This is a copy of one of the Emails I have recieved. I knew I had no relatives in Lebonan and respoded to see what the offer was about. Up to this point no money had been asked from me. I knew this couldn't be true and had to be a scam.
I recieve these letters about once a week from my yahoo account but never from anywhere else. I have been sent a Application of Claim to fill out with account numbers from my (late cousin) DR Hamid Ayed to have deposited to my account which I have not sent him.
I am curious as to how far this would go like I said earlier no monies have been requested from me. My bank account number, address, fax, email, and marital status have all been requested and he was only given my cell number which he has called, and I have not answered.
From dr. Jim mallin
director incharge of
auditing and accounting unit,
continental bank,
cotonou-benin republic
private email: [email protected]
My Dear,
Is my Pleasure writing to you at this moment of the day, I am Dr Jim Mallin, the director incharge of auditing and accounting Unit of Continental Bank in Cotonou-Benin Republic. I deem it fit to contact you regarding to a transaction that will favour both of us at the end, I want to know if i can trust you in claiming the fund in question.
I discovered the sum of Fifteen million United States Dollars (USD15M) belonging to a deceased customer of this bank. The fund has been lying in a suspence account without anybody coming to put claim over the money since the account owner late Dr. Hamid Ayed from lebanon, who was involved in the December 25th Benin plane crash. Here is the air crash website onfiltered= http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin. Crash/index.html
The said fund is now ready for transfer to a foriegn account whose owner will be portrayed as the beneficiary and next of kin to the deceased customer of the bank.
The foriegn account owner will impost himself as the next of kin to the deceased and respond positively like a true next of kin who wishes to speed up the release and transfer of his inherited fund. If the over due fund if not claimed by the end of next quarter, the government of the Federal Republic of Benin will take over the ownership of the fund in line with the Federal Edict Act of 1979. We do not want the government to take over the ownership of this money, that is why I'm contacting you for us to work this out togather, so that I will portray you as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased whose name is Dr. Hamid Ayed.
If you accept to carry out this project with me, I will offer you 40% of the total sum, while I will take 60% of the total sum. Upon your acceptance to do this deal with me. Be rest assured that, this transaction carries no risk and no extra responssibilities on your part, except the above mentioned roles and normally you will be required to maintain absolute information and absolute secrecy through out the duration of this transaction, because discussing it with a third party might jeopardise the entire transaction.
Before we proceed in this great deal, i want you to forward to me ASAP the following information below as to establish a mutual understanding;
1) Your Residential/Office Address.
2) Your Telephone/Fax Number.
3) Your profession.
4) Your Age/Marital status.
I am looking forward to receiving your interesting response on this project as this will greatly enrich both of us at the end.
BEST REGARDS,
Dr. Jim Mallin
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