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Internet scams come from many different continents such as Asia, Africa, Australia, Europe, North and South America. A great many seem to come from the African countries of Nigeria, Ghana, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast, Benin and Burkina Faso. There are different variations, however, that come from the UK. While Internet scams from Africa mostly use the next of kin theme like the Nigerian inheritance scam, for example, the ones from Europe, in particular, the UK, seem to rely more on the lottery theme. One prime example is the UK lottery scam that tells the scam victim that they won the international lottery just from having an email address. Some Internet scams such as this one, however, use the inheritance scam with a country outside of Africa. In this case, the country is the United Arab Emirates which is located in the Middle East on the Arabian Peninsula in the Persian Gulf region. It is a major oil producing country which serves as the backdrop for the scam letter. The goal of the Internet scams is to retrieve personal or financial information from the possible scam victim. Once this is obtained, the objective then becomes to swindle the scam victim by having them cash a fake check and sending the money back to the scam artist. A large number of Internet scams tell scam victims that they can receive serveral millions of dollars, euros or pounds. At some point, the scammer will tell the scam victim that they need a check cashed so they can proceed with the transfer of money. For some reason, the counterfeit check has to be cashed in the scam victim's country instead of the scammer's home country. Sometimes, they might give a reason such as keeping the matter quiet by conducting the transaction elsewhere so the bank where the account is held is not alerted.
Mr. Iman Al Ali,Sunday, April 13, 2008 4:26 PM
From The Desk of Mr. Iman Al Ali I am Mr. Iman Al Ali, Branch Manager National Bank of Dubai Abu Dhabi branch, I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you an America Iraqi Foreign Oil Consultant /Contractor with the Chevron Petroleum Corporation Company Late Mr. Thomas Stone Made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$12,000,000.00 (Twelve Million United State Dollars in my branch. Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, Iraqi Foreign Oil consultant Chevron Petroleum Corporation Company that Thomas Stone. Died in a plane crash in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash for more information about this crash and person you can contact this website:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/1999/11/01/iran/main49778.shtml Since we got this information about his death and on further investigation I found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Thomas Stone did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank This sum of US$12,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of United Arab Emirates, at the expiration of 9 (nine) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the (U.A.E) Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Thomas Stone so that the fruits of this old man's labour will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate administration in your favour for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email address above. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
Awaiting your urgent reply
Do You Yahoo!? The inheritance scam is just one of the many Internet scams but it is one of the most common. Internet scams that ask the scam victim to act as a relative or next of kin for a millionaire or billionaire that has passed away are sometimes followed by the check scam. When Internet scams arrive in people’s email accounts they can usually be identified by the subject heading without even opening the email. They can be recognized by their strange greeting that seems to have been written by someone from a foreign country. Sometimes, the words are either all lower case letters or all upper case and seems out of place for someone who would know how to write English properly. Some of the other notable features include a statement about a large amount of money, a form for the scam victim to fill out and a request for secrecy. By identifying these features in Internet scams such as the one found here, email fraud can be prevented. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |