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HSBC Bank Scam
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Posted By:
Alex
in San Diego
Oct 20, 2004
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I just received this email that puts a slightly new spin on the Nigerian Bank Scam:
My name is James Swart. I am a senior partner in the firm of EQUANT Consultants:Private
Investigators and Security Consultants. We are conducting a standard process
investigation on behalf of HSBC, the international Banking conglomerate.
This investigation involves a client who shares the same surname with you
and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at
HSBC Republic,the Private Banking arm of HSBC. The HSBC Private Banking
client died intestate and nominated no successorin
title over the investments made with the Bank. The essence of this communication
with you is to request you provide us information/comments on any or all
of the four issues:
1-Are you aware of any relative/relation who shares your same surname whose
last known contact address was Brussels Belgium?
2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person
at the Private Banking Division of HSBC Bank PLC?
3-Born on the 1st of June 1927
4-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status
of successor in title to the deceased?
It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar
with this personality that we may put an end to this communication with
you and our inquiries surrounding this personality. You must appreciate
that we are constrained from providing you with more detailed information
at this point. Please respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford
us the opportunity to close this investigation. Thank you for accommodating
our enquiry.
James Swart
For:Equant Consultants
Please reply to this e-mail address (.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))
The big tip-off that it's a scam is that the guy is using a yahoo email address, even though he claims to be working for HSBC.
And then a quick google search reveals this warning about the scam posted on HSBC's website:
http://www.hsbcprivatebank.com/public/republic/rhp/popup/en/email_message_2.html
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Terry Austin
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Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 | 05:24 PM
The real big tipoff that it's a scam is that it's offering you something for nothing. |
Charybdis
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Posted: Thu Oct 21, 2004 | 10:27 AM
Terry, next you'll be telling me that guy in Nigeria won't be sending me my money.
Spoilsport. :-( |
Brian
in Arizona
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 08:58 AM
All,
looks like a slightly altered email for the same scam. Clearly this falls apart when they presume to know what my surname is, but don't even call me by it.
receveid:Wed, 30 Mar 2005 3:08 EST
From .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
YOUR KIND ATTANETION:
My name is Sharon Thompson; I work with the Phillips Consulting Firm in
London.We are conducting a standard process investigation involving a client
who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances surrounding
investments made by this client at HSBC Bank Plc. The HSBC Private Banking
client died interstate and nominated no next of kin to inherit the title over
the investments made with HSBC Bank Plc. The essence of this communication with
you is to request that you provide us information on three issues:
1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose last
known contact address was Brussels Belgium?
2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person
at the HSBC Bank Plc.?
3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status
of next of kin to the deceased?
It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar with
this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and our
inquiries surrounding this personality.You must appreciate that we are
constrained from providing you with more detailed information at this point.
Please respond to this mail as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to
close this investigation.
Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.
Yours sincerely,
Ms Sharon Thompson.
Phillips Consulting
For: HSBC Private Clients.
.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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Winona
in USA
Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 11:11 AM
For a laugh check out:
http://www.419eater.com
http://www.thescambaiter.com
It's sweet the things they get the 419'ers to do. |
String Bean
in love with himself
Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 12:48 PM
I remember back when I was in highschool, there was this rumour for about 8 months you could take a hundred dollars our of your bank account, it had to be Royal Bank of Canada, even if you didn't actually have it in there. Apparently everyday at like 7 am the bank would put the money in everyone's account for a certain amount of time. It was apparently a computer glitch. I never had a royal bank bank account so I could never find out if it was true. |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 01:48 PM
These bank scam guys are hilarious to me. I don't register my email addresses that I give out in my real name, so when they go fishing for info, the email always comes to "Bernie Horowitz" (at least my yahoo mail).
Bernie Horowitz, for all you who are Gary Larson fans, was once in a cartoon with a caption somewhat close to "Bernie Horowitz!! So YOU'RE the they in 'That's what they say!'" |
Myst
Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 02:36 PM
Here is my favorite site. I can spend hours reading these back and forth e-mails between the scammers and the scambaiters. Yes I know, I am easily amused.
Scam o Rama presents: The Lads from Lagos |
Sharruma
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 05:40 PM
It's probably just as well string bean
if they had put 100 into your account, you withdraw it and then they take it out again you'd inccur all sorts of unwanted overdraft charges. |
Rod
in the land of smarties.
