I May Be In Luck!

buildenterprise

I just got this email and replied as quickly as I could with all my personal info, so there's no way I can lose!

"Consultants:Private Investigators and Security Consultants is conducting a standard process investigation on behalf of Mining Cop-oration in South Africa,the international Cop oration conglomerate, and we will like you to assist with this Independent Inquiry.

My name is IVAN BANTOS, I am a senior partner in the firm.This
investigation involves a client who shares the same surname with you and also the circumstances surrounding investments made by this client at Mining Cop-oration.

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation who shares your same surname whose last known contact address was Brussels Belgium?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person at the Private Mining Cop oration in South Africa PLC?

3-Born on the 1st of June 1927

4-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status of successor in title to the deceased?

Please forward all response to my private email as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to close this investigation. Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

ivan_bantos@live.com
Ivan Bantos."

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camaroman2125

Is it me or have these scams started to pick up again. I mean i used to get 1 or 2 a month now i'm getting like 3 or 4 a day. It is kinda sad though that there are people out their that fall for this this usually the older folks.

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SelfContract

Definitely scam. Africa con artists are famous for producing faked money order (VISA) scams. They print out "look-alike" VISA traveler checks of $500 or above. They first ask you for address & name, then they send you these checks in express envelope, you deposit/cash in your bank, and withdraw and send back to them a portion of it & keep the remaining. Most of these faked checks have been well-known by many banks so they deny right away on the spot when you bring them in. Just google & you will see what others are talking about these scams, from miilionair fortunes to lost treasures in Africa, to theft identity, etc.

In one case, one bank foolishly cash out $1000 checks (by a new teller in training don't know what fake or what real?) , but then couple days later, they found out faked checks & require the customer had to pay back ($1000) or take a NEGATIVE balance owed them, and with penalty fees added into account.

KentWhitten

That's mine I got yesterday. I'm outa here, 450K, sweet deal! It's sooo legit!

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SelfContract

ATM scam is another "identity theft" scam type. They ask for name, SSN, birth day. They use that to get into your real other accounts, and/or open other new accounts in your names. Then they transfer other stolen Visa $$ (by other means) between these new accounts from other people or other stolen Paypal accounts too. If FBI can track later, they don't see the real foot pints/trails from the con artists, but only from real victims of theft transferring money to each other.