Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud Scholarship
Scam Examples
Scholarship With a T
Staff and students at the University of the South Pacific have been
warned not to respond to posters inviting applications for Nigerian
scholarships.
The posters invited applications for both local and overseas institutions
in any field of study to be sent with about eight dollars in British
pounds, US Dollars or postal notes.
Investigations by the university failed to establish any evidence
of good faith from the organization inviting applications or determine
the identity of the person or group responsible for putting up the
posters. There were no telephone or fax number or e-mail contact.
A Nigerian academic teaching at the University of the South Pacific
warned against responding to the posters noting that if lots of people
responded, this small sum quickly multiplied into a large amount
of profit for those behind the scam as those sending the money would
get nothing in return.
Below are documents pertaining to a scholarship offer from the Al-Azar
Foundation of the University of Lagos. Keywords for search
functions are Prof. Aye Ogiso, Alazar, Scientific Research Awards,
Empowering the Millenium, 234-1-4707348, International Herald Tribune.
|
