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Please forward Nigerian/West-African letters to wafl@phonebusters.com.
The Phonebusters National Call Center ('PNCC') is a joint partnership
involving the Ontario Provincial Police and the Royal Canadian Mounted
Police. The PNCC is very interested in receiving copies of any 'new'
versions of Nigerian letter scheme, particularly those involving Canadian
mailing addresses or telephone numbers. This valuable intelligence
information is used to assist in the strategic targeting of would
be fraudsters. (To reduce the risk of virus transfer, please do not
send Nigerian/West-African letters as attachments. Instead, either
forward the mail message or copy and paste the contents into the mail
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Watch out for the Nigerian/West-African Business letter scam! For years
now, businesses, learning institutions, and government departments have
been receiving e-mails from senders posing as Nigerian/West-African government
or business officials offering to share large sums of money.
Do not become a victim. If you have received an unsolicited letter containing
any of the characteristics listed below, you should carefully research
available information before conducting a transaction. The Commercial
Crime Sections of the RCMP within Canada and your local Better Business
Bureau are available for obtaining further information on this topic along
with PhoneBusters National Call Center.
Most letters are variations of the following:
- You receive an "urgent" business proposal "in strictest
confidence" from a Nigerian/West-African civil servant /businessman.
- The sender, often a member of the "contract review panel",
obtained your name and profile through the Chamber of Commerce or the
International Trade Commission.
- The sender recently intercepted or has been named beneficiary of
the proceeds from real estate, oil products, over-invoiced contracts,
cargo shipments, or other commodities, and needs a foreign partner to
assist with laundering the money.
- Since their government/business position prohibits them from opening
foreign bank accounts, senders ask you to deposit the sum, usually somewhere
between $25-50 million, into your personal account.
- For your assistance, you will receive between 15-30% of the total,
which sits in the Central Bank of Nigeria awaiting transfer.
- To complete the transaction, they ask you to provide your bank name
and address, your telephone and fax numbers, the name of your beneficiary,
and, of course, your bank account numbers.
- The sender promises to forward your share within 10-14 working days!
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