Not very good scam

[Racingdude009]

COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
DEBT REDEMPTION VETTING DEPARTMENT
SW1A 2AH LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM .
PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
EMAIL: [e-mail]


FROM: MR. FREDDIE JOHN
Accountant General; Commonwealth Office, London , UK .
Legally Approved Beneficiary:

RE: SUCCESSFUL RELEASE OF YOUR APPROVED FUNDS

The Commonwealth Office is particularly surprised by constant petitions from many beneficiaries in various countries complaining long-delays on their payments.
And, that they wasted much money in the pursuit of their entitlement/Fund.

Also, there are cases whereby two or three people are applying for the same Funds. The
Commonwealth Audits and Financial Management Authority(CAFMA) has been so busy making straight the Funds release process. Our duty is basically to make sure
that all beneficiaries (including you) do not face anymore heart-breaks or disappointments in course of making claims to your approved entitlement/Funds.

Therefore, we have resolved and instructed that all Funds shall be released through maximum supervision of the Commonwealth Audits and Financial Management
Authority (CAFMA).

REQUIREMENT:
You are required to provide the following information immediately for subsequent processing of the release of funds.

(1) YOUR FULL LEGAL NAMES AND ADDRESS
(2) YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER/ FAX NUMBERS/ EMAIL ADDRESS.
(3) ANY FORM OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION (INT. PASSPORT OR DRIVERS LICENSE)

Congratulations in Advance.

Yours faithfully,

MR.FREDDIE JOHN
Accountant General; Commonwealth Office, London , UK .

[Shaw Tarse]

Sounds fine to me, I'll add my bank details to be sure!

[Zad]

I didn't realise Whitehall were using mobile phones now: 07924 023825

[smack]

Racingdude009 said:

COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
DEBT REDEMPTION VETTING DEPARTMENT
SW1A 2AH LONDON , UNITED KINGDOM .
PHONE: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
EMAIL: [e-mail]

Even the postcode matches the Foreign Office - they are getting good!

[Chainguy]

Does anybody, anywhere, and I do mean anyone, still fall for these?

You'd have to be a Darwin award level fkwit to fall for these scams, surely?

[citizen_smith]

It's ridiculous how the window lickers who fall for these scams always seem to get their money back from their banks, yet people who get their chip and pin cards cloned by an undetectable false card reader etc get refused refunds.

[Aubrey]

Anyone tried ringing the numbers??

[thunderbelmont]

I thought the phone number for Whitehall was 1212.

[jshell]

thunderbelmont said:

I thought the phone number for Whitehall was 1212.

Showing your age there!

[The jiffle king]

Also using Hotmail addresses...

[big_lad]

Zad said:

I didn't realise Whitehall were using mobile phones now: 07924 023825

Or hotmail addresses!!

[Vipers]

Odd quoting UK number as 44, what happened to the 0044, or +44?


I have had no end of scams recently, you have won the lottery de da de da de da.......

[CommanderJameson]

Chainguy said:

Does anybody, anywhere, and I do mean anyone, still fall for these?

You'd have to be a Darwin award level fkwit to fall for these scams, surely?

Somebody does, otherwise they wouldn't send them.

Spammers are nothing if not astute businessmen.