Nigerian Money Scams
Nigerian money scams are nothing new to most Internet veterans. But, thousand of hopeful people are taken in by convincing emails every year.
While not specifically identity theft, victims give away banking information and credit card information quickly and easily. Why would they do this? In the hope of getting easy money in return.
After all, as someone who wants a little more out of life, you probably would like to get an email that says:
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Atm Payment Update
Office of the chief auditor to the president, International credit settlement Attention: beneficiary This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out that why you have not received your payment is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your contract/inheritance payment. Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials in the bank. Your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this has to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction from ALHAJI UMAR MUSA YAR-ADUA (GCFR) federal republic of Nigeria. This card center will send you an atm card, which you will use to withdraw your money in any atm machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is one thousand, five hundred United States dollars per day. So if you like to receive your fund in this
Rev. Father Martins Uzo Director, atm payment department, (cbn) Email: inforatm_1841@yahoo.fr ) The atm card payment center has been mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2007. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. Regards,
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Of course, getting $1,500 a day on $8.3 million sounds pretty good, doesn't it?
But, once you contact Mr. Sadiq Alman there will be few problems. There will be a couple of fees you'll have to pay. They will notify you of a small $75 certification fee before they can issue the credit card. Then there will be a little larger fee of $250 to certify the card for international transfers.
By this time you're hooked. The head banker will need to be bribed to expedite your paper work. About $450 should do it. After all, you know about third world countries and the need to pay expediting fees, don't you?
And then there will be postal agents that won't send international mail without an official review. You'll need an additional $1,500 for 4 officials at the postal inspection authority.
Now, you're really on a roll. There's going to be a problem getting the money from the long term deposit account moved to the high daily yield account that makes it available for ATM withdrawals. Some fees and interest makeup charges, only another $3,500 to get you started.
And, by them you know you've been scammed. And, too many people remain silent, unwilling to let others know what foolish things they have done.
But, the emails don't stop coming. Here is another for a mere $1.2 million.
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My Dear.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the com-opersation of a new partner from Madrid Spain.recently I'm in Madrid Spain for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. mean while,i didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds deposited that it failed us some how.But kindly contact my Secretary.Now contact my secretary,his name is Mr Benjamin John Email( benjamin_john01@yahoo.fr ) ask him to send you the total sum of $1.2,000,000.00 Million USD which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much.so feel free and get in touched with my secretary Mr, Benjamin John and instructed him where to send the amount to you. Please do let me know immediately you received it so that we both can hare the joy after all the sufferness at that time. in the moment, i m very busy here because of the investment projects which i and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to received that money, so feel free to get in touch with Mr,Benjamin John he will send the amount. to you without any delay. God bless you, best regards
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And, aren't you lucky? You just won the Powerball Lotto:
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Ref Nr: PBL/CN/6654/CP
Dear consolation Prize Winner, CONSOLATION PRIZE WINNER NOTICE Europe/ America private international e-games organizers and co-sponsors, POWERBALL LOTTO Group International, officially bring to your notice of the final draw result of the 7th of june, 2007. POWERBALL LOTTO -wheel E-game which was conducted at our international corporate office complex in The UNITED KINGDOM. We wish to congratulate and inform you on the selection of your email coupon number which was selected among the 6 lucky consolation prize winners Your email ID identified with coupon No. PBL2348974321 and was selected by our E-games Random Selection System (ERSS) with entries from the 50,000 different email addresses enrolled for the E-game. Your email ID was included among the 50,000 different email addresses submitted by our partner international email provider companies. You have won a consolation cash prize of GBP 1,000,000.00 (One Million Great Britain Pounds) only. You are to contact the DPU Officer with the following details for the release of your winnings. Claims Requirements:
Contact Person: Dr.Mark Brown Contact E-mail: contactclaimsagent_powerballgame@yahoo.co.uk TEL:+44-7024075281
Regards
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If you have been a victim of one of these schemes, please forward appropriate written documentation to the United States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 950 H Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20223, or telephone (202) 406-5850, or contact by e-mail.
If you have received a letter, but have not lost any monies to this scheme, please fax a copy of that letter to (202) 406-5031.
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