-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 This is the infmaous Nigrerian scam. Do not fall for it. On Monday 19 August 2002 04:38 pm, Prince Tamuno Daniels wrote: > Dear Sir, > > > Compliments of the day to you and I hope this mail gets to you in > good health. First and foremost, I must introduce myself to you. I am > princetamuno daniels, the first son of His Royal Highness Late Chief > ogheneovo daniels , the erstwhile ruler of Ogoni land. You might be > wondering about the purpose of my sending this mail to you. > > The reason is not far fetched. As you might have heard over the years, > Nigeria being an oil-rich country has numerous multinational oil > prospecting companies operating within her shores. Of all the > numerous oil companies includes Shell Petroleum that operates largely > in our kingdom being one of the richest deposits of crude petroleum > in the country. > > The operation of Shell Petroleum greatly devastated the Ogoni > environment and left the farmlands reduced to rubbish. This led to > numerous uprising by the youths of the land, this culminated into the > killing of some leaders that were thought to be dubious (that was > when my father was killed). The erstwhile military dictator then saw > to the execution of the nine prominent Ogoni leaders that led the > gruesome uprising. This decision was greeted by criticisms from the > entire world. But now everything is over and we now have a civilian > government. > > After the death of my father (His Royal Highness), I > stumbled on some of the documents of my father which happens to be > one of the agreements reached by Shell and four Ogoni leaders with my > father being the head for a compensation to the tune of twenty seven > million United States Dollars (US$27,000,000.00) to the land for the > enormous destruction to the farmlands. After series of deliberations > and consultations, this amount was paid to the community through > their board of trustees headed by my late father. > > The fund was thereafter fraudulently diverted and deposited with a > security company in europe to be claimed with a foreign interest > whose particulars was left blank. The reason for this is that my late > father was intended to provide the name of a foreign partner before > his abrupt demise. Consequently, after the death of my father, the > new appointed leader instituted a probe into the affairs of the late > leaders and I made it a point of duty to attend the public hearing of > the committee. To my greatest delight, there was no trace linked to > this money of which I am in possession of the certificate of deposit, > meaning that the community has assumed that the fund must been used > fraudulently and embezzled by the dead men. Since my family is very > much under spotlight, I shall find it very difficult to travel > outside our land, which necessitates me to have a link outside > Nigeria. > > Therefore going by the above background, I solicit your help to act > as the foreign interest, I shall make available to you the documents > of claim to facilitate the release of the fund to you as the > beneficiary from the security company. The exercise is simple and > straightforward without any difficulties/risks as I have already > opened discussions with the security company as the heir apparent to > the throne of Ogoni land, being the first son of my late father and > also the adjudged next of kin. > > For your troubles and help, you shall be duly compensated with 25% of > the total amount (US$6,750,000.00) while I will be entitled to 75% > US$20,250,000.00) of the fund being the owner of the fund. Should > you be interested in this proposal, please send me an e-mail code > named CONFIDENTIAL on the above address so that I can brief you on > how to proceed. > > Your urgent response would be highly appreciated. > > Thank you. > > Regards, > Prince tamuno daniels. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Ataraid-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ataraid-list - -- John Burton, Ph.D. Principal Associate GATS, Inc. j.c.burton@xxxxxxxxxxxx 11864 Canon Blvd - Suite 101 jcb@xxxxxxxx (personal) Newport News, VA 23606 (757) 873-5920 (voice) (757) 873-5924 (fax) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE9YjcXOw+BDg//vTwRAriAAJwKsI/GiND3hQ78GDveEUib0ZB9nwCg29de q/JZhSgsKd+CM3GWjICTKak= =+Hdd -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----