware
of this transaction after trying their best to conclude it without my consent.

So, you are ready to double-cross the scammers? How convenient.

Finally, I need your promise that no official of the Central bank of Nigeria
will be aware of my involvement in this regard. Now re-assure me that you
will be willing to offer me the 25% of the fund, that you will assist my wife
and personal assistant to establish a foreign account in your country where my
share will be lodged.

So, if I pay you some $$$$MONEY$$$$$, don't tell your colleagues at the office of your doings, and help your wife move funds out of the country, you'll let me participate in this thing?

If you are ready to conclude this business with me,you can contact me
immediately on (EMAIL:) so that we can have chat over this issue once and
for all so that we can move forward. But if the reverse is the case, do not
bother yourself to reach me.

Please, go through this proposaland reply to me, through my private mail
box, my mail is () please don't fall to reply me in this box
four security reasons

Regards,

MR.MAHMOOD G. JOHN,

'Four' security reasons? I wonder what they are?

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And, as the icing on the cake, he really does send this from a free email (read: throwaway) account.

As I said, it is 'the next phase' in the Nigeria 419. In this instance, the scammer is trying to convince you (the potential sucker mark that you are already involved in a scam, or that you have been contacted in error, and is hoping your curiosity will be piqued as a result. Same scam, different verse. If you see one of these, you can delete it. Then DELETE IT AGAIN!!!1

And remember, as I always say, if it walks like a duck, and it quacks like a duck, and it smells like a duck... DUCK!