BenKey Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Received this in an email. Is the catch I call this number and get charged $1500 to my phone bill? ----------------------------------- Mr Ola Jacob 234-8034949321 Email:[email protected] Attn:Ben Key I am Mr Ola Jacob,the Principal partner to late Mr.Mark Key,a national of your country,who used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of july 2001, my partner,his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Ikorodu express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my partner's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the websearch, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$18.5 million left behind by my partner before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC where this huge amount were deposited. The said UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC has issued a notice to provide the next of kin or have this account confiscated within the next 2 month(42 working days). The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remain unclaimed after three years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indigene cannot stand as next of kin to the deceased assets. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the procceeds of this account can be paid to you. Therefore, I agreed that 40% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during this transaction and 50 % would be for me. Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated and agreed upon. I have all necessary information and documents needed to back you up for the claim. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. To enable the immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged above, you must apply first to the Bank as the relation or next of kin to the deceased indicating the location where this money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or e-mail the text of the application. I will equally direct how to rewrite it and send it to the bank as the next of kin to the late account holder. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer. Best regards Mr Ola Jacob 234-8034949321 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zippy Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 yep, i've seen that before. the same people doing that have been faxing gm dealers and some parts stores asking to xxxx number of a certain part to just charge on their credit card. they've found a way to get into the credit card company to get the number approved when the card is ran, but rejected after the payment is requested from the card company. it's someone with a rather good knowledge of hacking systems including phone lines it appears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC3 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Never seen that one exactly, but several just like it.. Doesn't matter what the catch is.. don't do it.. I'll have to find a link to that site that lists all sorts of chainmail, virus hoaxes, and scams just like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolBlueSS Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 yep, i've seen that before. the same people doing that have been faxing gm dealers and some parts stores asking to xxxx number of a certain part to just charge on their credit card. they've found a way to get into the credit card company to get the number approved when the card is ran, but rejected after the payment is requested from the card company. it's someone with a rather good knowledge of hacking systems including phone lines it appears. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A dealer around got hit on that scam for $2900. Ordered a bunch of parts and gave a bogus credit card, but by the time they figured it out the parts were shipped. Also check this out. Reverse scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC3 Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 Here's one: Nigeria Scam... Here's another: Nigeria 419 "Phishing" Scam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davechevyss Posted January 29, 2005 Report Share Posted January 29, 2005 ben, cant believe you got that junk sent to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenKey Posted January 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 ben, cant believe you got that junk sent to you <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I get scam email all the time. Especially get the ebay one about once a month and have received others asking for cc and bank account numbers. Just had never seen this one before. Thanks for the links. It's sad that people get scammed this way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d_a_n_payne Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 That number doesnt work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woffski Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 I dont know, but why would anyone call a freaky number like that????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSminneapolis Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 i've seen that one before...another one you have to watch out for is emails from "your banks"...make sure they are addressed to you..and never use the links on there...they get you to click on a hyperlink and takes you to a site where they steal all your account info... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimC3 Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 i've seen that one before...another one you have to watch out for is emails from "your banks"...make sure they are addressed to you..and never use the links on there...they get you to click on a hyperlink and takes you to a site where they steal all your account info... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yup... I went to a little "conference" at work about internet security, and they showed a pretty innocent looking email where it said there was a problem with this guys account, and to click on the link to fix it... He clicked on the link, and it brought him to a very official looking website asking for the account number, pin number, SS#, etc.. They said the telltale sign that it was fake was that none of the links on the site actually worked.. it was really just a "picture" of the real site with the text boxes stuck in there to make it work. Just be careful out there.. If I received an email like that, I'm pretty sure I'd call the bank to clear anything up instead of trying to take care of it online. Happy surfing!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nightshift Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 My neighbor fell for one of the eBay scams. He figured it AFTER he sent the info. He was fortunate enough to cancel his accounts before any hits. WW Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurbochargedBerserker Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Guys, I really recommend Firefox and an extension for it called SpoofStick. Spoofstick is a little info bar at the top of the render window that shows you the *actual* address of the site you are visiting. It also has a neat feature that will tell you if you are being redirected to a site that might be attempting to trick you (for instance on a pw protected site that redirects you to another site where the pw isn't required, it will inform you and gives a pop up that allows you to stop the page from loading). As far as the Nigerian scam -- I got my first one in 1999 ;) Back then they just asked for your account number by email so they could "transfer the funds to you" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sswolfpac Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 funny how you say that i received that one the other night, i was shocked, called my brother and he told me was a scam, my eyes turned green for a minute, but when you really look at it, it doesnt make sense. nice try scam artist Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coda Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 My mother got scammed when she got an email from "flowers.com" saying thank your for your purchase. At the bottom it says if you didnt purchase anything enter your credit card info and we'll put your money back in your account.. Obviously she did it and the next day we were on the phone talking to the credit card company.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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