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In the current Internet scam, the scammer states that they are from Liberia. Some of the most common Internet scams come from countries in West Africa. These include Nigeria which is infamous for the Nigerian inheritance scam, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal and Sierra Leone. All of these countries are in West Africa including Liberia which has Ivory Coast and Sierra Leone as its Neighbors. The current Internet scam is similar to the inheritance scam where the scammer poses as an orphan whose mother and father were killed by greedy business partners. This is a common theme in many fraud emails. The Liberian inheritance scam is also similar to inheritance scams in other countries in the way that the scammer asks for the scam victim's trust. Although not specifically stated in this particular Internet scam, the scammer usually wants the scam victim to act as a guardian to the orphan scammer in order to help them with a bank transfer out of Liberia. As in other fraud emails that discuss bank transfers, the Liberian Internet scam says that it will give the scam victim a certain percentage of the inheritance funds. Once the money is released, the Liberian scammer orphans want the scam victim to help them invest the money in blue chip stocks, real estate and hotels. Best regards
Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:08 AM
GENUINE ASSISTANCE NEEDED Dearest Beloved, Please kindly go through this letter before you pass judgment because I am in need of assistance. I am Mr.Usman Sanusi the son of late Dr. Alahaji Bugora Sanusi from Liberia. I must confess my agitation is real, and my words is my bond, in this proposal My late father happens to be in control of a large number of farms including cattle’s and many sheep before he was poisoned by his foreign business partners in Paris with my mother in one of their farmers association meeting because of greed. But before his death my late father deposited some amount of money outside our country in bank at the tone of Four Million Eight Hundred United States Dollars $4,8 Millon. So I and my little sister are no longer safe here as the present government of Liberia are working with almost all the killers of my late father as one of them has been just be made a minister, name undisclosed because of security reasons. Furthermore we have contacted the bank where the money is deposited and the bankers let us understand that they signed an agreement with our late father that the total money must be transferred into his foreign business partner account undisclosed to them and that is the major reason why i am contacting you now for assistance. All I needed from you now is your full names and address including your direct and personal telephone number for easy communication as you know that this transaction is a very confidential one. Please Kindly get back to me immediately after you must have gone through my message fill free and make it urgent. That is the reason why I offered you 15 % of the total money amount, and in case of any other necessary expenses you might incur during this transaction. N.B Try and negotiate for me some profitable blue chip investment opportunities which is risky free which I can invest with this money when it is transferred from the bank here, personally I am interested in estate management and hotel business, please advise me. For more explanation write me through my alternative e-mail address (usman1@zworg.com) And promise me and my younger sister to be a good guardian considering our situation and not to betray us.
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Mr.Usman Sanusi
=================================================================== The current Internet scam from Liberia shares many common attributes with other similar types of scam letters. Scammers will very often use certain types of words in the greeting and text body of the fraud email. One example of this is the words "dearest beloved" which is used in the current Internet scam. Scammers will often portray themselves as a helpless orphan with a large inheritance that they are willing to share with the scam victim in return for the scam victim's help in getting access to the money. The Liberian inheritance scam that is presented here has these characteristics that help to identify it as a scam. Many scam letters of this nature will sometimes mention a large amount of money that is sitting in a bank account along with a percentage share for the scam victim. Once in a while, the scammer will also ask the scam victim for investment advice as in this scam email from Liberia. By identifying these characteristics, Internet scams can be avoided and reported to the proper authorities. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |