Joshua David / John Lekal - Next of Kin/Dying Widower scams

This is the intial Next-of-Kin email from a scammer who calls himself Joshua David. He may send it from one of these email addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Hello,  
 
Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events. Well, I am Joshua David, a Solicitor and the Personal Attorney to Late Mr. George Stearns  a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Produits petroliers (TOTAL BENIN) in Benin Republic West Africa.
 
On the 26th of November 2003, my client, His wife and their three Children were involved in a car accident Along Sagbama express-road. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.
 
After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank here. These huge deposits were lodged particularly; with the "BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN (BAB)" An affiliate of Commercial Bank of Africa where the Deceased had an account valued about $6.500.000.00 Dollars (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only).
 
The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.. Since I have been unsuccessful in Locating the relatives for over Five years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country with him so that the proceeds of this account valued about $6.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then the sharing ratio should be 50% for me and 50% for you, I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up with our claim we will make with the Bank.
 
All I require is your honest cooperation in regards to this transaction and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.     
 
l await your reply as soon as possible.       
 
Best Regards
Joshua David

His IP Address is mostly 41.222.192.69 (Benin). Though he has been known to send emails from 41.191.85.101 or 41.191.86.149 (also Benin). and occasional others.

He also sends the above email in the name of John Lekal, and may change the name of his late client to Mr George Martins:

Well, I am John Lekal, a Solicitor and the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.George Martins a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Produits petroliers (TOTAL BENIN) in Benin Republic West Africa.

When using the name John Lekal, he may use these email addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]

In both cases, his second email is as follows:

How is your health today, coupled with your work and family? Hope fine.
 
I appreciate your concern towards working with me in this regards, in regards to your questions, first of all, I will like to tell you that the bank have been disturbing me to provide a next of kin to my late client and after my search, I found out that he is related to you. If your grand grand parents are still alive, they might know my late cleint George Stearns [or GeorgeMartins]

I want to thank you for your interest in this transaction which was full of hope and deep faith that God has arranged the means for a successful business relationship. This relationship will lead to a strong deep friendship. Actually, I feel that God has blessed it, so it will be beneficial to our families for good and happy life. 
 
If this transaction does not require a foreigner, I do not think I need a second Party. I can single handily do it alone. I know that you might be wondering why I have decided to trust you with this huge sum but the truth is that I need you to pull out this money before our corrupt Government will confiscate it and use it for their selfish interest. I know also that you will be amazed at the level of trust that I am willing to place in a person that I have never seen nor spoken.
 
So, I need an open co-operation in a climate of trust. I always believe that everyone and every single creature of this world would be ! responsible of his or her deeds before almighty GOD whether they are from the same, Country or not. I hope that you are proud of the trust that I have in you.
 
However, as soon as the money is confirmed into your account, I shall come over to your country for investment because I shall like to invest part of my share in your country in which I shall require your assistance in the investment project.
 
Now, I am assuring you that this endeavour is 100% safe as long as you will maintain the absolute confidentiality it requires and follow my instructions technically as I am a serving attorney and would not like anything that would jeopardize my devoted years of service with the law firm.
 
I look upon this fortunate opportunity as a divine intervention from almighty God to lift me up and change my life condition after so many years of long sufferings with my family as the corrupt Government fails to take care of her responsibilities. Re! ally, this is a financial blessing from God.
 
Upon the rec eipt of your reply, I shall then send to you the TEXT of application that you will apply to the bank officially for the claim as the next of kin to Late Mr.George Stearns [or George Martins], and I will use my position to see for its approval for immediate payment into the account. Everything will be step by step ok.
 
It is my wish to establish a long lasting relationship with you and your family. Extend my regards to your dear family. Thanking you for your sincere spirit of partnership which you have exhibited.  Pls Call me with my private telephone number +229-96221116 to confirm the receipt of this email.

Then he introduces the Banque Atlantique du Benin:

I found it very pleasant email you once more. I know that it will continue to amaze you on how God works at a time of uncertainty. They used to say that all that started well ends well. Do not worry; everything is going to be alright.
 
Right now, below is the text of application, which will serve as a formal application for the claim., you will send it to the BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN, through the bank's email contact so that it will be clear to read, for the approval of this fund in your name and favour as the next of kin to Late George Martins and for further transfer into your bank account.
 
