Another African money scam emerges
[Crimes]
By R.S.N. Murali
SEREMBAN: Businessmen here are receiving letters from a man claiming to be Paul Mugabe, the brother of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, asking for help to transfer US$20.5mil (RM77.9mil) out of South Africa into Malaysia in return for a quarter of that money.
"It's a scam," said Sikamat state assemblyman Datuk Md Yusop Harmain Shah, who pointed out that such a big amount of money could not be transferred into the country without Bank Negara's knowledge.
"Please discard the letters or lodge a police report immediately," he said at his office in Jalan Rasah yesterday.
Md Yusop said this was the second scam using the name of a head of an African state to get unsuspecting Malaysians to reveal their bank account numbers and exposing them to illegal manipulations.
Md Yusop said the names and addresses of local businessmen could have been obtained through webpage listings.
"It is preposterous for a president's brother to solicit such help and I hope people are not easily fooled by this latest scam," he added.
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9T9: Maybe this scam can be a serious matter when the real money get involved. Please'lah Malaysian, if you really have an extra money... just transferred (invest) it to my account'lah. There's no such a Get-rich scheme must nowadays. Get-poor fast scheme adalah.
By R.S.N. Murali
SEREMBAN: Businessmen here are receiving letters from a man claiming to be Paul Mugabe, the brother of Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe, asking for help to transfer US$20.5mil (RM77.9mil) out of South Africa into Malaysia in return for a quarter of that money.
"It's a scam," said Sikamat state assemblyman Datuk Md Yusop Harmain Shah, who pointed out that such a big amount of money could not be transferred into the country without Bank Negara's knowledge.
"Please discard the letters or lodge a police report immediately," he said at his office in Jalan Rasah yesterday.
Md Yusop said this was the second scam using the name of a head of an African state to get unsuspecting Malaysians to reveal their bank account numbers and exposing them to illegal manipulations.
Md Yusop said the names and addresses of local businessmen could have been obtained through webpage listings.
"It is preposterous for a president's brother to solicit such help and I hope people are not easily fooled by this latest scam," he added.
Related post:
Email From Africa
Email From Africa II
9T9: Maybe this scam can be a serious matter when the real money get involved. Please'lah Malaysian, if you really have an extra money... just transferred (invest) it to my account'lah. There's no such a Get-rich scheme must nowadays. Get-poor fast scheme adalah.
posted by 9T9 at
9:07 am
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