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Inflation has seriously affected the Nigerian scams
Normally, I would ignore these Nigerian scam emails but this one—this one is
gold:
> From: Federal Emergency <
[email protected]>
> To: undisclosed-recipients:;
> Subject: Attention Dear
> Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2023 01:46:19 -0700
>
> FEMA HEADQUARTERS
>
> REGION II - NJ, NY, PR, VI 26 Federal Plaza, Room 1337 New York, NY
> 10278-0002
> REGION III - DE, DC, MD, PA, VA, WV 615 Chestnut Street 6th Floor
> Philadelphia, PA 19106
>
> Congratulations to the owner of this email account, Please If you received
> this email in your spam folder it could be due to your Internet Service
> Provider, (ISP). move it to your inbox before responding, The Federal
> Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has added an event wide notice for
> 4504DR-KS (4504DR) 2023, Event Wide Notice: FEMA Established Deadlines for
> COVID-19 Funding,
>
> This is to intimate the owner of this email account with very important
> information, The United Nations and Federal Emergency Management Agency
> (FEMA) has made available a total sum of US$102,000,000,000,000 to world
> governments for distribution to Twelve Million successful company and
> business emails users. You're qualified and chosen for the (UNCC & FEMA)
> covid19 outbreak compensation payment of $8,500,000.00 USD only. Kindly
> contact the Secretary-general of the United Nations for the claim of more
> details. Contact Mr. Antonio Guterres through below email for the claim of
> your funds. $8,500,000.00,
>
> CONTACT Mr. Antonio J. Guterres
> EMAIL: <
[email protected]>
> phone: +1-(409)-571-2111
> kindly text him for an urgent response.
>
> Body: FEMA established deadlines for the Public Assistance for COVID-19
> events to assist states, tribal nations, localities, territories, and
> eligible private nonprofits in pandemic response and recovery. 30th
> December 2023 is the deadline for Applicants to submit their Request for
> Public Assistance for the COVID-19 pandemic incident. You can apply for
> reimbursement funding from FEMA for recovery efforts. 30th December 2023 is
> also the end of the 100% federal cost share for eligible COVID-19 response
> and recovery work. Any work that Applicants conduct or complete before 30th
> December, 2023 or after will be funded at 90% federal cost share,
>
> yours faithfully, Miss. Deanne Criswell,
>
I think this is a record—**one hundred trillion dollars** in compensation.
Yes, inflation is currently on the rise, but I don't think the United States
has one hundred trillion dollars. Is the author perhaps confusing us with
Zimbabwe [1]? I'm happy to report that the math in the email works out, so
some effort was given here. But aside from the decent grammar, the math
working and the monetary amount, nothing else about this is really
noteworthy.
[1]
https://www.cnn.com/2016/05/06/africa/zimbabwe-trillion-dollar-note/index.html
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