Tuesday, March 17, 2009

KEY WORDS ALERT

KEY WORDS ALERT - Emails that claim to be from English speaking individuals should be in plain English.

One of the easiest ways to spot a Nigerian scam is to see how the fraudsters use the language. This is from an actual Nigerian fraudster... pretending to be British... setting up a victim of a work at home scam. Note how appalling his grammar is:

"I am informing you that your Full Contact Information has been received and
Accepted and It has been forwarded to all our clients as our company representative
whom all payments should be mailed to.

"Immediately I confirm the mailing of any payment to your address I will
notify you and provide the tracking number to the mail so that you can be
available to receive the package and I shall give you further instructions
on what to do.

"Take note that you shall be deducting 10% of each of the
total money received on behalf of my company as your wage and I shall
provide you with the necessary information needed to send the balance to any
of our designated office that shall be provided to you via Western Union
Money Transfer."

Native English speakers don't usually make those sorts of mistakes. Also, note
the capitalization that's used. This fraudster couldn't pass a 6th grade English test,
why would anyone send him in any more based on that?

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