Member
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Posted: Wed Mar 30, 2005 | 08:06 PM
The best scambaiter that I ever read was the guy who posed as David Lee Roth, and screwed the guy out of as much of his time as possible.
It was hilarious, he was even sending pictures of himself (david) onstage at awards ceremonies and on mtv and stuff. The guy never caught on until he repeatedly failed to show up in africa. |
Les Kirschner
in Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 | 03:03 AM
Date:Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:19:30 +0800
To:----------@yahoo.com
Subject:Unauthorized Account Access Bank of Oklahoma
From:"OnlineBanking" <accounts@bankofoklahoma.com>
Dear Bank of Oklahoma customer. Please read this message and follow it's instructions.
Unauthorized Account Access
We recently reviewed your account, and we suspect an unauthorized ATM based transaction on your account. Therefore as a preventive measure we have temporary limited your access to sensitive Bank of Oklahoma features.
To ensure that your account is not compromised please login to Bank of Oklahoma Internet Banking and Investing by clicking this link <http://209.132.69.142/~barb/OnlineBanking>, verify your identify and your online accounts will be reactivated by our system.
To get started, please click the link below:
<https://onlinebanking.bankofoklahoma.com/OnlineBanking/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=/OnlineBanking/Default.aspx>
<http://209.132.69.142/~barb/OnlineBanking>
Important information from Bank of Oklahoma.
This e-mail contains information directly related to your account with us, other services to witch you have subscribed, and/or any application you may have submitted. Bank of Oklahoma and its service providers are committed to protecting your privacy and ask you to send sensitive account information through e-mail.
But I'm in Melbourne, Australia !. And why can't they use a spell check ?
Regards,
Les Kirschner.
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Les Kirschner
in Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 | 03:08 AM
Sorry, the links they provided wouldn't post. If you want them, please mail me. Thanks. Les.
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Jack
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 | 07:21 AM
Another version:
Greetings from Isle of Man.
My name is Michael Banks. I am the Chairman, Audit Committee, HSBC Bank PLC, Ramsey, Isle of Man. I am contacting you in a non-official capacity and therefore require your utmost confidentiality.
The purpose of my writing to you is because I am searching for a foreign business partner who is in a position to assist me with an urgent business proposal, as time is not on my side. A partner, who understands what confidentiality means and who has the necessary facilities required in embarking on this important venture.
We had a client who deposited a huge sum of money with one of our branches in Europe, who later died as a result of a car crash in Valencia in November, 2001. The client died intestate and nominated no successor in title over the investments made with our bank. Since the death of this client, I personally have watched with keen interest to see the next of kin but all has proved abortive as no one has come to claim his funds of 25 Million Euros deposited with our bank in 2000. This client shares the same surname with you. It is for this reason that I am contacting you.
In accordance with the European Trust and Federal Laws, at the expiration of 5 (five) years, his investments with our bank shall revert to ownership of the government of the country of the said investments if nobody applies as the next of kin to claim the investments.
Since you share the same surname with this client, I want to present you to stand in as the next of kin so that you and I can benefit from this investment equally (i.e. 50% for you and 50% for me). I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law, as I will use my position to secure approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
If this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly indicate your full names, your private telephone, fax numbers and location where the money will be remitted. I will instruct you on the next step to take.
I look forward to your earliest response.
With warm greetings,
Michael Banks
Ridgeway Street
IM99 1BU Ramsey
Isle of Man
Tel/Fax: 0044-870-133-4013 |
Les Kirschner
in Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Mon Oct 31, 2005 | 11:29 PM
Hi, likewise, I seem to like scams. To me it's just a joke. However, the reason I can't be scammed is that I don't want something for nothing. Simple. I've put up a site with the scams I get each day. Feel free to copy them to your site if you want. The more their fake emails and names spread the better. It's at: http://www.geocities.com/paper_tigerau/scams.html Just too many to post here, or anywhere else.
Les, Melbourne, Australia. |
Wyman Phillips
in USA
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Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 | 09:47 PM
Attached below is a copy of an obvious e-mail scam of sorts but I just wanted to check and ss if anyone else has reported anythging similar to it. Please advise promptly. Thanks!
