HSBC "Tracking You Service"

Hi All

Received the following Phishing email, which is different from the ones I usually see. Thought I would post it in case others have received something similar. I have reported it to a couple of scam websites, when I stumbled upon ScamWarners.

I believe that [email protected] is the actual email address of the scammer.

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QUOTE :

Hello,
My name is Mrs. Helen Parker; I work with the "Tracking You Service", a
consulting Firm in London, UK. We are conducting a standard process
investigation
involving a client who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances
surrounding investments made by this client at HSBC Bank Plc.

The HSBC Private Banking client died intestate and nominated no next of kin to
inherit the title over the investments made with HSBC Bank Plc.
The essence of this communication with you is to request that you provide us
information on three issues:

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose last
known contact address was Madrid, Spain?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person
at the HSBC Bank Plc.?

3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status
of next of kin to the deceased?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar with
this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and our
inquiries surrounding this personality.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more
detailed information at this point. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO MY PRIVATE
AND DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS BELOW:

EMAIL:: [email protected]

We advice that you reply as soon as possible to afford us the opportunity to
close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Helen Parker
Tracking You Service.
For: HSBC Private Clients.
This is a confidential message from Total Quest Services.

UNQUOTE :


Edited subject line to remove label of phishing -Jillian

Welcome to Scamwarners.
Phishing means that the scammer is after your password, rather than trying to persuade you to send him money. That's a Next of Kin scam, although the wording is new to me.
[email protected] is a free email address.

Hi fpb_uk and welcome here. I have moved this thread from the Fake Sites forum to this forum, Advance Fee Fraud. The fake sites forum is for fraudulent websites that scammers set up to support their advance fee fraud scams (fake banks, couriers, law firms, etc). There is no site involved with this email.
As Arnold pointed out this isn't a phishing email, this is a scam attempt. If a victim were to correspond with this scammer they would be asked to pay "fees" through western union, money gram or bank transfer. There is no fund, obviously and no end to the supposed fees.

This is a different format/varation than we usually see, though, so thanks for posting it!

I have had exactly the same scam email sent to me today!! Made me join this site.....

Cheeky Blighters!!

Got the same mail this morning, so it appears to still be doing the rounds!

Welcome to Scamwarners.
Scammers use and share formats, so I'm not surprised that it's still being used.
can you post the email address if not [email protected].

Sure! Address is similar, but not the same:

Ms Helen Parker [[email protected]]

Received two exactly the same emails, though email address seems to changed: [email protected], also the spelling in company's name changes as well, from "Tracking You Service" to: Trackingyouservice.

That scam is still active but the con artist is now calling herself Ms. Barbra R. Alexanda and using this address: [email protected]. Just got one from her in my email a few minutes ago, thought I'd let folks know to beware.

Can you post the email itself?

Often scripts change slightly over time, and having the current wording can help other victims who search for phrases instead of names.

I just registered to post an updated script that I got a couple of weeks ago.

Hello,

My name is Ms. Barbra R. Alexanda.; I work with the Status Tracking Service, a consulting
Firm in London , UK . We are conducting a standard process investigation involving
a client who shares the same name with you and also the circumstances
surrounding investments made by this client at HSBC Bank Plc.

The HSBC Private Banking client died intestate and nominated no next of kin to
inherit the title over the investments made with HSBC Bank Plc. The essence of
this communication with you is to request that you provide us information on
three issues:

1-Are you aware of any relative/relation having the same surname, whose last
known contact address was Madrid , Spain ?

2-Are you aware of any investment of considerable value made by such a person
at the HSBC Bank Plc.?

3-Can you establish beyond reasonable doubt your eligibility to assume status
of next of kin to the deceased?

It is pertinent that you inform us ASAP whether or not you are familiar with
this personality that we may put an end to this communication with you and our
inquiries surrounding this personality.

You must appreciate that we are constrained from providing you with more
detailed information at this point. PLEASE RESPOND BACK TO MY PRIVATE AND DIRECT EMAIL ADDRESS;
([email protected]) as soon as possible to afford us the
opportunity to close this investigation.

Thank you for accommodating our enquiry.

Yours sincerely,
Ms. Barbra R. Alexanda.,
Status Tracking Service,
For: HSBC Private Clients.
This is a confidential message from Status Tracking Service Ltd

sent from [email protected]
reply-to is [email protected]