I have gotten a business venture from Benin. I don't have to give money just receive. Is it money laundering.
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One of two things will happen:\n\n1) After you give them your bank account number, they clean out your bank account.\n\n2) They send you a check for 10,000 dollars.  It seems to clear.  You send them a check back for 9,000 dollars.  Then the first check bounces.  You are out 9,000 dollars.
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There are a lot of international laws that govern these things.  I would contact a bank that works internationally and an international business lawyer to help you get setup.\n\nGood luck with your venture
932177
I have the same question.  I received something from them asking to "be of service".  It sounds like a money laundering scheme.  I have not been able to find anything on them.  It sounds too good to be true! The person that send it to me was named Art but in everything else is the same.
102957
It's a scam. A rip-off. They will cheat you.\n\nThey are NOT laundering money. They want YOUR bank account information so they can steal from you.\n\nIt's that simple.
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about earning money from the net I know nothing but about the case that you cannot buy from e-bay becase youre in Iran: I have to tell that you could go to " BANK E MARKAZI" and ask for credit card.This service is now provided in Iran.
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if you received n email telling you something about transfer of money from an african country because strikes or wars and you will take a percentage,they are trying to deceiving you.they are thiefs \ni  received a lot of these emails,if you replied one you will receive many of such emails.\njust delet it and remember maney is not falling from heaven.\n\ngood luck
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most are scams that require payment somewhere along the way, for "handling costs" or "administrative costs" or "registration fees", in advance of the delivery of a shoddy or non-existent prize. and even if such things are legitimate, do keep in mind that most people in Africa do not even have electricity, much less own a computer or have access to the internet.
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It's a fraud - big time.\n\nJust remember, if you send money overseas, it will be impossible to get back even if you report it to the police.  My naive son got screwed out of $9,000 on a scam out of England.  I later found out that people in Nigeria do their scamming through other countries also.\n\nI can't explain the scam to you now because there are many different stories that they give.  Usually it deals with someone (with a screwy mumbo jumbo name) who can't get their money on some tremendous trust fund of millions of dollars for some screwy reason and they need your assistance.  They will share the booty with you after you help them get it but you need to send them "good-faith" money first.  After you send them the money, you never hear from them again.\n\nMy son got screwed by someone who told him he would buy a car from him (the car was advertised through eBay).  The emails were coming out of England.  He/she sent my son a check in an amount higher than the amount of the car, saying that someone else had given him/her the check and asked him to cash the check and send him the difference.  My son did it, cashed the check, immediately sent the difference back. Then a week later the check came back bounced.  He was on the hook to replace the money to the bank.  He reported it to the police.  They were no help.
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First of all did you even enter this Lottery?? If not then its a scam if you answer it the next thing they will want your bank account details so they can transfer the so called winnings into your bank But the only that will happen is they will steal all the money from your account. Don't even answer the letter cause that will confirm your details and the scammers can do many fraudlent things with YOUR identity.\nP S its proberly a Nigerian money transfer scam
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DON"T DO IT AND DELETE IT FAST!!!! I fell for one of those scams, and they sent me fraudulant money orders and now I have to pay back the money I got from the money orders beacuse they were fake $3900. Don't mess with these ims or emails because they are based out of Nigeria and there is nothing in-state authorities can do about it because it is a foreign country. Don't do it, it's not worth the trouble you can get in.
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There's been quite a history of creative internet scams which originated in Nigeria. They've since evolved and globalized. Be wary of any solicitations sounding too good to be true, especially those involving money and sporting a web-base email address. Their English grammar usually leaves a lot to be desired, too.
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can't really answer your question, but to me it sounds like a variation of the "Nigerian" Scam, you wire the money and then never see it or any of the supposed inheritance money, ever.\n\nTry looking the bank up online, then spend the money on an international phone call to see if such an account really exists.  Once you know one way or the other, you will know which way to proceed.
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nigeria is corrupt. Lot of scammers live there...\nBeware of unsolicited letters or emails from a Nigerian or other foreign government official requesting assistance in the transfer of excess funds from a foreign country into your bank account.
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It is an old trick and  I am surprised there are still people falling for it. Even after the check is cleared and your account is credited, the transaction can still be reversed. The banks make sure they never lose. \n\nAll the countries in Africa seem to be getting into this scum now. Apparently the $billions we give in aid are not enough to keep them in sufficient luxury. Most of it goes to their leaders. But keep quiet about this as the liberals will start shouting "racism". \n\nAs regards your case, you have the name and address of the buyer and of the carrier, so take it up with the police. Also ask for a meeting with your bank manager and tell him his bank is implicated and what help is he going to give? The check can be traced backwards.
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You sound like you received the ages old Nigerian chain letter telling you they will give you a percentage of money if you just give them a valid account number to put money into. DO NOT BELIEVE IT! \n\nThat is why the scam works, is because they get suckers to put a few thousand bucks in an account, then you give them access, and they take your money out and it ends up in Africa or Hong Kong, or some other country that does not have as strict rules on businesses as in North America.\n\nCheck out the FBI website, or in Canada the RCMP website and they can give you some good info on what types of scams are going on and what to do about them.\n\nImagine their email reaches just 100,000 people. Out of that only 1% respond and they manage to steal $1000 per person, that is still a $1,000,000 jackpot for them.
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You've got a scam email from a 419 fraudster.\n\nNo he's not a real barrister.  Real barristers don't use hotmail and yahoo.\nReal barristers can spell\n\nThere is no $20M in a bank account to be split 70%-30%.\nYour contact isn't the estranged daughter of Robert Mugabe, nor the heir to a cocoa manufacturing plant.\nThere isn't £20M in some trunk boxes etc etc\n\nIf you carry on you'll find that your African barrister needs some money from you "to transfer the consignment into your name" or for "storage fees" at the "security company".\n\nYou'll be asked to transfer the money by "Western union" or "moneygram"\n\nIf you're daft enough to do it, they'll ask for more money for some other strange tax or shipping fee.\n\nI always reply to these emails and string them along.  I've had the silly scammers chasing all over to various western union offices to collect the money which I haven't sent....ooops
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Anything that comes out of Nigeria is a scam.Be careful about the UK also because they use that as an address for scams. Lotteries are also scams. Use your head when you get emails like that.