Scam Money Transfers: AHMADU BELLO

Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - AHMADU BELLO
I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME.

Did you receive an email from a "AHMADU BELLO" who  says "I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME."  If this email out-of-the-blue from an unknown foreigner offering to pay you absurd amounts of money for almost no work doesn't strike you as a scam, then perhaps you are brain damaged.  See a neurosurgeon and get it checked out. Really.

AHMADU BELLO (not his real name, obviously) hopes to con you into sending money for various "fees" to free the fortune.  If you would like a step by step explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!

Notice (highlighted below) some of the other obvious signs that this is a scam are poor spelling , use of free Yahoo/Hotmail/etc email accounts, proposals that make no sense, etc.:

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Scam email:

abello@cbnstaff.org wrote:

Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 11:54:37 -0700 (PDT)
To: abello@cbnstaff.org
From: abello@cbnstaff.org
Subject: Re

DEAR FRIEND,

I KNOW THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW ME. I AM
MR. AHMADU BELLO, I WORK IN THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, PACKAGING AND COURIER
DEPT.

DURING THE AIR-LIFT OF SOME PRESIDENTIAL LUGGAGES TO LONDON, I UNANIMOUSLY
DECIDED TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL LUGGAGE CONTAINING $15M (FIFTEN MILLION USD) IT
WAS LABELD "PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT" FOR SECURITY REASONS.

I AM OBLIGED TO CONTACT YOU TO ASSIST ME IN GETTING THIS LUGGAGE CLEARED AND
DELIVERED TO YOU FROM THE AGENT AS WE HAVE AGREED ON THE FOLLOWING TERMS.

(1) ALL RELEVANT DOCUMENTS TO CLAIM THIS LUGGAGE WILL BE PROCURED IN YOUR NAME
TO ENABLE THE AGENT CLEAR AND DELIVER SAME TO YOUR MAILING ADDRESS.

(2) THAT YOU WILL BE ENTITLED TO A SHARE OF 45% OF THE TOTAL MONEY.

(3) THAT 5% OF THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR SUNDRY EXPENSES.

(4) THAT 50% OF THE TOTAL MONEY WILL BE FOR ME

IF THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION / TERMS IS OK BY YOU, E-MAIL ME AT THE ABOVE
EMAIL ADDRESS ALSO, FURNISH ME WITH YOUR FULL NAMES, MAILING ADDRESS, YOUR
PERSONAL TELEPHONE / FAX NUMBERS FOR EASIER COMMUNICATION AND ONWARD TRANSFER
TO THE AGENT IN UK.

NOTE THAT THIS BUSINESS TRANSACTION IS 100% RISK FREE AS ALL RELEVANT
DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP THE CLAIM OF THE LUGGAGE WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU HENCE I
ADVICE YOU TO KEEP THE ENTIRE TRANSACTION CLOSE TO YOURSELF UNTIL YOU MUST
HAVE RECEIVED THE LUGGAGE. FOR SECURITY REASONS OTHER MODALITIES WILL BE
DISCUSSED AS SOON AS YOU GET BACK TO ME.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MR. AHMADU BELLO.
COURIER DEPARTMENT (CBN).
 

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