나이제리아에서 온 편지=사기 편지에 주의

[사랑을 위하여]

한열사에 계신 분 중 혹시 yahoo.com이나 hotmail.com 메일주소를 가지신 분들 중에서 영어로 자기의 이름을 등록하신 분들은 나이지리아에서 온 편지를 조심하시기 바랍니다.

인터폴에 의하면 나이지리아의 사업가 등이 반군에 의한 사망, 비행기나 자동차 사고로 온 가족이 사망하여 상속인이 없다는 편지를 보내 당신과 내가 50:50을 나누자는 편지를 보냅니다.

그것도 액수가 보통 수백백만불(미국달러화) 단위의 재산이 은행에 입금되어 있다고 하면서 당신의 성을 빌려 이 돈을 은행에서 빼내 당신과 내가 나누자는 수법입니다.

꽤 오래된 수법인데 이젠 미국인들에겐 안먹혀들어가니까, 제 3국의 성 - 제 성이 장이니 영어로 Jang을 사용하는데 이런 성을 찾아서 보내나봅니다 -을 찾아서 이런 행동을 합니다.

그리고 이에 접근하는 사람에게 모든게 다 끝났으니 돈을 보내주겠는데, 서류에 사인을 해야된다며 나이지리아가 아닌 미국인이 무비자로 입국할 수 있는 나라로 오라고 하고 그곳에서 서류에 사인하는 비용이라든가 하는 여러가지 이유를 들어 현금을 가지고 입국하라고 합니다.

그 뒤에는 사기꾼에 봉이 된 사람에게서 돈을 뺐거나 신체적 협박을 통해 돈을 더 받아내기도 하고, 모든 것이 다 됐다고 돈을 받고 은행에 송금애주는 것처럼 하면서 사기치는 사람들입니다. 결국 사기를 당한 사람이 받는 것은 아무짝에도 쓸모가 없는 종이 조각일 뿐입니다.

아래는 제가 받은 두개의 사기 편지와 맨 마지막 것은 인터폴에서 공개한 그들의 수법입니다.

참고하시고 사기를 당하는 일이 없기를 바랍니다.

아래의 두 메일을 보면 얼마나 똑같은 방법으로 사기를 치는 지 아실 수 있을 겁니다.

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From:	"Mark Osemeka" <lglcham149@hotmail.com>
Subject:	Dear Jang
Date:	Thu, 11 Jan 2007 05:23:38 -0800

Law Office of Dike Martins.5 Burma Road sunrise shopping plaza,5th floor, Apapa Lagos.Nigeria.Telephone numbers: 234-806-1222827 Dear Jang, Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail. This is due to the urgency and importance of the information. I am Barrister Mark Osemeka, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Mr. Michael Jang, a national of your country, possibly could be your brother, who used to work with one of the leading oil companies here in Nigeria. Herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2003, my client, his wife and their two Children were involved in an auto crash in a remote village called Kuru near Jos in Plateau State. All occupants of the car unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here in lagos to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet,to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.   I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left  behind by my client before they get confiscated, frozen or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Africa Development Bank Plc where the deceased had an account valued at Seven Million, Six Hundred and Fifteen Thousand United States Dollars(US$7,615,000:00). The management has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account frozen within the next ten official working days.  Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased  since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of this amount valued at $7,615,000:00 can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 50% to you I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.Also I will provide all the money needed for the taxes and fees to complete the transaction. I want you to send the following info to enable me start procurement of the inheritance documents to your favor. Full Names:Contact address:Home, Work and Cell Telephone #:Age:Occupation: All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Waiting for your reply. Best regards,Barrister Mark Osemeka.

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Date:	Sat, 20 Jan 2007 21:43:12 +0100
Subject:	Request for a business Proposal
From:	"kingsley Osagie" <kingsley_osagie21@aliceadsl.fr>

Dear Friend,

I am an accountant with OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC; my name is Mr.Kingsley Osagie a Banker. I am the Accounts officer to ENGINEER (Ambrozy Jang) a Foreign National, who is a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS.

Here in after shall be referred to as my client On May 4th 2002 , my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a plane crash with some members of ministers of sports of Nigeria, Airways flight with Company name EAS airline which departed from Kano to it destination Lagos crashed with all the passengers on-board and the flight crew, including his family died in this fatal air crash on 4th May 2002.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get the account confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposits were lodged, particularly the OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL Where the deceased had an account Valued at about ($6.0 million United States dollar).

The Bank's administrative department has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next fourteen official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since nobody came up for the claim so that the proceeds of this account valued at ($6.O Million US Dollars) be paid to you and then you and I can share the

money 50% to me and 40% to you. While 10% for unforeseen bottle necks we might incurred in this transaction.

An attorney will be contracted to help us reval‎idate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.

All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you and I from any breach of the law.

Best regards,

Kingsley Osagie

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이것은 인터폴의 사건 개요입니다.

