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Inheritence... possible scam?

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What is the name of your state? NC
I recieved the following email earlier and am not sure whether it is real or not. The name mentioned is the name of a real relative who lived in the city mentioned. Any advice is appreciated. I have replaced some information with astriks.

International Finance Corporation.
Carlton Park Narlborough
Leicester LE19 0AL
*****
17/10/2006
Hello: SIR/MADAM


My name is ****** the Administrative manager to the
International Finance Corporation UK. I am writing in respect of a
foreign Investment Portfolio with ID.IFC/EKF******** held at our
treasury with accumulated interest valued at ($ 11,820,000 USD) owned
and serviced by Mrs Joyce Lake, an American citizen, a nationality of Corte
Madera,California, who was a top Frank Howard Allen Realtors and also an avid
community volunteer and a world traveler.
On the 31st January, 2000, Mrs. Joyce Lake and her husband Ronald Lake
were involved in air-plane crash. All occupants of the Alaska Airlines
Flight 261 unfortunately lost their lives. Read more about this on
visiting this webpage:
www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
I have made several enquiries to the United States Embassy to
locate any of her extended relatives and this has been unsuccessful.
I have also sent letters to her address in California but it was never
answered. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track
her last name over the Internet to locate any member of her family. In
view of this I got your contact through a google search on foreigners.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 6
years now, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the
deceased since you are a foriegn person and can receive the funds on my
behalf so that the proceeds of this Investment portfolio valued at
($11,820,000 USD can be paid to you for us to share 50% will be for me
as the initiator of the deal and 50% to you as my foreign partner whom
will receive the funds, Or else the funds will get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by some unscrupulous british officers at the
IFC.
This is because the IFC constitution prohibits such investment
portfolio to last 7 years.
Your nationality and area of s pecialization does not matter, as all
modalities have been concluded to present you as the next of kin and
consequently, the beneficiary of the fund.
N.B: INHERITANCE is not a crime all over the world, but may be a crime
only when you did not follow the Rules of the International Law of
Inheritance. In this transaction we shall follow strictly all the rules
of the International Law of Inheritance as i have obtained all the
necessary documents from the appropriate authorities to prove her death
and that the inheritance/fund is legitimate and genuine. I will log
into the IFC treasury system at my office and key in your data as the
Next of Kin to Mrs. Joyce Lake, this means that you have all rights to the
funds and no law shall find you guilty both at local and international
because the treasury blueprints will clearly state your data as the
true beneficiary and next of kin, so this transaction is 100% risk and
hitch free. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you and me from any breach of the law
both at local and international.
Please note, i am the only one aware of this transaction in my office
and i have all legal documents of my late customer in my briefcase, i
want you to take this as top secret and very confidential, do not
inform any third party about this so that we can sucessfully execute
this transaction under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you
and me from any breach of the law both at local and international levels.
If you are ready to give me your full cooperation then confirm your
interest by contacting me through my personal email below, After then I
will furnish you with an adequate detail of how you shall receive the
funds on my behalf. I assure and promise you that this transaction will
be executed and concluded legally as quickly as possible.
If you are interested, please write back to my private and personal
email address below:

*******

Please write back promptly. Write me back. I look forward to it.
Thanks and Regards.
God Bless you.
******
******What is the name of your state?
 


anteater

Senior Member
Possible scam!!????

The mangled syntax..... the need for secrecy.... $11M just sitting around....

I do like this one: The Rules of the International Law of Inheritance.
 
yea.. that worried me too which is why I posted. I just don't know how they would know I was related to that guy since he was a great uncle. also, I realized that the missed calls I had a month ago from British Columbia were from the phone number given in that email... How do people get my number (which is not in my name) as well as my email. It's just strange. Is there anyone I can report this to or any one who could verify it?
 

nextwife

Senior Member
yea.. that worried me too which is why I posted. I just don't know how they would know I was related to that guy since he was a great uncle. also, I realized that the missed calls I had a month ago from British Columbia were from the phone number given in that email... How do people get my number (which is not in my name) as well as my email. It's just strange. Is there anyone I can report this to or any one who could verify it?
Certainly you can research if an estate filing has been done in the applicable local probate court that would apply for this individual, and then what attorney is handling it. Then you can contact the attorney of record and inquire.
 

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