Scam Money Transfers - Banks, Bank Managers
Example - Mr John Omar, Advent Trust Bank
Have you received an email from "Mr John Omar" at "Advent Trust Bank",
claiming that he has found a "dormant account", from a dead client,
Jurgen Krugger, and he needs you, a foreigner to help him take
the money, to keep it from being turned over to the bank or government? And
please contact Mr. Peter Howard?
But he can't even spell "dormant" correctly! Then he wants you
to send the money to his BAK by western Union??? Don't you think a BANK would
want your to use a BANK to transfer the money?
It is a scam. Even if it weren't a scam, it would be a felony,
fraud and theft. But it is all nonsense, a scam made up to get money from you.
See the example below, an actual email from the scammer, sent to a victim.
The scammer intends to to get hold of your money instead, by conning you into sending money for various "fees" to free the
"funds in escrow".
If you would like a step by step
explanation of how this type of "Advance Fee Fraud" works, click here!
Note some of the obvious scam clues that we have
highlighted in the email below,
such as excessive/incorrect use of CAPITAL letters, terrible spelling, grammar
and punctuation, the use of free email accounts rather than a domain and website that
matches the company's name, etc.
Scam email:
From:
ADVENT TRUST BANK
Sent:
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 11:41 AM
Subject:
Attn: <your name>
Advent Trust Bank PLC
http://advent-trust-online.com/
UK BRANCH
(HEADQUARTER)
TELEPHONE
+44 701 112 8525
+44 703 1844 698
+44 703 1844 039
FAX:
+44 709 2897 243
Our Ref.
BOB/SWA/ooo11/ABN
Your Ref. BOB/AW108977/0707H
ATTN:,
That is the
reason why you need to activate the account. The account is dorminant and
cannot perform any transaction that is why it is asking for the C.O.T
code but once the accounr is activated now, everything will be alright. It
will cost you 2000GB pounds Equivalent to $4000 US Dollars to activate late
Engr Kruggers account.
Kindly make
the payment via western union
to our account officer below.
RECEIVER'S
NAME: MR PETER HOWARD
RECEIVER'S ADDRESS:
Gresham Way
London,
United Kingdom.
Upon effecting this payment via western union, you are to send the following
details of the transfer for confirmation as underlisted
below:
MTCN (MONEY TRANSFER
CONTROL NUMBER)___________________?
AMOUNT
SENT___________________?
SENDER'S
NAME___________________?
SENDER'S
ADDRESS___________________?
When in receipt of this payment details, the account would thus be activated
while the transfer would be carried out according to your directives to any
account of your choice to be provided by you. Your immediate response to the
above is urgently being anticipated given the time approve to concluded this
transaction with respect to the wishes and Codicil of the WILL of Late
Jurgen Krugger.
Kind Regards,
Mr John Omar
Head Of Operations
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