Here is the actual letter that I was sent. Eventually I was asked to send in $7300 to cover legal expenses. Fortunately, I am not a complete idiot and I didn't fall for this scam!!!
Dear Jacquelene,
I really do not want you to see this mail as a
surprise, it took me a whole lot of time to decide on
whom to TRUST and present for this claim.
Why i finally made up my mind to contact you is that
while i was surfing the Net i was able to find some
useful information about you, that what gave me the
courage to contact you.
I am Mr. Pedro Williams, personal Accountant to late
Mr. Edward Howard, a national of your country, who
used to work with Shell-development Company in
Nigeria.
Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the
21st of April my client, his wife and their
three children were involved in a car accident along
sagamu 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 boss extended relatives
this has also proved unsuccessful.
After these several unsuccessful attempts, to locate
any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this huge deposit were lodged.
Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an
account valued at about US20.5 million dollars 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 3 years now I seek your consent to
present you as the next of kin of the deceased, so
that the proceeds of this account valued at
$US20.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you
and me can share the money.
60% to me and 40% to you I have all necessary legal
documents that can be used to back up any claim we may
make. All I require is your honest cooperation to
enable us seeing 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 email and send to me
your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss
further about this transaction.
Please reach me through my alternative email address.
[email protected]
Best regards,
Mr. Pedro Williams
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