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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa credit card that is on my account

From: pretoriusmarthie [mailto:[protected]@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 6:43 AM
To: [protected]@fnb.co.za
Cc: Marthie Pretorius ; [protected]@fnb.co.za; [protected]@fnb.co.za; [protected]@fnb.co.za
Subject: Fwd: ref : [protected]

So how many times do u need to send this again?
Sent this on the 15th April and still the credit card is on my fnb? Looks like i have to contact all media including carteblance on this matter?
Thinus
[protected]

Sent from my Samsung device

-------- Original message --------
From: MARTHIE PRETORIUS
Date: 18/04/2017 07:12 (GMT+02:00)
To: [protected]@fnb.co.za
Cc: Thinus Pretorius
Subject: Fwd: ref : [protected]
Good Day

we do not know how many times after 7 years that we have to send this documents for someone at fnb to do their job?

here is the documents on Mr MJ Pretorius id no [protected]
please see that the credit card that is on his fnb account is removed...

thinus
[protected]
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From: pretoriusmarthie
Date: Sat, Apr 15, 2017 at 6:23 AM
Subject: Fwd: ref : [protected]
To: Thinus Pretorius

Sent from my Samsung device

-------- Original message --------
From: MARTHIE PRETORIUS
Date: 09/10/2012 11:33 (GMT+02:00)
To: [protected]@gmail.com
Subject: Fwd: ref : [protected]

Forwarded conversation
Subject: ref : [protected]
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From: MARTHIE PRETORIUS
Date: Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 7:55 AM
To: [protected]@wesbank.co.za

Please check all the vehicles that we had on wesbank and send this letters to all >

i have send this docs to wesbank employees before and i dont know why they did not load this letters to it.

marthie

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From: MARTHIE PRETORIUS
Date: Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:30 AM
To: [protected]@wesbank.co.za

Hi did you recieve this because i recieved a sms again.

Marthie Pretorius

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa online banking profile

My name is Glen Anthony Macdonald ID Number [protected].
I have been trying since the 20th March to access my online banking profile which was closed due to fraudulent activities on my credit card.
I am told that I need to go into an FNB branch to reactivate the profile however I am on a three month contract, working in a remote area (Olara Orok) in Kenya so this is not physically possible.
I have supplied contact details ([protected]@gmail.com or [protected]@mhalimzuri.virgin.com) or +[protected] or +[protected] but these not helped in resolving the situation. The only proactive action I have received has been from the credit card fraud division but they advise me that they are unable to reinstate my online bank profile.
Obviously, being in a remote area and having fraudulent activities on my card, I need to check my bank accounts on a regular basis to ensure no fraud occurs.
Please can you ensure that my online banking profile is activated .

Yours Sincerely,
Glen Anthony Macdonald

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa application for fx travel card no feedback yet

I've send a mail to if FNB has something similar that Forex on the 15th of March 2017. I also ask if we could have two cards to minimize our risks to loose the cards and are stranded without money in Europe. I requested this card to tried to limit my usage of my credit card.

I received a mail requesting documentation from me, which I send immediately.

I received on the same day a confirmation mail back from FX Travel confirming that they received my e-mail and it has been read. They promised in the mail that one of the team members will be in touch with me to confirm and finalize the transaction.

The following reference number was given to me in the same mail above: R017CQ2ZT0.

Ever since I keep on calling back and have to send up to 40 minutes waiting on the line just to get another promise. According to all the people I spoke to a lady with the name of Lushia (Lisa) hope the spelling is correct, is busy with my transaction.

I've make several calls this week and the 60 day period waiting period was a week ago. With every call I was promised that somebody will phone me back.

Till today NOBODY from FX Travel phoned me back to discuss this transaction and I am busy looking money due to the poor Rand and the Euro value increase by the day.

Good Day Our Valued Client

We confirm that your e-mail has been received and read. One of our team members will be in touch with you to confirm and finalise the transaction. .

Transaction reference number: R017CQ2ZT0

Thanks and Regards

FX Travel Team |Travel Desk| Foreign Exchange| Tel: [protected]
FNB Place, 30 Diagonal Street, Johannesburg 2000|
E-mail: [protected]@fnb.co.za | Web: www.fnb.co.za | Mobile: www.fnb.mobi

Find us on all major social media platforms.

FNB and RMB are divisions of FirstRand Bank Limited. Authorised Financial Services and Credit Providers (NCRCP20).

From: Ilna Kovacs [mailto:Ilna.[protected]@spar.co.za]
Sent: 15 March 2017 09:33 AM
To: FX Travel
Cc: '[protected]@gmail.com'
Subject: RE: FOREX

Good Morning

Attached the proof as requested.

I would like to split the Euro between my husband and myself. My funds will be available on Saturday. Please we need to split R40 000, 00 between the two of us.

Is there no way that FNB could provide us with Travelex, or something similar? I don’t want to have to much cash with us and trying to avoid to use my credit card as much as possible?

Could you also assist me perhaps or guide me to the correct people to upgrade my credit card? Nedbank make me an offer to upgrade to platinum and I rather making use of FNB as I am banking for years with you. I would like to make our trip as conformable as possible.

I am going 10h00 in a meeting until 15h00 this afternoon, and will therefore not be available, you more than welcome to communicate with my husband as well.

Please advise.

Kind Regards

Ilna Kovacs
[protected]
[protected]

Kalman Kovacs
[protected]

From: FX Travel [mailto:[protected]@fnb.co.za]
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 8:40 AM
To: Ilna Kovacs
Subject: FOREX

Good day Ilna

Thank you for your email.
Please forward copies of flight ticket and passport so that we can assist with the rate.

Thanks and Regards

FX Travel Team |Travel Desk| Foreign Exchange| Tel: [protected]
FNB Place, 30 Diagonal Street, Johannesburg 2000|
E-mail: [protected]@fnb.co.za | Web: www.fnb.co.za | Mobile: www.fnb.mobi

Find us on all major social media platforms.

FNB and RMB are divisions of FirstRand Bank Limited. Authorised Financial Services and Credit Providers (NCRCP20).

From: Forex1
Sent: 15 March 2017 07:50 AM
To: FX Travel
Subject: FW:

From: Ilna Kovacs [mailto:Ilna.[protected]@spar.co.za]
Sent: 15 March 2017 07:43 AM
To: Forex1
Cc: '[protected]@gmail.com'
Subject:

Good Morning

Could somebody please contact me regarding exchanging our rand to another currency? At which branch in Centurion will I be able to do the exchange, or will I be able to get a card with the currency on to use in Europe?

Kind Regards

Ilna Kovacs
Salary Controller - North Rand
THE SPAR GROUP LTD|SOUTH AFRICA
Tel: [protected] | Fax: [protected] | ilna.[protected]@spar.co.za
[protected]
12 Spanner Road, Clayville, Olifantsfontein, 1665 | P.O. Box 528, Olifantsfontein, 1665

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DISCLAIMER:
Please note: This email and its content are subject to the disclaimer as displayed at the following link http://www.spar.co.za/Disclaimer.aspx. Should you not have Web access, send an email to [protected]@spar.co.za and a copy will be sent to you.
To read FirstRand Bank's Disclaimer for this email click on the following address or copy into your Internet browser:
https://www.fnb.co.za/about-fnb/legal-matters/email-disclaimer.html

If you are unable to access the Disclaimer, send a blank e-mail to [protected]@fnb.co.za and we will send you a copy of the Disclaimer.

