Scam written all over it

[MoneyGuy]

This is sort of tech related. I'm a financial planner. A fellow called my office saying he will collect a large sum of money and he needs advice. To make a long story short, it's a scam. He got an email from a person named Dudu Annia. This person has not asked (yet) for personal info, bank info or any money in advance, but I know he will. I googled the scammer's name but found very little. I want to be able to convince this guy that he's being scammed despite his view that this is legit. The scammer says there is an inheritance of $14.7 million and the guy here will get 30% for helping to facilitate this. How can I convince him that this is bogus and not to fall for it? Is there some way I can prove to him that this is a scam? I hate these criminals and would like to save this poor guy from falling for this. I'll continue to see what I can find on-line but thought I'd post here. My called absolutely is convinced this is legit and his money troubles are over. I'd like to help him out.

[cKy]

Wouldn't the police have some sort of documentation that this is a false claim. Really, if the police tell this guy not to do it, and he does anyways, he deserves it.

[Kjesse]

"I was walking down fifth avenue today and I found a wallet, and I was gonna keep it, rather than return it, but I thought: well, if I lost a hundred and fifty dollars, how would I feel? And I realized I would want to be taught a lesson." - Emo Philips


More on point, have your friend google "advance fee fraud", read 419eater.com, and just educate him on it. But if he's bent and determined, they'll get his money. There'll always be "one more hurdle" with just "one more fee" until he comes to senses.

[4X4]

Sounds like you've already done what you can short of invading your (potential) client's privacy and calling his wife to tell her to smack him silly.

If you're really concewrned about this guy, go into your spam folder and forward him all the nigerian money scams that have accumulated. If he still falls for it, I think that he deserves it. You know what they say about a fool and his money...

[TheyCallMeBruce]

This is a 419 scam. Direct him to anything 419.

[Jedi Ninja]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

This is sort of tech related. I'm a financial planner. A fellow called my office saying he will collect a large sum of money and he needs advice. To make a long story short, it's a scam. He got an email from a person named Dudu Annia. This person has not asked (yet) for personal info, bank info or any money in advance, but I know he will. I googled the scammer's name but found very little. I want to be able to convince this guy that he's being scammed despite his view that this is legit. The scammer says there is an inheritance of $14.7 million and the guy here will get 30% for helping to facilitate this. How can I convince him that this is bogus and not to fall for it? Is there some way I can prove to him that this is a scam? I hate these criminals and would like to save this poor guy from falling for this. I'll continue to see what I can find on-line but thought I'd post here. My called absolutely is convinced this is legit and his money troubles are over. I'd like to help him out.

Huh, I struck gold on the first hit:


http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...&meta=&aq=f&oq=


http://209.85.173.132/search?q=cache...&ct=clnk&gl=ca

[photon]

If he's going to lose his money anyway, what's his email address, I'll spoof this Dudu Annia address and run the scam against him myself and use the money to pay for CP's servers.

[Rathji]

http://419eater.com/

Always good for a laugh!

[Barnes]

Haha...

Doo doo...

[Nage Waza]

Please post his photo, I always wanted to see what one of these fools look like. I cannot believe anyone could fall for this!!!!

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

This is sort of tech related. I'm a financial planner. A fellow called my office saying he will collect a large sum of money and he needs advice. To make a long story short, it's a scam. He got an email from a person named Dudu Annia. This person has not asked (yet) for personal info, bank info or any money in advance, but I know he will. I googled the scammer's name but found very little. I want to be able to convince this guy that he's being scammed despite his view that this is legit. The scammer says there is an inheritance of $14.7 million and the guy here will get 30% for helping to facilitate this. How can I convince him that this is bogus and not to fall for it? Is there some way I can prove to him that this is a scam? I hate these criminals and would like to save this poor guy from falling for this. I'll continue to see what I can find on-line but thought I'd post here. My called absolutely is convinced this is legit and his money troubles are over. I'd like to help him out.

This scam is all over the internet and there are likely thousands of horror stories you can link him to. There's even a wikipedia page.

Or you can ask him to sit down and think about why a stranger would contact him and offer him nearly 5 million dollars to do virtually nothing. For a person with any sense whatsoever, mulling that over for three or four seconds should be enough.

The real mystery of all this is how people so dumb ever have any money to give the scammers in the first place.

[Draug]

This is unbelievable!

I always assumed that the odd person must fall for those scams, or the scams would not exist.

But, to have someone fall for it that is smart enough to ask for financial advise? Bizarre.

[MoneyGuy]

I think I've talked him out of continuing with this scam. I hope I have. He says he won't do it. Maybe he's just trying to get rid of me. Maybe he doesn't want to split the $4 million with me.

Hah, maybe he calls in a few days and says he's got $4 million to invest.

Honestly, I can't believe people actually believe this nonsense. Was it PT Barnum who said there's one born every day?

[Hack&Lube]

Show a wikipedia link to the scam:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee_fraud

[BlackEleven]

Originally Posted by MoneyGuy

Honestly, I can't believe people actually believe this nonsense. Was it PT Barnum who said there's one born every day?

Nope. He said there's one born every minute. And judging by the state of the world sometimes, I'd say he's pretty accurate.