This is the setup of a Nigerian 419 scam. First of all a “government official” will contact you regarding “money” that with some effort “will be made yours”. I do not have a bank account in Nigeria nor do I have a Swiss Lawyer so this scammer is either really banking on some wild guesses or hoping that I in turn will try to defraud some poor bloke of his inheritance. Usually they will mention official names and institutions.
This scammer wrote to my yahoo account yesterday using his yahoo account jerrymark03@yahoo.com.Not only would I be a thief for believing this and getting scammed but I would be stupid to think that Nigerian Central bank officials use yahoo addresses or that typing in all caps makes something official or that a medical doctor. (Dr. Jerry Mark) works in a bank!I have replied to the scammer acting as an angry but very wealthy business man who has sent lawyers and mercenaries to his IP address to make him responsible for his banks incompetence.
More to come
-M
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
TEL:234-8054270571
LETTER OF ENQUIRY ON INHERITANCE PAYMENT.
WE WRITE TO ENQUIRE FROM YOU IF YOU HAVE SENT SOMEBODY
FROM SWITZERLAND MR SCHEMIRLAT AND SOME NIGERIA
REPRESENTATIVE INCLUDING YOUR ATTORNEY BARRISTER ADE
TO THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN) TO MAKE CLAIM ON
YOUR BEHALF. THIS YOUR FUND HAS BEEN CALLED BACK BY
THEY CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA SINCE JANUARY 2008 FROM
ABI BANK LONDON DUE TO THERE INABILITY TO HANDLE THE
TRANSACTION.
TODAY AT ABOUT 10.00 AM NIGERIA TIME, MR SCHEMIRLAT
AND YOUR NIGERIAN REPRESENTATIVE CAME TO THE BANK
SAYING THAT YOU HAVE SENT THEM TO MAKE CLAIM ON YOUR
BEHALF ON YOUR INHERITANCE FUNDS $10.5M USD.
I INITIALLY INSTRUCTED FOR THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO
THEM AS THEY CAME WITH ALL OBLIGATORY DOCUMENTS, BUT
ON CROSS CHECKING YOUR INHERITANCE FILE, I DISCOVERED
THAT THE BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER THEY PRESENTED WAS
DIFFERENT FROM YOUR OWN BANK ACCOUNT AND THE
BENEFICARY OF THE ACCOUNT THE BROUGHT IS CHANGORI AND
CHANGORI THAT’S MAKE US TO SUSPECT THEM, THIS IS A
SERIOUS MATTER IN THE APEX BANK NOW AND WE HAVE GIVEN
A MANDATE TO RELEASE THIS FUND TO YOU BY THE
PRESIDENCY.
NOW WE HAVE REQUESTED THEM TO FORWARD A POWER OF
ATTORNEY FROM YOU, INFORMING THE CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA (CBN) OF THE CHANGE IN ACCOUNT NUMBER.THIS
THEY COULD NOT PRODUCE IMMEDIATELY. I HAVE ASKED THEM
TO COME BACK IN TWO DAYS TIME, THIS IS TO ENABLE US
CONTACT YOU AND VERIFY HOW GENUINE THESE TWO PEOPLE
ARE TO YOU, THOUGH THEY PROMISED TO PRODUCE THE POWER
OF ATTORNEY ON THEIR NEXT VISIT TO THE BANK.
I HAVE DEEMED IT NECESSARY TO CONTACT YOU AND
ASCERTAIN THE TRUE POSITION IN OTHER TO AVOID
REMITTING THESE FUNDS INTO A WRONG ACCOUNT. COULD YOU
PLEASE CONTACT THE UNDERSIGNED THROUGH THE MAIL, TO
CONFIRM MATTERS BEFORE WE START TAKING LEGAL ACTION,
BUT IF THEY ARE FROM YOU, KINDLY GIVE THEM THE POWER
OF ATTORNEY FOR THE PAYMENT OF THE INHERITANCE FUNDS
INTO THE SWITZERLAND ACCOUNT(UBS) AG BANKING
SWITZERLAND. YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT BY THE AUTHORITIES
OF THE PRESIDENCY, AND IN LINE WITH THE ENABLING
DECREE OF 512 “A” IN CONSULTATION WITH THE RELEVANT
BODIES; THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN), THE
NATIONAL ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE (NEIC) AND
THE FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF), WE HAVE
RESOLVED THAT ALL OVERDUE INHERITANCE PAYMENTS BE
RELEASED THIS QUARTER IN ABSOLUTE OBEDIENCE TO THE
I.M.F AND WORLD BANK MANDATORY CONDITIONALITIES OF
SERVICE TO OUR FOREIGN CAPITAL DEBTS. BASED ON THIS,
THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE PRESIDENCY TO
HANDLE ALL PAYMENTS DUE TO FOREIGN INHERITANCE.
GOING THROUGH YOUR RECORD WITH GOLF BANK PLC WE FIND
OUT THAT YOU HAVE SPENT SO MUCH MONEY WITH OUT RESULT
THAT WAS WHY THE APEX WITH DIRECTIVE FROM THE
PRESIDENCY HAS DECIDED TO HANDLE THIS PAYMENT BY
THEMSELF.ALSO THROUGH OUR OBSERVATION WE FIND OUT THAT
YOUR ATTORNEY BARRSITER ADE IS ALSO MAKING THINGS
HARD, THATS, WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED THIS FUND.
YOU SHOULD THEREFORE DISREGARD ANY CORRESPONDENCE THAT
YOU MAY HAVE OR MAY COME TO YOU FROM ANY OTHER PERSON
OR DEPARTMENT.IF YOU REALLY NEED THIS MONEY BECAUSE WE
HAVE GONE THROUGH YOUR FILE AND WE FIND OUT THAT YOU
ARE THE ORIGINAL BENEFICIARY OF THE INHERITANCE FUND.
PLEASE ASSIST US TO EXPEDITE ACTION AND GET BACK TO
ME IMMEDIATELY YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL NOW.YOU CAN CALL
ME ON MY DIRECT LINE 234-8054270571 I AM WAITING FOR YOUR
PROMPT RESPONSE AND CO-OPERATION.
YOURS FAITHFULLY,
DR.JERRY MARK
INTERNTIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
YOUR URGENT REPLY NEEDED