Then write a follow up letter, reference it to Mrs Stella Souza, the customer's service manager. I will use my good position during the board meeting to facilitate the approval. I want you to follow every directive that I will be given you in-order for this money to enter into your designated bank account.  You do not! have to worry, I will take care of all paper works.
 
Please, before sending this application to the bank, try to send a copy to my private box so that I will cross-check the whole information first in-order to avoid any mistake and if the bank contacts you, please try and let me know as well, so that I will direct you on what to do. This is how and what you will write as a follow up letter to the bank with the form well filled. Then, you send it to the bank: Attn: Mrs Stella Souza, (the customer's service manager.)
 
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN
ADDRESS: C/ 1775 GUINKOMEY COTONOU-BENIN
E-mail: [email protected]
PHONE / FAX : ( 00229)-21323549

Other email addresses used are:

[email protected]
[email protected]

A fake bank employee will later introduce a barrister:

AFTER DUE VERIFICATIONS, WE HAVE AT THIS JUNCTURE CONCLUDED THAT YOU
ARE THE RIGHTFUL INHERITANCE OF THESE FUND.
 
WE HEREBY ADVISE YOU TO PRESENT TO THIS BANK, THESE 4 (FOUR) DOCUMENTS UNDER 7 (SEVEN) BANKING DAYS. THESE ARE THE DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FROM YOU.
 
1. AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM FROM HIGH COURT OF BENIN
2. THE DEATH CERTIFICATE OF THE DECEASED
3. A COPY OF YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR DRVING LICENSE
4. ECOWAS REG.  CERTIFICATE
 
AS SOON AS THESE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS ARE PRESENTED TO THIS BANK, YOUR FUND WILL BE TRANSFERRED IMMEDIATELY UNDER 48 BANKING HOURS TO YOUR NORMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
 
YOU HAVE TO BE IN PERSONS WITHIN 7 BANKING DAYS WITH THESE DEMANDED
DOCUMENTS IN-ORDER TO COMPLETE THE INHERITANCE PROCESS AND ENHANCE THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
 
THESE DOCUMENTS WILL AUTHORIZE THIS BANK TO TRANSFER YOUR FUND TO YOUR NORMINATED BANK ACCOUNT.
 
TAKE NOTE: ALTERNATIVELY BECAUSE OF WORK LOAD, IF YOU CANNOT BE ABLE TO COME DOWN IN PERSON WITH THESE DOCUMENTS, YOU ARE ALLOWED TO SOLICITE FOR THE ASSISTANCE OF A GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED ATTORNEY TO ASSIST YOU SIGN AND SUBMIT THE FINAL PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND ON YOUR BEHALF IN-ORDER TO COMPLETE THE INHERITANCE PROCESS.
 
INCASE YOU DON'T HAVE A GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED ATTORNEY HERE IN
COTONOU-BENIN TO ASSIST YOU SIGN AND SUBMIT THE FINAL PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FOR THE TRANSFER OF YOUR FUND.
 
THIS BANK HAVE A GOVERNMENT ACCREDITED ATTORNEY ASSIGNED TO THIS BANK BY THE BENINOISE CENTRAL BANK TO ASSIST FOREIGN CLAIMS. YOU CAN
SOLICITE FOR HIS ASSISTANCE.
 
HE IS BY NAME BARRISTER KINGSLEY OKORO
E-MAIL ADDRESS: [email protected]
MOBILE PHONE NUMBER: +229-21149108
OFFICE ADDRESS: CARRE 354 SCOA GBETTO, COTONOU , BENIN REPUBLIC.
 
IT WILL COST YOU £ 1.870 FOR THE BANK ACCREDITED ATTORNEY TO HELP YOU GET ALL NEEDED DOCUMENTS AND ALSO PAY THE B2 TAXES TO THE GOVERNMENT.
 
We look forward in hearing from you.
 
Best regards,

MRS. HELEN UTURU (Sec).

The fake Barrister Kingsley Okoro also uses this information:

Barr. Kingsley Okoro.
Kings Chambers and associates,
Cotonou, Benin Republic.                                                                  
Mobile: +229-97728650
Landline: +229-21149108
Fax: +229-21314148

There may also be contact from a fake Tax Officer, email address: [email protected]

I had received a long distance telephone call from my Lawyer friend, Mr. King Okoro. I will be willing to assist you get the right form to fill out for the inheritance tax but before that, you must have to clear tax owed locally by Late George Stearns. Then I can call the Benin tax office to get their calculation and tax receipts which I have to submit to the tax office here for proper inheritance tax calculation. The forms you need to fill depend on the value of the estate and where the deceased lived at the time of death. Inheritance Tax forms are part of the probate process even if the estate doesn't owe Inheritance Tax.

