ANOTHER AFRICAN SCAM EMAIL

by TR 11 Replies latest watchtower scandals

  • TR
    TR

    Got this in my email this morning:

    FROM:MRS. M SESE-SEKO

    DEAR FRIEND,

    I AM MRS. SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU
    SESE-SEKO OF ZAIRE? NOW KNOWN AS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
    OF CONGO (DRC). I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER,
    THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT
    CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION.

    I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY HUSBAND AND TWO OF OUR SONS
    JAMES KONGOLO AND BASHER OUT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF
    CONGO (DRC) TO ABIDJAN, COTE D'IVOIRE WHERE MY FAMILY
    AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN
    MORROCO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF CANCER
    DISEASE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO
    CHANGED MOST OF MY HUSBAND'S BILLIONS OF DOLLARS
    DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK AND OTHER COUNTRIES INTO OTHER
    FORMS OF MONEY CODED FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW
    HEAD OF STATE OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE
    ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT AND OTHER
    EUROPEAN COUNTRIES TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'S
    TREASURES DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE
    MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO
    STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER,
    LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON
    TAKING OVER (JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S
    CHATEAUX IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE
    FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY
    IDENTITY SO THAT MY INVESTMENT WILL NOT BE TRACED AND
    CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF EIHGTEEN
    MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS(US$18,000,000,00.) WITH A
    SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE
    SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE
    CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR
    INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST US BY RECEIVING
    THE MONEY ON OUR BEHALF.ACKNOWLEDGE THIS MESSAGE, SO
    THAT I CAN INTRODUCE YOU TO MY SON (KONGOLO ) WHO HAS
    THE OUT MODALITIES FOR THE CLAIM OF THE SAID FUNDS. I
    WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN INVESTING THIS MONEY, BUT
    I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT
    TO BUY PROPERTIES AND STOCK IN MULTI-NATIONAL COMPANIES
    AND TO ENGAGE IN OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE
    INVESTMENTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASISE THE HIGH
    LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY,WHICH THIS BUSINESS DEMANDS,
    AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE,
    WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU. IN CONCLUSION,IF YOU WANT
    TO ASSIST US , MY SON SHALL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE OF
    THE BUSINESS,TELL YOU WHERE THE FUNDS ARE CURRENTLY
    BEING MAINTAINED AND ALSO DISCUSS OTHER MODALITIES
    INCLUDING REMUNERATION FOR YOUR SERVICES.

    FOR THIS REASON KINDLY FURNISH US YOUR CONTACT
    INFORMATION, AND YOUR PERSONAL TELEPHONE AND FAX
    NUMBER FOR VALIDATION PROCESSES.

    BEST REGARDS,

    MRS M. SESE SEKO

  • neyank
    neyank

    I also received an email similar to that one.

    I wonder how many people will think these things are for real
    and get involved?

    neyank

  • Lady Lee
    Lady Lee

    I have gotten dozens of these stupid things. As soon as I block one they resend from a new addie Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • sf
    sf

    http://www.scamorama.com/duarte.html

    Top portion of url:

    THE LADS WRITE TO THE COLONEL

    From a Kindly Contributor in New Zealand:
    Dear Scamorama
    When I received correspondence from the Lads posing as Mrs Sese-seko, I decided to pose as exiled Colonel Migul Dematei Ugarte, fugitive from Argentina's vicious "dirty war" of 1975-84 in which thousands of people disappeared.

    After a while the Lads took fright, I think, faced with two things:
    a.. Colonel Dematei's poor English
    b.. The implied threat of Argentine heavies who operated torture chambers and murder squads on their trail.
    It helps too, that I speak pretty good Spanish....

    ===================================

    http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/info/nigeria.htm

    sKally

  • larc
    larc

    Yep, I have been getting these thingies over the past month. I knew it was a scam when they said I was trustworthy. Man, they don't know me. That's how I know it was bull pucky.

  • LB
    LB

    So I shouldn't have given them my pin number and visa?

  • Mimilly
    Mimilly

    I get plenty of these damned things. I sure hope no one falls for them.

    Mim

  • Kenneson
    Kenneson

    I just click delete, over and over again.

  • Leolaia
    Leolaia

    My mom almost fell for it when she received one of those notorious Nigerian letters around '91 at her place of work. Her co-worker was
    actually making long distance phone calls to Lagos to deal with these
    crooks. Fortunately at last minute they realized the scam.

    Leolaia

  • Crazy151drinker
    Crazy151drinker

    Nah, I dont get any of those scams. All I get is PORN PORN PORN all day long...well mabye that isnt such a bad thing......

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