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DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

My good friend Danjuma from the Bank of Lagos emailed me offering a promise of my share of $20m (US) dollars of money that was currently stranded in Nigeria! Clearly I've always wanted a shot at seeing how long I could keep these guys interested for, and to what extremities of stupidity I could take them. I realise it's not exactly an original idea, places such as Something awful have done this shit many times over, but still I wanted to try it my way.

I actually bcc'ed my replies to a fair few of my friends, however most of them got quarantined as their mail servers identified the contents as spam. I guess that's encouraging, even if it meant they did miss out on the fun (and on their share of $20m US! fs!!!!!1223455)

As it turned out poor Danjuma got his mailbox cancelled after a couple of emails. Which was a shame. I guess in a way it's kind of reassuring that enough people know by now that it's a scam and actually reported him - I mean hey, it only took us about 3 years to get to this point in terms of Internet user intelligence. So anyway, heres the transcript of what did transpire for your amusement.

The first email came from my good Friend Danjuma one morning:

From: "danjuma hassan"
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 10:55PM
Subject: letter of intent

FROM THE DESK OF: MR. DANJUMA HASSAN UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. VICTORIA ISLAND BRANCH LAGOS.

DEAR SIR/MADAM, FIRST, I MUST SOLICIT YOUR CONFIDENCE IN THIS TRANSACTION, THIS IS BY VIRTUE OF IT'S NATURE AS BEIGN UTTERLY CONFIDENCIAL AND TOP SECRET. THOUGH I KNOW THAT ALL WILL BE WELL AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU DUE TO THE URGENCY OF THIS TRANSACTION AS WE FEEL THAT YOU MAY HAVE THE ABILITY TO HANDLE SUCH TRANSACTION.

LET ME START BY INTRODUCING MYSELF TO YOU, I AM MR. DANJUMA IBRAHIM HASSAN AN ACCOUNTANT WITH UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. LAGOS. I CAME TO KNOW YOU IN MY PRIVATE SEARCH FOR A RELIABLE AND REPUTABLE PERSON TO HANDLE THIS CONFIDENCIAL BUSINESS TRANSACTION.

THE PREPOSITION:

A FOREIGNER, LATE ENGR. DAHLIG MITCHELL, AN OIL MARCHANT/CONTRACTOR WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERA UNTIL HIS DEATH IN KOREAN AIR FLIGHT 801, WHICH CRASHED IN GUAM ON AUGUST 1997, BANKED WITH US HERE AT UNION BANK P.L.C, VICTORIA ISLAND BRANCH AND HAD A CLOSING BALANCE OF US$20.5M (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) WHICH THE BANK UNQUESTIONABLY EXPECTS IT TO BE CLAIMED BY ANY AVAILABLE FOREIGN NEXT OF KIN OF THE LATE BENEFICIARY OR ALTERNATIVELY BE DONATED TO A DISCREDITED TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION AT A MILITARY WAR COLLEGE HERE IN NIGERIA.

FERVENTLY, VALUABLE EFFORT WERE MADE BY THE UNION BANK TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANY OF THE MITCHELL'S FAMILY OR RELATIVE BUT PROVED TO NO AVAIL. IT IS BECAUSE OF THE PERCEIVED POSSIBLY OF NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE ANY OF THE LATE ENGR. DAHLIG MITCHELL'S NEXT OF KIN (HE HAD NO WIFE AND CHILDREN) THAT THE MANAGEMENT UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF OUR CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARDS OF DIRECTOR, RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL KALU UKE KALU, THAT AN ARRANGEMENT BE MADE FOR THE FUNDS TO BE DECLARED UNCLAIMABLE AND SUBSEQUENTLY BE DONATED TO THE TRUST FUND FOR ARMS AND AMMUNITION TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COURSE OF WAR IN AFRICA AND THE WORLD IN GENERAL AS STATED IN THE OUR FINANCIAL CONSTITUTION THAT ANY UNCLAIMED DEPOSITED FUND AFTER FOUR YEARS BE CONVERTED.

