What was commonly known as a West African scam is now spreading all the way to the Southern African. These talented calculating fortune seeking opportunist will leave no stone unturned on their pursuit to the jackpot. This is a lucrative multi million dollar industry that plays on both the feelings and the greediness of the person on the other side. The email system has made the job easier for these lazy, ruthless thieves who's conscience is obviously been sered. One can only underestimate them to their own peril. They have a wide randomly selected target area of people. For example you will receive a business like email letter informing you that you have a chance to inherit some fortune from some bank or financial institution in Africa. Normally the person who write the letter is the Bank Manager. They want to use a convincing name like the, National Bank Of Nigeria or Bank of West Africa, Bank of South Africa or any selected country.
There is usually a story behind, either the owner of the fortune died on a plane crush or something like that. The other catch is the amount of money in question. " Hundreds of thousands of United States dollars or even millions". The other thing is that the transaction has to be confidential and also that the two of you will share the spoils. Before you know how to respond, you are told to fill all your details name, address, business or cell phone even your bank accounts. You are told to do the transaction as fast as you can and he also give you his cellphone number which apparently is the only true detail. As the talks go on, it will turn out that all you have to do is pay for the legal costs in order to inherit the money. Most American have fallen pray for the scam. The fortune seekers have robbed even the churches and some other charitable organisations.
In the past few months almost every week I receive an email from these "bank managers." What amazes me is that these bank managers are now having familiar names. Some are South African Zulu names. Most are trying to capitalize on the coming of the WORLD CUP in South Africa in 2010. One can only imagine how much crime awaits the visitors. What most do not know is the fact the the FBI is pursuing this schemers. We have seen them rounded up in places like Nigeria which is the capital of corruption. The ABC television exposed them last summer, in an effort to alert the public.
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