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  • From: Ute Bohnsack <sustag@eircom.net>
  • To: Permaculture <permaculture@franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Strange letter from Nigeria
  • Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 14:40:39 +0100


Dear all,
I just received a somewhat obscure letter purportedly from a presidential
advisor in Nigeria, who is recruiting consultants to set up permaculture
centers
in Nigeria.
I copy the letter below.

There are a few strange things about it which almost made me delete it as
spam.
However, if it was a true request I'd like to pass it on to people who would
be
interested in that kind of work. I don't particularly want to work in Nigeria
and I'm not familiar with the conditions there. Perhaps someone else does.
Anyway, the strange bits are:

1) the originating address was a Dr. Paul Davis. I can't find a Paul Davis
with
any connection in Nigeria and his e-mail address doesn't appear on the net
(unless it's well hidden)
2) the letter is signed by a Dr. Egobia-Biko who's name also doesn't crop up
anywhere on the net, and in the letter the "my personal email address" is
given
as that of Dr. Davis. The other email address given is also nowhere to be
found
on the net.
3) I can't find any Nigerian "Agric/Environmental Conservative Foundation" on
the net or anything close to that name
4) The letter is riddled with spelling mistakes.
5) The letter was not just sent to my email address but also to various
concoctions of mine and my partners name @altavista.com where I never had an
address.
6) The dns lookup shows the letter originated in Canada.

So perhaps this is an elaborate hoax which begs the question "Why?".

Perhaps someone here can make sense of it.

Here's the letter:
Quote:
"FROM : THE PRESIDENCY
DESK : THE PRESIDENTIAL ADVISER
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
PRESIDENTIAL VILLA ABUJA
NIGERIA


RE: BUSINESS INTEREST


I AM DR EGOBIA-BIKO {GED}NATIONAL AGRIC/ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIVE
FOUNDATION.WE ARE CURRENTLY MANDATED TO LAISE WITH INTERESTED FOREIGN
PARTNERS WHO WILL ASSIST US TO SET UP A COMPREHENSIVE PERMACULTURAL CENTER
IN EACH OF THE 36 STATES OF THE FEDRETIONOF NIGERIA.

A COMPANY FROM SOUTH AFRICA WAS CONTACTED TO DO THE FICIBILITY STUDIES OF
THE PROJECT IN 1998 BUT WAS CANCELLED DUE TO UNDULY BEHAVOUR EXHITED BY
THEM, COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT THERE WAS A CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT IN 1999.
THE DOMCRATIC GOVERNMENT HAS PUT IN ALL THE MECHINARIES IN PLACE AND NOW
RAEDY TO OPEN DISCUSSIONS WITH ANY INTERESTED PARTNER IN A VIEW OF AWARDING
THE CONTRACT . YOUR ESTEEMED SELF/COMPANY WAS INTRODUCED TO THIS DEPARTMENT
BYYOUR CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE 6 MONTHS AGO.
PLEASE KINDLY SEND TO THIS OFFICE THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESS
Pres/nipan_@yahoo.com or MY PERSONAL EMAIL ADDRESS padis@altavista.com
YOUR LETTER OF INTENT AND YOUR DETAILED PARTICULARS TO US .
TO ENABLE US SEND YOU MODALITIES, TENDER DETAILS AND AREAS WE WOULD LIKE TO
GET YOU INVOLVED .
BEST REGAERDS
DR EGOBIA-BIKO{GED}
FOR THE EXCUTIVE CHAIRMAN "

Unquote





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