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Scam Money Transfers - Banks, Bank Managers
Example - Phil Hodkinson, Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom
Have you received an email from "Phil Hodkinson" at "Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom
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claiming that he has found a "dormant account" or money from a deceased customer
with no next of kin, or no will, and he needs you, a foreigner to help him take
the money, to keep it from being turned over to the bank or government?
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: "Mr Hodkinson" < phod_417@hotmail.com >
Date: Fri Apr 13, 2007 5:15:53 PM Pacific/Auckland
Subject: From: Phil Hodkinson
Reply-To: phil2private@myway.com
From: Phil Hodkinson
Group Finance Director,Treasury & Insight.
HBOS United Kingdom.
Good day,
I am Mr. Phil Hodkinson, the Group Finance Director, Treasury & Insight HBOS United Kingdom. I personally discovered a dormant account with a total sum of $75,000,000.00 [SEVENTY FIVE MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS] during our
Bank's Annual Year Account Auditing.
The owner of this dormant account died on 4th Jan 2002. Since the death of the deceased, nobody has operated in this account till date.
Moreover, this account has NO BENEFICIARY attached to it. Definitely, this fund will be confiscated by our BANKING CODE OF ETHICS if it remains dormant for a period of [6] years without any claims.
In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this dormant fund out of our bank to avoid confiscating this fund. I
will split the transfer into two 2 stages for easy and smooth >
transfer. First, I will transfer $5,000,000.00 to any valid foreign account you
will nominate, upon a successful transfer without any disappointment
from your side; I will then fly to meet you in your home destination
for sharing, thereafter we jointly transfer the remaining balance of
$70,000,000.00 for magnitude investments.
If you are willing to cooperate in this project, Call me for more details..
PRIVATE E-MAIL philhodkinsonprivate@myway.com
Yours truly,
Phil Hodkinson
Office: +44 702 407 7880
Mobile: +44 701 114 0040
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