More than a year ago, a guy in Europe had been taken in by one of these scammers. He kept going to the Nigerian Embassy in his country trying to get help, and of course getting none. Nigeria probably could help if they wanted to, but they are too poor. Anyway, this guy ended up killing one of the Nigerians at the Embassy.
The classic scam where the Nigerian has custody of a large sum of money that they need help stealing and have been referred to you as an honest and trustworthy person has an average haul of over $350000 American. My understanding of the scam is they keep asking you to forward more money for bribes, not so much just transferring money out without your permission. Think about how few people actually have large sums of money in their bank account. But many of us could liquidate assets if we were going to get a few million out of it. And if I gave that much money to somebody I'd be shooting up the Embassy too. |