Internet Fraud Scams.
The most common and perhaps well
known internet fraud scams are the
ones that promise money from a
Nigerian source. These scams are
initiated through emails that are
sent to a person by someone claiming
to be Nigerian government official
or the spouse/child of a deposed or
executed official who has left them
millions of dollars that they need
help to move out of the country.
These scams use greed to convince
the recipient of the letter that
they can have a percentage of many
millions if they help to defray the
costs of getting the money out of
the safety deposit vault, wherever
that may be located, and then out of
country.
These internet fraud scams try to
get money and identifying
information from their potential
victims. They will ask for help with
the costs of getting the money
released. Their letters will attempt
to convince the person that for only
a small fee, in comparison to the
millions that they will share, they
can help to free up the money for
both parties. Often the line is that
the money is housed in a secure
facility in a large trunk and once
the fees are paid it will be
released. They claim that the money
cannot be used to pay the fees for
fear it will be stolen. They will
begin by getting small sums out of
the person to try not to scare them
off.
Most of the time the people involved
in these scams will try their best
to make it all seem that everything
they claim is real. They will set up
websites with fake banks that come
with phone and fax numbers to make
them appear real. They will send
correspondence on fake letterhead to
make it appear that the bank or
storage facility where the money
resides is genuine. Then money will
be requested. It will likely be a
small amount, maybe a few thousand
to start, but it will not stop
there.
Even once the victim stops paying,
the swindlers will use the personal
information they have gleaned and
attempt to empty bank accounts, run
up credit card balances, and
generally steal whatever assets they
can get their hands on. The thieves
will who work these Nigerian
internet fraud scams have stolen
millions from unsuspecting people
who think that they have been
specially chosen to help move money
that in reality does not exist.
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