The following is an example of an attempt to fool an unsuspecting person to divulge their personal banking information. This particular scammer has chosen to try to fool the victim by acting as if they are friends and have prior monetary considerations.
Notice some of the techniques used to further entice someone to respond. Unlike most spam fraud attempts this one passes the basic test for English proficiency. There is the reinforcement of the notion that the scammer and victim have prior dealings together, and that the cheque is real, secure and just waiting for you to respond. Lastly there is the common use of a feel good qualifier for anyone who might suspect something is amiss – the use of Dr. as an attempt to assuage any fears the victim might be having. After all, most of us trust doctors do we not?
It echos the classic Nigerian 419 scam in that it attempts to procure your bank information and/or have you send money to get money. Like the other attempted Internet frauds, we will respond as though we don”t suspect anything and are interested in claiming our handsome compensation. Any response from the scammer will be published as soon as it comes in.
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Dear Friend,
Longest time,i hope all is well together with your family,if so glory be to God almighty.
Well,Sorry to hear this news and understand that the fault is not from me.I”m happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from paraguay.Presently i’m in Paraguay for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile,i didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring this funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary in Benin his name is FRANK ROBERT on his e-mail address (frank_ro2@yahoo.fr)
Ask him to send you the total Amount of $1,250,000.00 u.s dollars which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. so feel free and get in touch with my secretary and instruct him where to send the cheque as you know it was issued in a certfied bank draft which you will cash in any bank approved or owned by government of any country.
Please do let me know immediately if you cash the money so that we can share the joy togather after all the sufferness at that time. Right now,I am very busy here because of the investment projects which me and the new partner are having at hand.
Finally, remember that I have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to send the draft cheque to you immediately, so feel free to get in touch with FRANK, he will send the money immediately to you without any delay.
Thank you and congratulations as God has done it for me.
Best Regards,
Dr.Daniel Chukwu
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