Posted: 9:51 PM - Nov 07, 2002
I've been receiving several emails from different people who claim to be government officials from some country in Africa who say they have a large sum of money that they would like to transfer to a U.S. account. Usually they say they want to enlist your aid in this transfer by having it put in your account or something similar.
I always read them in disbelief because it just didn't seem right and never replied to them.
I've learned that in the past year that some individuals in Nigeria had been arrested for perpetrating this scam and the different types of letters that had been passed out by them.
These letters don't necessarily claim to be from Nigeria. I've gotten a few that say they are from Angola, Congo, Liberia and other countries.
If any of you reading this happen to get one of these types of letters you're better off deleting it and not following the instructions. People have lost a lot of money "trying to help" these individuals.
Here is a "Google" search link that features some webpages that talk about this scam:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=I ... gle+Search
I always read them in disbelief because it just didn't seem right and never replied to them.
I've learned that in the past year that some individuals in Nigeria had been arrested for perpetrating this scam and the different types of letters that had been passed out by them.
These letters don't necessarily claim to be from Nigeria. I've gotten a few that say they are from Angola, Congo, Liberia and other countries.
If any of you reading this happen to get one of these types of letters you're better off deleting it and not following the instructions. People have lost a lot of money "trying to help" these individuals.
Here is a "Google" search link that features some webpages that talk about this scam:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=I ... gle+Search