From Hajia Mariam
e-mail: mailmariam@netscape.net
Dear Beloved,
Due to the sudden death of my husband General Abacha the former head of state of Nigeria in June 1998, I have been thrown into a state of hopelessness by the present administration.I have lost confidence with anybody within my country.I got your contacts through personal research,and had to reach you through this medium. I will give you more details when you reply. Due to security network placed on my daily affairs I cant visit the embassy so that is why I have contacted you. My husband deposited $12.6million dollars with a security firm abroad whose name is witheld for now till we communicate. I will be happy if you can receive this funds for safe keeping and I assure you a very good percent of this fund I will instruct my son to contact you so please feel free to comunicate with my son. I await your urgent response,
Hajia Mariam.
NOTE:
PLEASE I WOULD WANT YOU TO REPLY ME VIA MY PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS:
mailmariam@netscape.net
AND ALSO SEND ME YOUR CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER SO THAT MY SON MUSTAPHA
CAN CALL AND DISCUSS WITH YOU VERBALLY REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION SO THAT YOU CAN ASK ANY QUESTION THAT YOU FEEL LIKE ASKING REGARDING THIS TRANSACTION.

Buyer contacts sellers proposing following:

Thanks for your immediate response.Asking price $799 is okay. Presently I am off the shores of Libya with my family where I work as a contractor with ELF overseas.So I will need to ask a colleague from my home town in Texas to send you a cashiers check.Please send me your address,full name and telephone number so that I can instruct my colleague to send you the check.Since that is the only means of payment I can offer now due to my present location.Do not bother about the shipping to libya I have a shipping agent who will come over to the USA to ship some of my items from my home in
Texas so he would also .Please reply asap.

Buyer contacts sellers proposing following:

"We are interested in buying your 8" Dobson telescope at advertised rate of $300. Goods to be picked up from your location for onward shipping to London. Cost and modalities of shipping to be born by us.

Payment for the purchase is by check through a debtor in US. The debtor owes us higher than our purchase. He will therefore be sending you a check for $5,000 to cover the cost of our order, as well as the Shipping costs.

On receipt of the check, you will cash and deduct the cost of our order .The balance you will send as we would instruct you to the Agency that will ship the Goods to us. If this arrangement suites you fine, please send us your address where to send the check, as well as the name to be on it. Also send us your phone number for easy communication.

Looking forward to hearing from you."