David Smith and Associates, Barristers’ Chambers 419 Scam

112 Responses to “David Smith and Associates, Barristers’ Chambers 419 Scam”

ser, on January 27th, 2008 at 5:53 am Said:

lol
Claire, on January 28th, 2008 at 11:43 am Said:

Leave me alone you nigerian morons!!!!!!
jtp15, on January 28th, 2008 at 3:12 pm Said:

Actually, the reply to address on the email I received ended in .hk therefore it looks as though this is a Chinese scam rather than a Nigerian scam. At least a variant of.
If this email reaches 1 million people and only 1 percent respond that is 10,000 responders. If only 1 percent of the 10, 000 responders actually fall for the scam and pay the 39.00 processing fee, Thats 100 people paying 39.00 or 3,900 dollars. In many developing countries that is a fortune.

Remember we started with 1 Million emails addresses, in reality there are billions of email addresses, some are not so easy to get. And that is a business in and of itself, selling email addresses.

Just remember that when you copy that cute joke or cartoon of the day (the water cooler gossip) electronically you are propagating all of those emails out there to be added to the list of potential spam targets. Protect other peoples email as you would have them protect yours
helene barrett, on January 28th, 2008 at 7:15 pm Said:

I was left the 30 million too, because of my humanitarian nature..How Grand!
gariell, on January 28th, 2008 at 10:45 pm Said:

Jtp15,

Good comment however, one can open up a Yahoo.hk account from anywhere in the world including Nigeria. Scammers usually use public Email services and in many cases dozens of different addresses are used for the same scam.

I appreciate your comments concerning spam, we all hate the junk.
Ian, on February 5th, 2008 at 11:28 am Said:

I have been left 30.000, because, he knew me. Dont think so. This is the 3rd e-mail I have recived from them.
gariell, on February 5th, 2008 at 8:11 pm Said:

Ian,
Third Email! They sure want to give you that money…Nice people to know.
Cheers
Lacinda, on February 8th, 2008 at 8:18 am Said:

I think someone should find out who we should report this to. I replied to the e-mail and said I was saying his e-mail for further investigation. I also told him in NO way shape or form would I EVER give him any account information. This is obviously a large scam and I wonder how much he has got away with. I can’t even remember the large lump sum that Mr Krugger left me “because he met me somewhere and I must have made an impact”
Jerry, on February 8th, 2008 at 6:17 pm Said:

hahahaha nice try
thats a bunch of bull crap that people would even send e-mails like that .
Sylvia, on February 10th, 2008 at 1:35 am Said:

Hi,
Me too I was left 100.000 nice. I did not respond as just in the last six months I have won and been left ‘mllions’ how stupid do these people think we are.
I google their company name everytime I get one. My luck will be that one day I will get a real win and not claim it.
Have a good day
gariell, on February 10th, 2008 at 10:57 am Said:

Sylvia,
Sorry for your lose, but only 100 grant? Oh well. I just wanted to mention that often scammers use legitimate, in fact almost always, company names. I have several good examples posted.
Florence, on February 11th, 2008 at 2:32 am Said:

I can’t believe gouvernements and businessmen don’t do anything about that bullshit… Something’s wrong !!
gariell, on February 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm Said:

Florence,
As I mentioned to Lacinda, the shear volume of complaints is overwhelming, education is the answer. Their product should become something no one wants to buy.
gariell, on February 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pm Said:

Lacinda,
Sorry my first response seems to have vanished in thin air, anyway, the point was that We are reporting most of the scams, but due to the volume of complains very few are resolved. We and myself have tried to recoup lost funds for individuals who got baited and the success rate is nothing to write home about.
The answer is education and one of the reasons that this site exists. Thanks for your comment and spread the word.
RMB, on February 13th, 2008 at 3:42 pm Said:

Hey, I even got a copy of the will today with my name on it, (just exactly as I supplied it with middle name). Yesterday I got a picture of some rascal supposedly the legendary David Smith. Why does that name sound familiar ?

Now all I must do is contact the bank to get my money. Soon they will be asking me for the $39, at which time my response will be, “What, you can’t take it out of those millions left to me ?” ….and that will be the end of it.

I’m supposed to call them today in London……
gariell, on February 13th, 2008 at 9:38 pm Said:

RMB,

The 39 bucks may turn out to be more like 239 bucks, small price to pay for a few cool mil, but that may not be enough to cover the legal fees and taxes. Of course since this is a one time lump sum, Mr. Scum-bag can not deduct these amounts from the total. Just wire them bucks over Western Union and wait for your jackpot pay-out and remember always correspond by Yahoo and always remember the 419 clause, very important!
Cheers
UK, on February 17th, 2008 at 4:32 am Said:

ME TOO BUT I AIN,T PAYING NO ONE NOTHING THAT I DIDN,T ASK FOR
UK, on February 17th, 2008 at 4:38 am Said:

why should we have to pay for something that is said to be left to us when we know that you don’t need to pay a fee i wonder how many more people fell for it but i still wont pay them a penny or is that the only way they can make their money through those unfortunate enough to send them the money they are asking for not knowing that they really wont get a thing.
gariell, on February 18th, 2008 at 1:07 am Said:

