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johno
17-Apr-07, 18:45
here is copy of the e mail that some would be con atist has sent me. [mad] [disgust]
I am Peter Van Smith; I was the personal attorney to Eng. John McPherson, a
national of your country who used to work with an oil servicing company here
in Amsterdam-Netherlands after which be referred to as my client.

Eng. John McPherson 65 years of age made a fixed deposit of fund Valued at
USD$18,500,000 (Eighteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars Only) with a Security Company/Finance Firm here in Europe and
unfortunately lost his life in an Egyptian charter plane Boeing 737 which
crashed into the Red Sea early on January 3, 2004 shortly after taking off
from the resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, killing all the 135 passengers and 13
crew members aboard. (View:
http://english.people.com.cn/200401/04/eng20040104_131791.shtml) He left no
clear beneficiary as Next of Kin except some vital documents related to the
deposit still in my possession.

Recently, the governing body of the Security Company/Finance Firm contacted
me on this matter, requesting that I should notify the next of kin of my
late client to claim the funds and I am yet to provide the Next of Kin to
make claims to the Fund. I know that my client had no living next of kin but
I went ahead and made several inquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
late clients extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful.

Under a clear and legitimate agreement with you, I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin so that my late client's fund will not be
confiscated by the Security Company. You and I can share the money, you will
be entitled to 50% of the total fund for your role as the relative and next
of kin of my late client, 40% for me while 10% is to be marked out for any
expenses that will be incurred during the clearance or process of transfer
of the fund to your bank account.

Be informed that there is no risk involved as all necessary legal Document
which will be used to back you up as the legal beneficiary and next of kin
of my late client will be procured. All I require is your sincerity,
honesty; co-operation and utmost good faith to enable us see this deal
through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

Kindly, get in touch with me by e-mail (peter_vansmith01@yahoo.co.uk) or
by telephone (0031 642 717 716) to discuss further. You may also send your
telephone number so that I can call you. Do not forget that a transaction of
this magnitude require utmost confidentiality and sincerity.

Royster1911
17-Apr-07, 19:37
Wow, just as well you have not told anybody. I would hate to see you loose out on 9m dollars. Mind you, the rate of exchange is rubbish. 2 dollars to the pound. So, only 4.5m quid.:~(

poppett
17-Apr-07, 19:54
I bin four or five similar emails every week, and have never considered being taken in by them, however I do know someone who was and he lost a lot of money. It`s that too good to be true thing isn`t it?

Lolabelle
17-Apr-07, 21:16
I bin four or five similar emails every week, and have never considered being taken in by them, however I do know someone who was and he lost a lot of money. It`s that too good to be true thing isn`t it?

I don't mean to sound disrespectful to your friend poppet, but I can't imagine anyone being so gullible. Still people get conned everyday, and I could be next I suppose.

JAWS
17-Apr-07, 21:36
They are known as "Nigerian" or "419" (After the Nigerian Law covering them) Scams though not all are from Nigeria.
I would guess that in England the relative would be called Smith, in Wales, Evans, in Ireland, O'Riley, pick your own common Surname for other Countries.
They usually follow a similar line of asking for money because they need finance for fees of some kind so they can get access to a small fortune which belongs to you.

Now if you all send me money I know where I can get you long odds so you can make a fortune backing the winner of next year's Grand National!
And if you believe that then sorry, there really is no hope for you any of you! :lol:

Tom Cornwall
17-Apr-07, 22:58
John,
I hope that you binned this as well, we're always reading about some gullible person thinking that they've come into some money, falling into the trap, then finding they've lost it instead. I've been getting scams like these through the years. Pay no attention, straight in the bin with them.

Fluff
17-Apr-07, 23:06
i get so many of them it is stupid. you think they would have givin up by now but no!
i got a werid one yesterday 'from' coca-cola! although it was from a hotmail address, it said i have won $80,000. yeh right.

johno
18-Apr-07, 10:03
John,
I hope that you binned this as well, we're always reading about some gullible person thinking that they've come into some money, falling into the trap, then finding they've lost it instead. I've been getting scams like these through the years. Pay no attention, straight in the bin with them.
aw you know me tom , i only posted this for e crack.
if its to good to be true then it is. crap.

scorrie
18-Apr-07, 14:10
I bin four or five similar emails every week, and have never considered being taken in by them, however I do know someone who was and he lost a lot of money. It`s that too good to be true thing isn`t it?

It's a simple fact of life that NOBODY wants to give you something for nothing. I had a call earlier this week telling me that there was excellent news and to simply dial a number to hear that news. I put the phone down and was not tempted to hear the next stage of the nonsense.

I saw a program about people taken in by the "Nigerian" scam. It started off with a few hundred pounds being enough to "release" the Millions. Of course, setback after setback led to more money being leeched out and one couple spent well over £11,000 before deciding that it was a scam.

These folks were not stupid or gullible, simply GREEDY. They freely admitted that the thought of someone else getting those lovely Millions was what motivated them to carry on.

As they say on the TV series Hustle, "You can't con an honest man"

johno
19-Apr-07, 09:01
. Hi all, can you beat this Mr Peter Van Smith [ whatever his name is] emailed me again last night stating that he was still awaiting my reply. which i replied,
in your dreams .......[lol] [lol]

henry20
19-Apr-07, 09:14
Johno, it is not advisable to reply to any of these emails as then they know they have reached a valid email address. :eek:

johno
19-Apr-07, 12:43
Johno, it is not advisable to reply to any of these emails as then they know they have reached a valid email address. :eek:
see your point but he must have already had it to email me in the first place. but point noted i,ll just bin them in future . regards johno