another variety of nigerian spam
got an email whose source was a known email contact of mine:
"
Hi,
Am in a hurry writing you this note,Just wanted
to seek your help on something very important, you are the only person
i could reach at this point, and i hope you come to my aid. Because
something very terrible is happened to me,i need a favor from you now,I
had a trip here in Lagos,Nigeria.
to seek your help on something very important, you are the only person
i could reach at this point, and i hope you come to my aid. Because
something very terrible is happened to me,i need a favor from you now,I
had a trip here in Lagos,Nigeria.
Unfortunately
for me all my money got stolen on my way to the hotel where i lodged
along with my bag were my passport was,And since then i have been
without any money i am even owing the hotel management here …….
for me all my money got stolen on my way to the hotel where i lodged
along with my bag were my passport was,And since then i have been
without any money i am even owing the hotel management here …….
So
i have limited access to both the internet,e-mail and even phone calls
for now, please i need you to lend me about $960.00 so i can make
arrangements and return back,i have spoken to the embassy here but they
are not responding to the matter effectively, I promise to return the
money back to you as soon as i get home, I am so confused right now.
i have limited access to both the internet,e-mail and even phone calls
for now, please i need you to lend me about $960.00 so i can make
arrangements and return back,i have spoken to the embassy here but they
are not responding to the matter effectively, I promise to return the
money back to you as soon as i get home, I am so confused right now.
I
have made inquiries from the front desk and was able to find out that
you can have the money sent to me via Western Union Money Transfer and
i already spoken to the receptionist here, who have been of help to me
when i was robbed and promised to help me in receiving the money.
have made inquiries from the front desk and was able to find out that
you can have the money sent to me via Western Union Money Transfer and
i already spoken to the receptionist here, who have been of help to me
when i was robbed and promised to help me in receiving the money.
Please i will be waiting to hear from you asap.
Thank You.."
later, found out that the guy’s email account had been compromised. Naturally I had no intention of sending the money … 
