We have seen for many years the typical fraud cases where you are told you have won a lottery price, or someone from Nigeria has chosen you to give you millions of dollars… which also means that users can be able to recognize those kind of messages and to avoid fall in that trick.
And that’s why fraudsters try to innovate and create more realistic scenarios. This week there is a message spammed to a number of users worldwide talking about a donation:
You have been donated 1,500,000 GBP send name address mobile no for more info, Please read the article – http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-26632914
That URL is not the typical malicious link, it takes you to the real BBC website:
To make it more realistic, the subject of the email reads “From Neil Trotter” and if you click on reply, it will send the message with whatever you write to “neil_trotter01@rogers.com”.
Of course users should never send any information to people they do not know of, even if they promise to give you 1.5 million Pounds.
Don’t fall for the trap!
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ned@eq.ccu.edu.tw
My wife and I have awarded you with a donation of $ 1.5 million Dollars from
part of our Jackpot Lottery of 161,653,000 Million Pounds, send your name,
address, phone for claims.
View http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-18801698
We await your earliest response and God Bless you.
Best of luck.
Colin & Chris Weir
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Yep I got one of those and replied to it from a different email address pointing out that 1: the email was from a Taiwan email address, 2: to send me money of that amount should not be sent by post, it should be a direct transfer using something like BACS and 3: suggested that I didn’t give my details, but instead had theirs so as to inform them when the money had arrived in my account. Strange being so lucky that I never did get a reply.
“You are one of the five beneficiaries to Neil Trotter donation. Reply Barrister Liam Bradley for Info”
Is what I received in a email. Of course I contacted directly the website of law firm. We will see if I did the right thing or not.
I received the same email today…aren’t we lucky to have been one of five chosen out of billions of people….LOL!
You have been choosen to receive a Donation of 1.5 Million GBP, from Neil Trotter, reply via his private email neiltrotter11@gmail.com for details. I received this a few minutes ago… The first thing I’ve done was google it and this page appears first. Thanks for the information.
Yes is scam neiltrotter11@gmail.com never send emails to the Person is nt neil trotter I got a text on my phone few weeks ago saying neil trotter is giving me 1.5million I knew was no it real but I just was to find out how far there people go . They say to me the money is in pireus bank in ukraine and I need email accounts@piraeusgroup.ivntl.com that’s fake email from bank this people are sick they told me to give my bank details to put the money in ahhah and I did. But Iam so broke no money at all no penny Iam changing my bank details be carefull with this people I feel sad but nada can go god bless u
This is what I got
Today at 5:10 AM
TURCAN CONNELL
LEGAL * WEALTH MANAGEMENT * TAX
Turcan Connell Charity Office
12 Stan-hope Gate, London W1K 1AW, United Kingdom
Dear Beneficiary,
You are welcome to the Law Chambers TURCAN CONNELL under the division of Turcan Connell Charity Office. I am Liam Bradley, Attorney @Law in charge of my client – Neil Trotter Donation funds. My client – Neil Trotter have decided to share his fortune with five individuals of which you are one of them having emerged a winner in the ongoing Euro million Jackpot 2014 and as his legal representative, I have been given the leverage to do so and ensure that the donation get to you being the rightful beneficiary. It will be of interest to note that you are entitled to £2,000,000.00 Great British Pound and this is a charity donation to you by my client – Neil Trotter to improve life and well-being of people all over the World.
Secondly, it is also imperative to note herein that your email address was among the list submitted to my client – Mr. Neil Trotter by the Google Management Team, UK Lottery Board, U.S Defense Contract Management Agency, World Census Bureau & the Charity Assembly and after a random system you were been considered as one of the beneficiaries. This is an act of charity, that my client do trust that the grant/ donation will be put into good use in setting up the much required developmental projects that will go a long way in alleviating the rate of poverty in our region. We are certain of the fact that the funds will not only benefit you and your family but also the less privileges around you.
