Nigerian bank scams are prevalent and getting worse
Internet scams in Nigeria are taking over the email spam world. Internet scams from Nigeria are completely bypassing the “buy me” part of spam that we all love and just skipping to the “give me all your money, or else…” tactic. Clearly, internet scams from Nigeria are dirty business. But, Snopes reports that in 1997, over $100 million were lost in 1997 to these deranged internet scams in Nigeria.
Doesn’t “internet scams” and “Nigeria” sound familiar? If so, it’s because these Nigerian internet scams are on the rise. If you have an email address, you’ve likely received some variation of the infamous internet scam letters from Nigeria. Internet scammers from Nigeria simply hack into any mailing list and snatch random email addresses. Then the Nigerian internet scammers send the same email to thousands of people, hoping that someone will fall for their Nigerian internet scams.
Reporting Internet Scams from Nigeria
Through the years, internet scams in Nigeria have become far more advanced. They’re not just asking people for their bank account info or SS number. The guys behind the internet scams in Nigeria are now embedding harmful links within emails. Clicking on the links within the Nigerian internet scam emails may possibly hack your information. Operators of internet scams in Nigeria will stop at nothing to steal money from innocent folks. If you happen to receive an email that seems fishy, it’s very likely that it’s one of the many internet scams from Nigeria. What can you do? Well, if you don’t just want to sit back and let the con-men behind internet scams from Nigeria take people’s cash, you can report the scam fraud email to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). The FTC is well aware of these internet scams from Nigeria and is working hard on putting an end to these Nigerian internet scams.
Dennis
on Dec 5th, 2009
@ 1:10 am:
This crook stole $630.00 USD from us and would NOT provide the goods!!
Western Union Scam
Western UnionDepartment Head Office
24 Rue akpakp due Cotonou Benin Rep
E-mail us: toff@yahoo.co m
WE WELLCOME YOU TO THEOFFICE OF THE WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER SEAT
We have searched our global net work and really understand that the fund was clearly deposited here in your name but a trnasfering charge will be required from you to choose, based on the option of your choice, please make sure that you did not ignore this important opportunity because there are a lot of people who has done it in this our headquarter and really benefited from it.
We are informing you that this western union headquarter is offering a special bonus based on your chosen option, and we want to complete all the transfers we have with our valuable customer this year through this medium and you are one of the peopls that will Benefit from this special offer.
This option will be listed below for you to choose, but remember that any option you choose and send the transfer charge, you will send it only once and can not send it again before your fund will be finished to be Transferred to you, so take note of that.
Please i will want to bring to your notice that you should not listen to anybody who is telling you that you will not receive money without transferring the charges, we all knows that every western union has a stipulated price to transfer the private money but it depends on how much you would want to send or receive, so dont worry about the fee you are about to send but try and send the correct informations on where you wants the money to be sent, like the receiver’s name, country, address, text question and answer, so that as soon as the fee is sent, you will receive your fund from this headquarter.
Now make the selected option of your choice below:
(1) if you want us to transfer the total amount from the $ 1,000 to $ 2,500.
You will pay the charges of transferring the $ 192
(2) if you want us to transfer the total amount from the $ 3,000 to the $ 4,500.
You will pay the charges of transferring the $ 245
(3) if you want us to transfer the total amount from the $ 5,000 to the $ 7,000.
You will pay the charges of transferring the $ 480
(4) if you want us to transfer the total amount from the $ 7,500 to the $ 10,000.
You will pay the charges of transferring the $ 630
(5) if you want us to transfer the total amount from the $ 10,500 to to $ 15,000.
You will pay the charges of transferring the $ 1200.
Please you are ADVISED to take note that we are supposed to send you your MTCN but we have decided to wait since we dont know the option you will choose, and any option you choose and send the fee with this information below, we will send your MTCN in return, that is our promise and we will not fail this promise:
Receiver ……. Mr Nweke ANDREW UZODIGWE
Address …….. Akpakp
City …………… Cotonou
Country ……… Benin Republic
Text question …… who is the sender
Text answer …… Kathy Eickmeier
Amount ….. Your desired option
You are ADVISED desirable to make your choice and email us with any choice you have made above, this is a special opportunity to all the western union customer, there will be no delay in the transfer to any option you have chosen because any option has its own MTCN directed to the file, so hurry up now.
Finally, you should be aware that if you are receiving many emails from the western union, please do not respond as you have chosen to make the transfer with us, although some of them are from our western union sub-head center, and incase you receive any email from them, you should tell them that you have contacted us already to avoid the wrong ones to scam you with all the internet fraud.
Awaiting your reply soon.
admin
on Dec 6th, 2009
@ 3:05 pm:
Thank You for letting us know about your Western Union Scam. I am sure others will be happy with seeing this e-mail.
It is not only the poor grammar and spelling mistakes that give away this as a fraud but the fact that they are telling you not to contact Western Union.
Thank you again for this warning.
admin
on Mar 17th, 2010
@ 10:36 am:
This one came from our friends at Held Harmless:
NIGERIAN INSURANCE CLAIM & LAWSUIT SCAM
We have recently been receiving many emails about a new “Nigerian Scam” (although we are not 100% certain of its origin, we are checking into it). These scams have wreaked havoc and cost American individuals and businesses billions of dollars in the recent past. If you have received an email, letter or phone call about a “COURT NOTICE”, “HEARING NOTICE” or “LEGAL ACTION NOTICE” of an insurance claim and/or lawsuit, it may or MAY NOT be legitimate. These people are preying on our societies ability to make a claim or sue so easily and for anything. ATTENTION: DO NOT PAY THE SETTLEMENT and DO NOT be frightened to “hire an attorney right away” as it instructs you to do. That is merely a scare tactic for you to want to settle and pay some obscure off-shore account. Rather, contact our offices IMMEDIATELY (information@HeldHarmless.com) and we will check the insurance and court records for you to see if it is a legitimate claim or lawsuit – free of charge. Let’s put a stop to this scam before it escalates! Spread the Word!