Karim Nima: Greetings, Please Help Me – Karim Malik Nima Fraud

Karim Malik Nima needs my help: “Greetings, Please Help Me.”  I read his email from top to bottom and I find myself worried about potential identity theft and financial fraud.

Karim Nima: Greetings, Please Help Me – Karim Malik Nima Fraud

If you notice the headline, it is great.  Short and to the point, and someone needs help.  This time it is Karim Malik Nima.  This is of course a fraudulent email designed to dupe unsuspecting and warm hearted individuals.  Be very aware that this email is psychologically designed to email Mr. Karim Nima, or the con artist, in an effort to help someone other than yourself.

If you read the above paragraph few questions should come to mind:

• How does Karim Nima know who I am
• Where did he obtain my email address

The con artist starts his mission to swindle the target.  The writing style is very good, too good.  If you have noticed my other posts I was very critical of banking institution scams having poor use of English.  Here, the Dubai resident has nearly immaculate English; even commas are placed in the right places.  Although this is one of the weak points of this fraudulent email, unfortunately, I feel that it will appeal to the majority of the readers.

The subject of this email is going to die of cancer, at least that’s what is implied.  It is very moving thus far, even to a critic like me.  If this was a chapter in a novel or an autobiography it would bring the point across to the reader in an emotional, not logical, fashion.  And since we tend to act on out emotions more than logic some of us would fall victim to this email fraud.

Life stories are often used to defraud consumers and steal their identity.  If you are reading this email thinking that perhaps you might help this fictitious individual you are going to get scammed.  Prevent fraud and protect yourself from identity theft by deleting spam emails like this one as soon as you see them.

Mind altering tactics in progress!! There is a slow shift into what you can do to help.  What is weird to me is that India is a third world country and needs charitable donations, too.  Yes, one may have personal charities in all those countries, but it still sounds like a phishing scam to obtain my identifying and financial information.

As this email progresses so does the emotional involvement of the reader.  Don’t fall into this financial trap.  It can cost you more than your identity.  This is the part where you come into play to help Karim Nima in his quest to spread his wealth.  He is on his death bed and is in a dire situation to scam you, or anyone who participates.  Notice that the English is becoming less proper… is it because Mr. Nima is on his death bed, or because, he is concluding his masterpiece email scam?

So you wonder: what’s in it for me?

Oh 20% of the rich man’s wealth.  Great! Where do I sign up?  I hope nowhere, as this email screams identity theft and fraud.  The author’s use of God as a religious statement is big on those who believe in God.  Perhaps that is the ultimate target market of the scammer.  In theory God believers are more likely to be sympathetic to humane causes, hence Karim’s last wish.

E-mails like this one float all over the Internet in record breaking numbers.  Don’t worry, you are not the only one that got this email today.  I hope you won’t write Mr. Nima, unless you really think that you are getting 20%.  Then, I recommend that you go back to the beginning of this post to help you stay on course in preventing identity theft.