Scam. I've seen it before, some 3 or 4 years ago. There are many red flags that are a sure give-away that it is a scam. First, they are super polite. Second, their use of the English language is poor and odd. I won't go on. I could pick apart probably every sentence or two but, what's the point?
Reading other people's answers, the name might be that of an authentic lawyer but, I can assure you that if you call his law office, he won't know what you are talking about and will be surprised that his name is being used this way. Perhaps, he has already found out but, can't do anything about it, because there is no way to find out who the email scam came from.
SCAM - I've received that exact same email on two different accounts
They don't know your name or email - they send this out to every combination of letters and numbers - millions of possible addresses - every week.
And think about it - you cannot be Next of Kin without being a blood relative. To prove you are next of kin, YOU would need to provide your birth certificate, your parents' birth certificates, your grandparent's birth certificates, etc, etc to prove how you are related. You cannot be considered Next of Kin unless this person is your parent, grandparent, child, spouse, sibling, aunt, uncle or first cousin. Period. It doesn't go further than that. So if you've never heard of this person and then it would be ILLEGAL for you to pretend to be next of kin and you would go to prison if you even tried this
Okay, well, it says they died on 8 OCT 2006. I'm pretty sure the bank would have given up the money after 8 years. It's 2013! Yes, ITS A SCAM SCAM SCAM!!!
Obviously
Yes, of course it's a scam.
It is an obvious screaming in your face SCAM!
The fact that you even consider that it might be legit indicates that you are extremely gullible. Maybe that is why you have so much "bad luck"
Ha, I just got the same exact email. So I decided to google it, now here we are.
It seems that Leonard Blomstrand is a real law man from the UK. sooooo?
There are hundreds of versions of this scam floating around the internet. They are all a scam. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. There is no maybe about this one....
I wish so badly it was real but sadly I got the same thing. I wonder where he got all these emails he must of
Just of sent it to about everyone... Sorry if it was real I would split it with you ????
yes it is a scam. My sister just got the same email.
Are you related to Ellen Ochoa?
So I got this letter in my email. I know it might be a scam, but I've had a lot of bad luck lately so i'm hoping that good fortune is coming back to me.
"INFORMATION
This business proposal is confidential one and I request that it be treated as such. It is specifically directed to you and I must solicit your Confidentiality
on it. I assure you that I am contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit to us. I am Leonard Blomstrand a solicitor at law. I
am the personal attorney/executor to a deceased client of my chambers who shares a similar surname with you, who was an independent oil magnate in
my country, but died in a car crash with his family on the 8th of October 2006. The accident occurred in East London.
My late client, a former Reservoir Engineer with Marathon Oil Corporation here in the United Kingdom and had Left behind a deposit of Eleven Million
Four Hundred Thousand British Pounds Sterling only (￡11.4million) with a bank. After the death of my client, the Bank contacted me, as his attorney to
provide his Next of kin who should inherit his fortune; this according to them is their policy in sure circumstances.
Since the death of my client, I have written several letters to the embassy with the intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom shall be
claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned personal estate and all such efforts have been to no avail. I had to inform the Bank about my fruitless effort in
locating my late client close relative or His next of kin.
The Board of directors of the Bank just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next
15 official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds. The Bank had planned to invoke the abandoned property Act of the Bank to
confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me. Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a likely proceeding for
confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line with existing laws of the institution.
Well I have reasons very professional and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my deceased client. This is legally possible and would be
done in accordance with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was
urged to contact you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the "Trustee" as my late client's family member, so as to enable you put up a claim to
the bank in that capacity as a next of kin of my client.
I find this possible for the fuller reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a similar last name with my late client making it a lot easier for
you to put up a claim in that capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer on you the legal right to make this claim and would make them
available to you so that the proceeds from this bank account valued at ￡11.4 million can be paid to you before it gets confiscated or declared
unserviceable to the bank where this huge amount is lodged.
I do sincerely sympathize on the death of my client but think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of this country or some
financial institution. My aim is to retrieve these funds and let it be claimed by the deceased family Lineage, etc. for this I seek your assistance since I
have been unable to locate the relatives for the past 7 years now
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name giving you the advantage, so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60% to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with
the same surname as my late client, but after a little check my instinct told me to contact you. Can I trust you on this? I shall assemble all the necessary
documents that will be used to back up your claim.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. I will not fail to bring to your
notice that this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this
transfer.
Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality on this and if this proposal is acceptable by you, send your telephone and fax numbers to me to enable
us discuss further on this transaction and do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed in you. Thanks for your understanding. Regards,
Leonard Blomstrand "
read the first two lines, seems a scam to me.
It's scam
Scam! Don't be a sucker, throw it away!
if you are asking, you shouldn't be on the internet =(
