Scam on email from the united kingdom?

email that says you are next of kin and millions of dollars are going to be sent to you. but you will have to first pay money transfer fee. before money can be sent. and there always from the united kingdom

Scam on email from the united kingdom?
As has been correctly mentioned it's a scam





The UK connection is usually down to a telephone number eg:


+44 7011 (or maybe 7031) XXXX


This is a 'follow me' geographic number that, if called, will re-direct you to another phone which could be anywhere in the world.


These 'follow me's can be set up quite legitimately from a UK based company (hence the +44) and are used quite extensively by scammers wishing to appear anywhere but where they actually are.





Scammers will ask for any fee to be sent via Western Union as this can be picked up anywhere in the world irrespective of where it is sent to.


All the scammer needs is the transfer number (which you'll give him) and the recipients name (which he'll give to you).


Oh. And a gang member working the 'Westy desk' in his local bank to pay out for a backhander!


There is no papertrail so there's no chance of tracing who actually collected the money
Reply:Don't answer any of them, in fact delete them as soon as possible. I get them all the time. Also I get them from Nigeria and I even got an e-mail from the FBI supposedly that said all was on the up and up. I checked on the real FBI web and found out about these scams. You can also report them if you wish, however they don't investigate every report.