New Nigerian Scam?

[Celaya]

I have seen many of these, But this new one I recently recieved yesterday is some what different. I wonder what's the catch. Here is the letter.

SUBJECT: Your Payment via Western Union!
Date: 1/29/09 3:58:41 PM Pacific Standard Time
From: <He posted his email here>
Reply-to: <His email here>



Attention Beneficiary,

How are you today? I write to inform you that we have already sent you USD $7,000.00 dollars through Western Union as we have been given the mandate to transfer your full compensation payment total sum of USD $850,000.00 Western Union by this government.

I was calling your telephone number to give you the information through but I couldn't get through that yesterday even this morning. Now I decided to email you the MTCN and sender name so that you will pick up this USD $7,000.00 dollars to enable us to send another USD $7,000.00 dollars today as you know we will be sending you only USD $7,000.00 per a day. Please pick up this information and run to Western Union to pick up the USD $7,000.00 and call me back to send another payment today. My direct phone line is <I won't post his phone# here>, Email <His email he gives me> Call or email me once you picked this USD $7,000.00 today.

Here is the Western Union Information to pick up the USD $7,000.00

MTCN: He gives me a 10 digit control number here.
Sender: Marjorie (Will leave the last name out)
Amount: USD $7,000.00
Country: Benin-Republic

I am waiting for your call once you pick up this USD $7,000.00, Please email me your direct telephone number because I need to be calling you once we send any payment for the information.

Thanks

Mr. Mike Okoh

So let's say I do go to Western Union to pick up this BS $7,000. Would they asked for my Social Security number? I have never picked up this type of large amount of money before at any Western union. Also If I were to give my Social Security number would they give out this information to the sender? Most likely the MTCN 10 digit control number is a fake and well he then hopes I call him which lets say I do for the hell of it. Is that what he wants just to steal my Identity? Should I even bother and head out to Western Union just to see if this $7,000 is for real for me to pick up:lol:

 

[Celaya]

Well I just decided to check the 10-digit control number (MTCN) over on Western Union's website with the sender's first and last name and guess what it's A FAKE!!!! Just what I thought:missingte

I think I am actually going to call this sucker and play along and give out a fake name and fake street where I live in the area. Hopefully this time he gives me the correct info. so that I am able to go to Western Union and collect my $7,000 per a day til I reach the total compensation of $850,000.oo awarded to me (Yeah Right) :lolBIG:

 

[silver7]

IF You Do Call Be Sure

you *67, to block the # you're calling from or use a pay phone. :think2:

 

[cut-paste-hero]

oh, i thought this was a BeantownJim thread when I saw the title.

Grif you see his latest gem?

It is in the RR

said lebron was 10-27 and at one point was 7-26...

priceless

 

[wilheim]

Just got this version of the scam about 5 minutes ago.

Office of the Senate House
Federal Republic of Nigeria
Committee on Foreign Payment
(Resolution Panel on Contract Payment)
Ikoyi-Lagos Nigeria

OurRef:FGN/SNT/STB

ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR UNPAID BENEFICIARIES.

Attention: Dear Beneficiary

I am M.LANBERT JOHNSON, Special Adviser on Information and National
Orientation to President Umar Musa Yar'Adua Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your
contract/inheritance file and found out why you have not received your
payment. This is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to
you in respect of your contract/ inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with some fake
officials in the bank, despite all our attempt to secure the release of
the fund to you. We wish to advice you that such an illegal act have to
stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a
solution to your problem.
Right now we have arranged your payment through our Swift Card Payment
Center in Asia Pacific. This is the latest instruction by the President,
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua (GCFR), Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw
your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is
twenty thousand dollars per day, so if you like to receive your payment
this way please let us know by contacting the Card Payment Center and also
send the following information:

1. Your full name.

2. Phone and fax numbers.

3. Your Country and State of Origin.

4. Your full address were you want them to send the ATM card.

5. Your age and current occupation.

6. A copy of your identity.

7. Full banking Information.

The ATM Card Payment Center has been mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00:lol:
as part payment for this fiscal year 2009. Also for your information you
have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or
office(s). This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment.

Contact the Integrated ATM Card Center via the email bellow
Name: Mr.KEN AGU.
Email:atm.cardcenter48@Hotmail.com

Email me back as soon as you receive this important message for further
direction in this regards and also update me on any development from the
above mentioned office.

Note: that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which remains (752) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the
Card Center.

(MR.LANBERT JOHNSON)
Special Adviser on Information
And National Orientation.

 

[Celaya]

OK, So I play along with this guy. Instead of calling him. I decided to send this clown an email.

SUBJ: Payment Not Good?
From: My Email account
To: This Scammer

I recieve your email yesterday. So I went to Western Union with the MTCN 10 digit control number and the sender's name you sent me of Marjorie Sanford and wrote everything down to Western Union so I could collect the money, But Western Union told me no such payment of $7,000.00 and no such person or MTCN control number exist. Can you send me a new one. Thank you.

