Scenario: You receive a message from someone who claims to be connected with the Nigerian government asking for your help in moving millions of dollars in overpayments to an overseas account. If you will provide your bank account number, the funds will be temporarily transferred to your account, and you will receive a percentage.
Scam: Your bank account is raided.

	Beware of calls, letters, e-mails or faxes purporting to be from a government official in Nigeria or another country, asking for your help to place millions of dollars of overpayments in an overseas bank account.
	Resist temptation. Despite the promise of generous compensation for your cooperation, the purpose of this scam is to take money out of your account, not to put millions into it.
	If you respond to the solicitation, you will be asked to pay a never-ending series of fees or expenses before the funds can be transferred to your account. Unfortunately, the millions never materialize.
	Guard your bank account and other financial information carefully. Even if you don't send agree to send money, all a crook needs is your bank account and routing numbers to withdraw funds from your account.
	Do not consider traveling to meet the person and discuss the offer. Victims who have been lured to the foreign country or have gone to investigate what happened to their millions have been robbed, held for ransom, even murdered.
	Report these types of money scams to law enforcement authorities.

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