Lady Mercy Udo - Scammer

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 1

Hello;

I have a family member who has been in contact with a "Lady Mercy Udo" who is a Computer Scientist from the "CBN Central Bank of Nigeria". He has recently sent money to this person to get 8.5 million from an inheritance wire transfered. I had the feeling something was wrong, so I did a Scroogle search and the name came up with a link to this very page. This led me to begin reading info here and on other sites where I learned about this type of 419 scam.

The money was supposed to be transferred yesterday, then he received a new e-mail from a "Dr. Kelvin Moses" supposedly from "Offshore Payment Center of London" saying to pay another $8,500 for the funds to be transferred. I searched him, and the 1st 12 listings came up as sites detailing Nigerian frauds. On one of those sites, I found info regarding phone numbers, and the prefix he gave was "4470", which is Nigeria, not London. This site also said that these scammers are related to the Nigerian political elite.

http://www.joewein.de/sw/419-phone-uk.htm#phone-uk

This is my 1st exposure to this type of thing. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thx.

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 10:30 am

Hi and welcome. Your family member should dump this scammer like a hot rock. Your relatives will have given real details to the scammer, they should block him from their email and hang up when he calls. They will also get further scams sent to them.

+4470 will be a divert number, which looks like a UK number. It can divert to a mobile anywhere, it is a paid service. Nigerian domestic numbers start with +234.

Here we torment the scammers, using safe email accounts. For more advice on the scam involving your family, visit our sister site, scamwarners.com

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:08 am

Sorry to hear this. It should be reported to the police, even though there is little or nothing they can do about it. The money sent is almost certainly lost.
Does the relative realise he/she has been scammed? Some victims find it hard or impossible to accept.
They should watch out for further scams, especially the recovery scam. Saying that the scammer has been caught and that the money can be returned. For a fee of course.

Posted: Wed Oct 15, 2008 11:26 am

I googled Lady Mercy Udo, and found she's crossed our path before:

http://forum.419eater.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=920741