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An Email with the Subject "Urgent!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 07:52:17 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Alexa Pilchard" <alexa@accountants.co.uk>.
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Dear Friend,
PRIVATE AND URGENT.
I am Mr.Alexa Pilchard, and I work for Barclays Bank London UK, I
was the account officer to a deceased account, one of our foreign
customers. While he banked with us, we oversaw his accounts and
other official obligations as my office demanded being his accounts
officer.Unfortunately, he died together with his entire family in
the plane crash of 31 October, 1999 on board the Egyptian Airline
990 alongside other passengers.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come
forward to lay claims to this money as the heir. We cannot release
the fund from hisaccount unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated according to the law, Most
likely, if there are next of kin, they all get an equal share. If
there are (mysteriously) no next of kin (claiming or otherwise),
the money goes to the state government.
Having made a very frenetic and exhaustive search for any family
member that would lay claim to this fund, I decided to take my
chance with you. I now seek your permission to have you stand as
next of kin to the deceased as I have all documentations including
his certified Death Certificate that will facilitate your stand as
next of kin to him as he had a closing balance of £15,000,000.00
(Fifteen million Pounds Sterling) here in our bank in London. I also
have secured from the probate an order of mandamus to locate any
member of deceased family to become beneficiary of this fund.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please send your reply to me
as soon as possible so as to enable us commence.
Please reply to my E-mail.
Regards,
Mr.Alexa Pilchard