I wasn't scammed but I'm pretty sure this person is a scammer and I wanted to post this here to spread awareness. This person first reached out to me through a text message on May 5 using the number +639633102636 saying that this person was trying to reach me and that I should get back to them using the email:
teddn246@gmail.com. I sent that person an email immediately thinking it was a very serious matter from someone I know since I don't really give out my number to a lot of people. That person then replied to me last night and this is what the email entails.
Greetings,
I am delighted that you got in touch as requested, The information I am about to reveal is very confidential and I wish that you keep it to yourself alone. Please let our conversation be through email for security reasons. May I give a little introduction of myself, My name is Mr. David J. Turner, Jr. and I write in respect of the money left behind in our bank by Late Ma Catherine A. Reyes who was from the Philippines according to her records with our bank and I need your assistance to claim the fund. Late Ma Catherine A. Reyes lived and worked in the United States as a Forest Logging Manager and she deposited in our bank the sum of One million, eight hundred thousand US dollars (US$1,800,000) as a fixed deposit for two years in 2012. This deposit has been a source of revenue for our bank. However, there is a new financial law that requires all abandoned deposits exceeding 7 years to be transferred to the government's bank account and this means the forfeiture of such deposits to the government.
The fear that she would lose her money made me go the extra miles to know her whereabouts and I have gone to her last known address and everyone that knew her confirmed she was dead while on a vacation in Mexico and I also inquired from the registrar of deaths in Mexico, her death was registered and there is no known relative of her as well. She did not put any beneficiary at the time of deposit and we also have no details of her address back in the Philippines. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of her relatives since this is the issue, I want you to apply as her beneficiary to claim the money she left in our bank. I know there are lots of Filipinos living here in the United States but because of the way our bank works, it is only someone outside of the United States that can successfully make the claim. It does not matter if you knew her or not, it does not matter if you had any kind of relationship with her or not, I will guide you until the claim is completely made. It is not a matter of being greedy, we are not hurting anyone by making this claim and it is not the best to leave the money to eventually end up in the hands of few corrupt government officials while we have the opportunity to live better with it when claimed.
In my current position here in our bank, if you accept making this claim with me, our success is assured because the final verification and approval of your application will be done by me. There is no risk of any kind in doing this with me, I will expressly approve the application once it comes to my table and you will have the right to claim the money. We will share the money into two equal parts(50-50) when the claim is made and I will come over to your country for my share of the money after the claim amount has been made available to you. Everything will be done legally and successfully as I am in a position to influence things in our favor. Right now, I have copies of documents relating to the deposit she made which you will file to back up the claim as her beneficiary. If you are willing to do this with me, write back and I shall inform you on what next to do to make sure you receive the money. If on the other hand, you have no interest in this inheritance opportunity, inform me so I will immediately look for someone else who will claim it with me. Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. David J. Turner, Jr.
I admit the amount of money mentioned in the email had me dazed for a second there but I am a very cautious person so I first searched more information about who this David Turner guy is. It turns out that David Turner Jr. is a CFO of Regions Financial Corporation who I'm assuming is already very rich from his position and accomplishments which made me the more skeptical about the email sender. Because of that, I spent the whole morning and afternoon trying to trace this sender's location but ended up finding nothing. However, one of my searches then lead me to this site where I saw David Turner's name being mentioned in one of the scams which made me post this here.
I haven't given this person any of my personal information which is a good thing but it also made me wonder where they acquired my number. Anyhow, I am almost absolutely sure that this is a scam so I hope this post would help people to be more cautious out there.
by Wayne » Sat Sep 19, 2020 2:29 pm 
