This email scammer leads us to believe that he is as close to being Jesus Christ as a mortal can be. He claims he is a devoted Christian, a family man and a man of peace. He just happened to find eight million and two hundred thousand in a bank he happens to work at and wants to take it and give it to me. (The added $200,000 was a nice touch). He states he cannot take the money himself so he would like me to help him. I would get the 8.2 million and all he is asking is for 37% of it. He assures me there is no risk involved. (For him maybe).
At the end of this blog is my response back.
Dear Friend,
I wish to contact you on a good business which I want you to assist me and receive this fund into your bank account in your country from the good report received about you and believing that this will really work out between both of us.
I am the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Ltd in Tamale branch, a family man, devoted Christian and a man of peace. I discovered this money eight million two hundred and ten thousand united state dollars (USD$8.210.000.00) On the course of the last year 2008 business financial report and i have packaged a transaction that will benefit you and I, as the regional manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana Tamale branch, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city Accra at the end of each business year.
I have placed this funds on what we call escrow call account with no beneficiary. As an officer of this bank I cannot be directly connected to this money, so my aim of contacting you is to assist me receive this money in your bank account and get 37% of the total funds as commission.
Please there is no risk involved, if you can work with my instructions and this business will be a bank-to-bank transfer, all I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of these funds who made the deposit with my branch so that my head office can order the transfer to your designated bank account.
If you accept to work with me on trust I will appreciate it very much. Email me with the above email address so that we can go over the details.
Grant help upon this transaction i wait your response as soon as possible,
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Mensah Addo,
My reply:
Dear best friend Mensah Addo,
I see you finally got a job at the Tamale Bank branch. That is hot! I used to work at the Chimichanga Savings and Loan but the green chili we handed out with all new accounts kept giving me diarrhea.
I’m really surprised that anyone in Ghana ever made 8 million dollars let alone forgot they left it in your bank. I was a little skeptical at first but once you told me that you were a Christian, family man and person of peace who only wants to steal 8 million dollars from the bank you work at, my fears subsided.
I’m afraid I will have to decline this fine offer. If President Obama ever got wind that I had 8 million dollars he would be on me like a school of sharks. If my money doesn’t come from a tax payer subsidized program then he doesn’t want me to have it.
However, I have a suggestion for you. Please contact Bill Ritter the Governor of Colorado. Tax Ritter loves to get his hands on as much free money as he can. Bill steals as much cash from the citizens of Colorado as he can get away with so taking a few million from a bank in Ghana wouldn’t bother him one little bit.
Sorry I couldn’t be of more help to you so you’ll have to find another sucker business partner to give this money to.
PS: If you sent me this message via email, then why are you asking for my email address?
Dew
