Did you receive a mail today from Tim McCarron or Richard Thompson or David Bennett from Fidelity Investments?
Or from a fund manager working for the Scottish Investment Trust, all of them requesting help to funnel out $4-5 Millions? Take a deep breath: all are popular scams trying to make victims out of whosoever they can.
These scam artists mimic names of actual serving/retired fund managers for investment companies like Fidelity Investments International, Bank of Scotland or Scottish Investment Trust. They send emails using these names, claiming to have a few millions that they secretly wish to funnel out. They seek your assistance in this.
Sometimes, they also explain how they came upon the money.
Every year, the fraudster would elaborate, investors to the fund he manages are entitled to 20% fixed return on their investment. Something known as Excess Maximum Return Capital Profit or EMRCP in investor parlance. This year he has bettered expectations and has achieved 21-22% as profit. Using his status as a Fund Manager, he has secretly siphoned off the extra 1-2% and now needs somebody to pose as an investor and withdraw the money as their EMRCP. Otherwise, he claims that the extra earnings would be claimed by the company and added silently to its coffers.
He now wonders whether you would be interested. He says that he has already taken care of all the documentation to certify you as a legitimate investor to the company. All you have to do would be to use your identity to claim this fund from the company. He would make available the above papers if you are interested. He also expresses his readiness to go 50:50 on the money with you.
Well, this is only another of those elaborate and well-chalked out Phishing scams.
Your bank account detail is what the fraudster is after. With it, they want to clean out your bank account and enjoy life at your expense! Any suggestions on how to give them a tight rebuff?
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