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DISCLAIMER:
Please note: This email and its content are subject to the disclaimer as displayed at the following link http://www.spar.co.za/Disclaimer.aspx. Should you not have Web access, send an email to [protected]@spar.co.za and a copy will be sent to you.
To read FirstRand Bank's Disclaimer for this email click on the following address or copy into your Internet browser:
https://www.fnb.co.za/about-fnb/legal-matters/email-disclaimer.html

I really hope that somebody will come back to me as soon as possible, both my numbers are on one of the above mails send to FX Travel.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa scam

I'm from the Philippines. He said he was Mr steven marcus to help him to claim the money of Mr. sison..he send me his picture.I didn't know him.Why he knew my and email add.he says that he was branch manager in Slayton Minnesota branch.He wants to claim me the money of late Mr sison that I didn't know him.He wants to help him coz he was ty the branch manager he was the one who will approve my claim. tha's impossible coz it's very strict in documents to be presented and why me. Please be informed that he send me email and pictures.Im not interested of the money that I didn't know .Its obvious that's it's fake or scam. notify the Philippines to be aware. mga kababayan please b ware of this scam. first I was agree because he wanted to help his family when i make a research I was shock this is not a true. this person can't identify where he came from. if sending this message to let them everybody to aware this person. and take note he give you and information that make you believe.

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Feb 19, 2017 9:32 pm EST

Greetings,

I have contacted you with good intentions and I hope I can trust you with this inheritance opportunity which will be explained below. My name is Steven Marcus, I am a banker here in the United States and I want you to help me in getting back the money left behind by late Mr. Gilbert Sison who was from the Philippines according to his records with our bank. Yes, I want us to get this money and share it between the two of us, if this will endanger your position and reputation, I would not have contacted you, this is safe and beneficial to both of us financially. I am presently the operations manager of our bank and please do keep these information to yourself. I will give you more details of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

Late Mr. Gilbert Sison lived and worked in the United States as a businessman and he deposited in our bank the sum of six million, thirty thousand US dollars (US$6, 030, 000) as fixed deposit in the year 2004 for a term of two years without a rollover option. This bank account became dormant after six months of inactivity from the maturity date. Usually, dormant bank accounts for a period of 10 years are forfeited to the United States Department of the Treasury as abandoned funds. I have tried calling Mr. Gilbert Sison in order to inform him of the danger of losing his money with our bank and his number could not be reached and letters our bank sent to his address were not replied. When I tried to reach his beneficiary, I discovered that he did not put any beneficiary at the time he made the deposit and therefore did not leave anyone else to contact. The fear that he could lose the money made me undertook an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact and I realized that he died in early 2005 while on vacation in Mexico as a result of heart related illness. However, our bank does not know of his death even at this moment.

I went to his last known address here in the United States and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead and I also inquired from the registrar of deaths at the Mexican province where he died, his death was registered and I acquired a xeroxed copy of his death certificate but still there was no known relative of him. I visited the Philippines Embassy in Washington DC, United States and there was no record of him there and lastly, I visited the Department of Foreign Affairs office in Manila to ask about his details and I was informed that the purported Philippine passport number is not found anywhere in the Department of Foreign Affairs' records. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives as there was no record of him anywhere other than what we have in our bank records and there is no address of him back home.

All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives; all I want you to do is to apply for the claim of the money from our bank as his friend. Because of the way our bank works, it is only someone outside of the United States that can successfully make the claim from our bank. It does not matter if you knew him or not, it does not matter if you had any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way until the claim is 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 Treasury's bank account while we have the opportunity to live better with the money when claimed. I assure you that this transaction is a risk free one and as the operations manager of our bank branch, the verification and approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you can claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts when the claim is made; you take your own half while I take my own half. Everything will be done successfully as I am in a position to influence things in our favor. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up your claim as the beneficiary. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make the claim successfully. 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. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Steven C. Marcus.

Phone: +[protected].

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa email

I'm from the Philippines.He said he was Mr Blake to help him to claim the money of Mr.reyes.he send me his picture.I didn't know him.Why he knew my CP number and email add.he says that he was branch manager in Slayton Minnesota branch.He wants to claim me the money of late Mr Reyes that I didn't know him.He wants to help him coz he was ty the branch manager he was the one who will approve my claim.thats impossible coz it's very strict in documents to be presented and why me. Please be informed that he send me email and pictures.Im not interested of the money that I didn't know.Its obvious that's it's fake or scam.notify the Philippines to be aware.

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Kawawame
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Oct 14, 2017 7:35 am EDT

Guys...I'm so sad kc nkapag send ako Ng money $940...worth 52k ksama Na Ang charge. Kala ko everything is fine..pero nung nkapagpadala nko..nahingi ulit Ng $2000. Saka nko nagtaka at nagduda..kc parang hndi Na totoo kc nahingi Na ulit Ng pera..Ng sinabi ko Na ibalik nya pera ko kc Wala nkong papadala ulit Sabi nya ibigay ko daw activation fee para mkuha Na Ang claim. Dinaan ko sya sa pakunsensya at inaway ko Rin until now..pero nirereverse nya sya daw need Ng help kc dying wife nya...I'm so depressed ...pls help me what to do.

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bon lucido
, US
Oct 11, 2017 2:00 am EDT

biktima rin ako katulad niyo humingi sila ng pera para daw sa attorney pang bayad para sa legal papers ko. pinili ko kasi ang bank draft. putang ina! mga scammer nato ang dami na palang naloko kung hindi ako nag research hindi ko malaman . buti nalang hindi ako nagpadala ng pera sa kanila kaagad. pesteng yawa! niyo! SAMUEL SULLIVAN & ALBERT BRIAN CLARK

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Penshoppe
, PH
Sep 28, 2017 10:11 am EDT

Guys...i conducted many research and its true but did u even try to send money to him? And what happen next? Pls inform...[protected]

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Jurz
, US
Aug 22, 2017 11:46 pm EDT

Damn! My sister texted me that there is someone in US send her an email the same content of the email. please disseminate this information to warn others.

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tonyrose barnido
, US
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 pm EDT

I also have that thing..
He told me his name Mr.Samuel Sullivan..
mss4988111@gmail.com thus the email he use.

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John Philip Sta Rosa
, US
Aug 15, 2017 9:42 am EDT

[censored]! I got the same message as what other had! I almost got nosebleed when reading his message as if it was really sincere, I even believed on what he told me because of those documents supporting his statement! Death Certificate of Ms. Grace Alvarado, Certificate of Deposit, and the Last letter sent by the Bank according to him, and the worst part was, I did send my Personal Identity to him and even sign a Deposit Claim Form that been asked by their scam bank!

And this are some of the message, documents and his given identification card that I've received from his bank and him!

Greetings,

I know you are having problems with this because you did not know me prior to this time and you may not trust me or you are apprehensive over it. Well, if you feel any of these things, it is not unusual. I have exhausted all efforts by taking the pains to search every avenue possible and could not get any information relating to late Ms. Grace J. Alvarado. It is for this reason that I decided to do this with you. To me, it does not make any sense to leave the money to my bank while we can help ourselves with it. I have attached a copy of my official id card for your view in order to give you the needed confidence to do this with me and I ask you to please help so we can make the claim together. Confidence and success will certainly be revealed to you as we proceed to the next step towards making this claim.

