Post by Yastreb on Dec 9, 2022 11:57:58 GMT
Another day, another Dead Bank Customer...
The scammer's name has been changed; his emails are date-stamped. My comments are in bold.
18 November 2022
Hello,
Best wishes of the day to you. My names are PEDRO BLANCO, a lawyer and legal attaché with a bank here in Spain. Actually, I got your contact information through the public records while searching for a reliable partner to work with to transfer funds belonging to a business magnate who lived in Spain with his family for about Thirteen years before their accidental death, during the Cyclone Nargis Disaster which occurred in May 2016. However, the circumstances and urgency of this claim have prone me to send you this unsolicited mail, which I humbly apologize.
Before the catastrophe; He deposited the sum of $9.8M (Nine MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) with our bank, since his death 8yrs ago the account where the fund is deposited has been dormant without deposit or cash withdrawals. The bank has now listed the fund as unclaimed fund because nobody from the deceased family or associate has contacted the bank for the release of the money.
Against this backdrop, I contacted you to stand as the partner and next of kin to our late client and request the bank to release the money to you as the beneficiary of the fund. I know you may not be in anyway related to our late client but I will guide and equip you with the vital documents and information that will convince the bank to release and transfer the funds to your bank account. With the modalities I have in place, I can guarantee that if you follow my
advice we will conclude this deal successfully without any problem to us in future, The only danger is if the bank finds out that i gave you this information so it is VERY IMPORTANT you know that nobody here knows or should know that i gave you this information so this is a safe deal with total confidentiality.
Mind you, this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively. Once the fund is released to you, we shall divide the content in the ratio of 50% for you, 50% for me as our benefit. ($4.9 Million each)
Kindly indicate your response to this letter via my private email address below; for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not willing to collaborate with me so that I can further my search for another partner.
Kind Regards,
MR. PEDRO BLANCO
Email: REDACTED
Best wishes of the day to you. My names are PEDRO BLANCO, a lawyer and legal attaché with a bank here in Spain. Actually, I got your contact information through the public records while searching for a reliable partner to work with to transfer funds belonging to a business magnate who lived in Spain with his family for about Thirteen years before their accidental death, during the Cyclone Nargis Disaster which occurred in May 2016. However, the circumstances and urgency of this claim have prone me to send you this unsolicited mail, which I humbly apologize.
Before the catastrophe; He deposited the sum of $9.8M (Nine MILLION, EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND US DOLLARS) with our bank, since his death 8yrs ago the account where the fund is deposited has been dormant without deposit or cash withdrawals. The bank has now listed the fund as unclaimed fund because nobody from the deceased family or associate has contacted the bank for the release of the money.
Against this backdrop, I contacted you to stand as the partner and next of kin to our late client and request the bank to release the money to you as the beneficiary of the fund. I know you may not be in anyway related to our late client but I will guide and equip you with the vital documents and information that will convince the bank to release and transfer the funds to your bank account. With the modalities I have in place, I can guarantee that if you follow my
advice we will conclude this deal successfully without any problem to us in future, The only danger is if the bank finds out that i gave you this information so it is VERY IMPORTANT you know that nobody here knows or should know that i gave you this information so this is a safe deal with total confidentiality.
Mind you, this transaction is 100% risk free; there is no atom of risk connected to this business as I have worked out all modalities to complete the operation effectively. Once the fund is released to you, we shall divide the content in the ratio of 50% for you, 50% for me as our benefit. ($4.9 Million each)
Kindly indicate your response to this letter via my private email address below; for further clarification. Please be kind to get back to me if you are not willing to collaborate with me so that I can further my search for another partner.
Kind Regards,
MR. PEDRO BLANCO
Email: REDACTED
Pretty much bog-standard DBC script.
Mr Blanco
Are you sure you meant me to get that?
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
Are you sure you meant me to get that?
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
It looks like he'll insist on ID of some kind and won't take no for an answer.
19 November
Hello my friend,
Thank you so much for your response to my email to you. Be not afraid or confused because this is a safe transaction. I am an insider in the bank so I know the procedure and have gathered the necessary documents that will convince the bank to release and transfer the funds to you. You will contact the bank directly for the release of the money to you while I will provide you with the depository document of the money, I will also apply and obtain the change of ownership certificate of the money in your name at the probate registry. This legal document will authorize the bank to release the funds to you.
To proceed I want you to attach a copy of your international passport or drivers license, it will be used to prepare an agreement both of us together in this deal. I will also use your identification to apply for the change of beneficiary certificate at the probate registry. Do not worry your identification will be safe with me. Please note that we are in this together and I will not want us to have problem because it will also affect me if we have problems in this transaction, As soon as I get your identification I will prepare all relevant documents that you will need to contact the bank for onward release and transfer of the money to your account.
