Police in Milford Haven are warning people to be aware of a banking scam after a Milford resident received a letter with an offer of £11 million.

The letter purports to be from legal "expert" David L Thompson and concerns a client of his who died in Spain in 2005.

The client died without writing a will and with $22 million in his bank account. Unless living relatives of the millionaire are found it will be absorbed into the EU central bank.

This millionaire just happens to share the same surname as the recipient of the letter and the "legal expert" is willing to split the funds 50-50. The only thing the lucky reader has to do is contact Mr Thompson via e-mail or fax.

"The letter does not, at this stage, ask for any personal or banking information," said PC McCanch-Jones at Milford Haven police station.

"But no doubt on contacting Mr Thompson he would ask then for it."

A spokesman from the county council's trading standards office warned that if something looks too good to be true it usually is.

Scam letters and e-mails often feature poor spelling and grammar and an impersonal introduction.