Andreas Schranner money scam.

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Request for Question Clarification by scriptor-ga on 20 Mar 2004 14:30 PST

What exactly would you like to know about that scam?

Regards,
Scriptor

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Clarification of Question by mydigger-ga on 20 Mar 2004 15:38 PST

Andreas Schranner died in a plane crash in 2000,he has a lot of money
in a bank that people are trying to get there hands on through a scam
on the internet,i want to know as much info as you can give me about
the scam please.Thankyou,have a nice day.

Dear mydigger-ga,
The scam is known as 419 Fraud or Nigerian Fraud or Advance Fee Fraud.
The first thing to know is that there is no unclaimed amount of money
sitting in a bank account somewhere. The fraudsters use this as a bait
to draw in the greedy and naive.

The fraudsters wish to engage you in a dialogue and persuade you to
part with your money to pay for so called customs, lawyers, diplomats
and storage fees.  These fees will often range from $500 to $10,000.
Various excuses will be offered as to why the transaction is delayed.
Often you will be asked to travel to another country to meet a
representative in a hotel or some anonymous office block. Again the
aim is to take your money.

You will never, ever, receive any money, because there is no money.

You can find similar copies of the email letter here.
http://www.mail-archive.com/luutru@canhan.net/msg01448.html

Here are some Law Enforcement sites which will give you some more
information on the fraud
New Scotland Yard
http://www.met.police.uk/fraudalert/419.htm
US Secret Service
http://www.secretservice.gov/alert419.shtml


Some people have decided to get back at the fraudsters. I do not
recommend you do this. However, read some of their web sites and you
will begin to understand how the fraud is operated.
http://www.scamorama.com/
http://www.george.site.btinternet.co.uk/


I hope this answers your question. If it does not, or the answer is
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Thankyou very much for your answer,you have helped me a lot,

There's no money.  That's the scam.  Don't send the people money. 
(Oh, and there's probably no Andreas Schranner either).