POSSIBLE SCAM??? - please come read

NikPreviousAcct

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Aug 15, 2000
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I just got this in my email, what do you think? :confused:



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Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 09:11:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: francis koffi <m_k_otg@yahoo.com>
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED nik
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From:Mr Francis Koffi
Director:Audit/Account Unit,Foreign
Remittance Dept,
International Bank of Africa
20 rue du commerce BP 3302
Lome - Togo


PLEASE TREAT AS ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENTIAL

My name is Mr Francis Koffi I am one of the Senior
Managers in the
bank I work for (International Bank of Africa Plc Lome
Togo) and I work
under
the Director :Audit/Account Unit,Foreign
Remittance Dept,International Bank Of Africa.
I am contacting you presently because I need your
urgent assistance in
a business transaction that will be of immense benefit
to both of us.
I have the immediate need to transfer some money that
has long been
declared
_UNCLAIMED_ by the Chairman and some members of the
board of directors
of our bank.
The money is the closing balance of one of our best
customers ever late.
I was his personal account officer just before
he died in the ADC plane crash of 1997 in Abidjan.
Engr. Matsumoto Nobuhiro,
a Japanese citizen,he was a contractor with the
Federal Government of
Togo,
he supplied and installed equipment and his company
Creek Contractors
completed some of the best construction contracts in
the country. His
closing balance in the bank, (US$25.5m) has been
tagged unclaimed
because
no relative of Engr. Matsumoto Nobuhiro has come
forward to make a
statement
of claim. We have no knowledge of a next of kin. At
this point I trust
you can picture what the situation is like. We have
strong proof that
the chairman and the board of directors will keep most
of the money for
themselves and donate the remainder to a discredited
military trust
here
in Togo.
This invariably is an attempt to infuse more money
into the
acquisition of military equipment (arms and
ammunition) for use in an
already prostrate Africa.
This of course, is senseless, hence my mission.
My colleagues and my self have made several attempts
at locating persons that could be remotely related to
Engr. Matsumoto Nobuhiro and we have been
doing this for about 4 years now without success.
Right now I am almost alone in this enterprise and I
have presently decided on moving the money to a
foreign account.
I am hereby soliciting your assistance and I will be
very grateful if you will be willing to help
in this regard. My colleagues and I have worked out a
plan to handle this transaction in carefully followed
stage.
You will help us by providing a safe bank account into
which the money will be paid and you will stand,as a
next of kin to the deceased customer,hence I will
provide you with answers to security question, which
the bank will expect you to know as a relation to the
deceased .
I will also provide you answers to questions that only
a person related to him will know.
There will be no need for you to appear here in Togo
if you follow my instructions closely.
Every thing should be concluded on telephone and fax
between you and
the bank. For your participation you will be
commensurately compensated.
We will discuss the compensation among other primary
details on receipt of your response. I make
this proposal in trust and in good faith, therefore,if
you are interested and you agree to assist me then
contact me immediately you receive this
email, there is a lot more to talk about.
If you are not interested, please, do get rid of this
email and please forgive me if this message has upset
you in anyway.
Please call me on receipt of this message for more
information.or any further correspondence should be on
this email below.

Thank you and best regards.
Mr Francis Koffi.
TEL:00228-9-905269
ALTERNATIVE EMAIL;franciskoffi@mail.com

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DaveSimmons

Elite Member
Aug 12, 2001
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repost, though I'm too lazy to look for the links :)

The "nigerian prince" scam is a classic that predates the internet. As long as there are greedy idiots handing out their bank info it will keep showing up.
 

chiwawa626

Lifer
Aug 15, 2000
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Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
repost, though I'm too lazy to look for the links :)
exactly....well story is theyve been doin it forever, its a hoax...more then 1 person has been found dead many others kiddnapped while persuing this hoax by following it to africa....dont do it.
 

Blindman

Senior member
Oct 12, 1999
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i can tell you its fake. Actually, I think our internal auditor would file a report to the FBI about it everytime we recieve one of these fake email or fax. This is just fraud avoid it.
 

WombatWoman

Diamond Member
Feb 19, 2000
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It's a fraud, but if you send a copy of it to everyone on your mail list, Bill Gates will pay you $5000, you'll win a free pair of blue jeans from Gap, and a little boy in England will get a liver transplant.
 

Aquaman

Lifer
Dec 17, 1999
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Dang......... another spin on the old Nigerian scam......... will it never die :p

I saw a 20/20 show on this and it's pretty amazing how many people (greed & dumb at that ) fall for this scam.

Cheers,
Aquaman
 

XFreebie

Banned
Dec 12, 2000
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yeah, there are no banks in africa, the closest thing is the de beers diamond slave trade cartel
 

compuwiz1

Admin Emeritus Elite Member
Oct 9, 1999
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This guy claimed similar circumstances about a year ago, only he had a multimillion dollar contract and wanted us to supply $5m in computers, but inflate the price 200%. The fee was would have been about $1m to me.

I requested additional information, but never got a response, namely the information of how much of his OWN money would be going toward his attempt. :)