My email today, what kind of scam is this?

Question

Sat, 15 Jul 2006 05:38:58 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: "JUBAILI SULEMAN" Add to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: FROM ME

Dear,

First and foremost I apologized using this medium to reach
you for a
transaction/business of this magnitude,my name is Mr. Jubaili
Suleman,I am the Operational Manager in Account Section in charge of
Credit and Foreign Bills of one of the prime banks Here in Nigeria.

I am contacting you in a payment/Business review of a lingering
transaction of a foreign customer of my Bank (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER
from Munich, Germany) who died intestate amidst an uncredited approved
payment of $42 Million USD United states Dollars Only,the money has
been abandoned long ago owing to the sudden demise of the actual
beneficiary,and this money was been payed into the Federal
reserve/treasury account as unclaimed.

This payment is legal and
have already been approved before the death of the beneficiary,and the
above document with a certificate of
ownership issued and authorized
by the court will be immediately
approved by my office for the
payment to be effected into your bank
account,At the conclusion of the
transfer 65% of the fund
will be for us here, we would give you 30% of
the total transfer sum,
while the remaining 5% will be set aside to
settle expenses both
parties might incur during the transfer process

Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

I await your
response.
MR JUBAILI SULEMAN
INFORMATION TECH & DATA ANALYST
TREASURY
/PAYMENT INVESTIGATION DEPT (UBA).
UNITED BANK OF AFRICA NIGERIA

Answer 1

Congratulations! You've received your first "Nigerian 419" spam letter.

This is a very common fraud/scam, yet people still fall for it.

Here is information on the scheme from the Internet Crime Complaint Center an FBI NW3c apartnership: http://www.ic3.gov/crimeschemes.aspx

NIGERIAN LETTER OR "419"
Named for the violation of Section 419 of the Nigerian Criminal Code, the 419 scam combines the threat of impersonation fraud with a variation of an advance fee scheme in which a letter, email, or fax is received by the potential victim. The communication from individuals representing themselves as Nigerian or foreign government officials offers the recipient the "opportunity" to share in a percentage of millions of dollars, soliciting for help in placing large sums of money in overseas bank accounts. Payment of taxes, bribes to government officials, and legal fees are often described in great detail with the promise that all expenses will be reimbursed as soon as the funds are out of the country. The recipient is encouraged to send information to the author, such as blank letterhead stationary, bank name and account numbers, and other identifying information using a facsimile number provided in the letter. The scheme relies on convincing a willing victim to send money to the author of the letter in several installments of increasing amounts for a variety of reasons.

If you believe you may have fallen victim to this type of scam and wish to report it, please file a complaint with us.

Visit the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to learn more about combating financial and economic crimes in Nigeria.

Answer 2

If you do not check a company before entering into a transaction, you could lose your money, time and credibility. Some widely used resources are the Better Business Bureau (www.bbb.org) and the national fraud center ( www.fraud.org) These days, you can easily find out more about a company using the internet in a few minutes. From a company's website, you can details about its ownership, how old the company really is and feedback from the company's customers.
You can find more detailed information about a company at http://tinyurl.com/gtb89

Answer 3

I get those kinds of email too. It most often come out in african countries to get people to fork over their money. My advice is to anyone don't invest in those scams.

Answer 4

just a standard scam from Nigeria

Answer 5

Total BS they send the same one to lots of people I guess.

Answer 6

the standard scam - "I'm going to give you millions. You're going to be so greedy, you'll give us your bank account info and we're drain it and run. OR You'll be so greedy you'll give us a deposit for "good faith", and we'll disappear."

Answer 7

This is a typical Nigerian scam. Fall for something like this and you are an idiot.