Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Inbox - SCAM ALERT "URGENT RESPOND NEEDED" Phishing / identity theft attempt to be forwarded to NFA

If you are a British resident and receive this is should be forwarded to

National Fraud Authority | Home Office

www.homeoffice.gov.uk/agencies-public-bodies/nfa/
12 Sep 2011 – The National Fraud Authority (NFA) works with the counter-fraud community to make fraud more difficult to commit in and against the UK.
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De: Ahmed Yousfi [mailto:ahmedyousfi0@gmail.com]
Enviado el: Tuesday, September 20, 2011 2:16 PM
Para: undisclosed recipients:
Asunto: URGENT RESPOND NEEDED


Dear Friend,
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL :

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I am Auditing and Accounting section of Bank of Africa (B.O.A).

I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of ($22.5mUSD) Immediately to your account.

The fund has been dormant (in-active) for 11 years in our Bank here without any body coming for it. I want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer Mr. Andreas Schranner (the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash since on 31st July 2000. I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer. For more information about the crash you can visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will give you more details regarding this transaction and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this business. And also after the funds has been transfered into your bank account you will take 10% out as a compensation for the expenses you will make in this transaction and 50% is for me. I need to hear from you urgent so that I will give you more information regarding this transaction.
Do not complete - this is a Phishing / Identity theft attempt
Name....................................
Your Country............................
Occupation..............................
Age.....................................
Your Marital Status.....................
Your Personal Fax N°....................
Your Personal Mobile N°.................
Your Sex...male.........................

Waiting for your urgent response so that we will starts immediately.

Thanks
Yours faithfully.
Ahmed Yousfi.
Bill & Exchange Manager (Bank Of Africa).
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BBC News - Report e-mail scams, National Fraud Authority urges

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12586742
26 Feb 2011 – An operation is being launched to track down the fraudsters behind the multi-million pound industry in scam mail.

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