Scam Money Transfers: Rev Chris Amodo, Central Bank of Nigeria

Miscellaneous Scam Money Transfers
Example - Rev Chris Amodo,
"IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE FUND PAYMENT"
I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8 MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS

Did you receive an email from a "Rev Chris Amodo" who  says to contact him and

" I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8 MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS" 

First, never believe anything involving money from anyone who writes in all capital letters and has atrocious spelling. That alone demonstrates that the author is an poorly educated or just plain stupid - obviously not who they claim to be!

So, the "reverend" works for a bank, but somehow he is writing to you from a free yahoo account? Can you say "obvious scam"? 

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.

Rev Chris Amodo and yyy (not their real names, obviously, and probably the same person) 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 REV CHRIS AMODO. [chrisamod@yahoo.com] :

                  CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA

                FACT-FINDING AND SPECIAL DUTIES

                 TUNUIBU SQUARE, LAGOS- NIGERIA

                  E-MAIL: chrisamodo3@yahoo.com

DEAR BELOVED,

IAM A DIRECTOR OF FACT FINDINGS AND SPECIAL DUTIES,I AM NEWLY APPOINTED TO  HEAD THE DEPARTMENT IN THE APEX BANK (CBN). MY NAME IS REV CHRIS AMODO AND I  AM A CLERGY WITH CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NIGERIA. IN PURSUIT, I AND TWO STAFFS OF  MY DEPARTMENT FOUND OUT SOME IRREGULARITIES GOING ON, YOUR PAYMENT WITH  CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), WE FOUND OUT THAT YOU HAD MET ALL THE STATUTORY  REQUIREMENTS NEEDED TO EFFECT TRANSFER INTO YOUR ACCOUNT WITH YOUR BANK .BUT I  AM NOT HAPPY WITH THE WAYS THE GOVERNMENT OFICERS AND OTHERS HAD BEEN EXTORTING MONEY FROM YOU ON PRETEXT TO HELP YOU RECEIVE YOUR MILLION DOLLARS UND FROM NIGERIA VIA THE CBN.

DEAR BROTHER CUM CONTRACTOR, I WILL ADVISE YOU FROM THIS MOMENT TO DESIST FROM COMMUNICATING WITH THESE UNSCRUPLOUS ELEMENTS THAT PARADED THEMSELVES TO BE GOOD AND INNOCENT PEOPLE, I WANT TO LET YOU KNOW THAT IF YOU DID NOT DESIST FROM THESE BAD ELEMENTS THAT YOU WILL CONTIUNE PAYING YOUR HARD EARNED MONEY TO THEM AND WITH THEIR ENDLESS STORIES, REQUESTING ONE CERTIFICATE TO ANOTHER. I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT SINCE LAST YEARS THIS THEIR FRAUDULENT CHARACTER HAD STARTED AND NON OF THEM CAN PAY YOU THE SUPPOSED MONEY. NOTE THAT ALL THE MONEY YOU HAD PAID TO THEM WERE USED FOR THEIR INTEREST/BENEFITS,  REITERATED THAT YOU SHOULD STOP ANY FURTHER CORRESPONDENCE WITH THIS UNBELIEVERS,

IT IS A PITY THAT THESE PEOPLE HAD EXTORTED MUCH MONEY FROM YOU BUT I HAD PERSONALLY INTRODUCED A DEVICE THAT CAN POSSIBLY BE USED TO PAY YOU ALL THIS MONEY WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DOCUMENTATIONS, BUT IT MUST BE KEPT SECRET BECAUSE I WANT TO USE THE METHOD THE FOREIGN CURRENCIES DO COME INTO THE COUNTRY, IT WILL BE ARRANGED THROUGH DIPLOMATIC PREFERENCE CARRIAGE SHCHEME. I WILL FIRST DESPATCH TWO BOXES THAT CONTAINED US$8 MILLION ONLY AND OF US$100.00 BILLS TO YOUR PRIVATE ADDRESS AND AFTER RECEIPT OF THE BOXES AND YOU CONFIRM THE CONTENTS FROM YOUR BANKERS, I WILL SEND TO YOU ANOTHER BATCH BUT I WILL ADVISE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ANY BODY TO KNOW A BOUT THIS METHOD TO AVOID PEOPLE EYESBROW.

I HAD ARRANGED WITH THE COURIER COMPANY, THE COMPANY AGREED TO DESPATCH THE BOXES BUT I DID NOT TELL THEM THE ORIGINAL CONTENTS BECAUSE THE COURIER COMPANIES DO NOT CARRY PHYSICAL CASH FOR DESPATCH, WHAT I WILL DECLARE TO THEM AS THE CONTENTS OF THE BOXES IS SENSITIVE FILMS AND FILM MATERIALS , SO THAT THE COMPANY WILL NOT REQUEST FOR PHYSICAL INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THE FILMS DOES NOT REQUIRE SUNRAYS OR CONTACT WITH AIR. I WILL FINALLY CONCLUDE WITH THE COURIER COMPANY WHEN I RECEIVE YOUR GO AHEAD ORDER ,KINDLY STOP ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION WITH THE OFFICERS AND THOSE YOU CALL YOUR PARTINERS. DO NOT PAY ANY MORE MONEY TO THEM OR TO THOSE THAT CALLED THEMSELVES BANK OFFICIALS BOTH AT HOME AND ABROAD.

I WILL FURNISH YOU WITH MORE INFORMATIONS AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR GO AHEAD ORDER, I WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU NOW.

BEST REGARDS AND REMAIN BLESSED,

REV CHRIS AMODO.

 

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