And I thought the next 10 years of my life were going to be a struggle. I came into work to find this. I knew you would be very happy for me too so I felt it’s only right that I share with you the good news.
Here is the letter I received:
RE : Late Engr.John Ferguson Will
Dear beneficiary
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.John Ferguson; 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.John Ferguson 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. Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or simply you were recommended to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr.John Ferguson 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.John Ferguson died on the 13th day of December, 2004 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, endeavour 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 CHRISTOPHER MOTLEY ESQ. (Head of Chambers.)
Contact Me now PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq
So all that’s left for me to do now is write my resignation letter and book my ticket to Nigeria to collect.
I’m so excited!! Wish me well. It’s time for me to start my new life.
It's me
July 31, 2007 at 8:55 am
It’s great? Congratulations, you don’t have to work in reps anymore… and me neither work…It’s a big fortune for one person ONLY… you’re a generous man, adopt me pls…i just turned 17…and you’re in big trouble if you tell me I don’t look like 17…???
HooX
July 31, 2007 at 3:43 pm
IM – Whooo Hoooo no more Reps 8) . Im sure I can find a way to spend the whole lot on my own but you are right, I am super generous! You can have 1000Lek. You are only 17? Please tell me how I am supposed to offer that. Hehehe. I would agree but then it would make your lover a baby – snatcher! Of course you look 17!
It's me
July 31, 2007 at 4:50 pm
First, I was wrong about my definition of YOU as super generous…so I take it back. I don’t know about you people of South Africa but people of Albania know that 1,000 Lek = 3 small beers + tip and that either make you generous nor me drunk enough ….And have you met my lover…is he cute….
HooX
July 31, 2007 at 5:42 pm
IM – Did I say 1000Lek? Oh Ok I did. But they will be 3 really really nice Irish beers and those guys don’t always deserve a tip so you can squeeze in a 4th one! Precisely what is it that you feel I need to get you drunk enough for?? Hehe. Ummm I think the last time I saw your lover he was a she and yeah, pretty cute! Or am I getting confused now. And you KNOW you don’t want to piss her off!
Willie G
July 31, 2007 at 7:19 pm
note to self “Change my junk mail filter immediately!”. To think that I’ve squandered all these fine opportunities from our friends in Nigeria. If only I has asked for your advice when I started getting e-mails from long lost African friends.
Oh well, back to work. I just have to take comfort from the fact that a really nice guy struck lucky
WG
HooX
July 31, 2007 at 10:49 pm
WG – Just know that I will always look after you. It’s the least I can do after all your care and consideration in past lives! Think of it as: “we are all lucky!”. Here’s my kindness repaid: Change your bloody email filters and go get rich in Nigeria! Im sure there’s some dead fellow, just waiting to pass on his estate to you now, lying in your junk folders!
phoenix
August 21, 2007 at 11:14 pm
Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq
–
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jürge Krügger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter
was
returned undelivered. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Jürge
Krügger made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty
Million, One Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30, 100.000.00) to you in
the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.
This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely traveled man, he must have been in contact with
you in the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his
numerous friends abroad who wished you good. Engr. Jürge Krügger
until his
death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic & Electrical Engineers.
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 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.
Note: You are advise to contact me with my personal email address:
da_smith1967@yahoo.co.uk
I await your prompt response.
Yours in Service,
BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John
Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq
THIS IS MY THIRD AND FINAL EMAIL
phoenix
August 21, 2007 at 11:15 pm
I HATE SPAM, AND I HATE THOSE STUPID ENOUGH TO FALL FOR IT
carolyn unser
August 29, 2007 at 5:08 pm
I do hate spam as well. these kinds of things need not be allowed to perculate the way the they do. I dont know how they get the email address the way they do it should be illegal to do this
HooX
August 29, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Carolyn, how did you get my email address??? Kidding. They usually don’t actually have your email address. They have programs that mass generate address such as:
1111@email.com; 1112@email.com; 1113@email.com and just scream through the alphabet at a million miles an hour and chances are good they will eventually hit yours
guessworker
March 22, 2008 at 9:30 pm
I received a similar letter as well. I guess we will need to split the fortune. The letter could not have come at a better time. With the job market similar to what was during the Wall Street Crash of 1929.
stevie
April 23, 2008 at 11:47 pm
I, as well as nearly all my friends, recieved this email along with many others promising fortunes. It’s a scam. Come on. Seriously. So far I have relatives in Japan, Germany, and England and I’ve accumulated an inheritance of over 60 million dollars. Ha.
HooX
April 24, 2008 at 8:06 am
Stevie – Yeah I figured that out when I went to Nigeria and this guy was nowhere to be found. Im now flipping burgers at Wendys since my old job wont take me back…
Kate
April 25, 2008 at 12:00 am
Ive gotten this same e mail.
