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Thread #65307   Message #3780557
Posted By: Nigel Parsons
23-Mar-16 - 04:44 AM
Thread Name: BS: All the Scams Aren't in Nigeria
Subject: RE: BS: All the Scams Aren't in Nigeria
back in the days when I was working for Lloyds Bank (in a university branch) we received warnings not to open bank accounts for Nigerian students (of which we had a lot)if they provided passports, or other ID documents with, or including the name "Nintende Revenje" (or any close variation.
Apparently these accounts were getting funded with cheques stolen from the postal systems, and subtly altered.
The usual intended recipient for these cheques was the "Inland Revenue"

My favourite was the student trying to open a student society account for the "Committee for Action on Smoking & Health". Presumably he was hoping to get membership cheques payable to C.A.S.H.