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Examples of Scam Emails

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Here are some examples of scam emails. If you receive an email like one of these, you should simply delete it. Remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it most likely is. No one is going to give you a large sum of money for doing little to nothing to earn it.

From Scammer

Hello
Thanks for the mail and interest in my baby...All waht i can do for you is to pay half of the payment and as soon as you received the baby you will send me back the balance...Get back to me with your mailling address with full name and nearest airport to your home so that i can forward it to the shipping agent..Thanks and God bless you.
Get back to me Asap

Am trying to call you but you dont pick it....you can call me via this # +2348029054583

From Buyer

Im at my sisters tonight babysitting. I understand from your point of view as well BUT I just have a bad feeling about this? These arent the same pups the other lady emailed me?? I dont know whats going on? Do you have another websit I can look at? Or some more pictures? If I was made of money I would pay half but I dont want to risk it. Im very sorry, Honestly I would have loved to take one of them!!! I got my hopes up a little too early I guess. :(

From Scammer

You can now email me at: worldbank_maillingdepartment@yahoo.com

- My name is Sgt James Peter, I am an American soldier with Swiss background, serving in the military with the army’s 3rd infantry division. With a very desperate need for assistance, I have summed up courage to contact you. I found your contact particulars in an address journal. I am seeking your kind assistance to move the sum of ( $ 35 million u.s. dollars ) Thirty Five million united states dollars to you, as far as I can be assured that my share will be safe in your care until I complete my service here, this is no stolen money, and there are no danger involved. Source of money: Some money in various currencies was discovered in barrels at a farmhouse near one of Saddam’s old palaces in Tikrit-Iraq during a rescue operation, and it was agreed by staff Sgt Kenneth buff and I that some part of this money be shared among both of us before informing anybody about it since both of us saw the money first. This was quite an illegal thing to do, but I tell you what? No compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. Of which my brother in-law was killed by a road side bomb last week. You will find the story of this money on the web address below; The above figure was given to me as my share, and to conceal this kind of money became a problem for me, so with the help of a British contact working here and his office enjoy some immunity, I was able to get the package out to a safe location entirely out of trouble spot. he does not know the real contents of the package, and believes that it belongs to a brithish/american medical doctor who died in a raid here in Iraq, and before giving up, trusted me to hand over the package to his family in united states. I have now found a much secured way of getting the package out of Iraq to your country for you to pick up, and I will discuss this with you when I am sure that you are willing to assist me. I want you to tell me how much you will take from this money for the assistance you will give to me. One passionate appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, should you have reasons to reject this offer, please and please destroy this message as any leakage of this information will be too bad for us soldier’s here in Iraq. I do not know how long we will remain here, and i have been shot, wounded and survived two suicide bomb attacks by the special grace of God, this and other reasons i will mention later has prompted me to reach out for help, i honestly want this matter to be resolved immediately.

From Scammer

Asking for your Assistance
Hello My Friend,
This is a message from Hong Kong, My name is Mr. Ching Wong. Credit Officer in a finance firm, I am contacting you because I need your assistance in moving the sum of Twenty Million Dollars from my country to yours. But I need you to stand as the beneficiary of the funds in the means of this process. This business has steps and you will have 40% of the above sum at the end of the transaction. If you interested please reach me back via my private e-mail address chingwong20@hotmail.com I will introduce you to the next step. I wait to hear from you soon. Thanks.
Mr. Ching Wong

From Scammer

Greetings of the day to you

Greetings of the day to you, although you may be skeptical receiving this email as we have not met before, I am Mr. Patrick K.W. Chan (Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer) of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd., nevertheless I have a business proposition involving the sum of $22,000,000.00usd in my bank which I know we will be of mutual benefit to both of us, and I believe we can handle it together, once we have a common understanding and mutual cooperation in the execution of the modalities. I shall furnish you with more informations about this operation when l receive your reply.

Should you be interested, please send me those informations

  1. Full names,
  2. Age,
  3. Occupation,
  4. Private phone number,
  5. Current residential address.

Via this email address:(patrcha@yahoo.com.hk)

Your earliest response to this mail will be highly appreciated.
Mr. Patrick Chan.

