Hit With the Next of Kin Scam

[Escobar01]

Well, I dont know how I came across this forum but I just received an email yesterday one day before my 21st birthday informing me about how my name can be the next beneficiary. The letter goes on to say how this man, his wife and 3 children all died in the Swissair Flight 111. Well after looking for the deceased mans name on the passenger list of flight 111, I couldn't find his name nor 5 people with the same last name who are from the U.S. Anyway here goes the letter they wrote me.........I have to say that I was pretty bummed out when i found this site and read about the next of kin scam, for a second i thought maybe this was true lol. Well here's the letter I received yesterday and today: Have Fun!! P.S. I gave these ppl my First name.....was that a bad idea?


37 Bedford Row London WC1R 4JH
DX 75 Chancery Lane.
Phone: +447-9606-82497
234-803-461-7771
Send Your Reply To:emandell@inbox.ru

Dear XXX,

Am Mr.eze Mandell, in charge of Bills and Foreign Exchange Remittance
Department with a Finance House. I am writing you this letter to ask for
your support and co-operation to carry out this business opportunity in my
department. I discovered an unclaimed sum of $25Million (Twenty five Million
Dollars) deposited belonging to (Mr. John Pris), a native of your country.
Who was a petroleum/gas consultant/contactor with the Nigeria National
Petroleum Corporation who happens to be deceased during a business trip? He
died with his wife and three children on board the Swissair Flight 111,
which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in September 2nd 1998. The
plane crash was in the news. See links below for more detail information:

http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/...8/swissair.02/
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/...8/swissair.02/.

Since we got information about his death I have been expecting his next of
kin to come over and claim his money. Unfortunately, neither the family nor
the relation has appeared to claim this money’s we cannot release this money
unless somebody applies as the next of kin or relation to the deceased. I
therefore decided to look for a foreigner who bears the same surname.

Our guidelines indicated that if such money remained unclaimed for a period
of eight (8) years, it would be transferred into the Finance House Treasury
as unclaimed fund. I decided to transfer this money into your account as the
next of kin or relation of the deceased for easy collection since nobody is
coming for it and I don’t want this money to go back into the Finance House
treasury as the unclaimed debt.

I have decided to give you 25% of the total sum. There is no risk involved.
Because I will use my position as an Officer and prepare all the legal
documents/papers. I will do my best to see that we conclude this transaction
successfully on time. Please if you are interested send me an immediate
mail.

Please your Cell phone and fax is required for easy communication
Send Your Reply To:emandell@inbox.ru

Respectfully,
Mr Eze Mandell


HERES THE SECOND LETTER after I responded back saying I need more information about this:

DEAR XXXXX,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR EMAIL RESPONSE TO THE
PROPOSAL I SENT TO YOU HOPING THAT UPON COMPLETION OF
THE PROJECT, IT WILL BENEFIT ME AND YOU.PLEASE BE
INFORMED THAT THIS PROJECT IS A STRAIGHT FORWARD ONE
OF WHICH THERE WILL BE NO AFTER EFFECT OF THE
TRANSACTION.I HAVE CONTACTED ONE SENIOR ATTORNEY HERE
WHO HAS ACCEPTED TO STAND AS YOUR ATTORNEY HERE WHO
WILL BE THE PERSON THAT WILL SUBMIT YOUR CLAIM TO THIS
MONEY.I HAVE PROVIDED HIM WITH ALL INFORMATION HE WILL
NEED TO PROCESS THIS AND MAKE YOU THE BENEFICIARY/NEXT
OF KIN TO THE LATE JOHN.PLEASE IF YOU FOLLOW THIS
PROJECT WITH THE SPEED IT DEMANDS,IT WILL TAKE FEW
DAYS TO CONCLUDE AS ALL UNDERGROUND ARANGEMENTS HAS
BEEN MADE BY ME ALREADY.

THEREFORE, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO ATTACH ANY OF YOUR
IDENTIFICATION PREFERABLY YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT
PAGE.UPON RECEIPT,I WOULD ATTACH MINE TO YOU FOR YOUR
PERUSALS AND RECORDS AND FOR YOU TO KNOW ME VERY WELL
AND HAVE MY PERSONAL INFORMATION.I WILL ALSO ASK THE
ATTORNEY TO DRAFT A WORKING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ME AND
YOU.THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE ATTACHED TO YOU FOR YOU TO
APPROVE IT AND BOTH OF US WILL SIGN IT AFTER YOUR
APPROVAL.THIS IS NOT A QUESTION OF LACK OF TRUST OR SO
BUT I THINK IT WILL BE WISE FOR US TO HAVE SUCH FOR
THE PROTECTION OF ALL.AS I AM SENDING THIS EMAIL, THE
PROCESS IS ON AND BY THE SPECIAL GRACE OF GOD, IT WILL
BE CONCLUDED AS PLANNED.WHAT I NEEDED FROM YOU IS
MAXIMUM COOPERATION AND FOR YOU TO BE SINCERE TO ME
UPON COMPLETION.

IT IS ALSO GOOD FOR ME TO TELL YOU THAT I SEE IT WISE
FOR US TO SHARE THE MONEY IN THE FOLLOWING RATION
IMMEDIATELY YOU CLAIM THE MONEY AS PLANNED.60% FOR ME.
30% FOR YOU. 10% FOR EXPENSES THAT MAY BE INCURED BY
ANY PERSON INVOLVED AND ALSO FOR THE
PAYMENT/SETTLEMENT OF THE ATTORNEY BECAUSE I WAS ABLE
TO CONVINCE THE ATTORNEY THAT YOU WILL PAY HIM HIS
CHARGES UPON YOUR RECEIPT OF THE MONEY.THE ATTORNEY IS
VERY HAPPY WITH THIS PROJECT AS HE HAS ASSURED ME THAT
IT WILL NOT WASTE TIME FROM THE DATE YOU SEND WHAT IS
REQUIRED FROM YOU LIKE ADDRESS AND TEL AND FAX NUMBERS
WHERE THE FINANCE HOUSE CAN REACH YOU WHEN YOUR CLAIM
GET TO THE FINANCE HOUSE.

FINALLY, BE INFORMED THAT MY OWN SHARE OF THIS MONEY
SHALL BE INVESTED IN ANY LUCRATIVE VENTURE IN YOUR
COUNTRY ESPECIALLY, IN REAL ESTATE PROJECT BECAUSE I
WOULD NOT LEAVE IMMEDIATELY TO TAKE MY SHARE RATHER,I
AM WORKING WITH THE ATTORNEY WHOM I TRUST VERY WELL SO
THAT HE WILL FIRST FLY TO MEET YOU FOR THE SHARING AS
AGREED AND REPRESENT MY INVESTMENT THERE UNTIL WHEN I
WILL BE FREE TO TRAVEL OUT POSSIBLY BY DECEMBER THIS
YEAR WHICH IS EXACTLY WHEN I WILL BE RETIRING FROM
SERVICE.

PLEASE I WOULD LIKE YOU TO CALL ME ON MY DIRECT TEL
NUMBER SO THAT WE CAN TALK MORE ON THIS MATTER MY
NUMBER IS: +234-8034-617-7771, +447-9606-82497

I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE TO THIS FULL DETAILED
MAIL.

BEST REGARDS,
MR EZE MANDELL

[aaron]

It shouldn't cause any problem that they have your first name, but I suggest you ignore any further contact from them.