IN ORDER TO AVERT THIS NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT, SOME OF MY TRUSTED COLLEGUES AND I NOW SEEK YOUR PERMISSION TO HAVE YOU STAND AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN TO ENGR. DAHLIG MITCHELL SO THAT THE FUNDS US$ 20.5M (TWENTY MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS) WOULD BE RELEASED AND PAYED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS THE BENEFICIARY NEXT OF KIN. ALL DOCUMENTS AND PROVES TO ENABLE YOU GET THIS FUND WILL BE CAREFUL WORKED OUT AND MORE SO WE ARE, ASSURING YOU A 100% RISK FREE INVOLVMENT. YOUR SHARE STAYS WHILE THE REST WILL BE FOR MYSELF AND MY COLLEGUE FOR INVESTMENT PURPOSE IN YOUR COUNTRY. IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ALL RIGHT BY YOU THEN KINDLY GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

THANKING YOU IN ANTICIPATION OF YOUR COOPERATION.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. DANJUMA IBRAHIM HASSAN (ACCOUNTANT UNION BANK PLC)

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I loved the all caps approach. I didnt know how to interpret the spelling mistakes and typos - whether he was trying to come off as someone who didn't speak english, or whether he didn't and was trying to come off as someone who did. Either way, I had to reply. So I whipped up a quick fake email account on my domain, and sent it off.

My reply:

From: DANJUMA.HARALLENAPANOMPEL@MERAUDERWEB.COM
To: danjuhas@hknetmail.com
bcc: (craploads of my friends)

Date: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 09:27PM
Subject: Re: letter of intent

DEAR MR HASSAN,

THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONTACT ME IN REGARDS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED TRANSACTION. IT PLEASES ME GREATLY THAT YOU WOULD EXTEND SUCH TRUST IN MY GENERAL DIRECTION. IN THE WORLD SUCH AS IT IS TODAY THIS IS NOT AN EVENT THAT IS HAPPENING VERY OFTEN AND SO WHEN INDEED THE WORLD TURNS AS IT HAS TO ME ON THIS DAY I TAKE GREAT PLEASURE IN OBSERVING SUCH EVENTS.

UPON RECEIPT OF YOUR LETTER OF INTENT I HAD INTENDED TO REPLY WITH A LETTER OF INTENT REGARDING MY INTENTION TO REPLY. HOWEVER AFTER THE CONTENTS OF YOUR LETTER SUNK IN FULLY I THEN REALISED THAT THERE WAS NO TIME TO WASTE AND I SHOULD SIMPLY GET IN TOUCH WITH YOU AS SOON AS POSSIBLE SO WE MAY MOVE FORWARD.

LET ME PAUSE BEFORE BEGINNING TO STRESS THAT I HAVE TAKEN EXTREME MEASURES TO ENSURE THE CONFIDENTIALLY OF OUR CORRESPONDENCE.

I AM TAKING IT AS AN OMEN OF SPIRITUAL CONFIDENCE THAT WE SHARE THE SAME FIRST NAME. MY FATHER NAMED ME DANJUMA AFTER A FORTUNATE INCIDENT INVOLVING A MAGICAL CRICKET THAT ONCE LIVED OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF OUR HOUSE. THE CRICKET WOULD RUB HIS LEGS WITH GLEE EVERY NIGHT KEEPING MY MOTHER AWAKE UNTIL SHE EVENTUALLY WENT MAD AND RAN FOR MANY NIGHTS KILLING THOUSANDS OF CRICKETS. THIS DELIGHTED MY FATHER SO MUCH AND UPON THAT NIGHT HE NAMED ME DANJUMA. ANYWAY, I THINK IT IS REDUNDANT TO STATE THAT I AM INTERESTED IN PROCEEDING IN A NATURE THAT CAN ASSIST YOU IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE IN REGARDS TO THE AFOREMENTIONED TRANSACTION.

I HAD NOT HEARD OF DAHLIG MITCHELL BUT I ONCE KNEW MANY PEOPLE WHO ALSO WORKED AS OIL MARCHANTS/CONTACTORS AND ALL OF THOSE WERE GREAT PEOPLE. MY FRIEND FROM SCOTLAND NAMED CABOWABO (ONLY TO HIS FRIENDS) AND HIS FRIEND MORT FROM THE BROADBAND FREE REGION OF BRECHIN WERE GREAT ALLIES OF MINE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, AND IT IS DUE TO THIS CONNECTION TO OIL MARCHANTS THAT I FEEL EVEN MORE POSITIVE ABOUT PROCEEDING HENCEFORTH IN THIS TRANSACTION WITH YOU AND UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC. LAGOS.

