Wumi Abdul Nigerian Scam
The message shown below is a real example of a Nigerian or 419 Scam. The message promises the recipient a share in a large sum of money in exchange for having the funds transferred to his or her account and acting as a guardian for a young woman whose father has died. This sum of money does not exist. Recipients who initiate a dialogue with the scammer by replying to this message will eventually be asked for advance fees supposedly required to allow the deal to proceed. They may also become the victims of identity theft.
If you receive this or a similar message, DO NOT reply. If you have already replied, DO NOT comply with subsequent requests to send money or provide personal information.
Note:
The name used in this scam email may not be the real name of the criminal responsible. The scammer may have used the name without permission or simply made it up. There may be a number of people in the world who share this name and are in no way involved with any sort of fraudulent activity. Therefore, the name included here is used solely to identify this particular scam message and is NOT intended to identify any actual person, living or dead.
Example of the Wumi Abdul Nigerian Scam message:
Subject: Dear Respected One,
Dear Respected One,
GREETINGS,
Permit me to inform you of my desire of going into business
relationship with you. I got your contact from the International web site
directory. I prayed over it and selected your name among other names due to
it's esteeming nature and the recommendations given to me as a reputable and
trust worthy person I can do business with and by the recommendations I must
not hesitate to confide in you for this simple and sincere business.
I am Wumi Abdul; the only Daughter of late Mr and Mrs George Abdul. My
father was a very wealthy cocoa merchant in Abidjan,the economic capital of
Ivory Coast before he was poisoned to death by his business associates on
one of their outing to discus on a business deal. When my mother died on the 21st October 1984, my father took me and my younger brother HASSAN special because we are motherless.
Before the death of my father on 30th June 2002 in a private hospital here in
Abidjan. He secretly called me on his bedside and told me that he has a sum
of $12.500.000 (Twelve Million, five hundred thousand dollars) left in a
suspense account in a local Bank here in Abidjan, that he used my name as
his first Daughter for the next of kin in deposit of the fund.
He also explained to me that it was because of this wealth and some huge
amount of money his business associates supposed to balance his from the
deal they had that he was poisoned by his business associates, that I should seek for
a God fearing foreign partner in a country of my choice where I will
transfer this money and use it for investment purpose, (such as real estate
management). Sir, we are honourably seeking your assistance in the following ways.
1) To provide a Bank account where this money would be transferred to.
2) To serve as the guardian of this since I am a girl of 26 years.
Moreover Sir, we are willing to offer you 15% of the sum as compensation for effort input after the successful transfer of this fund to your designate account overseas. please feel free to contact ,me via this email address
wumi1000abdul@yahoo.com
Anticipating to hear from you soon.
Thanks and God Bless.
Best regards.
Miss Wumi Abdul
PLEASE FOR PRIVATE AND SECURITY REASONS,REPLY ME VIA EMAIL:
wumi1000abdul@yahoo.com
Published: 14th September 2006
Write-up by Brett M.Christensen
