Many people using the internet will be used to the usual spam mail they recieve with offers of partnerships and becoming wealthy, but did you know that some very enterprizing con artists operating the Amsterdam circuit have been hard at work recently with a new type of tactic for an old sting?
Users of the internet have been recieving e-mails from third parties who claim they are employees of H.S.B.C. European Banking who state that they have been trying to trace any relative of one of their clients who had recently died, the only info given out is the surname of the former client and due to you having the same surname they are contacting you to find out if you are a relative, they also ask you to send details of any relatives that might be next of kin to their former client. The e-mails they send are pretty impressive and seem real enough with all the details of the bank etc.
Once anyone replies to this e-mail they are again contacted and are told that they are not the person or persons they are looking for in their inquiry and are thanked for assisting the bank in their investigation.
Some days later unsuspecting internet users are again contacted by someone else claiming to be an operative with the bank that claims to have handled all the accounts of the former client and you are given a history of that clients dealings with the bank which are also mighty impressive, so much so that you want to find out more, during this history lesson, you are made an offer which is quite dodgy in the fact that you have someone claiming to be a banker who has access to an account with the surname which is the same as your own making you a tempting offer that if you can provide documentation to your identity such as a passport or driving licence then this banker can sign a release so that the funds left by their former client can end up in your own account, you are asked to provide details of your account and sort code, the offer is a 50/50 share between yourself and the banker. You are also asked to keep all the information strictly confidential.
Your Scam artist will ask for your contact telephone number so that he/she is able to maintain control over you until your bank account has been completely cleaned out, then they use your info for other scams.
Should anyone already have been subject to these scams, once they are contacted by phone they should do the following, if your scammer is named say Marco Lee, remember to ask if your talking to Marcus Leon if they say yes you'll know your an intended victim of a con artist doing a scam. Good Luck to you all.
Scam Investigator
Users of the internet have been recieving e-mails from third parties who claim they are employees of H.S.B.C. European Banking who state that they have been trying to trace any relative of one of their clients who had recently died, the only info given out is the surname of the former client and due to you having the same surname they are contacting you to find out if you are a relative, they also ask you to send details of any relatives that might be next of kin to their former client. The e-mails they send are pretty impressive and seem real enough with all the details of the bank etc.
Once anyone replies to this e-mail they are again contacted and are told that they are not the person or persons they are looking for in their inquiry and are thanked for assisting the bank in their investigation.
Some days later unsuspecting internet users are again contacted by someone else claiming to be an operative with the bank that claims to have handled all the accounts of the former client and you are given a history of that clients dealings with the bank which are also mighty impressive, so much so that you want to find out more, during this history lesson, you are made an offer which is quite dodgy in the fact that you have someone claiming to be a banker who has access to an account with the surname which is the same as your own making you a tempting offer that if you can provide documentation to your identity such as a passport or driving licence then this banker can sign a release so that the funds left by their former client can end up in your own account, you are asked to provide details of your account and sort code, the offer is a 50/50 share between yourself and the banker. You are also asked to keep all the information strictly confidential.
Your Scam artist will ask for your contact telephone number so that he/she is able to maintain control over you until your bank account has been completely cleaned out, then they use your info for other scams.
Should anyone already have been subject to these scams, once they are contacted by phone they should do the following, if your scammer is named say Marco Lee, remember to ask if your talking to Marcus Leon if they say yes you'll know your an intended victim of a con artist doing a scam. Good Luck to you all.
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