proposal for oil deal money transfer - is this acam

[ischabra]

this mail i recieved today. please go through contents . i have not replied so far

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PLEASE TRY AND DO THIS WITH METhursday, 17 March, 2011 3:13 PM
From: "johnson" <[email protected]>Add sender to Contacts
To: undisclosed-recipients




MISS FELICIA JOHNSON


AUDITOR GENERAL

DEAR,

RE: TRANSFER OF US$15.200.000 00 MILLION TO YOUR ACCOUNT.

I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business.

Though this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.


However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence.


At first I will like to assure you that this transaction is 100% risk and trouble free to both parties, In order to transfer out
FIFTEEN MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, (US$15.200 000 00) from our bank here in Burkina Faso The fund for transfer is of clean origin.

The owner of the fund is a foreigner, a program leader who was believed to acquire the fund through his secret Crude Oil deal with the Former IRAQ government.

The deceased died with all the members of his family in an auto-accident in June 23, 2001 without a WILL.


The amount involved is US$15,200,000.00 and i want to transfer this money into your account as the foreign beneficiary of the fund.

I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, BUT BE SURE THAT IT IS REAL AND A GENUINE BUSINESS.


I CONTACT YOU BELIEVING THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN ONCE THE FUND GOES INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.



Let me hear from you.

Regards

[Thomas Berg]

This is a standard advance fee fraud scam.
You can read about it here http://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewto ... f=3&t=3252.

You first questions when getting mails from strangers should always be "Why did I get this email?" - why would sombody who wants to transfer millions of dollar out of his country write emails to strangers?

"100% risk and trouble free" is a very strong hint to a 419scam. The scammers love to tell you that there is no risk but it has to be absolutly confidential.
After a few mails and a bunch of fake documents they will tell you that you have to pay a fee to get some important document or that there was a problem that can be only be solved with some money.
Then they will ask you to transfer the money with Wester Union or Money Gram.