This is a serious transaction and I want you to take is seriously at all times, I am certain that the claim would be completed in less than 10 working days from our start up date. You will only have to follow my directives to avoid mistakes in the process of making the claim. The truth is that our bank will turn the deposit to the government's bank account if no effort is made to claim the money from our bank soon and it is important we are quick in applying for the claim of the deposit. As I previously assured you, you stand no risk of any kind in this as I am here to influence things in our favor and I am 100% sure that we will be successful, your application will be expressly processed and approved since it is on my table that the application will come as the operations manager of our bank.

Before I proceed, let me tell you a little about myself. I was born on the 18th day of October, 1958. I am originally from New York, United States and I now live in South Dakota, United States where I work. I am married and God blessed my marriage with two daughters. My wife is sick and I wish to give her the proper medication she deserves once the claim is made. I love my family so much and I want the best in life for them and I do this for the sole reason of helping my family. If I am not sure of this transaction in terms of our safety and success, I would never be involved with it as I cannot stand to bring shame to my family and myself. The transaction will be successful and once the money is made available to you, I will come over to your country my own share of the money.

You will make the claim while in your country and at the comfort of your home, you will not come to our bank in person for the claim to avoid being asked questions you cannot give the right answers to and thereby jeopardize our success in getting the money. Our bank is not aware that I am behind you in making this claim and they are not to know. It is also important that you keep this claim to yourself because you never can tell who will betray out of envy or jealousy. The most important elements in this claim are: trust, confidentiality, sincerity and cooperation. None of these important elements should lack in both of us throughout the process of the claim in order to be successful, it is very, very important. If you are certain that you will never betray me, if you are confident that you will never disclose this transaction to anyone, then you are to give me the below details of yourself to enable me put them in the records of our bank as the legal beneficiary of the deposit made late Ms. Grace J. Alvarado. Below are the details I need:

1.Your full names:=============2.City where your were born:============3.Your current city of residence:============4.Your age======5.Your telephone/mobile number(s):============6.Your occupation:============

Once I receive the above details of yourself, I will put them in our bank records and after that, I will send you an application letter of claim and some of the documents relating to the deposit which you will have to send to our bank through the email address I will provide for you. I will be here to guide you on how to deal with our bank until the claim is completely made. My assurance is that nothing will stop us from getting the money and we will never face any problems now or in the further as I will take care of all the security aspects of the transaction. If however you are no longer interested in the claim, you are to delete every information regarding myself and this transaction from your records. If you still have interest in the claim, give me the requested details to enable us move on with the claim. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Samuel Sullivan.
Phone: +[protected].

Dear Partner,

It is with happiness that I write to inform you that I have successfully put your name in the computer records of our bank as the beneficiary to the deposit made by late Ms. Grace J. Alvarado. You will have to avoid calling our bank on phone if we have to be successful with this claim to avoid being asked questions you may not give the right answers to, this is very, very important. On the other hand, I am sure our bank is not likely to call you on phone because of the policy of our bank which prohibits calling our customers or another party at odd hours. Our working hours is your own bed time so our bank is not likely to call you, it therefore becomes important that you check your email (inbox and bulk/spam/junk) folders properly to avoid missing our bank's responses to you.

I have already written the application letter of claim which you will have to send to our bank. The application letter of claim has three documents attached to it, the deposit certificate which our bank issued the depositor, a copy of the last letter our bank wrote her which I got from her file and her death certificate which I got a xeroxed copy from the registrar of deaths in the Mexican province where she died. The application letter of claim together with the three attached documents should be sent to this email address of our bank: acshsd@firstnationalmail.com

Please, I beg you not to take any decision regarding this claim on your own, we are partners in this and we should work together and in one accord for us to achieve our aim of getting the claim amount from our bank. Every email you receive from our bank should be forwarded to me, seeing the emails will enable me give you objective advice on what next to do. Send the application now and inform me once it is sent. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Samuel Sullivan.
Phone: +[protected].

First National Bank
333 Dakota Avenue,
South Huron,
South Dakota 57350,
United States of America.
Direct Phone: +[protected].

Dear J*** P**** S**. R***,

We are in receipt of your application letter of claim for the deposit made by Ms. Grace Joy Alvarado who you have told us is now dead. We are sincerely sorry for the loss, please do accept our condolences.

To make the claim of the deposit, you are required to download the attached Deposit Claim Form, print it and fill it properly using pen. After filling the deposit claim form, you are to scan it and send it back to us through the email. We also require from you are a scanned copy of your identity card. Once we receive the filled deposit claim form and your identity proof, we shall have your application reviewed and take the necessary steps to make the money available to you if approved.

It is a good thing that you applied for the claim of the deposit at this time because the deposit is about to be forfeited. We therefore encourage you to immediately do what we have asked you to do as any delay could be to your own disadvantage. Do accept our condolences for the irreparable loss once again.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Albert B. Clark.
Account Officer.

First National Bank
333 Dakota Avenue,
South Huron,
South Dakota 57350,
United States of America.
Direct Phone: +[protected].

Dear Mr. J*** P*** S**. R***,

With reference to your application for claim of the deposit ([protected]) made by late Ms. Grace Joy Alvarado, we write to inform you that our bank sees no reason to deny you the claim. Since you were a friend to the late depositor and you have also provided us with a copy your own identity card and the death certificate of the deceased, your legitimacy over the deposit is not in doubt. We will pay you and we have two payment options through which we can make the claim amount available to you and you are expected to choose the best option that suites you. The options are as given below:

1. Bank Transfer:

By this option, we will make a bank transfer from the bank account of late Ms. Grace Joy Alvarado any bank account that is given to us by you. The bank account could be under your name or someone else's name. We therefore ask you to provide us the details of the bank account where you would want to have the claim amount transferred to. Give us the below details of the bank account:

Name of Account Holder:
Name of Bank:
Bank Account Number:
Address of the Bank Branch:
Bank Swift Code:
Phone Number of Account Holder:
Address of Account Holder:

2. Issuance of Bank Draft:

Through this payment option, we will issue you with a bank draft which you can cash in any branch of BDO Unibank in the Philippines. If you decide to go for this option, you will have to provide us with your mailing address, the listed information are what we need in order to mail you the bank draft when issued in your name:

Full Names of Recipient:
Contact Mobile Number of Recipient
House Number:
Street Name:
City:
State/Province:
Postal Code/Zip Code:
Country:

You are to please indicate the option that best suits you and also provide us with the needed information. Once we receive the information regarding the bank account or your postal address, we will work to make the money available to you, we are waiting.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Albert B. Clark.
Account Officer.

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Maeljay Sarigumba
, US
Aug 16, 2017 9:20 am EDT

Its my scammer. We are disame. Claimer for Ms. Alvarado.. hahaha.. thank god hindi ako nka loan

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Maeljay Sarigumba
, US
Aug 16, 2017 9:21 am EDT

Pero na send ko account nang mama ko 😭

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RoselleBajo
, US
Jul 24, 2017 10:54 pm EDT

he tried to convince me rather*

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RoselleBajo
, US
Jul 24, 2017 10:52 pm EDT

Hi, currently he is sending me a message as what he want the others to do. he wants me to claim the money of Grace Alvarado who died. for i was thinking, why he will contact me i dont even know him. i tried to convince me send my personal background to him, but i didn't because all i was thinking its all lies and im not interested of what he offers.

