Scam on LinkedIn

You know it sounds too good to be true when a Head of Business Operations of a well known bank adds you on social network and messages you that she/he needed help FROM YOU!

I mean, if you're not a well known person, why would they want to look for you anyway. Of course, a scam.

I've said in my previous post before about scams like this. They usually prey on victim that are not aware of such scams, victim that doesn't doubt things that falls in the category of "too good to be true". Really, people, you got to be aware of this ! Don't be their prey. Do your research before you trust (you really shouldn't trust strangers) them.

Here's what I got from LinkedIn today.

I've accepted connection request from a person named Lisa Sang, claiming to be Head of Business Operations from Standard Charted Bank in Hong Kong. Nothing seems to be wrong so far. After all, there are head hunters randomly adding people in LinkedIn.

Later that afternoon, I got a message from Lisa Sang. Here's how the message goes:

If you can't see the image, here's the message:

"Dear friend, (I'm not your friend)

Thank you for accepting my connection.

I bring you greetings from Hong Kong. (Up until here I feel great. 'Wow, from Hong Kong. That's international!')

I am Ms. Lisa Sang, Head of Business Operations(Private Banking Services) at the Standard Charted Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd.. (Wow, someone with high position messaged me! )

I need a foreign partner that I can trust, can I trust you? Kindly contact me on my email: lisasang12@gmail.com for more info.

I have a proposal for you.

I hope to hear from you soon.

God bless you.

Regards,
Lisa "

Doesn't it sounds fishy that a head of business operations from HK, uses personal Gmail for contact? Definitely this is not an official business.

A little google search (before I could even finish up my search keyword) "lisa sang ..." - "Lisa Sang standard charted" pops up as suggestion and it's in a website that reveals about scams. Well, that just means I'm not the only one.

I'll hotlink the link here: http://1sc.org/e-mail-scams/inheritance-scam/

Look at the trends from the replies. It seems that this person have multiple identity with same story. Be it Lisa Liang or Lisa Sang, this Lisa definitely up to no good. BE WARNED.