Some time ago I recieved an e-mail from someone who knew a business
friend ,that had passed away in an egyptian airflight 5 years ago.
She(the sender of the e-mail) is friend and business partner to the
man who did business with the decedent of the plane crash . He
obviously has tried to get the decedents leftover funds from the bank
in Europe , I'm supposing they were business partners together and the
decedent retained the business funds in the bank . She stated that he
was told that a foreigner cannot be the beneficiary to a foreigners
funds. Sooo..., An e-mail gets sent to you designating you as the
beneficiary . YOU are asked to give to that bank , all the
particulars,and a document has been sent to you for signing . You're
told to put your mind at ease as it is all 100% legal and that a
"Mandabus" has been set forth in regards to the account. you're also
told that the bank KNOWS of your beneficiary status . Now ; If all
goes as planned according to this person , all 3 parties would have a
30% share and 10% would go for all the legalities,taxes,etc.

     My question is; Can someone really do that? Is that legal? I
raised the question to her as to the legality of this. She has tried
to reassure me that she too is a law abiding person,and doesn't want
to get in any troubles,and that she wasn't so sure herself she would
not risk it on my account,but she is quite certain that all things
will fall in place if I just send in the document,and that if there
are any questions to notify her ,so as to guide me on what to do next
.

     Bottom line:Is this LEGAL or Not ? I have sent nothing , and WILL
NOT till I can get an answer that is clear as to the legal issues .
Sounds Fraudulent to me, to make a claim on funds that you're not heir
to nor named beneficiary by the decedent.

     Please render an answer ,because I want the sender to read what
the LEGALITIES really are.    Thanks, Mr.George

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Request for Question Clarification by thx1138-ga on 21 Feb 2005 09:42 PST

Hello quixalit and thank you for your question.

By chance was the fatal flight on the 31st October 1999 in an
"Egyptian airline 990" ?

Very best regards

THX1138

This sounds like an advanced fee fraud - 99.99% sure - no it is 100%

Generally known as 419 after the Nigerian penal code for this crime.
This sort of crime is peculiar to Nigerians. The Email may come from
anywhere, and the sender might pretend to be a woman - but it will
really have come from a Nigerian guy - probably in an internet cafe -
and he could be in Nigeria, Canada, Amsterdam, Barcelona, London - one
was even caught in Wales.

There is no money, but you will be steadily milked of dollars to pay a
'barrister' that is what those jokers call a lawyer.
If you are really unlucky they'll get your bank account details, and
the worst case is that they will ask you to turn up somewhere and
kidnap you.

Here are some links
http://www.419legal.com/
www.419eater.com
www.fraudaid.com 

Google on: 419 nigerian advanced fee fraud
http://tinyurl.com/43rx6

Here is an example - note the 'madamus'

PRIVATE AND URGENT.

I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer
of a hugh sum of money from a deceased account. Though
I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make
any one apprehensive and worried,but I am assuring you
that all will be well at the end of the day. We
decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction.

PROPOSITION;

We discovered an abandoned sum of US$20,000,000.00
(Twenty Million Dollars) in an account that belongs to
one of our foreign customers who died along with his
entire family. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin
or relations has come forward to lay claims to this
money as the heir.

We cannot release the fund from his account unless
someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines. Upon
this discovery, we now seek your permission to have
you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as all
documentations will be carefully worked out by us for
the funds (US$20,000,000.00)to be released in your
favour as the beneficiary's next of kin.

It may interest you to note that we have secured from
the probate an order of madamus to locate any of
deceased beneficiaries.Please acknowledge receipt of
this message in acceptance of our mutual business
endeavour by furnishing me with the following;

1. Beneficiary name and address.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.

These requirements will enable us file a letter of
claim to the appropriate departments for necessary
approvals in your favour before the transfer can be
made. We shall be compensating you with 2 Million
Dollars on final conclusion of this project, while the
rest shall be for us.

Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for
us for investment purposes.

If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take
undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,
I await your urgent


Regards,MR YUSUF KABILA

This is 100% a scam!  My husband and I have been getting the same
types of e-mails in most of our e-mail accounts and there was one that
my husband received yesterday that was sent to about 200 yahoo
addresses at one time.

There is also another scam going around about winning overseas
lotteries that says your name or e-mail address was assigned to
certain lottery numbers but because of much confusion they need you to
verify yourself and keep it confidentail until they got it sorted out.
 This is 100% scam!

Wait, there's more.......another scam comes from an unknown source
that said if I clicked on the link in my e-mail I would become a
"POWER SELLER" on ebay.  E-bay never requires you to click on a link
in an e-mail, so watch out for this one too!

I hope this help in your search for answers.
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I see literally /hundreds/ of these emails a week.  They are not
legal, they are a scam.  There is no doubt about it.