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John Ernest Callejo
, US
Jun 04, 2017 10:01 pm EDT

now i know.. that this person is a scammer, that was a the same message i got from mr. bradley.
now his trying to convince me that i need to send the activation fee to mr. stones.

baka alam nyo po kung pano i report ito sa banko ng first national bank, para wala n sya mabik tima na ibang tao.

im also from the philippines

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John Philip Sta Rosa
, US
Aug 15, 2017 9:49 am EDT

Pariha lang tayu tol, .. nabiktima din ako, sa katunayan nga hanggang ngayon we still have communication, at hinihintay ng banko nila kung ano pipiliin kong Option, kung Bank to bank ba or Bank draft!... Dahil ngayon ko lang din nalaman, syempre sasakyan ko nlang to hanggang sa pinaka sukdulan hahhahahha matira nalang ang matibay!

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Rocuya
, PH
Sep 07, 2017 8:37 am EDT
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Same situation sir haha, bahala na nakisabay nadin ako sa laro nya .

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Kawawame
, PH
Oct 14, 2017 7:56 am EDT

Sad to say...nkapagpadala me Ng pera because I was attracted with the offer..it's worth $940. And upon paying, he was again asking $2000 for activation fee. Naloka ako..Saka lang me nag investigate nung nkapagpadala nko Ng pera. I am begging him to send me back the money but it's impossible now because his condition te send the activation fee in order to claim the money...I'm so depressed...pinapa sa DIYOS kna lang Ang LAHAT...hope Na maging lesson sainyo Ang nangyari sakin..Mr Sullivan is always changing name but his ways of convincing people was the same the only difference was the name of the people in the letter, the name of account officer and his name also. Pls Spread...

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Paulla
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Jun 04, 2017 4:59 pm EDT

sincerely apologize for the nature of my message which came without proper introduction and prior notice. I have contacted you with good intentions and I hope I can trust you with this inheritance opportunity which will be explained below. My name is Mr. Jason Bradley, I am a banker here in the United States and I want you to help me in getting back the money left behind by late Mr. Rommel G. Santiago who was from the Philippines according to his records with our bank. I want us to get the money and share it between the two of us since it is something I cannot do alone. If this will put you or myself in any form of risk, I would not have contacted you, the claim is safe and beneficial to both of us financially. I am presently the operations manager of our bank and please do keep these information to yourself, it is very important. I will give you more details of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

Late Mr. Rommel G. Santiago lived and worked in the United States as a businessman and he deposited in our bank the sum of three million, eighty thousand US dollars (US$3, 080, 000) as fixed deposit in the year 2005 for a term of two years without a rollover option. This bank account became dormant after six months of inactivity from the maturity of the term deposit. Usually, dormant bank accounts for a period of 10 years are forfeited to the United States Department of the Treasury as abandoned funds. I have tried calling Mr. Rommel G. Santiago in order to inform him of the danger of losing his money with our bank and his number could not be reached and letters our bank sent to his address were not replied. When I tried to reach his beneficiary, I discovered that he did not put any beneficiary at the time he made the deposit and therefore did not leave anyone else to contact. The fear that he could lose the money made me undertook an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact. It was during my investigation that I realized that he died in late 2005 while on vacation in Mexico as a result of heart related illness. However, our bank does not know of his death even at this moment.

I have gone to his last known address here in the United States and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead and I also inquired from the registrar of deaths at the Mexican province where he died, his death was registered and there is no known relative of him. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives; all I want you to do is to apply for the claim of the money from our bank as his friend since you are in the Philippines. Because of the way our bank works, it is only someone outside of the United States that can successfully make the claim from our bank without being present for the claim. It does not matter if you knew him or not, it does not matter if you had any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way until the claim is 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 government's bank account while we have the opportunity to live better with the money when claimed. I assure you that this transaction is a risk free one and as the operations manager of our bank branch, the verification and approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you can claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts when the claim is made; you take your own half while I take my own half. Everything will be done successfully as I am in a position to influence things in our favor. Right now, I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up the claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make the claim successfully. 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. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Jason Bradley.
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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa fnb connect

So I have been complaining about fnb connect for the past 2 weeks hoping to get a response from someone who knows what they are doing but it has been hectic. Finally some lady called me today and told me that for the inconvenience of debiting my account with 399.00 they will compensate me with 100mb and 100mb (Am still shocked). Later in the day someone else called me and told me that even if I cancelled my unlimited contract with fnb on the 30th, it will take 30days for successful cancellation which means I will still be receiving my allocation of 44530 minutes and 100mb. She apologised and said "there is nothing she can do at the moment". I request to fnb again can someone who knows what they are doing please contact me and explain to me how you operate!

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa claim deposit first national bank

Dear Comrade,

I do not know you in person and I knew nothing about you until I started looking for a relative of late Mr. David Reyes. It was my quest to get someone that will help me get this fund for the benefit of both of us that brought me in contact with you. Put aside your little apprehension and do this with me, it is safe. I have made it clear that I will personally come to the Philippines for my own share of this fund any weekend following the day you receive the money. If there are questions you wish to ask me including how I got your number and why I chose you, then I will be free to answer them to your satisfaction when I come over.

This is an opportunity that we should not allow to slip through our hands. I want to reassure you that our success is certain and that the claim is also risk free for us. I am here to influence things in our favor as the the verification and approval of the claim you will make will be done by me as the operations manager. You will only have to follow my directives to avoid mistakes in the process of making the claim. Within 7 working days from today, the money will be in your bank account and I will come to your country for my own share of the money. The truth about is that our bank will turn this deposit to the government's bank account if no effort is made to immediately claim the money and it is important we are quick in applying for the claim.

Before I proceed, let me tell you a little about myself. I was born on the 14th day of October, 1958, I was originally from Montana but now live in Minnesota where I work. I am married and God blessed my marriage with two daughters, I love my family and that is the reason I am after this money as I want to use it to take care of my wife who is sick. If I am not sure of this transaction in terms of our safety and success, I would never be involved in it as I would not want to bring shame upon myself and that of my family. You have no cause to worry, you are safe, your reputation and that your of your family will be maintained as well.

You will make the claim while in your country and at the comfort of your home, you will not come to our bank in person for the claim to avoid being asked questions you cannot give the right answers to and thereby jeopardize our chances of getting the money. The next thing I will do is to send you an application letter of claim which you will have to send to our bank through the email. I will also attach some of the vital documents relating to the deposit which you will use to support the application you will send to our bank. To enable me write the application letter of claim for you, I will need your personal details. See the attached note and give me your details which I require.

I have also attached a copy of my own official ID card for your view. Please, our bank is not aware that I am behind you in making this claim and they are not to know hence the need to for you to keep this to yourself. Do cooperate with me as I will be here to guide you on how to deal with our bank until the claim is completely made. I am now waiting for your details to enable me write the application which you are to send to our bank. See the attachment and give me the required details. Thank you.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Richard Blake., , , ...CONTINUE===================

Dear Jovanne Leyses Laquinta,

We are in receipt of your application letter of claim for the deposit made by late Mr. David Luis Reyes who you have told us is now dead. We are sincerely sorry for the loss, please do accept our condolences.

