YOu know the ones: "$18,000,000 deposited into a bank account. Help me and you get 60% of the monies."

They're usually from Nigeria and the spelling and punctuation is just hillarious.

Today's came in the post.
No word of a lie.
Addressed to me in person telling me I was likely the only next of Kin, that a Mr Fisher died in a plane crash in Alaska, Flight 261, in 2000 and it's on official headed paper. It's been posted in the UK with a slightly strange franking mark, but "their offices" are based in Spain. Plus it looks to have been signed by hand.

It looked good up to this point: "It is in this regard that I decided to solicit your assistance by presenting you as the next of kin to the deceased. Although I have agreed on the following sharing ratios……. this transaction is 100% risk free and so it continued.

Has anyone else been on the end of such a letter?

Are you next of kin for a Mr Fisher?

fonejacker voice required to read that.

Ti29er;I have always admired you from afar and think you are a shining light on how to conduct oneself on an internet forum,now could you buy me a Cotic Soda.

Be kind to me or you will not share in my windfall!

(do not tell anyone or the Spanish / Nigerian authorities might rumble our little plan. Can of Soda in today's post. Please loan me $18,000,000 whist the money clears.)

I think that it differs to the usual scams in that IT'S ACTUALLY REAL AND YOU ARE NOW VERY RICH.

See here:

Maybe it's that chance in a million that it's true?

NAH! Seriously, there must actually be people out there that fall for this stuff.

strange! I would obviously put it in the bin. I get text messages saying i have been hurt and i can claim compensation. It just isn't true. 😆

There are solarider. And not always who you would expect (eg. the thick).

I get text messages saying i have been hurt and i can claim compensation. It just isn't true.

It isn't true YET, sunshine.
<taps side of nose>

Just googled it. Its a scam. Loads of posts about this as a sick scam.

But I want my money!
(goes & sulks in the corner)

No probs with lending you the 18million ti29er,just email me your bank details and I will get right on it.

With blessings for you and all your family,may our association be fruitful for both of us.

Duckman.

There are teams of people who go around looking for the next of kin of people who've died without a will. There was a TV series about it recently IIRC. People get real letters like this every day.

A quick spot of googling should be able to blow their cover tho, as tonyg seems to have done.

This looks close to yours

flight 261 scam

but you never know…… 😉