Mr Leicester wants your money. So does Mr Baker, Mr Clinton, Mr Daniels and all the other fictitious names the scammers have been using lately. He will write to you and tell you that a long-lost relative of yours has died, that you have been traced, and that you stand to gain the benefit of the money left in the estate. He may contact you via Facebook, or Twitter, or just by sending you an email to your normal email address. His message sounds very convincing. If you contact him he will lead you into his scheme very gently, by asking you to prove your identity (so you send him your passport details), and by asking you to provide your bank details so he can transfer to your account the money in the estate of your deceased relative.
Mr Leicester pretends he is attached to a genuine law firm - like Alexander JLO Solicitors! He may use our logo, our address and other details he has found on our web-site. He is very convincing and you would like to believe him - who wouldn't - and once he has hooked you he will reel you in gently. As the time comes for him to send you the money from the estate he will suddenly tell you that an unforeseen bank charge has cropped up - not a lot, say £100 (GBP). He will tell you that it is not possible under English law to simply deduct the bank charge from the money in the estate. So he asks you to send him the money. And if you do, there will be a second and a third request for more money to cover more unforeseen bank charges or administration fees. When he has taken as much as he can from you, guess what. It all goes quiet. You will not hear from him again. Your money has disappeared. There never was a long-lost relative.
Next time I will let you into the mistakes these scam merchants will make that should help you realise what is going on.
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