Sherpas

[TunaSlayer]

So I won the powerball jackpot and was wondering if there was an AT sherpas union to carry my gear and maybe me too. Or do I need to look for some undocumented illegal aliens for this position.

Other positions needing filled are massage therapist and chef, although Rachel Ray is considering this position.

[lukabrazi]

I don't know whether or not to believe you. The odds of us both winning seen slim.

[Dogwood]

You aren't going anywhere with or without sherpas, Rachel Ray(actually I'd choose Giada, she's a hottie and seems like she would be more fun, she's got a knock out smile too), or shi tzu massage therapist until the gov't takes a BIG chunk out of change out of your so called 550 mill. Wouldn't mind having that problem though.

[avalonmorn]

Your tickets must be bogus, I am the winner, and chef Emerill has agreed to come to my new hiking hostel along the CDT, and spread his sunshine. Also Mags has agreed to host a beer tasting weekly for newbie hikers, and which pubs love thruhikers.

[trailwobbles]

(actually I'd choose Giada, she's a hottie and seems like she would be more fun, she's got a knock out smile too),

...except her head is too large. She'd probably get tired of carrying it the whole way...

18263

[Trillium]

So I won the powerball jackpot and was wondering if there was an AT sherpas union to carry my gear and maybe me too. Or do I need to look for some undocumented illegal aliens for this position.

Other positions needing filled are massage therapist and chef, although Rachel Ray is considering this position.If I won, this is exactly what I would do (sherpas to carry my gear) but my celebrity chef would be one of the Voltaggio brothers, maybe they could take turns every other week. :)

[oldbear]

I can cook circles around RR and I can hike

[atmilkman]

You aren't going anywhere with or without sherpas, Rachel Ray(actually I'd choose Giada, she's a hottie and seems like she would be more fun, she's got a knock out smile too), or shi tzu massage therapist until the gov't takes a BIG chunk out of change out of your so called 550 mill. Wouldn't mind having that problem though.
I'd send Victoria's Secret Angels to cooking school in France.

[kayak karl]

let me get this straight. you have millions and you want a half dozen strangers carry you off into the woods................GOOD LUCK!

[oldbear]

let me get this straight. you have millions and you want a half dozen strangers carry you off into the woods................GOOD LUCK!
C'mon Karl
Wasn't that the way that the way of the old school English gentlemen Alpinists like Mallory

[hikerboy57]

i will trade for your winning tickt with the atm card worth $35 million that robert mueller director of the fbi woho uses poor syntax says is from anti fraud compensation fund that im entitled to. i had to send them all my personal information, dob,ssn, bank routing #s and such. i should be getting the card anyday now. i need the money too. somebody stole all my money from my bank account. i have robert mueller working on the problem though, and expect a reply shortly.

[Don H]

The Nigerian Central Bank just contacted me. They informed me that they will be depositing 47.5 million dollars in my bank account!
I'm a winner and I didn't even have to buy a ticket!!!! I just need to give them my information so they can give me the money ;)


HAVING CONSULTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE NIGERIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $47,500,000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNTS. THE ABOVE SUM RESULTED FROM AN OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT, EXECUTED COMMISSIONED AND PAID FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS (5) AGO BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. THIS ACTION WAS HOWEVER INTENTIONAL AND SINCE THEN THE FUND HAS BEEN IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA APEX BANK.

WE ARE NOW READY TO TRANSFER THE FUND OVERSEAS AND THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INFORM YOU THAT AS CIVIL SERVANTS, WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT; THAT IS WHY WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS: 70% FOR US, 25% FOR YOU AND 5% FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE TRANSFER.

THE TRANSFER IS RISK FREE ON BOTH SIDES. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). IF YOU FIND THIS PROPOSAL ACCEPTABLE, WE SHALL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(A) YOUR BANKER'S NAME, TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT AND FAX NUMBERS.
(B) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS -- FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
(C) YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER STAMPED AND SIGNED.

ALTERNATIVELY WE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE TEXT OF WHAT TO TYPE INTO YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER, ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN EXPLAINING, COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE REQUIRE OF YOU. THE BUSINESS WILL TAKE US THIRTY (30) WORKING DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH.

PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.
BEST REGARDS

[hikerboy57]

The Nigerian Central Bank just contacted me. They informed me that they will be depositing 47.5 million dollars in my bank account!
I'm a winner and I didn't even have to buy a ticket!!!! I just need to give them my information so they can give me the money ;)

HAVING CONSULTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE NIGERIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $47,500,000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNTS. THE ABOVE SUM RESULTED FROM AN OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT, EXECUTED COMMISSIONED AND PAID FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS (5) AGO BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. THIS ACTION WAS HOWEVER INTENTIONAL AND SINCE THEN THE FUND HAS BEEN IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA APEX BANK.

WE ARE NOW READY TO TRANSFER THE FUND OVERSEAS AND THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INFORM YOU THAT AS CIVIL SERVANTS, WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT; THAT IS WHY WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS: 70% FOR US, 25% FOR YOU AND 5% FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE TRANSFER.

THE TRANSFER IS RISK FREE ON BOTH SIDES. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). IF YOU FIND THIS PROPOSAL ACCEPTABLE, WE SHALL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(A) YOUR BANKER'S NAME, TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT AND FAX NUMBERS.
(B) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS -- FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
(C) YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER STAMPED AND SIGNED.

ALTERNATIVELY WE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE TEXT OF WHAT TO TYPE INTO YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER, ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN EXPLAINING, COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE REQUIRE OF YOU. THE BUSINESS WILL TAKE US THIRTY (30) WORKING DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH.

PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.
BEST REGARDS





hey wait a minute

[atmilkman]

The Nigerian Central Bank just contacted me. They informed me that they will be depositing 47.5 million dollars in my bank account!
I'm a winner and I didn't even have to buy a ticket!!!! I just need to give them my information so they can give me the money ;)

HAVING CONSULTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE NIGERIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $47,500,000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNTS. THE ABOVE SUM RESULTED FROM AN OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT, EXECUTED COMMISSIONED AND PAID FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS (5) AGO BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. THIS ACTION WAS HOWEVER INTENTIONAL AND SINCE THEN THE FUND HAS BEEN IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA APEX BANK.

WE ARE NOW READY TO TRANSFER THE FUND OVERSEAS AND THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INFORM YOU THAT AS CIVIL SERVANTS, WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT; THAT IS WHY WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS: 70% FOR US, 25% FOR YOU AND 5% FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE TRANSFER.

THE TRANSFER IS RISK FREE ON BOTH SIDES. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). IF YOU FIND THIS PROPOSAL ACCEPTABLE, WE SHALL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(A) YOUR BANKER'S NAME, TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT AND FAX NUMBERS.
(B) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS -- FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
(C) YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER STAMPED AND SIGNED.

ALTERNATIVELY WE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE TEXT OF WHAT TO TYPE INTO YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER, ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN EXPLAINING, COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE REQUIRE OF YOU. THE BUSINESS WILL TAKE US THIRTY (30) WORKING DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH.

PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.
BEST REGARDS




They did pretty good on that one. Every time I get one, something is spelled wrong. I guess you better jump on it.

[Rasty]

The Nigerian Central Bank just contacted me. They informed me that they will be depositing 47.5 million dollars in my bank account!
I'm a winner and I didn't even have to buy a ticket!!!! I just need to give them my information so they can give me the money ;)

HAVING CONSULTED WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND BASED ON THE INFORMATION GATHERED FROM THE NIGERIAN CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO REQUEST FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE TO TRANSFER THE SUM OF $47,500,000.00 (FORTY SEVEN MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) INTO YOUR ACCOUNTS. THE ABOVE SUM RESULTED FROM AN OVER-INVOICED CONTRACT, EXECUTED COMMISSIONED AND PAID FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS (5) AGO BY A FOREIGN CONTRACTOR. THIS ACTION WAS HOWEVER INTENTIONAL AND SINCE THEN THE FUND HAS BEEN IN A SUSPENSE ACCOUNT AT THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA APEX BANK.

