Messaggi postali o via email da persone scampate a tumulti in Sierra Leone, in Costa d’Avorio, in Nigeria o fuggite con il tesoro di Saddam Hussein che cercano prestanome italiani per sbloccare le loro ricchezze. Ma è una versione moderna di una truffa classica.In rete circolano moltissime email che invitano utenti di tutto il mondo a partecipare ad un affare dal quale si possono ricavare facilmente milioni di dollari.
Le prime versioni di questo tipo di truffa risalgono agli anni ottanta, dove le offerte (riguardanti anche inesistenti giacimenti di petrolio) arrivavano dalla Nigeria e Sierra Leone. Questi primi tentativi di truffa arrivano via fax e per posta ordinaria. Solo successivamente, con l’avvento di internet, le allettanti proposte hanno cominciato a spammare le caselle email di milioni di utenti. Una delle truffe pi� famose riguardava un ex funzionario nigeriano fuggito in seguito all’avvento di Mugabe.
Pubblichiamo questa indagine su queste email perchè, anche se datate, continuano a circolare in rete, rinnovandosi di volta in volta.
Esistono diverse versioni, e tutte hanno in comune lo stesso schema per imbrogliare:
il soggetto che contatta: ricchi abitanti di paesi africani o ex funzionari di governo o principi deposti che sono sfuggiti alla rivoluzione e, una volta rifugiati all’estero, cercano di tornare in possesso del loro capitale
perchè ti contatta: queste persone non possono rientrare in possesso direttamente della loro ricchezza a causa del loro nome o del loro passato, e hanno bisogno di un intermediario o di un prestanome
l’affare che propone: promessa di ricevere una percentuale del capitale che verrà recuperato grazie al vostro lavoro di semplice prestanome
la richiesta formale: una risposta al messaggio e, generalmente, la disponibilit� di un conto corrente dove riciclare i soldi. Successivamente: un anticipo per le spese burocratiche iniziali.
Inutile dire che sono tutte email truffa, dalle quali non è possibile ricavare niente, ad eccezione di guai e – nel migliore dei casi- altro spam e email indesiderate.
Perchè si tratta di e-hoax (bufale, falsi):
- esistono innumerevoli avvisi che mettono in guardia della falsità del messaggio: le poste americane (l’invito circola anche per posta ordinaria) hanno comunicato che sono stati cestinati oltre due milioni di lettere destinate a comuni cittadini con questo tipo di messaggi; il dipartimento degli affari esteri della Svizzera; inchieste di giornali italiani e trasmissioni tv (Striscia La Notizia, ad esempio); le stesse autorità nigeriane che hanno reso illegali questi inviti (la legge 419, che identifica questi inviti truffa);
- basta usare un minimo di buon senso: se per assurdo il mittente della email fosse veramente nella situazione descritta nella email, perchè contatta proprio degli emeriti sconosciuti per un’operazione da milioni di dollari?
La truffa, per chi risponde all’invito e cade nella rete (anzi, ci vuol proprio cadere), prosegue con la visita da parte di presunti emissari del benefattore, con la richiesta di un anticipo di qualche centinaio/migliaio di euro (o di dollari) per coprire le prime necessarie spese burocratiche. Successivamente i milioni ovviamente non arrivano, ma i soldi anticipati non tornano.
Si stima che questa truffa, risalente addirittura a metà degli anni novanta, abbia un giro di affari sporchi di svariate decine di milioni di dollari annui. E la gente continua a cascarci!
Ecco il testo originale in inglese di una versione della email-truffa circolante:
Madam Fatima Emile Bogadoudou
ABIDJAN – COTE D’IVOIRE
Email:fatima_bogadoudou@yahoo.fr
Dear sir/madam,
I know this letter may come to you as a surprise but I wish to solicit your help in migrating to your country and to invest.Briefly, I am a National of cote-d’ivoire, wife of late EMILE BOGADOUDOU,MINISTER OF INTERIOR AFFAIRS.On september 19th 2002 the military rebels invaded our house and assassinated my husband.
I managed and escaped for my dear life in the company of my only son Richard, among the valuables that was in my late husband’s vault was a file/document that contained details of a deposit my he made in a security company in Abidjan- C�te d’Ivoire.My late husband deposited 10.5 million US dollars contained in 1 trunk box in the name of our son Richard as containing Family valuables meant for his foreign partner abroad.After about three years now that this conflit has lasted and with the situation of uncertainty, I have decided to contact and seek for your assistance to move this funds out of C�te d’Ivoire for investment in your Country.We ask you to look for a viable and lucrative business, so that we can invest wisely.For your good effort, I have decided to compensate you with 15% of the total sum of (10.5 million US Dollars), and also 05% share in any investment that you will assist us to embark upon.
