Show me the money!

need help... it happens that I found this thread a little too late... I apologize for my ignorance but I'm in a state of distress now because I'm falling for this exact scam.

after a series of emails and calls, I had negotiated a deal with him. I sent him a lot of private information and copied documents (drivers license and birth certificate). There was even a "bank" I talked to. It was the Hong Leong Bank in Malaysia. The email the bank was using was info@hlbbb-my.com and their number is +60-1-6643-1527. I have not sent them any money... As a student with loans, I wouldn't be able anyway.

He basically offered to split it 30% for me and 70% for him. I initially thought it was a potential scam but he seemed convincing when he said I did not need to send him any money. He showed me some documents that seemed legit. At this point the bank has to "confirm" my information before I have to open a foreign account with the "bank". The funds would be transferred to my account and then I can potentially wire it to my bank account here in the states.


Sorry, I'm a bit disoriented because of my stupidity. I apologize for my ignorance. I'm mostly concerned for the private information I have sent out to the "bank"... what can they do with that information? Is there anything I can do at this point?

I reckon you're at a much higher risk for identity theft based on the high quality information they have about you.

as for "do now"? You could call all your creditors and ask that no new credit extensions be granted in your name without your explicit confirmation. And check the credit reporting services and explain the same thing, and ask for holds on your info there too.

Look up what it takes to recover from ID theft. that's what I think you're most at risk of, and that risk will last for a while.

ps welcome to the cellar. sorry it's under these circumstances.

Is there a place I can report potential identify theft?

Here were the documents that were given to me during the process...


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The original email was word for word this one:

Dear (Deleted),

With due utmost respect,I crave your indulgence knowing that this my proposal will be a surprise to you.I am Mann Zamri, an attorney at law and the accredited legal representative to late Mr (Deleted), who was hereafter as mine client. He died as a result of heart ailment in December 2006.

I am seeking for your humble consent to assist in the transferring of the funds left behind by my late client into your account before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank and this deposit valued: Nineteen Million Five Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars. Since you have the same last name with my late client so the proceeds of this funds can be remitted into your account as a foreign partner.

If this proposition offends your moral ethics,do accept my sincere apology. In contrary,indicate your interest.Note that I reserve the right to reject your acceptance on this proposal if I have reasons to believe that you may not be honest or discreet as it concerns this proposal.

Further details will be giving as soon as your interest is indicated.

Yours sincerely

Barrister.Mann Zamri
(Senior Advocate)

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sorry, here are the pictures

no idea, but look, act as if your identity has already been thefted. call the creditors you have and the credit reporting agencies (equifax, transunion, I forget the other one) and tell them your situation. They'll give you better info than I can.

Tell your bank too.

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sorry, here are the pictures of the documents that were sent

Oh dear.

Yeah, identity theft is a big risk here.

I'd start by talking to your local police. They probably have a department that deal with fraud and such, get their advice.

How did you find this thread, omega?

when i was googling around for answers i stumbled on ClassicMan's post and realized it was the same exact email i had received a month before

I just received this to my work e-mail. I can't tell if it's real, or a new and sophisticated scam:
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Dear (HungLikeJesus),

Hope this email not bother you and your February was good so far.

I am Amber, the Program Coordinator of the 1st Annual International Congress of Marine Algae 2012 (AICMA-2012). I am writing this letter to make sure if you have received my letters previously, it was about the conference: AICMA-2012 which will be held on September 20-23, 2012 in Dalian.

Maybe there some problems with my mailbox, I haven't received your kind reply until now. May I know you like to attend this conference as a Speaker? It will be our great honor to host you in Dalian.

Until now, the following 4 Keynote Speakers have confirmed to attend:
Dr. Anthony D. Wright, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii, USA
Dr. Thierry Chopin, Professor, University of New Brunswick, Canada
Dr. Juliet Brodie, Professor, The NaturalHistoryMuseum;President 2009-2010, British Phycological Society, UK
Dr. John Benemann, Vice Chair, Algal Biomass Organization, USA
Visit more details on Keynote Speakers’ at: http://www.bitconferences.com/aicma2012/speakers.asp#1

Meanwhile, we have already updated our Session Chairs at our website, welcome to visit at: http://www.bitconferences.com/aicma2012/fullprogram.asp

Moreover, the conference website: http://www.bitconferences.com/aicma2012/

Your kind attention and soonest reply is highly appreciated.

Sincerely Yours,

Ms. Amber G___
Organizing Commission of AICMA-2012
etc...

A little searching finds this:

If it was a conference on marine algae, maybe; but a conference of marine algae?

"Now our next speaker is professor Cyanobacteria ..."

Targeted phishing, thanks Google!

Well, at least I wasn't asked to be an honored speaker at the 2012 SmallWood conference.

Though I do hope to attend.

But I hear you're going to be a visiting instructor at Morningwood Academy.

http://www.morningwoodacademy.com/

Morningwood sounds like a unique place...

School News

There's apparently a phishing scam targeted at desperate people looking for work.

As a desperate person looking for work, I thought it was important to be educated about such things.

