I often receive such kinds of letters to inform me that they'd like to find one to share a large sum of money saved in their bank. They claimed that the money depositors and their families are dead in accidents such as airplane crashes, wars,earthquakes, and so on, thus now no one claims the the saved money. "The staff in the bank" hope I could act as the relative of the dead to claim the rights of the deopisited money.
I know this kind of tricks to elicit one's sensitive personal information such as birth date, mobile number, family address (see the example letter attached below.
However, after reading various kinds of similar mails, I feel curious abou how the banks dispose one's savings when the depositor died or forgot the savings, and none of their families or relatives claimed the rights of the savings.
Can the staffs in the bank fabricate certificates or other needed materials and claim the deposits? If not, who will the savings transfer to ?
Here is one of the emails to show the trap that the senders set!
Now our bank has been waiting for any of the relatives to come-up for the claim but nobody has done that. I personally has been unsuccessful in locating any of the relatives, now, I sincerely seek your consent to present you as the next of kin / Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at {US$19.3 Million United State Dollars} can be paid to you, which we will share in these percentages ratio, 60% to me and 40% to you. All I request is your utmost sincere co-operation; trust and maximum confidentiality to achieve this project successfully. I have carefully mapped out the moralities for execution of this transaction under a legitimate arrangement to protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in Burkina Faso when the fund is being transferred to your bank account.
I will have to provide all the relevant document that will be requested to indicate that you are the rightful beneficiary of this legacy and our bank will release the fund to you without any further delay, upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, please send me the following information as stated below so we can proceed and get this fund transferred to your designated bank account immediately.
-Your Full Name:
-Your Contact Address:
-Your direct Mobile telephone Number:
-Your Date of Birth:
-Your occupation:
I await your swift response and re-assurance through my Private email