Fixed Deposit Claim -Is it a scam?

[Rtpecon2]

I've been receiving emails from William Hopkins telling me that i need to be the beneficiary of the fixed deposit of the said deceased Filipina amounting to $ 550,000.00 USD. We are still in contact in fact he had given me Instructions on what to do, and now we're on the process where i have to submit a letter of claim stated below. What do i need to do? This William Hopkins texted me and then from there we exchanged messages thru email till now. Please help. I did not give him my bank account details yet as I am not that convinced yet until this will be confirmed it's not a SCAM. He even attached the Certificate from the bank (InvestorsBank). See below his last message.

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Please, fill your names, address, and telephone number in the spaces provided for them in the below sample of application letter of claim. The application letter of claim together with the attached documents should be sent to the bank on email address: [email protected] and remember to remove this part of the email with double dotted line before sending the application. Send the email now to enable it processed as soon as possible.
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INVESTORS BANK
101 John F Kennedy Parkway,
Short Hills, New Jersey, 07078
United States of America

Dear Sir/Madam,

Application Letter of Claim

I, (your full names), wish to apply for the claim of the deposit belonging to Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann who is now dead. The fixed deposit account number is: 387-086-7912. To support my application, I have attached a copy of the deposit certificate and the last letter you wrote to him in regard of the said deposit.

From the attached letter, I learned that the deposit will be lost to the treasury department if nothing is done to claim the deposit by 30/07/2017. I do not wish to let this happen, hence my application for its claim as I was a close friend to late Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann. I will not be disposed to come to the United States of America in person for the claim, I will be willing to tender my bank account details where the money will be transferred to me once my application is approved. Thank you in advance as I hope my application will be given your urgent consideration and approval.

Your sincerely,

Full Names:
Address:
Phone Number(s):

[AlanJones]

Hi, it's a scam. You can't just randomly be appointed as the beneficiary of an estate. The scammer is only interested in what fees you he can steal from you. You should cut off contact with him and block him.

Please post the email address that "William Hopkins" is using and any telephone numbers or websites you have been given.

[SJUnada]

I received a similar email regarding deposit claim from a late Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann. So I immediately checked online if it's a scam cause how on earth will they pick me to be the beneficiary of her wealth out of billions of people, right? I'm just glad I checked first..And so, that explains it.. Hmmm..

[vonpaso xlura]

myinvestorgroup.com is in the process of being reported for fraud.

[Alvin]

Hi, it's a scam. You can't just randomly be appointed as the beneficiary of an estate. The scammer is only interested in what fees you he can steal from you. You should cut off contact with him and block him.

Please post the email address that "William Hopkins" is using and any telephone numbers or websites you have been given.

Hi,

I got an email too from a person named William A. Hopkins with the same scenario. How can we report this? Please see below the email add he was using.

On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:54 AM William A Hopkins <[email protected]> wrote:
Top of the day to you.

Thanks.

[William Popkins]

well this dude is trying to scam me too. In the point that they asked for a deposit of 880 usd, i replied that why won't he lend me money. LOL he stopped

[MCTacderan]

Woah! luckily, i saw this forum. damn, i almost gave him my account details. thanks to this group! he uses a new email address. I almost become a victim because I don't have any idea about claims, banking, etc.

[Bryon Williams]

Please copy and paste the email sent to you minus your personal information.

Include the new email address.

[Cris tobal]

I received the same email. And he's asking me to send money to the fiduciary agent account of the bank worth 980$. I checked the attachment He sent to me and I feel confused because the font that he used is inappropriate he used the font name "Kirsten". Lol. And I told him that I can't send the money and he's asking me to go for loan to pay the document fees, and he said I'll pay half of the amount of the required fees and he'll cover up the remaining balance.

[Aibeemc]

I received the same e-mail too. How can we stop this kind of scam? I told my dad to read it carefully.

[Omi Gregorio]

Here is a recent e-mail which I got just a while ago.
This is the e-mail address from which I got it from: [email protected]

Top of the day to you.

It's great to receive your response as I requested. I intend to seek for your opinion, assistance or partnership in getting back the money left behind by a citizen of your country Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann.

My name is Mr. Williams A Hopkins and this is my telephone number: +1-973-457-4791. You are free to call me anytime and I will always answer once I am in a comfortable place to talk.


