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In the final email supplied by Jean Fuentes, he has been offered a couple of options by the “bank” dealing with the estate of the late, and now legendary, Peggy Morrison -

From: Silverbrook Bank Plc [mailto:silverbrookbanking@yahoo.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2007 6:46 AM
To: (Jean Fuentes email address)
Subject: OPTION.

#190 - 194 Main Street,M187AQ Manchester UK
PHONE / FAX : (+447075887409) (+447075887509)

Cell:+447031967008 +447031967009.

Dear Customer:

We want to inform you that the documents of Lady Peggy Morrison (deceased) has been given to us by the lawyer Mr Terry Williams and all the documents that shows that you are the new owner of this account and the beneficiary, we advice you to send to us your scanned passport photograph size and also choose from the option below, what you want to do about this account.
QUESTION
1.do you want to transfer the funds to your account in your destination?
ANSWER send to us now your your scanned passport photograph size account number, bank name and your phone number

QUESTION
2.do you want to keep the funds here in Silverbrook Bank united kingdom?
ANSWER send to us your scanned passport photograph size.full name, address and your phone number and the name and address of your next of kin and phone number.

SECURITY SEND EMAILS ONLY TO

postmaster@silverbrookbanking.8m.net
silverbrookbanking@yahoo.com

Jean goes on to ask “Here is the one from the bank - In each email I replied to, I let them know I was trying to contact Scotland Yard and that I would not give out any bank account information or private numbers like an SSN. That did not seem to make a difference to them as they continued to send emails. I haven’t figured out why they need a passport photo scanned and sent to them. Can you explain that to me? Is it some way to try and steal my identity?”

To this, our reply was -

“Hi there, thanks for your emails

It would seem likely that a passport photo is required for the scammer to use for other illegal activity, be it a fake passport in your name or someone else’s or a driving licence, etc.

More than likely they have probably attempted to get a whole lot of other information from you in order to build up a profile with which they could potentially steal your identity with.

If you feel like you have given them anything that could compromise your identity, such as full name, address, social security number, date of birth, etc then I would recommend that you contact your bank, credit card company, etc and alert them to the fact that your identity may have been compromised.

It would also be prudent to contact a credit reference ageny to check your file -

Equifax - UK

Equifax Plc
Capital House
25 Chapel Street
London
NW1 5DS

www.equifax.co.uk

Equifax - US

Equifax Credit Information Services, Inc
P.O. Box 740241
Atlanta, GA 30374

www.equifax.com

place a fraud alert on your file : Call 1-888-766-0008

oder your credit report : Call 1-800-685-1111 to order by phone.

Experian - UK

Call : 0870 241 6212

http://www.experian.co.uk/contactforms/corporateform.html

Experian - US

P.O. Box 9532
Allen, TX 75013

www.experian.com

Call : 1-888-397-3742″

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