There are certainly more than 2 people involved in this. It is a whole industry in some parts of West Africa!. .. .I first came across this type of fraud more than 10 years ago. The police usually refer to it as "advanced fee fraud" ie the victim sends a fee up front & gets ****all in return. In the worst cases, victims have given the fraudsters full details of thier bank accounts + blank, but signed, sheets of their business notepaper. The victims are expecting funds to be transferred into their bank accounts, but, of course funds are transferred OUT. . .. .In the early days they only used snail mail, & are still doing so, as well as now, email. I understand that the fraudsters sending out the letters or emails, use very old trade directories, mailing lists etc, that they can acquire at no cost. This seems in line with some of you saying that you have recieved the claims on old email accounts.. .. .At least a decade ago, Scotland Yard set up a department to co-ordinate the complaints received from all the county police forces. I am not sure if it is still in use, or whether the authorities have long since assumed that the public are well aware of these frauds, as they have been in the media so often.. .. .This is definitely not a recommended method for Wannabees to try to fund their fATPLs <img border="0" title="" alt="[Mad]" src="mad.gif" />