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African inheritance scams make up a large share of the online Internet scams. The Bank of Africa is frequently used by scammers to promote their agenda. The African inheritance scam is modeled on the Nigerian inheritance scam which is one of the most famous Internet scams. Some of the countries in West Africa that are involved in the African inheritance scam include Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Cote d'Ivoire which is also known as Ivory Coast in English, Ghana and Benin. Some of the African countries outside of West Africa that have been mentioned in Internet scams include Sudan and South Africa.
Waiting to hear from you. -----Inline Attachment Follows----- My dear, My name is Mr.Jean Kabore.I need trust and reliable person,understand my reason of contacting you today through this email. I am the manager of Auditing and Accounting department of BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) Ouagadougou Burkina faso. I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that i am about to repose to you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of (12.500.000.00)million to your account within 10 or 14 banking days.This money has been dormant for years in our Bank without claim. I want the bank to release the money to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer(the owner of the account)died along with his supposed next of kin in an air crash since January 31 2000. For more information about the crash you can visit this ite:http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Thompson_Thelma_2497755.aspx. I don't want the money to go into our Bank treasurer as an abandoned fund. So this is the reason why i contacted you so that the bank can release the money to you as the next of kin to the deceased customer.(Mr. Morris Thompson from American ) Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply i will give you full details on how the business will be executed and also, note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned sum if you agree to handle this business with me. You should contact me through this email address: kaborejn@yahoo.fr Waiting to hear from you.
Thanks The African inheritance scam can be identified by noticing that the scam letter mentions a deceased customer of a bank with no next of kin. The scammer posing as a bank official or employee tells the scam victim that they can receive a portion of the money in the dead person's bank account by pretending to be his next of kin. Since the act of posing as next of kin is a fraud in of itself, the scammer can trap the scam victim into giving up money through various scam tactics. Many online Internet scams follow this pattern, especially the African inheritance scams. In addition, the Bank of Africa is just one of many African banks that are mentioned in online scams from Africa. By identifying these features, becoming a scam victim can be prevented. Report a scam to proper authorities such as the FBI. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |