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WASH WASH!DONT BE CONNED IN NAIROBI

How exactly do they work? They typically offer a victim a share of a large consignment of banknotes that have been stained black .The scammer then demonstrates how the notes can be recovered by cleaning a few with a "special chemical". The chemical quickly removes the black stain and a clean bank note is revealed. He then explains to the victim that it was the only sample of the chemical he/they had, and that the victim needs to buy more to clean the notes. He may at this stage introduce a second contact who can supposedly supply the chemicals in the quantities required – At a price. What he does not explain is that the trunk box full of black money is only cut-up black craft paper, not money at all. The victim will then be persuaded to pay more and more for nonexistent or useless chemicals. What's surprising/ intriguing is that they still get customers/ victims regularly. The sequence of events in the scam; Phases of the scam First contact, Advance fees, the fraud starts, More funds needed to pay for washing chemical fluid, A trunk full of black money?, Victim goes to see the "money", Washing a small sample of the black "money", Delay after delay, more fees, no money, Reporting of the crime, Terminology used in the scam.

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