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email stating that i am eligable to inheirit lots of money
i recieved an email stating that someone with the same last name as me died in a car wreck along with his immediate family and that he had millions of dollars in some sort of an account in africa and i am the only person that they can find with the same last name so they want to appoint me next of kin. They say that they only need me to send them my full name and address and the bank i want the money to be sent to.I told them that i did not have a bank so they said that they would send a check and all i needed to do was send that information and then travell to africa to sign for it they said incase that i couldnt go there that a lawyer could sign for me.im sure you need more information that this to go on but does it even sound legit. the phone number they gave me is 12347238150. It is suppost to be the union bank im not sure of what the rest of it is called due to i couldnt understand the man on the phone. thank you for your time. Nicole
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Re: email stating that i am eligable to inheirit lots of money
This scam has been going on since before email was invented.
Delete and forget!
Re: email stating that i am eligable to inheirit lots of money
Do not respond or do anything requested in the email. This is a huge nigerian scam, as you can verify thru any search engine on the net. responding and/or following these criminals' directions has cost some not only their bank account assets, but their lives. Just ignore these idiots or report them to law enforcement.
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