Anatomy of an Inheritance Scam: Second Email

After sending me a copy of his passport and company ID, I was convinced that I was genuinely dealing with somebody who was real. I did not suspect then that the ID and passport were stolen from somebody. Those identification items were certainly real but stolen (which I would not learn until much later.) So after sending my own driver's license, he wrote me this letter: 

Dear  Friend


Hope this letter finds you well? I am writing now to let you know that the required changes have been made in the account data in the banking database and are now completed and the account now holds your names / records as the closest relatives / heir of the deceased deposit account. So you should contact our bank quickly and inform the bank management of Mr. Allen's death and appeal for his balance sheet report. Despite the fact that it is risk-free, you should not let the management know about me on this arrangement with you or any of this institution, which means that the management of this bank should not know my involvement with you on these claims so it does not reflect that I am the person who provides information on the deposit account in the bank. Hope you understand me? Just be sure to forward any response received from the bank after sending this application letter today. Therefore, I am here to provide you with all the information that the bank is likely to ask of you.
Look at the Application, Letter copy it and send it to the bank via the email addresses below for urgent reply;

 

Bank e-mail: ( unitedoverseasbank_org@aol.com )
Always keep me posted as soon as you received a reply from the bank after sending this letter today.Thank you.

 

Best regards.
Mr. (Name of the person whose identity was stolen),

Here's a copy of a letter which he drafted for me to copy and send to the bank using the above email.


THE MANAGEMENT,

UNITED OVERSEAS BANK PLC,

BANGKOK THAILAND.

191 SOUTH SATHON ROAD 10120,

 

 

                                  Sir/Madam

 

    RE.BANK ACCOUNT OF LATE MR.ALLEN ____________

 

I sadly write in respect of the above subject matter and wish to inform your esteemed institution that my uncle late Mr.Allen __________. was among the death victims in the March 19th 2016 air  crash involving sixty-two passengers that died on the spot @Rastov district in the Central Region of Russia.

 Prior to his passing away, he informed me of the account which he holds with your bank and the details of the account is as follows:

DEPOSITOR'S NAME: ALLEN ___________

DEPOSITED IN FIXED DEPOSIT A/C NO: (UOB_7101671547.)

DATE OF DEPOSIT: 7'TH APRIL, 2007.

 In light of this tragic accident, I kindly request the bank to update me with the balance of the account till date as well as all the relevant documentation to the effect of late Mr.Allen _________. as my uncle. I look forward to your earliest response to this mail, I am presently residing in Philippine Please, accept this late request and enquiries as it was due to family logistic problems.

 

Yours Sincerely: ______________

Current Address: ____________________

Date Of Birth: ____________

Phone number: _____________

I searched for an airplane crash on the said date and place. Indeed there was such a crash. I checked on the passenger list and there was this guy named Allen Larisa. The news was real and there were pictures and other news items proving that the incident was true. That part of the story was doubtless true. 

So I was getting hooked, indeed. 

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