As the legal counsel in charge and for utmost clarity, please peruse the link for due confirmation in lieu to the subject matter.
Telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/10704905/EuroMillions-jackpot-winner-announced-as-Neil-Trotter.html
To this end, you are advised to Contact the Pay-out Bank Clayford Bank Group for the disbursement of your donated sum of £2,000,000.00GBP using the below information;
Relating Officer: Mr. Jeffery Brown
Website:
Email: transferdept@clayfordb.com
( Chief Accounting/Security Officer )
You are therefore advise to get in contact with the Pay-out bank ( Clayford Bank Group ) so they can finalize with you as soon as possible. Once again, all that is being required of you is to follow the Bank’s instructions diligently so as to ensure a smooth transfer of your donated funds of £2,000,000.00GBP which is equivalent to $3,361,000.00USD.
As the executing attorney in charge of the disbursement of my client donation funds – Mr. Neil Trotter, please feel free to relate with me at any given time as I am readily available.
Finally, do provide me your mobile number and let me know the convenient time of when to call. Alternatively, you can as well call me at your own convenient as I am always available.
I do hope I have communicated and once again, Congratulations & Happy Celebrations in advance
I too was scam bait,but I wrote back just that I don’t have a bank account.see what they do with that.lol.drop me like a hot potato is my guess.
I received an email from Nicole Robles saying i was 1 of 5 beneficiaries to the Neil Trotter donation…for more information email to barr.liamchambers@gmail.com thought it was to good to be true so i check the internet first before emailing them ….good thing i did !!!
I was also sent this email a few days ago and today I get an email stating that this is real and i don’t have to send any money to pay anyone out of my own pocket. I don’t know what to think but I hope they don’t use my information I gave them to damage my life. God Please Watch Over ME.
I also got the same thing but I got a letter from a law firm and I have goggled this law firm and it’s in the uk! I haven’t sent my info so if you know of anything? And I’ve done research on this man! I’ve also asked for this law firm to call me back! Because I am not about to give out my info and someone steal my identity!
Hi Regina. You should never send any information to people you do not know. Be careful!
I recieved one today and yesterday today is of a donation and im am to contact Barrister Peter Littlefield attorny at law handling the matter and im to send them my info…yesterday it was Dave and Angela Dawes and there donations..im just not this lucky freinds ive been poor all my life..and to pull this kind of stunt on me is just not good..Bad enough my struggles are ever so presant but to recieve a deception just aint rite..ppl be ware these crooks are amoung us…
Here is the email I received FYI
INFO
Amanda Timler (amanda.timler@nd.edu.au) Add to contacts 8/29/14
amanda.timler@nd.edu.au
From: Amanda Timler (amanda.timler@nd.edu.au)
Sent: Fri 8/29/14 10:30 AM
To:
Microsoft SmartScreen marked this message as junk and we’ll delete it after ten days.
Wait, it’s safe!|I’m not sure. Let me check
You are one of the beneficiary of the Neil Trotter Donation Program , For More info please contact Barrister Liam Bradley on barr.liamchambers@gmail.com
IMPORTANT: This e-mail and any attachments may be confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you should not disclose, copy, disseminate or otherwise use the information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail and delete or destroy the document. Confidential and legal privilege are not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery to you. The University of Notre Dame Australia is not responsible for any changes made to a document other than those made by the University. Before opening or using attachments please check them for viruses and defects. Our liability is limited to re-supplying any affected attachments.
fraude enviado a mi correo
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Buen día!
Usted puede ser sorprendido, porque no hemos visto antes y tengo miedo
de muchas cosas están ocurriendo ahora y en el internet, pero esta es la
única manera que puedo agradecer a Dios por lo que hizo por mí y mi
familia, y también para ayudar a otros. Mi nombre es Neil Trotter el
ganador de 108,000,000.00 GBP en Euromillion Jackpot Dibuja 2014 he
decidido darle un millón de libras (£ 1,000,000.00 GBP) cada una a 10
personas en todo el mundo y por suerte su correo electrónico fue dado a
mí por la administración Google como uno de nuestros afortunados
beneficiarios después de la votación.
