Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - Rev Chris Amodo,
"IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE FUND PAYMENT"
I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8 MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS
Did you receive an email from a "Rev Chris Amodo" who
says to contact him and
" I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8 MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS"
First, never believe anything involving money from anyone who
writes in all capital letters and has atrocious spelling. That alone
demonstrates that the author is an poorly educated or just plain stupid -
obviously not who they claim to be!
So, the "reverend" works for a bank, but somehow he is writing
to you from a free yahoo account? Can you say "obvious scam"?
The scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but
the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. If
this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd
amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then you
really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and
familiarize yourself with their approach.
Rev Chris Amodo and yyy (not their real names, obviously, and probably the
same person) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Notice (highlighted below)
some of the other
obvious signs that this is a scam are poor
spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no
sense, etc.:
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FACT-FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES
TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA
E-MAIL:
chrisamodo3@yahoo.com
DEAR BELOVED,
IAM A DIRECTOR OF FACT FINDINGS AND SPECIAL DUTIES,I
AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO HEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE APEX BANK (CBN). MY NAME
IS REV CHRIS AMODO AND I AM A CLERGY WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA. IN
PURSUIT, I AND TWO STAFFS OF MY DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME IRREGULARITIES
GOING ON, YOUR PAYMENT WITH CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), WE FOUND OUT
THAT YOU HAD MET ALL THE STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER
INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR BANK .BUT I AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAYS THE
GOVERNMENT OFICERS AND OTHERS HAD BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU ON PRETEXT
TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR MILLION DOLLARS UND FROM NIGERIA VIA THE CBN.
DEAR BROTHER CUM CONTRACTOR, I WILL ADVISE YOU FROM
THIS MOMENT TO DESIST FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THESE UNSCRUPLOUS ELEMENTS
THAT PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD AND INNOCENT PEOPLE, I WANT TO LET YOU
KNOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT DESIST FROM THESE BAD ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL
CONTIUNE PAYING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM AND WITH THEIR ENDLESS
STORIES, REQUESTING ONE CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SINCE
LAST YEARS THIS THEIR FRAUDULENT CHARACTER HAD STARTED AND NON OF THEM CAN
PAY YOU THE SUPPOSED MONEY. NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAD PAID TO THEM
WERE USED FOR THEIR INTEREST/BENEFITS, REITERATED THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ANY
FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS UNBELIEVERS,
IT IS A PITY THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD EXTORTED MUCH
MONEY FROM YOU BUT I HAD PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE
USED TO PAY YOU ALL THIS MONEY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATIONS, BUT IT
MUST BE KEPT SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD THE FOREIGN CURRENCIES
DO COME INTO THE COUNTRY, IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE
CARRIAGE SHCHEME. I WILL FIRST
DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8
MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS AND AFTER
RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE CONTENTS FROM YOUR BANKERS, I WILL
SEND TO YOU ANOTHER BATCH BUT I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY
TO KNOW A BOUT THIS METHOD TO AVOID PEOPLE EYESBROW.
I HAD ARRANGED WITH THE COURIER COMPANY, THE COMPANY
AGREED TO DESPATCH THE BOXES BUT I DID NOT TELL THEM THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS
BECAUSE THE COURIER COMPANIES DO NOT CARRY PHYSICAL CASH FOR DESPATCH, WHAT
I WILL DECLARE TO THEM AS THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES IS SENSITIVE FILMS AND
FILM MATERIALS , SO THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL
INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THE FILMS DOES NOT REQUIRE SUNRAYS OR CONTACT WITH AIR.
I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE COURIER COMPANY WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR GO
AHEAD ORDER ,KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE OFFICERS AND THOSE
YOU CALL YOUR PARTINERS. DO NOT PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM OR TO THOSE THAT
CALLED THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.
I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATIONS AS SOON AS
I RECEIVED YOUR GO AHEAD ORDER, I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW.
BEST REGARDS AND REMAIN BLESSED,
REV CHRIS AMODO.
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