Finally, always remember that NOBODY here knows I am giving out vital documents of the money to you, so this transaction is 100% confidential, we will lose the money if the bank or anybody here knows that I am communicating with you. Most importantly I will love to invest my share of the money in your country to avoid raising eyebrows here. I will like you to inform me areas where I can invest in your country after the money is release to your bank account.
Once again thank you for responding to my email and having confidence in me even though we have not met or seen each other before but I am confident that we have started a relationship that will last for life time. Send your telephone number so that I will reach you when needed.
Please respond only to my law firms email address for security and confidentiality of our communications.
Yours sincerely,
Pedro Blanco
Thank you so much for your response to my email to you. Be not afraid or confused because this is a safe transaction. I am an insider in the bank so I know the procedure and have gathered the necessary documents that will convince the bank to release and transfer the funds to you. You will contact the bank directly for the release of the money to you while I will provide you with the depository document of the money, I will also apply and obtain the change of ownership certificate of the money in your name at the probate registry. This legal document will authorize the bank to release the funds to you.
To proceed I want you to attach a copy of your international passport or drivers license, it will be used to prepare an agreement both of us together in this deal. I will also use your identification to apply for the change of beneficiary certificate at the probate registry. Do not worry your identification will be safe with me. Please note that we are in this together and I will not want us to have problem because it will also affect me if we have problems in this transaction, As soon as I get your identification I will prepare all relevant documents that you will need to contact the bank for onward release and transfer of the money to your account.
Finally, always remember that NOBODY here knows I am giving out vital documents of the money to you, so this transaction is 100% confidential, we will lose the money if the bank or anybody here knows that I am communicating with you. Most importantly I will love to invest my share of the money in your country to avoid raising eyebrows here. I will like you to inform me areas where I can invest in your country after the money is release to your bank account.
Once again thank you for responding to my email and having confidence in me even though we have not met or seen each other before but I am confident that we have started a relationship that will last for life time. Send your telephone number so that I will reach you when needed.
Please respond only to my law firms email address for security and confidentiality of our communications.
Yours sincerely,
Pedro Blanco
I opt to shift focus to other issues.
Mr Blanco
I don't have confidence in you; not yet, at any rate. That has to be established.
For one thing, I need to be confident that what you're suggesting is safe (bearing in mind that nothing is ever 100% risky free, of course). And it's way too early to be demanding anything from me. In my former career, rushing into things was firmly discouraged.
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
I don't have confidence in you; not yet, at any rate. That has to be established.
For one thing, I need to be confident that what you're suggesting is safe (bearing in mind that nothing is ever 100% risky free, of course). And it's way too early to be demanding anything from me. In my former career, rushing into things was firmly discouraged.
Regards
Malcolm Reynolds
"Pedro" piles on the reassurance.
22 November
Dear Malcolm,
I appreciate your candid email. I want to again assure you of the safety of this deal. The owner of the money Late Edward Reynolds died leaving the money behind and for years nobody has come to claim the money. I have consulted and investigated him properly costing me a lot of time and money and i discovered that the money is up for grabs. I contacted you because you have same last name with him which will convince the bank to release the money to me as a family relative. If this is not safe i will not get involved in it also if you have problem it will also affect me. I dont do things that will put my freedom in jeopardy so have confidence in me and in this deal. The ONLY risk involved in this transaction is if my colleagues finds out that i gave this vital information to you. As long as we keep our communications strictly confidence and you follow my advise then be rest assured that we will claim this money successfully with out problem on or after the transaction. I am a lawyer and insider in the bank so i know how things work here.
Please make up your mind and let me know.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
I appreciate your candid email. I want to again assure you of the safety of this deal. The owner of the money Late Edward Reynolds died leaving the money behind and for years nobody has come to claim the money. I have consulted and investigated him properly costing me a lot of time and money and i discovered that the money is up for grabs. I contacted you because you have same last name with him which will convince the bank to release the money to me as a family relative. If this is not safe i will not get involved in it also if you have problem it will also affect me. I dont do things that will put my freedom in jeopardy so have confidence in me and in this deal. The ONLY risk involved in this transaction is if my colleagues finds out that i gave this vital information to you. As long as we keep our communications strictly confidence and you follow my advise then be rest assured that we will claim this money successfully with out problem on or after the transaction. I am a lawyer and insider in the bank so i know how things work here.
Please make up your mind and let me know.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Mr Blanco
You're sounding a tad overconfident.
You're sounding a tad overconfident.