I think its a hoax
HooX
April 25, 2008 at 7:28 am
Kate – No no no, It’s real? Isn’t it?
nk
June 17, 2008 at 5:51 pm
http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/bizscamLW_DavidSmith.php
HooX
June 27, 2008 at 12:40 pm
nk – Cheers
Steve Connors
July 18, 2008 at 6:30 pm
And here’s one that came today, pretty impressive.
Barristers’ Chambers:
The Chambers of Kelvin Smith QC and Associates
2 Bedford Row London, WC1R 4BU,DX LDE 17
United Kingdom.
Email: barr.kelvinsmithchambers1@yahoo.co.uk
Attorney at Law
Faegre & Benson LLP, UK.
Office Hours: Monday – Friday 9:00a.m. – 5:00p.m. Evening Appointments Available
Let me inform you at this point that Engr. Jürge Krügger was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his life time. Late Engr. Jürge Krügger died on the 13th day of December, 2004 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.
I can imagine that the late Engr. Jürge Krügger must have known that you. Also, understand that I don’t know you neither have I met you before, but my contacting you is based on the recommendation of late Engr. Jürge Krügger.
Be further informed that these funds will not be released to you without some proper identification. I have never met you before like I said and to be able to carry out our duties effectively as sole executors of the WILL of late Engr. Jürge Krügger, We must be convinced that you are who the testament says you are.
And please re-confirm to us via email; your full contact details to include your full name and address telephone and fax number(if any) and if you have moved to a new address then indicate both the new and old one for my verification with what I have in my file. Any difference or discrepancies in the information provided by you will mean that I am contacting the wrong person and I will stop all communication with you out rightly.I will also need a scanned copy of your identification.
Your information would be taken to the probate division of the International British High Court of Justice for verification. After the confirmation, the probate division would now release your letter of administration for claims to this bequest/funds. This document as well as the Certificate of Deposit issued by the Deposit Bank to Engr. Jürge Krügger when the funds were deposited by him will then be released to you, this will give you the legal backing to receiving these funds.
We sincerely hope that the above requirement be sent to us sooner that later for us to proceed with the documentation. And note that we cannot send any document to you until we are fully convinced that we have the true beneficiary.
And note that we have a period of (14) working days to conclude this so I can move on to the next beneficiary on the WILL of my late client.
I await your prompt response.
Yours in Service,
Barr. Kelvin Smith QC.
Email: barr.kelvinsmithchambers1@yahoo.co.uk
Phone:+447031933881
+447031985987
Attorney at Law
Faegre & Benson LLP, UK
I went onto a Google search of this place, I only live about 8 miles away from the centre of London, so I was going to knock on the door of this place, and confront them. I was looking forward to it, but I thought I’d do another quick search, about the Engr Jurge Krugger, found this site, posted this note, and saved somebody a good kicking.
Thanks everybody,
Steve,
Bromley, London.
HooX
July 22, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Steve – You got a good one pal! Pity these people that studied 8 years and then have an extensive career of experience to become a barrister cannot afford an email address better than Yahoo. I pity the fool. You should have gone and kicked the bejeezus out of them anyway. Just for good measure!
tans
July 30, 2008 at 11:38 pm
hey, I received more money from the late Jurge Krugger.. that can only mean one thing… that he loved me more than you …
“I wish to notify you that late Engr. Jurge Krugger made you a beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Ten Million Pounds(GBP10,000.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his WILL.”
Ewa
August 9, 2008 at 9:27 pm
hey, I’ve got the same letter!
I am a barrister in Poland (real) and it is the second time someone is posing as one in my mailbox. The first time I posted a letter to the real one, sending him the info about using his name (no thankyous, anyway) and now this one!
thanbk god he didn’t know our surnames…
From: BARRISTER CHRISTOPHER WOOD
Subject: THIRD AND FINAL MAIL OF YOUR INHERITANCE
To:
Date: Monday, August 4, 2008, 4:18 PM
CHRISTOPHER WOOD & ASSOCIATES
Phone:+44 702 4076 589
Fax:+44 870 0682 087
E-mail:christopherwood_associatechambers114@hotmail.co.uk
Address:33 Bedford
London WC1R 4JH, England.
PARTNER MANAGING
KELVIN SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON – UK.
Attention:
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.Jürge
Krügger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned
undelivered. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Jürge Krügger made you a
beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars (USD$30,100.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament
to his WILL.This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real
and
true. Being a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in
the past or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends
abroad who wished you good. Engr. Jürge Krügger until his death was a member
of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical
Engineers.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 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. Note: You are advise to contact me
with my personal email address: Email:
christopherwood_associatechambers114@hotmail.co.uk
I await your prompt response.