UK,
Yup! A scam is a scam. If I asked you to send me a few hundred bucks in return for a million and a half United States of America Dollars, would you? I’ll give you a money back guarantee and gladly send it to you by Western Union or you could leave me you banking information and SIN number or maybe your Visa number along with your birthday and the expiration date of you card. Looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Sir Gariell@.”undisclosed-recipients”l@Yahoo.com@Gmail.uk.@Yahoo.Yahoo.Yahoo.com.uk
leha, on February 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am Said:

A member of my family has recieved this though the post I have advised them to take it to the police.
magelord13, on February 21st, 2008 at 9:01 am Said:

On this new letter sent through the post to a member of my family the address is 33 Bedford Row, London WC1R 4JH
and the new number to ring is +44 70457 38738

I do hope some one gets this peace of filth and puts him away for a very long time just for playing on other peoples emotions
patrick, on February 21st, 2008 at 10:45 am Said:

wat t heck wat scam eh trying alsorts just leve me a bloody lone now ok go away
Joyce, on February 21st, 2008 at 6:29 pm Said:

Man, that J. Krugger sure got around the world. I also met him somewhere and was left 30,000,000. Yea Sure! I sure am glad I finally found an answer to all my doubts and gut feelings. No account info passed. Thanks to everyone leaving all the comments.
C, on February 21st, 2008 at 9:36 pm Said:

This is not the only.Don’t know him, Don’t care!! If it is true they can contact me through my lawyer!!!!!! I’ve never even been out of the US!!!!!
LaLa, on February 21st, 2008 at 11:20 pm Said:

I just got 3 emails TODAY from this jerk, “third and final”, yeah, 3 of them, right in a row! These assholes insult my intelligence! Pisses me off that someone doesn’t do something about these scammers! Ugh!
carla, on February 24th, 2008 at 9:35 am Said:

just want to thank everyone for this… i like everyone else have had loads of emails from scamers asking for bank details and the like. It is now an atomatic reaction to scan for the word bank and then delete! but with this one i very nearly fell for it. I have got german in my family and as it never asked for bank details ect i thought well maybe???? Had i contacted them and they had asked for anythinh like money or bank numbers they would have been told where to go!!!! …… Anyway then i thought i will google it and low and behold i find this site…….. :o) THANK YOU, THANK YOU , THANK YOU!!!!!!!! you are now saved in my fav’s and i will pass your address on to others. x
b, on February 24th, 2008 at 11:05 am Said:

Well, I wondered what this was all about. I know that I had never heard of this person before. I feel bad for those people who do no know any better and will respond to this! I hope they catch these people and make them pay for the harm they may cause to people!
gariell, on February 24th, 2008 at 12:15 pm Said:

Carla,
Thanks for the thumbs up. Let’s expose as many of these bottom feeders as we can.
gariell, on February 24th, 2008 at 12:21 pm Said:

B,
These scams can originate anywhere in the world and tracking down scammers is a full time job. When law enforcement agencies do manage to locate them it can be hard at times to actually bring them to justice.
As I have said in the past, education is the answer and that is the main purpose of this site.
Michelle, on February 24th, 2008 at 2:53 pm Said:

I am SO glad this was posted. I got this email and was really pleased this came up when I googled Mr. Smith, Esq. The email address I received ended in UK. It’s so sad that people try to put one over on unsuspecting folks. What an ass.
Dianne, on February 24th, 2008 at 5:28 pm Said:

It’s been interesting reading all of the responses put on this page. I have received this kind of scam before but have never googled search the persons name before. I am truly amazed that people would a) try to put something like this over on unsuspecting people, and b) that some people would believe it likely that they would receive that kind of money from someone they meet somewhere (so vague) and have such an impact as to leave 30,000,000.00. If only!!!!
Lacey, on February 24th, 2008 at 9:14 pm Said:

LOL these people are STUPID
jackie hunte, on February 25th, 2008 at 3:07 am Said:

Welll well well, i dont know why but i just googled this name and this is what came up… Trouble is you never know do you…. WELL IN FUTURE I WILL GOOGLE EVERY NAME I RECEIVE….. Thankyou
Ferdi, on February 25th, 2008 at 4:52 am Said:

Hahahahahaha These idiotic Nigerians also tried too fool me with some old guy who died and left me 30 million US dollars!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WISH thats like 210 million Rand. Eish!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there no where I can go to report these scamming sickos? Hahaha well this is funny. At least I got a laugh out of it.
Villi, on February 25th, 2008 at 4:46 pm Said:

They try to fool me, i pretend that i don’t know them so i fool them , we exchange few emails and ended up to pay them the $39 so i gave them any number tell them to go to Western Union they reply to confirm the number i send them another no.
sometimes i tell them to go to 3 diiferent money transfer agents
it’s fun to know they try to fool me and i know it then i fool them and they don’t know it
brenda, on February 25th, 2008 at 9:13 pm Said:

