This just in from a reader:
Q: What do you make of this??
Sent to me Today April 28 2009
BARCLAYS BANK PLC.
CLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH,
7 ST JOHNS HILL,
SW 11 1 TN, LONDON
WWW.barclaysbank.co.uk
Attention: Sir/Madam.
REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT
This is to notify you about the statue of your fund right now in my
desk.
After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which The
Ministry of Finance of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and contracted us
to see to your immediate payment.
From our findings you have been going through hard ways by paying alot
of charges to see to the release of your fund ($27 million U.S
dollars(twenty seven Million U.S American Dollars). which has been delayed.
We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence
from Nigeria, You don’t have to pay any charges to receive your Inheritance
fund anymore as you have met up with the whole requirements, your
representatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk.
The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident Clearance
Form/Reciept which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here in
United Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us for handling/processing of
your payment with other customers.
We will help you to see that you obatin the form so that our bank will
effect immediate transfer of your Inheritance sum ($27 million U.S
dollars(twenty seven Million U.S American Dollars) in to your designated bank
account.
Will you follow up our directives your fund will reflect in your account within
five working Bank days from the day you obtain this form. Do not go through
anybody again but through this Bank if you really want your fund.
Please respond to my private email
(barclaysbankplc_isaecbrown01@yahoo.com)
Kindly let me have your Full Names,Telephone& Fax number to enable me
reach you on telephone. If you desire also I would let you have my telephone number
as soon as you want it. Thanks
Yours sincerely,
Mr Isaec Brown
Head, Private Banking Section.
Barclays Bank Plc
A: A fairly common scam. It’s been around for a while.
You can see some variations of it at these sites:
http://www.419scam.org/emails/2007-04/18/00994932.1.htm
http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/archive/index.php/t-8667.html
http://www.419baiter.com/_scam_emails/08-08e/scam-email-35616.html
I received a photocopy of bank draft barclays bank against Mr. Gobind chandra sahu issued of 29/05/2009 of £250,000.00 bearing Draft Number-068105 payble at IDBI bank Account Number 216102000004473, release sort code -IBKLINBB042 weather that draft issued by your bank ? please reply immediately.
Thanking you
Gobinda chandra sahu
Dear sir,
I have the mail from barclays bank lottery with scanned copy of documents consisting of letter of guarantee and award disbursement. whether it is fake or true please confirm immediately.Because they are asking for COT charges to pay and i dont think this is true.
Regards,
Bhaskar
I received an Email they asked me share with them.Now I want to know was DR ISMAIL ABDEL HAMID one of your customer and has fund
in his account and informed the bank Miss Amina Abdel Hamid as a a kin. I hope I received yous immediatly .
Thanks
Sincerely yours.
shahzad ziadi
For The Barclays Bank PLC.
For Teh Adminstration of the Bank Barclays PLC.
I recieve thath email and explain INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$28,500,000.00) in my nmae.
I like solicit information if this it is Royal our not.
Thank you.
Marcos Sergio silva Campos. 01.03.2.009
BARCLAYS BANK PLCCLAPHAM JUNCTION BRANCH7 ST JOHNS HILLSW 11 1 TN, LONDON http://www.barclaysbank.co.uk Attention, REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$28,500,000.00) This is the second time we are notifying you about this said fund, After due vetting and evaluation of your Inheritance file which The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) in conjunction with the Ministry Of Finance Of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate payment of the sum of USD28,500,00 from their Offshore Account with us. We were meant to understand from our findings that you have been going through hard ways by paying alot of charges to see to the release of your fund (USD$28,500,000,00) , which has been delayed,Which has been the handiwork of some miscreant elementsfrom Nigeria We advice that you stop further communication with any correspondence from Nigeria, You don’t have to pay any charges to receive your Contract fund anymore as you have met up with the whole requirements , your representatives in Nigeria will tell you to still go ahead with them but on your own risk. The only thing required from you is to obtain Non-Resident Clearance Form/Receipt which we are not asking you to pay the fee to us here in United Kingdom as the Government of Nigeria have paid us for handling/processing of your payment with other customers, We will help you to see that you obtain the form so that our bank will effect immediate transfer of your Inheritance sum (US$28,500,000,00) into your designated bank account. Should you follow up our directives, your fund will reflect in your account within five Bank working days from the day you obtain this form. Do not go through anybody again but through this Bank if you really want your fund. Finally, you are advice to forward to this bank your receiving Account. Where you want this fund to be remitted.Please get back to me through this E-mail (barclaysblnd2@web2mail.com) for a better a secure transaction. Yours sincerely, Director Dr. Frank DouglasHead, Private Banking Section.Barclay’s Bank Plc.
I was instructed to claim the sum of $35,9 million as a trustee to miss Zanaibou Jones.The fund was deposited by his late father Dr Paul Jones at Barclays bank.May I have confirmation of this case in your records?
Dearest,
contact the bank with my names and the information i gave you and let me know if they send the check to you,remember that you will help me invest the money since you are honest and reliable and you will have 10% of the funds ,so keep to your words.
Bank manager name .Prosper Blair.
Bank Name: Barclaysbank Plc UK
Email, barclaysuk@officials.co.uk
Tell/ fax:+4470-31807364
Copy this message and send to the bank now
Mr prosper Blair,
This is ……………….,from ………………….and residing in …………….., I am the partner to miss Jones , the only daughter of Dr Paul Jones your costumer who died some years back, I am the person she find as her partner/trustee, so please sir i want to know the possibility of transferring the money that was deposited in your bank by the father of my partner who is the next of kin, and the said amount is 35.9 million us dollars, to my own account, i hope that my request will be urgently granted.
Thanks for granting my request
Your name………………
(NOTE)
And please as soon as the bank replies please tell me so that we know what next to do OK.
Ms.Jones