"were perished in a fierceful Auto-Crash"

[trof]

Who 'bites' on stuff like this? Repugs?

MOSES AKEEM&CO.CHAMBERS
(ATTORNEYS&COUNSELORS AT LAW)
FEDERAL HIGH COURT BENIN
WHITE-HOUSE BUILDING,
14 DEGBAGO CRESCENT,
COTONOU REPUBLIC OF BENIN.

Attn:My Dear,

Compliments,I barrister Moses have decided to bestow this trust on you,
which I pray you will not ignore or betray.I appologize in advance for any
inconviniences this may cause you. I am Barrister Moses Akeem the Personal
Attorney to late Mr George K.Marshal, who was a contractor here in Benin
Rep.Who, on the 3rd of Oct 2000, with his entire family were perished in
a fierceful Auto-Crash along Midombo Togo express way.As a matter of fact,
my client made a fixed deposit Amount, valued at (USD$10.7M)with Reliance
Bank here in Benin Rep, and upon the duration time of their agreement,his
bank started contacting him but no response. Conseqently, the bank issued
me a notice to provide the next of kin to the deceased as his personal
attorney,or have his account confiscated after four years, as it is in the
law of this country.

Since then, I have made several contacts to His Countries Embassy in order
to locate any of my clients extended relatives,which had also been unsuccessful.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over two
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since none of his relatives were no way to be found so that the
proceeds of this account valued at $10.7m could be transffered into your
account, thereafter,we will both share it in percentage according to our
contributions to boost the success of this great transaction. I have all
the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up all the claims
we will make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us make
this great benefiting transaction successfully.

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
as fast as possible through through phone and mail also to enable us discuss
further the progress of this business.

With best wishes,

Hon:Moses Akeem Esq,
Senior advocate of Benin(SAB).

[Bunny]

Old folks, I think.

And maybe freepers, too. It's a shame folks still fall for this stuff.

[cheezus]

1. auto-crash?

that's what windows does. I've lost some data, but never was perished

[RebelOne]

2. You would be surprised

how many gullible people fall for those Nigerian scams. It's not just old people, but it's mostly greedy people.

[da_chimperor]

3. It's a 419 scam. Here's a link to another one, from a site that discusses

them often. Check the links at the bottom of the page for more.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/05/asylum_seeking_mortician/

[skygazer]

4. I've wondered that too

Someone must or there wouldn't be so many of them. It used to really puzzle me - I didn't think there were that many completely stupid people in the world. Then came election day..... :shrug: