?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM

Ekka · 17th November 2007, 07:59 PM

Firstly there's a twist in the scam, take a look at the email address that shows up on your PC, dont know how they do that but they've hacked that somehow, I've highlighted in red. Also note the address sent to is none! Just shows up in your emails like that.

Standard Chartered is a real bank, I'll send them an email to this thread of the scam.

Standard Chartered Bank - Your Right Partner

Quote:

From: "James Dale Jr." <auditor@standardchartered.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2007 12:51 PM
To: none
Subject: Inheritance Fund

Now here's the body of the email. Note how the emphasis is to respond on a hotmail email.

I cant believe people actually get sucked into this shit!

Quote:

From: James Dale Jr.
Private Email: jamesdalejr22@hotmail.com
Subject: Inheritance Fund
Date: November 18th, 2007.

I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics,
but please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I am
James Dale Jr. an Auditor in a commercial Bank, in the process of auditing
our bank accounts this quarter, I recently discovered that there is a
dormant account valued at the sum ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British
Pound Sterling) and after due verification of this account we discovered
that the account owner is late and that is why the account has been
dormant and as such a ?10,000,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed.

The idea of presenting a foreigner to act as his next of kin came into our
mind, as you know the said deceased is a foreigner as well. Hence, that is
how and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin, so
that the ?10,000,000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse the
fund according to the percentage we will agree upon.

In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to
stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim the
fund from my bank.

Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue
advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you. Please kindly get
back to me immediately only through my personal contact email;
jamesdalejr22@hotmail.com

On getting your response, we shall agree on the percentage ratio on which
we shall disburse the ?10,000,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest
part of our own share in real estate or any lucrative business in your
country, and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part where
we can invest our own share in your country. I will not contact any person
or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decides on what to do
next.

Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free.

We wait for your prompt response.

Best Regards,
James Dale Jr.
Private Email: jamesdalejr22@hotmail.com
Personal Cell #: +44 702-401-8380

NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY LATE CLIENT OR NOT; THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN.

Quintrex · 17th November 2007, 09:13 PM

Makes a change from Nigeria I guess.

Sean Freeman · 17th November 2007, 09:42 PM

Should put the two of them together they could solve each others problems without the need for any money to be transfered at all...

clementine · 18th November 2007, 03:33 AM

Well, what complete and utter twoddle! You'd have to be out of your tree to be sucked in by that!

I wonder what happens if you were stupid or desperate enough to reply. Is it one of those where they ask for money to release the funds?
Can they hack your computer from your email address if a reply is sent to them?

newguy18 · 23rd November 2007, 04:06 PM

I got one once and I replied I told them i was repoting them to the cops.i haven't heard from them since.

mdvaden · 23rd November 2007, 05:19 PM

About 2 of that type come to my email each month.

What they all have in common, is being very long-winded with words.

They just ramble - paragraph, after paragraph, after paragraph.

ropensaddle · 3rd December 2007, 05:19 PM

Pretty ridiculous.

17th November 2007, 09:13 PM	#2 (permalink)
Quintrex Mature tree Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sydney Posts: 439	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM Makes a change from Nigeria I guess.

17th November 2007, 09:42 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,643	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM Should put the two of them together they could solve each others problems without the need for any money to be transfered at all... __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

18th November 2007, 03:33 AM	#4 (permalink)
clementine Mature tree Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Central Portugal Posts: 282	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM Well, what complete and utter twoddle! You'd have to be out of your tree to be sucked in by that! I wonder what happens if you were stupid or desperate enough to reply. Is it one of those where they ask for money to release the funds? Can they hack your computer from your email address if a reply is sent to them? __________________ Meddle not in the affairs of dragons - for you are crunchy and taste of chicken! Builder in Central Portugal

23rd November 2007, 04:06 PM	#5 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,611	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM I got one once and I replied I told them i was repoting them to the cops.i haven't heard from them since. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

23rd November 2007, 05:19 PM	#6 (permalink)
mdvaden Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Oregon Posts: 564	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM About 2 of that type come to my email each month. What they all have in common, is being very long-winded with words. They just ramble - paragraph, after paragraph, after paragraph. __________________ ____________________________________ Grove of Redwood TITANS Oregon BIGOOT trap

3rd December 2007, 05:19 PM	#7 (permalink)
ropensaddle Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Arkansas Posts: 53	Re: ?10,000,000.00 (Ten Million British Pound) Email SCAM Pretty ridiculous.

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