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This one is unusual, because this kind of story is mostly based on African Banks and plane crashes and not European banks and car crashes..
Even the name they use here is not researchable. At least you would not find anything to confirm this was a real person. Sure you could research car crashes in Berlin, but let’s be honest, most people would not know where to start.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: ADELA MARTINEZ <santaluciaft@yahoo.com> Date: Sun, May 11, 2008 at 3:43 PM Subject: GREETINGS To:
I am Adela Martinez, bank manager of Barclays Bank Madrid branch in Spain.
I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you .On June 6, 2003, a British contractor with the Spanish petroleum corporation (REPSOL), Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered fixed deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 in my Branch. On maturity, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent reminder and finally his contract employers, the Spanish petroleum corporation wrote to inform us that Mr. Barry Kelly died from an automobile accident in Berlin, that he died without MAKING A WILL, and all attempts by the British Embassy to trace his next of kin was fruitless.
I therefore, made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly in fact was an immigrant from Bahamas and only recently obtained British citizenship few years ago. He did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank deposit paperwork.
The total of US$30,000,000.00 is still sitting in my bank as dormant Account. No one will ever come forward to claim it, and according to Spanish law after 5years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Spanish Government if the account owner is certified dead. Sequel to this fact, I am looking for a foreigner who will stand as the next of kin to MR.BARRY KELLY. After processing the paper works that will reflect you as the next of kin to our late client you will henceforth become the new and sole beneficiary of the total funds. The total of USD30m will then be paid into an account that you will provide for us in the sharing ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you. There is no risk at all, and all the paper work for this transaction will be done by me using my position and connection in the banks in Spain. And the entire transaction shall be governed by the banking procedures of Spain. You have my words. This business transaction is guaranteed. Hence you should indicate your interest by replying immediately with your Phone/fax Number or otherwise destroy this letter for my sake and my family.
However if you consider it ok, please observe the utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country. You can also send your reply to my private email address (adelamartinez001@yahoo.es) Thank you so much and looking forward to receive your urgent reply.
And so a further inheritance is passed my way. Just too bad that it’s not true.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Dr.Jim Peter <jimpeter@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:19 AM
Subject: Swift message?
To:
Mr. Jim Peter
The Legal Representative
No: 12, Satellite Town Lagos Nigeria
Hello ,
Get back to me immediately for necessary steps concerning your inheritance , Sequel to your none - reply of my earlier email to you dated 02/03/06. On behalf of the Trustees and Executors to the Will of your deceased relation in 2002, I wish to notify you that your name appeared in the codicil and last statement of the deceased and you entitled to his fund US$7,000,000.00 deposited with a Bank here and the bank here has made me know that the US$7,000,000.00 will be release to you through their payment oficer with Citi bank of United States of America. You are advised to reconfirm to me your details as required below to enable the release of your funds worth US$7,000,000.00 to you through our payment outlet in the U.S.A :- i also want to notify you that as soon as the bank release the fund to your account i will be comeing to your contact address that you will send to me now so that i will teke my own because I will have 45% and you 45% the other 10% will be for any payment that we make before the fund release to your account we will teke it out from the 10%
(1). Your full names :
(2). contact address :
(3). Phone :
(4). Cell phone :
(5). Age :
(6). Occupation :
(7).I D
As soon as the above are provided the paying bank will contact you for wire transfer release.
Regards,
Barrister Jim Peter
Yes, this is a strange sort of logic what this fellow calling himself “Datuk Tanko Ibrahim” is quoting here. The reason I should do this deal with him is because the so called “deceased” is a “nationality of German”.
This was sent to an e-mail address belonging to a German company, so his logic says that all Germans are brothers.
Funny that “all Africans are brothers” doesn’t work, does it?
Check up on Ibrahim Tanko here. This gives reason to believe the name is being used as a front on this e-mail.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From:
Date: 2008/4/24
Subject: GOOD DAY MY FRIEND I NEED YOUR ASNWER ON THIS MATTER
To:
Datuk Tanko Ibrahim & Co. (Barristers And Solicitors)
No.9 Jalan jj 23/24, Taman Mayang, 47301 Petaling Jaya
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
TELE: 60173760735
please reply me here with this email address tanko222@hotmail.com
PLEASE YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW BANK TO GO AWAY WITH THIS
FUND BELONGING TO YOUR GERMAN BROTHER.
Dear Friend,
I am Datuk Tanko Ibrahim, a legal practitioner.Please be patient and absorb the contents of this email which I believe is a message that will be beneficial to the both of us.
I am the legal representative to Late Joseph, He is a nationality of Germany like you so he is your brother.who herein after shall be referred to as my late client.He died in March 2006 as a result of heart condition.
Basically,my aim of writing you is to assist me secure the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this fund valued at $7million dollars was deposited.
I have a mandate from the bank to present the next of kin to the deceased or the funds will be confiscated and so far, all my efforts to get hold of someone related to this man has proved abortive.