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From Buyer

temytopeadeniyi@Yahoo.com
is calling wanting to buy a dog, he wants to send a cashiers check for $2000.00 more than the price of the dog and wants me to take an extra $100.00 for my trouble and send him the difference. This is an old scam and I told him I'm very aware it's a scam and I'm having no part of it. He will probably call others.

From Scammer

From: "Mrs.Alice King"<mikey147@risp.biz>
Date: July 26, 2008 11:12:20 AM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: PLEASE HELP
Reply-To: <alice@chi1.cjb.net>

Hello,
My name is Mrs. Alice King from Indonesia,59 years old woman aging widow suffering from long time illness since the Tsunami Earth Quake which took place on the 26th december 2004. I have some funds inherited from my late husband, the sum of US$12,500.000.00 and i need a very honest and God fearing Christian that will use the funds for God's work, motherless home or charitable funding, i found your email address from the Internet and decided to contact you. Please if you would be able to use this funds for the Lord work, kindly reply for further details.

I will be very glad to hear from you.

Your sincerely
Mrs Alice King.

From Scammer

From: "harrison_1@unimail.mn" <harrison_1@unimail.mn>
Date: June 20, 2008 10:39:50 PM EDT
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Subject: COMPENSATION
Reply-To: <fsfh1920@yahoo.gr>

Dear Friend,How are you and your family? obviously you may get upset when reading this mail but after you peruse the content very well, you shall smile at the end. Please take it for it is just nature and do not blame yourself because you did not finish this deal with me.We hope all is well with you all there? We also hope that this mail meets you in a perfect and suitable condition. On behalf of myself and my colleagues here regarding to the unfinished transaction with you. We are using this opportunity to thank you very dearly for your great effort to our unfinished transaction due to one reason or the other best known to you. But we want to inform you that we have successfully transferred the fund out of my country to someone else account who was capable of assisting me in repatriating the fund out here to his country.

Due to your kind efforts, sincerity, courage and trustworthy you showed at the cost of the transaction then, we therefore like to compensate you and your family by showing our gratitude to you with the sum of $985,000.00. (Nine Hundred and Eighty Five Thousand)USD.On the authorization, we have authorized the finance house where myself and my colleagues deposited some of our money to issue you a certified international bank draft cashable at any location of your country banks. My dear friend,we will like you to contact the finance house for the collection of this international certified bank draft which is cashable at any bank in your country. The name and contact address of the finance house in brief is as follows. FIRST SECURITIES AND FINANCE PLC

Email: fsfh1920@yahoo.gr
Email: fsfh1918@gmail.com
Telephone; +234-7087327260

MR. EMPEROR JAMES (CHIEF OPERATION OFFICER) At the moment, myself and some of my colleagues member are very busy here because of the investment projects which myself, colleagues member and our new re-assisted partner are having at hand like as I told you then that we are going to invest together if we get to the root of the transaction but is unfortunate you lop. Finally, remember that we have fax/forwarded instruction to the finance house on your behalf to send the bank draft to you as soon as you contact them without delay. Please I will like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from the bottom of our Godly heart.
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hope to hear from you sooner you contacted them. Yours faithfully,
Harrison John.

From Scammer

From: "MRS FRANCA"<francadonnaa@gazeta.pl>
Date: July 13, 2008 12:39:36 AM EDT
Subject: COMPENSATION FROM MRS FRANCA DONNA!!!
Reply-To: <drbenjamin73@gmail.com>

My Dear Good Friend,
You might find it so difficult to remember me. Though, it is indeed, a very long time. On my singular, I am much delighted and privileged to contact you again after couple of years now. It takes fate, courage and God's fearing to remember old friends and at the same time, to show gratification to them, despite circumstances that made things, not worked out as we projected then.

