Email Fraud Alert received from: Sharon
I recently received an email with this subject line: On behalf of Late Mr. Kamoko Bolanz and I am concerned that it could be an attempt at defrauding me. Let me know in the comments section what you think, please.
The full contents of the suspected fraudulent (phishing / scamming) e-mail appear below:
I am Mr. Cosiston Rurbi, an Accountant with Lloyds Bank, I am the personal Account Manager to Late Mr. Kamoko Bolanz.
On the 21st of April 2008, Mr. Kamoko Bolanz (Herein after shall be referred to as my client), his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident in London. Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several inquiries to locate any of my client’s extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of His family but of no avail, hence I contacted you to stand as his next of kin.
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money in addition, property left behind by my client before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, Lloyds Bank, where the deceased had an account valued at about Six hundred thousand Great British Pounds. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased based on the fact that you are a foreigner so that the proceeds of this account valued at about six hundred thousand Great British Pounds can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. An attorney will be contracted to help re-validate and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
To enable us discuss further, I would like you to send me the following information so I can open up a next of kin file on your behalf here in the bank.
1. Name in full:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age/Sex:
5. Occupation:
6. Direct Phone number:
Best regards,
Mr. Cosiston Rurbi
+44-703-196-3049
The above email was sent by “talk@out.co.za” from this email address: talk@out.co.za
I, Sharon, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “talk@out.co.za”:
Are these guys actually succesful with these emails?