The fact that Late Edward Reynolds is a namesake doesn't automatically mean family relative. Hell, there was another Reynolds in the rifle company I led before my mustering out, and he was no kin of mine, just saying.
Malcolm Reynolds
Malcolm Reynolds
26 November
Dear Malcolm,
Thank you for your email and i understood the content very well. Yes you are not related to Edward Reynolds and i am sure none of his family
members are aware of the money. He died with his immediate family and nobody has come for the money since his death in 2016. I have contacted a search and could not trace any of his family hence i contacted you because the bank has opened a seizure process of the money as unclaimed fund so we need to act fast to submit the application to the bank for the release of the funds to you. I am sure of our safety in this deal so long as nobody here knows that i am communicating with you.
I have with me a copy of the deposit certificate issued to late Edward Reynolds the day he deposited the money with the bank in 2014 for
investment. I also have a copy of the certificate of death of Edward Reynolds. These two documents will convince the bank beyond every doubt
that you are related to late Edward Reynolds. I will also apply for a change of ownership certificate at the ministry of justice. With the
death and deposit certificate with a copy of your identification the change of ownership certificate will be issued in your name. I will also
prepare an application letter that you will fill your bank details where the money will be deposited and send them to the bank applying for the
release and transfer of the money into your bank account as the relative Edward Reynolds and the new beneficiary of the money.
As a lawyer and insider in the bank i am sure we will never fail.
Believe in me and know that it will also affect me if you have problems so be confident and work with me to claim the fund. Send a copy of your
identification so i can prepare the agreement and send to you. Your identification is safe with me because you are my partner. The agreement
is for you and me only to bind us together on the percentage agreed.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Thank you for your email and i understood the content very well. Yes you are not related to Edward Reynolds and i am sure none of his family
members are aware of the money. He died with his immediate family and nobody has come for the money since his death in 2016. I have contacted a search and could not trace any of his family hence i contacted you because the bank has opened a seizure process of the money as unclaimed fund so we need to act fast to submit the application to the bank for the release of the funds to you. I am sure of our safety in this deal so long as nobody here knows that i am communicating with you.
I have with me a copy of the deposit certificate issued to late Edward Reynolds the day he deposited the money with the bank in 2014 for
investment. I also have a copy of the certificate of death of Edward Reynolds. These two documents will convince the bank beyond every doubt
that you are related to late Edward Reynolds. I will also apply for a change of ownership certificate at the ministry of justice. With the
death and deposit certificate with a copy of your identification the change of ownership certificate will be issued in your name. I will also
prepare an application letter that you will fill your bank details where the money will be deposited and send them to the bank applying for the
release and transfer of the money into your bank account as the relative Edward Reynolds and the new beneficiary of the money.
As a lawyer and insider in the bank i am sure we will never fail.
Believe in me and know that it will also affect me if you have problems so be confident and work with me to claim the fund. Send a copy of your
identification so i can prepare the agreement and send to you. Your identification is safe with me because you are my partner. The agreement
is for you and me only to bind us together on the percentage agreed.
I hope to hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Mr Blanco
Well, at least you're conceding that what you want my help with is stealing money from the bank. That's mighty candid of you.
But again, you're being overconfident. You're assuming that the bank will give up the money so easily after a six-year delay. There will be questions asked. I'm sure of that. Hell, in their place, I would ask that question.
Malcolm Reynolds
Well, at least you're conceding that what you want my help with is stealing money from the bank. That's mighty candid of you.
But again, you're being overconfident. You're assuming that the bank will give up the money so easily after a six-year delay. There will be questions asked. I'm sure of that. Hell, in their place, I would ask that question.
Malcolm Reynolds
"Pedro" now pleads situational ethics; no surprise there.
27 November
Dear Malcolm,
Thanks for your email. I understand your fears very well and you are correct because the bank will ask questions. The reason i am confident is because i have every information the bank will require to approve the release of the money to you. I am a lawyer and knows the requirements
for inheritance fund. I am an insider in the bank so i have all the information that we need to successfully claim the money. As i told you
earlier i have done my investigation and i am sure of what i am telling you.
Yes i have to be candid in all my dealings with you, if we dont claim this money the bank directors and board will share this money within
themselves.
Let me hear from you then i will send the agreement to you.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Thanks for your email. I understand your fears very well and you are correct because the bank will ask questions. The reason i am confident is because i have every information the bank will require to approve the release of the money to you. I am a lawyer and knows the requirements
for inheritance fund. I am an insider in the bank so i have all the information that we need to successfully claim the money. As i told you
earlier i have done my investigation and i am sure of what i am telling you.
Yes i have to be candid in all my dealings with you, if we dont claim this money the bank directors and board will share this money within
themselves.
