I got my very own copy of a venerable Nigerian “419 Fraud” message in my inbox this morning, asking for my help in landering $26 million bucks from illegal oil deals. Whoo boy, I can’t wait until my ill-gotten gains start rolling in!

Excerpts from the message are below:

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

ATTN: PARTNER,

Through some discreet inquiries from our Chambers of

Commerce, you and your organization were revealed as

being quite astute in private entrepreneur….

…This business involves the remittance of US$26.5

million (Twenty Six Million, Five Hundred Thousand

dollars) only into your bank account from our apex

bank where this fund has been lying idle in a suspense

account. The money accrued through deliberate

over-invoicing of old project executed for the

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation by some

foreign firms…

…We have worked out this scheme to benefit us along

with any foreign partner who obliges us the materials

and channel to transfer out the fund into his/her

nominated account with a view to travelling down to

meet you thereafter so that we can have our share…

The deal is that I call Nigeria, in a sweat to get my taste of this pile of cash, and start forking over “Transfer fees” and other money. I know a woman in the Secret Service who, until recently, was assigned to the Nigerian fraud team. Now that she’s off, it’s all going to hell!