Mr. King Okoro, mentioned about double taxation over the phone.  A double taxation agreement will prevent you from having to pay full inheritance tax twice in both countries but this agreement does not apply to all countries‚ for example Benin Republic does not come under this agreement. However in these cases under the Inheritance Tax Act 1984 you should be able to apply for a credit for inheritance tax paid overseas. Tax laws vary from country to country and it is important to get clear‚ professional advice. We must get the exact value of your inheritance in Benin before proceeding further.
 
The inheritance tax can be calculated after you have paid tax locally in Benin, you must obey the Benin Tax law
 
After you might have cleared tax locally in Benin on Monday, I will email or fax the right form you need to fill for inheritance tax on Tuesday morning.
 
Best Regards,
S.U. Morgan

All these people (Joshua David, John Lekal, employees of the Banque Atlantique du Benin, Barrister Kingsley Okoro, and Mr S U Morgan) are inventions of the same scammer, who writes all the emails, pretending to be each one of them, trying to persuade people to believe his scam, and send him money.

At the same time, he may attempt tricking you into giving him the password of your email account.

Dear Yahoo Account User,

Due to the congestion in the Yahoo system database, There will be removal of all unused Yahoo Accounts, Yahoo (Inc) would be shutting down all unused Accounts.

You will have to verify and confirm your e-mail in the account information box on the right hand side by filling out your login details after clicking the reply botton, or your account will be suspended/terminated within 24 hours for security reasons.

After following the instructions in the sheet, your account will not be interrupted nor terminated and will continue as normal.

Thanks for your attention to this request, we apologize for any inconvenience this might cause you.

Warning!!! Account owner that refuses to update his or her account before two weeks of receiving this warning will lose his or her account permanently...

or:

This is the yahoo collection team. You need to send the following information below in order to verify your yahoo account:

Yahoo Id:
Password:
Country:
Date of birth:

We sent you a notification email yesterday. You are hereby adviced to send the above mentioned information to our collection email address: [email protected] . You have been blocked from sending email to our other account as you did not comply with our 24 hours rules.

Once we receive the above information, we shall keep your Yahoo account active.

Yahoo team.

He may send a phishing mail like those above from:

[email protected]
[email protected]

And finally, when a potential scam victim stops writing to him, he may send an email like this:

Hello,

Good day to you and your family.I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds transferred under the co-operation of a new partner from Belgium. Presently I am in Belgium for investment projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts you made in getting your winnings sent to your delivery address, despite that it failed us some how, Now contact my personal adviser in Benin his name is (David Anthony),Find below his contact information.
 
Name: David Anthony
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone Number: +229-96221117
FAX NUMBER: +229-21109108
 
Ask him to send you the total $550,000.00 (FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS) certified bank Check, which I raised in your favour for your compensation for all the past efforts you have made in this matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very,much.
 
So feel free and get in touched with my secretary and give him your address
where to send the check to you.Please do let me know immediately you receive the Check to enable us share the joy after all the sufferness at that time. In the moment,I am very busy here because of the investment projects,which the new partner and me are having at hand,finally,remember that I have forwarded instruction to the secretary on your behalf to receive that money. So feel free to get in touch with him (Evangelist David Anthony ) without any delay.
 
Best regards,
Joshua David.

The same scammer as above, still calling himself Joshua David, may send a very similar email from these email addresses:

[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]

Hello,

Please kindly accept my apology for sending unsolicited mail to you. I believe you are a highly respected personality, considering the fact that I sourced your profile from a human resource profile database on your country. Though, I do not know to what extent you are familiar with events. Well, I am Joshua David, a Solicitor and the Personal Attorney to Late Mr.Michael Stearns a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Produits petroliers (TOTAL BENIN) in Benin Republic West Africa.

On the 26th of November 2003, my client, His wife and their three Children were involved in a car accident Along Sagbama express-road. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident. Since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my client's extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence, I contacted you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank here. These huge deposits were lodged particularly; with the "BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN (BAB)" An affiliate of Commercial Bank of Africa where the Deceased had an account valued about $6.500.000.00 Dollars (Six Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars Only).

