Help needed

I dont know where to begin. And explain. Okay my mother called me, she lives in spain. And tells me that someone contacted her. Okay so, here is the deal. He is the "lawyer" of a his dead client. Which sur name is exactly the same as my mothers, and his so called client does not have any connections to his alive relatives. So he wants to split the money and cure his daughter. He gave my mother everything his passport his diploma photos of him, photos of his client. And even phone number to call. Thing is, my mom dosent speak english. Allright I want to cut to the case, I think this is scam. And i dont know how to explain this to my mother. Can you guys help me, I was surfing thro your photos of fake passports, didnt find any that looked like his. okay anyway i appreciate any help from you guys. Thanks.

[AlanJones]

It is 100% a classic advance fee scam.

The email has been amended so that the surname of the client matches that of your mother - the scammer will be sending out hundereds or thousands of such mails - each with a surname that matches the recipient.

The passport may well be a real passport and will have been stolen from a previous victim, as will the photographs and possibly the diploma (although this may just be a forgery).

There will be unexpected fees that need to be paid by your mother in order to release the funds, and as she pays each fee, another one will crop up, until she is bled dry.

Thanks, I hope that will help to open my mothers eyes. This forum is really helpful. i will stick with it you guys are great.

An easy way to explain this to your mother would be to state that a person is not entitled to an inheritance just because they have the same surname as someone who has died. In fact doing do would be illegal. She doesn't even have to be related to the person who has died as long as she has been named in the will but, of course, it would be too obvious that it's a lie if the fraudster claimed that a complete stranger has named her in their will.

The aim is to steal money from your mother in the form of fees and costs with the promise that she will receive this imaginary inheritance, but the proposition doesn't make sense and would be illegal even if it were true. You cannot receive an inheritance just because you have the same surname as someone who has died. In fact, an honest lawyer is not legally allowed to discuss details with a beneficiary until he has established that they have a legal entitlement to the money. The person your mother is dealing with isn't a lawyer but, even if he were, he's already demonstrated that he cannot be trusted.

This is a very common scam and many people have lost money from believing it. Your mother will not receive any money from this criminal.