Selborne Chambers

 

10 Essex Street

 

Lome Togo

 

 

 

Dear *********,

 

 

 

I know we have not met in person but I have a very profiting proposal which I am sure you can handle. My name is Barr. Musalu Adu QC. I am a Barrister and a member of the Queen's Council (QC) working with the reputable legal firm - Crown Office Chambers in Lome Togo and I am only contacting you to help claim deposited funds made by one of our clients who was involved in a fatal auto crash which killed him and his entire family in 2003.

 

 

 

Late Mr. Mark Lowe,was a personal client of mine and I managed all his legal affairs. Today, I stand as the only custodian to the deposit he made in a finance company and now I am faced with the task of providing a beneficiary for the fund. The amount in the deposit is $12,000,000 (Twelve Million United States Dollars Only) and the finance house is ready to release the money to whoever I present as the true fund beneficiary and next-of-kin to my late client because my late client issued me a Power of Attorney duly endorsed in the Togolese High Courts of Justice when he made the deposit and I was his legal advising counselor on the deposit and other issues.

 

 

 

Now the finance house where my client deposited the fund demands that I quickly provide a claimant for the fund because the deposit duration has expired and needs a renewal or withdrawal from their company otherwise it will be handed over to the government. Because I have not been able to provide anyone due to my fears of releasing the money to someone who might run away with it, I am being very careful about this. I have however decided to try and do this deal with you whether you are truly related to my client or not and I pray you will not run away with the money when they release it to you. I will arrange to formalize your papers so that you can be approved as next-of-kin to my late client and the fund can be released to you immediately.The courier/security company has agreed to release the fund in cash to the next-of-kin to my late client through their liaison office depending on the area he/she may base.They can pay in these countries Europe:-Spain,Holand,France and london etc,Asia:-Dubai,Thailand,Taiwan,India and Singapore,Indonesia,African:-South-Africa,Ghana and Togo,America:-USA,Canada,Brazil,Peru and Mexico etc.

 

 

 

We shall draw an agreement between you and me for security of the fund sharing when it is released to you. I agree to a fifty-fifty sharing but we must bear serious responsibilities on both sides to ensure the release of the fund to you. I want you to note that this is a very serious deal and not a child's play and this time the money must be released because it truly exists in the finance company. If you feel we can sign out the funds together, quickly send me your address,phone and fax and I will call to give you the details of the deal and send you the relevant transaction documents.You may get back to me via my direct email address: *********

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

Barr.Musalu Adu

 

 

 

Frankly Im sick of this stuff and just letting everybody know that this is a very dangeous scam and should be deleted imediatly.[/i]

I've got maybe 3 of these. One was similar to that, another was from 'Saudi Arabia'..and another was from some African place.

Hmm...seems like this guy is scraping the barrel for e-mail scams.

 

 

 

Free 12m please??

these things get very annoying fortunetly i now block most all e-mails of that type :)

I don't get it. I mean I can see it's got to be a scam of some sort, but I don't really understand how. Hes not asking for money though with a phone and fax number he could possibly harras you by repetedly calling you. And the address thing is definatly dangerous. But how do they get the money, come and beat you up or black mail?

You joined today.

 

You post something suspicious

 

Anyone else see something odd?

 

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I really don't think thats a dangerous email scam...

TIP: if any of you get a suspicious email, google the first line, there are directories of scams online.

Well if this is ture, it just sickens me what people think they can do on the internet -.-

 

 

 

It would be funny if you gave him the county courthouse adress and such lol :boohoo:

I don't get it. I mean I can see it's got to be a scam of some sort, but I don't really understand how. Hes not asking for money though with a phone and fax number he could possibly harras you by repetedly calling you. And the address thing is definatly dangerous. But how do they get the money, come and beat you up or black mail?

 

 

 

It's just to draw you in. Also it confirms your email address is used, which is worth more to spammers.

Only a few choice websites know my Email, and I don't even use my real name on my Email adress either :P I take no risks online :)

Oh yeah, like a rich British man will ask to share his money with a poor beaner like me. Ha! :

This seems like the nigeria 419 scam. I fear the worst for tip.it if they could not tell this was a scam :( .

 

 

 

Usually to get you off guard they do not ask for money in the first email. After you respond, which would confirm your email and they will sell it to spammers, then the second email they usually say they need like $3000 to cover legal fees that are associated with getting the funds.

The funny thing about this is that some people out there are actually dumb enough to believe this kind of crap, and therefore get themselves and their family in great financial difficulty by going along with these scams.

I don't think warrants its own thread. These scams have been around for years. The solution to the problem is however free and its called common sense.

Hmm, I wouldn't mind a free $12,000,000... :P

The huge amount of grammatical errors in there make it clears its a scam - if he really was part of the "Queen's counsel" (pretty much the elite of English law) or even just a barrister the guy would be able to spell correctly.

 

 

 

Anyone who took up this scam I'd have no sympathy for, they would be in affect trying to claim a dead person's money they had no right to.

What if this is real? And you could actually get 12 mil in your bank account. If you aren't going to reply send me his email address and I'll get the money.

 

12 MILLION DOLLARS, any idea how muchthat is?

 

 

 

He's genuine.....I can feel it in my soul.

What if this is real? And you could actually get 12 mil in your bank account. If you aren't going to reply send me his email address and I'll get the money.

 

12 MILLION DOLLARS, any idea how muchthat is?

 

 

 

He's genuine.....I can feel it in my soul.

 

 

 

Really hope this is sarcasm.

 

 

 

Wait what if he is genuine, nah hold on, you'll get locked up for fraud I bet. (If you are caught)

Anyone with half a brain cell to rub against itself would be able to tell that's a scam.

Umm... how bout stick to the old tactic "delete unfamiliar emails"? I mean, i always get these kinds of emails (usually consumer testing companies claiming to offer free products to test). Just delete on the spot. Open emails from people you trust and treat all other emails as though they are spam or viruses (thats not always true, but you can never be too safe).

Block? Delete?

 

 

 

NAAAAAAH. It's more fun to f* with them first. Admittedly I've never gotten an e-mail back from the same person after sending one. But I'm an amateur. People get these guys to send proof that they're real and genuine by getting them to write stupid things on signs and do silly poses. A lot of it is quite amusing. I'm sure one person managed to get a scammer to go to the Vatican. The best thing you can do is make them spend their own money. :) '

 

 

 

Matt's right though, all you need is common sense.

I don't think warrants its own thread. These scams have been around for years. The solution to the problem is however free and its called common sense.

 

 

 

But free does not mean available!

PROTIP: Nigeria does not have frozen assets.

The last one of these I got I answered it for a laugh, then sent them round the garden path with lots of plausible but trash replies. It went on for 3 weeks before they realised :lol:

If people are going to try and scam you, they should at least make the email seem authentic, say like 200,000 not 12 million, that's just laughable.