THE NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENT YOU SPEAK OF IS INDEED MOST UNDESIRABLE AND ALL ACTION TO STOP FUNDS RELATED TO ARMS MUST BE TAKEN AT ANY COST. THERE IS MUCH NEGATIVE DEVELOPING GOING ON IN THE WORLD AT THE MOMENT, AND I WOULD TAKE IT AS A MATTER OF PERSONAL PRIDE AND HONOR ENHANCEMENT TO KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO HELP IN ANY AREA OF REDUCING THAT DEVELOPMENT.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT THE FIRST STAGES WE MUST EMBARK UPON TO PREVENT NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS WOULD BE REGARDING THE DOCUMENTS AND PROVES REQUIRED TO HAVE ME STAND AS NEXT OF KIN. PLEASE ADVISE AS TO WHAT STEPS SHOULD BE TAKEN NEXT TO KICKSTART THIS PROCESS. MY HALF BROTHER WAS A SENIOR PROCESS REVISION CONSULTANT WITH A TOP INTERNATIONAL FIRM, AND HAS SOME GOOD ADVICE REGARDING TRANSACTIONS SUCH AS THIS. HE ALWAYS USED TO ADVISE ME (BEFORE HIS UNTIMELY DEATH BY THE HANDS OF A DRUNKEN SNOW MACHINE OPERATOR) THAT A WHITEBOARD VIRTUAL ROI STRATEGY SHOULD BE FOLLOWED, WITH THE INTENTION TO GROW NEXT GENERATION PORTALS USING INCENTIVIZE VALUE-ADDED INFOMEDIARIES. HE ALSO SAID THAT THESE POLICIES WERE IMPLEMENTED WITH THE INTENTION TO EMPLOWER INITIATIVES AND SEIZE WORLD CLASS MINDSHARE ACTIVITIES AND THAT WHEN FOLLOWED PROPERLY THEY CAN INCUBATE PROPERLY AND ENCOURAGE EFFICIENT MINDSHARE. AT THE TIME WHEN HE SHARED THESE GEMS WITH ME I THOUGHT THAT HIS MEDICATION HAD BEEN CHANGED AGAIN BY OUR FAMILY DOCTOR, AND I HAD NO IDEA AS TO WHAT GEMS OF KNOWLEDGE HE WAS TRYING TO IMPART ON MYSELF. PERHAPS I AM STILL UNSURE, BUT I KNOW THAT HIS WORDS WERE ALWAYS HEEDED BY THE COMPANIES FOR WHICH HE WORKED, AND THAT HIS ADVICE DROVE THEM TO CONSTANT SUCCESS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE AREAS OF BUSINESS. IT WOULD GIVE ME MUCH PLEASURE TO BE ABLE TO TELL HIM IN MY PRAYERS THAT HIS KNOWLEDGE HAS HELPED US IN OUR MISSION OF REDUCING NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD.

PLEASE RESPOND WITH INFORMATION REQUIRED IN ORDER TO PROCEED. I AWAIT YOUR NEXT LETTER OF INTENT WITH MUCH EAGERNESS.

WISHING YOU A PLEASANT DAY FREE OF RAMPAGING SANDFLIES AND OTHER SUCH UNFORTUNATE AND DISCOMFORT CAUSING EVENTS.

YOURS SINCERELY,

DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL

What a piece of luck that my name was also Danjuma! I wasn't sure how to pitch the first email, and to whether it seemed a bit too stupid. I included random quotes about my drunken brother, who had obviously read the Merauderweb mission statement. I also included a nice story of how I got the same name as him. My favorite bit was my paragraph regarding my intention to send a letter of intention expressing my intent to reply to his letter of intent.

All things considered I wondered if it was a bit stupid, however, I got a reply back pretty damn quickly.

From: danjuhas@hknetmail.com
To: DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 01:53AM
Subject: Re: letter of intent

Dear Danjuma Harallenapanompel,

Thanks for your reply, and I hope to execute this deal with you. How are you today, business and everything, hope fine? I want to thank you greatly for your kind interest and willingness, what we need from you is to assist us in claiming this US$20,500,000.00 been deposited in our bank by late Engr Dahlig Mitchell. We want to secure this fund and use it for a better investment instead of the managment of our bank declaring it to the war college for purchasing of amunation that will be used for the distruction of lives and properties.