If this will endanger your position and reputation, I would not have contacted you. This is safe and beneficial. I am presently the Operation Manager of our bank here in New Jersey, United States of America and please do not expose this transaction for any reason, I will give you more information of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

I later discovered with shock that she died of Cardiac Arrest sometime in January 2011 while on visit in Sacramento, California, United States. In order to verify the truth of the matter, I went to Sacramento and confirmed she was dead, it is a sad story for a kindhearted and soft speaking midwife like her to have left this world so soon. This matter was not reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.

Late Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann lived and worked in Pack Avenue, New Jersey, United States of America as a mid-wife and also a real estate business woman and she deposited in our bank the sum of Five hundred and fifty thousand US Dollars as fixed deposit for a period of two years On September 2009. This deposit has long matured and has gone dormant for over Six (6) years.

We have tried to reach her and could not. Her telephone number cannot be reached, emails sent to her kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to her residential address. This issue prompted me to carry out an independent investigation about her whereabouts since she did not provide a next of kin or beneficiary at the time she made the deposit with us.

I have on my own made inquiries at your embassy here in the United States and also visited Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Manila, Philippines, no information of her was found. I have checked our records, there is no information of her relating to her address in Philippines and she did not put nominee at the time she made the deposit. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of her relatives. For security reasons I sent you the text message through the mobile line I bought when I visited your country. Since this is the issue, I want you to apply as the beneficiary of Mrs. Mira Gutierrez Roseann to claim this deposit from our bank since it is believed she was from your country according to his nationality. I know there are a lot of Filipino here in the United States, but it is only someone from outside United States of America can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew her or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with her or not, I will guide you all the way to make this claim. It is not a matter of being greedy or having bad morals, we are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with it. This transaction is a risk free transaction and as the Operation Manager of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts for each of us when the claim is made. Everything will be done successfully and legally, have no fear about this. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit she made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the Treasury Department's account if not claimed now. If you are willing to do this with me, write back and I shall inform you on what next to do to make sure you receive the money. I am waiting for your consent in order to move to the next step towards getting the money. Thank you.

Your sincerely,

Mr. William A. Hopkins.

[Shobe]

Here's another email address of the person named Michael Keneddy- [email protected]

Same content was being sent to me. I sent them my bank account details and they are asking me to pay Tax fee worth Php300,000 to secure the fund and gave me a fiduciary agent account where I need to make the payment. The details are below.

Dear Valued Customer : Stephanie P. Austria.

ACCOUNT DETAILS THE PAYMENT OF YOUR TAX CLEARANCE:

We acknowledge the receipt of your email, Below is the account details for the payment of your Tax clearance to enable us complete the transfer of your fund to your account details without further delay.

Account Name : Richelle Reyes Del Rosario.
Account No: 2000-2313-2086
Bank Name: EAST-WEST BANK

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After making the payment, you are to scan the deposit slip and have it sent to us through email to enable us clear you Tax payment and complete the transfer of your fund within twelve hours.

We appreciate your choice of banking with us.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Sean Burke

( CFO )

I did not pay since I don't have that kind of fund. Kindly help me to stop these scammers so they won't be able to find another victim.

[Shobe]

To add information,

Here's the tel. no. being used by Mr. Keneddy.

Warmest Greetings To You.

I still have 270,000 hoping to get the balance of 48,000 later today, I will remit it to the bank once I complete it.


Yours sincerely,

Mr. Michael W. Kennedy
+1-973-556-8496

Thank you for having this forum I did not gave in. Haha.

[jcfelipe]

Hi,

I also got an email from Investors Bank and they say that they already transferred the money.


Investors Bank
101 John F Kennedy
Parkway, Short Hills,
New Jersey, 07078
United States of America.
Phone : ( 973 ) 542-4523
Fax : ( 973 ) 542-4522

We have gotten the approval letter from our head office to go ahead and make the transfer to you. Attached herewith is the fund transfer receipt for your confirmation. We have successfully transferred the sum of Five Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand US Dollars ( US$575,000.00 ) via Telegraphic Transfer to your designated bank account number. The total amount will be in your bank account within 72 hours from now. Kindly notify us on your confirmation of the transferred amount for our record purpose.Thank you for banking with us, we are committed to excellence.


Here's the email address [email protected]

[Bryon Williams]

Welcome to Scamwarners,

It is a scam. No one or business is writing strangers on the internet giving away money. Just delete the email and ignore.