Is this guy serious? or is he trying to steal money from my bank account?
Ok... so i received this email from a stranger in africa saying: Dear Friend, I am MR. KEVIN ZONGO. THE MANAGER, AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING DEPT. BANK OF AFRICA (B.O.A) in Ouagadougou , Burkina Faso . In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of (US$10,500,000.00). TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich , Germany ) who died along with his entire family in victims of AF4590 in 31st July 2000 plane crash. Since we got the information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it, unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws, but unfortunately we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased person for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and I don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after Seven years, the money will be transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agree that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foreign account , 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated Therefore, to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you, you must apply first to the bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your bank name, your bank account number, your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and location where in the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Trusting to hear from you immediately. Yours Faithfully, MR. KEVIN ZONGO Manager, Auditing and Accounting Dept.
Law & Ethics - 20 Answers
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1 :
Are you Serious? Don't tell me you are that naive.
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That sounds pretty official I think you should give him your information.
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Its a scam. You'll never see any money from it. Stay away.
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Dont fail for this scam, and it is one.
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SCAM! I'm 100% sure.
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He's quite serious I'm sure - however, it's a scam. Don't do it!
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One of the biggest scams on the internet. Dateline NBC did a special on these scam artists.
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It's one of those Nigerian or 419 scams. Do not respond!! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud
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its a scam. never give your account number, social security number, or any personal information to anyone you dont know.
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Just say a show on Dateline about that, BIG SCAM. Always remember if it sounds too good to be true, It Is!!!! You never get something for nothing.
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It was on TV this week Its a scam
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Don't tell me that you haven't already heard of this scam. Most people have received the same e-mail, I am guessing that you are already aware that it is a scam and you are just pulling our collective leg.
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It's a scam. You can spam this out of your e-mail. Before you do that, forward it to spam@uce.gov. They'll take care of it........eventually.
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Yes its SCAM!! I get emails like that too, from the UK talkin bout I won a lottery, and telling me to send my name and address phone number. You KNOW its a scam the email looks so fake and u KNOW u don't have anything to do with it
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This is one of those wonderful "scam" e-mails that most of us get a lot of these days. They are usually sent out to a lot of e-mail addys at one time. The best thing to do is not open these (by not opening the sender will not know he or she has hit a live e-mail addy) and spam the e-mail...
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Yes it is a scam. Please look at the links below http://www.flashesofpanic.com/panic/000786.php http://bigscam.blogspot.com/2006/03/dr-zongo.html
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Do you never watch the news or read a newspaper? If you did, you would know that this is a scam. Delete the email and forget it.
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i think you know what to do...you my friend learned this is a scam already. but i think you owe something to us on yahoo answers for helping you with this one...
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I get that same exact email at least twice a week and my boss also gets the same exact email. It's a scam.
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Duh of course it is a SCAM. Do not respond to the email. Send the email to your email provider as a scam. Notify them. And never open mail from this person again. if anyone you dont personally know tries to ask you for money or any info about yourself, delete it and never contact them. I had a person email me with a scam trying to pretend he wanted to buy a school book i was selling but said i had to send his son money and then he would send me money. it was weird and obviously a scam so i reported him and deleted his emails. I also had some indian sounding man call me with a THICK accent saying he was from the IRS. But when i asked him what IRS stands for he didnt know! Cause the IRS doesnt call people personally and especially ask who they are calling. Just use your brain. If it sounds strange and you dont know the person then it is a scam. dont fall for it!