I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursing together, finally worked out by God's infinite mercy and I decided to contact you, just to let you know. You are advised to stop any further communication with your local representative(s) any officials (s) department whom may call you or email concerning the check draft what sum of 1,000.000.00, accept DR. Benjamin Kereku, Ecobank Du Benin Republic

Your are advise not to accept any fax or telephone calls that does not come from him Because he is the only person I left the order how to deliver the check draft to you, and you may call him immediately you received this message for more information through the instruction I left, I have conscience as a human being, due to your tremendous effort and contribution to make things work out in retrospect. Meanwhile, I must inform you that, I am presently in Japan , for numerous business negotiations and establishment.

I just arrived yesterday night and checked inn, in a hotel and decided to go down to the hotel business centre to mail you. Now with my sincere heart, I have raised and signed an International Cashier's Bank Draft, to the Sum of 1.000.000.00 (ONE MILLION EURO) only in your name as COMPENSATION to your dedication, humanity and contribution, as it were.

Contact him now, his Name is Dr. Benjamin Kereku (Chief Accountant Ecobank Du Benin Republic ) on his E-mail: ( drbenjamin73@gmail.com )

Call his direct phone for clarification +229 97 47 98 58

You are to forward to him, the following

  1. 1. YOUR FULL NAME & ADDRESS
  2. 2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER

He will advise you further about the shipment of the ICBD to your Residence Address or Office Address you may provide. Feel free to reach him via this very mail address: (drbenjamin73@gmail.com ) most importantly, the ICBD has only validity period of 60 banking days. So, your early response to that effect, shall be admired. You have to mind the days on route shipment.

Sincerely Yours,
Mrs Franca Donna

From Scammer

URGENT THIS IS GOOD NEWS!!!!!!!!

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RESULTS FOR FIRST CATEGORY
E-ticket number: 07-32-44-45-50 (01-07)

This is to inform you that your email ID has won 2,000,000.00 (Two Million Euros). in the first dip of our computer
ballot email lottery with the said winning numbers giving below;
E-ticket number: 07-32-44-45-50 (01-07)
Prize Number (match 3): 106000009

To claim your winning,you should contact the OFFICIAL and APPROVED paying bank here in Holland-Netherlands urgently:-

PostBank NL
www.postbank.nl
Email: postbanknlin@aol.in
Telephone: + 31616 859 048.
You are also advice to furnish them with the following information:-

Your Names:-
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Your Nationality{Your country of Origin}-
E-Ticket number-
Prize Number-

Congratulations once again from management and staff of this company,and thanking you for being a lucky winner of our promotions program.

Sincerely,
Mr.DIRK GARVIN
EURO MILLION LOTTERY Promotion

From Scammer

Dear Beloved,
It is by the grace of God that I received Christ, having known the
truth, I had no choice than to do what is lawful and just in the sight
of God for eternal life and in the sight of man for witness of God & is
Mercies and glory upon my life.

I am Mrs. Victoria Paxton, the wife of Mr. Ricky Paxton, my husband
worked with the Chevron / Texaco in Belgium for twenty years before he
died in the year 2005.We were married for ten years without a child.
My Husband died after a brief illness that lasted for only four days.
Before his death we both got born again and dedicated Christians. Since
his death I decided not to re-marry or get a child outside my
matrimonial
home which the Bible is strongly against. When my late husband was
alive he deposited the sum of US$17.5 Million. (Seventeen Million Five
Hundred Thousand U.S. Dollars) with a Financial Institution in Europe.

Presently, this money is still with the Bank and the management just
wrote me as the beneficiary that our account has been DORMANT and if
I, as the beneficiary of the funds, do not re-activate the account; the
funds will be CONFISCATED or I rather issue a Power of Attorney to
somebody to receive it on my behalf as I can not come over. Presently,
I'm in a hospital in Luxembourg where I have been undergoing treatment
for esophageal cancer.

I have since lost my ability to talk and my doctors have told me that I
have only a few weeks to live. It is my last wish to see this money
distributed to charity organizations anywhere in the World. Because
relatives and friends have plundered so much of my wealth since my
illness,I cannot live with the agony of entrusting this huge
responsibility to any of them.

