please... opinions and advising... MONEY FOR NOTHING AND... suspicious

[Nacho-RT74]

Hi buddies...

I got an email about 6 or 8 months ago about a millionarie guy who died in 1999 on airplane crash with the entire family. The guy on charge of this has been tracking dowm some family related apparently from Venezuela to get the money account, but didn't get success. The guy who died apparently has my same last name so the only Venezuela guy with internet profile that matchs name is apparently me.

I have told him about I don't have family in TOGO ( african country where is the bank and where the guy died ). But he has been insisted about I make charge of the money and maybe share the money, since he doesn't want bank keeps the money.

about two days ago he sent me an email again... quoting:

Dear Ignacio

I am writing following the impressive information about your profile
through
the website your capability and reliability to champion this
opportunity. In
my department, we discovered an abandoned sum of (10.5 million US
dollars).
In an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died
along
with his entire family in 31st OCTOBER 1999 in a PLANE CRASH. Since we
got
this information about his death, we have been expecting his next of
Kin to
come over and claim his money because we can not release it unless
somebody
applies for it as next of Kin or relation to the deceased as indicated
in
our banking and financial policies but unfortunately we learnt that his
supposed next of kin or relation died along side with him in the
accident
leaving no body behind to claim the money. It is therefore upon this
discovery that I and other officials in my department now decided to
make
this business proposal to you and release the money to you as the next
of
kin or relation to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement
since
nobody is coming for it and we don t want this money to go into the
Bank
treasury as unclaimed bills. The Banking law and guideline here
stipulates
that if such money remained unclaimed after long period, the money will
be
transferred into the Bank treasury as unclaimed fund.


The request for a foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occasioned by
the fact that the customer was a foreigner and an indegine cannot stand
as
next of kin to the deceased family. We agreed that 30% of this money
will be
for you as foreign partner, in respect to the provision of a foreign
account, 10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during this
transaction
and 60 % would be for me . Thereafter I  will visit your country for
disbursement according to the percentages indicated. Therefore to
enable the
immediate transfer of this fund to you as arranged, you must apply
first to
the Bank as relation or next of kin of the deceased indicating your
private,
telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication and
location
where the money will be remitted. Upon receipt of your reply, I will
send to
you by fax or e-mail the text of the application. I will not fail to
bring
to your notice that this transaction is 100% hitch free and that you
should
not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been
made
for the transfer. You should contact me immediately as soon as you
receive
this letter. I decided to contact you as you have products of interest
in
your part of the world where we can invest our own percentage to avoid
peoples awareness as we are civil servants. We can conclude this
operation
withing ten banking days.


Of course I have phone numbers, email account, name and another info about this guy he self sent me on emails. Is on the FOREIGN OPERATION DEPARTMENT of the bank. apparently auditor of department.


opinions please

Like Mark Knopfler would say... money for nothing and chiks for free ?... or chargers ? or both LOL.

If there is an international lawyer on board I would wish advising about risk and everything...

[Ponch ®]

variations of that scam have been going around the internets for years. its usually some Nigerian general though...

[Nacho-RT74]

ok, I'm agree, BUT I have made contact with the guy the first time and he has replied me on a personal tone

[Ponch ®]

ok, I'm agree, BUT I have made contact with the guy the first time and he has replied me on a personal tone

i have a bridge id like to sell you...

[Nacho-RT74]

hahahahaha...

[ChgrSteve67]

Scam all the way.

I know we would all like a big wad of cash to fall into our lap but use some common sence.

He wants you to say you are someone you are not.

Says
"this transaction is 100% hitch free"
Nothing is 100% hitch free.

He admits they are trying to hide the transaction.
"your part of the world where we can invest our own percentage to avoid
peoples awareness as we are civil servants."
More like rip people off in a country that can't touch THEM!

You don't think countries don't notice large money transfers?
Or that you wouldn't have to explain where and how you got the money.

Don't do it.

Just my

[bull]

It's BS. Pure and simple. Someone is trying to take your Charger money away.

[charger_lady]

Do you honestly think that a civil servant is gonna sit on their computer trying to find the relatives of some guy that died? Thats a lot of money,I know,but to search the web since Oct.'99? Sounds kinda fishy ...but you are the one who is in touch with the guy,so you have a better idea of whats going on. What is your gut feeling about this?    I wouldn't touch it,thats my opinion.

Oh ya, I've got an igloo for sale on a great piece of property...CHEAP... if you'd be interested...hahaha...sorry couldn't resist

BE CAREFUL

[Nacho-RT74]

Oh ya, I've got an igloo for sale on a great piece of property...CHEAP... if you'd be interested...

I would like, but living on a tropical country will be hard to bring it up and take care without a giant freezer...

does include the freezer ?

You don't think countries don't notice large money transfers?
Or that you wouldn't have to explain where and how you got the money.

If this stuff will be true, what I have been for sure isn't and that's the reason why I didn't do anything about 8 months ago, maybe more when I got the first email, THAT'S one of the reason why I don't do it.

[4402tuff4u]

Be careful Nacho....no one in this world is looking for someone to give them money!! There are always things you have to do in order for them to give you the money, it's all a scam, regardless how legitimate it sounds. Just tell to stop the BS and send you a bank certified check, period.

[73dodge]

Nacho this is a

SCAM


If what he says has any truth then

1. DEMAND that he meet you in a neutral country with the money in a suitcase in CASH. Small price to pay to get so much money wouldn't you agree?

2. Tell Him that you will hand over a portion of the cash from the briefcase used to transport the money to you.

My guess you will never hear from this clown again..........................

[bull]

Send your money to me. I will invest it in my "Save a '68 Charger" campaign.

[Telvis]

Yep..scam!

[nh_mopar_fan]

Old scam.

I must get 4-5 of these a week.

[Nacho-RT74]

definitelly a SCAM... I wrotte him to know how to do ( of course just to see how far away he would try to go ) and gave me more info... hehehe

this time he gave me name of the guy who died, but didn't match with the one gave me first time with same last name than me... this time was somekind of Albanian name... LOL

all the story was the same but the name hahaha.

[my73charger]

Yep Scam...I received a very similar one from the same area in Africa.  Only from a lady, who was the wealthy daughter of a a deposed leader in hiding....begging me to be her American savior...

[Silver R/T]

thats new version of African scam

[psykicpup]

Thinking of changing my bank to an online one - found this & it reminded me of your post

http://www.smile.co.uk/servlet/Satellite?cid=1124867052095&pagename=Smile%2FPage%2FsmView&c=Page&loc=l

Think that answers the question - especially the bit at the bottom of the page about it could be illegal