Abdikarim Luqman Labaan

Giulia (ciao e grazie per la segnalazione) ci passa un tentativo di prendere all'amo il lettore distratto della propria posta per coinvolgerlo in una truffa stile 419: ovvero si promettono ricchezze ingenti (e inesistenti) chiedendo un piccolo contributo per le spese.

Chi abbocca tirerà fuori di tasca soldi che non vedrà mai più.

In questo caso il truffatore dice di chiamarsi Abdikarim Luqman Labaan (ci possiamo attendere si tratti di un nome fasullo), di essere somalo, e di avere una ingente somma depositata in Malesia. In un inglese molto rozzo (a un certo punto dice di essere il parente più prossimo di una cassaforte Metallica - cosa evidentemente impossibile) racconta una complicata storia in cui il padre, Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja, muore, la madre cinquantenne, Aziza Abdikarim Labaan, ripone la sua fiducia in un malfattore. Vanno in Ghana, ma i soldi sono in Malesia. Non sa come trarsi di impiccio e l'unica cosa che riesce a immaginarsi è dare un mucchio di quattrini all'ignoto destinatario dell'email in cambio del suo aiuto.

L'unica cosa sensata da fare con email come queste è distruggerle immediatamente.

Questo il testo originale:

Good Day,

Greetings to you and your family, I am Abdikarim Luqman Labaan the son of late Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja . I am 29yrs old, and my mother name Aziza Abdikarim Labaan 50years old widow. I am the next of kin to the Metallic strong box containing 6.5m USD clean cash which is lying down in Malaysia for safe keeping.
The fund is not a stolen or drug fund, my late Father was an owner of a small Gold and Diamond Corporation Company in my home town in Somalia. My father died as a result of power struggle. It was a political struggle. After his death I and my mother had to move to Ghana high commissioner in Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur to resettle and also because of the consignment which was deposited by my late father Abdikarim Labaan Khaaja with security company before it was shipped to Malaysia but we are also not safe because if those in Somalia understand that we are still alive, they will come after us and our life will be in serious danger as some of them are aware that we have this kind of fund.

The original person who suppose to clear and receive the consignment on our behalf here in Malaysia as our foreign beneficiary he later betrayed us after my mother had made all efforts to ship the consignment out of Africa [Somalia] to Malaysia. He later called us
that he is going to take 70% of the total fund that was when my mother stopped the diplomat not to deliver the consignment to him anymore because he is a greedy man. My mother now sent me to Malaysia to monitor the consignment. That is the reason why we are seeking for your urgent assistance to stand as our new beneficiary to make claims of the consignment for us as our trustee

Please does render us your TRUST and keep this transaction confidential for security reasons, because the fund is our life and our future. At the end of this transaction, we have agreed to offer you 20% for your assistance and 10% for any expenses that we may carry
out during this transaction like phone calls. We intend to invest wherever we finally reside and I believe you could be of useful assistance in area of investment. Please do not under estimate our request because it is very important we are planning to invest in a hotel business in your country. i will forward to you all the vital documents covering the consignment once i get your responds. Please kindly send your full information through my email: luqman?aziza@live.com

I shall appreciate an urgent response

Yours Faithfully,

Luqman Abdikarim.