Am I Lucky Or Is this a Scam

[isingh]

Dearest
I am more than happy in your reply to my mail.How are you this morning? How was your night hope fine.?.Mine is a little bit cold over here in Dakar Senegal.In this camp we are only allowed to go out from the camp only on mondays and fridays of the weeks.Its just like one staying in the prison and i hope by Gods grace i will come out here soon.

i don't have any relatives now whom i can go to all my relatives ran away in the middle of the war the only person i have now is Rev.Mathew Charles who is the pastor of the (Christ for all Churches) here in the camp he has been very nice to me since i came here but i am not living with him rather i am leaving in the women's hostel because the camp have two hostels one f! or men the other for women.


The Pastors Tel number is (+221-566 80 59) if you call and tell him that you want to speak with me he will send for me in the hostel.As a refugee here i don't have any right or privilledge to any thing be it money or whatever because it is against the law of this country.I want to go back to my studies because i only attended my first year before the traggic incident that lead to my being in this situation now took place.


Please listen to this(please it's a secret,even the Revrend don't know about it),i have my late father's statement of account and death certificate here with me which i will send to you latter,because when he was alive he deposited some amount of money in! a leading bank in Senegal here which he used my name as the next of kin,the amount in question is $3.7(Three Million Seven Hundred Thousand US Dollars).


So i will like you to help me transfer this money to your account and from it you can send some money for me to get my travelling documents and air ticket to come over to meet with you.I kept this secret to people in the camp here the only person that knows about it is the Revrend because he is like a father to me.So in the light of above i will like you to keep it to yourself and don't tell it to anyone for i am afraid of loosing my life and the money if people gets to know about it.

Remember i am giving you all this information due to the trust i deposed on you.I like honest and understanding people,truthful and a man of vision,truth and hardworking.My favourite language is english but our language is french but i speak english very fluently.Meanwhile i will like you to call me like i said i have alot to tell you.Have a nice day and think about me.Awaiting to hear from you soonest.
Yours in love,
Lanval
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[soccer_star]

It's most certainly a scam. The 3.7 million does not exist. I notice that "she" is already asking for money. It would be most unwise to send any.

Your best bet would be to ignore "her".

One of the big boys will hopefully come in soon and give you a lot more information regarding this sort of scam than I have done.

[Arrowhead]

As Soccer_star said, this is most definitely a scam letter.

It is a variation on what we call a standard 419 Next-of-kin advance fee fraud. In all these frauds, an appeal is made on behalf of a person who pretends to desperately need to get some relative's money out of the country, or needs for you to "stand in" as next of kin so the "inheritance" doesn't go back to the state, or somesuch. There are thousands of variations on this story.

Although there are many variations, the scam usually works the same way. First, you are anonymously selected to receive this bonanza, to participate in a deal with a large payoff, usually millions of dollars. After you respond to the initial approach letter, the scammer will soon come back and explain that there are certain papers that need to be filed by a "barrister", or fees that need to be paid to some government official. You are told that as soon as you pay these fees, the "fund" will be sent to your bank account.

If you do pay the scammers some money, additional demands for more money will be made, until you finally quit paying. Sadly, many people have lost their entire fortunes before realizing that a fraud has been perpetrated upon them.

Since there isn't any real "inheritance" or "fund," there will never be an end until you get tired of paying. At that point, the scammers will disappear into yet another fake identity, going on to scam someone else.

If you have given these criminals any personal information, such as your real name, address, email address, it is important that you break off communication with them immediately. If you have given them your telephone number, they may try to call you. Don't talk to them, just tell them you know it's a scam and hang up on them. If they call you again, do the same again.

Do not respond to any emails they send you. Just ignore them.

Very important! If you have given them any banking or credit card information, it is important that contact your bank or credit card company as soon as possible and have your account numbers changed.

Finally, don't feel bad about falling for the opening stages of this scam. Thousands of people do it every year. Please spend some time reading the information on this site, so that you can learn to recognize these scams and thus protect yourself from them. We also encourage you to tell your friends and acquaintences about this website so they may also be educated, and thus protected.

Good luck to you in the future.

[VicRae]

Recieved this again today. Have gotten several times and still haven't replied to them. And still don't plan on it as FBI should have my address.

ANTI-TERRORIST AND MONETARY CRIMES DIVISION
FBI Headquarters in Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20535-0001


REF: FBI BENEFICIARY WARNING NOTICE!!

Attention Fund Beneficiary,

This is an official advise from the FBI CRIME DEPARTMENT as it has come to our notice that the Central Bank of Nigeria / World Bank has deposited USD$15, 000, 000.00 US Dollars into Bank of America New York in your name as the beneficiary being for your overdue payment / Inheritance payment.

Going by our records, this kind of payment in the past has always been related to Money Laundry / Terrorist Acts so we do not want you to get into any trouble with the IRS and Homeland Securities including our office (FBI) as soon as these funds reflect in your Bank Account So it is our duty as a worldwide commission to correct this problem before this fund will be credited into your personal Bank Account.

To this effect, We have decided to contact you directly to acquire the proper Verifications and proof from you to show that you are the rightful beneficiary to receive this fund because of the amount involve so we ask them not to credit the fund to you yet as we need a solid proof and Verifications from you before you can receive the funds.

In this regards, you are to re-assure and proof to us that the fund you are about to receive is clean and free from illegal activities by sending to us your Diplomatic Immunity Seal Of Transfer (DIST) issued by the EFCC OFICE NIGERIA to satisfy us that the money is legitimate and you are to forward the document to us immediately if you have it in your possession, if you don't have it let us know so that we will direct you on how to obtain the document from the EFCC OFICE NIGERIA.

We await for your prompt response on this email.

Best Regards,

Mr. Robert Mueller
FBI Director

[Mr Tambourine Man]

That's from the scammer himself, and can safely be ignored. It's sole purpose is to try and make a scam look legitimate.
http://www.ic3.gov/media/2008/081210.aspx