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated.. Since I have been unsuccessful in Locating the relatives for over Five years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you are from the same country with him so that the proceeds of this account valued about $6.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then the sharing ratio should be 50% for me and 50% for you, I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up with our claim we will make with the Bank.

All I require is your honest cooperation in regards to this transaction and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.

l await your reply as soon as possible.
Please Reply me through this email address below.

[email protected]

Best Regards
Joshua David

After this, however, the IP Address is mostly 41.222.195.121 (Cotonou, Benin), and may indicate that a scamming colleague takes over the scam from the original scammer.

From this IP Address, a different bank and a different style of writing may be used:

Thanks foryour earlier respond.
 
What you need to do right nowto have the full right of this commission, you are requested to scan your passport copy or driving lience/ full address and your occoupation and age/ marital status or ID CARD something that will hesiting the bank to know that you are the beneficiary of this fund, i have requested a lawyer to arrange all the back up paperworkes that will vest this fund into your account without any problem ok.
 
Therefor, it is your chance to make sure you cooperat with me so that i can ask a lawyer to make all the paperworkes to your name,so that you can be able to received this payment fund into your account within 24h, all the Certificat is avaliable,only forward to me all the necessary information so that we can move on.
 
I am hoping to hear from you urgently.
 
THANKS
MR.JOSHUA DAVID
TEL:00229-97012562

Thanks for your mail. Kindly contact the bank as directed to you yesterday, requested them their Aplication forms to be fill out by you ok, i have told the bank that you are the beneficiary of this fund, and you are the next of kin, yes this is done.

So you must contact with the bank first let them know you, as i have explain things about you to them so they said that they want to hear from you.

Then after that, i am going to introduces you to the lawyer where you will obtain the certificat of being a next of kin ok. i will give you the lawyer contact ok, as soon as you contacted with the bank and hear from them first ok.

This is how you need to run this transaction so that this fund will clear into your account without any problem, and you shall keep it confidentially, do not disclose to anybody, this because that people will not advice you to made away with my fund, we have to invest this fund together in your country ok, this is my planed for now. so try hard to cooperat with all the proceedures from the bank and from the lawyer whom i am going to give you his contact ok.

The bank contact info:

Fortisbank France -Aflited Ecobank Sarl
Huispost U01.13.21
wagadogu 6521
3500 GA Utrecht
portnovo
Cotonou Benin republic
West African Region
email: [email protected]
http://www.fortisbank.com
Tel:00229-21337286
Fax:00229-2133757

Attention: Mr.MR.Jim Ovia
(Bank Director)
Official email: [email protected]

THANKS
LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM YOU
MR.DAVID JOSHUA

This is to get you informed that Mr.David Joshua, has informed us about
your late brother funds which belongs to you, and you are the said next of
kin to him, therefore we hereby attached to you perusals view and fill to
be return for the next aproval order for this transfer, we hereby enclose
to you our Application forms which requested by you.

We would like you to honour our service to regarding the release of this
fund into your account, you shall acknowledge us with the fees of
re-activation of your late brother account, so that we could be able to
move this fund into your account smoothly without any problem from the (
IMF) International Monetary Fund.


The Re-activation fees charges is $300usd only.
You are requested to fill the forms and return it with this re-activation
fees only,you are not requested to pay the amount view in those forms ok.
pay only $300usd.

Via Western Union money transfer:
Sender Name-----------------------
Receiver Name----Nyoum EMMANUEL
Question------------Benin
Anwser--------------Benin
Amount-------------$300 usd
MTCN Number------------------------------------
Sender country Name--------------------------

Receiver Address----Huispost U01.13.21
wagadogu 6521,Cotonou Benin republic
West African Region


To all our clients, a customer should always abide on our instruction to
be sending also a copy of any mail to the director private email bellow.

Mrs.Nyoum EMMANUEL
(Casher/Secretary)

Mr. Alfred Cheerif
Manager
(Foreign Remittance Department)

MR.Jim Ovia
(Bank Director)
Commercial-- email: [email protected]
Tel.00229-93232178

Here is another version of a scam letter sent by Joshua David:

From: "Joshua David" <[email protected]>
To: undisclosed recipients: ;
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010
Subject: Hello, Urgent reply needed.

