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A great number of the most common Internet scams include the Nigerian inheritance scam. The Nigerian inheritance scam can start off in various ways but usually a statement is made about how the scammer has searched the directory in order to find the potential scam victim now reading the fraud email. The current Internet scam follows the pattern of the Nigerian inheritance scam in other ways as well. The scammers usually present themselves as bank officials or employees who have found a large fortune of millions of dollars in the bank account of a dead foreigner. In the current Internet scam, the bank official claims to be a financial controller of Spring Bank. At the heart of most Nigerian inheritance scams is the dead person who left behind an unclaimed sum of money in a bank account. In this particular case, it is a contractor or consultant with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power of Nigeria who is no longer on Earth. The next issue usually brought up in these Internet scams is that of next of kin. The Nigerian inheritance scam will tell the scam victim that if no one comes forward to claim the funds then the money would go to the Nigerian government. If the scam victim decides to help the scammer, the scammer promises the scam victim 40% of the money in the bank account. One aspect of the Nigerian inheritance scam and many of the current Internet scams is that they sometimes lead to the check scam where the scam victim is asked to cash a check for the scammer. The check is fake and when this is discovered by the bank where it is cashed, the proceeds are taken out of the scam victim's bank account. THANKS FROM AWELE
Thursday, February 5, 2009 9:59 PM ¡Tengo nueva dirección de correo! Ahora puedes escribirme a:awele33@yahoo.com.co - Mr Awele Nwoboshi Spring Bank Plc, My Dear friend, I got your contact through the internet and I decided to reach you because presently i am in desperate need of a trust worthy foreign person for this proposal.I am Mr Awele Nwoboshi (Financial Controller)Spring Bank Plc, In January 2005, one of my customer (foreigner)who was a consultant/contractor with the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power,made a numbered time Fixed) Deposit,valued at S$11,500,000.00 Eleven Million, five hundred Thousand United States Dollars),for twelve (12)calendar months in my Bank.Upon maturity, we 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 that he is no longer on earth. It is possible that we may be tempted to make fortune out of our client's situations when we cannot help it.The said fund is still in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.In accordance with the Nigerian Federal Law, at the expiration of(4)four years,the money will be revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody come for the claim. Consequently,I shall present you as the next of kin, hence you are a foreigner to claim the said fund and the money will be share in the ratio of 60% for me,40% for you .There is no risk involved as i will use my position to secure approvals and Guarantee the successful execution of this transaction within 7-working days.If this proposal interest you,let me know and I will send to you the Detailed Information's on how this business would be successfully transacted. please include yourprivate phone number for voice contact.Best regards. Mr Awele Nwoboshi. GET BACK TO ME BY ( aweleawele54@yahoo.com.co) The Nigerian inheritance scam as well as other common Internet scams can be easily identified as such by the fact it is from Nigeria and that it asks the scam victim to pose as next of kin. The dead millionaire is almost always a feature of the Nigerian inheritance scam along with the mention of millions of dollars in the scam email. The Nigerian inheritance scam is not exclusive to Nigeria, however. Many other countries in Africa use the inheritance theme as well. Some of these countries in Africa that use it include Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire or Ivory Coast, Ghana, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan and South Africa. By observing these features, it is possible to avoid becoming a scam victim. Report a scam to the FBI or other appropriate authority once Internet scams have been identified. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Internet Scams Home Page |