He should be ashamed of himself for harassing.
The supposed lawyer is a scammer and comes up with the dumbest trick in the history of scammers, he just tries it on the off chance and especially stupid.
He wants to find out the same surname from the e-mail that you write back. The rule is: don’t give out any information about yourself, don’t write a reply. Do not send any money or documents, put the mail from the lazy lawyer in the rubbish bin.
I am very sorry for intruding. I am contacting you because you
share the same last name with a deceased client of mine who died
a few years ago. He left behind huge bank deposits with no will
or testament. The bank has requested that I present any of his
relatives to claim his money otherwise it will be declared as
unclaimed and confiscated.
It is my plan therefore to present you to the bank as a relative
of my late client so that his deposit can be transferred to you
legally by virtue of the fact that you share the same last name
with him. I am able to make this presentation possible and will
guide you all the way until his funds are released to you. We
shall be sharing the proceeds of this claim equally if you accept
to work with me. I will share more details with you upon your
positive response to my email. I hope to hear from you soon.
Best Wishes,
Two weeks later:
I am largely aware of the very high and alarming rate of fraud
going on around the whole world and a message like this will
definitely bring up thoughts into the mind of anybody about the
veracity of the information below and knowing that I just located
you and we haven’t really met each other before now.
I am very sorry for intruding.I am contacting you because you
share the same last name with a deceased client of mine who died
a few years ago. He left behind huge bank deposits with no will
or testament. The bank has requested that I present any of his
relatives to claim his money otherwise it will be declared as
unclaimed and confiscated.
It is my plan therefore to present you to the bank as a relative
of my late client so that his deposit can be transferred to you
legally by virtue of the fact that you share the same last name
with him. I am able to make this presentation possible and will
guide you all the way until his funds are released to you. We
shall be sharing the proceeds of this claim equally if you accept
to work with me. I will share more details with you upon your
positive response to my email. I hope to hear from you soon.
Best Wishes,
Bar.Peter Mantle
Three weeks later
Dear
This letter is a final warning notice regarding the death of my
Late client Edward,wife and only daughter while on holiday at
Louisiana USA. According to the laws of England and Wales,
section 46 of the Administration of Estates Act of 1925 (with
subsequent amendments). My late client’s bank has issued me a
Final written notice to provide his next-of-kin within 7 days or
have his funds declared UNCLAIMED and sent into government
treasury.
I have been in charge of managing his properties here in London
for a long time. There were some of his properties put out for
sale before his death,for which payment has since been made. The
proceeds of the sale is deposited into his local account here. I
found your name in some of his documents and that is why I traced
your email through an advanced search.
I am contacting you because you bear the same last-name with my
late client.I want to know if you are in anyway related to my
late client.
Regards,
Peter Mantle
