The scam letter reads as follows:
Hi, Good Morning,
My sincere apology if this correspondence don’t meet your personal ethics, I am contacting you because someone I presumed to be your relative because he is from your country or incidentally share the same surname with you who was investor with our bank but died on Tuesday August 16, 2005 in a plane crash in Venezuela has come to the limelight in our bank because since 2005 that he died his portfolio and investment worth 8.3 millions Pounds has not touch because no name next-of-kin was found in his bio-data form, if you are familiar with Investment Banking affairs those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity with some levels of detachment from conventional processes as they operates their accounts with numbers, pin and codes - now this investment has generated a huge accrued interest to the amount of 1.9 Million British Pounds because he was operating a high risk domiciliary pounds account for maximum profit. The bank management has therefore authorized me as the Associate Professor of Accounting & Finance of the Investment Banking Division of this Bank to locate any living relative of this investor to apply for an inheritance claim so that the accrued interest can be paid to the family of the late Depositor inline with the banking ethics & policies.
I came to you because you share the same surname with the investor, I will simply nominate & empowered you with relevant information and documentation to enable you claim the money officially and legitimately, if I don’t do this and inform the bank I cannot locate any relative of the investor the funds will be revert/re-circle into the bank treasury as unclaimed monies and people that nothing about the source of the funds will spend it that is the irony of the banking industry which is purely aberrational to outsiders. Contact me immediately you received this email with your most direct telephone line so that I can call to furnish you with the details, also guide and guard you on how to make contact with the bank for this fruition project. Remember however that we are sharing the money equally as I will make the atmosphere suitable and conducive for you to successful claim the money hitch & riskfree as beneficiary. Remain Bless.
Yours Sincerely,
anthony hassan