Let me hear from you then i will send the agreement to you.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Let's see how he copes with a question I often pose as Mal.
Mr Blanco
Fine, so you can blindside the bank. But then there's the matter of the IRS. You can't blindside the IRS.
Malcolm Reynolds
Fine, so you can blindside the bank. But then there's the matter of the IRS. You can't blindside the IRS.
Malcolm Reynolds
29 November
Dear Malcolm,
Thanks for your email and questions, it shows you are a careful person and do not engage in things that will give you problems. The truth here
is i love my freedom too and i will not do anything that will put me into trouble. I have checked all the process and i am sure of the successful claim of the money without any problem. Your last name and the documents in my possession will surely convince the authority and the bank to approve the release of the money to you. What the justice ministry needs to issue change of ownership certificate in inheritance fund is:
1. Copy of the new beneficiary's identification.
2. Your official or home address.
3. A proof of relationship with the deceased which your last name and death certificate of late Reynolds is what is required.
4. Proof of existence of the money including the name and contact of the bank where the money is deposit. I have a copy of the deposit certificate issued to late Reynolds the day he deposited the money with the bank and it is was is required. We dont have anything to do with the IRS as regards to this money.
These legal documents will serve as legal documents to show the origin of the money when it is transferred to your bank account
The ONLY risk here is if the bank finds out that i communicate with you, i will lose my job and face legal sanctions so confidentiality and your
trust is all we need to claim the money. I assure you this.
Hope to hear from soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Thanks for your email and questions, it shows you are a careful person and do not engage in things that will give you problems. The truth here
is i love my freedom too and i will not do anything that will put me into trouble. I have checked all the process and i am sure of the successful claim of the money without any problem. Your last name and the documents in my possession will surely convince the authority and the bank to approve the release of the money to you. What the justice ministry needs to issue change of ownership certificate in inheritance fund is:
1. Copy of the new beneficiary's identification.
2. Your official or home address.
3. A proof of relationship with the deceased which your last name and death certificate of late Reynolds is what is required.
4. Proof of existence of the money including the name and contact of the bank where the money is deposit. I have a copy of the deposit certificate issued to late Reynolds the day he deposited the money with the bank and it is was is required. We dont have anything to do with the IRS as regards to this money.
These legal documents will serve as legal documents to show the origin of the money when it is transferred to your bank account
The ONLY risk here is if the bank finds out that i communicate with you, i will lose my job and face legal sanctions so confidentiality and your
trust is all we need to claim the money. I assure you this.
Hope to hear from soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
And "Pedro" makes a blunder that I'm happy to jump on.
Mr Blanco
You ain't thinking straight! "We dont have anything to do with the IRS as regards to this money" - of course you don't have anything to do with the IRS! You're in Spain! The IRS is my concern, and trust me, it's a fucking huge concern!
Malcolm Reynolds
You ain't thinking straight! "We dont have anything to do with the IRS as regards to this money" - of course you don't have anything to do with the IRS! You're in Spain! The IRS is my concern, and trust me, it's a fucking huge concern!
Malcolm Reynolds
Damage control engaged...
30 November
Dear Malcolm,
Thanks for your email. The internal revenue service in your country only needs documents to prove the source and origin of the money which the
bank will give to you upon the completion of the release and transfer of the money to you.
Another option is opening an account here in my country or any country where the money can be transferred. This is a legal transaction before the eyes of my government and yours just that only me and you knows the source which we wont reveal to anyone. This will be a deep secret between you and me. There are so many ways we can achieve success but the most important thing now is to apply for the release of the money to you so that my bank can stop the confiscation process already started. If we dont stop them they will share the money with one flimsy excuses.
I am a financial lawyer so i know what is obtainable here.
Hope to hear from you soon.
Thanks for your email. The internal revenue service in your country only needs documents to prove the source and origin of the money which the
bank will give to you upon the completion of the release and transfer of the money to you.
Another option is opening an account here in my country or any country where the money can be transferred. This is a legal transaction before the eyes of my government and yours just that only me and you knows the source which we wont reveal to anyone. This will be a deep secret between you and me. There are so many ways we can achieve success but the most important thing now is to apply for the release of the money to you so that my bank can stop the confiscation process already started. If we dont stop them they will share the money with one flimsy excuses.
I am a financial lawyer so i know what is obtainable here.
Hope to hear from you soon.
... But Mal has become suspicious.
Mr Blanco
I get it. You're a financial lawyer. I'm cool with that.
But there's something I learned from my service with the Corps, and that was risk mitigation. Now, despite what people might think, soldiers don't charge into battle heedless of risk. That's especially true of Marines. We know the odds, calculate the risks, and plan ahead for contingencies. And we never took anything for granted.
