-----Joyce Guest/AK/USW/SArmy wrote: -----
To: Joyce Guest/AK/USW/SArmy@USW
From: Joyce Guest/AK/USW/SArmy
Date: 12/06/2012 09:41AM
Subject: (Untitled)
My wife Violet and I Allen Large won $11.3 million in a lottery 6-49 in July, 2010 and we have decided to donate the sum of $2,000,000.00 USD to you. Contact us via our personal email for more details (avavioletlrg@rogers.com ).
Co-ordinator: Joyce Guest
I wrote to Joyce to tell her that I thought her email account had been hacked. No reply. I contacted the email address at the bottom and simply stated that I was instructed to contact them. Here's what I received:
 Dec 7 (4 days ago) | | |||
Good Day To You
Complement of the season from the Large Family to you, this is to acknowledge your message to us today and this is 100% legitimate visit this web-page: http://blip.tv/cbc-download/
Because my wife's illness the doctor informed us that she might not live long to see the end of the year and she wishes to do good things before she finally depart this sinful world. we would like you to invest this money in a lucrative business to create more job opportunity to help jobless and needy people in your locality as we have already donated money to the local fire department, the red cross, Haiti, hospitals in Truro where Violet underwent her cancer treatment, and some other organizations in Asia and Europe that fight cancer, Alzheimer's and diabetes. we just kept just 2% of the entire lottery sum to our self for the raining days and which i am still spending on my wife's treatments bills... i have attached along with this email two pictures of my me and my wife and a photo of my wife in hospital bed.
To facilitate the disbursement process of the funds ($2,000,000.00 USD) which have been donated solely to you, You are to send us your full names for payment and contact address (we asked for this brief information just to know who we are donating this money to and because of the Identity thief going around the internet which i have been a victim we do not want to ask you for your ID as we do not want to leave an impression in your mind that we want to steal your identity). we are hoping that you will be able to use the money wisely and judiciously over there in your country. we will employ you to do what you can to elevate the level of poverty in your region and also try to enhance the standard of living of as many people as you can because that is the only objective of donating this money to you in the first place.
We would like you to re-assure us that you will follow our instructions and help my wife fulfill her dream before we would provide you with information on how you will receive this funds, and if you feel you cannot handle this project you should inform us so we can quickly look for another individual to donate the money to.
If you have any question please don't fail to ask.
We anticipate to read from you soon.
God bless you,
Allen and Violet Large.
I checked out the video, and sure enough, it was about Allen and Violet, but in the video it said the couple had already spent all of their lottery winnings. Also, I looked at the comments. Apparently, a lot of people had gotten the same email.
I was curious about where this was going to go, so I emailed the scammer again. This is what I got:
4:23 AM (7 hours ago)
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Dear Alina,
How are you doing? I have already informed our payout bank regarding us appointing you as our beneficiary to receive $2M. Sometimes it will be difficult for me to be on the Internet and send messages to you but do send me messages anytime and my prayer and blessings is with you and also as soon as the funds get to you please let me know.
The contact details and email of the Bank is below and you have to contact them immediately via email (investecenquiries@snet.net) or you can also reach the bank via phone as I have already inform them and they will be expecting to hear from you so that they can arrange on how the funds will be transferred to your local account in your country via an online Banking system, You have to provide them with every assistance the bank will need to effect the transfer to enable the funds released to you without delay. Your email was so encouraging and all content was well understood my wife also read your email and she made a comment “A MAN WITH WISDOM” we are so happy that we are donating this funds to you and as for my wife she will be undergoing surgery very again very soon all we need from you is your prayers for GOD to see her through I want you to contact the bank stating only my deposit Reference Number: IPB/AVL2010/28392/UK , your Full Name and Phone Number..... For easy trace of my file.
Note that you “MUST” first open a new online account with the Bank to enable you receive our $2,000,000.00 USD in your new online bank account with the bank and this will also enable you transfer the funds from your online account with the bank to your local account in your country. i think the bank will explain more details to you as to how the transfer will be made. if you follow the instructions from the bank carefully within the next three (3) working days you will have this funds transferred to your account and available for use.
Bank Name: INVESTEC Private Bank
Contact Person: Glynn Burger,
Office Address: 2nd Floor, 3 Hardman Street, Manchester M3 3HF, United Kingdom
Telephone Number: +44 207 097 8732
Fax: 442080432952
Email Address: investecenquiries@snet.net
PLEASE NOTE THAT: The agreement/contract we signed with the INVESTEC Private Bank Manchester, United Kingdom for online transfers of the funds states that whoever is authorized to receive the funds will complete it through the use of an online account that must be opened by the new customer, therefore note that your contact with the INVESTEC Private Bank Manchester will involve the opening of a new online bank account in your name which they will automatically credit the deposit of $2,000,000.00 USD into the new account then you will have full access to your account and make transfer to any valid bank account in the world through their online facilities, You should be ready to open an account with them upon your contact with them.
I wish you and your family the timeless treasures of Christ, the warmth of home, the love of family and the company of good friends. Good luck
God bless you,
Allen and Violet Large.
So, this couple is using an account in the UK? That seems pretty far fetched. Notice how the scammer starts writing like English is his second language, too. I have to admit, this is one of the more elaborate scams I've seen.
If it looks too good to be true, it is. I delete these things without even opening them. No one is ever going to give away $2 million to a stranger!
ReplyDeleteThanks for posting this example. It's a good illustration of how good the scammers are getting. They apparently highjacked your friend's account (I'm assuming Joyce Guest is someone you know) and then they used details about real people (Violet and Allan Large) who probably had no idea at the start that they were being named in this.
Allan and Violet Large are also victims. They won a lottery, they were generous with their money and now scammers are using their name and their story to try and swindle people. http://www.hyphenet.com/blog/2012/08/07/scammers-phish-for-victims-while-impersonating-elderly-couple-who-won-lottery/
Thanks for your post, Alina.