I just inherited

[creeky]

(just got this email in - it has to be true right?)

Dear Jenny,
I am Barrister Jean Mustapha, a senior partner at Dan Lewis & Lewis laws: personal attorney to Mr. G. Creek, a private contractor and diamond merchant with Shell Development Company in Lome Togo.

Herein referred to as my client.
On the 6th November 2001, my client altogether with his family (wife & daughter) was involved in a ghastly auto accident. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to his embassy here to locate any of his extended relatives, this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating this fund valued at $17.5 million dollars left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Standard Finance Bank (SFB),Lome-Togo where this amount was deposited. The said Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his dormant account closed and the funds confiscated by the end of the 4th quarter of the banking year.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating his relatives for over 2years and with the latest information from the bank, I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so the funds will be paid into your account.

34% of the total sum has been mapped out for you for your assistance while 2% for the expenses that might be incurred during the course of transaction and the remaining 64% will be for the two senior partners and I.

All necessary documents needed to back you up for claim will be duly and legally obtained and issued in your name and favour. All I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement




I think this part further incdicates how true it is ...

34% of the total sum has been mapped out for you for your assistance while 2% for the expenses that might be incurred during the course of transaction and the remaining 64% will be for the two senior partners and I.

I estimate it as 5.95 million ..... time to spend it on a road trip - who is up for it ?

[ToplessRideFL]

(just got this email in - it has to be true right?)

Dear Jenny,
I am Barrister Jean Mustapha,

I s this a common Austrailan name?

[creeky]

(just got this email in - it has to be true right?)

Dear Jenny,
I am Barrister Jean Mustapha,

I s this a common Austrailan name?

The email addy is from the UK - further adds to the "realness" huh?

[AlbatrossFlyer]

i'd reply

since you get nothing unless i cooperate how about i take 64% and you take 36% and you take your fees out of your 36%?

[ToplessRideFL]

(just got this email in - it has to be true right?)

Dear Jenny,
I am Barrister Jean Mustapha,

I s this a common Austrailan name?

The email addy is from the UK - further adds to the "realness" huh?

Well.... on the Internet there may be a list of UK Barristers.... but seeing as how it came via EMAIL and not certifiable delivered mail... I think its a scam....

[RinglingRingling]

There was an article on this within the last week or two about scam artists in Nigeria. Think it was in the Chicago Tribune and titled, "we will eat your dollars"...

[creeky]

Now, if they had put the name as Mr A Creek - they might have got a nibble out of me - as there is a missing relative with that name

[Lightning Bolt]

hey, send them a small check for a few thousand and see what happens

It came via e-mail, so it MUST be true, right?

[creeky]

hey, send them a small check for a few thousand and see what happens

It came via e-mail, so it MUST be true, right?

Totally - and they were able to work out my first name all all

[buffettbride]

If you go to Google and type in Standard Finance Bank (SFB) it will bring up all sorts of fraudulent examples of this type of letter.

[creeky]

If you go to Google and type in Standard Finance Bank (SFB) it will bring up all sorts of fraudulent examples of this type of letter.

Are you saying I am not a millionaire???


BB spoilt my dream

[buffettbride]

If you go to Google and type in Standard Finance Bank (SFB) it will bring up all sorts of fraudulent examples of this type of letter.

Are you saying I am not a millionaire???


BB spoilt my dream

I'm cruel like that.

[RinglingRingling]

Or you could create an empty account, give them the data, and then demand they put your third in that account.

[creeky]

If you go to Google and type in Standard Finance Bank (SFB) it will bring up all sorts of fraudulent examples of this type of letter.

Are you saying I am not a millionaire???


BB spoilt my dream

I'm cruel like that.

And to think ... you were on the "list" for the BN road trip, where I spend the first million ....

[Sam]

These are commonly known as Nigerian 411 or 419 scams. You can do a search for info on them and how they work.

There are people that get MOST creative with them and bait them and turn it into a sport. They call it scambaiting. Here is one such site full of info and pictures of some of the scammers, and stories of "successes" : http://www.419eater.com/

One guy actually got the person to send him $3.00 as good faith money.
If you want to get into scambaiting and toyiing with them you have to take certain precautions ...but you can have alot of fun. It gets to be quite hilarious. Just remember to be careful, take the neccessary precautions, and never give them any realinformation or believe anything that the scammer has to say.

Here in America there is a way to report them to some Federal Agency, I forget which one.

[bravedave]

All your dollar are belong to us.

[Burny Charles]

I'm a user of the 419eater.com forum, I have a couple of baits going right now. This stuff is helarious. Browse around the forum if you get bored. Scamorama.com has some good published scambaits as well.

[citcat]

Or you could create an empty account, give them the data, and then demand they put your third in that account.

Oh, dude, that is SMART!! You have just earned the right to go to MOTM and not be afraid of a wedgie.
it still might happen, you just don't need to be AFRAID !!!

[kurt]

These are commonly known as Nigerian 411 or 419 scams. You can do a search for info on them and how they work.

There are people that get MOST creative with them and bait them and turn it into a sport. They call it scambaiting. Here is one such site full of info and pictures of some of the scammers, and stories of "successes" : http://www.419eater.com/

One guy actually got the person to send him $3.00 as good faith money.
If you want to get into scambaiting and toyiing with them you have to take certain precautions ...but you can have alot of fun. It gets to be quite hilarious. Just remember to be careful, take the neccessary precautions, and never give them any realinformation or believe anything that the scammer has to say.Here in America there is a way to report them to some Federal Agency, I forget which one.

I lived in West Africa for three years and I would get these notices almost every time I would go into the towns/ you would think that people would learn?!!! ('cept you Jen )

Cleptocracy is the ruling entity in that country. Sad but true.

[Capt.Flock]

Dear Creeky,
Even though this looks a scam , you are still very rich with all your phriends caring about you.
And remember , money cannot buy happiness, it just buys things that can make you happy