From: adeniji_olu5@o2.pl
Sent: April 21, 2005
Subject: REPLY

Attn: CEO.
I am Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu, Minister of Foreign Affairs; my office monitors and controls the affairs of all banks and financial institutions in Nigeria concerned with foreign contract payments. I am the final signatory to all foreign transfers of huge funds moving within banks both the local and international levels in line to foreign contracts settlement. I have before me the list of foreign contract payment files, which are due to be transferred to their nominated accounts.

Meanwhile, we identified some of these accounts to be ghost accounts, unclaimed deposits and over-invoiced sum etc. I wish to have a deal with you as regards to the unpaid fund. I have a file before me and hope the data's are correct and un-tampered. As it is my duty to recommend the transfer of these surplus funds to the Federal Government Treasury and Reserve Accounts as unclaimed deposits. I have the opportunity to write you based on the instructions I received two days ago from the Senate Committee on Contract Payments / Foreign Debts to submit the List of payment reports expenditures and audited reports of revenues. Among several others, I have decided to remit the total sum of USD 25 Million following the idea that we have a deal/agreement and I am going to perfect the paperwork legally.

MY CONDITIONS
1. You will have to provide foreign account where these funds will be transferred.
2. This deal must be kept secret forever, and all correspondence will be strictly by private email / telephone and fax, for security purposes.
3. There should be no other third parties as most problems associated with such payments are caused by their agents or representatives.

If you AGREE with my conditions, l will advise you on the next line of action and immediately the funds transfer will commence without further delay as I would proceed to fix your name on the Payment schedule instantly to meet the 10 working days.

Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS MINISTER.

Oluyemi Adeniji, Foreign Minister of Nigeria

I thank him, and send him my bank account and my address.

He must be a busy man, because it takes him a week to answer:

From: adenijiolu_info@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: April 29, 2005
Subject: Mutual business transaction

Dear Miss Young,
Thank you for your response and your interest in my proposal. I am sorry for replying you a little late, it was because I was away on official duties and had no time to check my mail. I am back now and will face this transaction squarely with you.

Without wasting much time, the process of transfering this $25million into your bank account requires the following:

I shall appoint a Lawyer who will work as your representative and help secure all the legal documents that will authomaticaly make you the bonafide beneficiary of the $25million.
First of all, your company will be registered with the Corporate Affairs Commission, Abuja after which it will be registered with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as category "A" contractor which qualifies you to execute contract with the Federal Government of Nigeria. It will be back-dated to fall within the time the contract was executed. As these documents are secured in your favour, I shall be sending copies of them to you for your perusal and record purposes. After the transaction, every thing relating to this transaction will be deletted from the computer and there will never be any trace that this sum of US$25M was transferred into your bank account.

Please Miss Young, I would like you to send me immediately by attachment mail, a copy of either your international passport or drivers licence to enable the Attorney use it to register you officially with the corporate Affairs Commission. But I want to assure you that when this transaction is over, I shall use my position and retrieve your identity back to avoid any traces in the future. Although even if it is not retrieved back, you will have no problem because the process of transferring this US$25M into your bank account shall be followed officially and legally, but I must retrieve your identity back, I assure you.

To ensure that the approval for this $25million is granted to you, I will definitely spend so much, but I will do anything humanly possible to ensure that the payment of this US$25m was approved in your favour, no matter what it takes. I just hope that you will not deny me when this money is finally transfered into your bank account.

I have decided that since you are part of this ones in a life time transaction, we shall share the US$25m in the proportion of 60/40, meaning 60% for me and 40% for you. If this is acceptable to you, reply and comfirm back to me so that we shall sign an agreement to that effect before the Attorney commences the process of securing the necessary documents in your favour. It is important we sign this agreement to avoid misundertanding during disbursement in future.
By the way, what do you do for a living? and also what is your marrital status? I want you to send me both your office and private phone where I can call you and discuss with you in strict confidence. I have noted your address and bank account details.

