Help please, is this a scam ???

Dear .......
is my peasure to know you,well am Mr. peter Nyakiamo the first bank of kenya manager a brother to miss Jennifer who is living in belgium.

well am on holiday here now in belgium, there is a deal i want to make which i told jennifer as a sister dear mr.NAMIK ULU i most be honest and open up to you completely because you are muslim like me and jennifer told me go things about you.

am a bank manager of first bank of kenya there is some amount of money that i want to pull out without the government to know about it that is why you should please never let anybody to know about this the total amount i want to pull is sum 4.5 million dollar but i want to move it two times and i have mke every arrenement for it so you have to tell me in which way is better for you to recieve it maybe through bank transfer or through united nation diplomat that will deliever it to your home or office first one will be 3.25000 million so immedialely you recieve it then i will push the last 1.25000 million then i will come to you.

so in case i will offer you 15 percent of this cash for you to back me up to secure it and support to make sure that everything will go well there is no risk on it i will preper all the document that will back up everything for you to recieve it safety, and for you to back me up as a full citizen of the country. i will i offer you 15 percent and i will like to start as soon as i recieve your email to make every arrengement to send it out from kenya through BANK TRANSFER or through UNITED NATION diplomat any of your choice so that they will deliever it to you in your home country but nobody know what is in the consignment box.

so am waiting for your reply to know what next to do because i want to make sure that within this my holiday period i want to make sure that i pull all the money completely.


Best regard

Doctor Mr PETER NYAKIAMO

Welcome to Scamwarners the_mentor.

Yes it is a scam without doubt.

To begin with, what he is suggesting is a crime and someone who is telling you that he is a criminal is expecting you to trust him. It is also common for West African internet scammers to believe that diplomats carry sums of money around the world for criminals, which is ridiculous.

This is all leading up to him asking you to make him a payment. The amount of money he wants you to believe he will pay to you is a complete fantasy.

It's a very common scam story.

Thanks for your reply TerranceBoyce;

I like the fact that you thought, but ? really wonder that Do you have people who believe in them?

?t is so unreasonable.. =)

Yes the_mentor, of course many people do believe scammers. You don't have to be stupid or poor to believe a scammer. Many wealthy and intelligent people have lost a lot of money to them and the forum here has many stories of people who have lost money.

The scammer only has to think of something that people want - whether it's a partner for romance, a job in the west, a lottery win or a bargain car and then they just have to make you an offer that seems too good to miss, if only you'll trust them and pay them what seems like a small amount to make your dream come true.

It's a psychological trick that scammers have been playing on victims since the dawn of creation. There is even a very old expression in England that dates from medieval times - 'pig in a poke' that relates to when fraudsters used to sell victims a pig in a bag at fairs that was really an animal of much less value like a cat. Many things have changed in a thousand years, but not the way scammers operate. They just have better ways to lie and cheat and remain hidden.

Wekcome to Scamwarners oh_marcello .

What you're discussing is 'scam baiting' and I do that as well as trying to help victims here at Scamwarners, but we try to cut scam baiting out of discussions here as it can confuse and distress victims. Our sister site 419eater.com is the place to discuss scam baiting tactics and your exploits and I'm a member there too.