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It has various names such as the Nigerian , Nigerian money offer, the Spanish prisoner etc. Similar to the Spanish prisoner scam where the scamster promises to share his fortunes with the victim in exchange for money to bribe the prison guards, the Nigerian has fully come into its own thanks to the availability of email. A scam victim will usually receive an email making an offer of a large sum of money. The subject lines often read something similar to "From the desk of Mr [name]" or even "Your assistance is solicited".
While the stories may vary slightly, the general plot then talks of a person usually a corrupt government employee who has come across a large sum of money and needs your assistance to get the funds out of the country. The money could be cash, gold bullion, blood diamonds, gold dust, checks etc. The sums usually run up to millions of dollars with the victim being promised a huge chunk of it for their "help".
Like all scams, there is a last minute problem and you will be requested to send some money to ensure everything goes smoothly. Needless to say that is the last you will hear of your apparent fortune. Sometimes scammers figure out you are onto them but instead of backing off, they take advantage of the situation by pretending to be the police.
So say you have been duped by a Nigerian scammer and you contact the Nigerian police for help. You might get an email apparently from the Nigerian police telling you they have closed in on the scammer and need a payment from you before they can arrest him. This is definitely a scam because the police no matter which country will never request money to catch a criminal! Have a look at the email address — something like nigerianpolice hotmail. As opposed to some of the other scams, in this type of scam the fraudster takes their time to build a relationship with their victim.
After a few months when the scammer is convinced they have formed a bond with their victim, they request the victim to cash some money orders and wire transfer the money to t hem usually to Nigeria or Ghana. The scammer pretends to be someone from a Western country based in Nigeria for work and hence cannot cash the money orders.
A good friend of mine told me he was talking to a British 33 year old woman living in Accra Ghana with whom he met through and online dating. I am a Ghanaian Married to a Brit:) 1. Dumb Date Data Physical descriptions need to be proportional. For example, someone who is 6-feet tall usually does not.
Once the victim cashes it and wires the money, the bank usually detects a forged money order and the victim is then liable for the entire amount while the scammer gets away scot-free and richer by a few thousand dollars. Have you ever received an email or even an actual letter telling you you've won an obscenely large amount in a lottery you never entered?
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