Confused

Hi there, I've recently received an email from a gentleman in Nigeria, he had a very interesting proposition for me, he was the former head of the National Bank of Nigeria, somehow he has come into alot of money $10,000,000 US dollars, something to do with accounts or something, now he's got my details from somewhere online and he's asking me if I will help him out of a situation. He can't keep the money in Nigeria for tax reasons or something and he's asking me if he can use my account to transfer the money into, I'm all for it, he's giving me $500,000 dollars for my troubles, that seems like a fantastic return for nothing really, I'm just wondering will there be any negative tax implications for me if I do this,,,,thanks.

If it sounds too good to be true, it usually is.

Maybe you would like a look at this link becuase you hand over your bank details to a stranger so they can clear it out?
http://www.crimes-of-persuasion.com/Crimes/Business/nigerian.htm

This is a well known scam that has been going on for years, the main rules of any Bank Accounts is never ever ever give anyone your Bank Details, the great saying of "if you get something for nothing there's always a catch" is ringing very loud and clear on this one!!!!

And only earlier today you were telling us all how astute you are!!
http://www.askaboutmoney.com/showthread.php?p=317708

Cop yourself on, its one of the oldest scams on the net http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigerian_419_scam

How do you mean? No he seems really honest, I've spoken to him on the phone, he even sent me the keys to the brief cases he's shipping over by dhl, and I've given him my bank details and he's given me his, all I had to send was 500 euro to an address in Holland for a diplomatic passport thingy for the transport of the briefcases as he couldn't do this from Nigeria.

And it's not even April 1st?

I smell [broken link removed] here...

Thread closed. Joeytheboy, strike one. Shouldn't you be packing, or something?