The Andreas Schranner Story hits again!
The Professor (of course he is not a Professor, but it sounds good) is using the Andreas Schranner story for this one. I have been posting messages about this story for at least 4 or 5 years now.
It just shows, if you are a crook, you just need a verifiable story and you are half way to convincing a potential victim to contact you.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Prof Raphel Karl <prof.karl_raphel@yahoo.fr>
Date: Oct 14, 2007 5:01 PM
Subject: Hello From Prof Raphel
To: prof.karl_raphel@yahoo.fr
Hello From Prof Raphel
My name is Prof Raphel Karl I am the branch and computer manager here in our bank.I have only written to seek your indulgence and assistance. I wish to make a transfer involving a huge amount of money, twenty six million two hundred thousand United State Of American Dollar, Belonging to Late Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German property magnate who lost his life on monday 31st of july 2000, along with his wife, Maria and their children and even grand children in a plane crash. The AF4590 crash include all 109 people on board and five who died on the ground when the plane crashed into the Hotelissimo and till now the acconut remains dormant. Refer to the website below for more details:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
I am proposing to make this transfer to a designated bank account of your choice. Thus, for your indulgence and support, I propose an offer of 20% of the total amount to be yours after the transfer has been successfully concluded.
Kindly reply this mail by indicating your interest, and I shall furnish you with the details and necessary proceedures with which to make the transfer progress.
I will send you all the document you may need for the transaction when I heard from you
Yours faithfully,
Prof Raphel Karl .
Labels: 419scam, Andreas Schranner, Internet fraud
posted by Michael Holdcroft @ 10:19 am
19 comments
19 Comments:
I just got an email on Andreas. The people who like to steal from others using such an unfortunate incident must be very sick. Isnt there a way of stopping this scum? I normally just delete them but sometimes I read like now to see what other ways they have devised. And they fill up my inbox. If there was an international effort to stop them, I would join.
Winstone Zulu, Zambia
Winstone,
unfortunately there is no official organzation in place which would help to combat this kind of crime.
I know of some victim organizations, but they are mostly busy trying to help their own members.
It would need a combined effort from Governments, Police Authorities and the Public to make it work. The problem is, this type of crime is well known in government and police the world over.
The general opinion is, "you made a bad decision, you got to live with it". That is bad news for victims. You could say there is no public interest on combating this kind of crime.
I do know that private initiatives to combat, at least known criminals, is time consuming and expensive. As a result not much happens.
On another note, I saw a video about Winstone
Zulu talking about combating TB. Was that you?
Heres another one of those emails please be aware:
Good Day,
Although, I do not know you in person, I got your contact via personal
search on the internet, Let me start by introducing myself. I am GEORGE
NGOBE a banker in the ABSA Bank Ltd, South Africa. I have a profitable
transaction
for you. I was attending a business luncheon in September 1999 in china
and I was introduced to Mr. Andreas Schranner, a renowned German Real
estate He later employed my services as a banker and investment
Consultant, Three
months later he invited me and told me of his desire to open a fixed
deposit account, he could fall back to on retirement, under m y professional
guidance and based on my advice he made a fixed deposit of
USD14,700,000(Fourteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) in one of our branches.
This deposit was for 5 years and upon maturity I made effort to contact my
client, l could not reach him. I was forced to travel to Germany and there
I got the tragic news that, my client Mr. Andreas Schranner, his wife Maria,
their daughter Andrea Eich, his son in law Christian, and their children
Maximilian and Katharina, all perished in the Monday, 31 July, 2000 plane
crash in
western German city of Moenchengladbach.
Please Click here and find out what happened to the Mr. Andreas Schranner :
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi /world/europe/859479.stm
After further investigation, l also discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner
did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper
his bank deposit. And l remember he also confided in me the last time he
was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So,
Fourteen Million Seven Hundred Thousand United States Dollars is still
lying in my
bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most
is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of a
numbers of
years the funds will revert to the ownership of the South African
Government as unclaimed funds if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Andreas Schranner so that you
will be able to receive his funds. Should you be interested please send
me your
full names and Direct Telephone and Fax Number s, and I will prefer you to
reply me on personal email address below:
Email: {SIMON.MGOQI@gmail.com} then I shall provide you with more details
of this Transaction.
