I got a suspicious email from "Banko Muhammed" I am REAlly Scared?

Question

Here is the e-mail my 12 year old daughter got! Did anyone else get this? Should i be scared? What does it mean?

From:

Mr. Banko Mohammed

Bank Of Africa

Burkina Faso (BOA)

Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

Dear friend,

It will be a surprise for you to receive this mail. Welcome this letter in the name of God

I am

Mr. Banko Mohammed

the director of the account & auditing dept at the Bank Of Africa (BOA) Ouagadougou Burkina Faso West Africa. With due respect, I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be beneficial to both of us. At the bank's last account/auditing evaluations, I came across an old account which was being maintained by a foreign client who we learnt died on a sudden motor accident along Togo road on his way back to Burkina Faso with his entire family his wife and his only child on 6th Nov. 2003.

Since the deceased was unable to run this account since his death. The account has remained dormant without the knowledge of his family since it was put in a safe deposit account in the bank for future investment by the client. Since his demise, nobody, not even the members of his family have applied for claims over this fund and it has been in the safe deposit account until I discovered that. it cannot be claimed since our client is a foreign national and we are sure that he has no next of kin here to file claims over the money. AS the director of the dept, this discovery was brought to my office so as to decide what is to be done. With the few personnel in my dept, I decided to seek ways through which to transfer this money out of the bank and out of the country too.

The total amount in the accounts is ten million five hundred thousand dollars (USD 10,500,000.00). With our positions as a staff of the bank, I am handicapped because I cannot operate foreign accounts and cannot lay bona fide claim over this money. while contemplating on what to do, I came across your email contact in the internet directory and I decided to ask you for help to transfer this money out of the country to your account in your country .the client is a foreign national and you will only be asked to act as his next of kin or business partner. I will supply you with all necessary information and bank data to assist you in being able to transfer this money to any bank of your choice where this money could be transferred to.

I have decided to give away forty %( 40%) to you for your assistance and ten (10%) for any expenses that might arise during the transaction of this transfer. I want to assure you that this transaction is absolutely 100% guarantee since I work in this bank which is why you should be confident in the success of this transaction because you will be updated with information as at when desired.

I will please wish you keep this transaction secret as I am hoping to retire with my share of this money at the end of transaction which will be when this money is safely in your account. I will then come over to your country for sharing of the money according to the previous agreed percentage. You might even have to advise us on possibilities of investment in your country or elsewhere of our choice. May god help you to help me to a restive retirement, Amen.

Please for further information and enquiries feel free to contact me through my email address or call me on this number (00 226 78 16 60 06 ) for oral discussion. Do not hesitate to furnish me with your private telephone line for easy and effective communication. I am waiting for your urgent response

Thanks and remain blessed.

Bellow is my resident contact address and my telephone line

Siege social: 01bp 452001 -Ouagadougou 01

Tel: [phone]

[e-mail]

Mr.Banko Mohammed

Answer 1

Its stupid spam I get them all the time. Ignore it and report it if your using yahoo as spam.. nothing to worry about..

Dont email back dont give the spammers any information dont do anything but report it as spam and delete it.. block the email address too..

Answer 2

I suppose it could be considered spam.  It's actually potentially a very dangerous scam.  Don't be afraid.  Just delete it.  The way it works is this: You email back saying you're interested.  He responds asking for your banking account info so he can wire the money.  You send the info, and he empties your bank account.  There are other ways it can play out, but the end result is your empty pocket.  Nice, huh?  It's known as the Nigerian Scam, among other names.

Answer 3

haha so much for the "please keep this transaction secret" lol. i dont know maybe its a spammer... or maybe not... call the number

Answer 4

Banko homo...this is some stupid spam thing that was probably sent to you from a site that you daughter is a member to...its junk that is stupid and pointless...if someone really wanted to do whatever they were talking about...i'm sure they wouldn't contact your 12 year old. ya just get rid of it and move on with life...just warn your daughter about these and tell her to delete them if any more come up...good luck with them stoping!!

Answer 5

i literaly get emails like this every day...atleast 3 a day... it's a phishing scam... just erase it... your daughter is fine...

Answer 6

Phishing. Report it.