Can You Trust This email ?
By advokatku
@advokatku (4033)
Indonesia
October 15, 2009 3:28am CST
I got an email from someone whose contents like this:
Dear Friend,
My name is Mr Adams Kam, I am from Burkina Faso -West Africa, working with African Development Bank (ADB). I am contacting you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of $6.5million to your private account.The money has been here in our Bank lying dormant for 8 good years now without anybody coming for the claim of it.
The money was deposited in our bank by Mr CHRISTIAN EICH a German national who deid in a plane crash in 2000 Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin or relatives to come and claim his funds.
Unfortunately i learnt that he died along with his wife and children who are supposed to be his next of kin, It is there upon this discovery that i decided to release the money to you as his next of kin since nobody is coming for the money, is better we use it for profitable investment because i don't want this money to go back into government treasury as unclaimed fund.
You shall read more about the crash on visiting these website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
The Banking laws here does not allow such money to stay more than 9 years,because the money will be recalled to the Bank treasury account as unclaimed fund. this money can be shared between us in the ratio of 50/50.
By indicating your interest I will send you the full details on how the business will be executed. Please delete if you are not interested.
Regards,
Mr. Adams Kam.
Do you believe in what it conveys? are this hoax ?
7 people like this
56 responses
@magic9 (980)
• China
15 Oct 09
yeah, I have received emails like this or even more insane. It says that I am lucky to be picked up because of my honesty. Gee ! how could a person you never met or contact know your personality? And it continues that I am the lucky dog to receive his uncle's fortune as an heiress. I think the following result is within our anticipation--- that you first pay an amount of taxes to get the fortune out ! of course there is no way to cash them out but only you pay a lot.
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 09
yes I think their motive is like that, we expected to pay taxes or fees, other costs for their
@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 09
you are right, pretty .. I also have been categorized as spam
@dodyast3 (1514)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 09
Surely it is a big hoax. I did receive this email too. I just deleted straight away. One thing I am sure about, there is no one in the world will give us 6.8 million dollars or half of it like 3.4 million dollars.. wow.. it should be easy money 
. But I really curious, what would be the next step if you response to it. Are they asking for our bank account or other things? how can it be dangerous for us? I have no idea how it can be beneficial for them.
. But I really curious, what would be the next step if you response to it. Are they asking for our bank account or other things? how can it be dangerous for us? I have no idea how it can be beneficial for them.@advokatku (4033)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 09
I also do not know, man, if I respond to these emails. Just like you, I also immediately remove it. Difficult for me to imagine if I respond to this email with the hope of getting 6, 8 million dollars. The amount I could not get in Indonesia even though I became even state officials ...
@marguicha (222868)
• Chile
6 Sep 11
Do you? I think you posted this but you would not trust it. I I bet you have received a lot of them as we all have. I have inherited millions from missioners in Nigeria, got lotteries from all parts of the world and have been offererd Viagra for a number of reasons although I´m a woman.
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@oeguanghui (108)
• China
14 Nov 09
it's a bog hoax.we don't trust it.no one can earn money so easily.don't trust it.
@bdugas (3578)
• United States
17 Oct 09
It is called money laundrying. They send the money to you in their currency, and you return it to them in American money. Have already had this investigated. These are all scams to get the money they can't use into money that they can use. My bunk or junk folder is full of them each day, like the ones that say your accounts has been closed and you need to send them the info that they can use to reopen it. I used to send reply back that stated sorry I don't have a account at that bank, but was told that this only shows them that this is a good email address and they then can use that as a ways of getting and account in their name or making a drivers license in your name for them, just hit junk mail and forget it. These people try new idea each and every day and you will be surprised how many take them up on the idea, thinking they will get some big amount of money for them selves. Only to find that they have commited a crime in another country that they have never been to because the infor you sent them in reply, gave them all they needed to make an id in your name.
@derek_a (10874)
•
17 Oct 09
I have lost count of how many of these e-mail scams I have received. There has been terrible things happening in connection with them too, according to the press. Some people who feel for it have stripped of every penny they own, and apparently somebody was murdered.
I delete them without giving them a second thought. 
