New scam I think

Hi, I just registered today to post this because I never saw this before and I think I'm being scammed big time not sure about it or anything:

Dear Censored

I am Barrister Andrew Williams, a solicitor at law,personal attoney to Mr. Pater Schur a national Of your country,who used to work with Shell Development Company in Lome Togo. Here in after shall be referred to as my client. On the 21st of April 2009, my client, his wife and their only daughter were involved in a car accident along Nouvissi express Road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost therelives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts,I decided to track his last name over the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.I have contacted you to assist in repartrating the fund valued at US$8.5 million left behind by my client before it gets confisicated or declared unserviceable by the Security Finance Firm where this huge amount were deposited. The said Security Finance Company has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have his account confisicatedwithin the next twenty one official working days.
Since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives for over 2years now, I seek the consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last names, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, we shall then discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for transfer.I have all necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim.

All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. please get back to me via my private email [email protected]

Best Regard
Andrew
00228-9241592

This is a definite scam.

It is actually not uncommon, though the names change. You can find several examples of it in the advance fee fraud forum here, as that is what it is. There is no attorney, and no inheritance. There is an African scammer, sitting at a computer playing multiple roles and creating fake documents and even websites to make it look like the money exists. The intent of this scam is to convince you to pay various "fees" to release the (nonexistent) money. In the end, the only money moving anywhere would be yours--into the scammer's pocket.

Thanks for the reply sir, I figured it was a hoax just by the way he contacted me, and that my relative who I we know me and my mother know is still missing how there, I thank you for telling me about that.

Do an Internet search on "Nouvissi express Road", and you get over 20,000 hits. And that's just the extremely rich who died on it. I don't know if the road actually exists, but if it does, avoid it like the plague.