Scam Money Transfers - Banks, Bank Managers
Example - Oduwa Peters,
at a finance company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin
Have you received an email from "Oduwa Peters" at "a finance company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin",
claiming that he has found a "dormant account" or money from a deceased customer
with no next of kin, or no will, and he needs you, a foreigner to help him take
the money, to keep it from being turned over to the bank or government?
It is a scam. Even if it weren't a scam, it would be a felony,
fraud and theft. But it is all nonsense, a scam made up to get money from you.
See the example below, an actual email from the scammer, sent to a victim.
The scammer intends to to get hold of your money instead, by conning you into sending money for various "fees" to free the
"funds in escrow".
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Note some of the obvious scam clues that we have
highlighted in the email below,
such as excessive/incorrect use of CAPITAL letters, terrible spelling, grammar
and punctuation, the use of free email accounts rather than a domain and website that
matches the company's name, etc.
Scam email:
Dear Colleaque,
I appoligize if the contents of this letter are
contrary to your moral ethics,but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal.I am Oduwa Peters, a credit officer with a finance company here in Cotonou, Republic of Benin in West Africa.
We lost a customer and his family in an auto crash here in Benin some years back and his account valued at US14,000,000,00 (Fourteen Million
United State Dollars) with us has been dormant and unclaimed due to unavailability of next of kin/relatives to claim his estate,since his son whom he used as his next of kin died with him in the crash.
In accordance with the es-cheat laws of Benin Republic,the Board of directors of the finance company meet a forth-night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to the Government having waited for too long without the deceased relatives /next of kin surfacing.If this is done,invariablly,the funds will end up becoming Government property.
It is against this backdrop that i am moved to contact you considering the fact that a known relative of him have not been located.
In view of this,I am seeking your co-operation and understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim this fund before the time period given by the finance company elapse.
If this proposal is ok by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of the trust i hope to bestow on you,then kindly get back to me immediately to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed.
I will not contact any person or company untill i hear from you so as to enable me decides on what to do next.
Be rest assured that it is a riskfree project and the proceeding will be shared 50% each once the fund are claimed and transferred to your account.
I awaits your prompt response.
Regards,
Oduwa Peters.
Reply To my Private Email :( oduwa1062@yahoo.fr )
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