Nigerian Scam with new wrinkle (Your relative died etc etc)

e-mail (barragabi@tiscali.co.uk) | who knows

[GeronL]

Dear Looney,

I am Barrisster Issa Agabi , I am the Personal Attorney to Engr.Michael Looney national of Your country, who used to work with Chevron Company in Nigeria.

On the 21st of April 2001, my client, his wife and Their three children were involved in a car accident Along Sagamu/Lagos Express Road. Unfortunately they All Lost their liv es in the event of the accident, since Then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to Locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

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 about US$10Million Dollars.

Consequently, The bank issued me a notice to provide The next of kin or have the account The next ten 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 si nce you are From the same country, So that the proceeds of this account valued at US$10Million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me Can share the money. 60% to me and 30% to you, while 10% Should be for expenses or taxas your Government may Require.I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up Any claim we may make.

All I require from you is Your Telephone and Fax Number, these will be used to obtain an Application of Claim from the bank, your honest cooperation will be needed 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. Please your urgent respond is needed to this matter, as I will advice you contact me by my Email address to discuss further.

Best Regards,

BARR.ISSA AGABI (Esq)

[GeronL]

LOL.

They actually use the e-mail address' last name and probably have the program 'fill in the blank'.

[goldstategop]

Its been around for decades. "A fool and his money are soonest parted" is a cautionary proverb when encountering scams like these. Investor beware.

[GeronL]

I know. Variations on a scheme. I got one from 'Sierra Leone' the other day. Of course they almost always have a UK e-mail address, which means it can come from almost anywhere.

[goldstategop]

A UK address means nothing if its bounced off through various e-mail servers. And the scammers don't have to be Nigerian - any one can claim they're acting on behalf of Nigerians.

[GeronL]

I know. Could be next door.

*peeks through blinds*

[clee1]

As a general rule, I don't respond to email from senders that are unknown to me.

I save myself from alot of (potential) irritation that way.

[GeronL]

I get a hundred or more junk mails per day through my yahoo email address and nothing from my netzero address...

lol

[clee1]

My email all comes into my Linux box.

I have a script that runs through the mail file and zaps any mail from a sender not on my "approved" list.

I never even see that "crap" mail.

[BigSkyFreeper]

10 times out of 10 scammers and spammers don't use their real e-mail addresses either in the From: field or the Reply-To: field, otherwise they'd be easily traced. Many occasions you can't even trace the origination just from looking at the SMTP headers, they can be easily forged as well.

[calcowgirl]

If you have never seen this site and you want a laugh, spend some time reading the correspondence.

This guy has spent years corresponding with the Scammers... leading them on, getting pictures... and characterizing himself in some of the most outrageous ways. It is truly hilarious.

http://www.ebolamonkeyman.com/