It’s always a bit strange when `good friends´ need your name and address. It’s even stranger when lawyers want to do business worth 20 million dollars with a total stranger. If Barrister Martins indeed exists, I’m sure he would use very different techniques for laundring money though… As always with this kind of scam mails, there is a lot of confusion about first and surnames. Who is this Martins Abbey or Abbey Martins?
From: infoogs@msn.com
Subject: MUTUAL ASSISTANCE
Date: Thursday 15 sep 2005 12.41.30 GMT+02:00
To: undisclosed-recipients: ;From: BARRISTER MARTINS(ESQ)
MARTINS & ASSOSCIATES,
57 MLondon arkham Street
SW3 3NR United Kingdom.Attention: My Good Friend.
I am very sorry for intruducing myself to you in this manner, but it was due to the urgency of the matter. I am Barrister Martins Abbey , the personal Attorney to a foreigner who used to work with an Associate Company in London who I want you to come up and act as his NEXT of KIN. On the 2nd of August 2003, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Manchester Express Road.
All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client’s extended relatives, this has also proved 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 for assistance. I have contacted you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they got confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Finance House where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Finance House where the deceased had an account valued at about US$20M has issued me a notice to provide the next-of-kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two (2) years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$20M can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money; 60% to me and 35% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may required.
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make, all I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please contact me for more information via email with the below Information’s filled out. NAME………………………………….
ADDRESS………………………………..
STATUS:……………………………
TEL/FAX NUMBERS…………………………
STATE/COUNTRY…………………………..
AGE:………………………………….
COMPANY NAME (If any)…………………..
OCCUPATION…………………………….
Please get in touch with me first by my secured and confidential email address:baristermatins@msn.com immediately you acknowledge the good receipt of this message.Anticipating your prompt response.
Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Martins Abbey