I was left 30 million.. to bad it wasn’t real huh!!! All i responded back was “Are yoy sure you have the right person? and if so whats my name huh” wonder if ill get a response back???? LOL
Ruthers, on February 25th, 2008 at 10:00 pm Said:

I too have received email today from this idiot charlatan. The email address used was bedouin@singnet.co.sg - where the hell is that?? Sunny Gabon?
Ewa Skarin, on February 28th, 2008 at 2:28 pm Said:

Hi!
They tried to scamed me to and they told me that I was a beneficiary of this Mr Kruggers estate and they even sent me a photo of he’s last will and testament.
And the sum of money that he left me was 15 million Great brittish pound Sterling witch I shall have becauce I was a humanitarian liks him and would place this money among the poor and the needed in our society.Well that was very nice of him..Bhahaaaa What a joke..I don’t know him how can I get money from him???? A BIG LOL.Ewa/ sweden
jules, on February 28th, 2008 at 5:27 pm Said:

nice try mr scum bag i nearly was sucked in but i knew something wasnt rite its a good job i thought before i went ahead and did it people like you should be shot
Alicia, on February 28th, 2008 at 8:36 pm Said:

Well…… this is a great place. My boyfriend and I have been looking at emails from this Smith character for about a week. I wrote at first and said I thought it was a scam, but he was persistant (sp?) anyway, I got the Probate order today and we decided to google his name and I found you guys…. I WOULD NEVER send money to get money! I feel bad for the old people and the ones that are unaware these scams even exist! Does anyone know how much he has gotten people for so far? My boyfriend says that we have an inheiritance for him that he can pick up at our front door…LMAO!

anyway, thanks for being here…now I am going to go and dream about my 30 million as I wait for my weekly unemployment check!
Jonny, on February 29th, 2008 at 12:12 am Said:

Hey aint i so lucky, so far this month i have won 2 lotterys i didnt enter and now i have been left all this money from your man J. Krugger, well thats a good one is there no end to my luck, Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha and ha, god how would anyone fall for this crap, listen people those of you stupid enough to reply well shame on you, you never get anything for free in this world, and most of all you cant win something you never entered to start with. ??????? HELLO COMON SENSE HERE, anyway hope you all have the luck i have been havin and well good luck, ha ha ha ha.
Kevin, on February 29th, 2008 at 5:38 am Said:

This jerk has been persistant in informing me that some rich relative in the UK had carked it and I have a share in his estate. Guess the lottery thing was getting old hat. Even us here in New Zealand are gettting the email scams from these @%#*s. Hope folks have the sense to look up your site and be aware.
grtrsas1939, on February 29th, 2008 at 7:52 am Said:

I have just sent information to this office for further information. It has turned out that the two photos of “Mr David Smith Esq” Passport and his ID are not the same man. His signature on his passport is not of the name “David Smith” some other queer name. He claimed that he changed the name for security reasons, which anybody in their right thinking knows that is not possibility. He even made up a statement of changing of name, with all the trimming of official seals and so on. One of the questions I asked him was what does the title”Esq” stand for, this he could not answer. Every one knows that it is an old fashion polite way of addressing a letter, and means in the old day that person has land. This scam did not come to me personally, but to a very good friend of mine that does not understand the English language too well. I have read a lot of great tips, how to identify a scam, which saves a lot of precious time. I say delete them and them hunger for our money. Did you know that there are 13 and 18 young boys that send out all these scams all over the world, and when we send money they get commission? I would rather send my few bucks to some honest organisation for the less privilege. So I say to hell with these scammers. grtrsas1939
U.S. Attorney’s Office
53 Pleasant St.
Concord, NH 03310
603-225-1552
603-225-1470 (fax)
tiffanybh_99, on February 29th, 2008 at 9:38 am Said:

Well, I am so glad I looked this up because this was the first thing I saw. All the previous comments look almost identical to the same email I recieved. It stated that a Engr. Jurge had left me a sum of thirty mill, one hundred thousand dollars to help me with helping needy and starving people. It was to benefit humanitarian efforts as well. It listed phone numbers and an address as well for the company of Barrister David Smith: David Smith & Associates at 33 Bedfprd Rpw :pmdpm WC1R4JH England, UK. If it sounds too good to be true it usually is. Life isn’t free, don’t send out your information, glad I didn’t!
julie24, on March 1st, 2008 at 9:42 am Said:

well got his email today and my boyfriend phone up. the women on the phone could not speak english.
Len48, on March 1st, 2008 at 11:07 am Said:

Thanks everyone I also got 3 e-mails over the last few months and I have traveled all over the world, I also was Chairman of an Animal Welfare Group and wondered if it was in connection with that. Also I am an Engineer so you see how people can be fooled but decided to check on line first. Well done for reporting this scam
vicky 28, on March 1st, 2008 at 5:56 pm Said:

what sad lives they live if thats all they can do after recieving this mail and then loosing a close family member myself i feel sad that they can not get a proper job like the bloody rest of us they all need to be locked up
gariell, on March 4th, 2008 at 7:09 pm Said:

Thanks readers,
I wish I had the time to thank you all personally, but rest assured that you all make it worth while. Let’s keep these scammers on the run. Please do not respond to these bottom feeders and just send along copies of their emails, glad to publish and disclose these scum bags.

