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ATTN Realtors® New Email Scam

Have you ever gotten emails supposedly from Nigeria or some other foreign nation promising to pay or give you money if you follow some steps? I received the following email today offering me this supposedly great opportunity to serve some international clients from Nigeria and to possibly invest in our brokerage. As much as I know we all love getting emails and calls offering us great clients, always beware and keep yourself safe!

I have included the email below. This is a scam so if you receive anything similar, mark it as spam!

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from   Senator Wilson Ake <inbox1@xxx.co.uk>
reply-to   senatorwilsonakee@xxx.com
to   recipients <Undisclosed>
date   24 June 2008 22:08
subject   Home purchase and Relocation .

Greetings,
I am Senator Wilson Asinobi Ake the senate committee chairman on labor and productitivity with the upper legislative council in my country, please I am interested in purchasing a good living home for my family as we are making plans to relocate to your country due to political threats and also establish good estate investments in your country where my research shows there are growing business opportunity, Actually, i really want to invest in real estate business in your country which i will need your assistant as an expert in the field.The reason why I want to relocate my family to your country is due to some political treat we are facing down here.We would need a good home with at least four bedroom or more,with a good sourandings,car park if possible with a swimming pool.The home will not be at least more than 10 years old.

We need a house that will not cost more than $1,500,000.00 one million five hundred thousand us dollars.I dont have any specific area in mind.What we need is a very good conducive area that is why i contacted you.

My family would like to see the pictures of the available homes in order for them to make a choice. I am expecting to hear from you as soon as possible.

With regards and trust,

please let me know if you can do this for me.

Thank you and looking forward to your responds.

Regards,

Senator David Mark.
72 Asu Drive way.
Senatorial Quaters,
Apo.
Federal Capital Territory,(FCT)
Abuja.
Nigeria.

Posted by Aria Kilpatrick on 06/24/2008 02:23 PM

Comments (10)

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10 Comments on ATTN Realtors® New Email Scam

JUN

2008

More than likely it is a scam but what made you think so, and where is his asking for money like normal lol? It seems to be one of the better put together ones I have seen if it is, he is only asking about buying a home not asking for your checking account # so he can put some check in it and you can keep 85% lol

Scams, scams, everywhere are scams, taking our money and killing our dreams! I just wrote a blog the other day about this.

I have not seen this one. It is surprising they are not asking for more information from you. Probably on the follow up email.

Probably is a scam. this email will bait the hook, follow-up emails will set the hook if the bait is taken. If it's too good to be true...

First clue is that it is from Nigeria the scam capitol of the world. I have been getting e-mails from there for 10 years. Even if they get you there is nothing you can do. As a matter they don't even get upset when they get caught. Embarrased a little but that's all. There have been expos on telivision and still it goes on.

I decided that it was a SPAM before I even opened it since the subject was not formed like a usual one with the . spaced well after. That and I'm a politically active person and know from experience that Majors and Congressman do not list their name in the "from" of their emails as "Mayor ..." or "Congressman ..." and save that for their email signatures.

Also, I do work in the luxury market of west Austin and 1) these clients start the dialogue with phone calls 95% of the time even if they are calling long distance and 2) they never have reason to give me their full address on inital contact.

I agree with the comments that this email is just the bait and they plan on paying you by wiring money into your account, probably a large retainer since they claim to want not just a $1.5M home but investment properties as well.

I feel sorry for any good people that live in Nigeria!

AUG

I wrote back saying that I would be happy to help his family. However, I required a $20,000 retainer fee to get started. Suggested they mail the check to the Attorney General's office in our state with a note asking them to hold it for me until I could come down and pick it up.

I am starting to get some scam messages through ActiveRain. About 10 in the last couple days. They look like comments to blog posts.

The internet is strarting to become a burden.

OCT

I got the same email this morning. After Googling it, it went right into the trash.

NOV

Hi,

Thanks to all that provided input. I received the exact same e-mail today. Its heading to the Spam Can now!!!

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