As I explained to you, I received the second email from these people a short while ago. Following is the email they sent to me and the reply that I sent. Note that English in this email is not perfect like an Englishman.

From: PETER BROWN [mailto:brownpeter59@yahoo.co.uk]
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 2:23 PM
To:
Cc:
Subject: Details of this transaction

From Mr. Peter Brown. (Private Accountant).
Crockford Lane Basingstoke
Hants RG24 8WB. London UK
Tel: +(+447045749371, +44 7045710463

Dear Sir,

Thanks so much for your message and understanding in this transaction. However i want to assure you first that there is NO risk or dangers involved in this transaction because the Bank here in London was such a big bank that will always obey the government next of kin laid down rules and regulations to avoid break down of law and order during the process. So do NOT be worried about the legitimacy of this transaction, All i require from you is your truthfulness and honesty for the safety of this inheritance funds after bank finished transfering it into your nominated bank account since we do not know each other before meeting together in this transaction.

NOW THE DETAILS: In the banking industries here in London and over there in your country, chances or golden opportunities like this are common but not heard or made known to the public. People put their monies in banks and some of these accounts are either coded or confidentially operated, Therefore, when such people dies, What do you think that happens to these monies when nobody comes for the claims? Well, this is one of the numerous avenues good monies are made within and amongst the bank officials. Normally, when something like this happens in the bank, it is reported to the management. The Bank Management can only wait for some times for a next of kin to show up without publishing it or making it known to the public Just because of their selfish interest to make good money for personal investment.

Therefore, be informed that the death of my client and his funds deposits was not published or make public but the bank is only waiting for the “Next of Kin” to show up as the availability of such funds are expected to be in the late “customers written will” which would be the only source of knowledge of it by anybody who is entitled to such properties or funds. To explain myself properly to you onceagain, My name is Mr. Peter Brown, The personal account officer to the deceased person (Late Engr. Johnson Pillars) when he was till alive here in London and the whole information concerning his account is in my personal file right now. I can only assure you that this transaction is 100% risk free and legal, I have a family of wife and 3 children and i will NEVER do anything that will bring a bad reputation to myself and my family in the future. NOTE that it does matter if you are truly related or have the same last name with the deceased person or not But what matters is that i am the one presenting you to the bank as a next of kin of the deceased person. Also note that it is only you and i that knows very well that you are NOT truly related to the deceased person and therefore try your level best to keep this transaction to your self alone without telling any person in your country for security reasons until the inheritance funds is finally being transfered into your nominated bank account.

The procedure of establishing the next of kin would be taken care by me since this has to be certified by his account file information i have in my office, Do not worry about this. For us to proceed i will like you to forward below information to me immediately so that i will be more confidence on the person i am dealing with. So please send me informations like:

1.Your full names.
2.Your home address or working address.
3.Your private telephone, Fax and mobile numbers.
4.Your age & Occupation, Etc.

What i needed from you mostly is your truthfulness and honesty and God fearing someone who will not sit on my own share of this US$ 6 Million after receiving the funds in his / her bank account. Note our lawyer Barrister Paul Mike representing you in this transaction will be submitting all your personal information to the bank and file a claim application on your behalf while the bank will start communicating directly with you as the beneficiary of the funds and as the next of kin of the deceased person. Hope to hear from you as soon as possible to enable us proceed further.

Best regards,

Mr. Peter Brown.
Tel: (+447045749371, +44 704571046)

The reply I sent. Details that I send are not correct. They will not notice it and they will not even care about it.

Hello Mr. Brown,

Thank you very much for putting your trust on me. Here are the details that you needed.

My full name: Amila Senarathna

My working address : No 234/2345, Galle Rd; Colombo 7, Sri Lanka.

My mobile number : +940714230594

I’m 25 years old and I’m an Engineer.

I’m very sorry that I don’t have a fax number and I can’t give you my office number due to the office regulations. Hope you can understand it. I’m looking forward to hear from you soon.