Remember that you will be presented as the next of kin to the late depositor, we will secure on your behalf every document to proof you a legitimate next of kin depositor. An affidavit of claim will be obtained on your name from the Federal High Court here, which will present you as a legal next of kin, after we register and file a WILL/TESTAMENT on your favour in the probate. You will help us to invest our share into a profitable business there in your Country. You are gauranteed 100% risk free involvement in this deal as we will be guilding you on every step to be taken, your presence here in Nigeria will not be needed before this fund will be transfered into the bank account that you will provide. All that we need from you is your maximum assistance both morally and otherwise, and you are to act as we will instruct you to do.

Now for this transaction to come true, send to us the requested informations as stated in my previous mail (proposal), such as your full name and address, tel/fax numbers, the bank name, address, swift/sorting code or Routing no. and account no. of the bank for the smooth transfer of the fund.

For us to see a hitch free one, it goes thus:

(1) confidentiality: this is highly needed thereby keeping sealed lips in every step taken you should not disclose this business to anybody until the money is confirmed in your account. I and my colleagues will be in your country with the original documents covering the money before the money get to your account, then we can be able to go into sharing of the money tentatively and you will introduce us to a lucrative business in your country were our share will be invested.

(2) terms and conditions: for rendering these services, we have decided that 25% of the total sum will be given to you, 70% will be for us, while the remaining 5% would be set out for local and international expenses incurred during the course of the transaction.

(3) constant communication: you should always get in touch with me to know the next step to be taken However, to know the progress of the deal.

(4) co-operation: you should act accordingly thereby working like a team to achieve success in this deal.

my friend, we are giving you trust in this deal and promise that we will not disappoint you in any form, you should also trust us and act as we instruct you. I will want you to send to me very urgent the above menthioned info. after reading this mail.

Feel free to contact me on this tel number 234-803-306-1104 for more oral clarification, this deal desires utmost confidentiality, please make sure that you call me today as soon as you recieve this mail.

God bless you and waiting to hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

Danjuma Hassan

NB: send your phone number, for immediate contact for oral discussion

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HKNETMAIL.COM Free WEB MAIL Service by HKNET

Woah there, what a lot of demand for oral clarification! This email has even more mistakes and grammatical errors than the first one. Some of my favorites included "For us to see a hitch free one, it goes thus: " and the great sentence constructed in his point #3!

I was beginning to wonder how in the hell people actually fall for this crap, and thinking that if they're stupid enough to send their details to these people that perhaps they might deserve to be taken for a nice long ride. Anyway I wasn't quite ready for oral clarification yet, we'd only just met! So I decided to ask for a little bit of clarification, Danjuma to Danjuma:

From: DANJUMA.HARALLENAPANOMPEL@MERAUDERWEB.COM
To: danjuhas@hknetmail.com
bcc: (craploads of my friends)

Date: Thursday, July 31, 2003 08:15PM
Subject: Re: letter of intent

DEAR MR HASSAN,

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PROMPT REPLY TO MY EMAIL. YOUR SWIFTNESS FILLS ME WITH GREAT CONFIDENCE REGARDING OUR TRANSACTION.

FIRST OFF LET ME APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY IN REPLYING TO YOU. I RECEIVED YOU LETTER QUITE SOME TIME AGO, HOWEVER THERE WERE SOME VERY STRANGE DELAYS IN REGARDS TO THE POWER AROUND MY AREA. IT SEEMS THAT A YOUNG MAN WAS RECEIVING ORAL PLEASURES FROM HIS GIRLFRIEND WHILST HE WAS DRIVING WHICH CAUSED HIM TO CRASH INTO A POWER POLE. THIS MEANT THAT I WAS UNABLE TO ACCESS MY EMAIL IN ORDER TO REPLY TO YOU, A MATTER WHICH CAUSED GREAT CONCERN TO MYSELF. I DID ALSO ATTEMPT TO VISIT A LOCAL INTERNET CAFE IN ORDER TO SEND MY REPLY, HOWEVER THE ONLY ONE IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD WAS TEMPORARILY CLOSED DUE TO SOME MEAT PRODUCTS CALLED SPAM OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. THE MAN WAS VERY RUDE WHEN I TRIED TO EXPLAIN IT WAS URGENT (BUT DO NOT WORRY I REMAINED CONFIDENTIAL IN REGARDS TO THE CONTENT OF THE EMAIL I NEEDED TO SEND). ANYHOW THESE EVENTS HAVE LEAD TO A DELAY IN MY SENDING THIS REPLY AND FOR THAT I AM VERY SORRY.