What I see with your blatant handwaving of the problems I've mentioned is that you're taking it for granted that the IRS can be bamboozled by the bank's documents, or by something as simple as a foreign bank account. Well, as the Eskimo told the icebox salesman, I ain't buying it. I'm getting a different vibe. Care to hear about it?
Malcolm Reynolds
I get it. You're a financial lawyer. I'm cool with that.
But there's something I learned from my service with the Corps, and that was risk mitigation. Now, despite what people might think, soldiers don't charge into battle heedless of risk. That's especially true of Marines. We know the odds, calculate the risks, and plan ahead for contingencies. And we never took anything for granted.
What I see with your blatant handwaving of the problems I've mentioned is that you're taking it for granted that the IRS can be bamboozled by the bank's documents, or by something as simple as a foreign bank account. Well, as the Eskimo told the icebox salesman, I ain't buying it. I'm getting a different vibe. Care to hear about it?
Malcolm Reynolds
1 December
Dear Malcolm,
Thanks for your email. Whats your vibe lets hear it and if its the best way then we follow it. We are about to become partners so your idea is
also very welcomed.
I await your response.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Thanks for your email. Whats your vibe lets hear it and if its the best way then we follow it. We are about to become partners so your idea is
also very welcomed.
I await your response.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
"Pedro" asked to hear about the vibe. I gladly tell him. The misprint (pasty for patsy) is deliberate.
Mr Blanco
My vibe is this. You are planning to embezzle from your bank, but you need a pasty. The money will appear to be sent to me, and LEOs will be distracted tracking me down while you make your escape.
Malcolm Reynolds
My vibe is this. You are planning to embezzle from your bank, but you need a pasty. The money will appear to be sent to me, and LEOs will be distracted tracking me down while you make your escape.
Malcolm Reynolds
I wrote LEOs (Law Enforcement Officers); but Pedro thinks I'm concerned about Light Emitting Diodes.
And Pedro makes a blunder. Mal knows about diplomats...
2 December
Dear Malcolm,
I am not trying to embezzle my bank rather the bank will embezzle the money if we dont claim it. I am not escaping to any place because nobody
will come for me because the process of releasing the money will be legal devoid of raising any eyebrow.
In the alternative you can as well receive the funds cash via diplomatic delivery at any address you will designate. This way you will not attract any LEDS or IRS, i will quickly come for my share upon completion.
I hope ton hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
I am not trying to embezzle my bank rather the bank will embezzle the money if we dont claim it. I am not escaping to any place because nobody
will come for me because the process of releasing the money will be legal devoid of raising any eyebrow.
In the alternative you can as well receive the funds cash via diplomatic delivery at any address you will designate. This way you will not attract any LEDS or IRS, i will quickly come for my share upon completion.
I hope ton hear from you soon.
Sincerely yours,
Pedro Blanco
Mr Blanco
So it's actually preemptive embezzlement? Steal the money before they can steal it? You can dress it up how you want it, but never mind. My scenario is still valid.
I have to ask, though; what's this about a diplomatic delivery? Are you telling me you can arrange for a diplomat to run errands for you?
Malcolm Reynolds
So it's actually preemptive embezzlement? Steal the money before they can steal it? You can dress it up how you want it, but never mind. My scenario is still valid.
I have to ask, though; what's this about a diplomatic delivery? Are you telling me you can arrange for a diplomat to run errands for you?
Malcolm Reynolds
4 December
Dear Malcolm,
It is the bank that will arrange the diplomatic delivery and not me because nobody here knows i am communicating with you.
But check yourself if you cannot work with me please let me so i can find another partner that has the courage to work for me. A person that will have confidence in my judgement.
Pedro Blanco
It is the bank that will arrange the diplomatic delivery and not me because nobody here knows i am communicating with you.
But check yourself if you cannot work with me please let me so i can find another partner that has the courage to work for me. A person that will have confidence in my judgement.
Pedro Blanco
"Pedro" tried to shame Mal. Not a wise move.
Don't you dare try to shame me with jibes about courage! I can show eighteen years of service as a Marine, two Bronze Stars and three Purple Hearts... what can you, a panty-waist office worker, put in the balance? I'll bet you've got nothing to show, and nothing in your pants either.
Something you don't know; banks don't have diplomats. That's a stupid lie. But then it confirms everything I said about you
Have a nice day, Bubba-Louie.
Malcolm Reynolds
That might have ended it. I'll update if there's more.
x 4 (Lagos to Abuja, Nigeria to Ghana, Nigeria to Benin, Ghana to Benin)