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Saturday, January 09, 2010

Something fishy

The Gorse Fox has just received the following email:
From the Desk of
The Inspector General of Police
Mr. Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo
Phone: 234 812 077 7786
Email: police_forcehq@live.com
Attn: ATM card Beneficiary.
Dear Sir,
This is to inform you that we have been given the instruction to dispatch your ATM card to your address from the Police Head Quarters here in Lagos Nigeria. Because of the recent scam problems experienced by foreign beneficiaries of funds, all ATM card issued by the authorized paying Bank which is the Union Bank of Nigeria PLC has been submitted to this office ready for dispatch.
You are advised to provide the following information for dispatch,
  1. Your Full names
  2. your full billing address
  3. your direct phone number
Regards,
Inspector General of Police
Mr. Ogbonna Okechukwu Onovo
Phone: 234 812 077 7786
The Gorse Fox wonders just how stupid you have to be to fall for a note like this when a) you don't know anyone in Nigeria; b) you don't have dealings with any banks in Nigeria; c) you notice that the email address is at "live.com"

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