Please also note that I am willing to give you 25% of the total money for
your assistance.
Your earliest response to this proposal will be appreciated.
Be well and God Bless.
Best Regards,
Mr. GEORGE NGOBE
Hi I just got one of those cheats in my e-mail. I was tricked on one those George Ngobe tricks and I GREEDILY replied. Now He uses his name as George Thabo please be aware!!!
What does he do next?
I just got one of these emails and he is still at it. Here is a copy of the email I got on 11/08/07. He is now going as James Williams. Beware
Good day
From: james williams (james_williams850@yahoo.com)
You may not know this sender. Mark as safe | Mark as unsafe
Sent: Wed 11/07/07 8:31 AM
To: angelacherie@hotmail.com
My Name is Mr James Williams, I have worked with Mr.Andreas Schranner as manager for many years before he late,I am Currently living in UK.I discovered a Deposited Documents worth sum of (I SHALL DISCLOSE THIS TO YOU NOT UNTIL I HAVE YOUR TOTAL DEVOTION TO HANDLE THIS WITH ME) in a file that belongs to my late boss.Late Mr.Andreas Schranner from Munich Germany, who died along with his entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash.Since then, I have made several enquiries to locate any of his extended relatives but all effort has proved abortive.
The reason why I am contacting you is based on trust to enable me present you as the next-of-kin or a business associate partner to him so that this funds be released to you for safety and subsequent disbursement.Nobody is aware of this deposited Funds Documents. It will be easy to convince the company since I am in possession of the necessary legalised documents that back-up the Deposit and which will present you as the rightful next-of-kin or business Associate Partner to the deceased.I don't want this money to go into Finance company's treasury as unclaimed bill.
The company laws and guidelines stipulates that if such Deposit remains unclaimed after 10 years, the company will confiscate it.The request for a foreigner as next-of-kin or Business Associate in this transaction is occasioned by the fact that late Mr.Andreas Schranner was a foreigner and I cannot stand as next-of-kin Or Business Associate to have this funds claim.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I agree that 40% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of your assistance , 5% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the transaction, another 5% to help the less privilege and to assist the charity organisations here in any part of the world while the rest 50% will be for me.
Thereafter, I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. Therefore, to enable the immediate release of this consignment, you must apply to the company as the next of kin or Business Associate of the deceased indicating your complete information, complete name,postal address, occupation, your private telephone and fax number for
easy and effective communication.
Upon receipt of your reply, I will call you or email you the text of the application you will send to the company to seek the release of the consignment to you. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fear as all required arrangements have been made. You should contact me as soon as you receive this mail. Oryou can send your number for me to call you for more detailed discussion.
Trusting to hear from you.
Regards,
James Williams
__________________________________________________
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I just got one too. 11/30/07 Although now he's a doctor.
Dr. Ashford Colverson
EC2M 4AA, England
Tel: +44 7045707032
I am one of the External Auditors of HSBC Bank London, England and my name is Dr. Ashford Colverson, a citizen of Great Britain.
On Monday, 31 July, 2000, one Andreas Schranner, a German National, a property magnate, made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit, Valued at 45M,(forty five Million, Pounds) for twelve calendars months in the Bank Branch which I have been auditing for the past 10 years. Upon Maturity, we sent a routinenotification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his company that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the AF4590 plane, which crashed Monday, 31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
After further investigation, it was discovered that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin proved Fruitless. On further investigation, it was discovered that Late Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relatives in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paper work here in the Bank.
The total sum, 45M is still in the bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. In accordance with the British banking laws and constitution, at the expiration of 7 (Seven) Years, the money will revert to the British Government treasury if nobody Applies as the next of Kin to claim the funds.
Consequently, I and the transfer officers of the Bank shall present you as a foreign partner to stand in as the next of kin to the late Mr. Andreas Schranner. Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send to you the "Next of Kin Payment Application Form" as well as detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. And to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary Documentation for payment approval in the bank headquarters in your Favor.
