This is the third email I received from them. As I sent a wrong phone number, I’m not quite sure that they will send another email as they might not have been able to give me a call. But I wonder whether they gave a call. Therefore I sent a reply indicating that I received a call from a bank representative. Look carefully, the person who writes these emails doesn’t follow a very good English writing style which should be followed by a real Englishman.

Dear Amila Senarathn,

Thanks for your mail; I have already forwarded one copy to the lawyer which he promise me that he will send it to the bank immediately.
please always let me know as soon as you hear from the bank because the lawyer let me to understand that he must make sure that he submitted your application form today to the bank.

Best regards,
Peter brown
HERE IS THE COPY OF THE CLAIM
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ATTEN: Dr.NAIL WHITE THE DIRECTOR,
FOREIGN OPERATION PRIVATE BANKING
BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON
ADDRESS: P. O. BOX 738, Eagle Court 75 King Street, Hammersmith London, W6 9HY, U. K.
Official Website: www.barclaysbank.co.uk
EMAIL: ukbarclays@london.com
Direct Tel: +(44) 207 1797777
FAX: 44 7005-942-285
Private Banking Section:+ 44 7024072661, +44 7045736806
SIR,
SUB: APPLICATION AS NEXT OF KIN DRAWING FROM THE ACCOUNT OF LATE ENGR.JOHNSON PILLARS WITH YOUR BANK VALUED AT US$6,000,000.00.
I AM THE NEXT OF KIN FOLLOWING MY RELATIONSHIP TO LATE MR.JOHNSON PILLARS. WITH THIS LETTER, YOU WILL CERTAINLY REMEMBER THAT SOME YEARS AGO THE NEWSPAPERS IN YOUR COUNTRY PUBLISHED THE DEATH OF ONE OF YOUR NUMEROUS CUSTOMERS, MR. JOHNSON PILLARS, WHO HAD A PERMANENT RESIDENCE PERMIT IN UNITED KINGDOM SINCE 1978, AND WHO DIED IN AUTO CRASH WITH HIS ENTIRE FAMILY.
FOLLOWING THE DEPOSIT/LODGEMENT HOLDEN IN THE DOMICILIARY ACCOUNT OF YOUR LATE CUSTOMER, MR. JOHNSON PILLARS.AS A RELATIVE, I HAVE REALISED THE MENTIONED WILL ACCORDING TO THE DEED OF WILL ALREADY INTERPRETED FOR AND IN MY FAVOUR BY HIS ACCOUNTANT, PETER BROWN .AS AT THE DATE OF THIS LETTER, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY PAYMENT FROM YOUR BANK YET AS THE NEXT OF KIN TO THE DECEASED.
I TRUST THAT YOU WILL UNDERSTAND THAT UNDER THIS CIRCUMSTANCE, YOU WILL BEGIN TO PROCESS THE TRANSFER OF US$6,000,000.00 TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH I SHALL PROVIDE. I AM PREPARED AND READY TO SUBMIT ANY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE (S) UPON DEMAND AND ALSO I WILL BE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL OBLIGATIONS THERETO CONCERNING THE TRANSFER OF THE US$6,000,000.00 PLUS ACCRUED INTEREST TO MY BANK ACCOUNT.
KINDLY NOTE THE ABOVE INFORMATION AND CHECK YOUR RECORDS ACCORDINGLY IN MY FAVOUR. PLEASE, SWIFT WIRE THE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF THE FACE VALUE (100%) PLUS THE PERCENTAGE OF INTEREST ACCRUED.
PERSONAL INFORMATION
FULL NAME:……MR. Amila Senarathna
Address: No 234/2345, Galle Rd; Colombo 7, Sri Lanka
TELEPHONE —-940714230594
PROFESSION Engineer
MARITAL ??????????……
YEARS… ……25 years
SEX…male… ……… SIGANTURE AND DATE:..………………………………….……
YOURS FAITHFULLY,

This is the reply I sent. I’m not sure whether I will receive a reply again. If not, I will explain you the next part of this scam.

Hello Mr. Brown,

I received a call from the bank representative. Please let me know how to proceed.

Thanks

Amila

TO BE CONTINUED…

As I explained to you, I received the second email from these people a short while ago. Following is the email they sent to me and the reply that I sent. Note that English in this email is not perfect like an Englishman.

