I get these all the time

I get these kind of emails all the time. How gullible or greedy does one need to be to fall for something such as this?



MY DEAR,


I AM,MR ALI MOHAMMED I WORK IN THE AUDIT/REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF GROUP BANK OF AFRICA OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.I HAVE A BUSINESS WHICH WILL BE BENEFICIAL TO BOTH OF US.THE AMOUNT OF MONEY INVOLVED IS ($10.5 MILLION US DOLLARS) WHICH I WANT TO TRANSFER OUT OF THE COUNTRY TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, ALL TO MY FINANCIAL BENEFIT AND YOURS TOO, I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY OUT OF THE COUNTRY BUT SUCH FUND CAN NOT BE TRANSFERRED WITHOUT A NEXT OF KIN ATTACHED TO THE FUND. THE FUND COULD BE TRANSFERRED IN THESE WAY;YOU SHALL PRESENT YOURSELF AS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES TO THE DEPOSITOR,AS DETAILS SHALL BE THAT YOU ARE THE CARE-TAKER BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND HIS PROPERTIES.


I SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU MATERIALS AND INFORMATION WITH WHICH A SUCCESSFUL CLAIM SHALL BE PLACED ON THE FUND. I SHALL BE YOUR GUIDIANCE AND INSTRUCTOR THROUGHOUT THE DURATION OF THIS TRANSACTION SO AS TO ENSURE A SWIFT AND SURE TRANSFER OF THE FUND TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AS TO YOUR BENEFITS, YOU SHALL BE ENTITLED TO 45% OF THIS FUND FOR YOUR CO-OPERATION IN THIS TRANSACTION WHILE 5% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES BOTH OF US INCURED DURING THE COURSE OF THIS TRANSACTION. IF YOU ARE INTRESTED, SEND A REPLY TO ME IMMEDIATELY AND IN YOUR REPLY PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR [PRIVATE PHONE AND YOUR FAX NUMBERS] URGENCY HAS TO BE IMPLIED AND THIS BUSINESS MUST STRICTLY BE A DEAL BETWEEN BOTH OF US.


HOWEVER IF YOU ARE REALLY SURE OF YOUR INTEGRITY TOWARDS THIS PROPOSAL REPLY AND CALL ME IMMEDIATELY.


CALL ME +22675668600

BEST REGARDS,
MR ALI MOHAMMED

I can imagine calling that number will probably cost you $50 or more

I haven't seen one of those in a long time. I know people fall for them though because I used to work at a payday loan place where we also did Western Union Transfers. We were trained to warn people not to do this. In fact, iirc, we were not allowed to do any wire transfers to Africa at all.

Well seeing as you didn't want it I phoned up and Mr Ali Mohammed just forwarded $5,000,000 into my account. Awseomes

my reply: Hi Ali, this is dumb s***, I'd like to give you all you ask for, but I feel not resposible for your stupidity, see, when you got the info that I was willing and able your intel sucked, I don't have a bank account.

I am more than willing to ecsept it in cash, hope to hear from you soon.

PS. good luck!!

You should hunt them all down and kill them!!

Oh and in-case you didn't know, the scam is not from calling the number. What you'd be doing is basically laundering money. They send you a check, which you deposit in your account, then you wire 95% of the money to them and guess what! The check bounces and you're boned. Paper trail comes back to you and I can't remember all of the consequences.

I call BS on this.

J.R.