October 18, 200719 yr I think he just wants his name and address so he can steal his identity or something. I have an add on Craigslist for tutoring and I got an e-mail from some random guy basically asking for my address talking about wiring me money frm Western Union to tutor his son from Italy for a month. Too bad I'm Italian and his name was 'Robert Alfred'
October 18, 200719 yr Robert Alfred could be short for Roberto Alfredo. It could be, but I e-mailed him back in italian with not so kind words and he replied in english asking for my address again.
October 18, 200719 yr From.Paul Conan. In continuation of my mail, Please find below, a simple proposed text to be re-edit/draft and sent by fax or mail to the bank below: ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Attn: Mr. Isaac Andre Vice President, Investment Banking Versus Bank - C?te d'Ivoire. Tel: +22 501 956 604 (DL) Tel: +22 501 956 605 Fax:+22 522 415 131 (DL) Fax:+22 522 414 459 Email: versusbk@financier.com APPLICATION FOR CLAIM Dear Sir: I have recently learned that a relative of mine has passed away, (Mr.Lambert Jonathan Hofer) This news came to us as quite a shock. It is also my understanding that he may have had investments and portfolio's with your bank. I am requesting the status of these accounts and how best to transfer the funds back to my family. I would like to thank you in advance for any consideration concerning this matter. My information are: Full Name............................................................................ ..................................... Address......................................................................... ............................................ Telephone/Fax number.......................................................................... .................. Sincerely...................... Then sign and send; ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// It is important you note that nobody should know that you are in contact with me nor that I gave you any of these classified official information. I will source for the contact information of a reputable international lawyer here that can handle this matter and will send to you by tomorrow after I have received your response to this mail. I have given to you my most private phone number in my previous mail and hereby re-confirm the same to you as follows: +225-09500882. Please do not call me on the official lines. May God bless you as I look forward to meeting you soon. Meanwhile, please follow my precise instruction to avoid any kind of mistake and endeavour to contact the bank immediately you receive this mail. Yours truly, Mr.Paul Conan
October 18, 200719 yr I wonder if there really is some account out there that he is trying to fraudulently claim by getting some dufus to do all the work for him. This is just bizarre.
October 18, 200719 yr Festa is going to end up a multi-millionaire Festa is going to end up in federal Pound-me-in-the-ass prison.
October 18, 200719 yr Festa is going to end up a multi-millionaire Festa is going to end up in federal Pound-me-in-the-ass prison. If that's the case, I need to figure out a way to get into the same prison he goes to
October 18, 200719 yr You can't steal an identity with a name and address, but my guess is this "bank" is going to end up asking for birthday and social security numbers.
October 18, 200719 yr You can't steal an identity with a name and address, but my guess is this "bank" is going to end up asking for birthday and social security numbers. Ding ding ding. BTW, how much does anyone want to bet that he came up with the Hofer last name after seeing my AIM screen name (MarlinFanHOFer)?
October 18, 200719 yr You can't steal an identity with a name and address, but my guess is this "bank" is going to end up asking for birthday and social security numbers. Ding ding ding. BTW, how much does anyone want to bet that he came up with Hofer last name after seeing my AIM screen name (MarlinFanHOFer)? :lol Try sending him the phone number to some sex hotline (1-800-weare18?) and a fake address see what he says to that.
October 18, 200719 yr Versus Bank is real. But the contact information in the e-mail is nowhere near similar to what "Paul Conan" put on the "application" letter. Link As far as contact information goes, I'm going to send him this: Full Name: Steven Castillo Coniner III Address: 2003 Mahstarbashun Boulevard Sweetwater Floods, Florida 33010 Telephone/Fax number: I cannot provide such info because my telephone service is sporadic at best due to construction in my area.
October 18, 200719 yr Versus Bank is real. But the contact information in the e-mail is nowhere near similar to what "Paul Conan" put on the "application" letter. Link As far as contact information goes, I'm going to send him this: Full Name: Steven Castillo Coniner III Address: 2003 Mahstarbashun Boulevard Sweetwater Floods, Florida 33010 Telephone/Fax number: I cannot provide such info because my telephone service is sporadic at best due to construction in my area. Naa. Tell him you have no home phone because you use your cell phone, and your cell phone is out of minutes for the month.
October 18, 200719 yr From.Paul Conan Please before I continue, I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the informations provided to you. The last dealings late Mr.Lambert Jonathan Hofer had with our bank was on the 16th of June 2005 but has called the bank after that time to inform us that he will be going on a long trip to France and might spend a longer time before his return. The transaction he made on the 16th of June 2005 was a bank transfer from Versus Bank to Transatlantique Bank in Paris as I confirmed because at that time I was on a one(1) month leave from office and resumed office and my duties on the 04th of July 2005. I made restless efforts to reach everyone that I could reach and finally got through to the AirFrance management who confirmed to the Internal Investigations Department of the air crash in France on August 2nd 2005. These informations I never wanted to give you until after the transaction and confirmation that the fund has been transferred to your bank account. (This is a very important secret and information, pls keep very confidential). I have gone through a hard time to get the address of the deceased and will send same to you herein as: 217 Dexter Avenue, Hugh Maddox, Montgomery, AL 36104 - United States of America. I knew that the bank or attorney will certainly or may ask these questions but I happen to be the Managing Director of this department, Investment Banking Policy Division and we guide the bank's management on the questions that are being asked but this is the major reason why I want us to complete this transaction before the coming in of the auditors because all questions prepared will be asked when they come in. there is really no time and I am going to put up a paper for my retirement immediately I have confirmed of the bank's approval. Yours truly, Mr.Paul Conan.
October 18, 200719 yr Thing is, no one died in that AirFrance plane crash. You'd think he'd try to get something "sexy" if he went to the efforts to find a real plane crash and a real date. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4740381.stm
October 19, 200719 yr Author From.Paul Conan Please before I continue, I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the informations provided to you. The last dealings late Mr.Lambert Jonathan Hofer had with our bank was on the 16th of June 2005 but has called the bank after that time to inform us that he will be going on a long trip to France and might spend a longer time before his return. The transaction he made on the 16th of June 2005 was a bank transfer from Versus Bank to Transatlantique Bank in Paris as I confirmed because at that time I was on a one(1) month leave from office and resumed office and my duties on the 04th of July 2005. I made restless efforts to reach everyone that I could reach and finally got through to the AirFrance management who confirmed to the Internal Investigations Department of the air crash in France on August 2nd 2005. These informations I never wanted to give you until after the transaction and confirmation that the fund has been transferred to your bank account. (This is a very important secret and information, pls keep very confidential). I have gone through a hard time to get the address of the deceased and will send same to you herein as: 217 Dexter Avenue, Hugh Maddox, Montgomery, AL 36104 - United States of America. I knew that the bank or attorney will certainly or may ask these questions but I happen to be the Managing Director of this department, Investment Banking Policy Division and we guide the bank's management on the questions that are being asked but this is the major reason why I want us to complete this transaction before the coming in of the auditors because all questions prepared will be asked when they come in. there is really no time and I am going to put up a paper for my retirement immediately I have confirmed of the bank's approval. Yours truly, Mr.Paul Conan. :lol
October 19, 200719 yr I feel quite sorry for him knowing that he's spending all his time on this pitiful attempt. There's so many things that make it obvious it's fake, could he possibly beliebe that iFesta thinks he's about to make some ungodly amount of money? People never cease to amaze me.
October 19, 200719 yr I feel quite sorry for him knowing that he's spending all his time on this pitiful attempt. There's so many things that make it obvious it's fake, could he possibly beliebe that iFesta thinks he's about to make some ungodly amount of money? People never cease to amaze me. I'm sure it's a form letter and I'm sure he's targeting more than one person at a time.
October 19, 200719 yr lol this is complicated. Can somebody explain what this dood wants festa to do? Edit: The way I see it, this guy is a banker and a client of his invested a crapload of money on his bank, but he died and has no family, so he saw that supposedly festa had the same last name and he wants to pull of some shannanigans where he orders the bank to give festa the money and then they divide it 50/50. Is that right?
October 19, 200719 yr lol this is complicated. Can somebody explain what this dood wants festa to do? Edit: The way I see it, this guy is a banker and a client of his invested a crapload of money on his bank, but he died and has no family, so he saw that supposedly festa had the same last name and he wants to pull of some shannanigans where he orders the bank to give festa the money and then they divide it 50/50. Is that right? He makes a living out of scamming unsuspecting Westerners, and he is situated in Africa or India/Middle East (most likely native born). I watch too much Dateline, etc.
October 19, 200719 yr The Next move has to be to setup an offshore account for him to dump the money in....Festa has to pay or kill a lot of us off to make sure we don't rat him out to the federale's
October 19, 200719 yr Just in case people don't know, these are usually run by criminal organizations. The guy sending the e-mail or PMs is usually a kid or really poor person sending form letters. The person who they usually end up sending for "meetings" is usually a low level patsy who is either willing to do anything for meager dollars or is under the control of the enterprise. The top level folks never get caught. They send out a ton of these hoping to get just enough people. Usually they ask at some point for a small amount, perhaps a bank fee charge of $100 to $1000, maybe $10,000...and that's usually how they get their money. The saddest part? A lot of people fall for this.
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