Gariell
Adam, on March 5th, 2008 at 11:04 am Said:

I got this one too. Mine came from an Adelphia.net address. If I have time to spare, I like to go to the webmail login page for the particular address and try to log into it. Of course I dont know the password so oops, I lock the account out. And then I go to the forgot password section and answer the secret question wrong a few times, and lock that out too. Its pretty sad I know, but it makes me feel better.
amado, on March 6th, 2008 at 6:05 pm Said:

this guy try to gat me too but i us report to fbi scam and i try do gat more information about this organization for try to stop this scam…
ANTON NEWTON, on March 7th, 2008 at 3:45 am Said:

I HAVE GONE THROUGH ALL THAT IS SAID ABOUT Mr David However i must confees that i am in contact with me right away and he have already credited an account wit me here in the UK WITH BARCLAYS BANK
Regina, on March 7th, 2008 at 2:25 pm Said:

This is my first email and I have never in my life met the joker before. They are sick puupies that think we are dumb ass’.
gariell, on March 7th, 2008 at 11:30 pm Said:

Anton,
Do yourself a favor and cut off all contact. If you read the comments, you must realize that any deposit or check will have no funds and bounce all the way back to Nigeria and you will be the victim of a SCAM!
Read the numerous other posts on the site and if that is not enough just check out a few of the sites on my Blogroll. I am glad that you took the time to check out the site, don’t become a victim all they want is YOUR MONEY.
Megan, on March 9th, 2008 at 9:57 am Said:

Yea I just got this to….at first I thought they had the wrong e-mail address but then I thought that if this was real they wouldn’t have contacted anyone useing an e-mail…….the whole thing makes me mad….
Kathy, on March 14th, 2008 at 7:31 pm Said:

I also got the email and the price has gone up. Imagine $36,500,000.00. Well, being on a fixed income it sure looked good for a couple of days, he even emailed me his ID, but then I decided to check out the names and came here, boy am I glad I didn’t go any further than that. I couldn’t imagine where I would have met Engr. Krugger, but, having worked with Engineers for most of my life, one more wouldn’t have stood out more than another. The last email I sent, I asked for a copy of the will before I would send any more information. I guess I am a victim of the scam as well, although all he got was my name…. I do feel used…
gariell, on March 15th, 2008 at 10:52 am Said:

Kathy,
Happy to hear that you were vigilant enough to check out the bum and not fall for his scam.

Cheers
Cindy, on March 16th, 2008 at 10:13 pm Said:

I responded to the first e-mail, received a second e-mail and investigated the source before giving out personal information. He had been convicted of the Melissa virus and imprisioned for 20 months in the Federal Prision in 1999 and fined ONLY $5000 for creating millions of dollars in damaging major corporations. I hope my computer will not get a virus even with virus protection. I have not sent any money to this scam. I feel all involved should report this to the FBI.
de'vonta, on March 17th, 2008 at 9:58 pm Said:

those sick preople tried to get me too but everyone beware because now he’s using the name of David Franks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THOSE dumb scammers just want money!!!
amy nelson, on March 18th, 2008 at 11:07 am Said:

well he tryed to get me.but i start looking and my friend found this don’t do this peolpe
Svetlana, Russia, on March 18th, 2008 at 1:25 pm Said:

I got this email too. Thanks for explanations!
fellview, on March 19th, 2008 at 2:45 pm Said:

Hello I am in the UK and I have recieved six of these emails just this week!! ……..Lock the nasty lil folk up and throw away the key!

From: DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES

Reply-To: bdsm.att@live.com

To: undisclosed-recipients:;

Subject: The Barristers’ Chambers

Date: Wed 03-19-2008 06:50 AM

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The Barristers’ Chambers:
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Phone: (+44-7045719826 )
E-mail: bdsm.att@live.com
Address:33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England

PARTNER MANAGING
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON - UK.

Attention: ,

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jurgen
Krugger, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned
undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same email
address on
the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Jurgen Krugger made you a
beneficiary
in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred Thousand
Dollars
(USD$30, 100,000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to his
WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true.
Being
a widely travelled man, he said he met you sometime in the past or
simply you
were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who wished
you
good, I am not too sure again. Jurgen Krugger until his death was a
member of
the Helicopter Society and the Institute of Electronic & Electrical
Engineers
and a German property magnate. He was a very dedicated christian who
loved to
give out alms to the poor,hungry and needy. His great philanthropy
earned him
numerous awards during his life time. Late Jurgen Krugger died on the
30Th day
of July, 2004 at the age of 80. His WILL is now ready for execution
after 4
years of thorough investigation.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities
and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if I reach you
as I
am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me
conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no distant time. I am
sincerely
sorry if you feel bothered or embarrassed by this message; I am just
about my
own job. I do hope you understand that? Thank you.

Note: You are advised to contact me with my personal email address
below:
Email: bdsm.att@live.com

I await your prompt response and please keep this very discrete and to
yourself
until the transfer of the funds to you is finalised.

