My husband just received a letter from a Mr. Harry Davidson representing to be an officer of TD Bank Private Investment Bank, an affiliate of TD Bank. He then invited My husband to partner in a 47.5 million dollar embezzlement scheme that Davidson would work from the inside of TD Bank. If successful, Davidson graciously offered my husband a 50/50 split of the take.
Because I come from a background of finding investment money for independent feature films, I have seen many of these kinds of proposals. However, this letter shows research, education and a certain savvy that is disturbing.
We would be happy to assist you in catching this criminal should you desire to pursue this matter. There is already too much of this type of crime being inflicted upon the desperate, the elderly and the uninitiated. We would like to see you take action to stop such criminal activities being conducted in your good name.
For direct contact information, please email us at: take.no.[censored][email protected]
We sincerely hope to hear from you. We WILL step up.
P.S. We are sending a copy of this communication and the letter received to the US Postmaster General, the FBI and all other relevant National and International Agencies.
Let’s hope they catch a mr. Larry wolfe esq
Just received a letter to my husband from TD Canada Trust Bank. The guys name is Harry Davidson, from Harry Davidson Consults. Supposedly, there is a guy with same last name as my husband’s and they can’t find his next of kin. So, since my hubs has his last name, then they will prove he’s his next of kin. Of course, Harry wants 50% of the monies and my hubs will get the other 50%. What’s so suspicious. is he wants him to keep it confidential… It’s definitely a SCAM!
received letter to my husband that a relative died and had 9.2 million in this bank – my husband’s family is not in that income range and not originally residents of the United States – this is a scam – came from James Noval (email: [email protected] – Stated once filed claim and received funds – he and my husband could share the proceeds…
I got the same letter. Thank you!
I thought I just did explain how I felt.
I didn’t trust this, as I’ve been scammed like this before. They tell you that you’ll definitely get your share of the trust, but first they will need some fee, say $500.to proceed. They also demand payment be by wire, which if you pay it you’ll never see it again.
This has to be a scam. He’ll probably want some up-front fee to proceed
If it sounds too good to be true, then it probably isn’t. This sounds like a scam. He’ll probably ask for some fee up front so we can proceed. If paid, that’s the last I’ll hear from him.
Scammer’s phone None listed
Scammer’s website [email protected]
Scammer’s address None given
Scammer’s email [email protected]
Country Canada
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Initial means of contact Not applicable
He said I could claim an un-claimed inheritance of $9.2 million, and if successful we would split it, 50/50. He said that a Mr. Geo Young, a customer of their bank, a U.S. citizen who lived and died in London from cardiac arrest. He said he found my name while investigating Mr. Geo Young’s next of kin. So far, no one has come forward to claim the trust. He said I could claim the trust of $9.2 Million. We would then split the money.
Scam letter
We received same letter from Lenny. Our biggest concern is the signature at the bottom of the letter is almost identical to the recipient’s signature, not at all like Lenny’s.
Nearly identical letter sent t me from “Steve Anderson, and accounts manager with TD Canada Trust Bank”. By an amazing coincidence my putative deceased relative left an account with the same $47.5 million dollar balance. Letter was addressed to my deceased cat.
I got a similar letter, from Mr. Larry Wolf, virtually identical in wording to most of these. Email address listed for [email protected] The only thing surprising about this effort is the relative lack of misspelled words.
Victim Location 85308
Type of a scam Bank/Credit Card Company Imposter Scam
USPS mail fraud, Canadian bank inheritance fake identify scam. See attached.
Same, received a letter from Steve Anderson from same bank that my relative died and left me $47,500,000. Wants to share those proceeds with me… I wondered if he had moved from Nigeria as well. See attached.
I received a similar letter today, Jun 29, 2020 and started to throw it in the trash. Then I thought you may be interested in adding the data to your investigations.
I attached a copy of both the letter and the envelope.
Scam
Victim Location 43543
Type of a scam Phishing
Received letter from account manager Mr. Daniel Tibor. Next of kin to deceased customer of their bank from our country who lived & died in London from Cardiac Arrest 2009.Leaving open beneficiary status.Unsuccessful to locate relatives. The account has been monitored for almost 10 years & no one has claimed.Present to you as next of kin to claim this dormant acct worth $9.2 Million US dollars. Apply to the bank as an extended relative of the deceased while Daniel works form the inside to make sure all needed info & evidence are provided to back up the claim.Since same last name & from US easy to become official next of kin.If not claimed now the funds would revert back to the system as unclaimed estate.Also requires confidentiality and must be absolutely discreet until able to claim funds form the bank. Once released funds will be shared between the 2 of us. Respond to my personal email & then I will give you more details regarding a successful completion of this transaction.