From: PETER BROWN [mailto:brownpeter59@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:23 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Details of this transaction

From Mr. Peter Brown. (Private Accountant).
Crockford Lane Basingstoke
Hants RG24 8WB. London UK
Tel: +(+447045749371, +44 7045710463

Dear Sir,

Thanks so much for your message and understanding in this transaction. However i want to assure you first that there is NO risk or dangers involved in this transaction because the Bank here in London was such a big bank that will always obey the government next of kin laid down rules and regulations to avoid break down of law and order during the process. So do NOT be worried about the legitimacy of this transaction, All i require from you is your truthfulness and honesty for the safety of this inheritance funds after bank finished transfering it into your nominated bank account since we do not know each other before meeting together in this transaction.

NOW THE DETAILS: In the banking industries here in London and over there in your country, chances or golden opportunities like this are common but not heard or made known to the public. People put their monies in banks and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, Therefore, when such people dies, What do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for the claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good monies are made within and amongst the bank officials. Normally, when something like this happens in the bank, it is reported to the management. The Bank Management can only wait for some times for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it known to the public Just because of their selfish interest to make good money for personal investment.

Therefore, be informed that the death of my client and his funds deposits was not published or make public but the bank is only waiting for the “Next of Kin” to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late “customers written will” which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such properties or funds. To explain myself properly to you onceagain, My name is Mr. Peter Brown, The personal account officer to the deceased person (Late Engr. Johnson Pillars) when he was till alive here in London and the whole information concerning his account is in my personal file right now. I can only assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and legal, I have a family of wife and 3 children and i will NEVER do anything that will bring a bad reputation to myself and my family in the future. NOTE that it does matter if you are truly related or have the same last name with the deceased person or not But what matters is that i am the one presenting you to the bank as a next of kin of the deceased person. Also note that it is only you and i that knows very well that you are NOT truly related to the deceased person and therefore try your level best to keep this transaction to your self alone without telling any person in your country for security reasons until the inheritance funds is finally being transfered into your nominated bank account.

The procedure of establishing the next of kin would be taken care by me since this has to be certified by his account file information i have in my office, Do not worry about this. For us to proceed i will like you to forward below information to me immediately so that i will be more confidence on the person i am dealing with. So please send me informations like:

1.Your full names.
2.Your home address or working address.
3.Your private telephone, Fax and mobile numbers.
4.Your age & Occupation, Etc.

What i needed from you mostly is your truthfulness and honesty and God fearing someone who will not sit on my own share of this US$ 6 Million after receiving the funds in his / her bank account. Note our lawyer Barrister Paul Mike representing you in this transaction will be submitting all your personal information to the bank and file a claim application on your behalf while the bank will start communicating directly with you as the beneficiary of the funds and as the next of kin of the deceased person. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible to enable us proceed further.

Best regards,

Mr. Peter Brown.
Tel: (+447045749371, +44 704571046)

The reply I sent. Details that I send are not correct. They will not notice it and they will not even care about it.

Hello Mr. Brown,

Thank you very much for putting your trust on me. Here are the details that you needed.

My full name: Amila Senarathna

My working address : No 234/2345, Galle Rd; Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.

My mobile number : +940714230594

I’m 25 years old and I’m an Engineer.

I’m very sorry that I don’t have a fax number and I can’t give you my office number due to the office regulations. Hope you can understand it. I’m looking forward to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Amila

I’m pretty sure that he will ask for the processing fee in the next email. Let’s wait and see…

TO BE CONTINUED…

I start a series of posts from today to inform you about the biggest and worst scam ever happened and still happening on the internet. I thought to write about this because I received an email which I know that a scam. I will add the whole email and the response I sent today in this article. When the conversation continues, I will add more posts as a series with emails I excahanged to inform you about this scam. Normally these people send emails as a private accountant or a wealthy girl trapped in a refugee camp in an African country experiencing a civil war according to the information I found out. There may be other forms of the person. But the content of the emails they send normally convey the same idea, A huge amount of money (normally few millions of US $) and he or she needs your help. They find your email from the web directories, Forums or community websites. Ok read the following email that I received carefully.

—–Original Message—–

From: brownpetera1@peoplepc.com [mailto:brownpetera1@peoplepc.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:25 AM

Subject: Greetings to you

From Peter Brown.
Crockford Lane Basingstoke Hants
RG24 8WB. London UK.
Tels: +(+447045749371, +44 7045710463)

Greetings to you !

I did a lot of searching and prayers before choosing your contact from your countrys website / business online register. It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance to transfer some funds into your foreign bank account. Please do accept my apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is Mr. Peter Brown, A Private Accountant based in London. Honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together.

