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For what is a day without spam?

I just had to include this. After years of waiting, I finally recieved the famous Nigerian Business Proposal scam in my email inbox.

Here, for you education and amusement, I've included the text in full.

  **Engr. WILSON OSARO**

  Treasury Department
  Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation
  Tel: +234 80 231 22537.

  PERSONAL


  Dear sir,


  I am WILSON OSARO a Treasury Officer in the Nigerian National
  Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and a close associate of the immediate
  past Minister of Petroleum Resources.

  The Minister has mandated me to transfer the sum of US$88 millions
  recovered from an over-invoiced contracts involving the Nigerian
  National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) into several private accounts
  in Europe and United States. A total sum of US$73,700,000.00 has
  been transferred before the emergence of this present Civilian
  Administration, leaving the balance of US$14,300,000.00.

  I have made proper arrangement/documentation to transfer the balance
  which is retained in a coded account of the NNPC with the Central
  Bank of Nigeria. We are soliciting that you help us to receive the
  fund in trust. We cannot complete this transaction smoothly without
  the participation of a foreign partner who would provide an account
  where the funds could be lodged. Since it is a contract payment, the
  funds must be remitted to a foreign account. The remittance of the
  funds requires little documentation that would be completed as soon
  as you provide us with a secured bank account where you may wish to
  receive the money.

  There is no risk involved on your part in this transaction since the
  former Minister and I have covered this transaction with adequate
  contract and external credit documents from the beginning.

  What we require from you by telephone or fax are viz:

  (i) Acceptance letter of this offer

  (ii) Your company name and your confidential telephone and fax
  numbers

  (iii) Convincing Honesty, Trustworthiness and Willingness to abide
  by the requirements of this proposal paramount of which is
  CONFIDENTIALITY

  We have agreed that you will retain 20% of the entire
  US$14,300,000.00 for your effort in this transaction, 70% for us
  partners here in Nigeria and the remaining 10% will be used for
  defrayal of incidental cost in the course of this transfer.

  Please reply urgently by email,fax or telephone as above,we expect
  that the transaction will not take more than ten working days. And
  please note that this transaction must be top secret.

  Best Regards


  WILSON OSARO
  Treasury Dept.
  NNPC