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Date Posted: 22:43:47 12/28/04 Tue
Author: Busted
Subject: Local Authorities Warn Of Twist To Nigerian Letter Scam

Local Authorities Warn Of Twist To Nigerian Letter Scam
Better Business Bureau Advises Recipients To Send Letters To Secret Service

POSTED: 6:19 pm EST December 28, 2004
UPDATED: 7:03 pm EST December 28, 2004

The Better Business Bureau of Eastern Michigan is advising the public to beware of a new twist to the nearly decade-old Nigerian letter scam.

Con artists are posing as U.S. soldiers in Iraq requesting financial help to get Saddam Hussein's assets to the United States, according to the BBB.

NIGERIAN SCAM

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BBB says the scams are called Nigerian letter scams because they originally involved con artists requesting assistance in transferring illegal oil profits from Nigeria, but now have evolved to involve numerous locations and stories.

The Nigerian letter scam has been around since the early 1990s, scamming businesses nationwide out of millions of dollars, according to the BBB.

The solicitations are sent by mail, fax and e-mail.

The latest twist to the scam has apparently been circulating in Michigan.

To participate, recipients of the letter must provide the bank account number and the name, address, phone and fax numbers of their bank.

The con artists then use the information to rob the victim's bank account.

The Better Business Bureau advises recipients of the letter to not respond. U.S. residents should label the letter "No Financial Loss - For Your Database" and fax it to the U.S. Secret Service Task Force handling Nigerian scam cases at (202) 406.6930.

E-mail letters can be forwarded to the task force's e-mail address at 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov.

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