I received this email, i know its probably not genuine?

Question

Dear (my name),

I am Barrister Monica Welsh, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to [Mr Andrew (surname], an indigene of your country, who used to work with Shell electro-chemical and Development Company.Herein after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of Nov 2001,my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident.

All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your embassy tolocateany of my clients extended relatives but this has proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where his huge deposits were lodged, firm where the deceased had an account valued at about 45 million dollars has issued

me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated after six years if
not claimed.So we have just one year left.

Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next-of-kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceeds of his account valued at 45 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.

I have all necessary legaldocuments that can be used to back up any claim we may make. I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. On smooth conclusion of this transaction, you will be entitled to 40% of the total sum as gratification, while 10% will be set aside to take care of expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills, while 50% will be for me and my partners. Please,you have been advised to keep top secret as we are still in service
and intend to retire from service after we conclude this

deal with you.

All I require is your honest co-operation 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 get in touch with me by e-mails so we can discuss further.You may also, send your phone number so that I can call you.I look forward to your urgent response.

Best Regards,
Monica Welsh.

WHAT IS THIS SCAM? HOW DOES IT WORK?

does anybody have any good ideas to play with the person and waste there time?

well its obviously not genuine, i know that :L

Answer 1

Scam scam, delete it or send it to Yahoo C/S so they can block the email address.
what they do is they hope they find a greedy sucker out there who will look at the potential windfall or they hope they find a "kind hearted soul" who will try to help these poor lawyers who are "just trying to do the right thing Puhleeze!!!
Once you reply to them, they know they have a valid e-mail address, then they come up with some sob story about needing to take care of things but money cannot be gained because of some law they pull out of their a*s, and then say to you they will send you a check for you to deposit. then ask for you to send money back to them. The check will be a dud and then you will be stuck without that money and you will have to pay the bank back
OR
they tell the person they need their banking information to wire these millions of dollars to and once they get it, they clean out the account
Either way, the sucker is stuck and been successfully fleeced

Answer 2

IT IS A SCAM. They will be asking you for money...either in the form of them giving you a check for money and then you give them your check, minus say 10% for your trouble. The problem is that by the time you send the money to them, they immediately cash it. Two or three weeks later, your bank tells you that the check that you deposited is fake, and you will be holding the debt.
These scams have recently been on the Oprah show, the news, and several other sources. The biggest one is called the Nigerian scam. Delete it and be glad you did.

You know that you don't have any relative by that name, living in a foreign country. Forget it......call the police and ask them, they will tell you the same thing. Call the post office, and they will agree. Call the FBI and they might be able to trace the people doing the scam.

Answer 3

There is an old saying, "You can't cheat an honest person." and if one is honest, they cannot be penetrated to be part of such indecent activites.
These shameless people who send out these emails have nothing better to do but see how they can cheat others. They were exposed the other night on NBC Dateline.
One sent out an email claiming to be an American soldier with moeny from Sadaam's wealth. Another said she was a Christian woman whose dear husband died and "the Lord wanted her to distribute her wealth.
It is for one thing only, to take YOUR money. One foolish woman thought she could get rich quick sent the email scammer $50,000.00, so these stupid emails are to be immediatley deleted as spam

Answer 4

Ummm scam ... they ask you to deposit check... and you keep some of the money... the check is on a good account but is stolen. don't cash contact state attorney or someone in law enforcement because unfortunately , stupidity is not a defense and you will be charged with stolen property, fraud, grand theft, and money laundering... up to you

Answer 5

I just got one tonight. If it is their 1st birthday why did we just get an e-mail? Why was it not advertised more generally on the site?? I am afraid I shall be treating it as spam. I read that one of the other people's answers mention a tee-shirt, well I'm not desperate for one so will definitely not reply. I'm glad you posted, I was about to do just that myself.

Answer 6

They are only after your bank account details so they can commit internet fraud/identity theft using it.

They pull suckers in with these stories of massive monetary amounts. but any REAL legit firm would use snail mail, with official documents to back up thier claims, AND provide you with a cheque..NOT ask for your bank details.

Do not respond to the email.

Answer 7

This is a scam.
If you replied to their correspondence, eventually they may ask for your SS# to supposedly varify who you are and then a bank account number so they can direct deposit the monies. Now they've got enough info to access your bank account. They may even ask you to forward a money order to prove your good faith.

Answer 8

its probably a scam. you can reply and call to put your mind at rest. but if at ANYTIME they ask you for money, even for the most legitimate reasons, walk away, as it is a CON!

some of these people will ask to meet you in person, and spend a few days trying to convince you of your winnings or inheritance. as i said, be on your guard. and if no money is asked for. then it is not a con

Answer 9

erm, its most likely a scam. usually if the email is true, the person would also call you personally especially since the value of the money is large.

Answer 10

Its a scam. Its always a scam.