Josh and sons Law Firm
No R.C. 5468-A
Guinkomè¬ Rue Roi Dakodonou Carré ´o 48
01 BP 0242 Cotonou-Benin Republic


Greetings,



I am Joshua David, Private attorney to Late Mr.Michael Arnott who used to work as the Director of Société Nationale de Commercialisation des Produits Pétroliers (TOTAL) Oil Company in Porto-Novo, Benin Republic West Africa, On the 27th of November 2004, my client, His wife and their three Children were involved in a car accident Along Port Novo express-road. Unfortunately, they all lost their lives in the event of the accident

I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients Late Mr. Michael Arnott extended relatives but all efforts was just in vain.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 know more about your family discussions in the Repatriating of the money left  behind by my Late Client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Diamond Bank West Africa.These huge deposits were lodged particularly, with the "Diamond Bank Benin "where the Deceased had an account valued at about $12.8 million dollars (Twelve Million Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars).


The Bank has issued me a notice to inform the relatives of my client or have the account confiscated, Since I have been unsuccessful in Locating the relatives for over three years. Now, i will like to know your desicion over huge amount of money $12.8 million dollars. I will procure all Necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal through.


I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect your Family from any breach of the law,if that is your Family worries from claiming his funds.


Best Reguard
Joshua David Esq.

Here are some more names and addresses which the scammer uses for sending variations of the above scam.

JOSHUA DAVID - [email protected]

Law firm30 - [email protected]

JOSHUA DAVID - [email protected]>

BarristerPaulMedesse - [email protected]

Paul Medesse Law Firm
06 BP T 235 République du Bénin
Telephone:(00229)-98729108
E-mail: [email protected]

BARRISTER PAUL MEDESSE
06 BP T 235 Akpakpa,Cotonou
République du Bénin
Telephone: (00229) - 987 29 108

BarristerJerryChitu - [email protected]

Barrister Jerry CHITU
06 BP 9009 Akpakpa, Cotonou
République du Bénin
Telephone: (00229) - 96807765

This is also from the same scammer as the 'Joshua David' emails.

IP address: 41.222.192.69 - Benin

from Maître Rafikou Alabi <[email protected]>
reply-to [email protected]
date Thu, Feb 11, 2010
subject Hello, reply as soon as possible.

Greetings,

I am Maître Rafikou Alabi, Private attorney to Late Mr. George Arnott who used to work as the Director of Société Nationale de Commercialisation des Produits Pétroliers (TOTAL) Oil Company in Porto-Novo, Benin Republic West Africa.

My client died in a car acciedent along side with his wife and three children. I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients Late Mr. George Arnott extended relatives but all efforts was just in vain.

[continues with identical words to the email above]

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect your Family from any breach of the law,if that is your Family worries from claiming his funds.

I await your reply ASAP.

Best Reguard
Maître Rafikou Alabi

'Joshua David' is now also sending out a Dying Widower scam. IP address 41.222.192.69 - Benin.

From: Joshua David <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 4 Mar 2010
Subject: Hello, please Contact him.

Hello,

Please take your time to read this message; although we have never met before, this is no spam. It's a real message sent to you. I know also that you will be amazed at the level of trust that I am willing to place in a person that I have never seen nor spoken with.

My name is Joshua David, I had a heart operation on the 13-01-2010 and the Doctors have just informed me that I can not live longer; I had a serious bleeding after the operation. I have decided to release to you the total sum of $2.970.000.00 (Two million Nine Hundred and seventy Thousand US DOLLARS) deposited with my Bank; I want you to use these amount to make the world a better place for the poor and less privileged, help the needy and also help your family members. I have no child, no wife, and no family; lost my whole family to a fatal accident in London. I have no other option as my days on earth are numbered, This is no joke. It's true we don't receive emails like this everyday, today is a different day so it's time for "REAL CHANGE" I will turn 77 years a day after tomorrow.
I took this decision because I was raised in an Orphanage and presently, I'm hospitalized at Benin Saint Luke hospital, where I am undergoing treatment. I was raised in in an Orphanage so my wife too, I don't have any relatives. That’s why I have decided to contact you so that you can make good use of the money which I willed to you. Everyone around me here is just waiting for me to die, they all want to grab my money and nothing else. I hate evil minded people and that’s why I want you to now contact my bank manager:

Contact name: David Anthony.
Email address: [email protected]
Office address: Rue 131 Saint Rita, Cotonou Benin Republic.