WE ARE NOW READY TO TRANSFER THE FUND OVERSEAS AND THAT IS WHERE YOU COME IN. IT IS IMPORTANT TO INFORM YOU THAT AS CIVIL SERVANTS, WE ARE FORBIDDEN TO OPERATE A FOREIGN ACCOUNT; THAT IS WHY WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THE TOTAL SUM WILL BE SHARED AS FOLLOWS: 70% FOR US, 25% FOR YOU AND 5% FOR LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPENSES INCIDENT TO THE TRANSFER.

THE TRANSFER IS RISK FREE ON BOTH SIDES. I AM AN ACCOUNTANT WITH THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC). IF YOU FIND THIS PROPOSAL ACCEPTABLE, WE SHALL REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING DOCUMENTS:

(A) YOUR BANKER'S NAME, TELEPHONE, ACCOUNT AND FAX NUMBERS.
(B) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS -- FOR CONFIDENTIALITY AND EASY COMMUNICATION.
(C) YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER STAMPED AND SIGNED.

ALTERNATIVELY WE WILL FURNISH YOU WITH THE TEXT OF WHAT TO TYPE INTO YOUR LETTER-HEADED PAPER, ALONG WITH A BREAKDOWN EXPLAINING, COMPREHENSIVELY WHAT WE REQUIRE OF YOU. THE BUSINESS WILL TAKE US THIRTY (30) WORKING DAYS TO ACCOMPLISH.

PLEASE REPLY URGENTLY.
BEST REGARDS





Who the hell has personal letterhead anymore? 47 million down the drain.

[hikerboy57]

what do you stamp the letterhead with

[Rasty]

what do you stamp the letterhead with

It's almost like something from the 50's. They really need to upgrade their scam letter. Does he really believe that a real civil servant would give a crap about not being allowed to have a foreign account. We have Timothy Geitner for gods sake.

[hikerboy57]

It's almost like something from the 50's. They really need to upgrade their scam letter. Does he really believe that a real civil servant would give a crap about not being allowed to have a foreign account. We have Timothy Geitner for gods sake.
i havent heard from mr geitner. i do get regular correspondence from robert mueller though.

[Rasty]

i havent heard from mr geitner. i do get regular correspondence from robert mueller though.

I think his friends call him "Turbo"

[Don H]

I stamped the letterhead with the total amount in my bank account. They will be impressed with the six figure number, too bad it's all ZEROS!

I can't wait to get the 47.5 mil, I've already spent half of it on ultra light cuben gear!

[kayak karl]

i just think his money would be taken and never heard from again:D

[Old Hiker]

I'd send Victoria's Secret Angels to cooking school in France.


I'd ESCORT the Victoria's Secret Angels to cooking school in France.

[hikerboy57]

Attention Beneficiary,


Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of

Lottery/Gambling, Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have

been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo /Mr. Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank of the United Kingdom, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none

officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau

of Investigation.


The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) on how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to

these impostors. As a result of this, we hereby advise you to stop communication with any one not referred to you by us. We have negotiated with the Federal Ministry

of Finance that your payment totaling $5,900,000.00(Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars). will be released to you via a custom pin based ATM card with a maximum

withdrawal limit of $15,000 a day which is powered by Visa Card and can be used anywhere in the world where you see a Visa Card Logo on the Automatic Teller Machine

(ATM).


We guarantee receipt of your payment. This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American and also Asia and

Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract, Gambling/Lottery etc are been cleared. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from Delivery Company website

to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.



To redeem your funds, you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant

and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $550 Usd only and nothing more as everything else has been taken care of by the Federal

Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $550.00 only.


Magdalene Kally (ATM Card Center Director)
Central Bank of the United Kingdom
Central Business District,
Cad astral Zone, federal
Capital Territory,
Nigeria.
ATM Card Center Director Magdalene Kally
New Governor of the Bank of England announced Sir Mervyn King
Email To: [email protected]
Phone: +44) 7031910906


Do contact Magdalene Kally of the ATM Card Center via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:


FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS FOR ATM CARD: __________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________


On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $550.00

via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the

delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee.


