permaculture

["J. Hobbs" <hobbsj@efn.org>]

Hello

I have also received similar mail with a theme more directed to 
laundering of a great deal of money, from the same Dr.   I suggest 
that you proceed carefully.  If its too good to be true, it usually 
isn't.

Jerome Hobbs,  (Jude Hobbs's significant other.)



> 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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