This might be a scam! (Man: crime, appliances, transfer)

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I received this email today. Oh yeah it's a scam. just f.y.i

Please Read Carefully,And Reply Urgent





FROM JONATHAN KUBIRI
FOREIGN REMITTANCE MANAGER ,
BANK OF AFRICA (BOA)OUAGADOUGOU,
BURKINA FASO .



ATTN: PLEASE,

I know that this email will come to you as a surprise and I hope that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I’m about to repose on you for mutual benefits of our families. I am the manager of bill and exchange at the foreign remittance department of Bank of Africa Burkina Faso.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($8.2USD) eight million two hundred thousand United States dollars to your account within fourteen banking days. In my department I discovered an abandoned sum of ($8.2USD) eight million two hundred thousand United States dollars. In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died without any nomination of the next of kin to the bank, Since we got 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 somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking policies but unfortunately for years now non of his relations has applied for the claim.

It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation to the deceased 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 request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkina be cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner. I have agreed that 30 % of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in 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. There after I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.

Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as relations 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.

Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you full details on how the business will be executed. Please kindly contact me as soon as you receive this proposal.

Yours Faithfully,
Mr.JONATHAN KUBIRI

[BJC]

I have received several of these! The ones that REALLY make me mad are the ones from "members of the military" saying they hid this $$ after the invasion of Iraq. The person sending them does not know how to abbreviate rank, so this is a dead give away. I did send a reply back to 2 of them who said they were SGT so and so, but then I just started using the delete key.

I was once told that when you use up all your words you die, so I am not taking any chances that typed words count!!

[snorpus]

How can you pass this up? 30% of ($8.2USD) eight million two hundred thousand is about ($2.5USD) two and a half million dollars! You wouldn't have to wait for "Cash for Junk Appliances" to start.

[Hinton Bound]

The grammar is usually a dead give away. If I have time to burn, I will engage them in conversation, like I'm actually considering their offer. Just to waste their time.

[cat1116]

JONATHAN - seems to be rather popular theme name in the scams I've seen thus far.

[snorpus]

It must be the season... here's one I got yesterday. No details on how the pot is to be split, though. Grammar and spelling not too bad, but the word choice is unusual (defunct instead of deceased, for example).

Hello
I am Jian Li, a legal practitioner. A defunct client of mine, that bears the same last name as yours, passed away due to a heart-related condition on Jan 12th 2005. His heart condition was as a result of the death of all members of his kinsfolk in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I am contacting you to seek your consent to present you as a successor to my late client, who has a deposit of $19million. This will be executed under a legal arrangement that will protect you against any legal ramification. If this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology.

I can be reached on: Jianli445@gmail.com

Best regards,
Barrister Jian Li.

This communication, links contained herein, is for the sole use of the intended recipient and may contain information that is confidential or legally protected.

[funnycar]

google ebay scams. What some people do to screw over a foriegn scammer is genius.

[red.ochre]

Old adage : If it sounds too good to be true . .

FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation - Press Release

Internet Crime Complaint Center
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) | Internet Crime Schemes

Whenever it's company specific, i.e., e-bay or paypal, etc., they usually have a "spoof" account setup. They want you to forward these phishing e-mails to them.

spoof@ebay.com
spoof@paypal.com
spoof@citibank.com
etc.

You can also forward it to the Federal Trade Commission at :
spam@uce.gove

I haven't heard of anyone getting any help from the government, and frankly, the FBI is the first to admit it's overwhelmed. However, if they spent their time doing crime instead of taking photographs of tea party protesters, they might actually be useful.

[Be Happy 2]

I recieve these daily.....it's crazy.

Yesterday I recieved in the mail a check (looks like a rebate check I've recieved numerous times). It is for $4690. At first I got excited until I read the damn letter telling me to cash it and send it through money gram to my Claims Associate in Canada. The letter was from Canada but the check was from Dallas (of course so I can cash it). After I send the money I will get my $250,000.

What a crock!

[David Kennedy]

When I get these scam letters, I forward them to the director of the FBI...and they take care of them...

believe me they do. One of the latest was a blcak Jamacian woman in Seattle..got her ticket to prison in just a few months...