I am not sure if this was a 419 scam,but I lost $4500 within last two years.I was emailed by a Stephen A. Mackle in 2006.He said he was in a hospital in Abidjan,Cote D'Ivoire.He supposedly had $9.5M,would name me as his beneficiary/partner and brother in Christ. He had me contact a Dr Adama Boko and a Barrister Johnson Boma,whom got me to send a $250 procurement fee. We emailed a few times.I lodged a complaint, I think to the Secret Service,wasn't emailed till Feb. 2007.Where I was told Mackle passed away.I was still the beneficiary/partner,brother in Christ to Mackle.A Kevin Sankoh says he was Mackle nurse,became my contact.Sankoh says he paid part of the fees,they said the fund($9.515M)( $15K added to pay back the amount for the fees,so they say)was sent to my account( I set up another account for this purpose),but a European company stopped it,needed a "Origin of Fund,statutory money laundering declaration clearance certificate",which cost $50,000.Eventually,I was told to send them $2,200,then I ended up sending additional $1,800($4,000), they wanted $10,000 more,I refused because I didn't have it,even requested for my $4,000 returned.Never happened,probably never would've.the $500 is from the $250 from 2006,the other $250 are for Western Union fees.I would like to know if there is an legitimate program that does pay back victims of their loss?I've been trying to win the $10,000 Deal or no deal lucky case game.No luck there even though I have picked the correct case several times now.Shouldn't I atleast been a runner up and got $10k like other runner ups have?
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