Nigerian Prince has P.O. Box in TX

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I received a letter in the mail the other day with a banner at the top that read “Important Retirement Plan Information.” When I opened it, I found a pretty lame excuse for a US Mail phishing scam. The cover letter included my name and address, and vaguely inferred that I have some unclaimed 401-k money sitting somewhere, but that they need some additional info from me to cut the the check, since the last one was returned (even though they some how managed to correctly address this correspondence). The following page asks for my SSN. Hahahaha. What!?? The return envelope goes to a PO box in TX. No where on this correspondence is there a phone number, a physical address, or anything else, besides the most generic fake company name ever: “FRANKLIN.” It is kind of sad for me to imagine some innocent unassuming little granny falling for this thing. I hope that scenario is limited to my imagination.


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2 responses to “Nigerian Prince has P.O. Box in TX”

  1. so what has a Nigerian prince got to do with the mail. it could have been sent from any person from any of the country in the world. don’t you think so?

  2. @Readydee: Indeed, it could be any person from any of the country in the world. Including The guys who came up with this one. Anyway, I’m assuming that you know exactly what a Nigerian Prince has to do with the mail, but that your question was merely defensive rhetoric. So, for the record, I have nothing against Nigeria, or any of its princes.