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey
Esq, Mr.
Jerry Smith Esq
linda, on March 21st, 2008 at 12:07 am Said:

I emailed him back and left my cell phone number but also
said this has got to be a scam no more info from me
Was leaving my cell number a mistake?
linda, on March 21st, 2008 at 12:09 am Said:

I emailed him back and left my cell phone number but also
said this has got to be a scam no more info from me
Was leaving my cell number a mistake? ahhhh
linda, on March 21st, 2008 at 12:09 am Said:

I left my cell number was that a mistake
also i said i believed it was a scam
rita hobbs, on March 21st, 2008 at 9:21 am Said:

cant u stop thisarbage … threaten a law suit or something…. Hate being afraid todo normal e mails
Jim Worstell, on March 21st, 2008 at 11:55 am Said:

Has any one ever tried to have this J*** a** arreted. Submitt all the info you received to your states AG. I am.
Dave, on March 21st, 2008 at 10:15 pm Said:

The Barristers’ Chambers:
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Phone:+44 701-112-1397
Fax: +44 709-289-8888.
Email:davidsmith_67esq@hotmail.com

Address:33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH, England

PARTNER MANAGING
DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
LONDON - UK.

Attention:

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr.
Jurgen Krugger, I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was
returned undelivered. I hereby attempt to reach you again by this same
email address on the WILL. I wish to notify you that late Jurgen
Krugger
made you a beneficiary in his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million,
One
Hundred Thousand Dollars (USD$30, 100,000.00) to you in the Codicil and
last testament to his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and
true. Being a widely travelled man, he said he met you sometime in the
past
or simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends
abroad
who wished you good, I am not too sure again. Jurgen Krugger until his
death was a member of the Helicopter Society and the Institute of
Electronic & Electrical Engineers and a German property magnate. He was
a
very dedicated christian who loved to give out alms to the poor,hungry
and
needy. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his
life
time. Late Jurgen Krugger died on the 30th day of December, 2004 at the
age of 80. His WILL is now ready for execution after thorough
investigation.

According to him, this money is to support your humanitarian/medical
activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society. Please if
I reachyou as I am hopeful, endeavour to get back to me as soon as
possible to enable me conclude my job. I hope to hear from you in no
distant time.I am sincerely sorry if you feel bothered or embarrassed
by
this message.I do hope you understand that? Thank you.

Note: You are advised to contact me with my personal email address
Email:davidsmith_67esq@hotmail.com

I await your prompt response

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.
PRINCIPAL PARTNERS
PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq, Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey
Esq,Mr. Jerry Smith Esq

I just recieved this one today. Sadly enough I have recieved numerous others in the past as far as lottery winnings to this type. This is the first though that Ive seen a website specifically on the scam. Ive been recieving these for about 10 years now. atleast a website was done on this one so people know, well the ones that atleast check into it. I appreciate the site being up so others know as well.
Val, on March 22nd, 2008 at 2:38 pm Said:

well now…..

I told him that if really knew me, he would at least know my name, or more about me than my email.

I would gladly take $30M from Mr. Krugger’s estate. Who wouldn’t? But he should know better than to try to scam people, so I wasn’t giving him any info. He could call me (I left no phone number). I am not such a privacy hound that I can’t be located, especially for such a kind benefactor as the deceased (and fictiotious Mr. Krugger).
Ken Hudson, on March 23rd, 2008 at 3:06 pm Said:

Hey guys, this is one of the oldest internet scams out there. I suggest that you do as I do when I get one of these. I locate the senders email host and submit a complaint. I have done this with this individual and I expect his account will be disabled by this time tomorrow. Granted, he can set up shop again under another alias but all those that were in the process of getting ripped off by this individual just lost their ability to contact him. He can still make contact with them with his new service but if everyone that receives this crap does as I do he won’t stay up long enough to complete anything.

ALWAYS REMEMBER: IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE IT ISN’T!!

Good luck to all and please take a proactive roll and report this idiot. The email I was sent came from a hotmail address. I forwarded the email to abuse@hotmail.com. You can use the username “abuse” at all major email hosts to report suspected abuse of their email policies. This goes for spam too.

Linda- BIG MISTAKE!! Never give personal information to an unsubstantiated request for it. I can’t say it enough. Verify before comply!! Read all about how not to get taken advantage of by email by visiting my website.

http://www.techno-portal.com/computers.html
Gregory S Walsh, on March 24th, 2008 at 10:03 am Said:

I recieved the whle shebang From david Smith & Associates and actually recieved a Phone call from one of them. Its a scam and not a very good one as the Person I spoke with was supposed to be an English Barrister yet sounded distinkly Nigerian
Curt, on March 24th, 2008 at 10:26 am Said:

Barristers’ Chambers:

DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Tel: +44-701-112-7450

Fax: +44-7006-041-268
Address: 33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH,

England.

Engr. Jurge Krugger was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his lifetime. Late Engr. Jurge Krugger died on the 13th day of December 2004 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.

We want to acknowledge the receipt of your email in this chamber and also want you to know that you have absolute right to reject this WILL as much as you have the right to accept it as well. If you wish to turn it down then let me know so I can send you a WILL rejection form to fill and revert back to this office. I am not going to impose it on you but just doing my job here.

