Interesting Scam

[judy]

Here's a new one I got today:

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Tony Anthony 41 years of age I am
compelled to contact you as result of a lifetime
business relationship I wished to establish with you
honorable self. I am a God fearing gentleman of the
confidence that God will certainly create an enabling
environment in our midst through which his name will be
glorified.

I am the Eastern regional Auditor General of the
International commercial Bank Of Ghana. I am a
Christian. I write you this letter in good faith
believing both of us will work with one accord for the
realization of this project.. I am in control of the
sum of Twelve million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand
US Dollars ($12,850,000.00) that was an excess of
profit made by our Eastern region branch office in the
last quarters of the year 2006.

Due to the present political position of this country,
I have carefully placed the afore said fund in an
Escrow Call Deposit Account and did not declare this to
my head office, Can I really trust you to hold this
money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up
myself? This is where the problem lies. You will be
entitled to 35% of the total money as your commission
if you will be human enough to work with me. If you
accept my offer you can contact me immediately

All I need is your formidable current account where the
money will be moved accordingly. I will discretely give
you all the information concerning the account and the
deposit so that you can apply to my headquarters
directly for the re-location of the money. There is
practically no risk involved; it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer. I hope you understand my situation.
Thank you and God bless.

Very truly yours,
Mr.Tony Anthony


I would love to write back to him and tell him exactly where I think he should put that money, but I wouldn't respond to one of these vile people.

I find it hard to understand why there is no place within our government to report these scammers to. That just doesn't seem right. I know mail fraud is against the law. Maybe they haven't brought the laws up to date as far as the internet goes, but who who do we discuss that with?

[Janet]

I don't get any of those kind of scams...right now I'm getting offers for the male puppy that they want to send money and have a shipping company pick them up. I just write back that I know they are a 'blank' scammer and tell them where to go.

I get so sick of people like that. Maybe we'll be lucky and a meteor will land on them!!

[judy]

I just googled the International Bank of Ghana and sent the following email to their contact email address: I wonder if they even care.

I received the following scam letter in my email today and thought you should be aware of the fact that your bank's good name is being used by a scam artist:

Dear Friend,

My name is Mr.Tony Anthony 41 years of age I am
compelled to contact you as result of a lifetime
business relationship I wished to establish with you
honorable self. I am a God fearing gentleman of the
confidence that God will certainly create an enabling
environment in our midst through which his name will be
glorified.

I am the Eastern regional Auditor General of the
International commercial Bank Of Ghana. I am a
Christian. I write you this letter in good faith
believing both of us will work with one accord for the
realization of this project.. I am in control of the
sum of Twelve million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand
US Dollars ($12,850,000.00) that was an excess of
profit made by our Eastern region branch office in the
last quarters of the year 2006.

Due to the present political position of this country,
I have carefully placed the afore said fund in an
Escrow Call Deposit Account and did not declare this to
my head office, Can I really trust you to hold this
money for me until I arrive your country and pick it up
myself? This is where the problem lies. You will be
entitled to 35% of the total money as your commission
if you will be human enough to work with me. If you
accept my offer you can contact me immediately

All I need is your formidable current account where the
money will be moved accordingly. I will discretely give
you all the information concerning the account and the
deposit so that you can apply to my headquarters
directly for the re-location of the money. There is
practically no risk involved; it will be a bank-to-bank
transfer. I hope you understand my situation.
Thank you and God bless.

Very truly yours,
Mr.Tony Anthony

Thank you. perhaps you can do something about this criminal activity.

[judy]

Janet,

I'd love to see their faces when they read your e-mail!!!!

[DianaB]

I can't believe that they're professing to be Christians! The last couple that you've posted have included that they're Christians! They're jerks!!!!!!!

[judy]

They always say they're Christians, and involve God more and more if you go along, and use it to draw people who are starting to pull away back in.

(They don't say they're good Christians at least.)

[AngieDoogles]

Yeah, they always say that. They prey on whatever they can to get an "in" and make someone feel sorry for them. I just hate to think what all of this money goes to...