how much does anybody know about these nigerian money scams?

Question

where do all these thieves get all this unclaimed money from to work with, anway?

Answer 1

we know one thing: it is important not to respond and never get involved with these people and don't even read the e mails or letters, just delete them.

Answer 2

The scam is very simple; I've gotten many. My greatest wonder is how come these people are still in business because the scam is so obvious. My only conclusion is that there are a lot of greedy suckers out there (who are also ignorant).

The scam goes like this: You get an email or letter from somebody from a 'name' bank or business. This person has a problem, which is that they have millions of dollars in a bank or vault or whatever but because of government regulations they can't move the money. So, here's the deal: if you help them move the money, you get 20, 25, 30 percent of the money. All you need to do is send them the number of a bank account and they'll send the money. Then they clear out you account and beat it...There are variations--like they'll send you a check for 20,000 real dollars and you take out 5,000 and send them the rest. You get the money and send them the 15,000, but then the bank tells you after cashing it that the check was stolen or forged...so now you're out 15,000 plus the 5,000 you kept.

Answer 3

Let's put it this way:
Various groups from various nations have been supposedly going to send me money now for nearly 2 years!
I have onlyreally tried to 'help' 2 or 3 of them - only 2 with anything more than the odd $100.
But those 2 have amounted to over $30,000 in loss.

I still get new sources from around the world daily, almost, posting up new scenarios and new cases of 'offerings' for me to deal with.

I know people are going to consider me 'stupid' or too soft-hearted for my own good, but I do believe there are those amongst this all who are genuine!

The problem, as I have dealt with these many people - most often black Africans - is that such people, as offer someone to take over their benevolent funds as they are dying [they are the main cases I will think about dealing with - people are more humble at that point in their lives, and often want to do something good before they go!], do not seem to have a clue what operations their countries require and what others will need along the way for the money to safely arrive here!
Also, although the person sending the money may possess a spirit of benevolence, their lawyers and other Bankers and bureaucratic staff along the way are not so generous.
Also, when they see the word "millions", many of them 'lose it', and greed sets in re what they can personally get out of these millions before passing them on!!

MANY PEOPLE WILL CLAIM I AM JUST A NAIVE FOOL, but I am certain, as I have dealt with certain of these people for nearly 2 years now and have hardly sent a cent across there to them ... and other people have wanted their money sent to certain existing conditions at my end, before they would send it or put it in my name; when I haven't been able to show I met such conditions, they have stopped writing to me and have not asked for money ... So I am certain that some funds are real, despite what others say, and despite that I still have absolutely Nothing to show for all my trouble and patience withthem so far.


Having said all this, however, if I'd known at the start what an horrendous amount of trouble and loss this would all mean, even in the interim, i would never have bothered engaging!!!

So, although I am at this point, i would certainly not recommend that anyone become involved or take any note of them!

It is only by the grace of God that I have come out of it this lightly!!

Answer 4

Its not just your bank account they are targeting businesses also. I'm a pharmacy technicain and I worked for a pretty well known in the community independant pharmacy. I had people call using the operater like a deaf person would and try to buy vitamins and other items for a refugee camp in Nigeria. They will stoop so low as to pretend to be a deaf person and waste that phone resource to get anything they can from people. I dont know who would give thier information over the phone but the sad thing is the main people targeted are the elderly who dont understand todays technology

Answer 5

They don't have any money claimed or unclaimed, other than what the Duped might send them.

I recently was involved in a scam, from someone claiming to be in Nigeria, she even offered pictures through e mail of what appeared to be an attractive young lady.

Eventually I recieved, through the mail, 4 moneygrams totalling $3800, that she insisted I cash and forward the money via Western Union. I took them to my bank and found them to be fakes, non registered numbers, and dropped the entire scam. I did contact the FBI who in turn told me to contact the US Secret Service, who never got back to me.

Rev. Steven

Answer 6

A few months ago the police in the Netherlands arrested a group of Nigerians. They had send emails to get money. But I wonder why people send money to total strangers after getting an email of them. I don't even read emails from strangers but delete them.

Answer 7

I use to get their emails ALL THE TIME until I found out about a little button called 'spam'. Bye Bye Nigerian bank scam stuff! Btw ,have you given them any information? cause that is not a good idea.

Answer 8

They don't have unclaimed money. They want your banking information so they can clean out your account.

Answer 9

i work for a financial institution and its amazing how many people fall for it. its a numbers game. if you send the email out to 500 people its costs nothing. but if only 3 or 4 dumb rich suckers answer back. boom. its a huge score. remember a fool and his money are quickly parted.

Answer 10

a scam is a scam...of course they will make up stories telling you they have such a big fund or unclaimed money...only greedy people will fall for this scam....

Answer 11

how much do you want to know theres loads of info out there.
try typing in any of these terms in explorer .
419/scam/romancescam/advance fee fraud/lotteryscam/.
the list goes on and on there are thousands of them read up and be safe.
yes i am a member of 419 legal 419 eater to name just 2.
trying to get as many of these scumbags shut as possible