Wyman Phillips
Hello, and do you really think I would give you personal information just because you say you owe my company money. I don't have a company for starters and even if I did Idon't know who you are to begin with so what ever scam it is your trying to pull off here it isn't working for you very well so maybe you need to try another profession one that might at least feed your brain so you can think up something better than this. HA! HA!
----- Original Message -----
From: "charles soludo" <info_officecbn008@msn.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 4:42 AM
Subject: IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
> IMMEDIATE CONTRACT PAYMENT NOTIFICATION MAV/NNPC/FGN/MIN/009
>
> Attn: Honorable Contractor,
>
> From the records of outstanding contractors due for payment with the federal
> government of Nigeria your name and company was discovered as next on the
> list of the outstanding contractors who have not received their payments.
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> I wish to inform you that your payment is being processed and will be
> released to you as soon as you respond to this letter. Firstly, I plead on
> behalf of my country and the Central Bank Of Nigeria for not contacting you
> all this while as regards your contract payments which I know by now must
> have cost you some inconveniences,
>
> I am promising you on behalf of the Central Bank Of Nigeria that this will
> not repeat it self any more advice you to co-operate with me and listen to
> my advice as the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) will not be held responsible
> for any lapses or mis-direction of your fund due to your inability of you to
> co-operate with me who is in-charged as the Executive Governor.
>
> Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding contract payment
> is US$10.700,0000 MILLION United States Dollars). Please re-confirm to me if
> this is inline with what you have in your record and also re-confirm to me
> the followings
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> 1) Your Full Name.
> 2) Phone, Fax And Mobile #.
> 3) Company Name, Position And Address.
> 4)Profession, Age And Marital Status.
> 5) Copy Of International Passport.
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> As soon as this informations are received, your payment will be made to you
> either by diplomatic cash delivery or wired to your bank account directly
> from central bank of Nigeria .You are advised to respond immediately as soon
> as you receive this letter for a serious discussion with me.
>
> YOURS SINCERELY,
>
> PROFESSOR CHARLES C. SOLUDO,
> GOVERNOR, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN
> PRIVATE EMAIL:(.(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address))
> |
Les Kirschner
in Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 | 04:58 AM
Slack, he forgot to ask you for your blood type. |
Les Kirschner
in Melbourne, Australia
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Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 | 05:14 AM
Struth !, I |
jon a
in b'ham, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 | 04:30 AM
Land for Industrial Companies, Investments Villas and Apartment for all with special prices.
Dear Sir,
Stronghold Property Developer is one of UAE and UK |
jon
in b'ham, UK
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Posted: Wed Dec 07, 2005 | 04:33 AM
This one came appearing to counteract as a solution to an email hoax, yet I didn't trust the link and the link was dead within a day. Gotta give it em for trying and its better than this nigerian madness!
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Dear Customers,
HSBC Online Internet Banking always look forward for the high security of our clients. Some customers have been receiving an email claiming to be from HSBC Bank advising them to follow a link to what appear to be a HSBC web site, where they are prompted to enter their personal Online Banking details. HSBC Internet Banking is in no way involved with this email and the web site does not belong to us.
HSBC is proud to announce about our new updated secure system. We updated our new SSL servers to give our customers a better, fast and secure online banking service.
Due to the recent update of the servers, you are requested to please update your account info at the following link.
http://www.hsbc.co.uk/1/2/personal/pib-home
*Important*
Please provide all these info completely and correctly otherwise due to security reasons we may have to close your account temporarily.
J. F. Steve
Online Security Manager
HSBC Bank plc.
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Please do not reply to this e-mail. Mail sent to this address cannot be answered.
For assistance, log in to your HSBC Internet Banking account.
HSBC UK | |
Richard A
in UK
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Posted: Wed Jun 28, 2006 | 01:48 AM
wow, neat forum, couldnt stop myself from at least mentioning I get inundated every day with these sad case scams of people as far apart as timbucktwo!!
everyone always seems to have died in aeroplane crashes or killed by government officials leaving a wife and two kids with hundreds of millions of dollars in some distant land bank account in a bank no one has ever heard of, yet they want you AND ONLY YOU, to be the good samaritan to help them retrieve this dosh! O'h, and for the good nature and the deed will give you 40 percent (yea right!). I mean, do these morons think everyone was born in the dark ages?
I will pop back from time to time to check out. This could be fun
Richard A |
ghost
in ghost area
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Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2006 | 11:50 AM
this my world the ghost world i need yur help |
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