Nigeria to get $18bn debt relief

[Maggy J]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4637395.stm

This makes for interesting reading..

[Tuftus]

Wonder how many 419 emails this will generate?

[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Tuftus

Wonder how many 419 emails this will generate?

Hey not all of those even come from Nigeria..they come from unscrupulous con artists from all over the world..

[Graham]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4637395.stm

To: Dr Henry Mbonga, Solicitor of Law, Nigeria.

MOST CONFIDENTIAL and TOP SECRET.

Dear Sir, I write to you with the blessings of, our Lord Jesus Christ and the wish of health and long life to you and your fmaily.

I am a member of a small island country and have recentely been informed that one of our leading citziens has allows $18bn of money to be placed into a bank account of a foreign debtor.

Since, it has not been possible to arrange propor payment of this money I have written to you in the utmost confidence as I seek your consent as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10.4 million can be paid to you.

All documents to enable you get this fund will be carefully worked out. This proposal is 100% risk-free. We have agreed that the fund be shared thus, after it must have been transferred into your account.

Please get back to me through my email address for further discussion.

Best Regards.

[Maggy J]

[homealone]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

absolutely nice one Graham

Originally Posted by Incognitas

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4637395.stmThis makes for interesting reading..

I hate to spoil the nice little party here and all the excitement, but this article was even more fascinating:

£220 billion stolen by Nigeria's corrupt rulers by David Blair in the Telegraph 25/06/05

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[Maggy J]

Originally Posted by Gogogo

I hate to spoil the nice little party here and all the excitement, but this article was even more fascinating:

£220 billion stolen by Nigeria's corrupt rulers by David Blair in the Telegraph 25/06/05

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You are not raining on my parade. I was born in Nigeria and I have despaired continually at the apparent connivance with the corrupt government of Nigeria for the last 40 years by so called democracies.

[kronas]

ive said this before just get the rulers out of there, why cant bush blair or the UN just eject them out of the country like they did to saddam, if we really want world peace and poverty to be rid of its the only solution and yes i know its not the right way but until radical reform is made in the governments of these countries these leechs then im afraid throwing money at this plight will not save many people, or reform the country to educate peopel too because people such as mugabe will just take away people livelihoods.

Originally Posted by Incognitas

You are not raining on my parade. I was born in Nigeria and I have despaired continually at the apparent connivance with the corrupt government of Nigeria for the last 40 years by so called democracies.

No intention to rain on any parade, having lived in Africa myself I know rain is water and water is life. Agreed it takes two to party, clearly errors were made by the UK and of course the multi-nationals and arms traders need to share blame. I suppose the Nigerian Civil War/Biafran war was a sample of how the big powers east, west and south got involved for narrow reasons.

I really do hope and pray that Nigeria now can turn the corner and develop prosperity for all the people.

I'm a great fan of Chinua Achebe.

[Escapee]

Originally Posted by Incognitas

You are not raining on my parade. I was born in Nigeria and I have despaired continually at the apparent connivance with the corrupt government of Nigeria for the last 40 years by so called democracies.

I know its easy to jump to a conclusion. I am still very friendly with a woman of Nigerian descent living in this country, at first I was very wary of her due to the 419 scams etc.

She is a very nice person but it just goes to show that it made me think because she said she was from Nigeria, if she had said any other African country I probably wouln't of been quite so wary.

I know it was bad on my part to think like that, but the amount of scams involving emails from Nigeria does make people think like that. I wonder however if they are that bad in comparison to people from other poor African countries who are trying to make a buck illegaly.

I thought this link from a Nigerian newspaper was interesting as it says a little more in regard to its importance. it gives a breakdown of money owed to countries of the Paris club:

Nigeria Gets $20bn Debt Pardon