Scammer’s address 215 Oxford Street W, London Ontario N6H 1S5 Canada
Scammer’s email [email protected]
Country Canada
Type of a scam Phishing
Initial means of contact Postal mail
I received a letter in the mail from Michael Washington an account manager at TD Canada Trust Bank asking if I my be a family member of a deceased person that was an engineer and Co-Owner of Jameson & Erickson Electric inc. a London Ontario Canada company. Letter stated the deceased left $47,500,000.00 and Michael Washington was looking for relatives of the deceased. Money was to be split 50-50 after all paper work was completed. Don’t fall for this.
Received the same type of letter from TD Canada trust with the same information different amount different name. Total scam… don’t fall for it!
Received a letter in the mail from a Daniel Tibor who claimed to be an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank in Ontario, Canada. Letter stated I had the same last name as deceased customer of their bank and would inherent 9.2 Million USD if I just followed some simple instructions. I email him back and received a reply with instructions of what to do next. He enclosed a phone number so I called him and we he kept reassuring me this was all legitimate and that he would receive 50% of the money for his fee. Must have thought I was pretty stupid to follow through any longer. Threw the letters away.
Scammer’s phone not provided
Scammer’s website not provided
Scammer’s address Ontario, Canada
Scammer’s email [email protected]
Country United States
Type of a scam Bank/Credit Card Company Imposter Scam
Initial means of contact Postal mail
Received letter from an Account manager (Larry Wolf)of a bank in Ontario Canada.His customer died in 2010 leaving a bank account with open beneficiary status. They have been unsuccessful in locating relatives.Content of letter-Present to you next of kin to claim $9,764,000. Apply to the bank as an extended relative while Larry works from the inside to help your claim. The Deceased is from your country & shares same last name! It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely discreet.Once the funds are released to you,it will be shared between the 2 of us. Please send your response to my email & I would give more details.
Victim Location 43606
Type of a scam Phishing
Received letter from an Account manager (Larry Wolf)of a bank in Ontario Canada.His customer died in 2010 leaving a bank account with open beneficiary status. They have been unsuccessful in locating relatives.Content of letter-Present to you next of kin to claim $9,764,000. Apply to the bank as an extended relative while Larry works from the inside to help your claim. The Deceased is from your country & shares same last name! It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely discreet.Once the funds are released to you,it will be shared between the 2 of us. Please send your response to my email & I would give more details.
Received the same exact letter with the same exact amount only the names had changed of who he was talking about. It was also Larry Wolf who signed the letter! Total total scam don’t fall for it!
Victim Location 23117
Type of a scam Identity Theft
Received letter offering 50% share of a deceased person with my same last name who died with $45 million in the bank unclaimed.
Victim Location 83714
Type of a scam Bank/Credit Card Company Imposter Scam
Letter received to business:
I am aware that this letter has come to you as a surprise as we have not met before or handled any business deal in the past. Nevertheless, I have contacted you with genuine intentions and I hope I can trust you with this inheritance opportunity which I explain below.
My name is Mr Lenny Mendoez, an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank, Ontario Canada. I received your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank MR. GEO ***, a citizen of your country, who lived and died in London from Cardiac Arrest in the year 2010. Unfortunately this customer died intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status. All efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have been unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have monitored this account in the bank for almost 10 years now and no one has come forth with any claim. I would like to present you to our bank as his next of kin to claim this dormant account worth $9.2 Million USD (Nine Million Two Hundred Thousand US Dollars)
You will apply to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased customer while I work from the inside to make sure all needed information and evidences are provided to you to back up your claim. The account has an open beneficiary status, which is why I have contacted you to come forth and claim the funds as the next of kin and beneficiary. Since he is from your country and you both share the same last name, it easy for you to become his official next of kin. If we do not make claim to the funds now, the funds would be reverted back to the system as unclaimed estate at the expiration of a 10 year dormancy period.
I assure you that this transaction would be handled under due inheritance procedures and every necessary legitimate arrangement will be put in place to make you the real beneficiary of the inheritance funds. It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely discreet until you are able to claim the funds from the bank. Once the funds are released to you, it will be shared between the two of us.
Please send your response to my personal email: [email protected] indicating readiness to proceed with this transaction. Then I will give you more details and we shall have in-depth discussion regarding a successful completion of this transaction.
I await your response
Sincerely
Mr. Lenny Mendoez
Victim Location 88001
Type of a scam Phishing
Scammer writes in postal letter that a relative with the same last name has died and has $47,500,000 of unclaimed inheritance which must be claimed from TD Canada Trust Bank. If I contact him on his cell phone and provide personal information, the money will be mine and we will split the money 40/60.