Thanks

Amila

I’m pretty sure that he will ask for the processing fee in the next email. Let’s wait and see…

TO BE CONTINUED…

I start a series of posts from today to inform you about the biggest and worst scam ever happened and still happening on the internet. I thought to write about this because I received an email which I know that a scam. I will add the whole email and the response I sent today in this article. When the conversation continues, I will add more posts as a series with emails I excahanged to inform you about this scam. Normally these people send emails as a private accountant or a wealthy girl trapped in a refugee camp in an African country experiencing a civil war according to the information I found out. There may be other forms of the person. But the content of the emails they send normally convey the same idea, A huge amount of money (normally few millions of US $) and he or she needs your help. They find your email from the web directories, Forums or community websites. Ok read the following email that I received carefully.

—–Original Message—–

From: brownpetera1@peoplepc.com [mailto:brownpetera1@peoplepc.com]

Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:25 AM

Subject: Greetings to you

From Peter Brown.
Crockford Lane Basingstoke Hants
RG24 8WB. London UK.
Tels: +(+447045749371, +44 7045710463)

Greetings to you !

I did a lot of searching and prayers before choosing your contact from your countrys website / business online register. It is with trust and sincerity that I approach you for assistance to transfer some funds into your foreign bank account. Please do accept my apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I want to introduce myself and this business opportunity to you. My name is Mr. Peter Brown, A Private Accountant based in London. Honestly it will be my humble pleasure if we can work together.

I would like you to stand as the next of kin to my deceased client who made a deposit of US$6 Million (Six Million U. S Dollars Only) with a bank here in London few years back. He died in an auto crash with his wife and only child without any registered next of kin and as such the funds now have an open beneficiary mandate with a reputable Bank here in London which means that any person from your country can stand as the next of kin of the deceased person for claiming the inheritance funds without any risk involved. If you are interested in this kind of this transactions, Please do let me know immediately so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are to do next. I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible. Call me immediately at: +447045749371, +44 7045710463 email me peterbrown0@live.com Regards, Mr. Peter Brown, From London UK.

This is the reply I sent today and he or she will definitely send a reply soon.

Hello Peter,
I’m very interested about your offer. Please provide me more details.
Thanks

They will send more details on how to transfer this money and sometimes they will ask my details also. And sometimes from the next email or email after that, they will ask me to send few thousands of US Dollars for the procession of this deal. Let see what they will send in next email.

TO BE CONTINUED…

If you type “Work at home jobs” in Google or Yahoo, you’ll find millions of listings of various websites with very encouraging and fascinating words in their website content saying that they provide legitimate work at home jobs. And they ask you to pay a small amount of Dollars for the processing of the membership of their site. They will show you a very nice looking image stating that they have a 30/40/50/60 day money back guarantee and proofs of earnings in large amounts. And they will also publish the testimonials of their members who earns $ 1000 + per week with appreciations of the company. Sometimes they will publish that they offer many bonuses worth $$$$$ if you buy their work at home package. Some websites also show banners saying that “Verified by XXXXXX”, “Hacker Safe tested by XXXXXX”, “Rated as the no. 01 by XXXXXX”, “Listed as a reliable business by XXXXXX” etc..But according to my experience, almost 99.99% of websites that they ask for a small amount of processing charge are scams. They don’t have a good record on reliability, customer satisfaction and quality. If you plan to work at home, you must consider the following factors before you pay a cent for an unknown web site.

1. Always try to find a website which provides free service to find you a legitimate work at home job. There are many websites like www.craigslist.org where you will find thousands of job postings under various categories around the world and direct contact information of the client, www.getafreelancer.com where you can bet for the various projects and jobs posted,without any payment.
2. If you find a website which charges some money, first check with a reputed online scam monitoring organization like www.bbb.org. These organizations provide you the statistics of the website that you want to pay. If these organizations don’t recommend the website that you checked, it is better if you drop your interest on that website.

Think more than twice and do some background research before you pay even a cent which you earned hardly. And I assure you that there are no shorter paths to become rich and from those websites’ offers, you can’t earn $1000+ in a week. You have to keep the trust on your capabilities and work with dedication and with an aim. Then you will become a successful person. I hope that this post give you something to think if you plan to find a work at home job. Good Luck!