The scammer has been using the name of Western Union to scam peopl
by sending emails concerning inheritance money from Bank of Africa.
I have noticed that these scammers have sent numerous emails incl. to me. However, I am able to find out easily that this is a scam email by tracing their IP Address, which locates in USA.
To those who received these scam emails, please do not think twice but simply use your commence senses and logic and ask yourselves this simply question to yourself: I dont have any African relatives and how in the world someone come into my email address and telling me about inheritance and using Western Union to transfer the daily funds? This is just too good to be true, that the scammers have asked you for your complete details . And do not even bother to reply to this email because you have handed over your data to Nigerian Scammers. Last but not least, there is always a catch to their message: you need to transfer administration costs prior to receiving the Funds...what a silly scammer...only the Fools would believe it!
Here is the current scammer email received and ones are able to read that the sender is an absolutely uneducated person, poor English and grammar, and have no idea what the meaning of Fiscal year...!!!
Last but not least, please remember this: No Banks in the World would be using EMAILS as a method to communicate but only with FAXES and/or Official letters. So to prevent yourselves being scammed, please GO GOOGLE and find the IP Address first.


--- Forwarded Message ----
From: Jonathan Conahan. <[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, March 8, 2011 6:14:00 PM
Subject: CONTACT THE WESTERN UNION AGENT INCHARGE OF YOUR PAYMENT
Dear customer,
This is to inform you that your name and your contact details was given to this office in respect of your outstanding payment owed to you which you have not been able to receive despite your considerable effort to receive your payment and after been cleared by the authorized financial regulatory bodies, it was also discovered that some unscrupulous individuals aiming to frustrating all your efforts have removed some vital documents from your payment file.

After much strict scrutiny on your payment file, we discovered that some top government officials especially in banks are working against your interest in this case.

So to forestall any further atrocious act against you, we have decided to settle your payment through western union money transfer, which is the latest instruction from Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS) the western union agent in charge of your payment will be sending to you $4800 per a day until your total funds is completely transferred to you, so if you like to receive your fund in this way, please contact the western union agent in charge of your payment - dr. Samson ego on his contact details below.
Therefore, in order to receive your fund through western union money transfer, you are now required to contact the western union agent in charge of your payment-Dr. Samson ego on his contact details
Below and also send him your following information as listed below

Your;
1. Full name,
2. Phone and fax number:
3. Address
4. Age:
5. Occupation

We have been mandated by the WCOWAS parliament to issue out us$3.7m dollars in your favor this fiscal year 2011.

Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office(s) to avoid any further hitches in receiving your payment.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued our code of conduct, which is (209) so you have to indicate this code when contacting (dr. Samson ego) the western union agent in charge of your payment By using it as your subject.


Here below is dr. Samson ego (the western union agent in charge of your payment)'s contact details, you have to contact him now and supply him your contact details as listed above for him to start sending
Your funds to you $4800 per a day without any delay;

Dr. Samson ego
E-mail: [email protected]
Tel no: +229 9909 8924
Western Union Agent.
Cotonou, Benin.

You will also have to send them the tax clearance charges of $127usd as per the instruction from the international monetary fund (I.M.F) office.
Please contact dr. Samson ego ASAP and send him the fee for him to send you the pick up information for your first $4800 payment.

Mr. Jonathan Conahan
For the management of bank of Africa,
Cotonou, Benin.
Tel:+229-66543123.

5/29/09


To whom it may concern,

It appears that these scammers have a new strategy. If someone refuses to send them money they try to threaten the money out of them.
I got an unsolicited email from them, that said I would get $5000 a day until I got $1.5 million bucks. They asked for no money up front at first but later said I had to send them $175 during phone calls. I never agreed to send them the money because I figured it was a scam. When I checked up Western Union Benin scam web site I found that they had run this game on others before so I refused to send them money without concrete evidence. They told me on the phone that they were urgently trying to get the money out of the country as fast as they could since it was foreign currency. So I asked them to send me proof that this was real and legal. I did not hear from them for several days but, what was sent to me was a strange email that was supposed to be from Interpol. This email claimed that I must send these folks the money within three (7) (?) days or I would be arrested for money laundering.
This all seems very strange to me but, I’m not sue how to handle this. Please advise. I look forward to your prompt response.


Robert Branch
US
570-856-4406
[email protected]



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INTERNATIONALPOLICE
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Attn: Robert Branch,

The INTERNATIONAL INTERPOL POLICE OF BENIN REPUBLIC Regards our Investigation is just trying to make you understand that you most finish the process with Mr.Nnasom Samuel, in BENIN within 7working days to get your package to you.

from the information we received here in our office, you are required to go ahead and send them their required amount which is the only hitch to the finalization of the transaction you have with them in Benin Republic.Then after three (7) working days from Today, your package will be transferred as scheduled from our investigations.You are required to receive your package once the transfer of their required fee is not paid by you.

ASSURANCE : From our investigation and final conclusion with Mr.Nnasom Samuel, in Benin Republic, your transfer is to be made within three (7) working days, or you will be arrested.Therefore, you are also required to keep us updated as soon as you finalizes with Mr.Nnasom Samuel,

Note that if the requested transaction most finish between 7 days which is the deadline days given to you, we would have to radio you local Police Authority to inform them about this and also a fax them a Warrant for your arrest which would be effectively made and also you would have to be charged for Money Laundry which is punishable under Article 13 of Section 109 on the world Constitutional Law.

THANKS

INTERPOL REGIONAL OFFICE BENIN
OFFICE IN CHARGE; SUPP. MICHAEL DEEN