THERE IS HOWEVER ONE THING THAT TROUBLES ME. A WISE PHILOSIPHER ONCE SAID THAT EMAIL IS A WINDOW INTO A MANS SOUL. WHEN WE READ AN EMAIL FROM THEM, WE ARE LOOKING INTO HIS SPIRIT. YOUR FIRST EMAIL FILLED ME WITH CONFIDENCE, AND WAS DELIVERED BOLDY IN A MANNER THAT PORTRAYED STRENGTH AND CONVICTION BY USING CAPITALS. YOUR LATEST EMAIL HOWEVER DOES NOT. CAN YOU PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY THE SUDDEN CHANGE AS IT CONFUSES ME GREATLY.

I HAVE DRAWN PERSONAL REFERENCE TO THE ITEM LISTED AS YOUR REFERENCE #1, IE, THE NATURE OF CONFIDENTIALITY. LET ME PLEASE RE-STATE THAT I AM VERY EXPERIENCED INDEED IN REGARDS TO KEEPING THINGS OF A CONFIDENTIAL NATURE IN THAT STATE, SO THERE IS NO NEED TO RE-EMPHASISE THAT POINT, UNLESS THERE IS SOMETHING YOU EXPERIENCE IN MY CONDUCT THAT YOU WISH TO REVISE IN REGARDS TO MY CURRENT OPERATING PROCEDURE. IN FACT, I WISH TO ASK A QUESTION OF YOURSELF, AND I ASK THAT YOU ANSWER THIS QUESTION SINCERELY, HAS MY CONFIDENTIALITY AND CONDUCT THUS FAR BEEN ACCEPTABLE?

IN REGARDS TO THE ITEM LISTED (AGAIN YOUR REFERENCE NUMBER IS USED) AS #2. I FIND THESE PERCENTAGES TO BE ACCEPTABLE INDEED. HOWEVER AGAIN I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR FURTHER CLARIFICATION ON A COUPLE OF SMALL DETAILS. FIRSTLY I WOULD LIKE TO CONFIRM DETAILS OF THESE EXPENSES - DO YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE A SHORT ITEMIZED LIST THAT WOULD CONFIRM WHERE THIS 5% GOES? THE SUM OF $1,025,000 IS INDEED A LOT OF MONEY AND I WOULD SLEEP BETTER IN MY BED MADE OF SYNTHETIC STRAW (LOCAL CUSTOM) KNOWING A FEW MORE DETAILS AS TO THE DESTINATION OF THESE FUNDS. ALSO YOU MENTIONED RE-INVESTMENT IN MY COUNTRY, THIS IS AN EXCELLENT IDEA - HAVE YOU ANY IDEAS AS TO WHAT AREAS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY YOU WISH TO INVEST IN?

MOVING NEXT TO POINT #3, AND I WILL ONCE AGAIN APOLOGISE FOR THE DELAY IN SENDING THIS EMAIL. IT WILL NOT HAPPEN AGAIN AS THE MAN IN QUESTION IS ON THE NEWS NOW AND HE IS BEING HELD IN POLICE CUSTODY FOR A VERY LONG TIME! I FEEL THAT OUR POWER POLES ARE NOW ONCE AGAIN SAFE FROM TYRANY AND NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS. SO DO NOT WORRY COMMUNICATION WILL BE CONSTANT FROM THIS POINT FORWARDS.

POINT 4 OF CO-OPERATION IS AN EASY ONE. WHEN I WAS A YOUNG SCHOOL BOY I RECEIVED VERY HIGH MARKS IN CO-OPERATIVE SPORTS AND ACTIVITIES. YOU CAN REST ASSURED THAT MY CO-OPERATION IS TO BE EXPECTED TO BE FREE FLOWING IN FACT IT WILL BE AS FREE FLOWING AS THE LOVE JUICE THAT EXCRETED FROM THE MAN WHO SO RUDELY REMOVED MY ACCESS TO POWER SERVICES RECENTLY! PLEASE EXCUSE MY FOREIGN JOKE AND CUSTOMS BUT THE LACK OF POWER IS SOMETHING THAT HAS ANGERED ME GREATLY AS IT HINDERS REDUCTION OF NEGATIVE DEVELOPMENTS AND ANYTHING THAT DOES THIS IS INDEED WORTHY OF ANGER.

