<prompt> Human: Let me apologize in advance if this is the wrong sub for this question. If anyone here could point me in the right direction, Id really appreciate it. To start off, Im American, but I have dual citizenship with Switzerland because of my father. My parents divorced in 1994 when I was a year old, and my father moved back to Switzerland, where he still lives, according to some online research. I do not have a relationship with my father or his family. I was recently contacted via LinkedIn by this woman: Her profile indicates that she works at the Swiss bank Banque Raiffeisen Mont-Aubert Orbe, which checks out on the banks website. She sent me a request to connect with this message: Est-ce que vous êtes le fils de My Fathers Name ? Are you the son of FMN? I accepted and responded, Yes, MFN is my father. How do you know him? She responded in English: Because you are client in our bank since 1997. Mme My Grandmothers Name has open an account for you at that time. Since your majority, we are searching you and we asked your father. He told us that you were in America but he didnt know where. Actually, we need a copy of your identity card and we would like to send you the balance of your account to your own account. Therfore we need your own account number and your address. Tank you in advance et best regards, Laurence BallyObviously this seems bogus, but they would have none of my contact information if my grandmother opened an account in my name when I was 4 years old. So in the case that there was an actual account in my name, it doesnt seem so far-fetched that a bank employee would just google my name in an attempt to contact me. I know what phishing scams look like, but this just seemed too personal and specific for me to ignore outright. I went to my local Regions branch to see if they could contact the Swiss bank and try to verify this. The branch manager looked up the banks website, but said she couldnt help me, because I dont speak Swiss. Lovely. So now Im turning to you, Reddit. Is this an obvious scam, or something I should investigate further?  <response>: If you had no connection to Switzerland, it would be an obvious scam. But the fact is, you do, and theres a reasonable explanation for you having this account. The person you talked to knows your fathers name and your grandmothers name, which lends them some additional credibilityMy guess is this is an actual account your grandmother opened when you were young, probably thinking she would save for your education or something. I doubt there is a large amount in there, but its worth looking into further.Id suggest calling up the bank directly to talk to them, via a number on their website. If the woman you talked to gave you any kind of confirmation number for this matter, it would easy to pass that along to confirm.Nowadays, were taught to be skeptical, and for good reason. But certainly not everything out there is a scam, and its not usual for financial institutions to take steps like this to find lost account holders. 