Ablestoke Consulting Scam Avoidance Guide
Scams are schemes which are designed to con unwary people out of their money. Scams come in a variety of types and can be quite sophisticated; therefore even experienced people can be caught out. You may well have already come across scams in your life such as letters from abroad asking you to share in a fortune if your bank account can be used to release funds that are locked away overseas, premium rate competition scams, bogus sweepstakes and lotteries, and fake health cures. These are some of the favourite scams used by unscrupulous fraudsters. As the number of scams seems to be increasing, Ablestoke’s Scam Avoidance Guide is designed to make you aware and save your money.
Below is an actual scam email received recently by a client – please beware
HELLO ,
MY NAME IS BARRISTER X. I AM A LEGAL PRACTITIONER WITH X LAW FIRM
I SAW YOUR CONTACT AND PROFILE AND I DECIDED THAT YOU COULD COOPERATE WITH ME
IN THIS PROPOSITION. I HAVE A CLIENT WHO WAS DECEASED ON X DATE, IN X HOSPITAL.
I AM CONTACTING YOU BECAUSE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME AS MY DECEASED CLIENT
AND I FELT THAT YOU COULD HELP ME IN THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUND THAT WERE LEFT IN MY
DECEASED CLIENT'S BANK ACCOUNT. THIS FUND IS CLOSED TO BE DECLARED
UN-SERVICEABLE BY THE BANK AS THERE WERE NO INDICATED NEXT OF KIN OR
NEXT OF BENEFICIARY OF THE FUND IN THE BANK ACCOUNT.
THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF CASH IN THE BANK ACCOUNT OF MY DECEASED CLIENT IS
US$ X MILLION. THE BANK HAD ISSUED TO ME A NOTIFICATION TO CONTACT THE NEXT OF KIN
OF MYDECEASED CLIENT FOR EITHER TO RE ACTIVATE THE ACCOUNT OR TO MAKE CLAIM
OF BENEFICIARY, OF THE FUNDING IN THE BANK ACCOUNT, WITH A MONTH
SURCHARGE OF X% TO BE DEDUCTED AS AN ESCROW SAFE KEEPING FEE OF THE
BANK ACCOUNT, SO AS TO AVOID TO MY PROPOSITION TO YOU IS TO SEEK YOUR
CONSENT, AND TO PRESENT YOUR KIND SELF AS THE NEXT-OF-KIN AND
BENEFICIARY OF MY DECEASED CLIENT, SINCE YOU HAVE THE SAME LAST NAME
WITH HIM. THIS MEANS THAT THE PROCEEDS OF HIS BANK ACCOUNT WOULD BE
PAID TO YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN OR THE LEGITIMATE BENEFICIARY. WHEN
THE PROCEEDS IN HIS BANK ACCOUNT ARE PAID TO YOU, WE WOULD SHARE THE
PROCEEDS ON A MUTUALLY AGREED-UPON PERCENTAGE OF 60% TO ME AND 40% TO
YOUR KIND SELF.
ALL THE LEGAL DOCUMENTS TO BACK UP YOUR CLAIM AS MY CLIENT'S
NEXT-OF-KIN WOULD BE PROVIDED BY ME. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING I WOULD
NEED IS YOUR HONEST COOPERATION TO IN THIS PROPOSITION. THIS WOULD BE
DONE UNDER A LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENT THAT WOULD PROTECT YOU FROM ANY
BREACH OF THE LAW.
IF THIS BUSINESS PROPOSITION OFFENDS YOUR MORAL AND ETHIC VALUES, DO
ACCEPT MY SINCERE APOLOGY. PLEASE CONTACT ME AT ONCE IF YOU INTERESTED
BY REPLYING THE MAIL AND IGNORE IT IF YOU ARE NOT.
BEST REGARDS,
BARRISTER XXX
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