Next of Kin Email Offers

this is the email i got from mr.fredolu35@hotmail.com. its kinda amazing/pathetic :rolleyes: to how far a person would go to get money.

Dear Carson,

I am Fredrick Olusoga ,the Branch Manager of United Bank for Africa Plc Marina branch Lagos.a

Sometime in 1999, a certain consultant/contractor Mr. Glen A. Carson,a national Of your country who used to work with Shell Development oil co-operation made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$18.5 million with UBA.

This customer,his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost there lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy here to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also 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 in repatriating the fund valued at US$18.5 million which he left behind before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by this Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited.

The bank has issued a notice to seeing the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official working days.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for many years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.

Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer. I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.Send the following information: Send Your Direct Mobile Phone Number and your private E-mail ID to My private E-mail:mrolufred@myway.com

Anticipating your soonest response.

Best Regards.
Fredrick Olusoga

Folks, these e-mails are not just harmless pranks.

The bad guys use them to put bots on your computer (which cannot be deleted) to use your computer to send more spam.

You shouldn't even open these e-mails!

You describe why people (particulary those on Windows machines) should use anti-virus software. But in the absence of an attachment, I am not aware of any modern email client that is vulnerable to a virus or worm embedded in html mail, and in my experience even that isn't an issue because most of these emails come as simple, text mail.

If you're in the habit of opening attachments from people you don't know, you should make sure that you subscribe to anti-viral software and keep your subscriptions up-to-date.

For Windows users, there are a couple of free programs you can use to clean spyware and malware from your computer as a matter of periodic maintenance. Spybot and Ad-Aware.

Hello Everyone;

I just received this morning, an email scam. It is basically word from word, as others have already posted. That I may be the next of kin, from a father & daughter that were killed in a car accident in April 2000, on Kpalime Express Road, in Lome Tago. Mauricee Egobekke set me this email, stating that there is $18.5 million US, waiting for me.

I guess I'll have to continue on buy the 649, for my millions.

Janice
Canada

I reply requesting a $10,000.00 'good faith' payment
upfront to make things go smooth

So far. . . no takers

I am so glad for forums. This is how this scam started almost like others but with a twist. I belong to a christian dating site called fusion101. A nigerian named collis wrote me. We like others wrote back. Then he emailed me in my regular email box and then he wanted me to marry him. He told me his dad was poisoned by his business partners and barrister is who I should contact concerning an inheritence. He was nice and what bothered me was when he talked about his son meaning my son. He asked me for some information. I gave him information that people would know on sites. First this attorney named barrister queency harold lawfirm was contacted. He contacted me back agreeing to situation. When he contacted me again. It came up Barrister Tony Abbas and my email address nor his was in the address spot. I thought that was weird. He asked me for more information but not a bank account nor social. The guy wrote me names p_collis24@yahoo.com form the christian site requested over and over to contact him we have a few weeks to be married and he loved me. Well yesterday my intuition said type Tony Abbas nigerian attorney which scam came up he is from lagos Nigeria. When I put a hit on Patrick collis and queency chanber nothing showed up. He is now saying that he is not lying to me. So I am just going to email the fraud letter to him and block him. He said the attorney would get 60% and me $40%. I think it is bad that they are going through dating sites so beware.

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I am so glad for forums. This is how this scam started almost like others but with a twist. I belong to a christian dating site called fusion101. A nigerian named collis wrote me. We like others wrote back. Then he emailed me in my regular email box and then he wanted me to marry him. He told me his dad was poisoned by his business partners and barrister is who I should contact concerning an inheritence. He was nice and what bothered me was when he talked about his son meaning my son. He asked me for some information. I gave him information that people would know on sites. First this attorney named barrister queency harold lawfirm was contacted. He contacted me back agreeing to situation. When he contacted me again. It came up Barrister Tony Abbas and my email address nor his was in the address spot. I thought that was weird. He asked me for more information but not a bank account nor social. The guy wrote me names p_collis24@yahoo.com form the christian site requested over and over to contact him we have a few weeks to be married and he loved me. Well yesterday my intuition said type Tony Abbas nigerian attorney which scam came up he is from lagos Nigeria. When I put a hit on Patrick collis and queency chanber nothing showed up. He is now saying that he is not lying to me. So I am just going to email the fraud letter to him and block him. He said the attorney would get 60% and me $40%. I think it is bad that they are going through dating sites so beware.

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Okay, that scares me more than the scam....

Just received this in my facebook in box:

FROM THE DESK OF:
Barrister Tanko Atanda
The principal partner,
Huckson Chambers,
No.01 Rue Avenida,
Lome-Togo.

Dear Friend

I am Barrister Tanko Atanda, an Attorney at law, and the Personal lawyer to Mr.P.A Dickson a foreigner who used to work with Shell International Republic of Togo, Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.

As it may interest you to know, Your contact was giving to me by divine aspiration when I was searching for whom to effect this with as I was going through some directories. I decided to contact you in order to champion such a business magnitude without any problem.

On the 21st of September 2001, my client,his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident along Kara-Sokode expressway while arriving from a Holiday to Lome. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.

Since then, I have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the fund valued at US$8.3m,(Eight million and three hundred thousand United States Dollars), left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited. The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased to have the consignment within the next twenty one official working days, which I promised to contact the next relative as you.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years now, I seek your consent to present as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this consignment can be released to you.

Therefore, I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. 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 that will protect you from any breach of the law. write to me through my private email address ---barr_atanda7712@yahoo.com.ph

Sincerely,
Barrister Tanko Atanda

Sometimes it's hard to believe that people fall for these....

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You describe why people (particulary those on Windows machines) should use anti-virus software. But in the absence of an attachment, I am not aware of any modern email client that is vulnerable to a virus or worm embedded in html mail, and in my experience even that isn't an issue because most of these emails come as simple, text mail.
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Aaron ... there are such critters out there for sure.

The spammers are getting pretty danged smart.