I received this message just now.
Granted, an Indian Rupee is worth only about 20 cents American, but that’s still pretty good considering I’ve never made a deposit and didn’t even know I had an account!
Mods, a Custom Title for everyone, on me!
<Dave Chappelle>You’re rich biatch!</Dave Chappelle>
Cool! Could I have a pony, please?
Could I have a job?
Ooh, that’s a better one - could I have a job too, please? And make it a good one, not one that kills my soul slowly like every other job I’ve had.
Who needs a job? Just open a bank account and wait for the cash to magically appear!
For that matter, you don’t even need to open an account!
India. What a country!!!
You’re a job creator now! How’s it feel?
Actually, you’re about an order of magnitude off. A rupee is worth something closer to 2 US cents:
So, unfortunately, you’ve only got about $20k with these guys, not $200k. Still not bad for a mysterious offshore bank account you never knew you had!
Wow, what a bummer.
Mods, please cancel the Custom Titles for everyone.
But… but I already got fitted for a Custom Title and everything!
Interestingly enough, it looks like Yes Bank is legit and that they actually are at yesbank.in, so I’m not sure what the scam is. Do you think this is an actual legit email that got misdirected?
This article has been around for a while.
Pfft, that’s nothing, my uncle Dennis left me a diamond mine in South Africa worth umpteen million units of some currency, according to an email I got.
Me: Daaaaaaaaaaaad, you know that brother of yours called Dennis…
Dad: I don’t have a brother called Dennis!
Me: Oh. Muuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuum, you know that brother of yours called
yeah she hasn’t got one either.
Maybe they got his name wrong? Or he changed it?!
The point of the scam is to fool people who actually have an account at Yes Bank. If someone does, and they get this email then they are more likely to follow the link wondering if some bank error shows them having 1,000,000 rupees or whatever. If they submit their password then the scammers have the info to go to the real Yes Bank website and get into your account.
A real bank would never send a legit email asking you to follow a link to log in.