I always wonder about emails like these
 

Attn: The President/CEO

I am Mr. Thomas Mbeki, Provincial Director Pacific
Bank of South
Africa, Johannesburg Branch. I have urgent and very
confidential
business
proposition for you.

On June 6, 1998, an foreign Oil consultant/contractor
with the South
Africa Mining Corporation, made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$25,000,000.00
(Twenty- five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon
maturity, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got
no reply. After
a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered
from his contract
employers, the South Africa Mining Corporation that
foreigner
died from an automobile accident. On further
investigation, I found out
that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts
to trace his next
of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that the foreigner did not declare any kin or
relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my
Bank. This sum of
US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the
interest is being
rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each
year. No one will
ever come forward to claim it. According to South
Africa Law, at the
expiration of 5 (five) years, the money will revert to
the ownership of
the
South Africa Government if nobody applies to claim the
fund.

Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as
an foreigner to
stand in as the next of kin so that the fruits of
this old man's labor will not get into the hands of
some corrupt
government officials. This is simple, I will like you
to provide
immediately
your full names and address so that the Attorney will
prepare the
necessary documents and affidavits which will put you
in place as the
next
of kin. We shall employ the service of two Attorneys
for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary
documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for the
transfer. A bank
account in any part of the world which you will
provide will then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the
beneficiary/next of
kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to
share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this
transaction will
be done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager
guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction. If you are
interested,
please reply immediately via the private email address
below. . Upon
your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the
transaction.

Please observe utmost confidentiality, and 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.

Awaiting your urgent reply via my email:

There are plenty of reports saying that email is a scam (as if you didn't already know) =) What typically happens is if you reply, you are requested to pay some "upfront legal fees" so they can complete the transaction...and then of course you never hear from them again

neato

I used to get these in the POSTAL mail 6 - 7 years ago.
I just gave them to the post master -

I did hear an urban rumor that someone got some money out of one of them one time though - and then ran for his life when he didn't give it back to them and they came looking for him.

That scam has been around since the Pony Express. The amazing thing is that after being on every local news program in the country, 60 minutes, 48 hours, Dateline, Frontline, etc... People still fall for it EVERY year.

SpaceAce

No man, it's true! Despite all the spelling and grammar mistakes in the eMail, I threw caution to the wind and decided to write back!

Unfortunately, after paying the $3000.00 US to the bank (Who'd have guessed, a bank would be called Bobu's Shrimp Shack?) I now have to legally change my name to Njdede MufoosuumbaataMallakiakuuOphutuutuMjgedeMjedeMufas saSimbalikasalamalakkalakkamufuusu, but those cheques should be rolling in any time now!

HAHAH! Suckers! You could have had a piece of the action but now it's all mine! MINE!!! Uh, just how much is 40% of 35 million mooboos in Canadian dollars?

Id rather get those emails all day than these:

Hey I am a 20 yr male that is a full time student, I really wanna fill some random female faces full of my cum. I have an athletic build, I am good looking and I love giving facials. I am sure you get a ton of these requests, but I am better than all of those not to mention I am local. Hook me up. Hope to hear from you soon.

later

Brian

yeah sure Brian ill get right on it looser!

Believe me or not when I was 22 I met these people in person in Ivory Coast - Abidjan.Today I am glad to get back alive but 80.000 USD is gone for my stupidity.Was very hard experience but made me stronger.Anyway what I saw there was perfect theatre act.
I get these emails every week

This is scam is apprently a multi-billion dollar business in Nigeria. People fall for it "ALL THE TIME"...... Its just amazing how gullable some people are.