Is this a possible scam? Don't know where to turn for help

DPL64

I have recently received the e-mail below. Is it part of an on-going scam I've got caught up in a couple of years ago or is it the finalisation of it as the text suggests? Any advice would be welcome.

Thanks

E-mail received:

We are reaching out to you to inform you that the trading platform which you have an investment with has been liquidated and for security purposes their license has been seized by the Financial Conduct Authority and in order to keep your funds and investments safe, your total investment has safely been moved to us by FSA through a trusty board to avoid investment loss. your proceeds have been deposited into our Vault and we are currently in possession of your total investment and complete ROI (Return On investment).

you’re required to urgently contact your account manager.

Failure to claim your fund as soon as possible will result in disbursement to charity, we will not be held accountable for your loss of funds, you can reach out to an account manager on  (Removed by Forum Team) (whatsapp) or (Removed by Forum Team)@gmail.com for more information.

THANKS

PRECEDENCE TRUST BANK

Marvel1

This is just me picking up points which doesn't seem legit:

- FSA - Food Standards Agency, should be FCA

- Weird number for a UK what's app mobile number

- Gmail for a company with 3 random numbers.

- Long sentence for body of email.

- Vault and not vault middle of sentence.

- Use of ROI (Return On investment) but didn't do it for Financial Conduct Authority, even though they used FSA (which is wrong anyway).  Also no capital I for Investment.

- THANKS

Brie

Agree with Marvel that it looks like a scam.  The only point I might contribute is I do believe the FCA was previously the FSA so possibly the scammer hasn't kept up to date.  Think it was changed due to the confusion with the Food Agency.

SiliconChip

It's not helpful that the Forum Team has now removed the contact details as that might have allowed people to determine the source and decide whether it's valid or not. Perhaps you could re-add the details but in a way that means it doesn't directly go to the originator. Otherwise we're fumbling in the dark.

Marvel1

SiliconChip said:

It's not helpful that the Forum Team has now removed the contact details as that might have allowed people to determine the source and decide whether it's valid or not. Perhaps you could re-add the details but in a way that means it doesn't directly go to the originator. Otherwise we're fumbling in the dark.

Contact number started 12362

Email address had (word)742 at Gmail.com

The_Unready

I quite like 'trusty board' instead of, presumably,  'trustee board'!

Desmond_Hume

Legit business are not using Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Lycos etc etc. 

CliveOfIndia

Desmond_Hume said:

Legit business are not using Gmail, Yahoo, Hotmail, Lycos etc etc. 

Yep, Gmail accounts are always a dead giveaway.  That, coupled with the very bad grammar, has "scam" written all over it.  I wouldn't "trusty" this email one jot.

HappyHarry

Failure to claim your fund as soon as possible will result in disbursement to charity.

Really?  Rather than trying to track down the legal owner of assets they would just shrug their shoulders and go "Bah, we can't be bothered with that, we will just find a charity and hand all our clients money to that instead."

FSA instead of FCA. Trusty board instead of trustee board. Proceeds deposited into a vault?

Of course it's a scam. 

soolin

HappyHarry said:

Failure to claim your fund as soon as possible will result in disbursement to charity.

Really?  Rather than trying to track down the legal howner of assets they would just shrug their shoulders and go "Bah, we can't be bothered with that, we will just find a charity and hand all our clients money to that instead."

FSA instead of FCA. Trusty board instead of trustee board. Proceeds deposited into a vault?

Of course it's a scam. 

HappyHarry said:

Failure to claim your fund as soon as possible will result in disbursement to charity.

Really?  Rather than trying to track down the legal owner of assets they would just shrug their shoulders and go "Bah, we can't be bothered with that, we will just find a charity and hand all our clients money to that instead."

FSA instead of FCA. Trusty board instead of trustee board. Proceeds deposited into a vault?

Of course it's a scam. 

I agree, I see nothing there at all that makes me think it is in  any way legitimate. 

greyteam1959

Just screams scam to me as well