Unclaimed money

[TK4205]

I've gotten a lot of spam, scams and I may already be a winner.

 

But this is the first of its kind that I have seen. Short and sweet without a bunch of url tags. Looks like a variation of "All this money is yours; We'll send you a boguss check and all you have to do is send us money for the taxes"

 

Hello

 

I am Mr.J.J Morrison. The Manager of a Prime Offshore Bank in Channel Islands and would like to know if you will be at my disposal to strike a deal with me.

 

In my Bank, I have discovered anonymous funds totaling £27,345,000.00 .This fund has been floating in our Magellan Trust Account for the past four years without any record of the owner, source and origin of the funds. Therefore I want to request for your assistance by presenting you as the Beneficiary so that the funds will be claimed with sharing ratio of 50:50.This is risk free without any legal implication attached.

 

Please let me know if you are interested and also send your direct telephone numbers for discussion of this deal in details.

 

Regards,

J.J.Morrison

 

email came from [email protected]

[Thumper[TK]]

I've gotten a lot of spam, scams and I may already be a winner.

 

But this is the first of its kind that I have seen. Short and sweet without a bunch of url tags. Looks like a variation of "All this money is yours; We'll send you a boguss check and all you have to do is send us money for the taxes"

 

 

 

email came from [email protected]

 

 

As you have already guessed, this is a scam. All that will happen is you will send him lots of your money.

 

In fact, the email elicites you to participate in a fraud, as the writer says, "anonymous funds" and that the funds are "without any record of the owner, source, and origin". He then wants to claim the money by, "presenting you as the Beneficiary". In other words, you pretend this money is yours, help him claim it, and it gets split it 50-50.

 

 

All that will be claimed is the money and information you send him. The only money that exists in this is the money you have in your bank account or pocket right now. Delete the email and don't reply to it, or any others, even as a joke or an attempt to string him along. All it will do is open you up to additional fraud and spam.

 

And spread the word. The best way to stop this type of fraud is education, as it is extremely difficult if not impossible to track the individuals responsible and bring them to justice.

[TD2802[501st]]

See these all the time too. This one isn't all that creative either. I'm more amazed at the number of people that still fall for these.

[TK-1287]

Dateline NBC with Chris Hanson did a story on those kind of frauds a while back.