Has anyone ever been contacted by a man named Patrick Blair? He claims to be over the estate of Robert Turner.

Question

He claims to be a lawyer in the U.K over the estate of a man named Robert Turner. He claims the he has a huge inheritance that will be lost to the finance Co. that is holding it if no one claims it. He says he is contacting you because you have the same last name and is offering to share the inheritance with you if you call the finance Co. and stake claim to the money. He says he has all the documents needed to make this happen, all he needs for you to do is call and act like a relative.

Answer 1

this is a scam I used to get loads of these until I started replying with abusive and politically incorrect slurs against them

They usually butter you up with tales of millions that will soon be yours then when they think they have you hooked they ask for money to pay bankers fees or something like that which you have to send by an untraceable money transfer service like western union or moneygram, then they might ask for more money until they think youve got none left, then they disappear

Answer 2

This is a classic Advance Fee scam.  Do not be fooled.  If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.  Such scams cost gullible victims many millions of dollars each year.  the trickster is either looking for cash, or your personal information that can be used to generate illegal gains

Google "phishing" or "419 scams" for numerous sites that expose the latest scams.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_fee...

http://tech.yahoo.com/blogs/hughes/4338;...