ROBERT S. MUELLER, DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535


Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with

Magdalene Kally of the ATM card center who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office

so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime On contacting him with your details your file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment

information in which you will use in making payment of $550.00 via Money Gram or Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant

and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order, after which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra

fee.

[Don H]

A measly 5.9 mil, that ain't nothin' compared to the 47.5 mil I'm getting' and I don't have to pay $550 for taxes and customs papers :)

[kayak karl]

....................18277

[hikerboy57]

A measly 5.9 mil, that ain't nothin' compared to the 47.5 mil I'm getting' and I don't have to pay $550 for taxes and customs papers :)
think of all the lottery tickets we could buy if we pool our resources.well be rich!!!!!

[Dogwood]

Buying a PowerBall JACKPOT lottery ticket is by far the worst bet you make in all of organized gambling. And, let's call it what it is - state and federal govt sponsored organized gambling. It's more likely that you will become President of the U.S., die in a plane crash, get struck by lightning, or find your feet on the lunar surface than win the PowerBall jackpot. Of course, the lottery is always pitched to the public as the cure for education, crumbling infrastructure, unemployment, etc. This modus operandi that the govt employs is in effect all around us.

And, why does gov't OK this form of gambling? Something they don't tell the public outright - gov't makes a windfall with the lottery system. BETS taken in the lottery system are a one for one for state and federal govt's. That is, for every dollar paid out the gov't takes out a dollar for themselves. Of course, they might disagree with this assessment and attempt to not focus on this. For example, while the media has been advertising the winner receiving a $550 + million prize they fail to advertise that the various gov't entities took out an equal amount for themselves, $550 + million. I think the prize was closer to $588 million and that's the amount the gov't took. But it doesn't end there! Not by a LONG shot! Now income taxes are automatically deducted BEFORE you can receive your prize. But wait it gets worse! Now, the BIG prize winner gets zapped further by the gov't. If you decide to take the prize in a one lump sum you further get penalized AND in a BIG WAY. What the latest Powerball winner, who supposedly one $550 + million, eventually walked home with was something in the neigborhood of $137 million!, a far cry from the advertised $550 million. This redefines double dipping! and even triple dipping!

Why does the lottery system and gov't get away with this? - Because while the public is being overwhelmed with all the hoopla surrounding the BIG JACKPOT and while winners are so concerned with how they are going to spend their newfound winnings they don't realize how royally financially screwed they are getting.

[hikerboy57]

well thanks for killing my dreams.
i do have the proceeds of my antifraudster compensation fund to fall back on. it should be here any day.

[hikerboy57]

heard from the federal reserve today:
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10038.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

We received an instructional letter to credit $10.5million to your account.

Note: that all charges are waived for the success of this contract fund to be credited into your account.

Your response is required to enable us credit your account without any further delay and you are also required to get back to us with your banking particulars for us to know if what we have in file is correct and to avoid crediting your fund to wrong account.

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR CONTRACT FUND.

Please be fast on this matter. Thanks and God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Daniel K. Tarullo
Credit Officer Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

[Train Wreck]

heard from the federal reserve today:
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10038.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

We received an instructional letter to credit $10.5million to your account.

Note: that all charges are waived for the success of this contract fund to be credited into your account.

Your response is required to enable us credit your account without any further delay and you are also required to get back to us with your banking particulars for us to know if what we have in file is correct and to avoid crediting your fund to wrong account.

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR CONTRACT FUND.

Please be fast on this matter. Thanks and God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Daniel K. Tarullo
Credit Officer Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

you lucky dog!

[Old Hiker]

heard from the federal reserve today:
FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD NEW YORK
33 LIBERTY STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10038.

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

CONTRACT FUND CREDIT FROM BANK FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD

We received an instructional letter to credit $10.5million to your account.

Note: that all charges are waived for the success of this contract fund to be credited into your account.

Your response is required to enable us credit your account without any further delay and you are also required to get back to us with your banking particulars for us to know if what we have in file is correct and to avoid crediting your fund to wrong account.

CONGRATULATION ON YOUR CONTRACT FUND.