He will direct you on what to do to receive funds immediately; I have passed on my instructions to him so feel free to contact him. Please make sure you contact my bank manager, he is the only one that can respond to you in due time. I wish you the very best in life. Always pray for my soul to rest in perfect peace, I would be a very happy man even in death if you use these funds for Good work to help humanity. I am 77 years old now and was good to everyone... please assure me that you would help me carry on the good work.

Joshua David.

NB: Do not fail to contact my bank manager, because I might not be able to respond to your email in due time because of my ill health. Direct all questions to the bank's manager

This is being used in the Joshua David Next-of-Kin scam.

IP Address: 41.222.195.121 - Cotonou, Benin

from: Taxenforcement Agencyfrance <[email protected]>

TAX ENFORCEMENT AGENCY FRANCE MONACO
(T.E.A.M)
19, Avenue D' Ostende
MC 98000 Monaco France
Tel:+3779-7804-170

You have to get back to us with immediate effect

Sir/Madam,

We the above Taxenforcement agency has did a control of checking funds going outside the country, with the International Monetary fund(IMF) and we have stop your fund not to enter into your account, due to you did not acknowledge this office with the Inheritance Charge sum of 20.000.00POUNDS, together with tendering of documents to proved that this fund is not for Anti-terorrist act No°19 Jun 12.

Therefore, we requested The beneficiary of this Inheritant fund to quickly provid to us the clearance certificate together with the Inheritant Charges fees20.000pounds for immediate release of your fund, so that it can enter into your account within 72hours, we have fax a paper to our General office in American Region called HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL LAWS .

NOTICE - You have to COMPLY WITH ALL UNITED STATES Request Law and Inheritant Charges fee of 20.000pounds,

You are requested to transfer the Inheritant payment fee of 20.000pounds into the account which the homeland security provided, the payment of this Inheritant must be paid to day by the beneficiary of this Inheritant fund which has stop on the way, to enable us permit your fund into your account as we made mention to you urgently.

Below are the account information from America where the payment should be made and forward to us immediately the payment slip for us to confirm that this payment has been made.

You have to Transfer the Inheritant charges fee into below account to America, and get us informed with the attachment tansfer slip from your bank, so that we can release your fund into your account.

BANK NAME: SOVEREIGN BANK BRANCH-USA
BANK ADDRESS: 1462 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union, New Jersey 07083
BANK ROUTING #: 231372691
SWIFT CODE: SVRN US33
ACCOUNT NAME: *********
ACCOUNT NUMBER: *********

GEN:CHERIFF PAKOU
Director

Mr.JAMES MACK
HOMELAND SECURITY

A few small changes have been made in this initial next-of-kin scam mail, and it is being sent from and containing different email addresses.

The scammer may insert a recipient's own surname into this type of scam mail. This has been indicated in the text by [surname].

IP Address: 81.91.231.254 - Suspected Proxy, Benin

From: "Joshua David" <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, 5 March, 2010

From Barrister Joshua David
01 BP 1910 Cotonou, Benin
Email:[email protected]

Attn [surname]:

I am Barrister Joshua David, the personal attorney at law to Late Ing. Michael [surname], a national of your country, who used to work as the Director of Petroliers in (TOTAL BENIN) by Benin Republic West Africa Here in after, shall be referred to as my client.

On 27th of May 2004 my client also His wife and their three Children were involved in a car accident Along Grossi express-road. All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved Unsuccessful.

After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track His Surname name over the Internet, to locate any member of the Family with the last name only that is why I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist in Repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank here. These huge deposits were lodged particularly, with the "BANQUE ATLANTIQUE DU BENIN (BAB)" An affiliate of Commercial Bank of Africa where the Deceased had an account valued at about US$18.5 million dollars.

The Bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated. Since I have been unsuccessful in Locating the relatives for over four years now I seek your consent To present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have The same last name with him, so that the proceeds of this account valued at US$18.5 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can Share the money. 40% to me and 60% to you as the family relative, then we will procure all the Necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this Deal through.

I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. And the way we are going to achieve this is I will need the following important information from you, please I am very serious about this case nothing like joke inside this case matter, I am very serious to the following important information's from you as details.

Your Full Name and Address,
Your Age,
Occupation and Position,
Your Telephone and Mobile for Communication Purpose.

Please get back to me through this email address below.
[email protected]

I await your reply ASAP.

Best Regards,
Joshua David.

Just thought I'd let you know that I've received the same email, personalised with my surname, but sent to my inbox on Facebook account.