I got an email convincing me to act as a next of kin to a man who died with $10m left in a bank.?

Question

I supposed that the matter was untrue, just trying to lure me into a legal problem where they can take advantage of. what do you think? am i right? the one who mailed the letter says he is the manager of the bank where the money was deposited. And that he will take care of other legalities and i just have to claim the money. he asked for my bank account no. and other particulars. Then we will split the money.

Answer 1

i have been receiving numerous mails like this, with different situations. Once I had an email from a south africian who proposed to me and then when i replied the next mail was about the huge pile of money somewhere that she wanted to transfer to my bank account. And asked me to keep the matter secret.

These people are trying to steal your identity and setup accounts in different countries to fulfill their evil intentions. Its very obvious that its a scam.

I suggest don't even reply to such mails. Just delete them or report the matter.

Answer 2

The scam is simple. The send out 1000s of emails and hope to find a sucker like you. They tell you that your information is good enough, but they need you to pay all sorts of fees to get the money. If you send any money, they come up with more fees. My "favorite" is the anti-terrorism certificate fee. They'll say the $40 million is all set to be wire transferred, but they need $40,000 for the certificate. They'll point the victim to faxes, emails, websites, etc claiming it's legit and once they get the $40K, they disappear.

Answer 3

Enough Scamsters from Africa playing the same game ... Just dont fall for these tricksters. You can actually get them arrested by getting in touch with them and asking them to come to your country to collect any money that is required and tip off the local police. I read the news recently that in India, they arrested a Nigerian national in this regard.

Answer 4

i got one, too. they are just a scam. report it to the fbi & get their sorry asses busted. never, ever, ever give out your bank account no. or any other personal information (i.e. your social security #). but yeah, this guy is definitely trying to scam you, and it's probably an identity theif....but they have a place on the fbi website where you can report the email, and give you furtber instructions on how to get this creep!!!!

Answer 5

DID IT LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS ? ~~~~~~> dont reply to them.... They'll have your E mail address... & you'll get more of them.... I used to get alot of them ... THERE FAKE EMAILS ... I used to have a FBI fake email to report these to.. I used to report them all the time. I cant find it right now in my files~~~>
My name is Desire Guei,20years,the Son of the late military ruler of Ivory-Coast (Retired Brigadier General Robert Guei) who was assasinated in a political crisis which led to war in my country (Ivory-Coast) on 19th september,2002. My father,mother and two junior brothers were killed by some soldiers believed to be loyal to the government because of my father's objection to some certain policies of the present government. I was lucky to have escaped with my younger sister that night because we were visiting a family friend in another city far away from our home.

I have to go into hiding with my sister for some days before arrangements were made for us to leave Ivory-Coast for the Republic of Togo on the invitation of President Eyadema of Togo who granted us political assylum.

Before we left for Togo,I visited our home where my mother and my two junior ones were killed in our village and during the search for some documents in my father's room came accross some vital documents and the keys to a secret vault in the house.I took the keys and went down to where the vault is and there I discovered two metal boxes which were carefully hidden. With the aide of the documents I was able to open the boxes only to find out that the boxes were full of money in hundred dollar bills. I could not count the money because I was very shocked to see it because it was too much for me to count but the documents that I discovered in his room which led me to the boxes put the money at $10,000,000(Ten million USD).

I locked it back carefully and arranged for the boxes to be moved with me through the help of a family friend to Abidjan the capital city where I deposited it with a security company for safe-keeping.I did not declare the content of boxes to the security company,I only declare it as family valuables.

Answer 6

its called a phishing email. it happens all the time...I mean why would a bank manager risk his job for only 5m when he could plan a robbery or something and get more out the deal....Never share your personal info with someone you dont know or trust..Dont give out your acct number, its not safe.

Answer 7

They are tring to get your personal information.I get ones from people saying they need to set up an account in the U.S.for what ever reason. and then I get mail from lottery from different countries those are fraud to don't fall for it it is not real

Answer 8

Its Fraud ! I would be filthy rich if those emails had any truth to them.
You give him your account number and he will split the money.....just not with you.

Answer 9

This is the national pastime in Nigeria.I quit counting how much of this junk I get.

Answer 10

LOL!!! Don't believe it one bit. If there's any truth to it at all, atleast talk to a family lawyer or attorney first, But I think its fake