Phenomanul
09-12-2006, 12:00 AM
My bet is that it is a phishing scam.... too good to be true....
Here was an email my father received today:
"Dear Sir/Madam, (this chump doesn't even know my father's real name: Clue No. 1)
I am Ola Richard, personal attorney to Mr Gilberto XXXXXXX (a name of someone my dad doesn't even know: Clue No. 2), an expatriate who was resident here in Lagos. On the 2nd of January, 2005 I recieved a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and child while on vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives but it has proved unsuccessful. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at US$1,700,000.00 (One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as his next-of-kin since you are a foreigner and bear the same lastname, so that the balance on his account can be transfered to you as inheritance and thereafter, you and me can share the money; 50% to me, 40% to you, and 10% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund. (Oh how generous :rolleyes and just)
As a lawyer I will obtain from the relevant authority, necessary legal paperwork that will be used to substantiate and legalise our claim to the inheritance. All I require is your consent, honest (honest? honest? HA! :rolleyes) co-operation and assistance to enable us see the deal through. Finally, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law (If true, I highly doubt this would be legal anyway). Please contact me via email:[email protected] (this email address didn't even match the address that the original email was sent from) to enable us further discussion.
Thank you.
Barr. Ola Richard"
I should forward it to yahoo's fraud investigation department....
Here was an email my father received today:
"Dear Sir/Madam, (this chump doesn't even know my father's real name: Clue No. 1)
I am Ola Richard, personal attorney to Mr Gilberto XXXXXXX (a name of someone my dad doesn't even know: Clue No. 2), an expatriate who was resident here in Lagos. On the 2nd of January, 2005 I recieved a call that my client died in the Tsunami Disaster with his wife and child while on vacation at Phuket Island in Thailand. Since then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my client's extended relatives but it has proved unsuccessful. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the funds left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this deposit is lodged. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at US$1,700,000.00 (One Million, Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).
The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the biological relatives of my late client, I hereby seek your consent to present you to the bank as his next-of-kin since you are a foreigner and bear the same lastname, so that the balance on his account can be transfered to you as inheritance and thereafter, you and me can share the money; 50% to me, 40% to you, and 10% will be donated to the Tsunami Disaster Charity Fund. (Oh how generous :rolleyes and just)
As a lawyer I will obtain from the relevant authority, necessary legal paperwork that will be used to substantiate and legalise our claim to the inheritance. All I require is your consent, honest (honest? honest? HA! :rolleyes) co-operation and assistance to enable us see the deal through. Finally, I guarantee that the transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law (If true, I highly doubt this would be legal anyway). Please contact me via email:[email protected] (this email address didn't even match the address that the original email was sent from) to enable us further discussion.
Thank you.
Barr. Ola Richard"
I should forward it to yahoo's fraud investigation department....