Victim Location 47150
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
Initial means of contact Not applicable
Here is the text of the letter:
I am aware that this letter has come to you as a surprise as we have not met before nor handled any business deal in the past. Nevertheless, I have contacted you with genuine intentions and I hope I can trust you with this Inheritance opportunity which I explain below.
My name is Mr. Frank Anderson, an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank, Ontario Canada. I retrieved your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a deceased customer Of our bank Mr** ***, a citizen Of your country, who lived and died in London from Cardiac Arrest in the year 2010.
Unfortunately this customer died intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status. AIl efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have been unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have monitored this account in the bank for almost 10years now and rlo one has come forth with any claim. I would like to present you to our bank as his ne)ct of kin to claim this dormant account worth $9,764,013.02 USD (Nine Million Seven Hundred and Sixty Four Thousand Thirteen 2/100 US Dollars).
You will apply to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased customer while I work from the inside to make sure all needed information and evidences are provided to you to back up your claim. The account has an open beneficiary status that is why I have contacted you to come forth and claim the funds as the net of kin and beneficiary. Since he is from your country and you both share the same lest name, it easy for you to become his official next of kin. If we do not make claim to the funds now, the funds would be reverted back to the system as unclaimed estate at the expiration Of a 10 year dormancy period as approved. I assure you that this transaction would be handled under due inheritance procedures and every necessary legitimate arrangement will be put in place to make you the real beneficiary of the inheritance funds. It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely discreet until you are able to claim the funds from the bank. Once the funds are released to you, it will be shared between the two of us.
Please send your response to my personal email:[email protected])mail.com indicating readiness to proceed with this transaction and I would give you more details, and we shall discuss more details as well as the procedure to achieve a successful completion. This is an opportunity Of a lifetime and people achieve it every day.
I await your response
Sincerely,
Victim Location 76301
Type of a scam Other
Have received faxes and letters from different places or institutions claiming a customer died and are unable to locate relatives so they decided to contact me since I have the same last name and all I have to do is apply as an extended relative to the deceased and the agency will create a claim and I will be entitled to a large sum of money as an inheritance ($9.2 million). The funds are to be shared by me and the agency.
Victim Location 43140
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
I received the following letter:
"I am aware that this letter has come to you as a surprise as we have not met before or handled any business deal in the past. Nevertheless, I have contacted you with genuine intentions and I hope I can trust you with this inheritance opportunity which I explain below. My name is Mr. Daniel Tibor and account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank, Ontario, Canada. I retrieved your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank Mr. Geo ***, a citizen of your country who lived and died in London from Cardiac arrest in the year 2009. Unfortunately, this customer died intestate leaving his bank account with an open beneficiary status. All efforts made by our bank to locate his relatives have been unsuccessful so I decided to write you as I have monitored this account in the bank for almost 10 years now and no one has come forth with any claim, I would like to present you to our bank as his next of kin to claims this dormant account worth $9.2 million USD. You will apply to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased customer while I work from the inside to make sure all needed information adn evidences are provided to you to back up your claim." The letter goes on to say "it requires confidentiality" and I am to be "discreet". "Please send your response to my personal email: [email protected], then I will give you more details and we shall have in-depth discussion regarding a successful completion of this transaction"
Victim Location 70501
Type of a scam Other
Because my name matched the deceased and they could not locate family, scammer would help to conceal the fact that I have no relation to this person but will inherit the money.
Victim Location 11784
Type of a scam Other
I received an email from Fred Lucas who said he was an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank and I had a relative who had passed away and left me 9.2 million dollars. I was told I was supposed to receive half of the inheritance and the other half would go to Mr. Lucas. He wanted all of my personal information and I was to keep everything strictly confidential and not give his email address to anyone. I am not related to the gentleman who supposedly left me all of this money. I am taking the information I have to my bank’s fraud department investigate it.
Victim Location 71225
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a letter from the business stating that Petteri Tibor was the accounts manager for Geo Blakney (Blackeney) which had passed away 2009. He left $9.2 million and we were his next of kin and that he wanted us to contact him by email. He stated that we could collect the money less his fee by claiming it through Due Inheritance Procedure. We are to contact him by email to give him our banking and personal information.
Victim Location 71225
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a letter from the business stating that Petteri Tibor was the accounts manager for Geo Blakney (Blackeney) which had passed away 2009. He left $9.2 million and we were his next of kin and that he wanted us to contact him by email. He stated that we could collect the money less his fee by claiming it through Due Inheritance Procedure. We are to contact him by email to give him our banking and personal information.
Victim Location 71225
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a letter from this bank stating next of kin to a man who died in 2009 leaving 92,000,000 in the bank. The letter states they found me to be there next of kin and to forward all personal information to his email so the money could be forwarded to me after the account manager kept his part. See attached letter.
