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I first came across this scam in the early 70's, but in those days the
messages came by telex. <g>
The U.S. Secret Service has dedicated an investigation page to fighting
"advance fee fraud", most predominantly 419 fraud, so called from the
section of the Nigerian penal code that covers fraudulent schemes, and has
stationed agents in Nigeria to assist U.S. citizens who have fallen prey to
the scam. Interestingly, this scam appears to be the 3rd largest contributor
to the Nigerian GDP, so guess how forcefully the Nigerian government will
pursue the perpetrators. <g>
The Secret Service site is at http://www.treas.gov/usss . They ask that
people who have received these scam letters fax them a copy.
Andrew
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Jurik" <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Omega List'" <Omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, April 23, 2000 8:28 AM
Subject: Scam alert -- A letter from Nigeria
Not to imply anyone on this list would be so gullible to fall for this, but
you may know someone who is....
Attached below is an "urgent" letter I recently received. Essentially, it
is requesting that I reveal my bank account numbers to someone in Nigeria,
and in exchange, I can claim my share in millions of dollars.
What's scary is that some suckers will fall for this.
For a good laugh at how blatant this scam is, here's the letter for your
amusement.
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