Definitely a SCAM - [email protected]

[cammenpo]

Received a text message from a certain number of 09232802076:
" we need to talk on this email. [email protected] "
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I researched the number and email address on the internet and did not match anything. So I messaged the email address, thinking that it might be something important:
"Hello,
I just received your text message to email you in this e-address.
May I please ask who's this?

Thank you."
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Then next morning I received a reply:

" Greetings

First, i want to appreciate your effort in getting back to me in a short period of time that i contacted you for this proposal. This proposal will benefit the both of us greatly. However, you might be wondering how i contacted you without knowing each other much better. I contacted you through this highly protocol sms service in order to maintain the needed confidentiality and security. For these reason, i want our communication to be basically though e-mail as i might not pick up your calls if someone is around me in time of call to maintain the needed confidentiality through out this business transaction.

My name is Mr. Luis Massiani and I want to ask for your help in getting back the money left behind by a citizen of your country, Late Mr. Menardo Luis Jimenez. Please do not expose this transaction for any reason. I will give you more information of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once we proceed.

Late Mr. Menardo Luis Jimenez lived and worked in New York, United States of America as a real estate businessman and he deposited in our bank the sum of One million, eighty thousand US Dollars (US$1,080,000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2010. This deposit has matured and he has not come for it since then. We have tried to reach him and could not, his telephone number cannot be reached, emails sent to him kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to his residential address.

This issue prompted me to carry out an independent investigation about his whereabouts and I later realized with shock that he shot dead sometime in April 2011 by criminals who robbed them while on vacation in Mexico. In order to verify the truth of the matter, I went to Mexico and confirmed he was dead, it is a sad story for a kindhearted and generous person like him. This matter was not reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.

However, i have made my own inquiries at your embassy here in the United States and none of his information was found. I have also checked our records, there is no information of him relating to Philippines and he did not put nominee at the time he made the deposit. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives. Since this is the issue, I want you to apply as the beneficiary of the deceased to claim the deposit from our bank since it is believed he was from Philippines according to his name. I know there are a lot of Filipino people here in the United States of America, but it is only someone in Philippines that can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew him or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him 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, 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 live better with it. This transaction is a risk free transaction and as the Chief Financial Officer 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 (50:50) 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 he 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 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.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Luis Massiani.
Phone: +1-718-310-3657 "

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Felt like something was really wrong. Then I decided to search the persons involved in this email. Mr. Luis Massiani turns out to be a Financial Officer abroad(dont know if its true).
Then searched the given contact number +1-718-310-3657. Then this site went up saying that this number was involved and used for scams.

Thank you SCAMWARNERS, you did a great help.

Though i still managed to send the email address a last message:

"First,
You asked me to send you an email with a local number.
Then,
You want me to help you with something involving money.
So,
Do you think i am a fool to believe you?
This isnt the first time someone tries this to me, and i am a very good researcher.

I will report you to the police for using another person's name for this kind of business.
Goodluck with your life."


Thanks again.