Latest scam email to land

"Hello Good Day'

My name is Barrister : Donald Wilson Solicitor.The Personal Attorney
to Eng.Peter,a national of your country who used to work with Agip
Development Company here in Benin Cotonue.On the 6th of December
2013,my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car
accident along lumkpe Express Road.All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost there lives.

Since then I have made several inquiries to my late client's embassy
to locate any of his blood extended relatives,but this proves
unsuccessful,After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to
trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his
family but of no avail,hence I contacted you.

I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the money and property
left behind by my client prior to his death before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
deposits were lodged.Particularly,the Bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about $14.5 million dollars.The bank has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated
within the next 14 official working days.since i have been
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2years and some months
now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the
deceased since you are from thesame country,so that the proceeds of
this account valued at $14.5million dollars can be paid to
you,thereafter you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 50% to
you, I will secure certificate of deposit and other relevant approvals
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.All I
require is your honest cooperation 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 my private
email:barrdonaldwilson@yandex.com to enable us discuss further.

Best regards,

Barrister Donald Wilson

NB:Pls include to me your private telephone and fax number in your response" LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Get in there Dave. What are you worrying about - you've got a solicitor giving you a guarantee that you will be protected 'from any breach of the law'.  Past: FL2 TD4 HSE Auto
Evoque SD4 Dynamic Lux Auto
Present: Audi A3 S Line.

Yes. Absolute peace of mind  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Damn, wish I got such an offer.

The only offers I get are for compensation for accidents I've never been involved in. Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto

We must be related, I have had similar emails  

I get these ...

Dear Sir/Madam,
There is an ongoing Tender in Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
here in Qatar.Your company products is needed in a large quantity on
contract basis.If you are interested for the supply kindly give us
your company products catalogue, specification and prices.

This Tender is open to suppliers whose company's products meet
international standards.Terms of Payment: 80% Advance payment by T/T
while the balance 20% will be paid before shipment.

I am a commission agent.

Best Regards
Buhari Mustafa

I've had dozens of similar emails over the last 5 or so years. I believe the next step for anyone responding is to ask for some money up front so that the transfer can be arranged. Needless to say no money will be transferred.

Most of these originate in Nigeria because it is a notoriously corrupt country (David Cameron said).


Colin 1982 RR Classic-converted to 200TDi-gone
1992 RR VogueSE- converted to autogas-gone
2000 FL1 3dr (wife's)
1996 Disco 1 300 Tdi(gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS auto (gone)
MY 2011 SD4 HSE Automatic

The ones asking for catalogues and quotations to supply goods normally involve the bogus customer placing an sales order and asking for a pro-forma invoice. They then contact you and say that their bungling accounts office have overpaid and can we return the overpayment.

The first time this happened to us, we checked with the bank and sure enough there was a credit for £55k on our account. We queried with the bank and the scammers had mailed a cheque direct to the branch, but from looking at the statement it was not that obvious.

Needless to say the cheque bounced a week later!!

Steve

If 'Dodgy Dave' says its corrupt, it must be. Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto