Catching up on my Nigerian correspondence

Received this little gem of an email sent to my office account, entitled: [Smootie], urgent email for your boss.

Since it was from the "INFOMATION CENTRE, PRESIDENCY", I almost deleted it but opened it out of curiousity...

Dear Sir,

Good morning sir, authority have been given to us by his presidency to pay all our contractors, I here by advise you to send us your bank's information immediately for us to check with the one we are having here to avoid mistake.

You should also send me a copy of your international passport and your driving license for verification of the beneficiary.

Thanks,
John Garuba

Hmm... my office email account must have found its way into somebody's "Excessively Stupid People's Contacts" list.

And a little drop of irony at the end of that email - Yahoo's automated message:

"To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre."