I recently received an email saying I have at least 5 million, 5 thousand pounds bequeathed to me in a will.
Here it is in full


FROM:TAHIR SIHAMI
(SOLICITORS ADVOCATES)

TO: YOU {I need your response}

Sequel to your non response of our earlier letter to you on behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of our late client. I wish to notify you that you were listed as a beneficiary to the total sum of FIVE million five hundred thousand British Pounds because of the power bequeath on us in the codicil and last testament of the deceased. Until his death he was a major share holder in big companies which include textile and construction companies here in Africa. He was a very great philanthropist during hislife time. He died on 9th January 2004 at the age of 68. He was buried on
the 3rd of February. Even though he was a foreigner living and working here, he requested before his death that he be buried here in his words, "I regard here as My home and the people as my people".

For your information, we have nominated you mainly because you bear the same SURNAME as our client. we can easly work and make claim of this sum with your cooperation. We therefore reckoned that you can receive this funds. All the legal papers will be processed on your response. In your acceptance of this deal, we request that you kindly forward any proof of identities of
yours, your current telephone and fax numbers and forwarding address to enable us file necessary documents at our high court probate division for the release of this sum of money from the Bank.

You should please write to
Reply to tsown@hotmail.com

Congratulations and send your phone number for further discussions.

Yours faithfully,
Tahir Sihami
Reply to: tsown@hotmail.com

Hmmm... not that Im going to respond, because Im not that naive! but was just wondering if anyone else had been sent anything similar?

Originally posted by Mosherchik
I recently received an email saying I have at least 5 million, 5 thousand pounds bequeathed to me in a will.
Here it is in full



Hmmm... not that Im going to respond, because Im not that naive! but was just wondering if anyone else had been sent anything similar?


Nothing suspect about that email... :suspect: lol Yeah rightly then! :roll:

Reply to - Hotmail account / Send us YOUR number? Hmmm...

Theres some sad people out there :(

A quality site dealing with these scams is

http://www.419eater.com/

The bloke that runs it turns the tables and scams the scammers, class!

Originally posted by Barra
A quality site dealing with these scams is

http://www.419eater.com/

The bloke that runs it turns the tables and scams the scammers, class!

Cool... they deserve to be scammed :thumbsup:

Its the whole "forward any proof of identities... your current telephone and fax numbers and forwarding address" bit that concerns me, and the fact that they havnt addressed the letter to me personally and they havnt told me the name of this mystery dead relative Ive got buried in Africa!!!! Its just based on the fact that we have the same surname, and there's a lot of us Richard's about!!!

Does that mean then that I am Keith Richards ninth cousin twice removed and will receive a share in his glorius drug filled estate when he carks it?

Methinks no..... :roll:

still e-mail made me laugh quite heartily for around 40 seconds!

...or has he already carked it, and Ive missed out yet again!!!!! :confused: :)

just got one from africa, i hate to say it but people that fall for these deserve what they get.

if they are stupid enough, desperate enough to attempt to make something like this to work they deserve the hassel!

Yeah had loads from all over the world but just bin em ,thats the best thing for these scumbags.

Was this not an email that was sent to you? :?

Yes, my boss just received an email about a dead relative leaving millions to him. Although he was sure it was a scam, just for the hell of it he rang the number and asked for the person on the email. It was a foreign chap who didnt understand anything my boss was saying. After a very short conversation going nowhere, my boss put the phone down.

I did the 409eater thing and go some guy in africa to send me all sorts of stupid pictures of him and his family with funny red markings on their chests. It was funny, but they really don't like it when you stop replying. :D

I keep getting South Africans emailing me asking for financial support.

And it's usually some Doctor something-or-other (unpronouncable or spellable name usually).

I always just bin 'em, as much as I sympathise with the plight of Third Worlders, I can't afford to help them out even if it was genuine.

i had an email once in broken english but the person had an english name.

