if it sounds too good to be true.......

this is an unsolicited email which i have just received:

Dear Friend,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, please accept my apology for sending you unsolicited mail and please kindly delete this message from your mail box if you are not interested.

My name is Dr.Oladi Kunde, I am a Ghanaian citizen and a Banker with a reputable bank here. Bank Of Ghana (B.O.G) I occupy the position of Audit and Accountant manger, it is with good spirit of heart I opened up this great opportunity to you hoping that you will not betray this trust. A deceased client of mine died as the result of a heart-related condition on March 12th 2005. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December2004 in Sumatra Indonesia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

For more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake

My late Client has a deposit of Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand United State dollars (US$10.5Million Dollars) left behind here in our bank, I contacted you so I can present you as my late client next of kin, so the money can be transferred to your account and we will share it together at equal share, 50% for you and 50% for me. After that, I shall immediately come over to your country for investment with my own share of the money.

I will like to inform you that I am the only person aware of this after me investigation because my bank has been expecting his next of kin to come up for the claim of this fund but all in vain based on the fact that they all died in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December2004 in Sumatra Indonesia. This is the main reason why I want to make use of this opportunity because I don’t want my bank to transfer the money into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

Please reply immediately with your information including your full names, full address and telephone number for easy communication if you are interested.
I await your prompt response immediately,

Best Regards,
Dr.Oladi Kunde.


my comments:

well, doesn't it sound too good to be true to be given 50% of US$10.5 million out of the blue?

and i've also received many, many other emails with similar offers or even being notified that i have won the grand lotteries in countries like spain, some other european union country, etc.

what's the best response to these offers?

my advice is to simply hit the delete button because if it sounds too good to be true, it is just that, too good to be true.

but i will not be in any way surprised that there will be others who will respond to these offers and that's why this blog entry is my teeny weeny contribution to warn readers not to be enticed by any offer that sounds too good to be true.