I’m constantly amazed by the amount of crap that’s going around, all of it trying to rip off the innocent. I’ve had people tell me that I should leave it alone and that those people who get sucked into this crap are so stupid they deserve it and that only then will they learn that nothing in life comes easy.
Truth be told though, I just can’t do it. I don’t believe that anyone has the right to rip people off and if I can save just one person from losing money to some scam or other then it is all worthwhile.
Sort of makes you wonder though how gullible some people can be though. Honestly would anyone seriously fall for the following email that I received today?
FROM: J. RICHARD LEAMAN
UBS INVESTMENT BANK
WEBSITE: WWW.IBB.UBS.COM
EMAIL:rlrichardjleaman54@gmail.comDEAR SIR,
I DECIDED TO REACH YOU DIRECTLY AND PERSONALLY. PLEASE PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF, MY NAME IS J. RICHARD LEAMAN. I AM THE JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF INVESTMENT BANKING AND ALSO THE RISK MANAGER OF UBS INVESTMENT BANK LONDON. I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL RISK AND FINANCIAL POLICIES AT THE BANK. I AM COMPELLED TO CONTACT YOU DIRECTLY AFTER DUE CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING A CONFIDENTIAL MATTER.
IF YOU ARE IN DOUBT OF MY PERSON, KINDLY VISIT UBS INVESTMENT BANK MANAGEMENTPROFILEhttp://www.ibb.ubs.com/Meet_our_mngmt/j.richard leaman .shtml) FOR COMFIRMATION.IN THE DISCHARGE OF MY DUTY, I STUMBLED ON THIS DOMI DOMICILIARY ACCOUNT THAT HAS REMAINED DORMANT FOR THREE YEARS WITH
THE TOTAL SUM OF EIGHT MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED & NINETY THOUSAND(8,490,000.00 GBP) GREAT BRITISH POUND STERLING.I CONTACTED THE BANK MANAGEMENT AND WE SENT OUT STAFFS FOR ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE ACCOUNT HOLDER DIED IN AN ACCIDENT.
I AM WRITING YOU TO PLEASE STAND AS THE NEXT OF KIN OF THE ACCOUNT SO THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO REMIT THE MONEY TO YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN,I HAVE MADE ENQUIRIES AND DISCOVERED THAT THE FUND OWNER DIED TOGETHER WITH HIS FAMILES AND NO NEXT OF KIN WAS LEFT.I AM THE ONLY PERSON THAT KNOWS ABOUT THIS INFORMATION BECAUSE I AM THE RISK MANAGER AND THIS IS THE REASON I AM CONTACTING YOU TO ACT AS NEXT OF KIN TO THE FUND OWNER. I HAVE CERTIFIED MY ONSCIENCE TO COMPENSATE YOU ADEQUATELY AT ADEQUATELY AT THE END OF THE TRANSACTION.ALSO, I DO NEED TO INFORM YOU THAT THERE IS PRACTICALLY NO RISK INVOLVED IN THIS.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BANK-TO-BANK TRANSFER TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.I GUARANTEE THIS TRANSACTION UNDER LEGITIMATE ARRANGEMENTS THAT WILL NOT BREACH THE LAW BY BOTH PARTIES; IT IS A SIMPLE PROCESS WHICH WILL TAKE A SHORT WHILE IF YOU ARE WILLING. IF I HEAR FROM YOU, I WILL TELL YOU ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE TRANSACTION.
GOD BLESS YOU
REGARDS,
J. RICHARD LEAMAN
(JOINT GLOBAL HEAD OF INVESTMENT BANKING) UBS INVESTMENT BANK, LONDON,UNITED KINGDOM.
There are so many things wrong with this email it’s laughable.
- What professional writes the whole thing in capitals.
- The moron is using a gmai account! What head honcho of a major corporation would use a gmail account?
- Why would anyone end out an email to a complete stranger for the purpose of ripping of any company?
- Grammar and spelling sucks. I thought this guy was supposed to be a professional!
Well Richard, you won’t be hearing from me mate, or from anyone reading this post. You asshole, why don’t you get yourself an honest job instead of trying to rip people off?
Good on you mate. They are a pain in the proverbial.
peter
You got that right Pete
I’m always surprised at these too. Even aside from the bad spelling and caps, just think about it – why would someone who has never met or heard of you contact you at your personal email address for something having to do with a multimillion dollar transaction? Why? But it must be effective or we wouldn’t be seeing these types of emails for years and years… -James
Yeah, it’s a shame so many people fall for this crap. I get quite a few hits from people searching for these schemes so perhaps these posts are saving some of them from being sucked in.