Inheritance scam - Chris Jacobs - [email protected]

Postby David Jansen on Fri Apr 15, 2011 2:09 pm
This is a next of kin scam, where the scammer wants you to believe you can get a part of a deceased person's fortune. In most cases the scammer is playing the rôle of a corrupt banker who wants to steal a deceased customers money with your help, for a share of the loot of course. If this was real, you would be helping a criminal to steal, but in this case the scammer will only steal your money by asking you to pay for made up fees to release the money to you. Don't fall for this scam!
Note that the telephone number has a Togo landcode.

Dear xxxx,

I am Barr. Chris Jacobs, an Attorney at law, and the personal lawyer/friend to late Engineer M.A.
xxxx, a foreigner who used to work with Shell International, Lome, Republic of Togo, herein, after
shall be referred to as my late client/friend. I have contacted the white and yellow pages in search
of his relatives but unfortunately did not succeed. As it may interest you to know, I got your contact
through the internet professional Data Base by divine inspiration as I was going through some
directories. I decided to contact you in order to champion a business of this magnitude without any
problem.

On the 21st of April 2005, my client, his wife and their two children were involved in a car accident
along Kara-Sokode Expressway while arriving from a holiday to Lome. All occupants of the vehicle
unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, I have made several inquiries to their embassy to locate
any of their extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. I am contacting you to assist
in repatriating the funds valued at US$8.5m, (Eight Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollars) left behind by my client before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the financial
institution where this huge amount were deposited. The said financial institution has issued me a
notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confiscated within the next twenty one official
working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 4 years now, I
seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last/
surnames, so that the proceeds of this account could be paid to you.

Therefore, I will not fail to inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free. Please note that I’m
legally equipped with all the necessary information/documentations concerning these funds. For
security reasons, I have decided not to add more information into this letter, but immediately you
get in touch with me with your contact details, I would be able to inform you on how this could be
concluded. More so, I am fully involved in this deal (insider for you) and would follow up this deal
till the success is achieved, all I require from you is your honest co-operation and to listen to my
instructions/directives to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please endeavour to
answer the below questions:

1. Can you be trusted with this deal?

2. Can you handle this deal?

3. What is my commission for contacting you?

4. Can you travel in the course of this deal?

Upon your acceptance to this proposal, I expect your urgent response indicating your full interest in
this great business transaction to our both mutual trust. You are required to send me the below:

1. Your full name:...

2. Age:...

3. Profession:...

4. Telephone n°:...

5. Home/office address:...

6. Private email address:...

Please reply to < [email protected]>

Wishes,

Barr. Chris Jacobs.

Tel: +228 8733131.