I can imagine that the late Engr. Jurge Krugger must have known that you will put the money to good use for the less privileged of which he was aware that you could achieve, that is why he selected you. Also, understand that I don’t know you neither have I met you before, but my contacting you is based on the recommendation of late Engr. Jurge Krugger.

Be further informed that these funds will not be released to you without some proper identification. I have never met you before like I said and to be able to carry out our duties effectively as sole executors of the WILL of late Engr. Jurge Kruger, We must be convinced that you are who the testament says you are.

And please re-confirm to us through the above stated fax or via email; your full contact details to include your full names and address telephone and fax number (if any) and if you have moved to a new address then indicate both the new and old one for my verification with what I have in my file. Any difference or discrepancies in the information provided by you will mean that I am contacting the wrong person and I will stop all communication with you out rightly.

Your information would be taken to the probate division of the International Court of Justice for verification. After the confirmation, the probate division would now release your letter of administration for claims to this bequest/funds. This document as well as the Certificate of Deposit issued by the Deposit Bank to Engr. Jurge Krugger when he deposited the funds will then be released to you. This will give you the legal backing to receiving these funds.

We sincerely hope that the above requirement be sent to us sooner that later for us to proceed with the documentation. And note that we cannot send any document to you until we are fully convinced that we have the true beneficiary. And note that we have a period of (14) working days to conclude this so I can move on to the next beneficiary on the WILL of my late client.

Find attach copy of my identity card.

I await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH.

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh, Barrister Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq

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Curt, on March 24th, 2008 at 10:27 am Said:

What a joke!!!
Curt, on March 24th, 2008 at 10:38 am Said:

To: abuse@hotmail.com
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:37 PM
Subject: Fw: MY IDENTIFICATION- YOUR CONTACT DETAILS NEEDED URGENTLY

Hello, Please do something about this scammer!

barrdavidsmith@hotmail.com

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E-Mail :*******************************
—– Original Message —–
From: DAVID SMITH AND ASSOCIATES
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 4:15 PM
Subject: MY IDENTIFICATION- YOUR CONTACT DETAILS NEEDED URGENTLY

Barristers’ Chambers:

DAVID SMITH & ASSOCIATES
Tel: +44-701-112-7450

Fax: +44-7006-041-268
Address: 33 Bedford Row
London WC1R 4JH,

England.

Engr. Jurge Krugger was a very dedicated Christian who loved to give out. His great philanthropy earned him numerous awards during his lifetime. Late Engr. Jurge Krugger died on the 13th day of December 2004 at the age of 80 years, and his WILL is now ready for execution. According to him this money is to support your humanitarian activities and to help the poor and the needy in our society.

We want to acknowledge the receipt of your email in this chamber and also want you to know that you have absolute right to reject this WILL as much as you have the right to accept it as well. If you wish to turn it down then let me know so I can send you a WILL rejection form to fill and revert back to this office. I am not going to impose it on you but just doing my job here.

I can imagine that the late Engr. Jurge Krugger must have known that you will put the money to good use for the less privileged of which he was aware that you could achieve, that is why he selected you. Also, understand that I don’t know you neither have I met you before, but my contacting you is based on the recommendation of late Engr. Jurge Krugger.

Be further informed that these funds will not be released to you without some proper identification. I have never met you before like I said and to be able to carry out our duties effectively as sole executors of the WILL of late Engr. Jurge Kruger, We must be convinced that you are who the testament says you are.

And please re-confirm to us through the above stated fax or via email; your full contact details to include your full names and address telephone and fax number (if any) and if you have moved to a new address then indicate both the new and old one for my verification with what I have in my file. Any difference or discrepancies in the information provided by you will mean that I am contacting the wrong person and I will stop all communication with you out rightly.

Your information would be taken to the probate division of the International Court of Justice for verification. After the confirmation, the probate division would now release your letter of administration for claims to this bequest/funds. This document as well as the Certificate of Deposit issued by the Deposit Bank to Engr. Jurge Krugger when he deposited the funds will then be released to you. This will give you the legal backing to receiving these funds.

We sincerely hope that the above requirement be sent to us sooner that later for us to proceed with the documentation. And note that we cannot send any document to you until we are fully convinced that we have the true beneficiary. And note that we have a period of (14) working days to conclude this so I can move on to the next beneficiary on the WILL of my late client.

Find attach copy of my identity card.

I await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH.

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh, Barrister Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey Esq, Mr. Jerry Smith Esq

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Geealzabob, on March 27th, 2008 at 5:04 am Said:

I too have received this E-Mail and knew it was a scam from the beginning. i replied to the last one saying i would be in London next week and i would bring all my relevant ID with me and asked for a meeting in person.. surprise surprise no reply from these scam artists.
gariell, on March 27th, 2008 at 7:52 am Said:

Geealzabob,

We always recommend that people not communicate at all with these bottom feeders. These people are criminals and low lives. By responding you are letting them know that their scam is out there and being noticed. If they didn’t get any response at all, no “job” for them.
Linda Gray, on April 1st, 2008 at 3:17 am Said:

I too have just received an e mail from this guy, I think he should be reported to the police I am curious how he got my e mail address and just wondered if any of the other people had been to the united states recently?
Alyson, on April 1st, 2008 at 4:56 pm Said:

I’ve also been left $30million !!!! Fantastic, I think i’ll retire! I was sent the same email about a month ago and then 3 times yesterday. All of them said that it was the third and final email. I’ve never replied. And yes I have been to the US recently….
Larry, on April 2nd, 2008 at 5:29 pm Said:

This Gut Sucks and Is a Fraud
Paula, on April 6th, 2008 at 3:23 pm Said:

Oh my god! I finally got down to the truth. I was almost scammed by this piece of crap. I even shed some tiers. I had go to the library to print out this so called will and testament. I made several long distance calls and spent hours trying to figure out who this person was. Now I can take a deep breath and go on with my life. No money lost, only cell phone charges.
Amanda, on April 7th, 2008 at 10:33 am Said:

I live in the United Stated have all my life and I got the same email. Not sure if any of you have visited chat rooms; they are full of Nigerian people eager to communicate with anyone from the United states. hhhuuumm wonder why that is???

Subject: THIS IS MY THIRD AND FINAL MAIL TO YOU!!!

On behalf of the Trustees and Executor of the estate of Late Engr. Jugen
Kruger. I once again try to notify you as my earlier letter was returned
undelivered. I wish to notify you that late Engr. Juge Kruger made you a
beneficiary to his WILL. He left the sum of Thirty Million, One Hundred
Thousand Dollars(USD$30,100.000.00) to you in the Codicil and last testament to
his WILL.

This may sound strange and unbelievable to you, but it is real and true. Being
a widely travelled man, he must have been in contact with you in the past or
simply you were nominated to him by one of his numerous friends abroad who

wished you good. Engr. Juge Kruger 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 as I am
hopeful, endeavor to get back to me as soon as possible to enable me conclude
my job.

I hope to hear from you in no distant time.

Note: You are advise to contact me with my personal email
address:(davidsmith44esq@live.com)

I await your prompt response.

Yours in Service,

BARRISTER DAVID SMITH ESQ.

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS: Barrister Aidan Walsh.Esq Markus Wolfgang, Mr. John Marvey
Esq, Mr. David Smith Esq
hardy wooten, on April 7th, 2008 at 5:27 pm Said:

I have been contacted by Barrister David Smith and Associates about the $30 million will left by Mr.Kruger.
They want me to send $3000.00 dollars to them for transfer fees from the bank Alliance Leicester but they would not insure me that this money is real. They did send me photos of 5 of their board of directors.One of them looks like our republican runner for president.
Anyone want to see their phots,contact me.
Hardy wooten
Kevin Mclaughlin, on April 7th, 2008 at 8:01 pm Said:

I recieved this email on march 28,2008 i am being scamed with the late krugger scam i just kept emailing them for about a week calling them scam artistsand other nmaes they got tired of me being a jerk they finallly quite .
Shemae, on April 19th, 2008 at 6:26 pm Said:

Glad I found this site. I did report this guy to my ISP. Hope they can stop him at least on my providers list. I did give out my name and address to him. I hope folks research before giving out any information. People like this are jerks and need to be stopped!!!
Marvin Leroy Russell, on April 20th, 2008 at 1:47 pm Said:

I NEED & want the MONEY YOU OWE ME!!!
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 10:37 pm Said:

Marvin,
A scam is a scam, if you sent them money, sorry. The chances of recovering your money are next to nil. This is a Nigerian 419 scam and success in recuperation of funds is almost zero. Chalk this one up as a learning experience.
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 10:41 pm Said:

Shemae,
Thank you for your insight and reporting the ISP is a good move. Problem is these bottom feeders keep using different ones but at least it keeps them on the run.
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 10:51 pm Said:

Hardy,
Are they actually up to three grand in advance fees? In the past it was about 5 or 6 hundred for starters and the follow-up fees ranged around a thousand or two.
Photos? LoL, must be quality shots for 3 grand.
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 10:55 pm Said:

Kevin,
Just ignore the bums, no response from you and they will be pulling out there hair wondering if you are on to them.
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 10:57 pm Said:

Amanda,
Thank you for adding yet another example to this one of many scams.
gariell, on April 20th, 2008 at 11:01 pm Said:

Paula,
Happy to hear that no money was lost and your vigilance proved worthy. Cheers to you girl!
island girl, on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:51 am Said:

Mr Juge or Judge Krugger left me $300,000 in his will… wow, if only that was true…

They asked for identification clearance from me… i gave them false identification and our local Police Departments Phone number… lol
island girl, on April 23rd, 2008 at 4:58 am Said:

hardy wooten
I would like to see the photo shots they gave you… i wonder if it’s similar to the ones they sent me…
gariell, on April 23rd, 2008 at 10:30 am Said:

Island girl,
Yes we can have a bit of fun with these bottom feeders but remember that these people are criminals and low lives, not the type of person one wants to be associated with. If you have noticed, in all my posts, I recommend not contacting these bums at all. If no one responded to their crap, well they would be out of a “job”.
Cheers,
Gariell
daz, on April 23rd, 2008 at 9:05 pm Said:

same er just got one just told him good con m8e now piss off be4 i come and put a 9mm in ya lol
Squizz, on April 24th, 2008 at 4:18 am Said:

What a shame Jurgen Krugger Died going to miss the old buzzrad lol.