You are required to download the attached Deposit Claim Form, print it and fill it properly using pen. After filling the deposit claim form, you are to scan it and send it back to us through the email. We also require from you are a scanned copy of the death certificate of Mr. David Luis Reyes and a copy of your identity card in order to ascertain the death of the depositor and proof of your identity respectively. Once we receive the filled deposit claim form, the death certificate of the depositor and your identity proof, we shall have your application reviewed and take the necessary steps to make the money available to you if approved.

It is a good thing that you applied for the claim of the deposit at this time because the deposit is about to be forfeited. We therefore encourage you to immediately do what we have asked you to do as any delay could be to your own disadvantage. Do accept our condolences for the irreparable loss once again.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Willard A. Jackson.
Accounts Officer.

So Mr. Blake i will make a death certificate of Mr. Reyes. here i can do that. but it is okay that, my personal identification not match to Mr. Reyes, its not make a complicated? Advice me I will do.
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In short they ask me a payment and I did sent the money
this name did I sent the money

Receiver's Name: Pawinee Aonchay
Address: 20/188 Moo 10 Pattaya Tai Road, Nongpru, Bang Lamung,
City: Chonburi
Country: Thailand.
Total Amount to receive: THB111, 600.

PLEASE ANYONE CAN HELP... HELP HELP HELP HELP

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nicka gonzaga
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Feb 15, 2018 11:41 pm EST

I want to appreciate your effort in getting back to me in a short period of time. However, you might be wondering how I contacted you suddenly without a formal notice. I contacted you through this highly sms protocol service in order to maintain the needed confidentiality and security. I want our communication to be basically though e-mail as to maintain the needed confidentiality throughout this proposal i am introducing to you. It will benefit the both of us greatly. My name is Mr. Darrin James Phil. I am a banker here in the United States and I want you to help me in getting back the money left behind by late Late Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo who was from the Philippines according to his records with our bank. I want to introduce you to our bank as his legal beneficiary since it is something I cannot do alone. If this will put you or myself in any form of risk, I would not have contacted you, the claim is safe and beneficial to both of us financially. I am presently the operations manager of our bank and please do keep these information to yourself, it is very important. I will give you more details of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

Late Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo lived and worked here in Short Hills, New Jersey, United States of America as a real estate business man and he deposited in our bank the sum of one million, five hundred thousand US Dollars (US$1, 500, 000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2005. This bank account is now dormant and usually dormant bank accounts for a period of 10 years are forfeited to the United States Department of the Treasury as abandoned funds. I have tried calling him in order to inform him of the danger of losing his money with our bank and his number could not be reached and letters our bank sent to his address were not replied, kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to his residential address. When I tried to reach his beneficiary, I discovered that he did not put any beneficiary at the time he made the deposit and therefore did not leave anyone else to contact. The fear that he could lose the money made me undertook an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact. It was during my investigation that I realized that he died in 22nd January 2007 while on vacation in Guadalajara Mexico as a result of heart related illness. In order to verify the truth of the matter, I went to Mexico and confirmed he was dead, it is a sad story for a kindhearted and generous person like him. This matter was not reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.

I have on my own gone to his last known address here in the United States and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead. I also made inquiries from the registrar of deaths where he died, his death was registered and there is no known relative of him. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives. For security reasons I sent you the text message through the mobile line I bought when I visited your country. Since this is the issue, all I want you to do is to apply for the claim of the money from our bank as his friend since you are in the Philippines. I know there are a lot of Filipino here in the United States, but it is only someone from outside United States of America can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew him or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way to make this claim. It is not a matter of being greedy or having bad morals, 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 government's bank account while we have the opportunity to live better with the money when claimed. This transaction is a risk free transaction and as the Executive Officer of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts when the claim is made. You take your own half while i take mine. Everything will be done successfully as i am in position to influence things in our favor. Right now, I have all the copies of the documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the Treasury Department's account if not claimed now. 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. Thank you.

Your sincerely,
Mr. Darri

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BeVigilant
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Jan 03, 2018 11:05 pm EST
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These are the photos she sent to me.

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Jan 03, 2018 10:58 pm EST
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Same thing happened to me recently. Someone textex me on my mobile phone saying she has something to discuss with me. She introduced herself as Rev Sister Susan Chua Reyes.. wife of the late husband David Luis Reyes. She even sent me photos of her lying in a hospital then the other photo was with her late husband.
I'm glad i didn't gave her my personal info. And even if i did... she has nothing to get with me anyway.
I did made a research of their names and finally i noticed this posts.. SCAMMER.!

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charlene amistad
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Dec 12, 2017 8:42 pm EST

i also received OMG.

Greetings to you,

I want to appreciate your effort in getting back to me in a short period of time. However, you might be wondering how I contacted you suddenly without a formal notice. I contacted you through this highly sms protocol service in order to maintain the needed confidentiality and security. I want our communication to be basically though e-mail as to maintain the needed confidentiality throughout this proposal i am introducing to you. It will benefit the both of us greatly. My name is Mr. Darrin James Phil. I am a banker here in the United States and I want you to help me in getting back the money left behind by late Late Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo who was from the Philippines according to his records with our bank. I want to introduce you to our bank as his legal beneficiary since it is something I cannot do alone. If this will put you or myself in any form of risk, I would not have contacted you, the claim is safe and beneficial to both of us financially. I am presently the operations manager of our bank and please do keep these information to yourself, it is very important. I will give you more details of myself, our bank and the transaction itself once you accept to do this with me.

Late Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo lived and worked here in Short Hills, New Jersey, United States of America as a real estate business man and he deposited in our bank the sum of one million, five hundred thousand US Dollars (US$1, 500, 000.00) as fixed deposit for a period of two years in 2005. This bank account is now dormant and usually dormant bank accounts for a period of 10 years are forfeited to the United States Department of the Treasury as abandoned funds. I have tried calling him in order to inform him of the danger of losing his money with our bank and his number could not be reached and letters our bank sent to his address were not replied, kept bouncing back as undelivered and we never got any response from the letters posted to his residential address. When I tried to reach his beneficiary, I discovered that he did not put any beneficiary at the time he made the deposit and therefore did not leave anyone else to contact. The fear that he could lose the money made me undertook an independent investigation to know his whereabouts since there is no one else to contact. It was during my investigation that I realized that he died in 22nd January 2007 while on vacation in Guadalajara Mexico as a result of heart related illness. In order to verify the truth of the matter, I went to Mexico and confirmed he was dead, it is a sad story for a kindhearted and generous person like him. This matter was not reported to our bank and nobody in our bank is aware of this except me.

I have on my own gone to his last known address here in the United States and everyone that knew him confirmed he was dead. I also made inquiries from the registrar of deaths where he died, his death was registered and there is no known relative of him. All these made it impossible for me to locate any of his relatives. For security reasons I sent you the text message through the mobile line I bought when I visited your country. Since this is the issue, all I want you to do is to apply for the claim of the money from our bank as his friend since you are in the Philippines. I know there are a lot of Filipino here in the United States, but it is only someone from outside United States of America can successfully make this claim because of the way our bank works. It does not matter whether you knew him or not, it does not matter if you have any kind of relationship with him or not, I will guide you all the way to make this claim. It is not a matter of being greedy or having bad morals, 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 government's bank account while we have the opportunity to live better with the money when claimed. This transaction is a risk free transaction and as the Executive Officer of our bank, the final approval of your application will be done by me. Once I approve it, you will have the right to claim the money.

