Friday, December 11, 2009

Wow, sounds good!! (but I must be co-operative and serious)

I'm going to show you an email I received yesterday.

In the Subject line: GOOD NEWS ,RECOVERED BOXES,URGENT RESPOND FROM GENERAL MUSA MOHAMMED

(Lucky me!! How often do I hear from a General?)

Text of the email:

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY,

HOW ARE YOU DOING TODAY?.

I AM MUSA MOHAMMED, HEAD OF IMMIGRATION SERVICE kOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, IN WEST AFRICA, GHANA.

I AND MY MEN CAUGHT THREE MEN TRYING TO SMUGGLE YOUR CONSIGNMENT OUT OF ACCRA GHANA, TO A NEARBY COUNTRY TOGO, BEFORE WE INTERCEPTED THEM, THEY ARE PRESENTLY AT THE POLICE CUSTODY.

WE FUND YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER ON THE YELLOW TAG ON THE CONSIGNMENT BOX.

MY MEN AND INSPECTOR GENERAL OF POLICE ARE STILL INVESTIGATING THIS MATTER AND IF THERE IS ANY INFORMATION I WILL LET YOU KNOW.

I WILL WANT YOU TO FOLLOW MY INSTRUCTIONS.

2. YOU SHOULD BE CO-OPERATIVE AND SERIOUS TO SHOW YOU ARE THE REAL OWNER OF THE BOXES,BUT YOU HAVE TO SHOW PROOF OF OWNERSHIP TO AVOID IMPERSONATION.

3.I WILL WANT YOU TO SEND TO ME YOUR IDENTIFICATION, SO THAT I WILL KNOW YOU.

4.I WANT YOU TO SEND ANY PROOF LIKE CERTIFICATE OF ORIGIN,POWER OF ATTORNEY,NON INSPECTION CERTIFICATE TO SHOW TO THE AIRPORT MANAGEMENT THAT YOU ARE THE LEGAL OWNER OF THE RECOVERED THREE CONSIGNMENT BOXES.

BUT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE CERTIFICATES, THE ONLY WAY FOR YOU TO GET THE CERTIFICATE IS TO OBTAIN THE CERTIFICATE FROM THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICES AND MINISTRY OF INTERIOR AFFAIR HERE IN ACCRA GHANA

AS SOON AS I GET THESE CERTIFICATE I WILL MAKE ARRANGEMENT WITH A LAWYER WHO WILL CLAIM THE BOXES ON YOUR BEHALF BECAUSE I AM NOT NTITLE TO FRONT ANY RECOVERED CONSIGNMENT CLAIM ALSO DELIVERY WILL COMMENCE IMMEDIATELY THE BOXES IS CLAIM TO YOU IN YOUR COUNTRY WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM OR DELAY IN THE KOTOKA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT HERE IN GHANA.

LASTLY DO SEND ME YOUR COMPLETE DETAILS, FOR THE DELIVERY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON.

WITH LOTS OF REGARDS,

MUSA MOHAMMED,

HEAD OF IMMIGRATION.

2 comments:

Cheryl said...

There must be some folks that fall for these scams, otherwise they wouldn't keep trying. I can't imagine though who would, they are so outlandish!

Priscilla said...

Yes, whoever would believe it? "Send me your information" -- we all know better than to do that!