If you are interested to assist me and my son, please kindly reply to the email address above upon receipt of this message for further directives.Email:fatima_bogadoudou@yahoo.fr
Best regards and may God bless you as you help us out of our present predicaments.
Madam Fatima Emile Bogadoudou.
La versione in francese:
Bonjour
Je sais que mon message sera d’une grande surprise quand t-il vous parviendra donc, je vous pr�sente toutes mes excuses. Je vous �cris sinc�rement dans le but d’obtenir votre coop�ration et votre confiance pouvant me permettre d’effectuer une affaire urgente avec vous.
Je suis MADAM Fatima BOGADOUDOU epouse de feu BOGADOUDOU ancien ministre des affaires etrang�re assassin�e par les rebelles.mon epouse avait d�pos� une somme de 10.5 MILLIONS de dollars dans une banque au nom de notre fils richard.
je suis en possession des documents prouvant l’existance de cette dep�sition.apr�s 3 ans de conflit et le climat de l’incertitude, j’ai d�cid� de vous faire appelle comme partenaire etrangere de mon defunt mari pour pouvoir nous aidez � recuperer cette argent dans votre compte.
De ce fait, je demande votre aide � faire le transfert dans votre pays et dans le compte que vous aurez mis � notre disposition afin d’utiliser cet argent pour investir dans un secteur rentable dans votre pays (commel’immobilier par exemple).
C’est donc pour cette raison que je sollicite honorablement votre aide de la mani�re suivante :
M’aider � d�placer/transferer cette argent depuis la banque et l’envoyer vers vous � l’�tranger comme partenaire etrang�re de mon defunt epouse pour y investir. Nous n’avons confiance en personne dans notre entourage moi et mon fils.
A cet effet, je suis d’ailleurs dispos� � vous offrir 15% de la somme totale comme compensation pour l’effort que vous entreprendrez pour le succ�s de cette op�ration. En outre, vous pouvez m’indiquer d’autres options susceptibles de nous aider ma soeur et moi pour cette op�ration.
Je crois pour ma part qu’elle peut �tre conclue aussi, je vous prie de faire diligence compte tenu de la situation de guerre et du chaos politique que conna�t la COTE D’IVOIRE depuis.
si vous etes interess� � nous aider moi et mon fils,veuillez bien nous reponds d�s r�ception de cet email a l’adresse cit�e au dessous.
En esp�rant avoir une suite favorable, Que DIEU vous b�nisse.
madam Fatima Bogadoudou
Questa è una versione di una storica email truffa, firmata da un principe deposto:
From: michaelkoromah@netscape.net
To: undisclosed-recipients
Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2005 14:14:33 -0500
Subject: DEAR RESPECTED ONE
DEAR RESPECTED ONE
HUMBLE ASSISTANCE
ASSYLUM CAMP ABIDJAN
COTE D’ IVOIRE.MY DEAR,
This letter is not intended to cause you any embarrassment in whatever form,rather is in good faith from a boy in dear need of assistance,following knowledge of your high ,repute and trustworthiness, is borne out of this difficult situation that have been engulfed in since my father and bread winner of my family was forced to relinquish his position. My name is Mr prince michael koromah ,the only son of Mr.ABDUR KOROMAH of zimbabwe. I got your contact through the chambers of commerce and industry here in my search for reliable company/personal account who can assist me in transferring money out of cote’voire.During the current war against farmers in Zimbabwe from the support of our President Robert Mugabe to claim all the white-owned farms to his party Members and his followers, he ordered all white farmers to surrender all their farm!s to his party members and his followers. My father is one of the best farmers in our country and because he did not Support Mugabe�s ideas Mugabe�ssupporters invaded my father’s farms and Burnt everything in the farm, killed my father/my mother and took everthing he hard. Before his death, he had deposited with one of the Security Company in abidjan,cote d’ ivore the sum of US$15.M (fiften million usd).which is in one trunck box After the death of my father,i decided to move to the Republic of cote d’ ivoire where he had deposited this Money in the Security Company as valuables. It is in this regards that l, decided to contact overseas firm and companies that will assist me to move this money out of cote d’ ivoire because as asylum seekers i am not allowed to operate any bank account within cote d’ ivoire.i have agreed to offer you 20% of the total sum for your assistant, 10% will be mapped out for any expenses that you may incurred in the courtesy of this transaction and 70% will be for my investment in your country.