Victim Location 43343
Type of a scam Phishing
Received a letter in the mail with no return address. It said a relative with the same last name had died 10 years ago with no beneficiary. I was listed as the possible next of kin and could claim $9.2 million. the account manager would receive HALF of it when it was claimed. He gave and email address to contact him at which time he would gather more information for the transaction. He stated you must keep the transaction "ABSOLUTELY DISCREET". This bank has had others over the past questioning the same type of claim, each one for $9.2 million and the relative always died 10 years ago.
Victim Location 58317
Type of a scam Other
Received a letter telling us that a relative (who we have never heard of )who has been dead for 10 years has left us $9.2 million. The letter says they have searched for other heirs for 10 years and his estate has an open beneficiary status. The letter says to keep this discreet until we are able to claim the funds from the bank.
Victim Location 49279
Type of a scam Phishing
A letter was received from Mr. Daniel Schad saying we are the next of kin to claim a dormant account worth $9.2 million USD . We should apply to the bank while he works from the inside . "it is easy for you to become the next of kin and beneficiary" was written in the letter. "It also requires all confidentiality at this stage and I believe that you are ready to keep this absolutely discreet until you are able to claim the funds from the bank. Once the funds are released to you, it will be shared between the two of us."
Victim Location 83706
Type of a scam Family/Friend Emergency
We think the attached letter is a likely fraud scam and want the ScamPulse.com to be aware of it.
Received letter from Mr. Thomas Mendu representing TD Canada Trust Bank of Ontario, Canada alleging an inheritance opportunity. He claimed a distant relative had a dormant account worth $9.2 million.
Victim Location 75705
Type of a scam Sweepstakes/Lottery/Prizes
Consumer received a letter from Michael Burlington, an accounts manager with TD Canada Trust Bank. Consumer supposedly received an investment of $47.5 million dollars from ENGR. James Hazuka, an engineer and co-owner of Jameson & Erikson Electric Inc. After the funds were transferred to the consumer it would be split 50-50 between consumer and the account manager. Consumer was to email the accounts manager with phone number and if the consumer agreed to the investment the accounts manager would provide his number.
Victim Location 95623
Type of a scam Other
I received a letter about a unclaimed trust for $9.2 Million with a open beneficiary. He could set me up to receive it because we have the same last name. I needed to be discreet and respond to his email to set it up. Once the funds are released to me we would split them.
Victim Location 54610
Type of a scam Advance Fee Loan
Received letter from TD Canada Trust Bank signed from Mr. Jean Drapeaw saying "I am aware this letter has come to you as a surprise as we have not met before." "My name is Mr. Jean Drapeaw, an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank, Ontario Canada. I retrieved your contact address in my search for the next of kin to a deceased customer of our bank Mr. Geo Becker, a citizen of your country….You may apply to the bank as an extended relative to the deceased customer while I work from the inside…."
The letter was discarded.
Victim Location 79416
Type of a scam Other
I received an email from Fred Lucas who said he was an account manager with TD Canada Trust Bank and I had a relative who had passed away and left me 9.2 million dollars. I was told I was supposed to receive half of the inheritance and the other half would go to Mr. Lucas. He wanted all of my personal information and I was to keep everything strictly confidential and not give his email address to anyone. I told him I was not related to the gentleman who supposedly left me all of this money. I am taking the information I have to my bank’s fraud department investigate it.
Victim Location 71833
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
Got a letter in the mail. Used Walmart as return address. Letter inside with letterhead from Canada Trust bank in Ontario, Canada. Letter and envelope attached. Requested that I come forth and claim the funds. Asked for me to be discreet about it until I got the money.
Victim Location 76951
Type of a scam Identity Theft
Supposed inheritance of $9.2 Million USD to be shared with writer of letter.
The letter came in a Costco Wholsale envelope. Found on internet where same scam was used in Canada in 2013.
Victim Location 60304
Type of a scam Nigerian/Foreign Money Exchange
I got in the mail a letter. The person said he was a banker at TD Canada Trust and was trying to contact a relative of deceased. He said if I emailed him and keep it confidential he would inform me of how to collect the 9.2million. He said it was an open beneficiary status which was why he was trying to contact me. If I didn’t make the claim nowthe funds would be reverted to the system of an unclaimed estate at the expiration of a 10yr dormancy period. He said I need to keep this absolutely discreet till I made the claim for the funds from the bank. Once the funds were relased, it would be shared between him and me. His email was [email protected] His name supposedly was Phillippe Adam Lucas.
Victim Location 55008
Type of a scam Other
received memo saying i had inherited 47.5 million usd and that i was the closest relative
Victim Location 70518
Type of a scam Phishing
Checking account