I want you to consider this proposal.If you grant your consent that I present you to the bank as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my deceased client (since you have the same last name and he from GERMANY like you),so that the proceeds of this account can be transferred to you, then we can share the entire proceeds on a mutually agreed-upon percentage.
All legal documentation to back up your claim as my deceased client’s next-of-kin will be provided. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through.
This entire process will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.However,if this business proposition of fends your moral values,do accept my apology.Please contact me at once to indicate your interest.PLEASE YOU SHOULD NOT ALLOW BANK TO GO AWAY WITH THIS FUND BELONGING TO YOUR GERMAN BROTHER.
Best Regards,
Datuk Tanko Ibrahim
(Esq)
please reply me here with this email address tanko222@hotmail.com
PLEASE CALL ME +60173760735 AFTER YOU RECEIVE THIS LETTER.
GOOD DAY MY FRIEND I NEED YOUR ASNWER ON THIS MATTER
Yes, this is an inheritance scam story. Mark keeps it anonymous, that way he doesn’t have to do much research on a suitable deceased millionaire.
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Mark Akume
Date: 2008/4/22
Subject: Strictly for you only
To:
Dear Sir,
In this world of not knowing whom to trust i have decided to intimate you with a personal guided financial finding in my bank branch (National Investment Bank of Ghana) in which i am the acting managing director. I have been acting as the manager pending when the manager who is on course will resume for six months now and in my capacity i have discovered this account which have been left untouched for two and half years. On careful investigation i discovered that the owner of this account originally maintained two accounts with the bank. One of the accounts is savings account while the other is domiciled dollar account. The savings account was closed exactly one year eight months ago by a lady who claimed to be a fiancйe and business partner of the account owner.
On my curiosity i discovered that the owner of the accounts who was an oil merchant from your country died of heart failure two years ago and since then nobody have made any claim on the current account and no transaction have been carried out in the account throughout the two years. On checking the opening files of the account i also discovered that the owner has no next of kin and his last known address is Golden Tulip Hotel where he stays anytime he is in the country.
I have made all required bank inquiries which are normally made to trace owners of account which are left untouched for over two years and i discovered that nobody outside the bank have knowledge of this account. I have thought over this account for six months now and since it is left untouched with no one having knowledge of the account i have decided to have the money in the account removed to a safer place. The amount in the account is $2.6m with accumulated interest sum of $260,000.00(Two Hundred & Sixty Thousand Dollars)It is for this reason that i am contacting you so that i will use you to remove the money and close the account. I decided to contact you, a foreigner because of protection of my status and making sure i am not short changed which will happen if i deal with someone from my country. It is also much easier for the money to be claimed and transferred outside the country. It is for the reason of closing the account that i am contacting you.
I want you to stand as the beneficiary of the account by filing for next of kin of the account so that i will officially approve your request and have the money paid in your name. We shall share the money 80% for me and 20% for you. All i need from you is your co-operation and secrecy during and after the claim.
Get back to me with your full names, contact address, your age and marital status and phone number(s) for communication and i will employ the service of an attorney who shall process the paper work. As soon as I receive your response I shall open up on all details
Thank you and awaits your response ASAP.
Mark Akume
Does that mean he knows that he is morally wrong in proposing this, or that he thinks ethics have nothing to do with it? It looks as though he has no idea what those words mean.
Regardless of that, this is a fraud e-mail using an imaginary inheritance as bait. That means you pay a whole pile of fees in advance and never ever get an inheritance through Mr. Godwin’s deal.
———- Forwarded message ———- From: jef godwin <mr_jef_godwin12@hotmail.com> Date: Oct 20, 2007 10:58 AM Subject: SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN To:
JEF GODWIN CHAMBERS Plot 1100 Victoria Cresent, Lagos,Nigeria, EMAIL:mr_jef_godwin@yahoo.com
Dear Sir/Ma I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics,but I Jef Godwin attorney to Late Dr Chris Garry who died in auto crash in 2nd day of july 2004 along with the entire family.
The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to my late clieint Dr Chris Garry to act as his next of kin came into my mind, that is how and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin, so that the $6,700,000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin to my late client, to enable us claim the fund from the deposited bank.
Hence, if this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you.Please kindly get back to me immediately, strictly via my private email address only: to enable me enlightens you on how we are to proceed.On getting your response, we shall agree on the percentage of disbursing the $6,700,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country,and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part investing in your Country.
I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decides on what to do next. Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free. You are advise to furnish me with the below information to enable me forward your name to the Finance house as the next of kin to my late client. {1}. YOUR FULL NAME. {2}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS. {3}. YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER. {4}. YOUR AGE & OCCUPATION I wait for your prompt response. Regards, Barrister:JEF GODWIN
NB: PLEASE NOTE THAT IT DOES NOT MATTER IF YOU ARE NOT RELATED TO MY LATE CLIENT; THE FUND WILL STILL BE PAID TO YOU, SINCE I AM PRESENTING YOU AS HIS NEXT OF KIN
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