The Nigerian Scam Lives

So, this text is taken verbatim from an email I recently received. (Which was filtered as SPAM, of course.) It's part of what's come to be known as "The Nigerian Scam", apparently because many such scams like this originate in that country. Something to do with rather vague laws and lax, easily-bribed law enforcement.

Anyway, I find it fun sometimes to read an email such as this and have a good laugh. I particularly enjoy the kooky English names, the slightly incoherent grammatical constructions, and the misspellings. (This one, for example, frequently has "is" in place of "his.")

GREETINGS!!!

Compliments of the day!

I and my younger sister write to seek for your assistance; we got your contact

from a noble gentleman that came to our refugee camp who came to give a seminar

about AIDS whom we confronted that we are looking for a God-fearing person that

is when your data was given to us.

I want to introduce myself to you. My name is Gift Zaki and my younger sister

Sarah Zaki a Liberian, my consignment contains More than 18 million United

States dollars and some quantity of gold and Diamond, which I cannot be specify.

The consignments are presently in the State.. The consignment gets to the State

through the help of a Governmental U.N diplomat Dr.DAVID LEE. The fact is that

(DIP) Dr.DAVID LEE is supposed to have delivered this consignment to a man

called Mr. Womack Hardee in the State.

The week (DIP)Dr.DAVID LEE is suppose to deliver the consignment to him, when he

got to the State after clearing the consignment from the Airport, he call Mr.

Womack Hardee to tell him the description to is house for the delivery, but is

wife answered the call and told (DIP) Dr.DAVID LEE that her husband Mr.Womack

Hardee hard a fatal car accident which lead to his death some few hours.

Mr.Womack Hardee has already paid the demurrages from the security company,

he paid for Bullion van that took the consignment to the airport and he paid for

custom check report he also assisted us in getting the Necessary Document

covering the Consignment and Also for the DRUG / ANTI TERRORIST CERTIFICATE,

which is so expensive that he spent 25 thousand dollars to acquire it, but

unfortunately he died in a car accident, that was why (DIP) Dr.DAVID LEE has to

deposit the consignment with a warehouse over there in State and called us to

informed us about what is happening.

Please I and my little sister seek for your help to Contact the Diplomat so that

he can be able to deliver the Consignment to you. I do want you to instruct him

that you have discuses this with us, and you want him to the delivery of your

children consignment to you on time now.you can contact (DIP)Dr.DAVID LEE on

this email address(drdavidlee01@yahoo.com.hk ) and here is also his phone

number, ( 903-375-3093 )

Please, Contact (DIP) Dr.DAVID LEE on time and update me through mail. I await

your urgent response.

Thanks and God bless you

Gift/Sarah Zaki