The Blonde Diaries

Anyone with an email address has probably been on the receiving end of a Nigerian money laundering scheme. You know the email quite well. It starts out Dear Sir/Madame and proceeds to tell you that you have some long lost relative that has died and you are the closest related and thus you are to receive the inheritance. All you have to do is turn over your personal information including your bank account. Other emails are “business propositions” and the people need help setting up a bank account here so they will wire you the money and you can keep a small fee if you agree to accept it and do whatever else they need. In either case all they really want is your bank account so they can clear it out. It happens all the time to people and it is quite sad.

Well, this morning I just checked my Yahoo email account and I had yet another shady email wanting basically the same thing. This email though sucked at convincing me to participate. I mean if you want to scam someone you need to have some better English skills and you need to at least talk dollar figures. It is just too vague and pathetic for me to want to participate if I was that gullible. Take a look.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr Yemi Faseun I need your services in a confidential matter regarding money transfer.This requires a private arrangement though the details of the transaction will be furnish to you if you indicate your interest in this proposal.

We have all the legal documents to back up the transaction, besides we have worked out the modalities to ensure smooth and risky free transfer.We are willing to offer you 40% of the money, the fund in question is quite large. All correspondences will be via email and telephone for now.I am expecting to hear from you, if you are willing to do the business with us,your private phone number is needed.

Please let me hear from you immediately only in my private email box:siryemifaseun@gmail.com

Waiting to hear from you.

Thanks,
Yours Faithfully,

. Yemi Faseun

Yeah, no thank you. Sigh. As fun as these emails are to laugh at, I just wish they would go away. I’m tired of receiving them and I’m tired of people being scammed.

Tags: money laundering, Nigerian money scheme, scam, scams