According to the email I received today, Michael Frey died about 4 years ago, and it could earn me a few million dollars. No, I won’t be sharing the money with you. However, being the generous soul I am, I have included the email detailing my soon-to-be fortune for your reading pleasure.
Dear Frey,
I am Barrister Johnson Madu Solicitor, I am the Personal Attorney to Engr.Michael Frey, a national of Your country, who used to work with shell development,Company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2000, my client, his wife and Their three children were involved in a car accident Along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road.
Now, gentle reader, I have been the target of such messages before, but never before have I seen such sophistication. Why, they even got my name right ￜ and pointed out that Mr. Frey is a national of My country (whichever one that is)!
I particularly like the ￜBarristerￜ term. If you want someone to trust you, sound British.
Unfortunately they All Lost their lives in the event of the accident,since Then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to Locate any of my client extended relatives, this Has also proved unsuccessful.
These capital Letters are very Interesting. What exactly is a client extended relative, anyway? Is that like a client extended warranty? How long is it good for?
After these several Unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his Relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of His family but of no avail, hence I contacted you. I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money In addition, property left behind by my client before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank Where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at aboutUS$7million dollars.
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Conseqently, The bank issued me a notice to provide The next of kin or have the account confiscated within The next twenty official working days. Since I have been Unsuccessful in locating the the relatives For over 2 years now I seek your consent to present You as the next of kin of the deceased since you are From the same country and you, share the same surname, this will make it very easy to make claims So that the proceeds of this account valued at US$7 Million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money. 45% to me and 45% to you, while 10% Should be for expenses or tax as your government may Require.
As Levi pointed out, 10% is an interesting number. I like this ￜ I get about 7 million bucks and only 10% of it needs to be spent on taxes? Sure, if Iￜve got the Enron auditors doing my books.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up Any claim we may make. All I require is our honest cooperation to enable us sees this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under A legitimate arrangement that will protect you from Any breach of the law.
Thank goodness. Heï¿œs going to make sure that when I give him my checking account information, he makes it nice and legal so Iï¿œm indemnified. In exchange, all heï¿œll ask for is access to my savings, social security number, and my credit cards. But after he takes my money, at least I wonï¿œt be going to jail!
Please get in touch with me by my email to Enable us discuss further.
Best regards,
Barrister Johnson. Madu.{esq}
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Oh, wait, I see now. Maybe he actually IS British! His email is advertising something in pounds rather than dollars, after all.
Ah, I love the internet. These sorts of messages always make me feel good about myself because I just know that thereￜs someone out there who actually falls for it. Itￜs the same mentality that makes people watch Jerry Springer ￜ ￜWell, I may be dumb but Iￜm not as messed up as THOSE people!ￜ
