Is This A Scam Or What?
PROF CHARLES SOLUDO
EXCUTIVE GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
Email: ccsoludo_12@yahoo.de
ATTN: HONOURABLE CONTRACTOR,
IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT.CONTRACT #:MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
From the records of outstanding contractors due for
payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, your
name and company was discovered as next on the list of
the outstanding contractors who have not yet received
their payments.
I wish to inform you that your payment is being
processed and will be released to you as soon as you
respond to this letter. Also note that from my record
in my file your outstanding contract payment is
US$25,500,000.00 (Twenty Five Million Five hundred
Thousand United States Dollars).
Kindly re-confirm to me the followings:
1) Your full name.
2) Phone, fax and mobile #.
3) Company name, position and address.
4) Profession, age and marital status.
5) Banking Information/address account number/ swift code
6) A copy of int'l passport
As
Answers:
HUGE SCAM!!
Ignore all contact that has anything to do with Nigeria.
Call 60 minutes, they will confirm it for you.
You don't even really have to ask that question. You know that this is someone who is trying to get your personal financial information.
You absolutely do not want to respond to this, unless you have actually done a job in Nigeria to make that kind of money.
YES
esp. because it is from Nigeria and there are a lot of email scams from there
Pure scam!
I used to get different "Soludo's" contacting me to tell me I had one fund or another in my name!
From there, thye tell you you have to send money for it to be couriered to you ... and that must be insured, or money for it to be put into your name.
They also usually tell you that it must be "cleared" against terrorist purposes, drug sources, and money-laundering sources; so that will cost you an extra US$20,000 as well!
... and so it goes on and on their different schemes and money-swindling ideas - all for you to fall prey to!
Pure scam!!
Yes. These type of emails are always scams.
If you are not sure if an email is true or not you can usually verify it at one of the following websites:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/
http://www.snopes.com/
http://www.hoaxkill.com/index2.html...
http://truthorfiction.com/
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/secur...
did u ever do any work there?if not then its most likely a scam.if so then check to see if this bank is Reilly there,call them on the phone.may be your bank can fined out for you.
Scams of this type is actually the NationalProduct of Nigeria. Other countries may produce and export wheat or oil or electronic goods and cars. But nigeria produces this type of scam for more than 30 years. Many other african countries also produce this type of scam. In fact, I am surprised that this is such a low keyed and simplistic one. You should see the letters bearing the seal of the president of the Republic of Lagos, or the one signed by the vice president of the republic of Cameroon, on official paper with gold embossed letterheads.
The next letter that comes to you will say something like -- in order to process the bank charges, please transfer to our account the sum of only $60.00.
So you think, wow, just $60 and I get $25 million.
Well if 500 stupid people around the world gets duped, and sends $60, think how much money this scam has profited the schemer.
Hey, I think you'd better send ME $60 since I alerted you to this scam.
Are you kidding me?
Come on, don't fall for the free money routine.
You're either an idiot or a spammer.
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