I got this type of email oftenly, Is this true?
By Bakemono
@Bakemono (26)
Indonesia
December 5, 2006 7:35pm CST
The email says:
"Dear Friend,
I am Mr ONWA JUDE,Bank Manager of Owena bank ltd,Lagos
Branch.I got your contact from the world trade center (WTC) Regional
office in lagos,Nigeria.Although the details of my intention was not
made known to them.Actually,I listed your name amongst four other names
& prayed over them & decided to contact you directly.I have a very
urgent & confidential bussiness proposition for you & for our overall
mutual interest. On june 6 1997,an American oil consultant/contractor
with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Mr Barry Kelly made a
numbered time(fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months,valued at
USD$25,000,000.00(twenty five million dollars) in my branch.Upon
maturity,i sent a routine notification to his forwarded address but got
no reply.After a monthwe sent a reminder,& finally we discovered from
his contract employers NNPC,that Mr.Barry died in an automobile
accident.On further investigation,i found out that he did not leave a
WILL & all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless.I therefore
madefurther investigation & discovered that Mr.Barry did not declare
any next of kin in all his official documents,including his bank
deposit paperwork.
This sum USD$25,000,000.00 is still floating in the
bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year.No one will come forward to claim it.According to
Nigerian Laws, At the expiration of 7 years,the money will revert to
the ownership of the Nigerian government if nobody applies to claim the
funds. Consequently,my proposal is that i will like you as a foreigner
to stand in as a next of kin of Mr Barry Kelly.This is simple 1)I will
like you to provide me immediately with your full names & address so
that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents & fidavits,which
will put you as next of kin. 2)We shall employ the services of two
attorneys for drafting & notarization of the WILL and obtain the
necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favour
for the transfer. The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.There is no risk at
all as the attorney and my position will do the paperwork for this
transaction as the branch manager guarantees the successful execution
of this transaction.If you are interested,please reply immediately via
this private email address. Upon your response,I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand.
PLEASE OBSERVE UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY,and be rest assured that this
would be most profitable for both of us because i shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country. Awaiting your urgent
reply via this email above,please save me the anxiety of endless
waiting.
God bless you.
MrO NWA JUDE
Owena Bank ltd."Is it true? It's too fishy for me. If it's just a bogus emails, what are their intentions?
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44 responses
@foreverstl (127)
• United States
7 Dec 06
come on this is common sense. They need your help to fraud the system if there is money out there. They just told u that they were going to put together false legal documents OK LEGAL DOCUMENTS listing you as next of kin to con this money into your and his account. He may be giving you some kind of fake identity but you have all your correct information and when and if you get caught it will be all on you. I would laugh at stuff like that because they think you are stupid enough to fall for that. if this man did die and he does have some unclaimed money you better not fall for this because instead of falling upon some cold hard cash your going to fall upon a cold hard bed behind some cold hard bars if you know what i mean
@tlex107250 (667)
• United States
7 Dec 06
The intensions might be to get personal information from you, so they can steal your identity. Or, let you know that you will have to come up with money, as a good will gesture, in order to continue the procedings, thereby taking your money and running. This seems to be and old scam that keeps circulating. Just don't respond, or try to get more information from them (i.e. internet addresses), and forward the information to the proper authorities.
@jewel76 (2305)
• Canada
6 Dec 06
I've gotten those emails for the past 5 or 6 yrs, and everytime it's a different African name. It's all BS if you ask me! Their intentions are to have your bank account number in which they'll "transfer" part of their money to you...in other words, they want your bank account number so they can steal from you. Beware of those.
@princess_d (391)
• Philippines
6 Dec 06
thats a scam email..i have been receiving that almost everyday. same pattern. they just changed the sender's name, and tha bank. ignore these kind of mails..
@leomar297 (619)
• France
6 Dec 06
I've seen such mail before, it's a great joke and a stupid spam. I don't take care about this type of mail.
@pdp5419 (43)
• United States
6 Dec 06
Bakemono,
This is a scam, my daughter was taken in by this and we had to report it to the FBI internet crime division along with copies of all the emails we had received. She wound up having to close her bank account and open another. It was a form of identity theft and fraud. They seem to prey on the ones who don't do the research needed to check them out. You can go on the FBI website to get more information under the Internet Crime site.
pdp5419
@stubborn (44)
• United States
6 Dec 06
you know, i got a jillion and a half of these. i asked a friend of mine about it, one who is way more savvy than i am. i was informed that lots of times it had something to do with money laundering. not too long after that i saw an fbi bulletin to the same effect. maybe not all of them are bogus, but i decided not to take the chance. maybe i'm just not adventurous enough.
@abednego7 (1060)
• Philippines
6 Dec 06
I've a lots of it before but rarely this time. Well my friend all i can say is its just: "SCAAAAAAAAMMMMMMMMMMMM" or maybe the first step to rob your personal data that will lead you to become a victim of identity theif.
@gopher292 (2)
• United States
6 Dec 06
This type of email is a very common scam. They tell you that they need somebody to claim some kind of "funds" but to do so, you need to put money into a bank account to confirm something. Then they take the money and disappear.
@funfreak2k2 (1734)
• India
6 Dec 06
hey man take care! u get most of these emails from nigeria only becoz its a home business there. around 2-3 months ago some people were arrested in nigeria and are imprisoned for deceiving people with this ind mails.
hark dear! hardk!
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@nobodyspecial (1011)
• United States
6 Dec 06
Letters such as this are scams. You can look them up online and get more information.
These emails have been sent to various people for some time now...I remember 5 years ago I received three in one day, the only difference between them was the name of the supposed bank office or lawyer.
Try this site to read up on Nigerian scams.
http://dont-get-scammed-again.blogspot.com/