Now here is his reply back to me.

Subj: RE: Payment not good
From: Nigerian Scammer
To: My email account

Attention:,

I want to Inform you that I spoke with the person in charge of the transaction and she informed me that orders were passed down to them to pick up the money because your file shows that you have not paid the bond stamp duty fee which is only US $250 from you for the bond stamp duty fee, The US $7,000 will be sent to you again and there will be no problem at all with picking up the fund.

You can go ahead and send the US $250 for the bond stamp duty fee today and get back to me with the payment information through western union so that your fund will be remmitted to you, You can send your information below;

Name: John Paul Nwabunwanne
City: Contonou
Country: Benin-republic
Test question: Who made you?
Answer: God

Send the money and let me know so that we can send you the first US $7,000 at once. Note that without the required certificate we will not be able to send the monies to you so go ahead and send the fee for the certificate to enable this office update your file and start sending your funds to you until your total fund in the amount of US $850,000.00 has been sent to you.

Mr. Mike Okoh

 

[FullyEclipsed]

I have gotten these BS scams at my work email going by them knowing my last name and trying to scheme off it.. Really strange due to the company I work for to get it here.

 

[Celaya]

I have gotten these BS scams at my work email going by them knowing my last name and trying to scheme off it.. Really strange due to the company I work for to get it here.

What is funny, This clown doesn't even know my first or last name. I decided to play along and keep this going. so here is my latest reply waiting back from him. I told him I sent out the $250 to him which obviously I didn't, LOL.

Subj: Re: Payment not good?
From: My email account
To: Nigerian Scammer

Dear Sir,

I just went back to Western Union and paid the necessary $250 Bond Stamp duty fee out to you. I now await all your information so I can recieved my first of many $7,000 western Union Payments out to me. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you and God Bless.

 

[Buster]

here is one i got a couple days ago...

Hello,
My Name is Walter Cheslog. I own FABRICS AND TEXTILES in United Kingdom and in over 50 countries in the world. I want to know if You would like to work from home and
get paid without affecting your present job? Actually i need a representative who can be working for our company as online book-keeper. We make a lot of supplies to some of
our clients in the United states and Canada who are willing to pay with either cashier's check and it takes over 21 days to get cash here in UK due to the Currency Different in
which i will require your support as a representative in state to receive the payment on behalf of the entire firm. All you need to do is to receive this payment from our clients in the United states
and Canada and get it cashed in your bank or a cashing center then deduct your 10%
Our payments will be issued out in your name and you get them cashed in your bank, deduct your 10% of the initial capital and forward the balance to the company by money transfer.
So all I need is to forward your information to our numerous clients in the United Kingdom and Ireland and they will contact you before they issue payment inform of check.


We are presently having problems handling our logistics from America and Canada as well as trying to tackle how our payments are remitted to us back here in United Kingdom.
Hence, we need to recruit a Book-Keeper/Representative. I like to know if you will be interested in working online from home and get paid weekly without creating inconvenience to your present job.
As a book-keeper/Representative for the company all you have to do are below:

JOB DESCRIPTION.............
*. Receive Documents/Payments in form of Check, Money Order, Bank Draft,
*. Deduct 10% which will be your percentage
*. Forward balance after deduction of percentage to the company.

BENEFITS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
* The average monthly income is about $2000.
* No form of investments from you.
* This job takes Less than 1-2 hours per day.
* You do not pay any form of taxes.
Send the following information to w.cheslog@gmail.com if interested in the job...

#Your full Name:
#Your full Home address(No post office box):
#City:
#State:
#Zip-code:
#Country:
#Your Age:
#Occupation :
#Marital Status:
#Telephone number:
#Cell number:
#Email address:


Your provided information will be sent for the first internal screening and compilation of applicant's information.
Please if you are interested in this position do not hesitate to get back with me via email. (w.cheslog@gmail.com)

Walter Cheslog,
The Manager.

 

[FullyEclipsed]

What is funny, This clown doesn't even know my first or last name. I decided to play along and keep this going. so here is my latest reply waiting back from him. I told him I sent out the $250 to him which obviously I didn't, LOL.

Subj: Re: Payment not good?
From: My email account
To: Nigerian Scammer

Dear Sir,

I just went back to Western Union and paid the necessary $250 Bond Stamp duty fee out to you. I now await all your information so I can recieved my first of many $7,000 western Union Payments out to me. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank you and God Bless.

This reminds me of a thread quite a while back that had a link to a guys' blog that he wrote. It was a couple months worth of emails back and forth with the scammers that he had travel all over a country to meet up with him for some huge donation.. It was quite funny...