Please be fast on this matter. Thanks and God bless you.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Daniel K. Tarullo
Credit Officer Federal Reserve Bank
http://www.federalreserve.gov/

Emphasis added above: Gotta be a scam - we have separation of church and state. Plus, when has the gub'mint ever thanked anyone.

[moytoy]

let me get this straight. you have millions and you want a half dozen strangers carry you off into the woods................GOOD LUCK!
That's funny and insightful!

[hikerboy57]

i hope one of these thigns comes through. someone cleaned out my bank account


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

CONTRACT PAYMENT COMMITTEE

GARKI ZONAL OFFICE, ABUJA

Motto: Clearing All Nigerian

Government Debts

Attention Beneficiary,


PAYMENT OF CONTRACT / INHERITANCE AMOUNT US$20 MILLION IN FAVOUR OF CONTRACT / INHERITANCE NUMBER: MOD/CPD/4286/83:


The payment of your contract above here refers.

We are pleased to inform you that the processing of your payment, which before now, has been handled, by the Central Bank of Nigeria, and other officials has been taken over by the Foreign Operations arm of the Presidency. We deemed it expedient to bring this to your notice and warn that you desist from further contact with the Central Bank of Nigeria and any other person (s) you have been dealing with over your payment. Doing so will be detrimental to the successful execution of your payment as the Federal Government of Nigeria will not be held liable for any loss of money by you through non-adherence of this instruction by you.

You are hereby assured that your funds will be released without further impediment as we solicit your adherence to our instructions.

Your contract / inheritance payment will be transferred through the Federal Government correspondence bank here in Nigeria and you are only required to carry out fresh approvals; some proper filling and application before your payment would be transferred.

To make this effective, the Presidency has assigned you a legal counsel Barrister Chijioke Chidi Associates & Solicitors.

Please contact Barrister Chidi Chijioke
Email: [email protected]

We will not entertain any other lawyer or person except our approved legal counsel Barrister Chijioke Chidi.

Forward the following information to Barrister Chijioke Chidi for confirmation.

Your Full Name
Your Address
Your Cell Phone Number And Fax Number
A Copy Of Your International Passport Or Id.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best regards,
Alhaji Ahmed Bunu
(Committee Chairman)

[Astro]

Buying a PowerBall JACKPOT lottery ticket is by far the worst bet you make in all of organized gambling. And, let's call it what it is - state and federal govt sponsored organized gambling. It's more likely that you will become President of the U.S., die in a plane crash, get struck by lightning, or find your feet on the lunar surface than win the PowerBall jackpot. Of course, the lottery is always pitched to the public as the cure for education, crumbling infrastructure, unemployment, etc. This modus operandi that the govt employs is in effect all around us.

And, why does gov't OK this form of gambling? Something they don't tell the public outright - gov't makes a windfall with the lottery system. BETS taken in the lottery system are a one for one for state and federal govt's. That is, for every dollar paid out the gov't takes out a dollar for themselves. Of course, they might disagree with this assessment and attempt to not focus on this. For example, while the media has been advertising the winner receiving a $550 + million prize they fail to advertise that the various gov't entities took out an equal amount for themselves, $550 + million. I think the prize was closer to $588 million and that's the amount the gov't took. But it doesn't end there! Not by a LONG shot! Now income taxes are automatically deducted BEFORE you can receive your prize. But wait it gets worse! Now, the BIG prize winner gets zapped further by the gov't. If you decide to take the prize in a one lump sum you further get penalized AND in a BIG WAY. What the latest Powerball winner, who supposedly one $550 + million, eventually walked home with was something in the neigborhood of $137 million!, a far cry from the advertised $550 million. This redefines double dipping! and even triple dipping!

Why does the lottery system and gov't get away with this? - Because while the public is being overwhelmed with all the hoopla surrounding the BIG JACKPOT and while winners are so concerned with how they are going to spend their newfound winnings they don't realize how royally financially screwed they are getting.

That is why some call it a Tax on the Stupid. I realize some do it for entertainment, but from an ROI (Return On Investment) perspective it is not very promising. I believe it one of the few things the government does where they actually make money.