I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client who made a deposit of US$6 Million (Six Million U. S Dollars Only) with a bank here in London few years back. He died in an auto crash with his wife and only child without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate with a reputable Bank here in London which means that any person from your country can stand as the next of kin of the deceased person for claiming the inheritance funds without any risk involved. If you are interested in this kind of this transactions, Please do let me know immediately so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do next. I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible. Call me immediately at: +447045749371, +44 7045710463 email me peterbrown0@live.com Regards, Mr. Peter Brown, From London UK.

This is the reply I sent today and he or she will definitely send a reply soon.

Hello Peter,
I’m very interested about your offer. Please provide me more details.
Thanks

They will send more details on how to transfer this money and sometimes they will ask my details also. And sometimes from the next email or email after that, they will ask me to send few thousands of US Dollars for the procession of this deal. Let see what they will send in next email.

TO BE CONTINUED…

Most of us suffer from unwanted emails (spam emails). They fill our inbox very quickly. Some spam emails are blocked by the email service. But sometimes we receive emails from the websites or people that we know and use, in an unwanted time and sequences. I have experienced this frequently. I’m pretty sure that you have also experienced this or still experiencing it. Therefore I thought to write this article on how to avoid this by following some basic precautions.

Actually, if you are receiving unwanted emails, the responsible person for these unwanted emails is you. I say this because you are the one who provides your email addresses to various people and websites. Therefore you better start practicing the following guidelines on your email addresses if you are not doing it now.

The first thing you must do is deciding the people and websites that you are going to provide your primary email address. Give an importance to each person or website. If you don’t bother receiving emails from them it is ok to provide your primary email address. If you want to give your email address only once and don’t wish to receive emails from that person or website again, my advice is to create a secondary email address from a free email service like Gmail or Yahoo and provide it. Many websites ask to enter a valid email address even for a single download or for some data. Then some of them sell these email addresses to various kinds of email marketing services and individuals to market products and services. If you provide your primary email address, you will be receiving various kinds of unwanted emails. If you provide your office email address, the situation will definitely become worse. Therefore always keep a secondary email at least to provide for these kinds of websites and people.

Never provide your real details like address and phone number when registering for a secondary email account. Sometimes, the marketing companies can extract your personal data. Then they will contact you using those data. And never open or reply to emails that you are not quite sure about. Because some emails carry viruses. There are email blocking settings provided by your email service. But they differ from service to service. You must find out about those settings and configure your mail account to minimize the amount of emails that you receive.

Free stuffs (also called as freebies) are available all over the internet. They come in different kinds of forms like free software, mp3s, videos, various consumer products, magazines, money, email, web hosting, eBooks, screen savers and many more. Sometimes you have to register in their websites to get their free offers. Some websites ask you to fill a questionnaire to get the free offer. There are certain things that you should know before you download any of these free offers. This article gives some important things that you should consider when you download free stuff.

The most important thing that you must do before download anything from the internet is installing trusted anti-virus software and an internet spyware detection and removal tool. Otherwise your computer will be attacked by various viruses and spyware which will ultimately destroy your computer in various ways. I mentioned you this because about 99.99% free stuffs are carriers of various computer viruses and spyware with or without their knowledge.

Some free stuff like free software, mp3s and videos are used by websites as marketing tools for their promotions of new products or existing products. Sometimes they are given away freely as trial versions. You will have to pay to get the fully functioning version. There are cracks (These days mainly as Torrents) available for trial software to make it a fully functional software. But these cracks may also carry the unwanted viruses and spyware. If you want to find free fully functional software, you better find open source software as they will make the least damage or zero damage to your computer. But make sure that you download them from their original developer.

Various free stuffs like consumer goods (soaps, perfume, cream, food, etc.) are not always good for your body and health. These are offered sometimes to get a feedback from you after using them. Sometimes companies test their new products on you like scientists test on rats and rabbits. You have to be very careful when using these kinds of free stuffs. You better check the vendor’s profile and reputation.

Free offers like money are 99.99% scams and you will get into trouble. My advice is that never get into money free offers. No one will give you free money. The people pretend to give money actually try to get money from you.

EBooks, email and webhosting free offers are less harmful compared to others. These are used as a medium for marketing products and services. Yahoo GeoCities, Gmail, free eBooks offered by various internet businessmen are some examples for these kinds of free offers.

The reality that you must understand is, no one offer free offers if they don’t get a benefit from them. Each and every free offer is designed in such a way that the offerer will benefit from it by some way. Therefore you better be careful when using or downloading free offers.