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The fake "Mitchel Lenson with Nationwide Building Society" email below is an advance-fee scam. This scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
From: mitchel lenson <mitchelleenson@gmail.com>Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:44 AMSubject: HelloThanks for taking your time to read this email.I am Mitchel Lenson. I am citizen of the United Kingdom.I work as an Independent Non Executive Director with Nationwide Building Society.I have looked into your profile and your country on LinkedIn and I can see that you may fit into an opportunity that we can discuss.Please reply and we can find out if you are interested in this opportunity in your country.I await your prompt response.Your sincerely,Mitchel Lenson.
From: mitchel lenson <mitchelleenson@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Nov 20, 2018 at 1:44 AM
Subject: Hello
Thanks for taking your time to read this email.
I am Mitchel Lenson. I am citizen of the United Kingdom.
I work as an Independent Non Executive Director with Nationwide Building Society.
I have looked into your profile and your country on LinkedIn and I can see that you may fit into an opportunity that we can discuss.
Please reply and we can find out if you are interested in this opportunity in your country.
I await your prompt response.
Your sincerely,
Mitchel Lenson.
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Hello same here, be aware of nation Wide Scam > Larry Williams name:"Thanks for taking the time to read this email. I am Larry Williams, a citizen of the United Kingdom and non-Executive Director at Nationwide Building Society. I have carefully looked into your profile and Country on linkedIn, and I can see you fit into an opportunity we can discuss. Kindly reply let's see if you can handle this in your Country as I humbly await your swift response. Thank you"
Same here, just received an email from "dunnjulia.du@gmail.com" with the message below:"I extend my cordial greetings to you, for taking your time to read this email.I am Julia Dunn, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Chief Risk Officer of Nationwide Building Society. I have carefully looked into your profile and country on LinkedIn, and I can see you fit into an opportunity we can discuss, Kindly send a reply let’s see if you can handle this in your country as I humbly await your swift response.Best Regards,Julia Dunn"
Just received an email from which I traced to be an alias address for . Very same email message:"I extend my cordial greetings to you, for taking your time to read this email.I am Julia Dunn, a citizen of the United Kingdom and Chief Risk Officer of Nationwide Building Society. I have carefully looked into your profile and country on LinkedIn, and I can see you fit into an opportunity we can discuss, Kindly send a reply let’s see if you can handle this in your country as I humbly await your swift response.Best Regards,Julia Dunn."
Our family in Latin America got the same email, obviously a scam. Of course banks and other companies are not responsible for their names being ilegally used but I think there should be more ways of warning the public, both by the government and the companies of these frauds going on.
I got the same mail as below:"Thanks for taking your time to read this email. I am Mitchel Lenson, a citizen of the United Kingdom and non-Executive Director at Nationwide Building Society. I have carefully looked into your profile and Country in LinkedIn, and I can see you fit into an opportunity that we can discuss, Please kindly send a reply let's see if you can handle this in your Country as I humbly await your swift response.mitchel lenson Mar 11, 2019, 2:18 PM (22 hours ago)"Dear ChathuraThanks for your humble reply, I am Mitchel Lenson, Divisional Director at NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY. I am contacting you concerning a relinquish sum of $22,500,000.00 USD. In JUNE 2008 a customer named Edward Kohomange, a foreign contractor with Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. came to our bank for business discussions and investment. As the officer in charge of his transaction then, I encouraged him to consider the various growth of funds with prime ratings.He invested Nineteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($19,500,000.00 USD) only. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 22.5 million U.S Dollars. After few months, my Bank (Nationwide Building Society) sent several notices to him without response. Unfortunately, it was gathered that my client died in an auto crash along with his nuclear family in France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2012; May their soul rest in peace.He died without leaving a Will, and several efforts were made to find his extended family through his embassy but to no avail. Due to the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don't nominate next of kin in their investment. Also, usually in some cases leave their WILLS in our care. In this case, our now deceased client died intestate.It is quite clear that our client died with no identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private Banking sector will be by the end of March 2019 broadcast a request for the statement of claim to NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of NATIONWIDE BUILDING SOCIETY. That will result in the money entering the Nationwide accounting system, and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of Ten {10} years, the funds will revert to the ownership of the British Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.I’m prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer since both of you coincidentally, or I would say as Fate would have it bears the same surname. I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 50/50. You will get 50%, and I will be entitled to 50% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my homework already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, we will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal channels with your assistance at your end.Nationwide will provide the legal aspect with the support of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from London to your country. Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project, kindly discard this e-mail. Please, do not be vindictive or destructive; Do not destroy my career. Opportunities like this only come once in a lifetime. I have a responsible family, and this is a chance for me to give my family the best in life. Kindly, ponder over my proposal and let me know your decision.If you give me a positive response, I will give you the relevant INFORMATION for the successful transfer of these funds, and we both enjoy it in peace and improve our lot in life. If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a successful conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you not contact me via official channels because our calls are being monitored at the bank.RegardsMitchel Lenson"
Here is another scam: - Forwarded message - From: Mitchel Lenson Date: ter, 26 de fev de 2019 às 12:01 Subject: Hello Denilson Barreto Hi,i am Mitchel Lenson,Director at Nationwide building society,your profile on LinkedIn fits an opportunity I believe will be mutually beneficial. I await a reply in this regard. Warmest Regards Mitchel Lenson
Same email received from mitsnlen02@gmail.com
I received the "same email" some minutes ago...And I´m located in Brazil!
I whish to stop this spammer.Jorge
I got it too.
Also I have received this email on uruguay on February 3, 2019When I see the raw message, I can detect that comes from an validated account from outlook.=Received-SPF: pa** (outlook.com: Sender is authorized to use 'mitchelal-lenson@outlook.com' in 'mfrom' identity (mechanism 'include:spf.protection.outlook.com' matched)) receiver=zcs8-mvd-mta-mx5.montevideo.com.uy; identity=mailfrom; envelope-from="mitchelal-lenson@outlook.com"; helo=EUR01-DB5-obe...Received: from CWXP265MB1719.GBRP265.PROD.OUTLOOK.COM=So, if it is a valid email account from outlook, then it might be posible to report this mail as SPAM o suspicious FRAUDE or PHISHING.I don't known how to to report this mail to outloolkIs there somebody here that can do that?