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I received this email 14 hours ago and I wanted to get your opinion:
Dear Peggy Menke,
Thanks for your quick response. Actually I am Joan Lilian Rostron; I worked as an internal auditor with Barclays Bank Pl c Mexico (Mexico Tower Mayor Paseo Reform 505 Floor 41 Cuauhtmoc Mexico D. FCP 06500) from 1999 – 2006 year ending. I was later transferred in 2007 to Greater London EC1A 7AJ United Kingdom, were I am still working till date.
During the course of my auditing some time in 2007 on my resumption at Greater London, I discovered a floating fund in an account opened in our bank since 1982 which has not been operated since 2004. After going through old record files I discovered that a customer by nameEngr. Andre Sulan Menke operated that account.
My further investigation revealed that a Cambrian Coast Line, Penrhyndeudraeth, 2 September 2003. Network Rail locomotive 97303 hit his car on a private level crossing just west of Penrhyndeudraeth station while working an ERTMS (European Rail Traffic Management System) test, killing the car's occupants, Engr. Andre Sulan Menke, his wife Sophia. Engr. Andre Sulan Menke used to be a private contractor with Belfast Aero Bombardier Transportation, who lived in a house only accessible via the level crossing.
Since then, I have made several inquiries to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proven unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you with this business partnership proposal. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the huge amount of money left behind by Engr. Andre Sulan Menke, before they get it confiscated or declared unserviceable by my bank. I came to know about you in my search for a person who shares the same last name with my late client. I employed the service of LinkedIn search solely for this purpose as I feel it would not have been the last wish of my late client for his whole savings to be transferred to a government (Es cheat). He always complained of their unfavorable public monetary policies and taxes while he was alive.
I will meet and discussed with a trusted lawyer as I have already mapped out the modalities for getting the money out of the bank once I have a good and trusted person who can present himself as the next of kin and beneficiary of the funds as all the relevant documents relating to the account is with me. The deceased had a deposit valued presently at 22.7 Million GBP with my branch, Barclays Bank Plc (Greater London EC1A 7AJ United Kingdom) and my Bank has issued a notice to this effect to provide next of kin or beneficiary otherwise have the account confiscated within the next Fourteen (14) official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over four years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin & beneficiary to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 22.7 Million GBP can be paid through you.
After a successful transfer of the funds I propose that, we will split the proceeds 50:50 and I have decided to plough my share of the fund immediately it is transferred out into our account into any viable investment project in your economy, what area of investment interest will you advice that will yield a maximum profit over the time?.
I have all the means to provide all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the claim. All that I required from you is your honest co-operation; confidentiality and trust to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both here in UK or in your country.
Please get in touch with me urgently and provide the following information to enable the lawyer prepare the necessary claim appraisal and file application for the claim of the fund from my Bank. I will attach my ID in my next mail for authenticity so we have equal ground to trust each other. I will send you more information directing you on further procedure on how we can claim the money in the account successfully
Send to me the following information should you be interested, otherwise you should not bother to respond to this email.
1. Name in full-----------------------------
2. Home Address----------------------------------
3. Nationality ------------------------------
4. Age--------------------------------------
5. Occupation/Position-------------------------------
6. Mobile Telephone Number------------
7. Resident Country-------------------------
Your urgent response will be highly anticipated and appreciated.
Best regards,
Joan Lilian Rostron
This lady contacted my with a proposal on Linkedin and ask me to email her through a outlook email. I think it's a scam but I just want to know what you think. Any comments will be appreciated.
Thanks! Peggy
Thanks to all that responded, I'm glad I didn't go any further.
Cheers!!!!!
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I can't tell you how many emails from Africa I have received saying I have a bundle of money owed to me. All they need is my info.
I judt erase that mess as soon as it comes up.
Ed
This scam email has been surfing for an eternity, the words just change slightly. It's good you asked Peggy, hope you're well :)
I'm glad I'm not just being cynical and others think it's a scam as well. I like they way they want to split the proceeds and they want you fill out all the info or don't bother to respond? Really? Why would they need all that info anyway? Like Nationality and Occupation? What difference would that make.
If you're interested and know the person she's talking about, you can always check HER out before you do anything. See if there is such a person.
Hi Peggy - it's a scam 100%.
If you reply, next email will be "we just need £100 to setup a transfer" etc.
Then the next is "£1000 transaction fee"...
"£5000 to be paid, which will be for lawyers expenses"... which they will put across as almost zero in comparison to what you are going to get.
It will go on, and on, and on, and on - til you (or others) have found themselves hooked on paying out just a little bit more, and just a little bit more than that, as the promise (and they are very good persuasive emails) that you are getting oh so close to your $22m - and you'll end up feeling like a fool not to keep paying out.
It's a scam 100% - please hit spam/trash on it and move on.
These things do not happen in real life - but they seem to happen to millions of people every year... because an email or contact out of the blue says they do.
I hope you didn't get your hopes up? Continue with what you're doing here. It's far more rewarding, and you won't end up losing a lot of money.
All the best, Mark
I do believe it is a scam. Over the years I have seen the same thing with different names... I just hit delete.
I figure if they can find me on the internet with all their research, then they certainly don't need any info from me, as they already have it.
Exactly - all they need is your email address - and then you end up giving them more personal information, letting them build up their identity theft database - then you give them your bank details so they can transfer some cash to you, after you pay their fee etc etc.
Walk away!
Cheers, Mark
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Please be very careful. While I was looking for a job long time ago, I had found "interesting" ad on Craig List. The advertisement was from " very successful financial company" that was looking for eager people to work for them. All you had to do was to fill out "application" online and give them the address, name telephone number, etc. The next email, I received was a request to give them my bank account number to transfer some money for my "personal use". I realized it was a scam. Please be very careful and not give them any personal information.