Financial fraud

Advanced Fee Fraud: 4-1-9 letters (Nigerian letters)

For more than 16 years, private individuals, as well as organizations and commercial companies, have been receiving unexpected communication through letters and faxes but mainly through e-mails from senders claiming to be Nigerian or African citizens and promising high profitable business. According to the relevant section of the Criminal Code of Nigeria it is referred to as 4-1-9 Fraud.

In general, the solicitation for a profitable money deal is very simple and almost always similar:

• The unknown sender purports to be the family relative or close friend of a former member of the government or an important and rich businessman who lost his life during political changes or during the September 11 attack or an accident

• Before the person died he deposited a large amount of money in a bank account in Nigeria. The alleged amount may vary between 800.000 USD and 100.000.000 USD or more

• The sender of the letter maintains that he has legal access to the account and intends to transfer the money to a foreign account

• The sender found the name and address of the receiver through recommendation or by chance and the receiver is the only trustworthy person able to assist him in the successful transfer of the money

• For his assistance the mail receiver is promised between 15% to 50% of the total amount

The mail sender requests discreet and confidential handling of the deal while the expected enormous profit makes the receiver forget or ignore all rules of secure and professional business. The victim is asked to open a special bank account to allow the correct remittance of the money.

The next phase of the fraud is convincing the victims that the money transfer is in progress. Several documents are provided bearing apparently official Nigerian government letterhead and seals, as well as false letters of credit, payment schedules and bank drafts. The name of the victim is almost always already mentioned in the documents.

An extensive exchange of e-mails, faxes and telephone calls takes place between the perpetrators and the victims in order to gain the victim's confidence and to collect as much private information about him as possible. The information e.g. of bank accounts, ID documents, addresses and contact persons is often used later on to commit further criminal offences in the name of the victim.

In the next stage the intended fraud takes place. The fraudsters convey that some problems have suddenly arisen which can only be solved with the assistance of the victim. An official is demanding an up-front bribe, or an unforeseen tax payment or fee to the Nigerian government has to be paid before the money can be transferred. These can include e.g. licensing fees, registration fees, and various forms of taxes and attorney fees. Each fee paid is described as the very last fee required. Invariably, oversights and errors in the deal are discovered by the Nigerians, necessitating additional payments and allowing the scheme to be stretched out over a long period until the victim is no longer willing to invest any money.

In a possible follow-up stage victims are requested to travel to Nigeria or a border country to complete a transaction. The perpetrators maintain that a visa is not necessary to enter the country while arranging with airport officials for the victims to pass through Immigration and Customs. As it is a serious offence in Nigeria to enter without a valid visa, the victim's illegal entry may be used by the fraudsters as leverage to coerce the victims into releasing funds. Violence and threats of physical harm may be employed to put further pressure on victims.

Victims might also be asked to travel to a neutral country where the money could be handed over in a hotel room. European capitals as London, Madrid and Amsterdam were identified as a favourite venue for this.

The Black Money Scheme

During such meetings, the fraudsters present suitcases which are allegedly full of genuine money to the victim. The notes usually have the size of 100USD bills and are all coloured black. The victim is told that they have been coated with a special substance in order to smuggle these out of the country. A special cleaning liquid is required to wash the notes in order to return them to their original state which costs between 10,000USD and 500,000USD. Having initial physical contact with the enormous amount of promised money seems for the victim to be the final step required to enter into possession of the money. All the victims obtain in the end is worthless paper.

The good and the bad

A possible intermediate step before the Black Money Scam takes place could be as follows. When the victim is no longer willing to pay advance fees, the team of fraudsters may disappear and contact is interrupted. After a while the victim may be contacted through the same channels by a new generation of fraudsters maintaining that they are investigators, aware of the fraud and willing and able to assist the victim in getting his lost money back. However, this is only another criminal attempt to ask the victim for more money to cover the unexpected cost of the investigations.

What to do

if you receive one of these fraudulent messages:

• Do not reply to any of these messages

• Do not surrender details of your bank accounts

• Do not surrender details of your company

• Do not send or hand over ID documents and letters with your personal or official letterheads and logos - not even copies -

What to do

If you are already in contact with perpetrators or have already paid advance fees:

• Save all received and sent messages

• Save all documents of transactions and remittances

• Do not agree to attend meetings where money is promised to be handed over to you

• Contact your local police forces and follow their advice

[_피오맨]

이 수법 상당히 오래된건데 아직까지도 계속 그러나요.

[fa110]

나도 두번이나 받아봤는뎅..

[강희대제]

이거~ 한 8~9년 전에 국가정보원에서 주의하라면서 책으로도 냈던 사안들인데 아직도 써먹나보네요.

[사랑을 위하여]

인터폴에도 꽤 오래된 방식이라는 데 아직도 인터폴이 게시한 걸로 봐서나 저에게 이렇게 온 걸로 봐서는 아직도 그런 방법을 써먹나 봅니다....

[부다래]

이거 주한 나이지리아 대사관에서 신문하단에 광고도 냈었음... 속지 마세요...라고... 나이지리아 대사관도 골치아프겠음....

[처음사랑끝까지]

전 영국에서 온거 받아 봤는데....;;;

[포로리얌]

저도 받았어여 어떤 이상한 여자가;;;보냈던데