The money will be shared in the ratio: 60% for me and the officials in the bank, 30% for you and 10% will go to charity. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that Will protect you from any breach of the law as I will employed an Attorney who will secure all the approvals and guarantee the successful execution of this transaction.
Please be informed that your utmost confidentiality is required.
Best regards,
Dr. Ashford Colverson
hey, i got one of those emails and investigated it futher. thats wen i found this comments board. i have a different version also.....
ASSALAMUALAIKUM FROM MR ALI MOHAMMED.
THE MANAGER OF AUDIT AND ACCOUNTING DEPT,
BANK OF AFRICA.(B.O.A.).
OUAGADOUGOU, BURKINA-FASO
ASSALAMUALAIKUM
Dear friend,
How are you doing with your family?I presume that all is well with you.I am the manager of audit and accounting department at the foreign unit of our bank.I know that this letter will come to you as a surprise but,I got your contact from the international directory when i was looking for a foreigner who will assist me to achieve a great success business that will yeild us life success. Before i wrote you,i prayed that you will be a honest and reliable person whom i can work with to achieve this deal of our life.
From my section in the bank, I discovered an abandoned sum of TWENTY-TWO MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($22.3m) that belongs to one of our customer who died along with his entire famillies,on 31TH JULY,2000 CONCORDE PLANE CRASH[Flight AF4590 ] with the whole passengers aboard.The name of the deceased man was (MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich,Germany.
You have to understand that i come acrossed this huge amount of money when i was arranging the departmental customers file to submit to the bank management for the annual audit of the year.Since the bank got information about the death of the deceased man, the bank have been expecting his next of kin to apply and claim his money because the bank cannot release the fund unless a person from any foreign countries apply for the transfer of the fund as the next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately i learnt through investigations that all his supposed next of kin died alongside with him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim.
IT is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business proposal to you so that you will apply to the bank tol release the money to you as the next of kin or relation for safety and subsequent sharing since nobody is coming for it.
For us to achieve this businesss immediately,the percentage ratio for sharing the fund when the bank release the fund to you must be arranged.So i accept that thirty percent of the fund(30%) will be for you as a foreigner for the provision of any bank account where the bank will transfer the money into including other of your participation during the process of the transfer,Sixty percent (60%) will be for me as the person who explores the business,Four percent of the fund (10%) will be for the expenses which may come forth during the transfer of the fund,
Thereafter I will visit your country for sharing the money according to the percentages indicated above.So for the immediate transfer of this fund into your bank account as arranged, you must apply first to the bank as the only existening next of kin to the deceased customer by indicating in the application the bank account information where you will request the bank to transfer the fund into.So if you accept to help me in other to achieve this great business,i will send to you through email or by fax,an Application form of claim which you will fill with your account information and send to the bank for the transaction to start immediately.
Please i would like you to know the following informations.(1.) This business is HUNDRED PERCENT FREE FROM RISK.(2.)You will not face any much questions because the application will bear the brief information of the deceased which the bank may like to know.(3.) If you will follow my instructions and directives,this transaction will be completed within a short period of time.(4.)You should keep this business CONFIDENTIAL or SECRET until the fund get transfered into your account for safety and security purpose.
Finally,contact me through my email address so that we will proceed with this business immediately.
My regards to you and your family.
Yours faithfully,
FROM MR ALI MOHAMMED.
N.B.In other for you to believe me honestly,go through this (website)before you start with me.
Below is the website.
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm)
POST SCRITUM:You have to keep everything secret as to enable the transfer to move very smoothly in to the account you will proved to the bank.As you finished reading this letter call me on my number 00226 76 58 51 15,immediately so that we discuss very well over this business.Please call me and inform me that you received my mail, because i don't go to net always.
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NB/ AS YOU CAN SEE BELOW IS THE PHOTOGRAPH OF MR ANDREAS SCHRANNER AND THE BANK DIRECTOR'S DURING ONE OF HIS VISIT TO THE BANK (BOA) WHEN HE WAS ALIVE.
(as u can read there was a photo here but it cant be viewd in this blog.) this person is cunning.
Hey, I just got that email. Except mine was a bit differnt. But it was practically the same. Why would people do something like this? If i were younger (Im 13) i probably would have been an utter idiot and done something stupid. Is there anything we can do to stop them?
i got the email like these too.