We will share the money into two equal parts when the claim is made. You take your own half while i take mine. Everything will be done successfully as i am in position to influence things in our favor. Right now, I have all the copies of the documents relating to the deposit he made that you will file to back up this claim. All I require is your sincerity and honest cooperation to enable us make this claim successfully and we have to do this within shortest time possible because the money will be reverted to the Treasury Department's account if not claimed now. 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. Thank you.

Your sincerely,
Mr. Darrin James Phil.

thanks guys for your concern to other people . i hope that they nothing deceived other people

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Aug 05, 2017 9:51 pm EDT
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Dear Beloved,

Greetings I bring to you in the name of God. I am giving you my trust and wish you will give me back the trust i have given you. I believe that you will be Honest to fulfil my final wish before I will die.

My name is Mrs.Dedicatoria D Reyes, widow to late Mr.David Luis Reyes from Philippines who Naturalized in Australia and work as an exporter and importer of Textiles.We got married for Twenty-two years without a child, due of my FIBROID DISEASES which affected my Womb. I am a sick and dying woman who has decided to donate what I have to you for the work of God and for Charity organization around your community.

I am 57 years old and I was diagnosed for cancer for about 5 years ago in a hospital in U.S.A, Immediately after the death of my husband who has left me everything he worked for and because the doctors told me I will not live longer than Two Month because of my present Condition, I decided to WILL/donate my late husband funds valued (US $ 4.3 MILLION), Diamond and Gold which he deposited in a Security Finance House in Australia to you.The fund is a secured Trunk box locked with security Pin and was declared as Family valuables.I don't have a child of my Own to handle the Charity project in my name and for the work of God.

You should contact me immediately you receive this mail so that I will put you in contact with the establishment to enable you arrange with them on how to get the Fund for the purpose mentioned above. I can't predict what will be my fate by the time you will receive the fund, But you should please ensure that the fund is used as l have described above.

Please reply me as soon as possible.
Your Dying Sister
Mrs.Dedicatoria D Reyes

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So is this also a scam I guess? Someone "dedicatoria Reyes" send me this thing just this morning...

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Red Tag
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Aug 01, 2017 1:34 am EDT

Oh really? But based on my research your husband has another wife. Feel free to send all of your possession to the other wife maam or maybe you didnt know that he has another wife and that you've been cheated by that [censor] 'dead' husband of yours. OMG! I so sorry to break the seal!. But atleast you now know that you still have a family. Go and contact her and also while your at it try to go to this link.

HTTP://419.bittenus.com/17/2/akarath-sriprasat.html

-God bless

Name of the scammers: Callie Lorenzo and Augusto Lorenzo

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Garace
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Jun 12, 2017 12:10 am EDT
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.. Omg its all lie.. Thanks god i dont have any bank account.. 😊😊😊 Thanks to all your comments people..

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Tin Lan
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Apr 16, 2017 7:52 am EDT
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Same here. Received a scam message, at first you will really get deceived, so beware. Here is the thread.
Mrs. Nancy C. Lorenzo
7:40 AM (8 hours ago)

to me
Dear friend,

I know that this letter may be a very big surprise to you, but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am giving you my trust and wish you will give me back the trust I have given you. I believe that you will be honest to fulfill my final wish before I will die. I have have contacted you with good intentions.

My name is Mrs. Nancy C. Lorenzo from United States of America, widow to late late Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo of Philippines. We got married without a child for several years of our marriage. I am suffering from Cancer of the breast. Since my doctor said i can't live more than 4 months again. My late husband had a Fixed deposit amount of 2.500, 000 USD with our bank since 2012. He made me the Only Beneficiary of this funds which he deposited as it is a joint account.

I only communicate with email. I am in the hospital and I will be undergoing surgical operation soon. I am not allowed to make phone calls. I do not want the money to be with the Bank if I die while there are poor and less privileged people in our society. It is in United States law that failure to claim your fixed deposit amount on or before 2 years the bank have right to convert the fund to the States treasurer account (government).

Being a devoted Christian and a Catholic member i wish to make you the new beneficiary of this funds. I will have to email my bank to tell them my new decision regarding this deposit. Please my good friend, promise me that you will have to follow my instructions just the way i will direct you on this mail. I will want you to Receive this Funds while am still alive and please am pleading you in the name of God, when you receive this funds use 60% to open up a charity home in my City... Palawan and then keep 40% for yourself, if only you can do this for me i shall die like a happy woman when ever i have the call of life.

Kindly reply me now with your information so that i can contact my bank immediately for transfer to your local account in Philippine. Provide me with Underlisted informations:

Your Full Names:
Complete Address:
Phone Number:
Your Age:
Your Occupation:

I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit and will apply and authorize my bank to contact you through email or phone number regarding the transfer to your local account. Your delay to reply will lead me to contact another person. Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you and God bless.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Nancy C. Lorenzo.

On 12 April 2017 at 02:52, me wrote:
I received a text message stating:

"This urgent matter requires your attention, kindly reply to my email: mrsnanlorez@gmail.com"

Is this regarding work application or what?

Tin

11:19 AM (4 hours ago)

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In this age of cyber scam and all. How will I know if its truly genuine? May God bless you anyway. Happy April's fool. :)

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Reynalyn Barbon
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May 13, 2017 12:51 am EDT
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Dear.Mrs Nancy Lorenzo
If you telling me that you in the hospital i hope god forgive you..because you such a loser..person..you use the name of our God.that you know that if you have mistake in people.people will forgive you but in holy spirit of god cannot forgive you ." God bless

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MAESHELL MAO-XU
, US
Apr 10, 2017 4:05 am EDT

Mrs Tina Sherry Smith
AttachmentsApr 7 (3 days ago)

to me
Dear friend,

The form you were given to fill is the deposit claim form of my bank, you are to fill it correctly. The depositor's name is: Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo. The account number as required in the form is: [protected]. Every other information required in the deposit claim form are yours other than the account number and the depositor's name which I mentioned above.

I have the death certificate of my late husband Mr. Augusto Rommel Lorenzo, it is attached here. You are to send it to our bank together with the deposit claim form once it is properly filled. I appreciate the fact that you are in touch with me at all times, this has given me a very high level of confidence that you cannot make any mistakes. Do inform me when you send back the deposit claim form and also when you receive response from our bank. Thank you so much, everything will be successfully concluded soon.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs Tina Sherry Smith.
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danzdan
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Apr 14, 2017 6:18 am EDT
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thaks i read this..because i recieve to email she's name is nancy c. lorenzo and hir husban is Mr. Augusto Lorenzo. thanks guys its a scamm

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Reynalyn Barbon
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May 13, 2017 12:45 am EDT
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We are the same of what..mrs nancy lorenzo contact me also..about to benefeciary here money in his late husband augosto. Rommel lorenzo..she ask me to do..what his husband wish..and i give all my details name.and etc.she get nothing from me because im the one a poor people in the philippines. She dont need to choose who people poor or rich.to scamming..why. The bank..agree in this scamming..and agree that here bank name is use to mrs nancy lorenzo is one of scamming...

