This is the fifth email I received from the person called as Peter Brown. Now he is mentioning about a cost for preparation of legal documents. But he still says that he will cover it. I sent a reply telling him that I sent my documents but I couldn’t contact him. Most probably he will ask for a part of that cost from me. Check the email I received and the reply I sent.

From: PETER BROWN [mailto:brownpeter59@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:05 AM
To: MY EMAIL ADD
Cc: MY EMAIL ADD

Subject: call me

Dearest Amila,

How are you again today and thanks so much for your message? I am very happy to read copy of the message which Barclays Bank Plc, London sent to you in regards to the text of Application message for claims which our lawyer Barrister Paul Mike submitted to this bank on your behalf. But i became much more surprise to learn about those legal documents which Barclays Bank Plc, London demanded from you.

I have just finished talking with the lawyer Barrister Paul Mike here in London concerning the bank requirements and the lawyer told me that those legal documents will cost me some amount of money which i must have to pay him for processing the documents in your name from the high court of London. So i am now making some arrangement to arrange the required money today and give it to the lawyer for processing the legal documents in your name. If possible i want to mortgage my motor-car to arrange money which the lawyer will use for processing those legal documents in your name and i will be sending copies of those legal documents to you at any moment from now after i get them from the lawyer so that you will have to send the documents to the Barclays Bank Plc, London for final completion of this transaction without any problems.

Now i want you to contact Barclays Bank Plc, London by phone and by email respectively and send them copy of your identification or your passport numbers because there is NO much time left. Remember to send your complete bank account information where the Barclays Bank Plc, London will transfer the whole inheritance sum of US$ 6 Million in your favour after processing for its release. Finally tell Barclays Bank Plc, London that the remaining legal documents will be forwarded to their bank by today or tomorrow after your lawyer Barrister Paul Mike finished processing them from the London High Court of Justice. I’m moving out of my office now to meet the lawyer in his office and i will get back to you after getting those legal documents from the lawyer. Remember to contact me after contacting Barclays Bank Plc, London and after sending them copy of your identification plus your bank complete bank account information. Thanks so much for this information and i hope you will always remain faithful and honest to me throughout the period of this transaction until we meet face to face in your country for investment after completing this transaction.

So please call me immediately at: +447045749371, +44 7045710463 after sending your ID copy or your passport numbers to this Barclays Bank Plc, London . Hope to meet you face to face very soon in your country for onward investment after completing this transaction.

Yours sincerely,
Peter Brown,
From London UK

The reply I sent to Mr. Brown

Hello Mr. Brown,

I sent my copies to the bank. I tried to contact you. But there were some problems in my phone line. What should I do now?

Thanks

Amila

These people might have thought that they have caught me into their trap. In the next email, most probably they will ask for a part of the cost. Let’s see what happens.

TO BE CONTINUED…

This is the fourth email I received from the person called as Peter Brown. He has replied back and I received another email from the bank. The second email asks for my legal documents. I copied that email to Brown’s address and asking what to do. Lets see whether he replies back.

The 2 mails I received

EMAIL1

From: PETER BROWN [mailto:brownpeter59@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 2:56 PM
To: MY EMAIL ADD

Subject: RE: YOU CAN SEND IT TO THE BANK TOO/and call me now

Thanks for your mail, please when ever you hear from the bank njust let me know because the lawyer told me that he has surbmited your infotmation to them

EMAIL2

From: info@barclaysline.net.tf [mailto:info@barclaysline.net.tf]
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:04 PM
To: MY EMAIL ADD

Subject: FUNDS APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

FROM THE DESK OF DR. NAIL WHITE
DIRECTOR CORPORATE & INTERNATIONAL BANKING DEPARTMENT,BARCLAYS BANK PLC, LONDON
ADDRESS:1P. O. BOX 738, Eagle Court 75 King Street, Hammersmith London, W6
Direct Tel: +(44) 207 1797777
Private Banking Section:+ 44 7024072661, +44 7045736806 44 70457 56518,44 70457 56521
FAX: 447005-968-530
Email: ukbarclays@london.com
Web: www.barclaysbank.co.uk
DATE:21ST JAN 2008

ATTENTION: AMILA SENARATHNA,

FUNDS APPROVAL REQUIREMENTS

TO BENEFICIARY:AMILA SENARATHNA NEXT OF KIN TO LATE ENGR.JOHNSON PILLARS

RE: ACCOUNT OF LATE ENGR.JOHNSON PILLARS (DECEASED)
WE, ACKNOWLEDGE THE RECEIPT OF YOUR APPLICATION YOUR LAWYER SUBMITTED TO THIS OFFICE & WE ARE SORRY FOR THE LATE IN GETTING BACK TO YOU.
WE’RE HEREBY, FORWARDING TO YOU OUR REQUIREMENTS FOR PROCESSING OF YOUR APPLICATION AND EFFECTUAL RELEASE OF THE FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT THERE AFTER.

TO THIS END, WE REQUIRE URGENTLY CERTAIN DOCUMENTS WHICH YOU MUST PROVIDE IN OTHER TO MAKE YOUR CLAIMFULLY LEGAL ACCORDING TO THE RELEVANT STATUS. HENCE, WE REQUIRE THE FOLLOWING:

1. LEGAL CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE FROM JUDICCIARY,
2. AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM FROM THE BRITISH HIGH COURT, LONODN.
3. YOUR DATE OF BIRTH & OCCUPATION TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER
RESPECTIVELY
4. COPY OF YOUR PASSPORT OR I.D CARD FOR IDENTIFICATION
5. DEATH CERTIFICATE

ONCE YOU PROVIDE THE ABOVE REQUIREMENTS, THE MANAGEMENT OF BARCLAYS BANK PLC, WILL APPROVE YOUR DEMAND AND TRANSFER YOUR FUNDS INTO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT WHICH YOU ARE YET TO SUBMIT.
MANAGEMENT WISHS TO EXPRESS HER HEARTFELT SYMPATHY ON THE DEMISE OF YOUR RELATION/BROTHER.
YOUR’S FAITHFULLY,

Yours faithfully,
Mr. NAIL WHITE .
Director Corparate& Iinternational Banking Dept.

The reply I sent to Mr. Brown

Hi,

The bank sent me an email it is given below. Please let me know what should I do.

There are few important things that I noticed.

ONE: The actual contact numbers of this bank are in the following location. Real contact numbers The numbers in the email are not equal with these.

TWO: The email address given for contact is not the ones in the real banking site. Here is the URL.

Real email addresses

THREE: I couldn’t find the business address in the real website.

FOUR : Note that the email address that I received from the bank has .tf at the end. ( info@barclaysline.net.tf ) Have a look at the .tf definition in wikipedia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.tf

I will let you know more info about this scam after the next reply from them.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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
———————————-
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…