I have been sent this e-mail today, have googled it & it is a common money laundering scam you might want to keep an eye out for it or similar & let friends/family know there's a lot of them around apparently at the moment

Good day,
 
Firstly, I apologize for sending you this sensitive information via e-mail Instead of a Certified mail/Post-mail.

This is due to the urgency and importance of The information. I humbly crave your indulgence to read this e-mail with all seriousness of purpose devoid of any doubt in your mind because This project is based on Trust, Confidentiality and Sincerity of purpose in order to have an Acceptable meeting of the minds. Although we never met before, but I have every reason to believe That you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact That I got your E- mail address through the Internet, my online Network, while searching for a reliable  and reputable person to Handle this transaction.

I am a senior manager accounts/audit in UNIPOL MERCHANT BANCA (MERCHANT BANK) here in Italy. I am Writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of Immense benefit to both of us. In my department we discovered an Abandoned sum of 10.5 million Euros(Ten million five hundred Thousand Euros Only) in an account that belongs to one of our Foreign customers who Unfortunately lost his life on his way to the Airport.  Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting His next of kin or relatives to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as Next of kin or  relation to the Deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines.

Unfortunately I discovered that his supposed next of kin being his Only  daughter and wife died along with him in the autocrash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund behind for claim.It is Therefore upon this discovery that I and his account manager now decided to make business with you and release The money to you as the next of kin or beneficiary of the funds for safety keeping and subsequent disbursement since nobody is Coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into Government treasury as unclaimed  The banking law and guidelines here stipulates that such money remained after seven years the money will be transferred into Banking treasury as unclaimed funds.

We agreed that 35% of this money would be for you as Foreign partner,  while the balance will be for my colleagues and I. I will visit your country for  the disbursement according to The percentages indicated above once this money  gets into your Account. Please be honest to me. To commence this transaction, we require you to immediately Indicate your  interest by a return e-mail and enclose the Following information:

1. Full name
2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
3. Occupations and Nationality.
4. Date Of Birth
5,Present Location.

Note this transaction is confidential and risk free. As soon as you receive this mail contact me through my private E-mail address: salvatore_salvon@hotmail.com, Please note that all the necessary arrangement for the smooth release of these funds to you will been finalized as soon as you indicate your role in this transaction. We will discuss much in details when I receive your response and also we are not interested in your money, because I and my partner is not asking to send any money to us, all we are  interested is to make sure that this deal is carried our carefully.

Best regards,
Salvatore Salvon.

From start to finish upon reading that you can tell its a scam, i cant beleive thats actually a do-able fraud email, its rubbish!!!

Feel sorry for anyone who falls into the hands of this con man, i mean take a look at his name!! That says a lot doesnt it!!!

Jeepers!! Some people need a life, scamming people who know no better, makes me ill!

> 1. Full name
> 2: Your private telephone and Fax numbers.
> 3. Occupations and Nationality.
> 4. Date Of Birth
> 5,Present Location

should reply to it using a fake e-mail here would be the info to send him:
1, name: Mr Mickey Mouse
2, phone number: 555 ( as in all american movies and shows)
3, occupations & nationality: Cheese hunter/ entertainer/ cartoonist & Floridian
4, date of birth: 18/11/1928
5, present location: disney channel sky 609

what an ar****le!!!! I no its a serious subject and not to be taken lightly as some people will fall for this, but i would seriously think about e-mailing him myself!

I like that Diane, might give it a go & see if I get any response!!  I know most people wouldn't fall for it but some people don't think & before you know it have handed out their personal details!!  I always feel better if I've passed a warning on!

I don't see why people can play them at there own game lol let me no if you mail him and what the response is, i'll do likewise!!

DON'T RESPOND!!!  If you do, you are validating your email address, and you 'll get a lot more spam.  Best thing to do is bin it and ignore any future ones.

This particular email scam has been doing the rounds for several years.  I used to have the address you could forward it on to,  (police/trading standards etc??) but can't find it anywhere...maybe someone else will know.

