Although so many consumers are aware of these scams that they have become downright boring, we still have to warn consumers about them. This is because of the fertile imagination of fraudsters, who manage to come up with an extensive variety of fake ideas involving highly misleading aspects.

One of the current fake aspects in these scams is linked to the 1988 Lockerbie plane crash with a particular focus on the recent agreement in line with the United Nations resolution on Libyan compensation to the families of victims.

The sender is supposedly an attorney representing relatives of victims of the crash. The person who receives the letter supposedly has the same name as that of the closest relative of one of the victims of the plane. However this relative cannot be traced. Just like many old scams, the recipient is informed that a large sum of money is lodged in an account, etc.

From then on it is just like all the old scams. Once a recipient actually falls for it and gives the impression that s/he actually believes that s/he will be receiving millions and millions of whatever currency, they are asked to send money for various transactions to effect the release, transfer, etc., etc., of a non-existent sum of money.