There is a girl staying in Dakar Senegal and she wants me to help her transfer her father's money. She is the next kin of her father. Is it a scam?
Let me guess, a 21 or 22 year old girl who was a first year student, wants your help to transfer 9.7 million dollars that belonged to her late father out of the country, and can't because she is a refugee. And weirdly she keeps adding in facts that either enforce the image that she is vulnerable (21 year old orphaned girl, alone in a refugee camp, in a country rife with political instability); or encourage you to trust her (hard-working student, father a rich man, probably with the title of Doctor); or try to push the religion angle by talking about a church camp, or mentioning God a lot.You have a few options here.1. Transfer the money to her. And then wait a week until she contacts you again asking for more money to sort out some difficulty in getting travel documents. And then wait a bit longer until she contacts you again needing more money to help her out because of another difficulty. And repeat ad infinitum until you either run out of money, or decide that actually in fact this is a scam, and that you'll never see the money, and that she'll (if it is even a "she") continue to come up with excuses to get money out of you.2. Transfer the money to her or provide your bank account details. Wait a few days until someone uses your details to transfer all the money out of your account.3. Ignore the message because it is a scam.Only one of the above options does not involve you loosing your money.This kind of 419 scam (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nig... ) has been dubbed the "Senegal refugee scam" or the "Senegal Sweetheart scam" , as it always appears to be from a young female from Senegal. It originates from West African scammers, and the scammer behind it is almost certainly not a 21 year old, and probably not female either.Want to find out more? here's a listing of similar scams http://www.419scam.org/419-penpa...And here's the results of one individual baiting this scam: http://forum.419eater.com/forum/...