Is Mr Omar Ahmad working fr international bank of Africa ibaboa burkina fa so West Africa as auditing and accounting director?

Answer 1

If your asking because you received an email claiming to share money from some lost/abandoned, etc account...some how...move funds, etc., anything at all like it...this is a rip-off scam to get your info/ID and or money!

Well known and completely fraudulent....it goes under many names and disguises...but basically the same ideal....they need your help to move money or such...they are head of bank, political officer, relative of dead/exiled leader-person, etc.......

They are called 419 scams, because most originate from that area code it dates back to being done by phone). Below more info on this is a copy of what I'll bet is very close to the very special letter you received....gee, how about that!

THE TYPICAL NIGERIAN SCAM SCENARIOS

DIRTY MONEY.... A large sum of money has been treated with a special chemical substance making it unusable, however, luckily, another special (very expensive and rare) chemical can be used to clean it.... if only you would front the money to buy the chemical, a healthy commission is waiting for you... but hurry, the chemists aren't willing to make the chemical very much longer!

DEAD FOREIGNER.... A large sum of money has been left in an bank account by a visiting businessman in Nigeria, who tragically died in a car/plane wreck. Unfortunately, the lawyer/bank employee can find no heirs.... would you like a share in these funds by posing as the sole heir of the deceased's estate? Of course, some lawyer fees and estate taxes will need to be paid for first... but hurry, in a short time, the government will seize the funds and put them into their war fund!

OVER BILLED GOVERNMENT CONTRACT .... The National Petroleum Company (or another government agency) of Nigeria has been purposely and successfully over billed a large sum of money on a legitimate contract. Now all these fellows need is a helpful foreign company to make them dummy invoices so that the funds will be transferred. Wouldn't a minor investment to get some paperwork pushed through the Nigerian government bureaucracy be worth the millions of dollars that your share will bring... but hurry, the contract needs to be billed within a short period of time, or the payment will lapse!

ILL GOTTEN GAINS.... A large sum of money was left to the wife/son/daughter of a Nigerian Royal/Dictator/Opposition Party Member who has since been ousted/assassinated. Sadly, there is no way to safely get these funds out of the country without the help of an open-minded foreigner. Some minor out-pocket expenses will need to be paid, initially, of course, but imagine the rewards of having your share of the money... but hurry, the new government in power is trying to recover these funds!

FORTUNATE INVESTOR.... A wealthy (usually ex-royal, ex-government official) investor wants to invest in a large sum of money in a foreign country, but can't attend to the business personally. Wouldn't you care to do them the favor of overseeing the investment? Of course, some sort of formalities will need to be attended to first, after all, how can you be trusted with their millions without first having you meet them in Nigeria.... but hurry, this is a limited time offer, and the new government in power is closing in!

BELOW MARKET COMMODITIES....A fortunate Nigerian has gotten a large quantity of crude oil/gold/diamonds but cannot move them from their storage facility without the help of a foreigner investor. If you would only pay some "earnest money/fees/bribes" he will let you keep a very generous percentage of the commodities' market value once they have been sold.... but hurry, time is of the essence, the people in charge of storing it are getting suspicious!

LETTER OF CREDIT.... A Nigerian business places a relatively small (legitimate) order from your company, perhaps $1000 worth of goods. Shortly thereafter, another order is placed, for a slightly larger amount, again, paid in full. Suddenly, an urgent order and much larger is placed, but this one needs to be air freighted on the double! Your Nigerian partners have just received a lucrative government contract, and if this shipment arrives on time, it means many more large orders in the near future. Don't worry about waiting until the bank draft clears... after all, the order is from our friends in Nigeria, and they have always made good their payments before...

FAX O' DEATH.... I had never heard of this one, but the U.S. State Department's report on Nigerian Fraud (PDF file) has an actual reproduction (p.25) of one of these... Basically a wealthy executive gets a "pay or die" demand from a "professional assassinator organization"... hurry, if you don't pay, or if you tell anyone else, you will be killed by our observers! I'd laugh if it weren't so twisted...

THE HELPFUL POLICE OFFICIAL.... Another con that I learned from the U.S. State Department's report is the re-victimization scheme. If at any point, the victim decides to walk away from the deal, an individual posing as a government or police " task force official" will contact the victim and offer to "investigate" the scammers and attempt to recover the lost funds...of course, this sort of investigation requires the utmost privacy and discretion, and apparently that doesn't come cheap in Nigeria... but hurry, you have to start this investigation as soon as possible, or else "they" will get away! Ironically, more often than not, the same group of scammers is responsible for the "re-vic" con, and it has also been documented that con men often resell the "walk-aways" to other groups of con artists that specialize in the re-vic scam.

From Omar ahmed

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Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008

From: "Omar ahmed "

Reply to: [omar_ahmed5@mixmail.com]

To: "omar_ahmed5@mixmail.com"

Subject: CONFIDENCIAL/UGENT/ASSISTANT

FROM: MR OMAR AHMED.

AUDITING / ACCOUNTING DIRECTOR

INTERNATIONAL BANK OF AFRICA(IBA/BOA)

BURKINA-FASO WEST Africa.

PHONE: 00226 78 15 60 06

(confidential)

My dear I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION; I discovered an abandant sum of $11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. I cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me for the funds $11.5M(Eleven Million Five Hundred thousand United states Dollars) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.It may interest you to note that I have secured from the probate an order of madamus to locate any of deceased beneficiaries.

Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by

furnishing me with the following;

1. Your Full Names and Address.

2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable me file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. I shall be compensating you with $4.6 Million Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the rest $6.9Million shall be for me. Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for me for investment purposes in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, I await your urgent email.

Regards,

Your;s faithfully,

MR. OMAR AHMED

(PHONE: 00226 78 15 60 06)

(Bill and exchange manager)