I have just received a new variation on the old "Nigerian Bank scam", customized to appeal to all of us genealogy nuts, and "personalized" to make me think it really was for me. I attach it for your warning and amusement (it also had a file attachment which I wouldn't touch with a 3-metre pole). By the way, I also received with the same mail download a very nice personal letter from a Mr. Edward Mugabe, the nephew of the nice President of Zimbabwe. I'm going to have to figure out how to spend my Millions (maybe at ScotsOrigins?). In a message dated 18/8/02 10:47:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time, bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk writes: << Subj:Next of kin Date: 18/8/02 10:47:30 AM Pacific Daylight Time From: bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk (anthonyÿokafor) Sender: bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk Reply-to: bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk (anthonyÿokafor) File: Nextofki (2526 bytes) Sender: bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk Received: from web13004.mail.yahoo.com (web13004.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.14]) by siaag1ab.compuserve.com (8.9.3/8.9.3/SUN-1.14) with SMTP id NAA12906 Date: Sun, 18 Aug 2002 18:41:32 +0100 (BST) From: =?iso-8859-1?q?anthony=20okafor?= <bar_anthony22@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Next of kin ATTN:Harrison, Ken A I am Barrister Anthony Okafor,solicitor at law, I am the personal attorney to Engineer Michael Harrison, a national of your Country, who used to work with Shell Development Company in Nigeria. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my client.On the 21st of April 1999, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a car accident along Kano - Sokoto express Road while arriving from Easter Holiday to Warri Delta State. All occupant of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives, since then I have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his Bank where these huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the City Trust Finance Company were the deceased had an Account valued to about $USD4.5Million Dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the Account confiscated within 10 working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over two years now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the proceed of this Account valued at$USD4.5 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can share the money 60% to me and 40% to you. I have all necessary legal document that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All requires is your honest cooperation to enable us seeing this business successful. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Expecting to hear from you soonest on my private bar_anthony10@yahoo.com Best regards. BARRISTER ANTHONY OKAFOR(SAN) Senior Advocate of Nigeria >> Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada kenharrison11@cs.com