Website Stalker

[Forbez 0]

I have some person who keeps sending my bank messages. All from different banks saying how I have to active my account. they have used all the bnks known, but I don't want to block them incase one day they really do need to contact me. This has been happening for the past month and during this week I got messages like this one:

Dear... i need your attention,

I am the head of Accounts and Audit Department of Bank of Africa, Ouagadougou .I decided to contact you after a careful thought that you may be capable of handling this business transaction which i explained below;

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $1.5m US dollars (One million, five hundred thousand US dollars). In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer who died along with his entire family in 1998 in a plane crash. Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately we learnt that his supposed next of kin(his son and wife) died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim .It is therefore upon this discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to make this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin(We want to present you as his business associate )to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the Bank treasury as unclaimed Bill.

The Banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained Unclaimed after seven years, the money will be transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a Burkinabe cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner .We agree that 30% of this money will be for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign account, 10 % will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me and my colleagues. There after I and my colleagues will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as next of kin of the deceased customer. Upon receipt of your reply, I will send to you by fax or email the text of the application. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer.

I would want you to respond to my email immediately you read it for more details.

Hoping to hear from you immediately.
Yours faithfully,
Mr. Joseph Duke Edward

What should I do?

[Spyda 0]

This is a scam, trace his IP number and investigate who this person is. First off I wouldn't respond to it at all, seems very false, second do a check on his IP see where it says he's located and see if it matched up to Africa like he said. and just look around to see if he has sent the email to anyone else. But, be sure not to believe this at all. It is def. a scam!What fascinates me is it is coming from a bank? Like post the email that sent you this exactlyHmm, I actually got an email similar to this, i will look through my inbox and post it if i find it.

Edited March 25, 2007 by bk2070 (see edit history)

[FolkRockFan 0]

This is definitely a scam. There are many different manifestations, but they're all essentially the same: we have to move tons of cash and, for some bizarre reason, you are our last hope. (Yeah. Right.) The scam has been ongoing since the 1980s, actually. The reason that so many scammers continue using this trick is because greed makes common sense vanish. People all over the world have fallen for this - and people are still falling for it today.Forward the e-mail with FULL HEADERS to the "abuse" addy of whatever e-mail provider and ISP the scammer is using. Oh - and you can block the address if you want. It's not coming from a real bank or anything like that, so you won't accidentally miss legitimate e-mail.

[biscuitrat 0]

It's most definitely spam. I don't bother with those too much; I just delete them and move on. Spam wouldn't work without random e-mail addresses, so don't feel as if the spammers are targeting you personally. They're looking for anyone who's greedy enough to fall into their trap. It's like people who send viruses and other ickies by e-mail for malicious purposes. Since this is an industry, it's not very easy to crack down on it. For the time being, ban the e-mail address (but know that you're going to get e-mails anyway) and delete the message. Don't even bother with it. If you get something that outlandish again, you won't even really have to read it; you can just see the subject and the sender and know it's spam.Good luck, I guess?

[Forbez 0]

Here is another someone has sent me. But it is a different email account.

FROM THE DESK OF MR HASS BASSILYBILL AND EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT
FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPT.
THE AFRICAN BANK (BOA)
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO ,


I AM THE MANAGER OF BILL AND EXCHANGE AT THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT OF THE AFRICAN BANK. IN MY DEPARTMENT WE DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM OF U.S$15.5 M DOLLARS (FIFTEEN MILLION FIVE USD) IN AN ACCOUNT THAT BELONGS TO ONE OF OUR FOREIGN CUSTOMER WHO DIED ALONG WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY IN NOVEMBER 2001 IN A PLANE CRASH.SINCE WE GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DEATH, WE HAVE BEEN EXPECTING HIS NEXT OF KIN TO COME OVER AND CLAIM HIS MONEY BECAUSE WE CANNOT RELEASE IT UNLESS SOME BODY APPLIES FOR IT AS NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED AS INDICATED IN OUR BANKING GUIDLINES AND LAWS, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE LEARNT THAT ALL HIS SUPPOSED NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION DIED ALONGSIDE WITH HIM AT THE PLANE CRASH LEAVING NOBODY BEHIND FOR THE CLAIM.

IT IS THEREFORE UPON THIS DISCOVERY, I NOW DECIDED TO MAKE THIS BUSINESS PROPOSAL TO YOU AND RELEASE THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN OR RELATION TO THE DECEASED FOR SAFETY AND SUBSEQUENT DISBURSEMENT SINCE NOBODY IS COMING FOR IT AND I DON'T WANT THIS MONEY TO GO INTO THE BANK TREASURY AS UNCLAIMED BILL. THE BANKING LAW AND GUIDINE HERE STIPULATES THAT IF SUCH MONEY REMAINED UNCLAIMED AFTER FOUR YEARS, THE MONEY WILL BE TRANFERED INTO THE BANK AS UNCLAIMED BILL.

I THEREFORE AGREE THAT 40% OF THIS MONEY WILL BE FOR YOU AS A FOREIGN PARTNER, IN RESPECT TO THE PROVISION OF A FOREIGN ACCOUNT, 10% WILL BE SET ASIDE FOR EXPENSES INCURED DURING THE BUSINESS AND 50% WOULD BE FOR ME THERE AFTER I WILL VISIT YOUR COUNTRY FOR DISBURSEMENT ACCORDING TO THE
PERCENTAGES INDICATED THEREFORE, TO ENABLE THE IMMEDIATE TRANSFER OF THIS FUND TO YOU AS ARRANGED, YOU MUST APPLY FIRST TO THE BANK AS RELATION OR NEXT OF KIN OF THE DECEASED INDICATING YOUR BANK NAME, YOUR BANK ACCOUNT NUMBER, YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER FOR EASY AND EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION AND LOCATION WHERE IN THE MONEY WILL BE REMITTED.

I WILL NOT FAIL TO BRING TO YOUR NOTICE THAT THIS TRANSACTION IS HITCH-FREE AND THAT YOU SHOULD NOT ENTERTAIN ANY ATOM OF FEAR AS ALL REQUIRED ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE FOR THE TRANSFER. YOU SHOULD CONTACT ME IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS YOU RECIEVE THIS LETTER.

TRUSTING TO HEAR FROM YOU IMMEDIATELY.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

Should I just let this spam come in?

[cangor 0]

No, it's all a scam... just look at the language they use... just trash it... complain about it maybe... reply telling them to take your email address off their mailing list.

[networker 0]

I wouldn't worry about that at all.I've recieved tonsof emails like that one.Yes,it's a scam.People will go to any length to try tomake money.Just ignore them.

[Echo_of_thunder 1]

This is a scam, trace his IP number and investigate who this person is. First off I wouldn't respond to it at all, seems very false, second do a check on his IP see where it says he's located and see if it matched up to Africa like he said. and just look around to see if he has sent the email to anyone else. But, be sure not to believe this at all. It is def. a scam!What fascinates me is it is coming from a bank? Like post the email that sent you this exactly

Hmm, I actually got an email similar to this, i will look through my inbox and post it if i find it.

YES It's a scam. I can not tell you how many times over the years I have got this in my E mai and even over instant message. As said above Track the IP then BLOCK that IP and inform Yahoo,MSN,Google or whatever mail server you use of this person. 99% chance it is comming off yahoo. and if that is the case good luck. I have reported so many scammers off there, and it does no good but to block them, yet like that pink bunny they keep comming and comming.