Re: Strange letter from Nigeria

["keller" <ak.and.ak@on-line.de>]

This is a hoax. The person writing it does not know much English. The writer
of this letter is what is called a "habook" (West African Pidgin for "half
book", that is somebody with a some, but not much education). You can expect
something better to come from the "Presidential Villa" in Abuja. If they
were serious they would directly contact permaculture organisations, which
can be easily found on the net. Somebody who has managed to get the title of
a doctor should be in better command of the english language (the Nigerian
Universities are not that bad).

Compare with
http://www.cyberplexafrica.com/fingaz/99/stage/archive/990408/farming9015.ht
 as an example how an African with a real doctoral degree and a background
in Permaculture writes. The difference in the level of writing should be
evident.

I think this is a bait. They search for somebody to swallow it and can then
be convinced to send some money, or the are searching for somebody to
launder their dirty money (which they make by dealing cocain from south
america and selling it in Europe).

There is a lot of organized crime in Nigeria and the country is known for
criminals who send all kinds of business invitations to people in the richer
countries and get money out of them.

Andreas
----- Original Message -----
From: Ute Bohnsack <sustag@eircom.net>
Newsgroups: alt.permaculture
To: permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 3:40 PM
Subject: Strange letter from Nigeria


> Dear all,
> I just received a somewhat obscure letter purportedly from a presidential
> advisor in Nigeria, who is recruiting consultants to set up permaculture
centers
> in Nigeria.
> I copy the letter below.
>
> There are a few strange things about it which almost made me delete it as
spam.
> However, if it was a true request I'd like to pass it on to people who
would be
> interested in that kind of work. I don't particularly want to work in
Nigeria
> and I'm not familiar with the conditions there. Perhaps someone else does.
> Anyway, the strange bits are:
>
> 1) the originating address was a Dr. Paul Davis. I can't find a Paul Davis
with
> any connection in Nigeria and his e-mail address doesn't appear on the net
> (unless it's well hidden)
> 2) the letter is signed by a Dr. Egobia-Biko who's name also doesn't crop
up
> anywhere on the net, and in the letter the "my personal email address" is
given
> as that of Dr. Davis. The other email address given is also nowhere to be
found
> on the net.
> 3) I can't find any Nigerian "Agric/Environmental Conservative Foundation"
on
> the net or anything close to that name
> 4) The letter is riddled with spelling mistakes.
> 5) The letter was not just sent to my email address but also to various
> concoctions of mine and my partners name @altavista.com where I never had
an
> address.
> 6) The dns lookup shows the letter originated in Canada.
>
> So perhaps this is an elaborate hoax which begs the question "Why?".
>
> Perhaps someone here can make sense of it.
>
> Here's the letter:
> Quote:
> "FROM :  THE  PRESIDENCY
> DESK   :  THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER
>                     ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
>                     AGENCY
>                     PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA
>                        NIGERIA
>
>
>                    RE:  BUSINESS INTEREST
>
>
> I AM DR EGOBIA-BIKO {GED}NATIONAL AGRIC/ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIVE
> FOUNDATION.WE ARE CURRENTLY MANDATED TO LAISE WITH INTERESTED FOREIGN
> PARTNERS  WHO WILL ASSIST US TO SET UP A COMPREHENSIVE PERMACULTURAL
CENTER
> IN EACH OF THE 36 STATES OF THE FEDRETIONOF NIGERIA.
>
>  A COMPANY FROM SOUTH AFRICA WAS CONTACTED TO DO THE FICIBILITY STUDIES OF
> THE PROJECT IN 1998 BUT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO UNDULY BEHAVOUR EXHITED BY
> THEM, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT IN 1999.
> THE DOMCRATIC GOVERNMENT HAS PUT IN ALL THE MECHINARIES IN PLACE AND NOW
> RAEDY TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY INTERESTED PARTNER IN A VIEW OF
AWARDING
> THE CONTRACT .  YOUR ESTEEMED SELF/COMPANY WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS
DEPARTMENT
> BYYOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 6 MONTHS AGO.
> PLEASE KINDLY  SEND TO THIS OFFICE THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
> Pres/nipan_@yahoo.com or   MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS padis@altavista.com
> YOUR LETTER OF INTENT AND YOUR DETAILED  PARTICULARS TO US .
> TO ENABLE US SEND YOU MODALITIES, TENDER DETAILS AND AREAS WE WOULD LIKE
TO
> GET  YOU INVOLVED .
> BEST REGAERDS
> DR EGOBIA-BIKO{GED}
> FOR THE  EXCUTIVE CHAIRMAN "
>
> Unquote
>
>
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