I need help knowing if this is a scam or not?? PLEASE HELP!?

Question

I'll try and make this as short as possible. Last night, I received an email from a Ms. Elena Morris. She supposedly is very sick and wants to leave me a large sum of money and told me to email her lawyer for details. I did, and I basically said I received this email and told him that I was wary, but would like to hear back from him. He replied promptly, confirming the story and asking me for my name, address, phone number, DOB, and a copy of my passport/license.

I haven't replied to the email yet because I am still very suspicious. I was wondering what you guys thought of the story? The lawyer's name is Van Der Joel (Advocaten). I googled his name and these were two websites that came up:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/joelgoen

http://www.vandergoen.nl/uk/index.htm

If you guys could give me any insight, I'd really appreciate it. Thank you!

Answer 1

Scam.  

1. If it sounds too good to be true it is

2. Do you or have you ever known a Ms. Morris?  If not, she doesnt know you either.

Answer 2

I can promise you, it's a scam. Don't give them any information. Ignore other links.

Answer 3

Oh, good lord.

Of COURSE it's a scam!!!

Rich people are always trying to find strangers to pile their money on all the time.

And the ones that claim they need to get around legal issues...you REALLY think they can't find someone they KNOW to help them?

If you keep responding, you'll most likely get your identity stolen, or if you provide bank info, you'll find someone helped themselves to your money (when they said they were going to drop a big chunk into it)

Answer 4

Being on Google is no guarantee of anything. If it looks too good to be true, then it isn't true. This is a SCAM, SCAM, SCAM

Answer 5

If you email me your SSnumber, your mothers maiden name, your bank account number and your pin number, I will promptly look into this and help you.

(help you loose all your money, that is)

Answer 6

yes

Answer 7

yes this is a scam!!

they are trying to steal your identiy lawyers never ask for you passport or drivers licence, just phone another one in the phone book and ask they will tell you ( you can also look in the phone book to see if he is actually a lawyer as well).Contact the police you might be a hero.

Answer 8

That sounds like a scam tom me if i were you i would not respond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 9

h**l no not at all no one does this ,,, ask for info   period...

Answer 10

I smells something awful, IMHO it is a scam.

Answer 11

Unless you personally know Ms. Morris, it's almost certainly a scam. Did you ask the attorney why she wanted to leave you money?

I would definitely stay away.

Answer 12

OMG, yesssssssssssssssssssssss it is a scam.  Someoene you don't know and never met wants to leave their money to you.  All they need is your first and last name, and they could send you a check anytime they want.  But I would not waste my time with them at all.  Usually by mistake you ill give info that they could use to steal your Identity, or steal money from you some how.  Delete all the emails by spaming it.

Answer 13

so send her money no really it is a scam unless something comes with home phone number on it and you call it do not trust it

Answer 14

just delete that message.it is a scam.

Answer 15

if you don't know who is leaving you money, why would she pick you ? i don't think it's good.

Answer 16

Here's your answer.  I looked it up on Yahoo and found links describing this and many other email scams:

http://www.scamagent.com/mrs-elena-morri...

Basically there are tons of them out there.  Never give your personal information to anyone you don't know, as well as your social security number, drivers license, credit cards, bank account numbers, etc.  All the scams are trying to obtain personal information so they can steal your identity, charge up your cards, drain your bank account, etc.  Even well known sites you trust can imitate the sites and you can pull up forms on the web asking you to verify personal or bank information.   Emails can work the same way, such as Ebay, Paypal, etc.  Just remember, never give out any information over the web under any circumstances.  There are even  IRS scams that send fake email or send people notices in the mail all to achieve the same goal (to rip you off).  Scams are a multi million dollar industry and they keep growing.  be careful and protect yourself!!!

Answer 17

unfortunalty, this happens to many people -my best freinds dad included- he went throught the whole process of giving away his information and expected to be reciveing money through a foregon bank with the lawyer as a personal rep and balh blah blah. turns out, this money was in some weird currency and the exchange rate and taxes and costs of getting the money was huge. needless to say he spent about $6,000 thinking he was going to get hundreds of thousands that turned out to be zero.

Answer 18

That message is a scam and so are the thousands of others like it passing through the Net at any given moment.

The most common term for that sort of e-mail is "Nigerian scam," but lately they're claiming to be from other parts of the world as well.