I have emailed them back with my Solicitors details also CC’d to hotmail and several Law enforcement agencies.

I have also suggested that I have no problem with them removing all cost’s from my entillment of (USD$30, 100.000.00).
When my Solicitor passes on the cash It will be my shout …
Awesome site guys and thank you
Steven, on April 24th, 2008 at 5:22 am Said:

I received the exact email myself today…..£30, 100,000 - what a generous amount of money from someone I didn’t even meet. And what was even better, the phone number provided wasn’t even a UK landline number…..it’s a mobile phone number if you look at it closely and alter the gaps.

And as much as I’d love to be a multi-millionaire, I don’t think today is that day! Thanks for this site!
gariell, on April 24th, 2008 at 11:20 pm Said:

Steven.
Thanks for your input and ya, just a bunch of bottom feeders trying to scam honest people.
Smile!
gariell, on April 24th, 2008 at 11:35 pm Said:

Squizz,
What the hell I always say don’t give these bottom feeders the light of day. Then again, if you are up to it and you know you are dealing with scum bags,well what the heck.
Cheers!
Gariell
Tracey, on April 24th, 2008 at 11:51 pm Said:

Damn, I had half of it spent…ha ha….who falls for this stuff…..sad thing is…some people just might…wish they’d get real jobs and earn a living like the rest of us pooooorrrrrrr people…
gariell, on April 25th, 2008 at 12:48 am Said:

Tracey.

Yes there are people that fall for these scams and many of these people are educated and well weathered. Let’s just pass the word and be vigilant.
Big smile for ya!
Gariell
erica, on April 25th, 2008 at 3:31 am Said:

Hi i too received this email…how stupid do they think we are ..its the elderly people my heart goes out to as they may not remember people they have met in the past and may fall for this.. these people need stopping
i replied to the email just saying ” I DONT THINK SO”

TAKE CARE EVERY ONE
HAPPY SCAM CATCHING :O)
ERICA
amy, on April 25th, 2008 at 7:15 am Said:

i received this email yesterday too… That is sooooo stupied , and when i replied and told him that i want to makesure of what you have just said , he sent me a man’s identity card, i wonder if this card is true and if it is, i wonder if the real person knows that his card is used in such scams :S
gariell, on April 25th, 2008 at 9:32 am Said:

Amy,
Don’t even give these scum bags the light of day, they do not even merit a response.
Cheers
gariell, on April 25th, 2008 at 9:35 am Said:

Erica,
Thanks for your comments and yes they will go to any extent to con honest people.
Smiles!
T3ch N1N3, on April 25th, 2008 at 10:44 am Said:

Just send me the cash money and I’ll stop the spamming!!! LOL

I’m the late Juguege Krugger and I approve this message.

These Nigerians are retarded….
Sabri, on April 26th, 2008 at 4:18 am Said:

hahahah…

we are all multimillionaires by now if only all these are for real. i am at least worth half a billion dollars through the “last wills and testaments” shit lol..

btw, the return email that i got was “.th”

cheers…
Adriana, on April 26th, 2008 at 6:19 am Said:

This guys are so stupid.
I received two e-mails from this jerks.
100.000 dollars???
It’s to good to be truth.
I’m only 17 years old,are they stupid or what???
They can’t just send e-mails like that to someone,imagine that they send to someone younger than me and he believed it???
That’s horrible.
Leave us alone.
Do something for yourself and go work honestly.
bye
mc, on April 27th, 2008 at 5:14 pm Said:

hellow everyone, i recieved the first email too saying all that crab and resent one saying that they contact the wrong person, i thought they make a mistake, but today april 26 i recived another one saying again the same story about the money, and i realy get confused and look information about this guys, I feel very desapointed cause this persons are only looking for troubles and i worried because we cannot be sure to comunicate by this way with other we need that is too bad. But i think that one day the law will catch them, Be goood take care bye
stevew10, on April 28th, 2008 at 9:13 pm Said:

well I got news for em, they just -sent- their email to the ‘law’, I’m a military police officer so this shit’s getting reported to my superiors as soon as I can get into the office.
milkbottlecat, on May 7th, 2008 at 2:23 pm Said:

I had it too. I replied and asked them my name. I did not give them money. Although I very much enjoyed the name Jurgen Krugger.
Ricardo, on May 12th, 2008 at 6:23 am Said:

I recieved it only yesterday, persistent blighters, I responded with the name Ivor Biggun - watch this space!
Anselmo, on May 15th, 2008 at 10:12 am Said:

yeah… I live in Brasil, South america and i rhad recieve it on my mail… really pathetic… only a fool acould believe in something like that… i bet they got too many…

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