All I want you to do is to furnish me with your entire personal tellephone and fax numbers for easy communication. You can contact me on the above e-mail address. Note that this transaction is 100% risk free and absolutely confidential.
Thanks and God bless
prince michael koromah
Ecco la mail di un altro principe deposto, questa volta dalla Sierra Leone:
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS NEGOTIATION.
DEAREST ONE,
Greetings to you.
I got your contact through an international promotion board in the internet in my search for some one to do business with. I am PRINCE DAVID SOLOMON a citizen of the Republic of Sierra-Leone in West Africa.
My father KING EGOBIA SOLOMON, was the director of Sierra-Leone Gold and Diamond Corporation and also the KING of my village. There was a gold and diamond mining company located in my village which was controlled by AMERICAN business men. During the recent outbreak of war in my country, my father was killed by rebels that are loyal to Fondey Sankoh when they wanted to loot the corporation strong room. All the security men and key officials who resisted their advancement were killed and large amount of precious stones taken away.
After the death of my father, I was instructed by my village chiefs and family elders to give account of my father’s administration as the first son and PRINCE according to our tradition. As I was arranging things in my late father’s bed room, I came across some documents and personal letter hidden in a constructed secret safe under his bed. Those documents are about a trunk box containing the sum of US$4.5 million which he deposited in a private security company as family valuables at ABIDJAN COTE’ D IVOIRE. According to the content of the letter, the security company does not know that the box contains money. This recalled my memory. At several occasions, I will come back from school and met my father with some white men discussing in low tone. After their departure, I will ask him , who are those men? And he will answer me, they are Americans that just came into town. While I was still at my country , I contacted the security company about this and they confirmed existence of such box.
Right now ,I have left my country due to renewed outbreak of war and the constant attack of rebels to my kingdom. My mother who is a Togolese has returned to Togo with my younger brothers and sisters. I’m sending you this message from Abidjan to solicit for your assistance to help me start a new life. I’m inexperience when it comes to international investment or transferring such fund abroad . I’m just an undergraduate of mechanical engineering . I still want to further my education. If you can help me to move this fund to your country, for meaningful investment. You stand to reap 15% of the total fund for your assistance alone. You are also to manage the remaining 85% for our mutual interest.
Your urgent reply indicating your interest will help me to stop further search for help. Moreover, remember to keep this as confidential issue between us due to the popularity of my father. Awaiting your correspondence. Please you can be much faster because of the resent problem here in Abidjan for the successful conclution of this transaction please.
Yours sincerely,
PRINCE DAVID SOLOMON
for the family
Volutamente non traduciamo in italiano, non vorremmo che un copia-incolla si traducesse in una nuova versione della email-truffa, che paradossalmente potrebbe aver maggior effetto visto che arriverebbe in italiano!
Le versioni della truffa sono molte, come molti sono i diversi firmatari (James Coleman, Miss Rosemary Osai, ecc.). Tutte hanno in comune gli elementi di cui sopra, ma cambiano i mittenti a seconda degli eventi economici-politici attuali. Si va quindi dai ricchi usurpati della Nigeria a quelli del Camerun, fino ai funzionari del deposto Saddam Hussein. Chiss� se da qualche parte del mondo un furbacchione ha gi� realizzato una email truffa che inizia “Sono il figlio di Berlusconi, il patrimonio di padre, depositato presso una banca estera, a seguito di ingiusti processi…. ”
In conclusione: semplice, sono tutte email truffa, non rispondete e cestinate ogni email che vi promette soldi facili, sono a pesca di potenziali vittime. [F.B. http://www.magnaromagna.it]
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Fonti utilizzate: www.hoaxbuster.com/hoaxliste/hoax.php?idArticle=1581; http://www.attivissimo.net/nl/nl2002/ml_internet_per_tutti_archivio2002.htm; www.nigerianspam.com/prince-michael-koromah.htm; http://www.sophos.com/virusinfo/hoaxes/sierraleone.html; http://cluestick.me.uk/hoax/Ivory_Coast_Money_Transfer.htm
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