HOW TO REPORT A NIGERIAN SCAM LETTER
Four-One-Nine
is the Nigerian criminal code for a scam that is not only widespread but
deadly. One receives an unsolicited email or snail mail stating that
millions of US dollars need to be removed from Nigeria and you have been
selected by government officials to assist. Naturally, you will be amply
rewarded for the assistance by retaining a percentage of the funds transferred;
however, in order to facilitate the procedure your financial assistance is
required up front. This scam is far too extensive to detail here.
Please go to SCAMSPEAK:
NIGERIAN SCAMS for more information and what to do if you have been a
victim, have received any contact as described above, or intend doing business
in Nigeria.
>> If you have NOT suffered a financial loss,
so the matter is not Urgent, you may
alternatively SNAILMAIL the Scam documents you have received to the United
States Secret Service, Financial Crimes Division, 419 Task Force, 950 H Street,
Washington, DC, 20001-4518, USA. But be sure to mark your documents "No
Financial Loss - For Your Database." Or, you may EMAIL the Task Force at 419fcd@usss.treas.gov
>> If
the contact from the 419ers was via email: write their email provider at their
"abuse" address (abuse@yahoo.com, abuse@onebox.com etc.) and include
the 419er message with its headers; complain about the 419 message; and ask
that the account be shut down.
>> Some
419'ers give different email addresses in the body of their mail than the one
they sent from, so you should complain to "abuse" etc. at those email
providers as well. If you wish, file a complaint with the Nigerian
Embassy or High Commission in your nation.
Nigerian Scam Letters are fraught with pleas for
sympathy. They state that if the funds are not quickly transferred out of
their country, the money will be used to buy arms for war and
destruction. Sometimes the money is alleged to belong to widows and
orphans left to the mercy of government and police persecution. Every
ploy is used to make the letter recipient overlook the obvious and feel a deep,
abiding pity for the stated situation. The victim sees himself as a hero.
Of course, there are those victims who are
motivated entirely by greed and to hell with the authorities. As with all
those of underhanded and dishonorable mentality, they figure they won't get
caught. These are hoisted by their own petard. Unfortunately, they often drag in money from
friends and relatives in the process.
Then there are the financially desperate.
They have a blind eye when it comes to consequences.
However, the sad truth is that the vast majority of
the world's population lives in complete ignorance of International Law and
International Banking and its Banking Laws.
Ignorance may not be an excuse, but it's a fact of
life that 419'ers count on.
BUT, what about the proposals that come in under
the guise of an honest
business deal? Aye, there's the rub. There are many of those
floating about as well.
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