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MAESHELL MAO-XU
, US
Apr 10, 2017 4:04 am EDT

Mrs Tina Sherry Smith
Apr 5 (5 days ago)

to me
Dear friend,

I have to first thank you for taking your time to reply as i requested, i am highly appreciative of that. I have have contacted you with good intentions. My name is Mrs. Tina S. Smith from United States of America, widow to late late Mr. Augusto Lorenzo Smith of Philippines. We got married without a child for several years of our marriage. I am suffering from Cancer of the breast. Since my doctor said i can't live more than 4 months again. My late husband had a Fixed deposit amount of 2.500, 000 USD in our joint account since 2007. he made me the Only Beneficiary of this funds which he deposited.

I only communicate with email. I am in the hospital and I will be undergoing surgical operation soon. I am not allowed to make phone calls. I do not want the money to be with the Bank if I die while there are poor and less privileged people in our society. It is in United States law that failure to claim your fixed deposit amount on or before 2 years the bank have right to convert the fund to the States treasurer account (government).

Being a devoted Christian and a Catholic member i wish to make you the new beneficiary of this funds. I will have to email my bank to tell them my new decision regarding this deposit. Please my good friend, promise me that you will have to follow my instructions just the way i will direct you on this mail. I will want you to Receive this Funds while am still alive and please am pleading you in the name of God, when you receive this funds use 60% to open up a charity home in my City... Palawan and then keep 40% for yourself, if only you can do this for me i shall die like a happy woman when ever i have the call of life.

Kindly reply me now with your information so that i can contact my bank immediately for transfer to your local account in Philippine. Provide me with your underlisted information:

Your full names :
Complete address:
Phone number:
Your age:
Your occupation:

I have all the copies of documents relating to the deposit and will apply and authorize my bank to contact you through email or phone number regarding the transfer to your local account. Your delay to reply will lead me to contact another person. Hoping to hear from you as soon as possible. Thank you and God bless.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Tina S. Smith.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa payment for the cost of opening an non-resident online bank account

First national bank
2457 broadway avenue,
Slayton, mn 56172,
United states of america.
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Dear
Fausto h. Tahud jr,

Since you opted to open a non-resident online bank account with us to enable us remit the amount standing in the credit balance of the bank account of late mr. Gilbert jose sison to you, you are to download and fill the attached account opening form and return it back to us through the email. The cost of opening a non-resident bank account is the sum of six hundred us dollars (Us$600). You will have to pay for the cost of opening the bank account since charges are not debited to a deceased customer's bank account as a policy of our bank.

You will have to send the non-resident online bank account opening fee through money gram transfer using the name of our fiduciary agent in asia over there in the philippines as given below. Go to any money gram transfer agent near you to send the money. The us$600 in your local currency will be around the sum of twenty nine thousand, one hundred philippine pesos (Php29, 773) , it is an approximation of the amount you will have to pay excluding charges, all you need to do is to inform the money gram transfer agent that you want the receiver to receive us$600.

Receiver's first name: marivic
Receiver's last name/surname: miranda
State / country: manila philippines
Amount to receive: us$600

After making the payment, you are to scan the western union money transfer sender's voucher/receipt and have it sent to us through this email. On receiving the vocher/receipt, we will open the online bank account for you and give you the login details to enable you access the funds and make transfer whenever you want to. We are waiting.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Harrison a. Owen
Accounts officer.

Please help me about this.

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Josiel Kate Geronimo
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Jul 26, 2017 3:22 am EDT

I also received an email that is somewhat like yours. Don't fall into that, it's a scam.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa cheque account inactivated without any notice

Summary. FNB acted inconsistent with regards to my proof of address. The bank went further by not notifying me that there is an issue and made my account inactive, i.e. unable to transact meanwhile FNB still accepted deposits into the account. Eventually my debit orders failed. The relationship manager accepted the proof of address while someone else from FNB read the bank's guides differently. If I did not take up the issue the account would still be locked without any notice, etc.

Chronology of events:

24 Oct 2016. Applied for an FNB easy account and received an account number. All docs submitted, but I needed to fill in a form "Individual Confirming Another Individual's Residential Address" to accompany the proof of address.

28 Nov 2016.
FNB sent this email: Good day

We acknowledge your query and tried to contact you to no avail;
Kindly receive the above attached document as per your request to be completed by your father
Please note you need to take it to the nearest FNB branch with the id and proof of address not older than 3 months.
The branch will activate the account and issue you a card.

8 Nov 2016. At the Oudtshoorn branch where I waited over 40 minutes before I reached a consultant, Tertia's desk. She told me that is best if I did nothing online ito the application as it just complicates things at the branch, but we pushed on to wrap things up. SUBMITTED An ESKOM UTILITY BILL together with the mentioned form. My Easy account is active and ready to use.

Mid Nov 2016. I changed banking details to FNB for my insurance and medical aid.

2 Dec 2016. None of my debit orders has gone through. Calls to FNB brought me nowhere but it seems now that FNB had an issue with the utility bill as proof of address.

6 Dec 2016. Closed easy account 6265113**** at the Oudtshoorn FNB branch. Time to complete process was around 45 minutes.

Both debit orders moved to FNB failed - insurance and medical aid. For the latter my medical aid benefits were temporarily suspended. Luckily I could EFT them from another bank.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa - complaint for the deposit claim

First National Bank 2457 Broadway Avenue, Slayton, MN 56172, United States of America. Staff Direct Phone: +[protected]. Dear Ms. Rosalie Rabago Quintana, We have tried making the transfer through electronic means and we were getting error messages since morning. We have contacted the Federal Reserve Wire Network (Fedwire) which is the agency...

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa delays in removing my name from itc (60 days overdue) - account number : [protected]

A judgement was passed incorrectly for a small amount while i was paying my account and i am an FNB client, which i found so so wrong. i cannot buy any house, my name is tannished, please assist to follow up with FNB to remove judgement against my name, i have paid in full.

Below is the email i got today (20.09.2016), after over 60 days of delay:
Good day Miss Pauline N Ngwenya,
Thank you for your email.
Kindly be advised that we sent a request to the relevant department and we are waiting for feedback. Please note that it may take up to 21 working days for the request to be processed.
We apologise for the delayed response and any inconvenience this may have caused.
Should you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us again.
Kind Regards,
Lesego Malatse

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa road side assistance charges for years after I no longer have a premium account

I am getting charged each month for years now for a service i cancelled a long time ago - road side assistance. I had a platinum account where this was relevant. However i downgraded back to a gold card and was informed that this service was terminated. You even stopped billing me for 3 months, yet now for the past year almost you have deducted it continually R 5 each month for something i don't want. I would like this resolved and the money paid back to my account.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa fnb

Good Day,

Yesterday the 01 September 2016 I bought electricity with online banking and I never received my token, I called your Online team but they couldn’t assist me, they told me the problem is not with FNB but with the municipality, but when I phone the municipality they also said it’s not from their side, they told me I should wait for 24 to 48 hours to receive my token the problem is the money I bought this electricity with was my last money, I asked the consultant since you have the problem why can’t you refund me my money the consultant just apologised and said he is really sorry for but this does not help me at all for me to wait for that long it’s really an inconvenience, I have no more money to buy electricity and all my food in the fridge is going to get spoilt, and what is my family going to eat, FNB you really suck I wish another switched from my bank to FNB

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa share investing account

On 20 Apr 16 I placed an order to sell approx 600 shares, at 09:01 on 21 April 16 the order went though to the broker, it was a sell now request at the best price. I waited 2 hours and nothing happened, in that time the share price began to plummet. I desperately called you guys and was told that it must be system problem and that it would be rectified ASAP. I was also promised that I would get a call back at 12:00 to report back. I never received any calls. Instead the order status was later updated to "rejected" despite there being no reason. After the order was rejected the approx 600 shares were not returned to my portfolio, so now (with the price continuing in free fall) I could not try to sell them again. After 2 hours of being pushed around departments and having my call dropped a dozen times I began to get really pissed off. Eventually I was told by someone on the phone that I didn't have the shares I was claiming to have (this pushed me over the edge). Eventually I was able to convince the person at FNB that I did own the shares but that they were nowhere to be seen. Another hour later and eventually the shares returned to my portfolio, I then proceeded to sell them at a price which was well below where I had originally tried to sell them, essentially costing me approx 30% of all the gains I had made over many months. This level of incompetence is unacceptable and unless I receive an adequate apology I am afraid I will be taking my business elsewhere.