Felicitaciones a usted y su familia.
Por favor, visite: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-26627075,
para más información y responder con tu,
nombre completo
Dirección Residencial y
Número de teléfono celular a;
Sr. Raymond Pascal Morgan
E-mail: raymondpascalmorgan@gmail.com
Saludos cordiales,
Sr. Neil Trotter.
Dios le bendice.
gracias por publicar, estos mensajes a mi me llego este correo,, pero no mande ninguna informacion,
I got this in my linkedin inbox. I initially thought that this is a scam, but now even in linkedin? When I checked on the link, it looks so real. However, come to think of it — who would just give away their money? It could have been so great though if this was real 😀 .. Thanks to this site and thanks to all of you who shared your experiences.
this is the message i got.
I am Neil Trotter and my fiancée Nicky Ottaway, UK Euro Million Winner and this message is to inform you that your LinkedIn Account has been awarded an offer in my 2015 Charity Donation which is to improve the lives of 5 different individuals all over the world.
Please view our winning WebPages below;
http://www.itv.com/news/2014-03-18/108m-lottery-winner-ive-always-thought-id-win-big/
You are hereby advice to get back to me via email.(neiltrotter0008@carib.com)
Warm Regards,
Neil Trotter & Nicky Ottaway.
Another example; using Linkedin (received from email address; member@linkedin.com)
Jodie Cena
Senior Executive at British Council
It took a lot of time to finally connect with you. I empower the search of LinkedIn to personally find you as you will get to understand soon, am looking forward to share a confidential proposal with you. I will be grateful if you get back to me immediately on this email newproject2015@outlook.com Looking to your utmost response.
Best Regards,
Jodie Cena
After replying from a dummy email account that I setup, I received the following message from newproject2015@outlook.com:
Thanks for accepting my connection in Linkedin and i will formally introduce myself to you, Am an executive of Lloyds bank plc.. I am contacting you concerning an abandoned sum of £12,500,000.00 GBP. In June 2003, A customer called (Dennis xxxx) a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch Plc came to our bank for business discussions and investment, As the officer in charge of his transaction then, I encouraged him to consider various growth of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested Nine Million Five Hundred Great British Pounds only. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 12.5 million GBP. After few months; my bank (Lloyds) sent several notice to him without response and unfortunately, my client died in a car crash along with his nuclear family at France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2007, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will and several efforts were made to find his extended family through your embassy without success. Because of the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don’t nominate next of kin in their investment, also usually in most cases leave their WILLS in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in-testate.
It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of claim to Lloyds Bank Ltd, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of Lloyds Bank Ltd. This will result the money entering the Lloyds accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {10} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the United Kingdom Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer (Dennis Baeza). I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 40/60. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my home work already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal channels with your assistance at your end. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from United Kingdom to your country. Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail and forget I ever contacted you, I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive; do not destroy my career. Opportunities like this only comes once in a lifetime. I am a family person and this is an opportunity for me to give my family the best in life. I would want you to think about this and let me know your decision. If you give me a positive response, I will give you the relevant INFORMATION for the successful transfer of these funds and we both enjoy it in peace.
If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion.
