This morning I found this in my e-mail inbox:
FROM THE DESK OF: K. A. Adam (Esq.)
ADAM CHAMBERS+SOLICITORS,
NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Lukas Jonas
Würth; I once again try to notify you again by this same email address on the
WILL as my earlier letter returned undelivered.
I wish to notify you that Late Engr. Lukas Jonas Würth made you a beneficiary
to his WILL. He left the sum of USD$15,100,000.00 (Fifteen Million One Hundred
Thousand Dollars) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL. This
may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but 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 this time as
I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me
conclude my job. Kindly reply through this email: barr.adamcamber@gmail.com
and
include to your contact list.
Yours in Service,
K. A. Adam (Esq.)
Email: barr.adamcamber@gmail.com
Now call me a suspicious little blonde in a cat costume, but I didn't think it was genuine. First of all, if it was, it would have had my name, Jane Hill, in it, not just 'you' all the way through. In fact, it didn't have my name in it at all, not even in the 'To' line. Secondly, I'm not exactly poor and needy. My pal the Sparrow tracked the e-mail using her amazing cybernetic abilities, and I dropped in on Mr. Adams at his office in Craven's Inn (one of the seedier Inns of Court in London). I used Emily's amazing interrogation abilities (threatening him with a particularly vicious dagger. Well, crook solicitors aren't known for being brave) to discover Adams' plan, which had been to take huge fees from his victims and then claim that the legacy had been eaten up by court fees or contested by relatives of the non-existent millionaire. Instead of which he's in jail in Wormwood Scrubs, and struck off for good, which serves him right for thinking he could get something for nothing.
I love it when that happens. In other news, I'm waiting for a vital piece of new hardware to be delivered before I get back to recording the British Museum Case, but watch this space. Meanwhile I've got to watch Royal Mail, who've probably lost my new toy. And I'm not happy that the Green Man's old girlfriend hasn't finished getting over him yet.
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They must've let old Mr. Adam out of jail, because I just got an identical piece of mail from him...
"FROM THE DESK OF: K. A. Adam (Esq.)
ADAM CHAMBERS+SOLICITORS,
NOTIFICATION OF BEQUEST
On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Lukas Jonas
Würth; I once again try to notify you again by this same email address on the
WILL as my earlier letter returned undelivered.
I wish to notify you that Late Engr. Lukas Jonas Würth made you a beneficiary
to his WILL. He left the sum of USD$20,100,000.00 (Twenty Million One Hundred
Thousand Dollars) to you in the codicil and last testament to his WILL. This
may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but 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 this time as
I am hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me
conclude my job. Kindly reply through this my official email: ukadamchambe-
onlinecham@official.ws OR barr.adamuk@googlemail.com .
Yours in Service,
K. A. Adam (Esq.)
Email: barr.adamuk@googlemail.com OR ukadamchambe-onlinecham@official.ws"...
I think maybe the Sparrow needs to do some more cyber-sleuthing, and maybe use a bigger, scarier dagger this time!
I just received the same email.
How are you doing? This is to officially inform you that our application was placed on the notice board as I have earlier informed you to see if any member of the public will have anything against it and I am happy to inform you that our application did not receive any petition, although it is quit strange for claims as such but I am happy for you since I am currently holding your letter of Administration in my office and this simply means we can carry on. I was a bit worried after our application was placed on the notice board because this is a process where nobody or lawyer can influence because queries will definitely make the entire process slow and demanding.
Everything still seems like a story to me since I have never met you or spoken to you directly on the telephone but the simple truth is that it is real as I have already been paid in full by my late client to make sure that these funds get to you.
Now, you are expected to contact the holding bank using the information below.
Alpha Investment Bank.
London United Kingdom
Contact Officer: Larry Blake (Director of Operations)
Phone: +(44) 703 1983 872
Fax: + (44) 700 6090 332
Email: infoalphainvest@onlinebk-uk.com
Website: www.onlinebk-uk.com/alphainvest/
It is a well known bank in the United Kingdom and a copy of the Probate Order will be sent from the Royal Court of Justice to the bank advising them on how to release your funds to you so they will be expecting to hear from you any time from now. This is the easiest claims process I have carried out in years as it is without difficulties but we thank God for everything. According to the holding bank above, your balance with them now stands at $15,567,342.13 USD plus incurred interest.
All necessary documents needed from my office to supports your claims will be forwarded to this bank as soon as possible as I never knew it will be this quick. At this point I will promise you one thing, to make sure that I make myself available whenever you need me and to make sure I do everything possible to assist you. Attached to this e-mail is a scanned copy of the probate order for your perusal and the bank has requested you send any identity card through e-mail attachment as you contact them as a means of identification. (Not compulsory to send ID because of identity theft over the internet but if you know that your connection is safe, you can go ahead and send as an attachment or you can send as Fax. You description was also given by the paid investigator so I think the demand for ID is just for formality sake)
Thank you once again for your assistance in making me fulfill my duty and I hope you update me regularly with your dealings with the bank.
Yours truly,
A.H. Azulay (Esq.)
I knew this was strange from the get go.
yup, me too. god, his fortune isnt going to go far at this rate, is it?
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