----- Original Message ----
From: Haris Ahmed haris-ahmed_11@hotmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 3:49:22 PM
Subject: TREAT AS URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL
Dear Friend,
TOP SECRET
I am Mr Haris Ahmed, the director in charge of auditing and accounting section of Bank of Africa,Ouagadougou Burkina faso West Africa with due respect and regard.I have decided to contact you on a business transaction that will be very beneficial to both of us at the end of the transaction.
During our investigation and auditing in this bank , my department came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person who died in a plane crash july 2000 and the fund has been dormant in his account with this Bank with out any claim of the fund in our custody either from his family or relation before our discovery to this developement.
The said amount was EIGHTHEEN MILLION united states dollars.($18000.000.00) Meanwhile all the whole arrangement to put the claim over this fund as the bonafide next of kin to the deceased;get the required approval and transfer this money to a foriegn account has been put in place and directives and needed information will be relayed to you as soon as you indicate your interest and willingness to assist us and also benefit your self to this great business opportunity.
Infact i could have done this deal alone but because of my position in this country as a civil servant(A Banker),we are not allowed to operate a foriegn account and would eventually raise an eye brow on my side during the time of transfer becuase i work in this bank. This is the reason why it will require a second party or fellow who will forward claims as the next of kin to the bank and also present a foriegn account where he will need the money to be retransferred into on his request as it may be after due verification and clarification by the correspondent branch of the bank where the money will be remitted from to your own designation bank account.
I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.On smooth conclusion of this transaction;you will be entitled to 30%of the total sum as gratification;while5% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone bills; while65%will be for me.Please;you have been adviced to keep top secret as i am still in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude this deal with you.
I will be monitoring the whole situation here in this bank until you confirm the money in your account and ask me to come down to your country for subsequent sharing of the fund according to percentages previously indicated and further investment,either in your country or any country you advice us to invest.All other necessary vital information will be sent to you when i hear from you.
I look forward to receive your email.
Yours faithfully
Mr Haris Ahmed.
I got home from work and my fieancee had told me of an e-mail that he had recieved today it was from an accoutant from the ABSA BANK OF SOUTH AFRICA he told me of all of the things that this e-mail spoke of and my reply was please tell me that you did not answer that! He said yes why! And I said are you that gullable it is a scam!!!! Well I started researching it and yep it sure is a scam now my fiancee gave his name,age,d.o.b.,address,telephone number, and I think that is it but does anyone know what will happen to his information now? He said he feels like an idiot but he's not it could happen to anyone the person is now going by Mr. Van Der Walt accountant. He sent almost the same information about the Schranner family but he used a different name this scam is still going on and it is January 18th 2008. My god these people make me sick to use such a story is pathetic. If someone could make up such a lie and do this to people could you imagine what they would do with your information... That is why I know fear for my fiancee....What should we do or is there anything that we can do or is he just screwed!!!!
Concerned from Indiana!!!!!
Hi Concerned,
I understand you being worried about misuse of your fiancé's personal data, but in all the years I have been running Crime Online there have been no cases of misuse reported to me.
The point is, these people are after easy money, which is guaranteed by doing this kind of scam.
The misuse of personal data to gain a financial reward is not that easy. As such these crooks concentrate on what brings the quickest profit.
I just got a email from the same person doing this scam....
and this is what it says
NATWEST BANK PLC
LAMBETH PALACE RD
LONDON SE1 7EH
FROM THE DESK OF : Ernest Franklinson
*****************************
Before the introduce of this transaction, i wish to introduce myself to
you I am Ernest Franklinson a staff of Natwest Bank plc London.I am the
head of the accounts department at NatWest's OffshoreBanking division.I
ran a search for late Mr. Andreas Schranners, and I count 100% assure
you
that this man did not declear any next of kin.I Mr Ernest Franklinson
am
pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business
proposal which I believe will profit the both of us after completion.I
contacted you after a careful thought that you might be capable of
handling this business transaction, which stated a sum of twelve
million
five hundred thousand pounds), has been deposited since the year 2000
in
my bank as unclaimed .