As Marta posted a few lines above: You should never send any information to people you do not know. Be careful!
yes. I received the exactly email. When I realized its a fraudster email , I tried to find the persona to delete it, but the message disappeared from my inbox and the name also disappeared from my connection list. But when I search the British Council, it showed “two connections from British Council” , but no that person showed at all. I didn’t reply newproject2015@outlook. Think it shall be all right? Began to worry that cunning tricks…
I received a similar email with promises of a 4.5milloin dollar donation to me. Yea right!! I looked up the info and obviously it didn’t ckeck out. I sent no info. This was the email:
ATTORNEY HOWELL JONES CHAMBERS
57 Market Street, Abergele, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL22 7AF. EC3A 7AG,
United Kingdom
Attention,
I am Attorney Howell Jones, legal representative and personal attorney to Mrs. Antonia Johnson. I write you in regards to the funds Mrs. Antonia Johnson has wished to WILL/Donate to you for humanitarian project/investment and for your personal scheme. Your world of trust, commitment and assurance will be needed regarding this matter. I am using this medium to inform you that this funds is legitimate. I want you to know that you have the right to decline the funds as much as you have the same right to accept it as well. In respect of Mrs. Antonia Johnson donation, it might interest you to know that Mrs. Antonia Johnson is a very honest and nice person you could ever think of, helping the less privileged has been her dream. It’s saddens my heart now to see her suffering from (Dementia), I still have the faith that nothing is too difficult for God to do in her case. As a matter of fact, she has told me that I should not hesitate to deal with you as the beneficiary in respect of the deposited sum of $4.5m usd (Four Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) to carry out her good will.
Mrs. Antonia Johnson, fourth generation to run family conglomerate, is preparing her daughter, Carina Berg. And she is a Swedish citizen, 71 years old, and worth $5.4 Billion Dollars.
You can confirm her identity on http://www.forbes.com/profile/antonia-johnson/?list=billionaires
You might be wondering why you were chosen. I want you to know that Mrs. Antonia Johnson has been wishing and praying for God to direct her to a honest person who will act according to her good intention. She has already briefed me that she has made her decision making three of you the beneficiary to her funds of $4.5m usd to each of you as you are not the only one she contacted, that I should proceed and guide you through the necessary process to get the funds to you. She want reasonable part of the funds to be put into charity (support the less privileged) and also invest or expand your business you might already be into as this will be a benefit to you and others around your vicinity, 30% of the funds is for your own personal use as the beneficiary.
Kindly assure me that you will act according to the donor’s good intention and I shall give you the necessary procedure for funds release to you the beneficiary. Please you have to be highly confidential in this transaction till we finalize this project because I would not want anything to jeopardize the funds release to you. On this you are expected to send your
Full Name,
Age,
Occupation,
Address,
Country,
Tel/Mobile Number.
MY TERMS
Instruction you will need to follow for security and safety purpose;
* The total sum of $4.5m usd will be transferred/released to you confirmable in 3 working days.
* All correspondence will be strictly by private email/telephone for security purpose.
* There should be no third party involve in this transaction to avoid impersonation. You are to then send the requested information as mentioned above for further proceedings.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Best Regards,
Attorney Howell Jones
Email: contactus@attorneyjonesfirm.com
http://www.howelljoneslaw.co.uk/
Tel No: +44-203-389-8770
8770
The same happened to me:
Howell Jones & Co
36 Station Road, Llanrwst, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL26 0DA,
United Kingdom
Greetings to you,
I am Barrister Howell Jones, legal representative and personal attorney to Mrs. Antonia Johnson. In receipt of your email regarding my client Will/Donation, making you her sole beneficiary for humanitarian project/investment and for your personal scheme. Your world of trust, commitment and assurance will be appreciated regarding this matter. In respect of Mrs. Antonia Johnson Will, it might interest you to know that Mrs. Antonia Johnson is a very honest and nice person you could ever think of, helping the less privileged has been her dream. It’s saddens my heart now to hear about her health status, I still have the faith that nothing is too difficult for God to do in her case. As a matter of fact, she has already inform me that I should not hesitate to deal with you as the beneficiary in respect of the sum of $4,500,000.00 USD (Four Million, Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) she deposited in a finance firm.
