Lottery Scam Letter

Simon Haymond

Update rec'd March 30th, 2004

 

Letter Source Report: This letter was sent by regular post to a target in Canada.  Fortunately the recipient is a retired investigator and immediately recognized the letter for what it is, and was kind enough to copy the letter to Fraud-Aid for the database.

This is a new twist everyone should be aware of. 

What you see below is a Standard Nigerian Inheritance Scam Letter using a Nigerian Lottery Scam to sweeten the pot.  It states that a lottery winner did not show up to claim the winnings, no relative could be found, and that since the (Canadian gentleman, i.e. the target) has the same last name as the winner, the fellow writing the letter wants to swing a deal such that he and the target can share the winnings. 

The swindler has without a doubt sent this same letter to who knows how many targets, changing the winner's name to suit every address in the phone book.
 

1160 Lincoln Ave

Montreal,

Quebec

Canada

Fax: (613) 262-8542

 

 

Dear Mr. X:  

I will like to begin by way of introduction. My name is Simon Haymond.  I am an officer with a Finacne Company here in Montreal, Canada.  

The purpose of this letter is to solicit your assistance in a matter of utmost financial interest which would be of immense benefit to us upon completion.  

The said financial interest, which is valued at US$7.5 Million represents a Lottery winning pay settlement for Mr. Brian X.  Under the terms of the transfer of claims entitlement entered into between Mr. Brian X and the finance company (my employer), Mr. Brian X was scheduled to claim the balance of his entitlement in the amount mentioned above since June 2003.  Since then, several attempts have been made without success to contact Mr. X or any of his close relatives in whose favor the cash value of his settlement can be paid.  

I am quite aware that you may feel completely taken aback and unsure about what my intentions may be. Honestly, I must confess that my colleague and I have being monitoring this account for six months now.  And now that Mr. X still has not come forward to claim his entitlement, my colleague and I have decided to work together to get this achieved for our benefit.  Since we are in the relevant departmetns, and familiar with the procedures of filing and claiming entitlements, we are very confident that with your cooperation, the entitlement can be ours for good.  

Please we urge you to keep this matter very confidention as wer are still currently employed by the Finance Company.  

I want to assure you that my colleague and I are in a position to make the payment of this entitlement possible, provided you are ready to meet with us, and give us a very strong guarantee that our share wil be well secured, and that you will not take advantage of our position, since the cash value of the entitlement will be paid to a bank account directly under your control.  

Please be rest assured that there is absolutely nothing to worry about in view of this claim.  It is perfectly safe with no risk involved, and it is not subject to form of inquiry, since we will be handling the claim process directly in Canada on your behalf.   

I do hope this proposal is acceptable to you. Please acknowledge the receipt of this letter so that I can provide you with more clarification about the claim, and how we intend to make this deal benificial to everyone involved. Please reach me at this private and confidentional fax number (613) 262-8542.  

Sincerely Yours,  

Mr. Simon Haymond

Update rec'd March 30th, 2004

Today a viewer sent Fraud-Aid this update regarding Simon Haymond:

It seem's that Simon has moved. Last month I recieved a letter via postal stating that I had been a beneficiary of a lotto winner. Though Simon lives in Ottowa Canada with a personal phone number of 613-255-4954 and a fax of 613-262-4272. He (they) wanted me to fax a response. I did out of curiosity and recieved a phone call today from Simon himself. Explaining how urgent it is that I open a bank account and give him the routing # and account #. No money needed in the account. They would deposit the 1.5 million in 3-4 weeks.  Wow! I am going to Disney Land! 
 I cross refrenced a few things, found nothing but loops, dead ends, and learned a few things about Canadian Law. I ran across your site [Fraud-Aid] and thought you would like this info. Please feel free to contact me. (only if I am a winner)