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Internet banking scams that come from Africa will sometimes combine with another type of scam such as the Nigerian inheritance scam. The Nigerian inheritance scam, however, can come from any country. It is only a matter of changing the name of the country. Many Internet scams come from African countries such as Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast as it is also called. They also come from other West African countries such as Benin, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone as well as Nigeria. The current Internet scam appears to come from Burkina Faso. Other countries outside of West Africa sometimes include Sudan and South Africa. The Internet scam presented here tells the scam victim that a foreign costomer of the African Development Bank died and left a fortune in an unclaimed bank account. Furthermore, if the scam victim acts as next of kin, they will get a portion of the funds in the bank account belonging to the dead person as an inheritance. In order to receive the money, however, the scam victim hasto contact the scammer and provide information about themselves. This information can be used to defraud the scam victim out of thousands of dollars. Many Internet scams that use the inheritance theme state that there is a six or seven year period where the vast fortune would be transferred to the government when this period is up. URGENT EMAIL
Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:17 PM
CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL FROM. My Good Friend, How are you doing together with your family? I guessed all is well. My massage should not be a surprise proposal to you because i got your contact information from the international directory in few weeks ago before i decided to contact you on this magnitude and lucrative transaction for our future survival in life. Moreover, i have laid all the solemn trust in you before i decided to disclose this successful & confidential transaction to you. As i have said, I AM MR.AHMED HOSNI. THE CHIEF AUDITOR INCHARGE OF FOREIGN REMITTANCE UNIT, AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK OUAGADOUDOU BURKINA-FASO. Now i have the intent to contact you over this financial transaction worth the sum of NINTEEN MILLION, THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($19,300,000.00 ) for our future success. This is and abandoned sum that belongs to one of our bank foreign customers who died along with his entire family through plane crash disaster since few years ago. Meanwhile i was very fortune to came across the deceased file when i was arranging the old and abandoned customers files in other to sign and submit to the entire bank management for an official re-documentation and audit of the year against 2009. Be informed clearly that it was stated in our banking rules and regulations which was signed lawfully that if such fund remains unclaimed till the period of 6 years started from the date when the beneficiary died, the money will be transferred into the treasury as an unclaimed fund. As a honour and advantage bestowed to our foreign customers base on the rules guilding our bank, it was stated obviously that if you are not a citizen of Burkina Faso , you have the absolute authority to claim the fund hence you are a foreigner despite your differences from the country of origin of the deceased. So the request of you as a foreigner is necessary and legit to apply for the claim and transfer of the fund smoothly into your reliable bank account as the NEXT OF KIN OR EXTENDED RELATIVE to the deceased costomer. On the transfer of this fund into your account, { 39% } being ( US$7,527,000.00) will be your share in respect of the account provision and your assistance rendered during the transfer of the fund into your bank account,{ 52% } being (US$10,036,000.00) will be my share being the codinator and the pillar of the transaction while the rest { 9% } being (US$1,737,000.00) will be shared to the respectable Organisations Centers such as Charity Organisation, Motherless Babies homes, and helpless disabled people in the World. Now, if you are really sure of your trustworthy, accountability,confidentiality on this transaction, contact me and agree that you will not change your mind to cheat or disappoint me when the fund have getting into your account. Besides you should not entertain any fear because i am sure of the success as an insider in the bank. Please reply with the assurance, include your private telephone and fax numbers necessary for facilitate an easy communication in this transaction. As soon as you reply , give me a call through my private telephone number on ( +226 78 47 9144) so that i will let you know the next step to follow in order to finalize this transaction immediately. I expect your urgent communication and my best regard to you and all members of your family.
PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER. (+226-78479144) Many Internet scams from Africa use the theme found in the Nigerian inheritance scam. The Nigerian inheritance scam usually mentions a deceased person along with the amount of money they left in their unclaimed bank account. This is followed by a request by the scammer to contact and provide information. In the case of banking Internet scams, it is possible that the scammer might ask for bank account numbers in order to facilitate to transfer from one bank account to another. Another feature found is a statement about charity. For example the current Internet scam mentions helping motherless babies and disabled people. In addition, it is common in many Internet scams that the scammer will request confidentiality. Report a scam to authorities such as the FBI when a scam has been identified. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |