Another scam on email

@pehpot (4762)
Philippines
September 17, 2008 12:38pm CST
I know this thing is a scam but I was just shocked that this one comes from our country, and they were using BAnco de oro, imagine how shocked I was when I read this thing. Nakakaloka( gone crazy) is the right word, dyusmiyo marimarim! This is just crazy, I am thinking of contacting BAnco de oro to ask if they know this person, or you think I should act on it so they can arrest the one doing this thing? here is the email for you all Pinoy mylotters to devour: [b]MRS KIRAM TANGLAO MERRIAM CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER HEAD OFFICE BANCO DE ORO UNIVERSAL BANK 12 ADB AVENUE, ORTIGAS CENTER, MANDALUYONG CITY PHILIPPINES. Good Day, Let me start by introducing myself, I am MRS KIRAM T. MERRIAM, CREDIT ACCOUNTS OFFICER BANCO DE ORO UNIVERSAL BANK. I am writing you this letter based on the latest development at my bank, which I will like to bring to your personal edification. I am writing you this letter with so much joy and excitement even though my heart goes out to the very powerful and distinguished gentleman who I was fortunate to have worked for and extremely privileged to have known for numerous years. I am a top official in charge of client accounts in BANCO DE ORO UNIVERSAL BANK inside the Philippines. In 2001, my client was going through a horrendous divorce in the United States of America and was on the verge of losing most of his estate to his vicious and diabolical wife. As a result of this alarming predicament, my client came to me with a very brilliant idea. He transferred some funds, ten million two hundred thousand dollars ($10.2m) to a fixed deposit account in my bank under an alias which only the two of us knew about as the confidentiality of the matter was necessary for his protection. Due to his untimely death in early 2002, the funds have been sitting in the account ever since and will continue to do so perpetually unless we do something about it. This is where you come in. I located you through an agency that helps seek people by their email. My client did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I would like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to our client so that you will be able to receive his funds. I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we can come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to my client. All that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you. There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. The allocation of our money will be as follows: 20%($2.02m) to you for your part in this, 75% for me and my partners and 5% for any unforeseeable expenses we may incur. As you can see this is easier than taking candy from a baby, but mind you, trust is something that is developed over time and that is something that we do not have. So I have to let you know that it will highly unfeasible to try to run away with the money because even though only you can transfer money in and out of your account, the transfer can only be authorized by my department of which i happen to be the head. The money will be transferred from my bank to an account you will provide. So please, there should be no room for greed because ten million two hundred thousand dollars can quench even the most insatiable desire for the almighty dollar. Your urgent response is highly anticipated so please email me through this email; (kiram555@indiatimes.com) on this transaction as soon as possible. This should be kept very secret and confidential. I believe you know. Kind Regards, Mrs. Kiram T. Merriam.[/b] and they really use correct information, like the real address of the bank, way smart scammers!
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16 responses
• United States
17 Sep 08
I get about ten of those a day in my e-mail. It's crazy that they actually think people will fall for that. What they do is get all your information and make fake ID's and stuff like that. They also sometimes send you a "portion" of the winnings and tell you to cash it and send them like half back for their fee for letting you know you have this money. My friend actually got the check, cashed it, and sent them some of the money back. A few days later the bank was calling stating the check bounced. It's crazy if you ask me but there are vulnerable people who fall for it everyday.
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
17 Sep 08
I do receive a lot but this is the first time that I got an email and it is from own country, I feel ashamed of it, maybe I call the bank and report it to them.
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• United States
17 Sep 08
Yeah. That's a good idea.
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• United States
19 Aug 10
Well ignore those emails, those are usually done by people outside of the Philippines because the person involved has no idea at all that there was a letter that was sent & using her name. To those people who are doing such things... Cut the crap & its all up to you guys if you will believe those things. Ignorance is not an excuse so be smart & dont accuse the person. she's just a victim. OK?
• United States
17 Sep 08
oh my gosh,,, dont believe anything if you recieved email like that they are all scam. sometimes they send you like ...you are very lucky you won the lottery worth 1 million. hello!,,, if you read their letter seems its really true but they just want you to give your identification and they will use that and your name to get some money in your acct. so... be careful dear friends dont let them fool you..
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@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
Yes they really are scams, I tried communicating with one of them and they were asking me to pay them 250 dollars for the processing fee, but this email I got I was really shocked because it said it came from one of the leading banks here, I might just call BDO today to report this.
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@glitch (188)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
I don't get these kinda spams or maybe because I'm using Gmail. But this is shocking, everyone should know not to pay processing fees from questionable sources.
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
18 Sep 08
lol =D It's surely a scam, and u can see it straight from the email, as well as the bank which she mentioned that she's 'supposingly' to be working in.. haha =D PLus, how can a foreign be the next of kin, and that's even more stupid, also, the 5% unforeseen expenses, which i expected that u will be the one to pay, and u won't get 'reimbursed' back from the 2.02m u gonna get too.. haha And so if she is really serious and u wanna try out, u can ask her for a 50-50 share, and if she agrees to it, it will surely be a scam, and most likely, u will only see money going out but not coming in.. haha
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
No if you will search for the bank it is a legitimate bank here in our country and the address is true and correct, what the sender did not know is that I also live in the Philippines and could easily check on them. I am thinking of calling the proper authorities about them
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@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
These idots will do everything to fool people. Ha!ha!ha! My e-mail box and that of our company is filled with that kind of scam-mails. All of different strategies... a widow who has inheritance... an investment not withdrawn.... a lottery won.... so what else is new. Only one thing would stop these scammers, when they can't fool anyone anymore. So it is good that you post things like these so that more people will be aware. There are still a lot of people who fall prey. I am just sorry for them.
@pehpot (4762)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
yes there are still those who believe in this,I hope more and more people would be aware. oh gross, I forgot to call my friend to verify the name where the email came from.
• Singapore
18 Sep 08
Yeah. So u got to be smarter and know they are scam mails. Don't be personal particulars, just rmb that.
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• Philippines
5 Jun 11
There are plenty of those on emails. The first time I ever received one I checked if there was a record about scam for it and yes it was just as I suspected a scam. Next time I received a letter coming from a bank representative in the Cayman Islands. They give far fetched reasons like they cannot take the money out of the place instead so they are looking for a dummy who will take a certain percentage of the money as their fee for participating. What?? In the first place why not ask somebody from their end to do that. What about those who work for them and trust a total stranger from another part of the world. They have gone on inventing sob stories so as to get the sympathy of their would-be victims. Sad to say there are still people who are too gullible to believe them.
@mimpi1911 (25464)
• India
19 Sep 08
Hi pehpot, this is a scam outright, do not believe them. Just ignore and trash and forget. lol.. I get so many of these and now I dont even read through. Surprising only recently I received one from yahoo!! Yes yahoo! I have no idea as how this is working. We have to use our brains here online and we will be fine.
• India
18 Sep 08
Yeah you are right.My friend also got a email like this and after some days he got a cheque. and he asked many people about what to do. Finaly he ignore all these things
@yuna15 (2706)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
Interesting I didn't know that somebody from the Philippines could be doing something like that. You know what I don't think that person is a Filipino. I think it's somebody pretending to be a Filipino because the African countries who has been starting these scams are already notorious so they are trying to point their fingers in another way. It's so easy to get information online. These people can stomach feeding their children with such crap. They are so pitiful.
@DonnaLawson (4032)
• United States
19 Sep 08
I have received so many of these emails, I just delete them without even reading them.. Do people think we are stupid?? This is ridiculous that these types of emails are still out there and people are still trying to fool the public, we have so much more sense than they give us credit for.. If I were you, I would just delete it and anymore like it..
@mymelodake (1338)
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
wow, i have a lot of friends working in this bank. i'm definitely telling them about this one. i've received so many variants of this type of email scam, that i don't even read it anymore... i automatically just delete it. when i received my very first scam email like this, i felt really intrigued, like what if it's true? but of course, i had enough sense not to answer it. nowadays, i just find these emails laughable.
• India
19 Sep 08
I usually received those kind of emails. but I just ignore them.
• Philippines
19 Sep 08
The BDO here in the Philippines? I am sure this is a scam but it came from our own country. I am shocked as you are on this one sis. I have been receiving this kind of mails too but I just ignore them, but maybe since your friend is working on BDO, you can verify it and tell it to her, if there is really an employee with that name, well this is something LOL
• Pakistan
18 Sep 08
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@savypat (20216)
• United States
18 Sep 08
That is a wonderful scam, can you imagine what these people could do if they would put their efforts into something productive for the human race?
• Philippines
18 Sep 08
I usually received those kind of emails. but I just ignore them. I dont even finish reading them. its a waste of time.