- Derek
- Derek
@finnyjoysarvodayite (49)
• India
17 Oct 09
lol..this is surely an hoax..i recieve them quite frequently...just delete them..and thats the best thing you can do..happy mylotting
@veronizm (907)
• Philippines
20 Oct 09
Wow! I'm so grateful you shared this. I mean, although the email is obviously a scam (you can easily tell by the 6.8million dollars, I mean, who would wanna give that big amount to a stranger?), there are still some people who will be tricked by this. I honestly didn't know that this has been circulating in the email for several years now. So far I haven't received one, and I'll be careful when I do. Again, thanks for sharing ;)
@TatianaMichaela (8)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
17 Oct 09
Hi, Advokatku,
since I have online bussiness, and my e-mail is public, I receive such e-mails everyday, several of them, from Burkina Faso, Kenya, Sri Lanka...etc, only the names are different.
I remember 14 years ago, such offers were sent by ordinary post service, in letters, on addresses of various companies.
The story is always similar - transfer of money.
But, what really happens when you accept the offer?
One my friend accepted some very alike bussiness offer, only she was promissed big credit not percentage of invesment, but story is the same...
For receiving such big amounts of money you need to pay INSURANCE for it and all various expenses and taxes which normally and "suddenly" occur in transaction. So, before "recieving" any big money, you need to pay a lot of money. Which you need to send on various accounts which hoaaxers send you. The end of story is, that after paying for "insurance", "expences", "amounts for transfer", "various taxes", promissed millions of dollars - never arrive.
My friend sold her appartment and house before she found out that her "several millions dollars big -credit " will never arrive.
I hope now the hoax is explained.
Wish you a lot of luck.
@mlh8087 (368)
• United States
16 Oct 09
You are being scammed man!
I get these things all the time. They are trying to get information about you or they are going to say we will send you this amount of money if you send us a certain about of money. Of course, they will have your money and you will see nada.
The other scam is where they are saying they need your name, SSN and other personal information to send you a check. In that case, they are trying to steal you identity.
Don't believe everything you get in your email.
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
16 Oct 09
hi advokatku,
last year i have received some of this fake mails daily,so body is telling that i am the director of some bank,and some funds are here lying without claim,he will assist us to with draw the amount just like this and some body wish to invest some thousands of dollars in India some thing and something,none of these mails are original,now a days.i am not getting this type of fake mails,beware of this type of fake mails,have a nice day
@aerous (13434)
• Philippines
17 Oct 09
I received that kind of email also and that is the same format. I don't believe to those scam email, my friend. I've my own investigation with those email and other message from the internet. Because this is also done in some social networks not only email. Some of this are disguise being the one who inherit some millions or grant from the government...It seems they are true because they called up the person saying that he is a lawyer that will process the kind. But if you ask something about international law he doesn't know anything about the regulations on processing the transaction...
Those email is scam...my friend. This will be a notice to all members here that receive that kind of email. How about you did you believe this?
@yolanda19191 (1934)
• China
17 Oct 09
first of all, certainly i wont believe it.
and i also did receive such a mails some times. the first time, curious, and read it. and after that, i deleted them directly.
@doglady112 (604)
• Canada
17 Oct 09
What ever you do, do not respond to the e-mail. It's a hoax, to try and get your information. Whenever I get e-mail like that I just use the delete button on my computer. I don't even open it, do the same my friend if you don't want your life to get messed up.
@itsmychoice (382)
• United States
16 Oct 09
I can't believe people are still falling for these scams. Don't you know that the next thing from them is for you to accept a large check, from them for say $5000 dollars maybe to cover your claim fee or something, and for you to deposit it in your bank, and for you to send a money order for $2500 to another address, and while they are cashing your $2500 check, the check they send you is bouncing all the way to the moon. Another way to say this is duh........ It's a scam to get your bank information or your money order or check to get your bank numbers off of. By the way I looked at your profile and see your a Lawyer???? I hope you have another job to fall back on, because if you don't know if this was a fraud email then you should get back to lawschool. Any kind of email that is got money waiting for you, is just a trap. There is no such thing as doing any business whatsoever by email in any country period. And even if there was a large sum of money as they say, procuring this money from an estate of someone else would be illegal and you could be jailed participating in this fraud. Do yourself a favor and just delete any such emails and you wont lose your money to these scammers. They go through news clippings for these items to make it look like it is true. So when you check up on it you would think their telling the truth. They just want to get your bank information to steal your money.
