Beware of an e-mail scam that uses my Mother’s name!

Beware of an e-mail scam that uses my Mother’s name!

Mar 13

Thanks to a good friend, Atty. Angelo Jimenez, I got wind of an e-mail chain that uses the name of my mom, Mrs. Susana V. Ople. This is akin to the typical Nigerian scam, but with a twist! It refers to a Senate link and has a yahoo address under my mother’s name. I assure you that the letter with its numerous grammatical and substantive lapses is completely untrue. The question now is — how do victims like my Mom and consequently our family put a stop to this?

The scam artist’s e-mail below:

From: susan.ople2@yahoo.com.ph
Subject: How are you from Susan
To: fran@yahoo.com
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2009, 10:59 AM

Dear Friend .

How are you today, Thank you for reading my mail,It is my pleasure to write you through this medium after much consideration since telephone communication can not be suitable enough to communicate to you at this first time,
Before i will go further i most introduce myself I am Mrs Susana Vasquez Ople a citizen of Philippines,wife of the late former senator (Sen.Blas F.Ople).
(http://www.senate.gov.ph/senators/senpres/ople.asp).

I am the wife with seven Children for him but i am contacting you because i dont want my children to be aware of this transaction at this stage till we finalised the transaction then my first son may join you for the investment because they are still with my late husband’s relatives and i dont want them to be aware of this because they may implicate me in our Government.

I am in possession of a large sum of US$21.5 Million in cash which i want to invest in your country under your care.
This money was inherited from my late husband when he was the former senator during his regime overs years in my country philippines.

This money is of no criminal origin as it was largely realized from the government during his regime .

This money has been moved and lodged into a bank in (london,U K) for security reasons.Now i am in a hospital in U K fior cancer operation.

I now want to use this money to invest in a profitable ventures because it was deposited with my real name as (Mrs Susana ople) and the documents are with me now which i will send to you as i confirm your mind with me, also i will used some for God works,

As the time is now ripe for such move to take place. Please here are the areas I need you assistance.

To assist me invest this money in a profitable business ventures in your country. For your kind assistance you will get 15% of the total amount and 5% for any expenses you make, both telephone calls, fax ,emails spent during the process of getting the trunk box to your country.

Upon your response and acceptance to assist me, I will give you further details concerning this transaction but you must treat this transaction as highly confidential for my security reasons.Below is my adress,call me pleases for forder details…
Best Regards,

Susan Ople
Street adress: 30 Leicester Square
zip code: WC2H 7LA
city : london
country : United Kingdom
telephone: 00447031858998
email: susan.ople@yahoo.com.ph

#@*#@%^^@@@@####!!!!!!! Just for everyone’s info, my mom is in good health, with no trunk box filled with millions of money “realized from the government during his regime” (sic!!! & sick!!!) and hardly in any need for investment advice from anyone, thank you very much! I know this stuff is not to be taken seriously, but you never know whether they actually are able to fool people or not. So can anyone out there tell me how to stop this scam or where best to complain about it? Thanks!