I have no idea what this means?....scam?

Question

Sir/Madam,

However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have
not
met personally or had any dealings with you in the past. I must
apologize
for intruding into your private email address, but I humbly ask that
you
take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit it will be
to
you.

I am a legal consultant/broker based in South Africa. I am currently
representing some members of the Independent Committee of Eminent
Persons
(ICEP), Switzerland. (ICEP) is charged with the responsibility of
finding
bank accounts in Switzerland belonging to non-Swiss indigenes, which
have
remained dormant since World War II. For more information check:
www.dormantaccounts.ch

A dormant account with the sum of Forty Five Million United States
Dollars
($45M) as discovered by clients/close associates who are members of
(ICEP).
The money included accumulated interest. They needed my assistance
since the
transfer can be made easily with my supervision as an experienced
broker. My
clients at (ICEP) have confided in me to look for a foreign partner
that
will help in putting the funds into the banking system and also assist
in
investing the funds into profitable business ventures for mutual
benefits.

Since my clients at the (ICEP), Switzerland have mandated me to look
for a
foreign partner and that is my aim for contacting you. Please do not
despair
because I got your email address from a business advertising website on
the
Internet before making my contact with you. I do not intend to fail my
client because I have been a very close associate and legal consultant
to
them for the past 20 years.

Bear in mind that we also have well-established contacts at the Claims
Resolution Tribunal (CRT) responsible for handling processing of all
claims
on accounts due to non-Swiss citizens. Whereas, uncomplicated claims
will be
processed under a "fast track" procedure, which is the procedure, our
claims
will be put on.

I have also made contacts with the Trust Company responsible for
Dormant
Account Recovery (DAR) in the United Kingdom and also concluded final
arrangements with them to take over the funds by a new beneficiary
legally.
As an experienced broker and working with top executive members of
(ICEP)
who are also my close associates, I have all secret details and
necessary
contacts for claim of the funds without any hitch.

We are willing to offer you as much as 20% of the entire funds and
after the
transaction has been completed. There is no risk involved in this
transaction and all the process of the administrative claims will be
legally
achieved to transfer the funds in your name as the new beneficiary.

In conclusion, if you are willing and ready to assist us claim the
dormant
account smoothly, please indicate in your return reply mail to
[e-mail] fax number [phone] and I will furnish
you
with more details on how the transaction will be completed including my
contact telephone number so that you can call me for questions and
clarifications where necessary. We also look forward to doing more
deals
with you.

Warm regards,
Joseph C. Blank

Answer 1

http://www.crt-ii.org/hoax.phtm
has listings of Hoax emails that have been sent out much like the one you received.
The fact that the email address is a yahoo address that any one can get is suspicious, why doesnt he have a company email address? I do.
I would check on it, you never know, but dont give him any information or even varafy any information for him.

Answer 2

Yes it is a scam. It is a well known type of scam known as the Nigerian Bank Scam. Now that you have opened this one, you will probably get more. Do not open anything that mentions needing your help or just says good day or hello in the subject line if you don't know the sender.

Answer 3

I get them all the time, and yes its a scam. They send you a big check. You deposit it and send them an almost as big check, or wire them money. The money comes out of your account and then their check turns out to be bogus, and all of those phone numbers have suddenly been disconnected.

I worked in banking for years, so ran across some similar scams. A friend of mine went through one of these when they were selling a vehicle online. The "buyer" sent them a much bigger check than the agreed purchase price, thinking they'd cut a check for the overage before the bogus check cleared. Luckily, they took it to the bank to ask questions about it, rather than just depositing it, and escaped getting duped.

Answer 4

As everyone here has said, all such mails are just scams and frauds that will later on rob and blackmail you. So, don't fall for the offer, just classify it as junk mail & delete the email. Classifying it as junkmail will help your email service provider to automatically put into the junk folder and delete it.

Don't be lured by the money, take care....

Answer 5

Scam! Scam! Scam!

Don't fall for it. This person is just trying to get you acct # and rob you blind or possibly ruin your credit.

Answer 6

Yes, its a scam. Do not respond to this email.

Answer 7

scam

Answer 8

scam

Answer 9

scam.

obvious scam

Answer 10

SCAM! SCAM! SCAM! Delete it and move on.