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My nigerian pen pals. Have you ever received an email from a stranger in nigeria promising you millions of dollars? - you should just delete it, because it is a pack of lies. However, some people answers them, and they soon find out that they have to pay some fee in order to get the millions. Then comes the second fee, and the third fee, etc etc. No one has ever received the millions, but many have lost a lot of money, and some have even got killed. This so called "advance fee fraud" has become an industry in nigeria, and the surrounding countries. Another common name is "419 fraud" after section 419 of the nigerian penal code, the section that specifically prohibits this type of crime. The fraud is difficult to stop, but we can have some fun, and have the criminals use their time in vain. That is called scambaiting. if you are new to this sport, i will recommend you to look at the following names; from: marie atata <mailto:marieatata102002@yahoo.co.uk> sent: friday, may 04, 2007 11:40 am subject: re: fwd: irc reply ur message hello dear ..., thanks for your reply, hope everything is fine with you over there.mine is boring here.as you already know my name is miss marie atata,single and never married,l am from liberia in west africa and presently l am residing in here in dakar senegal as a result of the civil war that broke out in my country. My late father dr francis atata was chairman managing director(atata industrial company ltd),in monrovia the capital of my country,and he was also the personal advicer to the former head of state before the rebels attacked our house one early morning and destroy all my family members.it is only me that is alive now because l was in school then and l managed to make my way here. Please listen to this,when my father was alive he deposited some amount of money in a leading bank which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $5.7(five million seven hundred thousand us dollars). So l will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.i kept this secret to people in this camp here the only person that knows about it is the reverend because he is like a father to me. I have informed the bank about my plans to claim this money and the only thing they told me is to look for a foreign partner who will stand on my behalf due to my refugee status and the laws of this country.you will have 15% of the total money helping me and and 5% for any expenses that might come up in this transfer,then the remaining money will be managed by you in any business of your choice. So in the light of above l will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for l am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.remember l am giving you all this information due to the trust that came from my mind l deposed on you.i like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking.my favourite language is english language and is what l speak english very fluently.just feel free to ask whatever you want to know about me and sure l will tell you and please lets be honest and truthful to eachother.have a nice day. Awaiting to hear from you soonest.you can contact me with this e-mail address (marieatata102002@yahoo.co.uk) thanks and regards marie. Have fun,