The Scam Hunter

This is yet another scam message featuring the ill-fated Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed into the Pacific Ocean in January 2000. Scammers have been using the names of passengers killed on that flight — in this case “Thompson Morrison,” more usually “Morris Thompson” — as a hook to introduce their abandoned-account frauds for some time. Alas, there really are no such abandoned accounts and the scammers, as usual, are just trying to extract money from your pocket to put into theirs.

from: Mr Felix Gadoh (felixgadoh1@cantv.net)
reply-to: felixgadoh@cantv.net
date: Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 0:44 AM
subject: PARTNERSHIP REQUEST

From Mr. Felix Gadoh,

My name is Mr. Felix Gadoh, Regional Managing Director of a prime bank in Abidjan Cote d’Ivoire. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our both mutual benefit and hope you will keep it a top secret because of the nature of the transaction, During the course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum total of US$16,000,000.00 (Sixteen Million United States Dollars Only) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers (Late Mr. Thompson Morrison) an American who unfortunately lost his life and family, in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31st, 2000.

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 for 4 years now, I sincerely seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at {US$16,000,000.00} can be paid to you for the benefit of both of us.

All that I require from you is your sincere co-operation, trust and utmost confidentiality to enable us conduct this transaction successfully. I assured you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law both in your country and here in Cote d’Ivoire once the fund is transferred to your bank account. Upon your consideration and acceptance of this offer, please proceed immediately and send to me the following information.

-Your Full Name,
-Your Contact Address
-Your direct telephone Number.

This information will enable me to upload your data into our bank database to reflect in the bank network system that you are the named next of kin of this fund and I will guide you on how to open communication with the bank and make the claims for onward transfer of the fund to you, please note that we have few days to carry out this deal, Your kind rapid response is highly appreciated via my private email: felixgadoh@cantv.net  or telephone: 0022506296904.

Thanking you in anticipation for your response.

Regard

Mr. Felix Gadoh