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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

EMAIL SCAM # 3 - PHILANTHROPIC APPROACH

Below is an email scam where the scammer used a PHILANTHROPIC APPROACH to lure a prospective victim.

ASSALAMUALAIKUN.....................ENDAVOUR TO USE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGED
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 11:58 AM
From: "Mohammed Bin"
To: cherz_1234@yahoo.com

FROM THE DESK OF MOHAMMED BIN

LAW CHAMBERS LEGAL
SOLICITORS/PRIVATE LAW
23 JIN JANG KEPONG FADASON
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
DIRECT LINE.+60169099244
EMAIL:
mohammed.bin_18@yahoo.com
Attention:

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by our law firm,MOHAMMED BIN Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia My name is MOHAMMED BIN (esq).

A personal attorney to our late client Mr.ABDUL SAAZ who worked for an oil firm in Malaysia, Mr.ABDUL SAAZ a well known Philanthropist,before he died, he made a Will in our law firm stating that $2M (two million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas.

We have made a random draw and your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to this Will. I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because they have issued a notice instructing us to produce the beneficiary of this Will within two weeks which happens to be you or else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. You are required to contact me immediately to start the process of transfering this money to any of your designated official account. I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind that the Bank has given us a date limit. Please contact me urgently via my personal email address as follows: mohammed.bin_18@yahoo.com

CONGRATULATIONS
Regards BARRISTER,

MOHAMMED BIN [Esq].
ENDEAVOUR TO USE FOR THE LESS PRIVILEDGED


OBSERVATION:

This is a subtle version of the email scam from a person who claims to be Mr. Usman Kabore, Bill and Exchange Manager of Banque Commercial du Burkina (B.C.B).

Although the element of greed is also present here as in any other scam mails, it seems that the so-called Mr. Mohammed Bin is actually doing a noble act of sharing the huge amount of money to the less privileged.

The prospective victim should be very wary about this message. Let me highlight this phrase that was mentioned by Mr. Bin, "$2M (two million U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any Philanthropist of our choice overseas." A philanthropist is technically a moneyed person who spends for the good of other people. Be careful because what you are expecting might be the opposite of what they really want from you.

Unlike Mr. Kabore, Mr. Bin did not mention about how the prize will be divided between him and the prospective victim. However, like Mr. Kabore’s letter, this letter is also poorly edited or unedited and contains various grammatical and spelling errors considering that this letter came from a person who claims himself as a lawyer.

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