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Yeah Right!!!

Gil T.Azell

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like I'm gonna fall for this Phishing Scam
Good Day,

This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as such. I must solicit your Confidentiality and assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I am Richard Snowden, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney/sole executor to the late Mr. Mark hereinafter referred to as my client who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country, who died in a car crash with his immediate family in East London on the 5Th of November 2001.

My late client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Chevron Texaco Oil here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Nine Million Eight Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only (Ј9.8million) with a bank. After the death of my client, the finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.

Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the finance company about my fruitless effort in locating my late client close relative or His next of kin.

The board of directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of the company to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of the institution.

Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally possible and would be done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person, I was urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "Trustee" as my late client's family members as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client.

I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal right to make this claim and would make them available to you so that the proceeds of this bank account valued at Ј9.8million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged.

I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 8 years now

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this transfer.

Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this. Please get in touch with me by my alternative email richardsnnowden1@live.com for better confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further on this transaction. My contact number is +44-703-592-5832. If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you, Thanks for your understanding.

Regards.
Richard Snowden.
Erskine Chambers
33 Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1EN
Phone: +44-703-592-5832.
Cell: +44 702 405 6867 OR +44 702 405 9655( Weekdays Mondays-Fridays Only).
Fax: +44-700-596-1152N.B
When calling you dial your country calling code which I think is 011+my number (+44-703-592-5832). That is (011-44-703-592-5832). You can also confirm the code from your service provider.
The above was in my hotmail box.
I reported as a phishing scam and deleted it,
I'm not falling for this Bullshit.
So be ware all!!
 
That's not a phishing scam - There's no "Nigerian Prince" mentioned anywhere in the text - It MUST be legitimate! ;)

(And BTW - I have a bridge I'd like to sell you).

KIDDING!
 
Whoa, scams via email? Why haven't I been told about this?

It's obviously a new thing.

By the way, I have absolute proof that your email adress won $10 million in the UK Lottery. All you have to do is call a number that's long and utterly worthless.;)
 
Some guy named Michael Vincent must e-mail me five times a day telling me that he found me a new job.
 
Some guy named Michael Vincent must e-mail me five times a day telling me that he found me a new job.

Oh yeah. I hear from him at least that often too. The funny thing is, I have been trying to get into some kind of online work, but am unable to find anything that I don't have to buy into.

THOSE are scams too.
 
Some guy named Michael Vincent must e-mail me five times a day telling me that he found me a new job.

Well you should count yourself lucky, then. Mike's a really solid guy, he doesn't those jobs to just anyone you know. :p
 
I used to reply to these things and give them piece of my mind. They probably didn't care did they?

I did that once too and actually got a reply. A very petulant reply that helped conivnce me I was dealin with scammers.
 
I LOVE the stories where people reply to Nigerian style letters and get some back.

One guy convinced the Nigerian to spot him some money to set up the account or something like that.

The other one, which I found hysterically funny was the Nigerian corresponding with the guy who was investigating strange goings on in a place called Arkham, which ended after something terrible is seen in the darkness... The last exchange is a classic!

Truly one of the internet's great moments. If you've never read it, I found it in the Wayback Machine:
http://web.archive.org/web/20021210111933/http://www.geocities.com/steerp1ke/David_Ehi.html
 
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