Yours in Service,
BARRISTER CHRISTOPHER WOOD.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John
Marvey
Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq.
HooX
August 11, 2008 at 5:41 pm
Ewa – It’s so sad that this professional firm that is holding onto 100′s of Millions cannot afford a proper email system and has to rely on Hotmail. 8)
Belle
August 13, 2008 at 7:45 pm
I got one for 30 Million, and then an atm one for 6.8 million as well as the Krugger letters…
I responded to one ccing my attorney…hmmn come to think of it, never did get the 30 Million…darn…
And the other, I responded that if indeed, the inheritance were true, that they would have the my name, surname and would not be asking for it…
I especially love the ones that say they got the money illegally and are willingly to split it.
Those I cc the District Attorney, saying although I would not care to participate, I am certain the DA would.
HooX
August 17, 2008 at 7:59 pm
I wonder how many attorneys have been bothered and had their time wasted with crap like this?
Oops
August 25, 2008 at 6:31 am
I got one from kevin smith and responded to before i read the damn thing
HooX
August 27, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Oops – OMG (meaning OH MY GOD!!!!!)…. You responded? Please tell me you are kidding. If not, please send me your response so we can share it with the world as an example of what NOT TO DO! 8) Thanks
Linda
September 15, 2008 at 9:42 pm
I just received the Krugger piece with a $30,100,000. price tag.
I’ve already announced to my fellow faculty members that I’m giving each of them a Million each…we’re a small school…will have plenty left over for my own purse!
Perhaps all of we nouveau riche should plan a gathering somewhere exotic to squander some of our wealth and get to know each other since we’re such fine philanthropists and do-gooders!
HooX
September 15, 2008 at 10:14 pm
Linda – Oh you are such the generous one! The world can use more of you. I wonder now. How many Kruggers were there really or was this guy the world’s only gazzilionaire? How did he make so much money living in Nigeria? Hahaha.
Hey since I’m so loaded, I have been sitting on my ass for ages now, so am able to join this little shindig anytime anywhere. You just name it. Make it somewhere special where we can sit and drink Mai Thais and Pina Coladas and in our drunken stupors save the world’s problems. If we are going to be “such fine philanthropists and do-gooders”, we might as well have a great time doing it! 8)
yokedox
September 24, 2008 at 6:27 am
hahaha, I gotta tell you all somethin!
I recieved one of these lame ass scam emails. this same one with Judge krugger whatever. After leading this asshole on and on, and seaming to be a complete professional. I ended up telling this guy that the only way he can get my acct info was by wiring me 1000 US dollars. Yada yada and that would make me trust him, that he wasn’t a crook. Well ching ching it worked.
The scammer got scammed. ha ha ha ha ha ha.!!!
HooX
September 24, 2008 at 4:24 pm
yokedox – You are a living, breathing, larger than life, freakin legend mate! If that is true, you have your work cut out for you. Keep them scamming! 8) Awesome mate!
jerry whiting
October 3, 2008 at 1:22 am
I AM SO HAPPY THAT YOU HAVE CHOOSE ME TO RECEIVE SO MUCH $MONEY, IT COME AT JUST THE RIGHT TIME, COULD YOU PLEASE CALL ME TO CONFIRM THAT THIS IS REALY TRUE, YOU CAN REACH ME AT 1-800-EAT-SHIT, A PROMPT REPLY WILL BE GREAT!
ACE
October 3, 2008 at 1:35 am
yokedox- YOU RECEIVING 1000 SMAKERS FROM THIS FOOL, IS AS BIG A JOKE AS KRUGGER HIMSELF! HE WOULD HALF TO HAVE YOUR BANK DEPOSIT #’S TO SEND IT TO YOU, AND IF HE DID THE JOKES ON YOU!
steve
December 4, 2008 at 5:08 am
I think that if any of this stuff were actually true they would put a telephone # in the e-mail also. and not one that is an out of country one either.
BLa BLa Bla
December 18, 2008 at 2:44 am
Even though we laugh and make fun of the scams, the sad thing is that some dumb asses really fall for it. We should be laughing at them. So i think I’ll do that right now —- hehehehe ahhahahahah hoo hoho heheheheheheheheheheh
HooX
December 20, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Hahahaha – We as a dumbed down society create this market and continue to hand over cash to perfect strangers in the chance to get it rich, quick! Yes, sad but oh so very true…
Muisje
July 6, 2009 at 7:57 am
hehhe, I know that someone is having a blast out there!! hehehe…