I CANNOT CALL AT THIS EXACT MOMENT FOR ORAL CLARIFICATION AS THE PHONE HERE HAS A LIMITATION ON LONG DISTANCE CALLS. I WILL SOON BE AT A PHONE WHERE I CAN CONTACT YOU AS I REALISE THE IMPORTANCE OF ORAL CLARIFICATION IN THIS TRANSACTIONS AND CAN THINK OF MANY OTHERS WHERE ORAL CLARIFICATION IS BENIFICIAL. HOPEFULLY YOU WILL HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER MY PREVIOUS QUESTIONS ABOVE BEFORE THEN WHICH WILL LEAD TO A HINDERLESS TRANSACTION EXPERIENCE.

YOU SIGNED YOUR EMAIL GOD BLESS YOU, LET ME RETURN THE FAVOR WITH A LOCAL SAYING FROM MY PARTS WHICH MEANS SOMETHING VERY SIMILAR BUT IS INDEED AN HONOR TO BE TOLD.

VENLIG HILSEN PIKSPILLER, DU ER HJERNEDOED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR NEXT REPLY CONTAINING ANSWERS TO MY AFOREMENTIONED QUESTIONS.

YOURS SINCERELY, DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL

Clearly I was disappointed that the second email wasn't in caps, and wanted to know why! I had a harder time writing this one, as I just wasn't in the mood, and I had a feeling he wasnt going to reply back.. so I wasn't as enthused as I was the first time. I think it shows through in the email. Maybe if I'd just asked for more details of oral clarification things would have gone better.

As it stands, that's as far as I got - when I didn't get a reply, I tried him again, only to find his account had been cancelled.

Perhaps he'll have my address in a database somewhere, and email me again from his next account that he opens. I kind of hope so, but then I don't think these people actually have that kind of organisation and intelligence. Needless to say, I was looking forward to seeing how far I could take this guy (or girl? but lets be realistic, I expect it to be a guy), it's such a shame that a few people out there actually realised it was a scam and reported it. Sigh.

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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Thanks for the laugh.its weird as i was looking on the net for the legend international bank in lagos nigeria,because of an e.mail similar to yours and i happened to see your site.I too love to play with these idiots, its a great way to pass the time.Im in australia and i recieve about 6 of these e.mails a week.
9/4/2003 1:16 PM | jim atkins
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Try him at the following addresses:

man_howfar2000@yahoo.com

danjimahassan_djih40@hotmail.com

I just got the email and thought you might like to continue the scam-scam.

11/18/2003 4:26 AM | rindpand
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Let the scam-spam continue! I'll pop off an email to those addresses and see what I get back :)
11/19/2003 4:58 PM | Merauder
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

get these all the time and usually report them as spam or reply back with profanity laced requests for a check sent to a non-existant PO box 'in good faith'-loved the letters you sent to this moron and plan to email the same to this idiot-over and over and over again!
11/20/2003 5:38 AM | mike
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Hey! i got the same scam..mine is still going..i'm being nice to them, and considering sending the 15 GRAND that they want..hahahahahaha...dumb asses are even using the same dead oil guy's name. tisk tisk, a poorly run scam indeed.
11/29/2003 9:36 AM | Evan Malamud
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

ps..i have sent the e-mails to you "Danjuma" to that account you made so you can see ..

all the best

Evan

11/29/2003 9:38 AM | Evan Malamud
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Evan thanks for the forwards.. :)

I read in the local paper here the other day that there is an outbreak of people trying to bait the spammers, and in fact people harassing the spammers is becoming a bit of a sport.. had to laugh, the paper was trying to deter people from doing it, almost sounded like they were on the side of the fraudsters..

Wish I could find the article online, seems it only made the print version of the paper.

12/10/2003 3:15 PM | Merauder
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

just received 3 emails from the said scam artist and still contemplating on how to deal with him.after reading mr.d.harallenapanompel's item,

i was extremely delighted

the bastard got a dose of his own medicine.thanks a lot for the entertainment danjuma i salute your witty deed which require no "oral clarification".i suggest danjudas is better off playing his favorite musical instrument(his "organ") instead of bothering other decent people.

