This is the text of an email I got this morning, Looks like Lady Luck has smiled upon me
a common scam actually, but I don't have much sympathy for people who fall for it, can't cheat an honest man...
Dear Sir,
I must beg for your pardon for approaching you in this manner, I just want to ask for your help in getting back the money left in our bank by a citizen of your country who is now dead. I shall reveal his name, our bank details and that of myself to you once you accept to do this with me. This is safe and getting the money will be easy as I will use my position as the operations manager of our bank branch to influence things in our favour. The customer worked here in Thailand as a property dealer and he deposited in our bank branch the sum of nine million, two hundred and forty thousand US dollars (US $ 9,240,000) as fixed deposit in 1996 for a period of two years and this deposit has not. been claimed as I write you. It is the routine of our bank to transfer all deposits that have been inactive for this length of time to the government's account. The depositor did not mention any beneficiary or a next of kin at the time of deposit and you can therefore fit in as the beneficiary regardless of your relationship with him. I have on my own undertaken an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact and I realized that he died since early 1997 as a result of heart related illness. I have gone to his last known address and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead but no one knew of his country of origin. I also inquired from the registrar of deaths, his death was registered and there is no known relative of him as well. I want you to apply as the beneficiary of the deceased in the capacity of his friend in order to claim the deposit from our bank since there is no known relative of him.
Due to the way our bank works, it is only someone outside of Thailand that can successfully make the claim. It does not matter if you knew him or not, it does not matter if you had any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way until the claim is made. It is not a matter of being greedy, we are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with the. money when claimed. This transaction is a risk free one and as the operations manager of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money. We will share the money into two equal parts (50:50) when the claim is made and I will come over to your country for my own share of the money. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within the shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the government's account if not claimed now.
If you are willing to do this with me, you are to confirm the follow information of yours to me:.
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. City:
4. Postal Code:
5. State / Province:
6. Phone Number:
Upon the receipt of the above information, I shall inform you on what next to do to make sure we get the money. I am waiting for your details in order to move to the next step towards getting the money. Thank you.
Best regards,
Miss. Regina Sarathee
a common scam actually, but I don't have much sympathy for people who fall for it, can't cheat an honest man...
Dear Sir,
I must beg for your pardon for approaching you in this manner, I just want to ask for your help in getting back the money left in our bank by a citizen of your country who is now dead. I shall reveal his name, our bank details and that of myself to you once you accept to do this with me. This is safe and getting the money will be easy as I will use my position as the operations manager of our bank branch to influence things in our favour. The customer worked here in Thailand as a property dealer and he deposited in our bank branch the sum of nine million, two hundred and forty thousand US dollars (US $ 9,240,000) as fixed deposit in 1996 for a period of two years and this deposit has not. been claimed as I write you. It is the routine of our bank to transfer all deposits that have been inactive for this length of time to the government's account. The depositor did not mention any beneficiary or a next of kin at the time of deposit and you can therefore fit in as the beneficiary regardless of your relationship with him. I have on my own undertaken an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact and I realized that he died since early 1997 as a result of heart related illness. I have gone to his last known address and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead but no one knew of his country of origin. I also inquired from the registrar of deaths, his death was registered and there is no known relative of him as well. I want you to apply as the beneficiary of the deceased in the capacity of his friend in order to claim the deposit from our bank since there is no known relative of him.
Due to the way our bank works, it is only someone outside of Thailand that can successfully make the claim. It does not matter if you knew him or not, it does not matter if you had any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way until the claim is made. It is not a matter of being greedy, we are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with the. money when claimed. This transaction is a risk free one and as the operations manager of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money. We will share the money into two equal parts (50:50) when the claim is made and I will come over to your country for my own share of the money. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within the shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the government's account if not claimed now.
If you are willing to do this with me, you are to confirm the follow information of yours to me:.
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. City:
4. Postal Code:
5. State / Province:
6. Phone Number:
Upon the receipt of the above information, I shall inform you on what next to do to make sure we get the money. I am waiting for your details in order to move to the next step towards getting the money. Thank you.
Best regards,
Miss. Regina Sarathee
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