Latest Email Scam: I'll Trade You $10 Million for $350

Would you believe someone if they told you they’d give you $10 million if you gave them $350 first?

I know I wouldn’t.

Often times scammers will send out spam emails, telling recipients that they have millions of dollars sitting in limbo and they just need a couple hundred bucks for documents or processing fees in order to give it to you.

For example, here’s a spam email I got recently:

Dear,

I want to inform you that I am presently in Soekarno-Hatta Jakarta International Airport Malaysia. with your box consignment that worth Ten Million United States Dollars  ( us$10million) in cash ready to be delivered to you without any delay. I have finalize with the Customs and the Airport Authorities they said before I can exit the Airport and meet with you that I must obtain the International Clearance Permit Certificate from the United Nation Remittance Office Department in Accra Ghana, I have  spoke with the officer  on telephone  Mr. Cyril  Foster to Ghana and he told me that it will cost you only (us $350)  to get your International Clearance  Permit Certificate, as soon as you send your ICPC fee been  only (us $350)  to MR.CYRIL FOSTER in Ghana  he will prepare your ICPC and send to me here to enable me come to you and delivered  your box consignment that worth Ten Million United States Dollars without any delay ok, I have made delivery to President Barrack Obama when he was a senator and I have also made delivery to the Queen of England also with the President of Chile.

Here is the name and location that you are going to use in making the payment to the United Nations Remittance Office Department in Accra Ghana for your International Clearance Permit Certificate.

Send your  ICPC fee to Cyril Foster  by money gram with the following information’s

(1) NAME: CYRIL FOSTER
(2) ADDRESS: ACCRA GHANA
(3)TEXE QUEATION: HOW ARE YOU
(4) ANSWER: FINE
(5) AMOUNT OF MONEY YOU SENT..........
(6) SENDERS NAME.......................
(7) M.T.C N............................
(8) CITY OR PLACE MONEY SENT FROM.......

Note that after making the payment you will have to send the  payment information  to me so that i will send it to Mr. Cyril Foster or if you still need his email address no problem i will also forward it to you so that you can still contact him direct and send the payment information's ok

for your information as soon as you send your Clearance Permit Certificate fee been  only (us$350 ) to Cyril Foster in Ghana then  I receive the Certificate it will only take me less then 1hour30mins to exit the Airport and come over and meet  you with your consignment box worth (us$10million) in cash without any problem ok

Best Regards
Mr. David James
Diplomatic

As you can see, the scammer is hoping that you’ll agree to send them $350 for an “International Clearance Permit Certificate” so he can deliver 10 million dollars in cash to your front door.

Now, if the sender really had 10 million dollars in cash, couldn’t he just take a couple hundred out and use that for this “clearance permit” he speaks of?

Yes, he could.

Not only that, but why is this person randomly offering 10 million dollars anyway? Oh, that's right, because he's not really giving it away.

If you receive this email – or any other email with a similar message – be sure to delete it.

It’s a scam.

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