Oh Thank God i found this site!
Recently, I received an email regarding with unclaimed fixed deposit amount from a "so called" Mr. Arthuro Castro Valera who happened to be dead already and the fixed deposit amount of $4,600,000 remained unclaimed for over 5 years. The person who contacted me introduced himself as a branch manager by the name of John McGuire. He is on it's quest to claim the said amount with me as the one who will stand as the beneficiary, since no beneficiary or nominee declared during the deposit. To cut the long story short, I WAS SCAMMED! But luckily,when they tried to ask me about "activation fee", it sounds suspicious to me. I tried to inquire about scam that deals with bank account and i was able to read this thread that saves me from spending huge amount of money. This is the last email they sent to me: Dated today January 26, 2016(as of the making of this post)
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Presidential Bank
4520 East-West Highway
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
United States of America
Phone: (703) 910-5586
Fax: (703) 276-145
Dear valued customer: Roy I. Navallo,
WE WILL TRANSFER UPON THE ACTIVATION OF THE ACCOUNT:
We acknowledge the receipt of your identification proof and all verification done successfully. In reference to your application of claim on the fixed deposit account number (0211667985) as made by Mr. Arthuro Castro Valera, we have approved your application and as recommended by the committee setup in regards of the deposit. The committee has voted to proceed in waiving the fixed deposit to you despite your inability to come to the bank in person. This is because the documents with which you backed your claim are copies of the original documents issued to Mr. Arthuro Castro Valera in respect to this deposit. More so, you are the only person who have put up claim on this deposit which have laid dormant for over five years.
Henceforth, you are the beneficiary of the fixed deposit account (0211667985) and we shall take all necessary measures to transfer the money to you. This deposit as you are already aware, has been un serviceable for more than five years, hence you will be required to have it activated before the transfer can be made. All dormant accounts regardless of the account type must be activated by depositing at least the minimum sum of US$600. You are hereby required to pay the compulsory activation fee of six hundred US Dollars without which activation/transfer cannot be made.
Taking into account, today's exchange rate, US$600 is equivalent to P28,100. Rather than coming to United States to make this deposit, we will make arrangement to receive the activation fee through our correspondent agency account in your country, as we do not have any bank branch in Philippines. You also have second option of coming to our branch at, 4520 East-West Highway Bethesda, Maryland 20814 United States for cash payment.
After making the payment, you will be required to scan the deposit slip and have it sent to us through email. Also give us your account details as seen below for us to make the transfer to you.
Account Name:
Account Number:
Bank Name:
Bank Branch Address:
Swift Code:
Acknowledgment of this important email will be highly appreciated for activation and transfer of your inherited fund. Kindly notify us of your readiness for activation payment to enable us provide you with account details.
Thank you for banking with us, we are committed to excellence.
Your sincerely,
Douglas C. Haskett II
Chief Financial Officer.
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