Nigerian 419 Scams are still active - Warning
The dreaded, and dreadful, Nigerian 419 Scams are still dropping into our inboxes from time to time. I don't know if the scammers think our attention span is so poor we'll forget about them if they stop sending them for a while or not?
These scams attempt to con the reader into sending their bank details off to total strangers who pretend to offer you the chance to "help them out" by transferring funds from some bank account wherever it may be, into yours to basically launder it, then transfer it back keeping a percentage for your trouble.
It's all fake, the practice itself is illegal and never happens as promised. You just find your own bank account stripped clean! Never respond to such an email, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is!
Hello friend,
I am Dr. Ahmed U Ahmed A, from Harlesden North West London, Head of Accounting Audit Department and formal senior programmer manager at Deutsche bank, here in England (Santander Bank Plc). I also worked for the Newest Ministers Bank Plc.
I am writing you about a business proposal that will be of an immense benefit to both of us. In my department, as the only Operations/Regional Manager Branch Manager Santander Bank Plc. I discovered a Sum of (£21,500,000,00) British Pounds (Twenty one million Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) in an account that Belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late David McDowell Brown) an American citizen of Arlington Virginia, who unfortunately lost his life on First February 2003 through the southern United States space shuttle Columbia, He died a single man.
The choice of contacting you is aroused from the geographical nature of where you live, particularly due to the sensitivity of this transaction and the concealment here-in. Our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that and i personally have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin (WILL BENEFICIARY) to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at (£21,500,000,00) British Pounds can be paid to you.
Nevertheless, this will be disbursed or shared in these percentages, 50% to me and 40% to you while 10% is for any expenses incurred during the transaction. I have secured all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this claim we are making. All i need is to fill in your name(s) to the documents and legalize it in the court here to prove you as the legitimate beneficiary. All I require now is your honest Co-operation, Confidentiality and Trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law if you will stand as inheritor of this claim, i shall process claim in your name. I only require you send your valid identification details and i will authenticate the claim in your name.
Provide me the following below, as we have 7 days to run it through. This is very URGENT.1. Full Name:
2. Your Direct Mobile Number:
This particular one came from a Brazilian eMail address and was alledgedly sent by Operations/Regional Manager, Santander Bank Plc. Fake, Fake, FAKE!
