Scam Money Transfers: Mr.Ike Laja

Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - Mr.Ike Laja
My Dear, This is to thank you for your effort.I understand that your hands were tied.Not to worry. I have succeeded,the money has been transfered in to the account provided by a newly found friend of mine in Australia.

Did you receive an email from a "Mr.Ike Laja" who  says

"My Dear, This is to thank you for your effort. I understand that your hands were tied. Not to worry. I have succeeded, the money has been transfered in to the account provided by a newly found friend of mine in Australia." 

And for your 'efforts' he's "dropped an an International Certifie Bank Draft" for $1.2 million dollars to you.  How nice of him.  Do you suppose he does that every day?

Some scams are hard to categorize.  Certainly the scammer will try to steal your identity and get you to send him money, but the text of the scam is so odd, it's hard to imagine anyone falling for it. 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 you really need to read through a number of the scams on this website and familiarize yourself with their approach.

Mr.Ike Laja (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:

From: ikeee1 [ ikeee1@ig.com.br ]
Subject: CONTACT MY SECRETARY FOR YOUR $1.200.000.00USD

My Dear,

This is to thank you for your effort.I understand that your hands were tied.Not to worry. I have succeeded,the money has been transfered in to the account provided by a newly found friend of mine in Australia.

To compensate for your past assistance and commitments,i have dropped an International Certifie Bank Draft of $1.200.000.00 for you.

 

I am in Australia with my family presently.I do intend to establish some

business concerns here,and possibly buy some properties.Contact my Secretary

in Benin-Republic Mr.Chima Mkpa on(chimam23@yahoo.fr) Forward my mail

to him,then ask him to send the cheque to you.

 

Take good care of your self.

Regards,

Mr.Ike Laja.

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