Most of you have received an email from a member of a Nigerian family with wealth. It is a desperate cry for help in getting a very large sum of money out of the country. A common variation is a woman in Africa who claimed that her husband had died, and that she wanted to leave millions of dollars of his estate to a good church.
In every variation, the scammer is promising obscenely large payments for small unskilled tasks. This scam, like most scams, is too good to be true. Yet people still fall for this money transfer con game.
They will use your emotions and willingness to help against you. They will promise you a large cut of their business or family fortune.
All you are asked to do is cover the endless “legal” and other “fees” that must be paid to the people that can release the scammer’s money.
The more you are willing to pay, the more they will try to suck out of your wallet. You will never see any of the promised money, because there isn’t any. And the worst thing is, this scam is not even new; its variant dates back to 1920s when it was known as 'The Spanish Prisoner' con.
zee001 posted on Sep 14, 2006
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MagentaMoon said on Sep 14, 2006....
I called the FBI. They gave me their email address (for my state) and asked me to forward them to their office. The agent I spoke with told me that people have actually flown to Europe (where they were supposed to pick up the money) only to find vacant lots at the addresses they were given. One of the emails I received was from some guy who said he was a bank officer for some bank in India. He even sent scans of his pass port and some other crazy looking document. The bottom line: you're not going to get something for nothing. It doesn't mean that a windfall can't blow your way, but when it's of Divine origin, you'll know.
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inspiration2jms said on Nov 11, 2006....
You can also send the emails to the Nigerian Law Agencies at info@efccnigeria.orgThey do all that they can to stop these con artists. I have become friends with one of these officers. It distresses him tremendously. He has stated on several occasions that he knows there are people that know nothing about Nigeria but that it is full of crooks. He is ashamed.I have also gotten them from 'elderly, terminally ill' women who ask only that you help the poor with the money.
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