I know you might be wondering why you were chosen. I want you to know that Mrs. Antonia Johnson has been wishing and praying for God to direct her to a kind person who will act according to her good will. She has already notified me that she has made her decision and authorised me as her legal representative to guide you through all the necessary process to make you the beneficiary to said funds as she want part of the funds to be put into charity (support the less privileged) and also invest/expand your business you might already be into as this will be a benefit to you and others around your community, while you are entitled to 30% of the funds (personal use) as the sole beneficiary.
Kindly assure me that you will act according to the donor’s good intention and I shall give you the necessary procedure for funds release to you the beneficiary. Please you have to be highly confidential in this transaction till we finalize this project because I do not want anything to jeopardize the funds release to you as I want my client wish to be fulfilled.
Your Donor’s Directives Below;
1. 70% of the total funds to go into humanitarian project, to help the less privileged/needy in your community.
2. The remaining 30% is entitled to you as gratitude as the Sole Beneficiary.
Kindly let me know your intention towards this matter and if you ready to act to your donor’s good will. In order for me to commence with the legal process/documentation in your name as the sole beneficiary, I will need you to send me your details such as; Full name, residential address/country, date of birth, occupation, mobile/telephone number. Upon your response, I shall be commence with the legal process and also notify the finance firm about you as Mrs. Antonia Johnson beneficiary.
I hope to hear from you promptly.
Regards,
Barrister Howell Jones
Howell Jones & Co
Tel: (+44) 703-196-8785
I received something similar. The email came from hjones@qq.com
Howell Jones & Co
36 Station Road, Llanrwst, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL26 0DA,
United Kingdom
Attention,
I am Barrister Howell Jones, legal representative and personal attorney to Mrs. Kirsten Rausing. In receipt of your email regarding my client Will, making you the sole beneficiary to her deposit for humanitarian project/investment and for your personal use. Your world of trust, commitment and assurance will be appreciated regarding this matter. In respect of Mrs. Kirsten Rausing Will, it might interest you to know that Mrs. Rausing is a very honest and nice person you could ever think of, helping the less privileged has been her dream. It saddens my heart now about her health status, I still have the faith that nothing is too difficult for God to do in her case. As a matter of fact, she has already informed me that I should not hesitate to deal with you as the beneficiary in respect of the sum of $3,500,000.00 USD (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) she deposited in a finance firm.
I know you might be wondering why you were chosen. I want you to know that Mrs. Kirsten Rausing has been wishing and praying for God to direct her to a kind person who will act to her good WILL and she have the faith that you will fulfill her wish. She has already notified me that she has made her decision and authorized me as her legal representative to guide you through all the necessary process to make you the beneficiary. Mrs. Rausing want 70% of the total funds to be put into humanitarian/charity project to support the less privileged and needy in your community, and also include a good investment of your choice and profession which you can be able to manage and keep up with; while you are entitled to 30% of the funds (personal use) as the sole beneficiary.
I want you kindly assure me that you will act according to the donor’s good intention and I shall give you the necessary procedure for the release of the fund to you. Please, you have to be highly confidential in this transaction till we finalize this project because I do not want anything to jeopardize my client Will.
Kindly let me know your intention towards this matter if you ready to act to your donor’s good will. In order for me to commence with the legal process/documentation in your name as the beneficiary, I will need you to send me your details such as; Full name, residential address/country, date of birth, occupation, mobile/telephone number. Upon your response, I shall commence with the legal process, and also notify the finance firm about you as the valid beneficiary.
I hope to hear from you promptly.
Regards
Mr. Howell Jones
Howell Jones & Co
36 Station Road, Llanrwst, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL26 0DA, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 703-196-8785
I almost thought it was real until I started researching. Thanks for the heads up! :-*
An interesting article i read now inspired me to do this… I just decided with the support of my family to voluntarily donate part of my won lottery funds to you as a charitable project to improve the lives of five different individuals all over the world through this Social Network. If you have received this message, then you are among the lucky recipients and all you have to do is get back to us via (johnliappasfoundation@gmail.com ) with your full name/country and email address. Congratulation & Happy Celebration in Advance. John Liappas.