1/6/2004 2:19 PM | sonny
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

hey boys, has anyone contacted these guys? or even bothered faxing the bank and see the results? cuase i did and they even called me from nigeria and faxed me a letter from the bank with stamp and everything. i even called the guy up,( the scammer as you say) and he seems to be really seriouse about this whole thing. i think it's kind of too much for a scam to be this seriouse. also it is obviouse that if there is such a thing they need to find someone completely strange, and they have no choice but to keep emailing people randomly and pick the best. still i don't believe that it is a real thing, but i am giving it a 1% chance that it might. if it works i'll let you know....
1/7/2004 5:32 AM | kyle
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

kyle&friends,

just for curiosity, i stumbled on

"nigerian fraud" at yahoo search and discovered a lot of info on the modus operandi of the group and some interesting links related to the said topic.keep reading and have more fun! at the end of the day,

i hope your 1% chance,kyle ,will be gone.good day!

1/7/2004 2:53 PM | sonny
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

I just received an email from this scammer, then I looked up his name and all these websites came up. One email says he is an accountant, mine says he is a barrister and an attorney
3/30/2004 12:18 PM | debbie
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

i have recieved about ten emails from the scammer and have been playing along to see how far it will go.
6/10/2004 4:53 AM | trevor
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

too good to be true, but the end may justify his means!!!
6/22/2004 12:07 AM | KAYS, P D
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

I am Barr.Taiwo Martins, the Personal Attorney to late Engineer Dahlig Mitchell, who worked with the Shell petroleum Company in Nigeria untill his death, Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client. On the August 6, 1997 my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a plane crash [Korean Air Flight 801] while coming back from Easter Holiday.

Unfortunately,the whole passengers lost their lives, since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts. I am contacting you to assist in transferring the money left behind by my client before they get claimed or declared unserviceable by his Bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the African Development Bank Plc were the deceased had an Account valued at USD25 Million has issued me a notice to provide the next Of kin or have the Account declared dormant and unserviceable within 1 month. Since I have been unsuccessful in contacting the relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceed of this Account valued at

USD25 Million can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money 60% to me and 35% to you while the remaining 5% is set aside for expenses incurred during the course of the transfer .I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Indicate your firm interest by responding to this mail as soon as possible to enable upbeat the said time.

Best regards,

Barr.Taiwo Martins

NOTE:REPLY THROUGH MY ALTERNATIVE EMAIL ADDRESS:tamart@fastermail.com

6/29/2004 3:46 AM | abu
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

I just received the exact same email as the one at the top of the page. I found your responses histerical and plan to attempt to lead this guy on for as long as i can. Oh yeah, here's his new address.

kuta03@omaninfo.com

8/2/2004 5:50 PM | zack
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

I just got the same thing except he is using a different name and he is an accountant again. Are people really dumb enough to fall for this shit?
8/16/2004 2:16 PM | mystic
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

I have received several e-mails from the ones listed above and the latest one being a Nicholas Akimbo who I am sending answers back to seeing where it will lead lol I expect a big windfall any day lol
9/8/2006 2:51 AM | Bob
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

Basically received the same email, here it is:

FROM THE OFFICE OF MR JAMES KUFUOR,

MANAGER TREASURY DEPARTMENT

INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK

OF GHANA.

STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL

DEAR,

I CANNOT IMAGINE THE SUPRISE THIS WILL BRING TO YOU,BUT BE REST ASSURED IT IS IN GOOD FAITH AND FRIENDLY INTENTIONS,FROM A FRIEND IN DEAR NEED OF YOUR ASSISTANCE ,BEARING IN MIND THE CONFIDENTIALITY REQUIRED IN THIS ABSOLUTE RISK-FREE BUSINESS.

I AM MR JAMES KUFUOR, THE MANAGER OF THE TREASURY

DEPARTMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL BANK HEAD OFFICE IN ACCRA-GHANA. RECENTLY,WE DISCOVERED A DORMANT ACCOUNT WITH A HUGE AMOUNT OF MONEY VALUED USD 9,000,000.00(NINE MILLION US DOLLARS)THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR CUSTOMERS; MR DAHLIG MITCHELL,WHO PERISHED IN A PLANE CRASH(KOREAN AIR FLIGHT 801)WITH THE WHOLE PASSENGERS ABOARD ON AUGUST 6TH 1997.BELOW IS THE WEBSITE OF THE PLANE

CRASH

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

SINCE THE DEMISE OF THIS OUR CUSTOMER,I PERSONALLY I HAVE WATCHED WITH KEEN INTEREST TO SEE THE NEXT OF KIN,BUT ALL HAS PROVED ABORTIVE,SINCE NO ONE HAS COME TO CLAIM THIS FUND FOR A VERY LONG TIME AS HIS NEXT OF KIN. BECAUSE OF THIS WE HAVE DECIDED TO SEEK FOR WHOM HIS NAME SHALL BE USED AS THE NEXT OF KIN.