I didn't mean respond using your regular/normal email, you can just make one up that you'll never use again, that way it wouldn't matter

Italy....... mine usually come from an African country.
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They also come via letters too.
Many elderly females are falling for this scam in our area. We have been to see many and told them in no uncertain terms to stop sending money.

Some have sent thousands of pounds into this scam. Such a shame people can really believe this and act upon it.

> I know most people wouldn't fall for it

I had a letter saying I had won the Spanish Lottery and asking for similar details. Obviously I knew it was rubbish. But all it takes is one person who falls for it and Whopee he has made himself some cash. I showed the letter to my Mum 85, who had been on holiday to Spain . She thought about it, the only reason it seemed odd to her was that she was sure she did not buy a ticket. She did not see it as a scam. All it takes is just one like that.. Scared me a bit about my Mum too...

My sister was nearly caught out on something very similar.  They decided to get a kitten as a pet, went through the local freeads etc. then came across the stuff4sale web site, there were kittens free to good home as mum had been killed in an accident, no telephone number just e-mail address a yahoo.com one.  When she enquired she told them what area of the country she was in, they came back and said they had just be re-located from Bristol to Glasgow - her being in Bristol, but she could get them on an aeroplane if she couldn't get to her.  Every e-mail it just kept saying send me your name, address, telephone number, you must pay the delivery company direct.....£210  She kept asking them for a telephone number so she could talk to them - I told her to avoid them, you need to see the kittens or any living creature before you take them on - but each time the same e-mail arrived back asking for her details, telling her to pay the delivery company.

I had a quick look through the website and there are absolutely loads of this sort of ads, usually expensive birds looking for an adoption home....free of charge!!!

Luckily I convinced her to leave well alone, but I wonder just how many unsuspecting people have been conned by these people??

Absolutley do no reply!  If you haven't got good firewalls etc on your computer they can get your computers address and start taking your info.

Info about people in this country i.e. National Insurance numbers DOB etc. is very valuable to persons wanting to come in by the back door. 

Not just your money they are after.

i also get spam from well known banks- that i dont even have accounts with asking to validate my info!

its not the banks in question of course just another scam. 

And replying lets them know it is an active e-mail address.  The worse ones are the ones on the phone.  Since we have moved we were targeted everynight for several weeks.  Who knew our new number?  BT and Sky - the only ones at that point!   The worst one is the phone call (says international but that is not always so) saying that they can recover your bank charges for you - just give them your account number and sort code.  My husband keeps them talking for ages - he told the woman who called that I had just left him and that I handled all of the money and accounts - he was virtually crying on the phone - this woman said 'yes well what is your bank account number'  No sympathy - she just thought she had caught a customer!!  When he got fed up he just told her to go away (not so politely)

Another time he asked the caller where they were based and kept him chatting while looking it up - turns out it was an Indian takeaway in Swansea so he tried ordering a curry!  That got rid of him.

My sister sent this one to warn me about another scam, thought you might want to take note of this one too.

can you circulate this around especially as christmas is fast approaching.
It has been confirmed by royal mail. The trading standards office are making people aware of the following scam:

A card is posted through your door from a delivery company called PDS (parcel delivery service) suggesting that they failed to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number) DO NOT call this number, as it is a scam originating from belize.
If you call the number & you start to hear a recorded message you will of already been billed £15 for the phone bill.
Please advise family/friends.

Diane

There is also another scam going about which is targeting students, many of whom are foreign.
These students place an ad on Gumtree(which is the norm) and then a response back by someone saying that they have a flat to rent and that they have to send so much money via Western Union before they can get the keys or even look at it.
In the end many of these students have been sucked in my fake documents and keep sending in money, m,any send in thousands.
This is occurring all round the country and seems to originate in many different countries around the world.

For those who are looking to rent be very wary about the Gumtree site and also anyone wanting money in order to view of get a set of keys..