Email job offers for which you have not applied are identify theft scams. You fill out some hiring paperwork and instead of starting an exciting and profitable job for a highly self-motivated person, you are trying to figure out how to read your completely destroyed credit report.

What an awesome business opportunity, especially since I know shit-all about investment long term duration project!

And he already is sweet on me, look, see how he just calls me Dear?

A business opportunity and a rich lover all in one email?

Only thing I don't understand ... why is google telling me "Warning: This message may not be from whom it claims to be. Beware of following any links in it or of providing the sender with any personal information."

(grumble) No one ever writes to me to apprise me of such worthy business endeavors and love anymore. :(

Google is just jealous since he is pledging his fidelity to you and has broken it off with google. Don't fall for google's sinister machinations. Listen to you heart, it's gonna tell you what to do...

I don't even get emails about enlarging my penis anymore :sniff:

You can have all the ones that come in my spambucket.

Yes, I know exactly what I said.

I got one today from Mr. Andrew 442

"Warm Greetings!!!
I need your assistance in a transaction that will profit us.
Thank you,"

At least the fucker is honest and to the point.

Here is one that came to me yesterday.
It was "Sent by" my cousin, with her correct full name, business title, business address, business phone, etc.,
and the email return was her correct (personal) Yahoo.com email address.

It sounds credible for my cousin because she does travel a bit.
In any case, I called another family member to check it out, and it is a scam.
My cousin is at home (in the US) and she is hearing from people she has known all over the world.

Unfortunately, another member of the family did send money,
and now are in the process of trying to get it back... rot's of ruck on that one !

At least my cousin now knows she is loved by many. :heart-on:

Thats an old one, Lamp. Thats been discussed here before.
Perhaps they keep recycling them.
Sorry someone sent money. :(

Yikes. I'd never seen a personal one before. That's scary.

If my family got a scam email that was supposed to be from me and the email was talking about the fine kettle of fish I'd gotten into, my family would think it was just one more fine kettle of fish I'd gotten into. ;)

I got an e-mail from my sister this morning that said:

and included a link.

I thought it might have been spam, but I clicked the link anyway.

When you're in a fine kettle of fish, eat the fish! ;)

I've been snookered like this too, in instant messaging/chat programs as well. my bil's computer had been compromised and some foulware bot was grinding through his contact list with a little one sentence text worm baiting their hook link. I clicked it, I became infected too, and the cycle repeated itself. Sadly, this was on my computer at work (back in the day) and I had to go around to all my work contacts saying "um you might want to get that checked" so to speak.

Embarrassing and frustrating

I should clarify - in this case it was not malware, but a real e-mail.

So...was it your dream house?

Well, it is a cool house:

http://csmedia.mris.com:6103/platinu...20120229105231
Twenty-three acres in Malibu, ocean and city views, but no garage and no price given.

It's designed to look like a cave dwelling. More pictures at the listing.

I've gotten the mugged in a foreign country email ... same deal, with all the correct contact information, but at least in the case of mine, I was wise enough to contact the supposed victim, who, while given to rushing around the world at a moment's notice, was unlikely to be doing so while he was on unemployment.

Oh, top left. 3.5 million.

It's freaking amazing! I could dream about that house.

Your other left

No garage, but parking for two brontosauruses out the back...

No price, because if you need to ask ...

:lol2:

I'm so direction dyslexic!

Got this one today, heh heh.

Just got this... I've been getting A LOT of packages lately so I opened it...

Upon a scan it seemed legit. Then I went grammar nazi on it and was all WTF?

Trojan

Google had put this in my spam folder with the following message in orange;
Now I want to know why Diane L. Mcallister and Google have teamed up to screw me out of my $5.5 million? :mad:

I wonder what they'd do if you emailed them back and said, Yep, Diane is my representative, send it all to her.

then they would win.

their goal is to engage you. getting your attention at all is the first win for them and loss for you. actually actively participating in that engagement is more win for them. It's like pushing back against a flood. It is futile, the flow will just go around the side and drown you from the back. The only effective way to respond is to leave. Move to higher ground.

I get your joke. But I think it would be wasted, they comprehend (and compose and correspond) like a robot. A waste of a clever idea. Wasted on them, that is. I got a grin from it.

A friend of mine got a message recently, the long-lost relative has died, you are the sole heir, please respond. It addressed her by name and was well written.

I should hope so, for a snail-mail letter from the SA public trustee.

For reals, it was genuine. :shock:

Here's a new one :rollanim:
Impressive, no? No :haha:

:D

Hey wait, how come no-one is trying to scam me out of money?
Sigh. Even the scamsters know I'm poor :(

They don't know I don't have a penis though.
Odd.

How do you expect to earn money without a penis? Maybe that's what they're getting at.

Apparently only knights who run brothels need apply. But then, they'd presumably have more to give.

Once a Madam, always a Madam.
But once a Knight's enough for any man.

A common myth ;););)

Poor guy...

LOL, my email box is full with this bullshit :D

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I won, I won, I'm rich, all I have to do is contact the South African office of the CA lottery. :biglaugha:lol2::rotflol:

I am so stoked!
Finally, someone wants to pay me!!