posted on December 9, 2005 07:34:49 PM new
After being on the Internet for it seems like a zillion years(way back when the dinosaurs were black screen & orange lettering), I was hit with this letter.
"Dear Sir/Ma,
I am Barrister Martins Dike Solicitor; I am the Personal Attorney to Engr.
Michael Jones national of your country, who used to work with Chevron development Company in Nigeria.
On the 21st of April 2002, Engr. Michael Jones, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Lagos/Shagamu Express Road.
Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then i have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of his extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several Unsuccessful attempts, i decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail,hence i contacted you. I got your contact from a Web directory i got from your embassy.
I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money in addition, property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank Where this huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about
US$25.3 million dollars.
Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the Next Of Kin or have the account confiscated within the next twenty official working days. Since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now i seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$25.3 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by my private email : [email protected] to enable us communicate further and also your telephone numbers
Best regards,
Barrister Martins Dike .{esq.}"
Never in my wildest dreams would I think that I would be the next of kin to a fortune. This is my lucky day!!!!
posted on December 9, 2005 07:43:45 PM new
All I can say is WOW!!, how can you be so lucky? I though my address was the only one in the consulate directory.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on December 10, 2005 01:50:26 AM new
Ask them to send all those millions to you via PayPal (after deducting all their Nigerian banking scammer fees, etc.)
posted on December 10, 2005 11:39:52 AM new
Damz: How can you butt into my business?? I have been contacted & am in the midst of setting up an escrow acct in Bank of America's London branch.
Now if you believe this, then I have some beautiful acerage off the coast of Florida on a small island called Cuba.
THESE folks are really AMAZING; and you will LYAOAROTF fur HOURS!
"We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job. That's what I'm telling you." —George W. Bush, Gulfport, Miss., Sept. 20, 2005
posted on December 10, 2005 02:59:07 PM new
Hey Tom & Ralphie,
I was LYAOAROTF fur hours. I had always heard about this stupid scam but never was I ever honored to receive one after all these years.
Mama
posted on December 11, 2005 11:19:43 AM new
Well, I thought that I would sinc it all in Ebay stock and go in there and clean house, try to undo some of the stupid ideas, etc, etc.
