Mr. Pinball's Blacklist--Index of Scammers--Individual Email for Scammer--larence makos <lanrencemakos@yahoo.com>

Scammer email posted Sun Mar 6 08:50:44 2016

Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 12:45:59 +0000 (UTC)
From: larence makos 
To: 
Subject: Mr. Lanrence Makos.

Dear Partner,
        How are you and your entire family, Hope all is well with you.
        I am Mr.  Lanrence Makos, Chief Auditor Ministry of Food &
Agriculture Republic of     Sierra Leone. I got your information
when I was searching for a reliable, honest and trust worthy person to
entrust this business with. I was inspired and motivated to pick you
as the right person as we civil servants are not allowed to operate
dollars/ foreign account. We are in search of an agent to assist us in
the transferring the sum of TWELVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED
STATES DOLLARS (US$12,500,000:00) ONLY for subsequent investment in
your country which was realized from an over invoice of contract
awarded to a Foreign Firm in the Ministry.  You will be required to:
(1) Assist in the transfer of the said sum into a secured account as we
civil servants   are not allowed to operate foreign/ Dollars account,
it is against our Government Ethic. (2) Advise on lucrative areas of
investment (3) Assist us in purchase of Landed Properties. Indicate
your willingness to enable me give you more details about the
transaction. Please reply quickly, with your full name, your full
address, your telephone number/fax    for effective communication.

        Yours Faithfully,
        Mr. Lanrence Makos.
        (Chief auditor)
        Ministry of Food & Agriculture Sierra Leone

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Ignore the scammer. Do not respond to emails. Just delete them.
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