Please, I beg you in the name of God to help me Stand-in as the
beneficiary and collect the Funds from the Bank. I want a person that
is God-fearing who will use this money to fund churches, orphanages and
widows propagating the word of God and to ensure that the house of God
is maintained.

The Bible made us to understand that blessed is the hand that giveth. I
took this decision because I don't have any child that will inherit
this money and my husband's relatives are not Christians and I don't
want my husband's hard earned money to be misused by unbelievers. I
don't want a situation where this money will be used in an ungodly
manner.Hence the reason for taking this bold decision.

I am not afraid of death since I know where I am going to. I know that
I am going to be in the bosom of the Lord. {Exodus14 VS14}says that
the Lord will fight my case and I shall hold my peace. I don't need
any telephone communication in this regard because of my soundless
voice and presence of my husband's relatives around me always. I don't want
them to know about this development but if you insist here is my
private number : + 44 750 652 3158.

With God all things are possible.

If you are interested in helping me fulfil this dream, you can email to
my personal email: victoriapax@gmail.com

Your Sister in Christ,
Mrs. Victoria Paxton.

From Scammer

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.
CBN HOUSE, LAGOS NIGERIA.
TELEGRAM: CENBANK
REF NO: AUTH 06/IOD/2020/07
09:00AM Friday,23rd MAY,2008
REPLY TO: donmiginis1@live.com

VERIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT FILE.

FROM THE RECORDS OF OUTSTANDING CONTRACTORS, NEXT OF KIN FUND AND LOTTERY FUNDS DUE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT, YOUR NAME/PARTICULARS WAS DISCOVERED AS NEXT ON THE LIST.

I WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR PAYMENT IS BEING PROCESSED AND FROM THE RECORD IN MY FILE YOUR OUTSTANDING PART PAYMENT IS ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS.

KINDLY RE-CONFIRM TO ME THE FOLLOWINGS:

  1. YOUR FULL NAME:
  2. CONTACTADDRESS:
  3. PHONE, FAX AND MOBILE:
  4. ADDRESS:
  5. PROFESSION, AND AGE:

AS SOON AS THIS INFORMATION IS RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT WILL BE MADE TO YOUR NOMINATED BANK ACCOUNT DIRECTLY FROM OUR PAYMENT CENTER AT M&T BANK IN NEW YORK OR CALIFORNIA U.S.A.

REGARDS,

MR. LEMO KING.
TELE/FAX:234-8077-06616.
FOR: DR. DON MIGINIS.
DEPUTY GOVERNOR,
INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPT.
donmiginis1@live.com

From Scammer

From: johnsonpeters29@gmail.com
Subject: URGENT ASSISSTANCE NEEDED

Greetings,

I sincerely hope this message will meet you well .

I am Johnson Peters and am contacting you on behalf of a friend working with the military in Iraq.My friend and his colleague secretly moved some abandoned Cash from one of the mansions of the late President of Iraq(Saddam Hussein) and as I write to you,the cash is Deposited with a security firm and he mandated me to seek your consent in transferring this money into a private or company account for investment purposes.

If you can be of assistance in this regard, kindly get back to me so we can discuss further.

Thanking you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Best Regards,
Johnson Peters

From Scammer

Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for the mail and the interest on my babies.I have one male and a female left on adoption.they are very lovely and friendly puppies.14 weeks old today,and loves to be carried around.have taken all shots/dewormed and have a medical records for that.i will be sending them over with all vet records and paper work.they are medium size, smooth coat,heavy,thick-set,low-swung body,massive short-faced head,wide shoulders,smaller hips,sturdy limbe,very quiet,loving,and gentile baby.they also love exercise and should be in thier weekly regimen.they adore children and make an excellent companion to them because of their gentle, yet sometimes stubborn nature.

