Estate and Inheritance Scams

Posted at July 1, 2009

Wow, you’ve just inherited a truckload of money from a relative that you didn’t know existed. The scammers will try anything to get your money. What’s going to happen here is they will ask for your bank account numbers and passwords so that they can wire you your money. What will actually happen is … they will clean you out.

If you phone the number, they will have a VERY COMPELLING story of why you inherited. They will use intimidation tactics, greed tactics, basically anything that works to get your information. The number you phone may be a high priced incoming call number that you have to pay the charges on … they will keep you on the phone forever!

Don’t phone. Don’t even let your heart rate increase by one pulse rate per minute. This is a SCAM. Delete. Don’t even open the email. Just DELETE.

Here is a recent example:

Date:	Mon, 16 Apr 2007 8:35 AM
From:	“PETERS AND PETERS LAW FIRM” <mjn8535@cox.net>
To:	undisclosed-recipients@, @
Subject:	On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of late Engr. Miklos S. Abdulaziz. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email address stated on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Miklos S. Abdulaziz made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Seven Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$7,100.000.00 ) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL. late Engr. Miklos S. Abdulaziz until his death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical Engineers. He was a very dedicated Christian who loved to be involved in charitable projects. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. late Engr. Miklos S. Abdulaziz died on the 13th day of February, 2006 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution.According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you this time as I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time.Yours in Service, BARRISTER: Stephen McCann.TEL: +66-704-571-5559