Inheritance Scams BEWARE

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Just today I received an email, where someone contacted me through my Notary Cafe profile page. The email in it’s entirety is at the bottom to those who are interested. Basically, they told me their wealthy client made a recent deposit of 10.5 million dollars and the bank was threatening seizure of the money if it wasn’t claimed by an heir, who shared his same last name (as I do). THEY ARE TRYING TO STEAL YOUR IDENTITY, but you will be fine if you report the email and DO NOT give them any information. Here is a website I found going into detail about scams like this: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/types-of-scams/unexpected-money/inheritance-scams
Protect yourself from scams: https://www.scamwatch.gov.au/get-help/protect-yourself-from-scams
Common types of fraud and scams and how to report: https://www.usa.gov/stop-scams-frauds
A quick google search will also provide more great information.

DO NOT FALL PREY. Be informed and spread the word. There are awful people out there and this is a very serious matter.

Stay safe y’all.
-Abby Bryce

---------- Forwarded message ---------
NotaryCafe.com Profile Page Message
The Message below was written to you on your profile page at NotaryCafe.com.
Please reply to the email address below and not to this email.

From: Mercy Koujo
Email: koujoassociate@emailasso.net
Message:
I have sent you this message earlier, but your failure to respond has prompted me to re-sending it once again. It is about my late client Mr. Edward Bryce, who lost his life in an automobile accident along with his wife and only child. I assisted him in making a deposit worth $10.5M. The Bank has therefore threatened to seize his account if an heir is not directly specified. I am therefore contacting you to stand as his heir, so that his deposited funds can be released and transferred to you. I shall await your immediate response through my private email (koujoassociate@emailasso.net). Kindly get back to me with your; Full name| Age| Country| Mobile Number| Profession. Best Regards Mercy Koujo

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Hi Everyone,

I wanted to let everyone know that our system was not hacked in the manner we are accustomed to hearing about today , someone just found a way around the captcha process we use which allowed them to send emails to our members quickly from their profile page. The people doing this are literally going from profile to profile and sending individual messages to notaries. We have implemented additional controls to address this and are monitoring it daily.

We do not have any indication that any stored information was taken by these people, rather they are sending emails through our system. While this is a huge inconvenience, it appears that they only gain what they want if someone contacts them directly. PLEASE DO NOT CONTACT THEM- this only encourages them.

Again, we are monitoring this situation closely. Our developers are putting additional security processes in place to keep these people from abusing the system.

Thanks,
@NC_Mike
Notary Cafe Support

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Hi Abby and Mike I got it too and Thank You Mike for addressing it.

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Hi Mike,

I apologize I wasn’t more specific about their tactics. I appreciate you adding clarification. Glad to hear we have additional security monitoring to protect our info.

Thank you for all you do!
Abby

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This is a common scam that has been going around for a long time, just ignore it