Scammers send Letter to Paul Ridden asking for Bitcoin on behalf of the Queen

The lengths that some people will go to scam others is unfathomable.

A man claiming to be Mr. Edward Young posing as the "Private Secretary to HM the Queen Elizabeth II" sent a letter to Paul Ridden, the Chief Executive Officer at Smarttask. There is incorrect spelling and grammar in the scam letter.

The letter reads:

Dear Mr. Ridden,

For the second time in the last 30 yrs, Her majesty the Queen Elizabeth II appeals to a certain number of people to save Great Britain's economy. As you know, the Brexit will happen quite quickly, and we have not reached a bilateral agreement with the European Union.
To save and sustain the UK's economy after Brexit, we must pay the European Union 19 billions.
We currently have more than 82%  of money available, and we need to rise the rest until Oct 19th 2019.

With indulgence we appeal to you if you can borrow the Royal House with amounts between 450,000 - 2,000,000

We will offer 30% interest for a period of 3 months and posibility to become a Member of the Royal Warrant Holders Assiciation.

By paying this amount to the European Union, we will be able to keep the economy and inflation exactly as it is for a minimum period of 10 years and the future changes will not affect imports from EU countries.

We want this letter to remain anonymous as we do not wish the subject to go viral. This could affect the agreements we have in order to obtain the bilateral agreement.

In order to be able to help us financially, please transfer the money to the Bitcoin address that was attached to your letter. Once we receive the funds, we will send you another letter with the contract.

The Queen's warm good wishes to you all for your continuing success in the future.

Mr. David West Package Delivery

From: Mr. David West
email: admin-hrdga@idt-shipping.co.id
Subject: Re: Your Abandoned Package for Delivery

Interim Assistance General Manager,

(Operations, Maintenance, Transportation)

Assistance Inspection Director

Honolulu International Airport

300 Rodgers Boulevard,

Honolulu, HI 96819, USA.

westd0232@gmail.com

Hello Good Friend

I have very vital information to give to you, but first I must have your trust before I review it to you because it may cause me my job, so I need somebody that I can trust for me to be able to review the secret to you.

I am Mr. David West, head of luggage/baggage storage facilities (Operations, Maintenance, and Transportation) here at the Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii USA. During my recent withheld package routine check at the Airport Storage Vault, I discovered an abandoned shipment from a Diplomat from London and when scanned it revealed an undisclosed sum of money in a metal trunk box. The consignment was abandoned because the Contents of the consignment was not properly declared by the consignee as “MONEY” rather it was declared as personal effect to avoid interrogation and also the inability of the diplomat to pay for the United States Non Inspection Charges which is $3,700USD. On my assumption the consignment is still left in our Storage House here at the Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii till date. The details of the consignment including your name, your email address and the official documents from the United Nations office in Geneva are tagged on the Trunk box.

However, to enable me confirm if you are the actual recipient of this consignment as the assistant director of the Inspection Unit, I will advise you provide your current Phone Number and Full Address, to enable me cross check if it corresponds with the address on the official documents including the name of nearest Airport around your city. Please note that this consignment is supposed to have been returned to the United States Treasury Department as unclaimed delivery due to the delays in concluding the clearance processes so as a result of this, I will not be able to receive your details on my official email account. So in order words to enable me cross check your details, I will advise you send the required details to my private email address for quick processing and response. Once I confirm you as the actual recipient of the trunk box, I can get everything concluded within 48hours upon your acceptance and proceed to your address for delivery.

Lastly, be informed that the reason I have taken it upon myself to contact you personally about this abandoned consignment is because I want us to transact this business and share the money 70% for you and 30% for me since the consignment has not yet been returned to the United States Treasury Department after being abandoned by the diplomat so immediately the confirmation is made, I will go ahead and pay for the United States Non Inspection Fee of $3,700 dollars and arrange for the box to be delivered to your doorstep Or I can bring it by myself to avoid any more trouble but you have to assure me of my 30% share.

I wait to hear from you urgently if you are still alive and I will appreciate if we can keep this deal confidential. Please get back to me via my private

Email:(westd0232@gmail.com) for further directives:

Thank you.

David West

Interim Assistance General Manager,

(Operations, Maintenance, Transportation)

Assistance Inspection Director

Honolulu International Airport

300 Rodgers Boulevard,

Honolulu, HI 96819, USA.

westd0232@gmail.com