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This scam is the bank employee who wants help getting a large fortune out of the country scam. Common scam letters such as the one promoting this particular scam come from countries in West Africa such as Ghana. The following scam com example is a scam letter from Ghana in West Africa. The typical scam communication usually takes place through email. The scam com author tries to get the potential scam victim to respond with personal information. The check scam commences when the victim is sent a check to be cashed. The proceeds of the check are then sent back. The theme found in this scam communication is help with a bank transfer which is one of the many used in the African scam. Unlike the phishing scam com that uses a fake website, the African scam letter usually states that millions of dollars are waiting for the scam victim.
Greetings from Mr. Henry .L. EphersonFriday, March 28, 2008 9:41 AM
From: "Mr. Henry l. Epherson" Dear Sir, Re: Requesting your assistance in transfer of US$9,000,000.00 (Nine million United States dollars) I am the manager of the International Commercial Bank Ghana First Light branch. I got your contact during my search for a reliable, honest and a trustworthy person to entrust this huge transfer project with. I am a Ghanaian married with two kids. Although I am not comfortable to send this proposal to you because of increase in scam and fraud especially in Africa, but I am too sure that this is not scam because you have access to confirm every information, provided you did not let my Head Office know the source of your information. I am writing to solicit your assistance in the transfer of US$9,000, 000.00 (Nine million United States dollars) these funds is the excess of what my branch in which I am the manger made as profit during last year. I have already submitted an approved end of the year report for the year 2007 to my Head Office here in Accra and they will never know of this excess. I have since then, placed this amount of US$9,000, 000.00 (Nine million United States dollars) on an escrow call account without a beneficiary. As an officer of the bank, I cannot be directly connected to this money thus I am impelled to request for your assistance to receive this money into your bank account. I intend to part 30% of this fund to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there are practically no risk involved in this. It's going to be a bank-to-bank transfer. All I need from you is to stand as the original depositor of this fund. If you accept this offer, I will appreciate your timely response. With warm regards, Mr. Henry .L. Epherson This scam com example is for demonstration. Do not respond to this scam communication. Report a scam to authorities such as the FBI. Scams such as these should be identified and avoided. Scams coming from overseas indicating that they are from foreign countries come with a wide variety of themes. Once the basic themes are recognized, new and different themes can be identified. One of the most common scams coming from Africa is the bank transfer scam. Communications like this, once understood, can be spotted in other scam letters as well. This particular scam is the basic bank employee transfering money scam coming from the African country of Ghana. Return to Phishing Internet Scams Home Page » Return to Scam Com Home Page |