Please reply urgently as delay is dangerous in a transaction of this nature. You can call me on my private phone number: 234-8043429495 for further details.

Have a nice day and God bless you.
Sincerely,
Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu

From: adenijiolu_info@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: April 30, 2005
Subject: Re: Mutual business transaction

Dear Miss Young,
How are you? I hope you are sound in health. I am wondering if you got my mail. If yes, please get back to me let me know your decision, as time is of great essence in this kind of business.
Have a nice weekend. Sincerely, Dr. Adeniji Olu

To slow this scammer down, I ask for his email account to be closed. But until it happens, lets continue:

Thanx for explaining me in detail about the procedure. I am a 23 years old model and live in the United States. I like to travel, and my job brings me all over the world. I have attached my passport and my picture. I would also like to see your picture, if possible. Regards, ...

From: adenijiolu_info@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: May 1, 2005
Subject: Re: Mutual business transaction/pic

Dear Miss Young,
Thank you for your reply and for the nice pic you sent. You are absolutely very beautiful and your beauty is capable of waking a dead man. I am delighted that you have chosen to execute this ones in a life time business transaction with me.
I called your phone/fax line this night (11.55pm my time), but it was on voice mail. Please, try and get a private cellphone where I could call you any time and speak with yoy in strict confidence because this is a very serious business.

Now let me tell you about myself; I am 38 years old. I was happily married with two kids (Michael and Mary) until my wife died in air crash in 1997. Since then, I vowed never to marry again, but I have always desired to marry an American Lady. So, I believe that God has a purpose for bringing you and I together through this transaction. With this kind of money, you and I could start a totally new life together. So, I am placing absolute trust in you, hence I am not bothered about signing the Agreement any more as I believe that you will not deny me when the money is transferred into your bank account, As I believe that women (especially white women) are more trustworthy than men. Althoug if you do not want to us get into marriage, we can just execute this deal together and part peacefully as good friends. Looking at your beautiful pic with your innocent face has made me to fall in love again.

Attached is my family picture. It is for your eyes only. Since you travel all over the world, may be you could come to Nigeria and pay me a visit before we go into this business proper or you can come to Nigeria after this $25million has been transferred into your bank account. Please tell me if you would like to come now or later.

Confirm the receipt of this mail and the attachment of my family pic. I will call you again either or monday or Tuesday as Monday here is public holiday declared as worker's day.

Have a wondeful day beauty and God bless you and help us cement this our business relationship.
Truly yours,
Hon. Dr. Adeniji Olu

He didn't notice that the "passport" I sent him was just a big file with the name "passport".

It looks as if he tried to attach his family picture to his mail, but he attached a html-file instead.

He presents himself as 38 years old. That is rather young for a foreign minister, and a search on the internet shows that the real foreign minister was born in 1934!

From: Yahoo! UK & Ireland Mail <uk-mail-abuse@yahoo-inc.com>
Sent: May 1, 2005
Subject: Re: 419 fraud: adenijiolu_info@yahoo.co.uk (KMM59417970V8585L0KM)

Hello, Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
Thank you for reporting this to Yahoo! It is prohibited to send unsolicited or 'spam' email from a Yahoo! Mail account as agreed by new users when accepting the Yahoo! Terms of Mail Service Agreement.
In this particular case, we have identified the account used to send this email and have taken the appropriate action to prevent it from being used again to send spam mail....

Its time to answer the minister:

Well, I haven't tried to wake a dead man ;-) , but thanx for the compliment.
The file you attached could not open, so please try to send me your picture again.
I am sorry for your wifes deadth, but it sounds as if you have learned that life goes on. I think it is a little early to consider marriage, but who knows. Only the Lord knows what is comming. I have never met a Minister of Foreign Affairs, and I am full of admiration, that you have aquired that position in such a young age.
I have to work monday. I hope you have a nice "worker's day".
Regards, ...

From: adenijiolu_info1ng@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: May 4, 2005
Subject: Re: Mutual business Transaction

My dear Miss Young,
How are you? I hope you are doing very great. Thanks for your kind and quick reply.
It was a very busy day for me yesterday after the "Workers day" holiday, hence I was unable to reply your mail.

My dear, I believe that virus entered into my laptop and destroyed some files in it, hence I lost all my mails there, including yours. Please, kindly resend me the following again:
(1) Your full bank details, including ABA routing number or swift code of the bank.
(2) Your full contact address, office and private telephone numbers
(3) A copy of your international traveling passport/drivers licence.
(4) Your age and your profession.

Please send the above requirements immediately so that the Attorney will start processing this payment in your favour without further delay. I have been calling the telephone number you sent to me, but it was always on permanent voice mail. Kindly send me a telephone number where I can speak to you and hear your lovely voice.

I hereby reattach my family picture, for your eyes only.Please do resend me that lovely picture of yours again. I lost the first one to the Virus treat to my computer.

I am waiting for your urgent reply and henceforth, send all your reply through this email address ONLY.

NB: PLEASE KEEP THIS TRANSACTION AS "WATER TIGHT SECRET"

Have a nice day and may God guide and prosper you in your choosing profession as a Model.

All my love,
Dr. Adeniji Olu

I ask Yahoo to close his new email account. Then I answer him:

Thank you for the nice picture of you and your late wife. How are your kids? What happened to the lawyer that you promised to contact some time ago regarding this matter? Regards, ...

From: adenijiolu_info1ng@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: May 5, 2005
Subject: Re: Mutual business Transaction

My dear Miss Young,
Thanks for your quick response, and your compliment on my family picture. My kids are doing great.
The Lawyer I told you about is standing by, waiting for you to send me the below requirements so that he can go into action immediately:
(1) Your full bank details, including ABA routing number or swift code of the bank.
(2) Your full contact address, office and private telephone numbers
(3) A copy of your international traveling passport/drivers licence.
(4) Your age and your profession.
Please re-send the above requirements immediately so that the Lawyer will start processing this payment in your favour without further delay. Also re-send me that beautiful picture of yours.

If you are really desirous of being part of this ones in a life time business transaction, then you must send me your private telephone number in your next reply. You have my private number, yet you have never called me. My dear, are you really with me?

Please act fast because in this kind of business, delay could be dangerous.
Best wishes.
dr. Adeniji Olu

I confront him with his lies:

I got some disturbing news today when I was in contact with a friend of mine at the embassy. He told me that the personal information you gave about your age etc, do not match with the information in his file. Could you please reconfirm this information. I would also like to know which lawyer you want to involve, before we continue. Kind regards, ...

From: adenijiolu_info1ng@yahoo.co.uk
Sent: May 6, 2005
Subject: Re: Mutual business Transaction/family pic

My dear Miss Young,

I am totally apalled at your recent mail. How could you go to the Embassy to enquire about me? Don't you realise that this is a deal, and is suppose to be kept very secret? Do you think you would ever get a good detail about me?

I think I have seen the handwriting on the wall and I would not like you to put me in trouble, hence I would like to say that this is my conclusion in making a deal.

Good bye.
Dr. Adeniji Olu

From: Yahoo! UK & Ireland Mail <uk-mail-abuse@yahoo-inc.com>
Sent: May 10, 2005
Subject: Re: 419 fraud: adenijiolu_info1ng@yahoo.co.uk (KMM59531329V23568L0KM)

Hello, Thanks for writing to Yahoo! UKIE Customer Care.
Thank you for reporting this to Yahoo! It is prohibited to send unsolicited or 'spam' email from a Yahoo! Mail account as agreed by new users when accepting the Yahoo! Terms of Mail Service Agreement.
In this particular case, we have identified the account used to send this email and have taken the appropriate action to prevent it from being used again to send spam mail....