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Dear quandryfoe My name is Danjuma Sule, one of the sons of major Gen Gumel Danjuma Sule, The late Nigeria's former minister of mines and power in the regime o
by danjumasule 13y ago
Dear quandryfoe
My name is Danjuma Sule, one of the sons of major Gen Gumel Danjuma Sule, The late Nigeria's former minister of mines and power in the regime of the late former Nigeria's military Head of state, Gen Sanni Abacha. When my father died he left me an inheritance of 9830422.33333421 bitcoins. Unfortunately bitcoin exchanges are not yet set up in Nigerian currency and I am in need of a young techno wizard with a bank account denominated in US dollars to assist me in gaining access to my inheritance.
It is on this basis I am seeking for assistance. Your percentage is negotiable. Please note; your age and profession doesn't really matter in this transaction. Waiting for your immediate response and bank account specifics.
Regards, Danjuma Sule
- chm 13y agoWhy is your name in green?
- Mz 13y ago"Noob" Edit: I mean green equals new account.
- gojomo 13y agoIt's an 'HN Verified' account; this person has passed all identity/credit checks and may -- nay, should -- be issued convertible debt at will.
- sgdesign 13y agoHow can I get one of these "HN Verified" accounts? Are you the person in charge of verification I should be sending my credit card information to?
- MacsHeadroom 13y agoFrom the same place you get 4chan gold accounts.
- waterlesscloud 13y agoNext to the pool on the roof.
- swalsh 13y agoIf you're creating a new account because you KNOW its going to be downvoted, isn't that an indication that you just shouldn't make the comment?
- rollo_tommasi 13y agoMaybe he was just committing to the joke.
- scarmig 13y agoSimilarly downvoted him. HN is a serious place for serious topics. We should be talking about bitcoin.
- diminoten 13y agoI can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not...
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- Helianthus 13y agoIt's actually a very wonderful comment.
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- hyh1048576 13y agoWait, why can't I see a downvote button?
- jacoblyles 13y agoThe ironic thing about this comment is that, unlike with a USD bank account, I would be happy to give someone my public bitcoin address.
- riffraff 13y agoI imagine sharing your IBAN or local equivalent does not imply any significantly larger danger than sharing your bitcoin address, am i missing something?
- mattm 13y agoThe scary thing is that there are no checks on withdrawals from your account. Anyone with your account number (which is available on all checks) could in theory withdraw money from your account.
- troels 13y agoThat would depend on the bank and country. In the UK, for example, you can set up a direct debit and withdraw funds directly, using just the bank details. But you would need to have a UK bank account to do so, and they would presumably not just allow anyone to start running direct debits.
- jaimebuelta 13y agoIt is not as easy as it sounds. Those kind of withdraws (direct debits) needs special accounts to start with, and can be cancelled talking to the bank (during a "grace period", typically 2 weeks). The process to determine if that withdraw was legitimate is done with the money on the original account. If you have more than normal rate of "rejections", your special account will be cancelled, and could be difficult to run direct debits again... The specifics can change from country to country, of course. I know that in the US direct debits are rare (while in Europe are quite common), so maybe the process changes. Anyway, your bank account number is still sensitive info, as there are scams that can challenge the whole process (generating lots of direct debits, or trying to duplicate legitimate ones to go "undercover")