Transfer con scam

JackRS

Sorry probably the wrong thread?

I received this in my junk email box, just curious if others have received it and if anyone knows what the scam is. It looks like the usual African one where they transfer money to you which you then transfer some agreed amount leaving you with what seems like a tidy sum to then find the original transferred amount didn’t really exist but you’ve lost the amount you transferred etc. email follows:

I am really gratefully on the interest you indicated to assist me transfer these funds for investment overseas. Anyway with trust and honesty we will work together as a team.. Right now I have been arranging the procedures and documents required for the successful remittance of the fund.I am glad i found you through this media to assist us to transfer this fund out of South Africa to your overseas account.

Moreover I have been fortunate to secure the assurance of a top director in the South African Reserve Bank, who is in charge of the International Remittance, and he has accepted to assist us obtain the necessary approvals and transfer papers to effect the transfer. The first thing required right now, commencing the preparation of documents and procedure¡¯s

1 Your bank details

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2 Swift code of your bank

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3 Your Direct Tel/fax number

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4 Full address of the beneficiary

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5 Full Name of the beneficiary

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This will enable the director apply for the Authorization to transfer the fund from the Ministry of Finance here. As soon as I receive this information from you, I will furnish you with the director¡¯s direct contact to give you more details on the requirement to conclude the transfer into your overseas account.

Lastly, I wish to assure you that this transaction will not cause you any trouble at all, as we have finalized every plan for a smooth and successful transfer of the fund overseas

I wishes you all the best the season and expect to receive your positive response soonest.Feel free to call me on my direct tetephone number anytime

geordie_joe

JackRS wrote: »

Sorry probably the wrong thread?

I received this in my junk email box, just curious if others have received it and if anyone knows what the scam is.

Dead simple, they have a large sum of money they want to get out of their country. Usually it belonged to someone who died in an aeroplane crash and left no relatives to inherit it, so it's going to the bank/government.

Once they have you "on the hook" they ask you for money, to "facilitate the transfer", "grease palms" etc. You think your cut of the money is going to be a couple of million, so you don't mind givcing them afew thousand to help transfer the money.

Of course, once they have got all the money they can out of you, you never hear from them again.

JackRS

Oh OK a slightly different scam to the one I'm familiar with, brought to us courtesy of if it sounds to good to be true it’s sure to be a con…

fengirl_2

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