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Scam Money Transfers - Banks, Bank Managers
Example - UWAM AHMED, Bill and Exchange Manager, Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso (Nigeria)
Have you received an email from "UWAM AHMED, Bill and Exchange Manager" at "Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso (Nigeria)",
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 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:
From: "uwam ahmed" <
uwam_ahmed6@hotmail.fr >
Subject: DEAR FRIEND
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 2008 10:21:59 +0000
FROM, THE DESK OF MR UWAM AHMED,
BILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGER, IN FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
(BOA) BANK OF AFRICA,
OUAGADOUGOU,BURKINA FASO.
00226-78172399
Dear Friend,
How are you doing with your family? Hope fine,
Please pay attention and understand my reason of contacting you today
through this email, My name is UWAM AHMED, Bill and Exchange Manager in
Bank Of Africa Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso. In my department, during the
Auditing of the year 2007, I discovered an abounded sum of $15M that belongs
to our Late Mr. Morris Thompson, an American prominent man who unfortunately
lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which
crashed on January 31st 2003. You may read more about the crash on visiting
this C.N.N News internet website below.
http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
I desperately need your assistance to secure and
move this huge sums of money left behind by my late client to the tune of
$15,000.000.00, (Fifteen Million United States Dollars) out from Bank Of
Africa Ouagadougou Burkina Faso to your own account, he executed contract
through Department of Work and Housing here in Ouagadougou Burkina-Faso and
the mentioned money above is his money left in our bank before his death.
Meanwhile, for your smoothness of this transaction, I will pay you 30% of
the total sum for your co-operation in this matter. If you know that you are
interested and capable to handle this business transaction, come up with the
information's showed below:-
1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Contact
Cell Phone Number:
3. Your Age:
4. Your Sex:
5. Your
Occupations:
6. Your Country
and City:
As soon as possible all these information's is
submitted to me, I will immediately draft an application form with all your
information's and send back to you, so that you will proceed with the
transaction by sending the form to BOA bank for the transferring of this
fund into your account.
Yours
Faithfully,
Mr. UWAM AHMED,
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