It's called the "Nigeria Prince Scam" with a twist
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They're calling it the "Nigeria Prince Scam" with a twist.
The twist is it's no longer coming from Canada.
A regional consumer recently received a letter purportedly from the TD Trust Bank of Canada
The Better Business Bureau says the person was told in a letter a distant relative had died and left him $9 point 2 million dollars. They were told to respond to the bank immediately.
Stephanie Garland of the BBB says the problem with the "good news" is that it's actually a well-worn scam designed to rip off consumers.
Garland says one red flag is that the scammer will insist you should immediately. Ultimately you’ll be asked for cash and/or your private information including your bank account and credit card numbers. They’ll use those to take you for thousands of dollars.
"What we want you to do is to take a picture of it [the envelope and letter] and submit it to our Better Business Bureau scam tracker at bbb.org/scamtracker" Garland says.
"We will let law enforcement know, specifically the Federal Trade Commission. We will let them know within 24 hours."
