Scam-ish?

[superdj]

Did anyone else get this e-mail? It sounds pretty un-trustable to me..

EDIT:


Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2006 14:35:44 +0100 (GMT+01:00)
From: "MR MIKE WILLWAMS" <mrmikewilliams3@virgilio.it> Add to Address BookAdd to Address Book Add Mobile Alert
Subject: FROM: MR.MIKE WILLIAMS

FROM: MR.MIKE WILLIAMS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
mr_mike_williams80@yahoo.com.hk

My Dear Friend,

I feel quite safe
and
satisfy dealing with you in this mutual beneficial transaction.

Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to
reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and
most secured medium of communication.

However, this correspondence
is
purely private, and it should be treated as such. l also guarantee
you
that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of and I
encourage you to read it to the end so that you can understand it very
well.

I am Mr. MIKE WILLIAMS, Executive Director in charge of Claims
and Indemnity of Prudential Insurance Company.

I am contacting you
based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal
for the benefit of both of us.

The Management and the Legal /
Treasury Department of this Prudential Insurance Company in a recent
meeting, recommended that the account of MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who
maintained a Life Assurance Policy, should be declared Dormant and
confiscated hence moving his unclaimed benefits funds to the Treasury
according to our Banking and Financial law.

Recently, I came across
a
very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person (MR.ROBERT
FINKELSTEIN). He is a foreigner; unfortunately He is now late as he
was
amongst those that on the recent plane crash during his visit to
London.

This man was our client and has Life Assurance Policy WORTH
the sum of Forty Five Million United States Dollars
(US$45,000,000.00).
Right now, the fund is lying unclaimed in our
custody and there is NO
next of kin mentioned in his file and there is
no how we can reach any
of his relatives. All efforts made by us to
establish contacts with any
other of his relation have proved abortive
and unsuccessful. His life
Assurance Policy will expire in the next
few months from the date of
this letter.

Just last week we received
an instruction from Ministry
of Social Welfare to forward particulars
of all unclaimed benefits that
will expire in the next few months.

Upon my personal finding on this
matter, I kept this information
secret to myself until now that I am
contacting you. In view of the
fact that the deceased customer is a
foreigner (from a different
country), it is officially important for
the involvement of a
foreigner who will pose as a next-of-kin.

I will
use my exalted
position in this Insurance Company to present you as his
Next of Kin
as you can be his relative, friend or Cousin and the Money
(US$45Million) will be Safely transferred into your own bank account
in
your country.

Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home
Address
when replying this mail and I will give you more information
as soon as
you indicate your willingness to assist in this viable
transaction. I
will use my exalted position here to get all internal
documentations to
back up the claims.

The whole Procedures will last
only 10 working
days to get the fund retrieved successfully without
trace even in
future.

PROVIDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATIONS:

NAME:
__________SURNAME: __________________

SEX: _____ AGE:
______MARITAL: _______________
COUNTRY: _______CITY: _________

STATE _______ZIP CODE: _______
CONTACT ADDRESS:
________________________
PHONE NO#___________FAX NO#_________________
OCCUPATION: ______________POSITION: _____________
DATE: ___________

The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via
Email and phone. Send your full name, address and telephone number to
me via email urgently today so that I will call you for discussions. I
PROMISE that you must be happy and shall rejoice greatly soonest for
co-
operating with me in this transaction.

After successful
conclusion of
this transaction, we shall share the money 50-50 (50%
for you and 50%
for me).

I await your good response today.

Thanks
and remain
bless.

I require you to maintain the confidentiality of
this
transaction because it is important due to the fact that I am
still in
active services to the Prudential Insurance Company.

Your
earliest
response to this matter is very important.

REPLY TO:
(mr_mike_williams80@yahoo.com.hk)

I AM WAITING YOUR REPLY TODAY.

Best
Regards,
MR.MIKE WILLIAMS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE Company

Here's another

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Jordie.E.Browne, Deputy General Manager of the Trust
Departmentof
the International commercial Bank China,100 Chi Lin Rd.,Taipei 104
Taipei
Taiwan, R.O.C.. Thank you for your willingness to assist me. I have an
urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.

An American consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation, In 1998,{Mrs. Tobey Seidman} made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$9,450,000.00 (Nine
Million,
Four Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity,
I
sent a routine notification to her forwarding address but got no reply.

After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from her
contract employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mrs.
Tobey
Seidman died in a plane crash.

On further investigation, I found out that she died without making a
WILL,
and all attempts to trace her next of kin was fruitless. I therefore
made
further investigation and discovered that Mrs. Seidman did not declare
any
kin or relations in all her official documents, including her Bank
Deposit
paper work in my Bank. This sum of USUS$9,450,000.00 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 Laws of China, at the expiration of 8 (eight) years which
is
this year, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if
nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I
will
like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mrs. Seidman
so
that the fruits of this old lady'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 an attorney will prepare the necessary documents and
affidavit that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall
employ
the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL
and to
obtain the necessary documents in your favor for the transfer. A bank
account in any part of the world that 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 70% for
me
and 30% 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 Deputy General Manager of
the
Trust Department, Guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and
relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me
your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. If you
are
interested, kindly send me an email through my private email addresss
below
(jd.browne@yahoo.co.uk) .

Also observe utmost confidentiality, and be 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. I await your
prompt
response.

Yours sincerely,
J.E.Browne
Email : jd.browne@yahoo.co.uk



Also, go ahead tell of any other e-mail scams you've gotten or heard of.

[Demio]

Your login session has expired.

Just copy the email >..>

[[R-DEV]Eddie Baker]

Of course it's a scam, dude.

[[R-CON]MrD]

I had a similar one recently, but the guy ony offered me 30%. looks like you got the better deal

[eddie]

He's either a) a foreign scum bag or b) a crap spelling scum bag, I don't like either.

Just report the sender and email to Yahoo mail.

[superdj]

Originally Posted by eddie

He's either a) a foreign scum bag or b) a crap spelling scum bag, I don't like either.

Just report the sender and email to Yahoo mail.

He/she/they ain't worht the trouble.

[eddie]

It may not be for you but imagine some poor idiot who does believe this.

[trogdor1289]

Yeah the spelling and grammar mistakes instantly mark it as a scam.

[HogansHeros]

I bet a lot of trusting old laddys who are new to the internet fall for this stuff.

[[R-DEV]IronTaxi]

jusy hilarious it would be interesting to do one of those and just track the replies for research sake...im sure you would get a whack of replies from alabama...or like boise