please read and let me know what you think.........is it a scam?

Question

From: Bar. Ray Darrick Esq.(For Trustees)
Managing Partner Darrick & Solicitors
London - United Kingdom.


Notification of Bequest

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Sir.
Martin
Wilczek, I wish to notify you that late Sir. Martin Wilczek made you a
beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Five Million, One Hundred
Thousand
Dollars (USD$5,100.000.00) to you in the codicil and last testament to
his
will.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being
a widely travel led man, he must have been in contact with you in the
past or
simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad
who
wished you good. Sir. Martin Wilczek until his death was a former
managing
director and Pioneer staff of Global Galleries.

He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great
philanthropy
earned him numerous awards during his life time. Sir Martin Wilczek
died on the
9th day of February 2004 at the age of 90 years, and his WILL is now
ready for
execution. According to him this money is to help the poor and the
needy.

Please, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible via my direct
email
address as shown below to enable me proceed with my job.

Bar. Ray Darrick, Esq.
Email: [e-mail]
Tel: [phone]

Also, do send me your telephone number so I can call you for further
clarification on this matter. I hope to hear from you on the hour.

Legally yours,
Barr. Ray Darrick, Esq

I received the above email today

Answer 1

Of course it's a scam - check out http://blog.supersurge.com/latest-email-scams/2005/4/11/notification-of-bequest.html#comment824884

Why would a lawyer from London describe a bequest in US dollars? (If legitimate, it would have been described in UK pounds - apart from all the other indicia of it being a fake, like the poor grammar.)

Answer 2

Looks like a scam to me. Do not give out any bank, credit card, date of birth, social security number or other personal info. They can use it to clean you out and ruin your credit.

If they send you a check from a foreign bank, your bank may release the funds in a few days, but the foreign bank can refuse the check up to many days later and you will have to make good the full amount.

Hit delete and run away as fast as you can.

Answer 3

Scam

Answer 4

It's a scam. First the diamond mine hoaxs in Africa, then the dead rich man's widow needing assistance to bank her millions in your account, lotteries in Europe, soldiers in Iraq wanting help in transferring Hussein's millions to your account. The list goes on with the same theme: transfer millions to your bank account, thereby revealing your personal information that will bankrupt and ruin you.

Don't fall for them. If it's seems to good to be true it is. Delete those messages.

Answer 5

Odds are it is a scam. However reply to the email address and have them mail you cashiers check for the balance of your inheritance in US dollars. Do not provide any personal information through electronic means only in person when they deliver your cashiers check, and even then just name and address (They should already know it).

Answer 6

Dont give out any account numbers and if they want you to send money,tell them to take it out of the inheritance,thats a catcher,we have a million for you,just send us 5000,scam every time

Answer 7

That certainly seems fishy. Classic components of scam, like mentioning how he was a dedicated Christian to get on your good side.

Answer 8

Yes it's a scam. I get about 20 of these a day.

Answer 9

Scam.

Answer 10

Probably a scam but go to walla.com to see what the site is just in case.