I got this in my linkedin inbox today! :/
Just be careful with this kind of spam. I checked the name “John Liappas” and they have several linkedin accounts, and in all of them they work in a foundation.
Bests,
Following is something fraud sent to my e-mail:
Thanks so much for writing me,I know this will come to you as a surprise but let me formally introduce myself; I am Ruth Markland,Independent Non Executive Director at STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Ltd,UK. I am contacting you concerning an abandoned sum of $22,500,000.00 USD by one of our prominent clients who happens to have the same SURNAME with you. In June 2006, A customer called Fernando Sun Changjun,a foreign contractor with Royal Dutch Plc. came to our bank for business discussions and investment. As the officer in charge of his transaction then, I encouraged him to consider various growths of funds with prime ratings. He finally invested Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only ($ 19.5m). Based on my professional advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 22.5 million U.S Dollars. After few months, my bank (Standard Chartered) sent several notice to him without response and we later found out he unfortunately died in an auto accident on the Madrid Highway with his nuclear family while on sabbatical in the summer of 2009, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will and several efforts were made to find his extended family through his embassy to no avail. Due to the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don’t nominate next of kin in their investments, also usually in most cases leave their WILL in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in-testate.
It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of claim to STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Ltd, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of STANDARD CHARTERED BANK Ltd. This will result the money entering the Standard Chartered accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {10} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer since you guys coincidentally or i would say as Fate would have it bear the same surname.
I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 40/60. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my due diligence already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal channels with your assistance at your end. I GUARANTEE that this process would be executed under a legitimate arrangement that would legally protect you from any breech of Law. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from United Kingdom to your country and with you having the same last name it wouldn’t be too difficult to get done. Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail and forget I ever contacted you, I plead that you should not be vindictive and destructive, do not destroy my career. An opportunity like this only comes once in a lifetime, I am a family woman and this is an opportunity for me to give my family the best in life. I would want you to think about this and let me know your decision. If you give me a positive response, I will provide you with the relevant information for the successful transfer of these funds and we both enjoy it in peace.
I will await your response.
Regards,
Ruth
Thanks for the info pandasecurity.
I forgot to mention… the first email I received was from Carmen cox and her email address was ccox@labcorp.com
FULFILL MY WILL
I am Mrs. Kirsten Rausing, a business woman. I hope you are doing well. I know you might be surprised to receive this message, but you will later know the reason for my action. My purpose of writing you is in regards to my wish of making you a beneficiary as part of my Will as a donation for your community and a great benefit for you as well. I took this decision out of good faith. I already inform my attorney and I will want you to get in touch with him for further details and directives that you will need to follow. Kindly write him by replying this message.
Thank you.
-This e-mail and any attachments may contain CONFIDENTIAL information, including PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATION. If you are not the intended recipient, any use or disclosure of this information is STRICTLY PROHIBITED; you are requested to delete this e-mail and any attachments, notify the sender immediately, and notify the LabCorp Privacy Officer at privacyofficer@labcorp.com or call (877) 23-HIPAA / (877) 234-4722.
It seemed legit because it was coming from lab corp but I was still skeptical. So I replied, what exactly do I have to do? Them I received this email from hjones@qq.com that stated…..
Howell Jones & Co
36 Station Road, Llanrwst, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL26 0DA,
United Kingdom
Attention,
I am Barrister Howell Jones, legal representative and personal attorney to Mrs. Kirsten Rausing. In receipt of your email regarding my client Will, making you the sole beneficiary to her deposit for humanitarian project/investment and for your personal use. Your world of trust, commitment and assurance will be appreciated regarding this matter. In respect of Mrs. Kirsten Rausing Will, it might interest you to know that Mrs. Rausing is a very honest and nice person you could ever think of, helping the less privileged has been her dream. It saddens my heart now about her health status, I still have the faith that nothing is too difficult for God to do in her case. As a matter of fact, she has already informed me that I should not hesitate to deal with you as the beneficiary in respect of the sum of $3,500,000.00 USD (Three Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) she deposited in a finance firm.
