a new twist on those 419 scam e-mails.

We've all gotten the e-mail from some guy who needs to get his money out of his country, usually Nigeria or something, and he needs your help to do it, just give him your bank account number and he'll pay you really well, too. Here's the Wikipedia article on these scams that I just read. Now the English banks are getting into the biz! It's exciting to see, but I could wish the English bank executive wrote with a better command of his mother tongue. Maybe this one has been around for the while, I just felt like reading spam today for some reason.

Here it is, for your reading delectation.

FOR YOUR KIND ATTENTION


For Your Kind Attention,
I am a top executive in one of the leading banks in London.

I am writing to seek your cooperation over this business . In my department, I discovered an unclaimed sum of GBP15,500,000 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand British Pounds) only, in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya, East Africa. The late Dr. George Brumley, a citizen of Atlanta, United States of America but resident here in London, United Kingdom, until his death was my personal physician. See weblink (redacted).

Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his "Next of Kin" to come over and claim his money because it cannot be released unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines but unfortunately, all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with him in the plane crash having nobody behind to claim the money.

The banking law and guideline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after four years, the money will be transferred into the Bank Treasury as unclaimed fund. The request for your assistance and maximum co-operation as a foreign citizen to stand as the Next of Kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner. Therefore, your utmost confidentiality in this deal is required.

If this interests you, kindly forward your tel, fax and email address to me for the way forward as regards the consumation of this deal.

Await your immediate response.

Sincerely Yours,
Mr. Graham Beale