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa fraudulent withdrawals

this bank has an account holder who has hacked into my wells fargo account using small deposits of .50 to then attempt to make a huge withdrawal of 2000 . The bank did nothing to stop it even though I gave them the account number that the money was transferred to . They allow thieves to use thier bank .

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa theft of $10.5 million dollars

A mr. Antony with first nation bank of reno, nv. Claims this
Bank is now owned by mutual of omaha. Mr. Antony diverted
$10.5 million usd of my money being transferred into my account at clear mountain bank in oakland, md. To an account ending in 9856 with first national bank.
This bank according to the fdic was closed in 2008 but was later bought by mutual of omaha.
Is this statement true? Do you control the first national bank,
Located at 6275 neil road, reno, nv. ?
Please advise if you control this bank and its personnel. I have
Lost $10.5 million dollars here and i need to get answers on who actually owns this bank and how i can retrieve my fund
Please assist me, [protected]@aol.com
Colin havan martin

Firstnational bank fri, feb 12, 2016 at 10:42 am
To: colin martin

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa - transfer her inheritance fund to your account

FIRST NATIONAL BANK Cnr Commissioner Str, and Von Weilligh Carlton Centre, Johannesburg, Gauteng, International Remittance Dep’t, south africa. Tel+ [protected]. Tel:+[protected] Fax+ [protected]. Email: [protected]@executivemail.co.za From: Navan James Katleho (California, USA) Date: 10-02-2016 Attention Dear Customer : We the First...

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa western union lottery fund usd$600.000.00 (six hundred thousand united states dollars only).

DEAR, Complain board, few years back I registered myself in western union.recently i have received and email saying that i have won $ 600.000.00 in Western union lottery .I am not sure if its true or not because i was told to transfer $220 to First National Bank of South Africa (FNB) immediately.so is there any other way through which i can get my money that i won in this lottery or its just fraud ...

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa fnb worst roadside assistance

I was called by FNB personnel offering me this so called ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE, to my surprise, when I need them the most to use the service, I was sent to pillar to post at no vial. At one department I was told that this is not an FNB - must be AA roadside assistance, on the other department I was told that they cant pick up nothing with my I.D. number and the worse, was that I had to pay for the towing myself and that FNB ONLY makes arrangements to have my vehicle towed for which I have to pay an amount of R2800 in advance.
I get deductions of #Roadside Assist Fee [protected] R5 and #Roadcover R30 for years... At the end, I was forced to have my car towed to a yard and having to pay storage and towing fees of over R4000 within a distance of less than 6km. WHY AM I PAYING FOR A SERVICE THAT I CANNOT USE?

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First National Bank [FNB] South Africa terrible customer service

I received a sms telling me to take my ID and proof of residence to my bank to collect my new card. After standing in line for 20 minutes I was told that the letter I had was not proof enough. Now I took time of from work drove to FNB and wasted my time and money. I asked FNB to deliver my card to me as I was not prepared to go back to the bank or I will close my account with them. It is 3 days later I have not received feedback from customer care till now. I have made several calls and sent several emails. I have been a customer of FNB for more than 20 years and this morning I get a call from the branch saying there's nothing that they can do and I am most welcome to close my account.

Its is really strange how FNB treats an existing client. They spend so much on advertising saying that they there to help but they couldn't get me my card but instead tell me I am most welcome to close this account?

Really bad customer service

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Marybridget
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May 16, 2016 7:36 pm EDT
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I went to my local branch on Sat. Morning early, 930 am and handed them $600.00 in cash to deposit into my checking account. Here it is Monday 10 pm and my deposit still is not processed! Why is cash not processed immediately? There is nothing to process, it is cash given from one hand to another. BS! I'M SICK OF THEIR POLICIES. WHATEVER HAPPENED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE? They act like they are the only bank in town. Ha! I'm getting out Asap!

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Toopar21
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Feb 06, 2011 6:43 pm EST

I have spoken to FNB a couple of times about this issue now. My petrol card expired January 2010. It is now almost 4.5 months later & I have still not received a replacement. I was forced to use my petro card the other day. I was charged a service fee of R 3-50. I am tired of asking now. I guess as my bank cards expire I won't be able to even withdraw money from a ATM. I may as well close my accounts at FNB.

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Outman
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Sep 28, 2010 5:58 am EDT

I have filed an application more than 7 weeks ago with FNB for a new credit card. Upon several enquiries, no one at the bank can give me the progress on my application. A lady phoned me just after I submitted the application to get my payslip, which I have submitted, but after this - nothing.

I am utterly disgusted with FNB's service.

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Nollier
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Sep 22, 2010 7:20 am EDT

On monday I laid a complaint of poor service and bad business practice with FNB who assured me that it would be investigated. They gave me a reference number and said that a senior manager would contact me within 24 hours. A day and a half later still nothing. Full of empty promises. I did however receive my bank statement with tons of cash spent on 'service charges' They should change the name to 'lack of service charges'.

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Unblock
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Sep 16, 2010 7:12 am EDT

Called the limits number to decrease my limit automatically every month. Was told that this cannot be done and I have to call the once a month to do this! Why? other banks have this facility. Wake up and move with the times! Or maybe you want people to remain in debt forever?

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Joshua
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Sep 07, 2010 7:03 am EDT

The page which enables me to register for online banking is not working. I get the following error: Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): The server could not be found when trying to reach the URL [Hidden Web Address] which the registration links for online banking point to. I have been trying it for a couple days now, and it is still broken. Please fix it.

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Downa
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Feb 03, 2011 6:04 pm EST

Why does the FNB internet Banking never work? Everytime a person tries to log-on you have to wait hours before you can even get into the banking system. You get an sms to say you logged on but you go no further...

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Darien
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Jan 25, 2011 4:27 pm EST

I logged a complaint last week - ref 64610- Still no feedback from FNB. Never mind I will go to our local branch to cancel my FNB card. Thanks for nothing.

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Galifey
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Jan 25, 2011 4:16 pm EST

FNB is charging me for credit cards I never received... Not really fair you'd think... but they have now put the lawyers on to me cause I refuse to pay... How can this be... Come on FNB do you really think this is fair... Would you pay me a car I invoice you for if you never got it... Answer: of course not.

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Esma
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Sep 21, 2010 10:53 am EDT

What a joke. FNB online banking has been down since Monday afternoon. It is now 7am the following day. Some people - like myself - use this service to run my business. The wait on the call centre is a joke with a note that my call is important and that their are high volumes of calls. Its 7am! Fix the error!

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