E-mail Issue Senior Advocate Of Nigeria money scam from forgien countries Ripoff Internet
I was wondering if others are getting e-mails like this. ( this is the 2nd one that has been sent to me, but under a different sender.)... FROM THE DESK OF
BARR. JOHN IBE (SENIOR ADVOCATE OF NIGERIA)
ADD: 36 OBOT RD VICTORIA ISLAND LAGOS. NIGERIA
FAX: 234-1-7594374
E-mail address: mrjohnibe@freeghana.com
TEL:
Attn: friend
It is with trust and believe that I write to you, all though I don't know you neither have I seen you before, but my confidence was reposed On
you.
I am BARRISTER. JOHN IBE (SAN), a personal Attorney to Mr. PATRICK BELL, and a National of your Country. He was also a Contractor with one of the Government Prostates, who executed a contract with the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUM COPORATION (NNPC) here in Nigeria before his death.
Unfortunately my client who perished in the plane crash of Swiss Air Flight Number 111 which crashed on 2nd September 1998. You can read more about the news on visiting this site.
Up till today none of his relatives has come forward to claim his contracts fund with the NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLUM COPORATION (NNPC) I his Lawyer have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful, as he has no wife.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to help me and claim this money valued at (NINE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) as the next of kin of my late client
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the NNPC.
More overly, I provide all necessary information documents for the claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law Also I would be grateful if this mail will be favored with an earlier reply, all I need from you is to furnish me with your contact information such as: your direct phone and fax number for fast communication.
However, I am compensating you with 40% of the total amount, now all my hope is banked on you and I really wants to invest this money in your country, were there is stability of Government, political and economic welfare.
PLEASE SIR, KINDLY TREAT THIS AS VERY URGENT AND STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL - I HONESTLY ASSURE YOU THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE.
I look forward to your urgent reply through prayer, for security reasons. Thank you for your expected cooperation and May God bless you,
BEST REGARDS
BARR. JOHN IBE (SAN):
EMAIL ME AT: mrjohnibe@freeghana.com
L
Mountain home, Idaho
U.S.A.
3 Updates & Rebuttals
Tom
Houston,Texas,
U.S.A.
Get many They are all scams
#4Consumer Comment
Mon, May 02, 2005
I get 5 to 10 of these emails a week from Bank Employees to Embassy Personnel to a Princess. They are all scams. They are all scams. Don't forget, they are all scams. If you do contact them they will want your bank account number. And then they will need some money for lawyers or a bribe of some official. Then they will need more money for taxes, bribes, etc. They will keep in contact with you as long as you keep sending money. And don't forget, it is a scam. They send out 1,000s of these each day.
I have different email addresses and I get the same request on each email.
Pamela
Tallahassee,Florida,
U.S.A.
Nigeria Bank Scam
#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 02, 2005
This is a classic e-mail scam to try to trap people into giving out their financial information. DO NOT REPLY TO THE E-MAIL. Your e-mail address has been picked up from some source, maybe sold to a list service. My best advice is to not open the e-mail and delete it. Replying will let them know that it is a valid address. My office e-mail (for a national non-profit organization) has received several similar e-mails over the last few months. We have also received notices from banks with which we do not even do business.
These are just trying to get your personal information to clean out your account. These should be forwarded to the bank that is used in the scam (i.e. SunTrust). Most banks have a special e-mail for this, such as spoof@suntrust.com. Go to the appropriate websites for details and DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS in these e-mails.
Good luck and stay alert to these scams!
Shane
Willcox,Arizona,
U.S.A.
Long running scam
#4Consumer Suggestion
Mon, May 02, 2005
This scam as been around as long as the 1980's. It is a total rip off meant to drain your bank account by providing them with your account numbers so they can do this so called "private transaction". The FTC (http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/alerts/nigeralrt.htm) has an entire section devoted to this scam. Just delete it and ignore it.