[RT] Latest Nigerian Scams

["Ray Raffurty" <r.raffurty@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi All RT's,
 
This is from CBS Market Watch.  Appologies to 
those who may have already received it.  I know no RT'er would fall for 
this so have a good laff.
 
Good luck and good trading,
 
Ray Raffurty
 
 

SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) - President 
Bush's corporate-crime speech failed to rally Wall Street, but it may yet prove 
inspirational - to con artists borrowing on a long-successful 
scam.

  
  
    
      
        
        
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Surely you've received this e-mail solicitation, or at least heard of it: 

"I know this message will come as a surprise since we've never had any 
previous correspondence. I am Waheed Mohammed, financial controller of the 
Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC) and a director in its Lagos office. We 
are seeking your assistance in the transfer of the sum of $50 million to your 
bank account for further investment."
Who'd buy that, right? Yet the gullible worldwide bought into various 
versions of the Nigeria pitch -- and lost millions in responding to faxed and 
emailed queries over the last decade. 
If that lame come-on can attract guileless investors, imagine what these 
following e-mails could rake in on the heels of Bush's speech. While they're 
entirely fictitious, they're designed to appeal to U.S. investors looking to put 
their money anywhere but in stocks: