Alert-Allied Bank London eMail Scam

Alert - Allied and Metropolitan Bank London eMail Scam

You may have received the email below. If so you unfortunately are not about to recieve a portion of $15 Million USD, rather you are the target of a scam often refereed to as a Nigerian scam. Scams like this often lead to financial and identity theft. Learn more about Nigerian Scams here and learn more about identity theft here.

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Following is the text of the scam email:
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-----Original Message-----
From: tonyfrankadams@cartagena.es [mailto:tonyfrankadams@cartagena.es]
Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2007 12:44 PM
Subject: AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE,VERY IMPORTANT

AWAITING YOUR RESPONSE,VERY IMPORTANT
Mail From DR Frank Tony
Auditor with Allied and Metropolitan Bank London
Contact:drfranko_tony@myway.com

Dear Sir,

In order to transfer out (Fifteen Million US Dollars) from our bank
here in London into your own account, the owner of this account is Mr
Williams barnes foreigner and the manager of petrol chemical service
here in London, A chemical engineer by proffession and he died since
1999 in air crash.

The air crash website is below:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm

The amount involved is (15,000,000.00) United States Dollars which i
happens to be his accountant holding every original documents covering
the money before my client died.It should also interest you to know
that my client Mr William Barnes has not married at the time of the
incident and his family do not know a tip of this money lying in our bank.So,i would want to present you as the next of kin to my late client in order to claim this inheritance funds.

I want to transfer this money into a safe foreign account abroad but I
don't know any foreigner, I know that this message will come to you as
a surprise as we don't know ourselves before, But be sure that it is
real and a genuine business. I believe in God that you will never let me down in thisinvestment.

All i need for now is your full contact information phone and fax
number, Name will be necessary to this effect.

Hope to hear from you soonest.

Thanks,
DR Frank Tony
Contact me here :drfranko_tony@myway.com

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Any contact with the sender of this email could result in financial and identity loses. If you received an email like this, just delete it. If you have made contact with this person you may be at risk. You should immediately contact your local law enforcement agency and or financial institution for assistance if you provided ANY personal or financial information.

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