I recently received a version of Nigerian spam that I have not encountered before. The swindler incorporated my family into the story. Little did he know that my surname is one of a kind. My grandfather made up and registered the name (Komheden) with the Swedish authorities back in the 1950s. As a result my family (four people) are the only ones with this name in Sweden and the rest of the world. So the following text did not fool me:
ATTN: ASSISTANCE OF A RESOURCE PERSON REQUIRED TOREALIZE THIS FORTUNE.
I am Barr. Patrick Diallo, an attorney at law and anotary public. On the 25th of April 2002, my client Mr. Mark Komheden, his wife and their only son were involved in a plane crash (Egypt air boeing 747 which crashed out side Tunis). Unfortunately they all lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then i have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family, hence I contacted you. Icontacted you to assist in repatriating the money andproperty left behind before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where my client lodge these huge deposits. Particularly, the bank where the deceased had an account valued at about U.S $28.5million U.S dollars. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you share the same surname so that the proceeds of the account valued at U.S$28.5 million can be paid to you for both of us to share the funds; 50% to me and 45% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all necessary legal documents that can be used to backup the claim. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal through.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me through this my e-mail to enable us discuss further. Thanks for your kind co-operation
Barr. Patrick Diallo.
Spectacular. Maybe he can try the same with Farrar-Hockley as well.
ReplyDeleteHey, I never get this sort of individual attention!
ReplyDeleteI got it too. My surname is spanish. So, I guess we are not from the same family.
ReplyDeleteI did not get any information further about it. But, it really sounds soooo fool.
Thank you for posting this information. I got the e-mail along with a very similar one from a different person. There is nothing specific on the spam alert sights in America so I was pleased to see the exact e-mail that I had recived.
ReplyDeleteDid the same with me. My surname is Basque, and we are all related. The "dead" cousin to which he referred had lunch with me at a family gathering after he "died." Amazing. Thanks for the tip.
ReplyDeletei had this e-mail too.
ReplyDeletewho the fuck is patrik diallo???
and where is my money???
I got it too. With my name in the subject line, first time one of them has got my personal details. Wonder where he/she is getting it from? Must live in a low tax rate country if they think 5% would cover taxed and expenses on $14M odd too!.
ReplyDeleteI got it also, only with my cousins name who has a wife and one child and they are all still living as far as I can tell. At least that's what he told me.
ReplyDeleteThe 5% for taxes was a sure give away.