All efforts to get across to his relatives of our client who deposited
the
money have hit the stones.Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any
next
of kin or relation in all his official documents,including his bank
deposit paperwork in my bank. I have decided to seek your assistance to
have you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund (twelve
million
five hundred thousand pounds),would be released in your name as the
next
of kin and paid into your account.
All documents and proof that will have you claim! this fund without
stress
will be forwarded to you upon your response to this mail i have
unanimously agreed to offer you (four million pounds)of the total sum
for
the assistance and role you are going to play in this transaction, (two
million pounds) will be given to charity organizations in your country
with your supervision while the remaining will be forme.Please send
your
confidential telephone and fax number Email:
ernestfranklinson1@hotmail.com
What is the Scam? Is he asking for money? What is the next step if a person replies to his e-mail?
All of the 419 and lottery types of e-mail serve only one purpose and that is to interest the receiver enough to contact the sender.
Once that happens they all go the same way. They get you involved with pseudo business dealings with the goal of getting you to accept making a payment.
They tell you that the payment is for taxes, legal, bank or notary fees. Sometimes they even say it is to pay some corrupt civil servant to get an official document.
Most people who get this far and actually make a first payment, get stung for a second much higher payment. I know a lot of people who have paid more than once.
None of them got the money that was originally mentioned in the first message.
Greetings,
I am sorry if I had intruded on your privacy, however it is indeed with hope
that I present this confidential business proposal to you. I am a staff of an
Investment Bank in the UK.
Sometime in 1999, one Mr. Andreas Schranner, a German national, made an
investment, a fixed deposit of USD10.5M(TEN MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND USD)
in my branch. As his accounts Officer, upon maturity of his deposit, I sent an
official notification to his forwarding address but got no response.
After series of efforts through his embassy to locate his whereabouts, I was
informed that Mr. Andreas Schranner was aboard the ill fated AF4590 plane, which
crashed
31 July, 2000 into the Hotelissimo. For verification and confirmation see this
news link below
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.
Furthermore, Mr. Andreas Schranner did not state any next of kin or relatives in
all his Bio data and Mandate documents which he submitted at the time of
deposit. As it is now, if nobody applies as the next of kin to claim the funds
the money will be reverted to the British Government treasury which is in line
with the British banking laws.
Therefore, the purpose of my contacting you is to seek your assistance to play
the role as next of Kin to the late man to enable the bank release the funds. I
have a perfect machinery to get it done; I need a foreigner to play the role of
next of kin. Upon acceptance of this proposal, I shall send you detailed
information on how we will actualize this. Bear in mind that I did my homework
very well before contacting you.
I am open for negotiations on how we will share the proceeds.
I guarantee you that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement as I will use my official position to secure approvals and guarantee
the successful execution of this
transaction. Please be informed that absolute confidentiality is required.
If this interests you, please, indicate by responding with your Contact details.
Thanks.
Best regards,
Mr Nzenwa Paulinus
Yep, it's still happening!
I got the Schranner line today.
I'm luckier than most, I was offered 18 million dollars... ;)
Terry, Northern Ireland
Terry,
you are right. You need a sense of humor with all of this rubbish in your inbox every day :-)
Michael
I got an email too! I can't believe people get away with this. Isn't there somewhere we can forward these emails for these people to be stopped?
I once replied on purpose to a Princess Mercy Susan to see what is their next step. She and her younger brother Idris were kind of in danger or something and of course children of a king who recently died. She replied immediately and I had to drop the following line:
"Hallo Princess Mercy Susan
Before I will send you my details, I have to wait a little bit as I sent my details recently to 25 other orphans, lawyers of dead kings, Prof. Drs of some very important universities and other people who have the same problems as you. One thing is for sure I WILL HELP YOU!!!
I will arrange a flight in the beginning of 2008 to visit you in Ghana with my Russian associates to discuss this matter face-to-face. Doesn't that sound great? I am also very interested in a long-term friendship as you are, so it is very exciting for both of us to meet personally. Tell Idris - he must be speechless.
I will let you know as soon as we have the tickets.
Have a nice day and God bless you!"
I didn't hear much from them again.
S.
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