E-Mail Scam....This is an Old One

And I'm surprised it's still going around. But there must be some suckers out there who are falling for it.

Greetings,

I am contacting you in regards to a huge sum of money(Seven Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pound Sterling)only,in an account with my bank for over 10years belonging to a German property magnate,now deceased.He on the 7th of July 2005,had his surviving wife and only son die in the Bomb Blast at Kings Cross underground Station.They were on holiday in the UK for three weeks as tourists.Click link below for more info:

First clue there is a scam: they tell you too much back-story.

Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone apprehensive,I would like to assure you that i have contacted you with the best of intensions.

PROPOSAL;
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims to this money as the heir because he never made any one the next of kin to this fund (it was his secret account). We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the fund to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.

It's always a secret. And they will fix things so you are the beneficiary. And what will that require? A bank account number? No, just name and phone number so they can talk to you directly, and convince you to give them more personal information.

It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate court, an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following:

1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. We shall be sharing the funds in this mannner 70% to us and 30% for you on final conclusion of this project. Your share stays with you while the rest shall be in an investment for us in your country.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you.

God bless,

Mr.Roy Owens.

Roy OWENS? Could he be related to Clem Owens, the purveyor of the Springfield Global Finance Trust Scam?

They want you to either send money (probably through Western Union), or give them bank account numbers so the funds can be transferred to your account. If you are foolish enough to provide them with account numbers, all you'll end up with is an empty bank account.

Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it usually is. And don't trust anyone by the name of "Owens." Buck Owens (may he rest in peace) excluded.

Voting in Wisconsin...

Light turnout today, I was Voter Number 264. In the February election, I was 1200 something, and 1400 something in the November election. Both of the earlier elections featured school referendums, so that may explain a higher turnout.

Belling had some good observations today: why are the school referendums passing all of a sudden? Oostburg, my school district, passed theirs in February, 3rd time was the charm. I think they just wore down the voting public, and they would have kept bringing it back until some version would pass.

Election results, especially from some of the Milwaukee burbs who are looking at school referendums upwards of $100 million, should be interesting.

Also will be interesting to see if Linda Clifford's mud slinging campaign will pay off. I don't remember seeing a single ad that extolled her virtues, qualifications, and reasons for being on the Wisconsin State Supremem Court. All I saw was a vindictive character assasination that posed as a campaign. I hope the voters saw through it.

Springfield Global Finance Trust Followup

Welcome visitors from all over the USA, and even all over the world!

I don't get a lot of visitors to my humble blog, but this post, below, brought in a lot of traffic from all over the USA, and even from New South Wales, Australia! Apparently these bogus letters and checks were sprinkled all over the place. States represented:

New York
Kansas
Arizona
Virginia
Washington
Florida
Illinois
Michigan
Arkansas
Maryland
Colorado
Ohio
Georgia
Texas
Minnesota
North Carolina
California
Oregon
New Jersey

It's great that so many people sensed something was wrong, and took the time to do some research into this scam. Spread the word so others aren't taken in.

Next post will be about an e-mail scam I received last week...