An Email with the Subject "INSTRUCTIONS TO RELEASE YOUR FUNDS TO YOU!!!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 07 Apr 2009 06:29:18 -0400 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "ABBEY NATIONAL PLC"<info@abbey.info>.
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FROM: Mr. William Hook,
Director Of Wire Transfer(Foreign Department),
ABBEY NATIONAL PLC
ABBEY NATIONAL HOUSE,
2 TRITON SQUARE,
REGENT'S PLACE,
LONDON, NW1 3AN,
Dear Valuable Customer,
This is to notify you that Central Bank in collaboration with Bank Of England had contracted Abbey
National Plc for a (Commercial Restructuring) to release your immediate part payment sum of
US$12,500,000.00 for this quarter of the fiscal year 2009 without further delay.
With the information on my desk, I was made to understand that you have been going through hard
ways by paying a lot of charges to see to the release of your funds which has been delayed. Please,
from now henceforth stop further communication with any person(s) or group of persons from any part
of Africa, Europe or Asia .
You are required to forward your Personal details and means of Identification (International
Passport or Drivers License) to this office, so that this office can file your informations to the
British Financial Service for Foreign Exchange Approval, to enable the TELEX DEPARTMENT commence
with the immediate transfer of your payment sum of US$12.5 Million.
Should you follow our directives, your fund will reflect in your bank account within 48hours from
the date we receive your informations and Identification card. Do not respond to any correspondence
again from any person(s) but only to this Bank.
To facilitate the release of your payment sum of US$12.5 Million,you are required as a matter of
urgency to reply without any further detail, so that we can forward you with our AUTHORITY TO REMIT
form for you to fill and return back to us by fax number above or to email address as follows:
foreignoperations@abbeynationalonline.info
Congratulations!
Mrs. Monica Owen,
Manager Of Wire Transfer(Foreign Department),
Private Banking Section.
Abbey National Plc
London, United Kingdom