SCAMMING FOR DOLLARS: Letters from Nigeria to JAPE offers something for nothing! Staff Research Project
Recently at I.A. P. E. Headquarters a letter arrived from Dr. Alfred Makele,
Nigeria. His offer was simple enough. He needs to launder money, wants
our help to do so, but don't worry the Nigerian government won't really
mind at all.
It took only reading the entire text of the letter to realize that, after all the promises, we would end up as big, big losers! After all if we deposit a meager 5 million dollars at the end of the transaction we will receive 30% of 33.6 million dollars now lying in a suspense account. Scams come in all forms from pigeon drops, to purchasing items at drastically reduced prices (items that never arrive). If you receive letters, are told by people picking up property of possible scams that may have occurred, or become aware of deals that are just too good, take time to investigate and ask questions or refer the person to the proper investigator. For entertainment and curiosity a copy of the envelope and letter have
been provided below and on the next page. It may seem surprising, but this
scam has worked on wealthy individuals, companies and in one case even
a church.
Letter from Nigeria 
Copyright © 1999 International Association for Property and Evidence, Inc. Reprinted from the Evidence Log, Volume 1996, Number 1, Page 5 |
