Alert-Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana eMail Scam

Alert - Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not really going to be receiving $5.85 Million US in accrued interst, rather you are the target of a scam often refereed to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: roland kufour [mailto:rolandkufourgh_20@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 2:57 AM
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM AND GET BACK TO ME.

My Dear Friend

My name is Mr. Roland Kufour. I work with the Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana as the Regional manager, Spintex Road Branch, in the Accra Region of Ghana .

I am 50 years old with three kids. I have packaged a transaction that will be of mutual benefit to us. As the branch manager of Standard Chartered Bank of Ghana , it is my duty to send a financial report to my head office in the capital city, Accra , at the end of each financial year.

Following the release of the second quarter financial report, ending December 2006, I discovered that my branch made Five Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars ($5,850,000.00); from the transactions accruing to the account of the Inland Revenue Service (IRS). This was not detected by the renowned auditors from my head office.

I have moved the funds into what the bank call Escrow Call Account with no beneficiary. Meanwhile as you know I can not be directly connected to this money for obvious reasons. So my contacting you is to assist me receive the funds in your bank account in your country; which I know is possible if you liaise properly with me and get 30% of the total funds as your benefit.

The transfer would be made via swift and it will be a Bank-to-Bank wired transfer. All I need from you is to stand claim as the original depositor of this fund. I will compute your particulars as the person who made the deposit in my branch, so that my head office will immediately order the transfer to your designated bank Account.

Call or mail me if you think we can work together, on +233-24-6143625 And Email:rolandkufourgh_44@myway.com

Thanks for your understanding and co-operation.

Yours truly,

Mr. Roland Kufour (Mr)
Branch manager (S C B).


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