Sick hackers exploit names of London bombing victims

Aug 03, 2005: Scammers are trying to use the name of London bombing victims to prise money away from people by duping them into believing they are in line to receive millions from the estate of a recent London bombing victim, according to SophosLabs.

The email claims to come from the executive director of a London bank and claims that the recipient has been identified as Giles Hart's next of kin and will receive 9.8 million Euros, which is allegedly left in his bank account.

Mr Hart is a 55-year-old worker from BT, who actually died in the bomb blast that took place on a bus at Tavistock Square, London on July 7th, 2005.

The email encourages users to reply back quickly with their bank account details, so that the money can be transferred as soon as possible.

This is how fake email reads, with the spelling mistakes deliberately included:

"I am ........ It is just brought to my notice that our client Mr.GILES HART a British Telecom worker, 55 years who was involved in the bumb blast which took place in North London who died during the terrorist attack which was a hearth breaking event.

"The bank auditor who found out that he left the sum of 9.8 million Euro in his domiciliary account. After various enquiring I found out that he you are the next of Kin being what was seen in the banking deposit certificate.

"I am just written to you from my desk now and I request you make a quick decision if you want to come for change of ownership or if you have an existing account were you want this funds to be transferred to please call me on this line....."

Sophos has warned users that this a false attempt to steal their personal details and should be completely ignored.

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