Whoo Hoo Scammers!
So I am listening to music when I get a text from "normanken ken" in yahoo IM. Ok so it would not be the first time this is happened and it usually ends with me telling them I am a guy and to back off and some poor fool saying hes sorry but my chat name isnt gender specific...random tangent sorry. Anyways he talks like normal for awhile and claims hes from England. Also not too strange because the same thing happened to me with multiple people from the Phillipines and one from Africa. So he tells me after about an hour of us both talking about our jobs that he he wants to transfer money into my account...... ok red light went up. I enquire further and he sends me this e mail.
Good Day,
Hope you are doing great and sound? I am Dr. Norman Kenneth de Andrade Barrister at law and attorney to late Goethem gongs, a Greek Merchant otherwise known as my client who was based in the United Kingdom and died of complications from injuries sustained after a ghastly motor accident. As the attorney to Sir Goethem gongs I was his confidant as he shared with me virtually everything about himself,his business and family. I was his attorney for 15 years and during that period I wrote his WILL and was also named as the executor, which has since been fulfilled. I am also aware due to my closeness to him that the amount of 22 Million Euros he deposited with a bank in Europe was not willed out. He told me about this on his sick bed and even instructed that I should prepare a codicil to that effect, however before I could finish my work he had died.
After his death, funeral and subsequent execution of his will I went into action to ascertain the information passed unto me by my client. My investigation conformed to the information; at that point I knew I had to do something to move the funds out of the bank and knowing that I cannot do this alone I have decided to contact you and seek your assistance and acceptance to be the next of kin to the estate. It is necessary for us to move the money out of the bank now because if we do not do this within the next two years the bank would regard the money as sundry funds, which becomes as good as their own money. I cannot move the money in my name because he was my client, for it could arouse suspicion thus the importance of your assistance. Have my assurance that there is nothing to fear about, as I also need your assurance that you would
work with me without fear or favour to achieve our desired objective.
The legal back up is no problem for I would be responsible. Since the codicil was not ready before his death, Letters of Administration without Will, would be secured from the probate office, with this document granting probate rights in your favour I would personally apply on your behalf to the bank for the release of the funds to you. What I require from you to enable us achieve the above are
your:
Full and Official Names
Address
Date of Birth
Telephone and Fax numbers
Upon receipt of a confirmation of acceptance from you, a
sharing ratio would be worked out between us on the most
liberal and magnanimous terms.Take care and have a nice day.
As soon as I aknowledge your response,I will send you details regards this deal.
I await your urgent response,
Sincerely,
Dr Norman Kenneth.
OK so either I am the luckiest guy in the world or I was being scammed. But if anyone of you know my recent track record with both the women I attract and jobs you would know which case it is. So I wake up Eric and I will admit I was quite confused at this time (Jim have money? Me no understand!). Eric says to report it to the FBI web site. So I do a quick search on this guys supposed name and sure enough, a scammer.... So I lead this guy on all the while writing my report to the FBI and waiting for them to call. They do call and tell me just to ignore the guy and send my info to a different site. So while I had a little more fun with the guy, building his hopes of a successfull scam I submitted more info on the web site they gave me. I was tempted to send him a link to where his particular scam is documented, name and all, but Matt says that is a bit dangerous.... Jesus killing the fun.
For those of you who think it was stupid of me to play with the scammer while I was writing to the FBI and talking to them on the phone.... well you just dont know me very well do you?
Good Day,
Hope you are doing great and sound? I am Dr. Norman Kenneth de Andrade Barrister at law and attorney to late Goethem gongs, a Greek Merchant otherwise known as my client who was based in the United Kingdom and died of complications from injuries sustained after a ghastly motor accident. As the attorney to Sir Goethem gongs I was his confidant as he shared with me virtually everything about himself,his business and family. I was his attorney for 15 years and during that period I wrote his WILL and was also named as the executor, which has since been fulfilled. I am also aware due to my closeness to him that the amount of 22 Million Euros he deposited with a bank in Europe was not willed out. He told me about this on his sick bed and even instructed that I should prepare a codicil to that effect, however before I could finish my work he had died.
After his death, funeral and subsequent execution of his will I went into action to ascertain the information passed unto me by my client. My investigation conformed to the information; at that point I knew I had to do something to move the funds out of the bank and knowing that I cannot do this alone I have decided to contact you and seek your assistance and acceptance to be the next of kin to the estate. It is necessary for us to move the money out of the bank now because if we do not do this within the next two years the bank would regard the money as sundry funds, which becomes as good as their own money. I cannot move the money in my name because he was my client, for it could arouse suspicion thus the importance of your assistance. Have my assurance that there is nothing to fear about, as I also need your assurance that you would
work with me without fear or favour to achieve our desired objective.
The legal back up is no problem for I would be responsible. Since the codicil was not ready before his death, Letters of Administration without Will, would be secured from the probate office, with this document granting probate rights in your favour I would personally apply on your behalf to the bank for the release of the funds to you. What I require from you to enable us achieve the above are
your:
Full and Official Names
Address
Date of Birth
Telephone and Fax numbers
Upon receipt of a confirmation of acceptance from you, a
sharing ratio would be worked out between us on the most
liberal and magnanimous terms.Take care and have a nice day.
As soon as I aknowledge your response,I will send you details regards this deal.
I await your urgent response,
Sincerely,
Dr Norman Kenneth.
OK so either I am the luckiest guy in the world or I was being scammed. But if anyone of you know my recent track record with both the women I attract and jobs you would know which case it is. So I wake up Eric and I will admit I was quite confused at this time (Jim have money? Me no understand!). Eric says to report it to the FBI web site. So I do a quick search on this guys supposed name and sure enough, a scammer.... So I lead this guy on all the while writing my report to the FBI and waiting for them to call. They do call and tell me just to ignore the guy and send my info to a different site. So while I had a little more fun with the guy, building his hopes of a successfull scam I submitted more info on the web site they gave me. I was tempted to send him a link to where his particular scam is documented, name and all, but Matt says that is a bit dangerous.... Jesus killing the fun.
For those of you who think it was stupid of me to play with the scammer while I was writing to the FBI and talking to them on the phone.... well you just dont know me very well do you?