He was offering me a chance to buy some sought after concert tickets.
I asked him how I would know he was genuine and that I really did want the tickets. He assured me he was so i asked him to send me a scan of his passport , which he did. The wally scanned the next of kin page too as I suspected he might.

There were telephone numbers of his next of kin.............so I called them. I got this british guy's aunty. I explained what was going on so she got him to call me.

He had been on holiday to Spain/tenerife or somewhere like that and only handed his passport over once to the hotel reception guy (who obviously scanned it).

The fraudster had asked me to forward £500 via western union and gave me the details to pay.

Myself and the british guy called the police and I strung the spanish guy along for a couple of weeks saying I needed to wait until pay day. Then we sent 1p to the western union thinking that he would get notification that he had recieved some money, then the police took over from there.

So hopefully they were waiting for him to collect his hopeful £500

How about this for a scam.

It said Email Tony Blair.


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That is true. I did email Tony Blair. I told him to 'leave' Downing street NOW. As I expected it had nothing to do with getting in touch with that smug prat.

Only a fool would respond.

The email that mosherchik got sounds like one i got a while back, it turned out to be a money laundering scam!

Dear Future Employee,

We have received your contact information from career builder employment agency.
We thought that you might be interested in part time position to work from home
with our company. My name is Robert Meister, project coordinator and your direct
supervisor at MLB-International.com. Please read the information bellow about
our company and your job description.

MLB-International.com is young multinational company. We work in many
countries, and have over 5 established offices worldwide. Our company is
engaged in correspondence management, escrow and distribution services
worldwide.

Currently we are expanding and have a limited number of job opportunities
available. There is no start-up cost or any other fee to begin working with
us.

Job description:

Person, who is accepted for this position, will perform these tasks:

1. Establish a virtual office: receive the correspondence from our company or
clients to his/her residential address, answer project related e-mails, and
perform a limited number of phone calls / customer support. Act as a general
support to our customers and clients.

2. Facilitate the sales transactions for the clients. We have clients; we just
need customer support from local representatives. MLB-International will
organize the sales, marketing and delivery campaigns. Our manager will inform
you when the deal is expected to turn up.

3. Perform general customer support. All instructions will be given for each
transaction. There will be supervisors available to answer any question and
provide you with the general support.

4. We pay the compensation of 15 GBP per hour for all coordinated transactions.
Plus you will receive a commission for completed sales. Commission for sales
will be paid out after each transaction. Also we have a rating system and bonus
systems for the quarterly review. Your wages will be paid every two weeks from
the start of your employment by direct deposit to your bank account. You must
have a bank account to receive wages from us. Dependant on your work results,
you might be promoted to the management positions within 3-6 months.

Requirements:

1. Access to computer and phone during normal business hours. Our clients can
call you during the day therefore we will need you to have access to computer
and phone. You might have to work on the several tasks at once. You have to be
able to read and follow simple written instructions well. Your English should be
at a proficient level.

2. Responsible. There could be confidential information transmitted though your
hands. We need someone who can handle it well. Remember that you will represent
our company and our clients therefore we will expect you to work to the best of
your abilities.

3. Work with minimum amount of supervision. We hope that you are mature
individual and will be able to work with minimum supervision after initial
training period.

4. Work well under pressure. This is business and many things could happen.
Therefore we want someone who wont back off at the first difficult
situation.

To continue the application, you will have to email us your
a) full name
b) address
c) telephone number
d) the best time to call you
e) resume

Please email your contact information to:
robertmeister@mlb-international.com

Your information will be used only within MLB-International.com.
Every employee, who satisfies our requirements, will be contacted by our manager
to conduct basic phone interview. At that time you will be able to ask any
questions you might have.

Good luck!
Regards, Robert Meister
MLB-International.com



This is a new one on me - do I look that stupid?

That's a new one on me too, MrHelicopter.

There's also one around where they claim you'll get paid by them depositing money in your account, and then you write a cheque for part of the money and then send that to one of their representatives.

Apart from the risk of them emptying your account, they're actually using you to launder money.

Joe