[Darield]

Apparently last week a large number of letters were sent out either from a supposed English law firm (letter sent from Texas) or a Canadian law firm stating we had a relative pass and they would be willing to bypass unclaimed funds and give us the millions. On Next Door Neighbor, at least 50 people have received one of these letters. They pull the name of the law firm and someone who works there from the Internet. So far, all the letter were received this past week. I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet.

[Dotneko]

We received one also. Fun thinking about it, but Sean (long greek name) in Ireland was unlikely. And why did it come to me - who has the name by marriage - instead of my husband lol.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by Darield

Apparently last week a large number of letters were sent out either from a supposed English law firm (letter sent from Texas) or a Canadian law firm stating we had a relative pass and they would be willing to bypass unclaimed funds and give us the millions. On Next Door Neighbor, at least 50 people have received one of these letters. They pull the name of the law firm and someone who works there from the Internet. So far, all the letter were received this past week. I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet.

Sometimes I miss those letters from Lagos. At least they were creative and I got a free Nigerian stamp.


Nigerian prince scams still rake in over $700,000 a year Access Denied

[Topspinmo]

I classify that and many more as junk mail. How do I do this? don’t call/contact me I’ll call you. So anything I don’t want to make call goes in trash which so far 100%. Funny how everybody wants to give away money by mail or internet. In this particular case don’t think person receiving these outrageous claims know whether they have any long lost relatives that was ungodly rich? I have none so no brainer for me. And if I did somebody up chain already for it.

[mtdjed]

Originally Posted by Darield

Apparently last week a large number of letters were sent out either from a supposed English law firm (letter sent from Texas) or a Canadian law firm stating we had a relative pass and they would be willing to bypass unclaimed funds and give us the millions. On Next Door Neighbor, at least 50 people have received one of these letters. They pull the name of the law firm and someone who works there from the Internet. So far, all the letter were received this past week. I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet.

My wife received one from the English Law firm informing her that a possible relative of hers died 10 years ago in a construction accident in Great Britain. Letter came in white envelope (from Houston) with no external return address.

Only trouble is that her relatives would have a last name ending in "ski" instead of her married last name.

Incidentally the lawyer's last name was Patel and he ?truly? does have a practice in Great Britain and has been fined for paying his employees less than the minimum wage.

He must be trying to recover that fine.

Oh well what's another 20,000,000 pounds?

[CarlR33]

Not opened junk mail and shredded, LOL. Most likely the reason no ones has complained.

[RICH1]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Sometimes I miss those letters from Lagos. At least they were creative and I got a free Nigerian stamp.


Nigerian prince scams still rake in over $700,000 a year Access Denied

Nigerian Post Marks & Stamps are collector items!

[Ignatz]

Ironically we received a similar letter about 2 or 3 years ago.

Turns out I had a distant relative (sibling of grandparent) pass on with no will or direct beneficiaries.

The law firm that contacted me (and my direct relatives) had put together a list of possible heirs of which we were part of.

After a couple years of legal formalities, the list of family members was complete and the estate was distributed and closed.

It was definitely strange going through the process while being wary of it being a possible scam.

However the check did clear earlier this year AND it also gave my brother new insight into our family tree as all the relatives that were paid were listed in an “organization chart” format on the paperwork.

[djlnc]

We got one of these letters recently. The interesting thing is when you look at the contact information there is a website that 'appears' legit for the law office in Ontario. But when you look at the domain info it was created a couple months ago by Kalu Umeh in Abu Dhabi. I sent via snail mail a copy of the letter to the consumer affairs office in Ontario - not that they will actually care.

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by RICH1

Nigerian Post Marks & Stamps are collector items!

I feel gyped never got it via regular mail only email.

[Minoletti]

you mean, I am NOT getting that money?

[PersonOfInterest]

I'm in process to receive roughly 10 million of which I have to compensate the law firm a portion of. Who would have known that I had a relative out there worth that much money. Apparantly the family never told me about Aunt Mildred. What a surprise.

[UpNorth]

Got one of those letters from "Ayub Patel" at Lex Solicitors as well. Didn't realize they had an office in Houston. Anyway, sad to hear my relative "Liam" died 10 years ago and left a ton of cash. Looking at the contact information you can see the differences between these and the real contact information from the legit operation. Reminds me of the fun I had with a phone call from "Publishers Clearing House" a few years ago. A very legit-sounding mature guy had millions for me. When I asked why the "Prize Patrol" has not shown up on my doorstep with cameras, he blamed Covid. And when I offered just to drive over to Port Washington Long Island to pick up the check, he finally dropped the F-bomb and hung up. But he really worked long and hard on this one. Wasted at least 20 minutes of his time.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

My parents bought some insurance policies through their financial advisor, on strangers - apparently it's a thing. They're called "life settlements" and pay the death benefit when the insured person dies. So every once in awhile we get a call from the financial guy informing us that we have money. The last one was $18,000. The next one will likely be around $20,000. Sister and I split it, after kicking a portion back to the care of my dad. Our parents bought them in my and my sister's names, they're our policies. But they're "set it and forget it" policies and we never even thought about their existence for almost 20 years.

I'm glad the person this last policy is for, is living a long life. I hope it's healthy and happy.

[pdearmond]

Originally Posted by Darield

Apparently last week a large number of letters were sent out either from a supposed English law firm (letter sent from Texas) or a Canadian law firm stating we had a relative pass and they would be willing to bypass unclaimed funds and give us the millions. On Next Door Neighbor, at least 50 people have received one of these letters. They pull the name of the law firm and someone who works there from the Internet. So far, all the letter were received this past week. I'm surprised no one has posted about this yet.

Mine got shredded!