How to get rich quick....or not! Scams and more...: Angola

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Angola

FROM:Paul Samsin Wallins.
240 Woodvale
Forest Hill London
SE 23 3EA
EMAIL:paulwallins_03@yahoo.com

Attn : Director / CEO

I am
Paul Samsin Wallins from The Republic Of Angola , i am presently residing at the above address in England , i got your contact address through a trade journal exhibition here in England and after due deliberations on your profile i became assured of your credibility in handling this my trust and future , i therefore seek the help of your organization to clear my cash in a harbour in the Republic of South Africa.

I know that it will all be a surprise offer to you since we didnot know from Adam's eyes but let me assure you that i contacted you with the best of intention to benefit us both , i have a cash which was conveyed to South Africa through a diplomatic agent means , this cash was meant for my boss's investment in South Africa before the oncoming world cup event , i am the personal assistant to him in investment relations , i have helped him invest money in variours countries especially here in United Kingdom.

What i need you to do for me now is to clear this money from the agents who don't really know the contents of the consignment because it was declared to them as valuables worth 11,000,000 Rands (Eleven million rands) . this is the amount involved and i want to use your organisation as my umbrella, i don't have any bank certificate of this money so i cannot make open bank transaction not to talk of investment, also my status as non-resident of South Africa will also contribute to my inability to transact such amount in South Africa, i am seeking your help as indegene and business owner in South Africa to help me hold the cash in confident while i join you immediately for investment and reward for your assistance.

I do believe in your sufficient ability to help me since there is no inherent risk on your side but all arrangement for retrieving of fund has been made by me and my coleagues, all i need is your presence as the beneficiary of fund, note that my boss in the active post in the presidency as the minister for mineral resources so i will like you to maintain the confident we have in you to safeguard his active govt position, hope you understand.

Contact me through my email or the above telephone number satisfying me with your good intention to work with me so that i can furnish you with more details on how the delivery will be done taken, Thanking you to your anticipated co-operation.
Sincerely yours.
Paul Samsin Wallins,

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What is advance-fee fraud?

According to Wikipedia advance-fee fraud is a confidence trick in which the target is persuaded to advance sums of money in the hope of realizing a significantly larger gain. Among the variations on this type of scam, are the Nigerian Letter (also called the 419 fraud, Nigerian scam, Nigerian bank scam, or Nigerian money offer, the Spanish Prisoner, the Black money scam as well as Russian/Ukrainian scam (also extremely widespread, though far less popular than the former). Both the so-called Russian and Nigerian scams stand for wholly dissimilar organised crime traditions, they therefore tend to use altogether different breeds of approaches.

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The 419 scam originated in the early 1980s as the oil-based Nigerian economy declined. Several unemployed university students first used this scam as a means of manipulating business visitors interested in shady deals in the Nigerian oil sector before targeting businessmen in the west, and later the wider population. Scammers in the early-to-mid 1990s targeted companies, sending scam messages via letter, fax, or Telex. The spread of email and easy access to email-harvesting software made the cost of sending scam letters through the Internet low. In the 2000s, the 419 scam has spurred imitations from other locations in Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, and, more recently, from North America, Western Europe (mainly UK), and Australia.
The number "419" refers to the article of the Nigerian Criminal Code (part of Chapter 38: "Obtaining Property by false pretences; Cheating") dealing with fraud. The American Dialect Society has traced the term "419 fraud" back to 1992.
The advance-fee fraud is similar to a much older scam known as the Spanish Prisoner scam in which the trickster would tell the scam victim that a (fictitious) rich prisoner had promised to share (non-existent) treasure with the victim if the latter would send money to bribe the prison guards.
Insa Nolte, a lecturer of University of Birmingham's African Studies Department, stated that "The availability of e-mail helped to transform a local form of fraud into one of Nigeria's most important export industries."