Email Fraud Alert received from: Adam
I recently received an email with this subject line: TEST 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:
Thanks for your prompt response to my email,my reason for contacted you was to intimate you on a transaction which has to do with a Late client investment here in the Malaysia, i contacted you due to the uniqueness of your Surname to the success of this transaction. My late client died of a heart attack in 2009 due to the shock of the loss of his entire family in a car accident the previous year. He had a bank deposit here in Malaysia with $11,600,000.00, now the bank is about to confiscate this money due to the time it has been left dormant, this money will go back to the Malaysian government, you know what this means, the money will not be used for the benefit of the less privileged people in the society instead corrupt government officials will share this money among themselves and use it for a selfish agenda.
I contacted you because your name will make this plan a huge success without hitches, there are information i will require from you which will enable me update the Legal document and state your name as the next of kin and beneficiary to his WILL, afterwards you will be provided with details of the law firm where i work for you to make direct contact and request them to help you with the remittance of your inheritance, the law firm will go back to the file to confirm the information presented, they will find it valid because i have already updated it and your name stated as the beneficiary.
As soon as the funds is released and sent to your account, i will arrange to be present for sharing between us, am willing to give you 40% of the total funds, 55% for me while the other 5% will be set aside for any expenses incurred during the process.
Please endeavor to keep this communication strictly confidential due to the nature of this transaction, i was opportune to get this information because i was in charge of his file, my colleagues at the law firm where i work are not aware of this transaction, if they discover my reputation will be tarnished and we will loose this great opportunity.
Find information needed for me to update the legal document and state your name as the next of kin and beneficiary below:
1. Fax Number if any
2. Your Contact and Postal address to facilitate communication
3. Your Full Name and Age
4. Occupation.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:59 AM, rosemarie ramos wrote:
ok. i got your mail, i will get back to you shortly.
On Wed, Jan 13, 2016 at 1:56 AM, Adam Weber wrote:
I got the email
Sent from my iPhone
> On Jan 12, 2016, at 4:55 PM, rosemarie ramos wrote:
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> Respond back to this email to confirm you received it
The above email was sent by “Rosemarie Soriano Ramos” from this email address: rosemarieramos111@gmail.com
I, Adam, have the following thoughts/comments on this suspected fraudulent email message from “Rosemarie Soriano Ramos”:
She’s saying I inherited a lot of money and she’s requesting my personal information .