I know you might be wondering why you were chosen. I want you to know that Mrs. Kirsten Rausing has been wishing and praying for God to direct her to a kind person who will act to her good WILL and she have the faith that you will fulfill her wish. She has already notified me that she has made her decision and authorized me as her legal representative to guide you through all the necessary process to make you the beneficiary. Mrs. Rausing want 70% of the total funds to be put into humanitarian/charity project to support the less privileged and needy in your community, and also include a good investment of your choice and profession which you can be able to manage and keep up with; while you are entitled to 30% of the funds (personal use) as the sole beneficiary.
I want you kindly assure me that you will act according to the donor’s good intention and I shall give you the necessary procedure for the release of the fund to you. Please, you have to be highly confidential in this transaction till we finalize this project because I do not want anything to jeopardize my client Will.
Kindly let me know your intention towards this matter if you ready to act to your donor’s good will. In order for me to commence with the legal process/documentation in your name as the beneficiary, I will need you to send me your details such as; Full name, residential address/country, date of birth, occupation, mobile/telephone number. Upon your response, I shall commence with the legal process, and also notify the finance firm about you as the valid beneficiary.
I hope to hear from you promptly.
Regards
Mr. Howell Jones
Howell Jones & Co
36 Station Road, Llanrwst, Sir Conwy,
North Wales, LL26 0DA, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 703-196-8785
I got this email from Howell Jones that sad u are to get $3.5mil.from a will u need name add.and Ph.number and Howell Jones Law frm they sent me back Standard Bank PLC 32Rue De Monceau 75008 Paris France with a phone number to resave me money after I got 4 emails.
this was sent to me today???
Jennifer Peterson
4:10 PM (38 minutes ago)
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Do not be bothered as to why you have been contacted your for this and its genuineness, as it has been authenticated from a pure motive. Your email was sourced from a web journal and the good-willed message was sent to you. Permit me to introduce myself; I am Antonia Johnson, fourth generation to run family conglomerate.
You can confirm my identity on http://www.forbes.com/profile/antonia-johnson/?list=billionaires
I write you in regards to the donation I intend to make you a beneficiary. I intend to cede it out for your benefit and others around your community. I have already notify my lawyer about my decision and Your response will be sent to my attorney automatically whom will then contact you for more details on how to receive my gift to you..
With Love,
Antonia Johnson
I got this Email Today , It says….
Dear Greetings
With deep humanitarian heart, my name is Mrs Bibiana Adams I am 69 years old. I am a dying woman who have decided to donate what I have to the Churches/Motherless babies/Less privileged and Widows. I was diagnosed for cancer for about one years ago. I have been touched by God to donate from what I have inherited from my late husband to you for good work of God. I have asked God to forgive me and believe he has because he is a merciful God
I will be going in for an operation in a few days time.I decided to WILL/donate the sum of £450,000 GBP thousand Pounds to you for the good work of God, and also to help the motherless, the less privileged and also for the assistance of the widows. At this moment i cannot take any telephone call right now due to the fact my relatives {That have squandered the funds I gave them for this purpose before} are around me and my health status also.
I have adjusted my WILL and my lawyer is aware. I wish you all the best and may the good God bless you abundantly, and please use the funds judiciously and always extend the good work to others. As soon you get back to me, I shall give you info on what I need from you then you will contact my barrister and tell him I have WILLED the funds to you by quoting my personal file info’s No EAC546781624AZX and I have also notified the the bank that I am WILLING the funds out for charity purpose, effective and prudent work. I know I don’t know you but I have been directed to do this by God.
Thanks and God bless……
Hi, don’t trust emails from sources you don’t know. Have a look also at this article:
https://www.pandasecurity.com/en/mediacenter/tips/how-to-prevent-phishing/