AS A CIVIL SERVANT WITH THE BANK AND A GHANANIAN I CANNOT STAND AS A NEXT OF KIN TO A FOREIGNER NEITHER MY COLLEAGUES. IT IS UPON THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT I AND MY COLLEAGUES IN THIS DEPARTMENT DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO COLLABORRATE WITH YOU TO PULL OUT THIS DORMANT FUND. WE HAVE IT IN MIND TO GIVE YOU 25% OF THIS TOTAL FUND IF THIS PROPOSAL MEETS YOUR INTEREST.

URGENTLY REACH ME THROUGH MY EMAIL ADDRESS OR TELEPHONE NUMBER TO ENABLE ME GIVE YOU THE FULL DETAILS OF THIS TRANSACTION AND HOW IT IS GOING TO WORK OUT.

WHAT I WANT FROM YOU IS TO ACT AS THE DECEASED NEXT OF KIN, AND IN REGARDS TO THAT FURTHER INFORMATION WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO YOU AS SOON AS I RECIEVE YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE VIA,E-MAIL OR TELEPHONE.

ANTICIPATING YOUR URGENT RESPONSE.

BEST REGARDS,

MR JAMES KUFUOR

PHONE:+233-243826907

11/30/2006 8:07 AM | Bill Anderson
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

i also recieved on, but oil and gold we exchanged.

FROM: Mr. Graham Butler

Swiss Platinum Bank London.

Email: gbutler_2006@yahoo.co.uk

Dearest Friend,

First, I must solicit your confidence in this transaction; this is by virtue of its nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I have decided to contact you because of the urgency of this transaction.

Let me start by first introducing myself properly to you, I am Mr. Graham Butler, the Manager of Swiss Platinum Bank London. I came to know of you in a private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle a very confidential transaction, which involves the transfer of huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.

A Foreigner, Dahlig Mitchell, a Gold Merchant/Contractor with the Republic of South Africa until his death in a ghastly air crash that happened on August 6th, 1997 (Korean Air Flight 801). Dahlig Mitchell's had in his domiciliary account with us an equivalent of US$25 million as closing balance. See news report. http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/9708/06/guam.passenger.list/

The last Annual General Meeting (AGM) decided and expected that this closing balance of $25 million will be claimed by Dahlig Mitchell as foreign Next of Kin or be donated as unclaimed to a trust fund for arms and ammunition at Military War College in South Africa where the fund originated. This idea is most unreasonable hence I have decided to take this step. Fervent efforts made by the Swiss Platinum Bank to get in touch with any of the Dahlig, Mitchell's family or relatives, all have proved abortive.

As a result of this, our Chairman and Board of Directors are in the process of declaring the Fund "UNCLAIMABLE". As an insider and actual Manager of the Account, I have decided to contact you to act as the Dahlig Mitchell's Next of Kin and Beneficiary in order for you to receive this fund as inheritance claim for the benefit of both parties. All documentation required to perfect this will be in place once you indicate your acceptance, for your role in the transaction. I will arrange for a lawyer to get the probate documents in your name to enable us file for the claim.

You will keep 40% for yourself, 10% to reimburse us for any expenses we may incur in the course of the transaction, including our phone bills or travel expenses and the 50% left will be for me. If this proposal is OK and you wish to take advantage of the trust I hereby bestow on you and your company kindly get back to me immediately via my private e-mail (gbutler_2006@yahoo.co.uk)

I will advice that you furnish me with the necessary details for me to make the official application of claim on your behalf as the next of kin and beneficiary of this money without wasting time.

Here are the details I will need to make the application.

(1)Your Full Name.

(2) Your Contact Address.

(3 Your phone & Fax Number for effective communication.

(4) Age & Occupation.

(5) Religion.

This is to effect the swift transfer of this fund into your account in less than (7) working days. Note that your positive or negative response will be most appreciated to enable me know the way forward.

Thank you and God Bless.

Yours Faithfully,

Graham Butler.

gbutler_15@hotmail.com

12/6/2006 8:09 AM | Shane
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# DANJUMA HARALLENAPANOMPEL and the $20m US!

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6/23/2007 8:14 PM | Forte
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