I m really giving my babies out because i can't take care of them again.i m very busy in such a way that they are always left lonely at home when we go for work and i feel bad doing that always.i m really looking for a home where they can be loved and cared for.where they will be giving the love and care they deserve as babies.
I do work with the Bethel Baptist church as a missionary Volunteer from Santa Clara,CA and presently located in Mbounda where they will be flown to you.we are dedicated in spreading the word of God and have been sent to Mbounda west of Africa on evangilisation.
To have them airport pick up,i will love you send over your full names,home address and name of your closest city airport for flight and pick up arrangements to be made. I will email you all flight and delivery details for pick up like flight number,tracking number,departure time and arrival time when i send them over so that you can know exactly when to be at the airport for pick up.
There is an adoption fee of $350.00 each including delivery cost to your city airport for pick up.there is no other charge on them.
They can still be seperated if you want just one of them.Monty is the male puppy and Rita female.they both come from the same litter.just let me know what you want.
thanks and hope reading soon.
Michelle

Hi Jonathan,
i m just coming back from the airport for making all the inquiries on sending your baby boy over (Monty)
I found a flight that departs from this end on Thursday 23 May 2008 at 10:45 PM Cameroon time and arrival at the San Jose International airport,United States is on Friday 24 May 2008 at 5:15 PM your time.I will let you know about all other details like the airbill number,flight number as soon as i m finished with the flight arrangements tomorrow.

Monty will be coming along with his traveling crate, complete
medical, vet and health history,his pet passport and some toys.
They will be preparing a delivery note that will have your complete address,names and all what Monty will be coming along with since you have to sign this document at the airport before the pick up.

You will need a valid photo identification card for the signing of the delivery report and pick up of Monty.

Total cost of adoption including flight and delivery fee is $350.there is no other charge on him.

You could send the money through Western union money transfer using my address and names below.I will really love you doing the transfers today or first thing in the morning so that i can finish with the flight arrangements on time and email you his complete flight and delivery details for pick up to be done.

Ms Arnold Michelle
BP 529,Phone +237 79275589
Bethel Baptist Church
Douala,Littoral Province,Cameroon
Zip Code:00237

I look forward to your respond.
Michelle

From Scammer

FROM:Mr Ruben Zuma
ABSA Bank
Absa Building,
C/o Pretorius and Van der Walt Streets,
P.O. Box 3915 Pretoria 0001

rubenzuma02@yahoo.com

STRICTLY FOR YOU & NEEDS URGENT RESPONSE PLEASE!

I Know For Security Reasons, This Is Not The Safest Means To Reach You, But Was Left With No Other Viable Option Since There Is The Pressing Need To Reach You. I Am Quite Sure That This Mail Will Surprise You Since I Have Not Been Having Previous Correspondences With You.
My Name is Mr Ruben Zuma .The Bank Manager Of The Above Named Bank.I Have A Good Business Proposition For You Which I Know That,By The Special Grace Of God Will Be Beneficial To You.
Firstly Before I Proceed, I Have To Assure You That This Mail Is Neither Junk,Illusion Nor Mere Imagination, But Practically Achievable If Given Maximum Support And Cooperation.
In June 1999, Mr.Christian Eich A German Engineer Who Ran Carmaker BMW Musuem Here In Southern Africa, He Deposited The Sum Of $11.5million Us Dollars With Our Bank On A Three Year Fixed Deposit Basis. With His Son Mr Michael Eich Registered As The Next Of Kin / Beneficiary To The Account. After The Three Years Expired, Mr.Christian Eich Was Not Seen Nor Heard Of Even The Son Who Is The Beneficiary, Nothing Was Heard From Him.So I Decided To Roll It Over. Since Then It Has Been Rolling Over .I Have Sent Mails,Faxes To His Numbers And Addresses Given Still No Response.I Was Forced To Contact The (BMW) He Has Been Dealing With But Was Surprised To Hear That He And The Son Died In An Auto Crash Just A Year After He Deposited The Money With Us.May His Soul Rest In Peace.

FOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THIS SITE BELLOW

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

The South African Law States That, In Cases Like This, The Money Should Be Returned To The Government Account. I Am Seriously Against Returning This Old Mans Sweat To The Govt Account, Because One Of The Officials Will Steal This Money From The Govt Account, So I have Decided To Divert This Money To My Own Private Use. Already I Have Used My Good Contact To Withdraw This Money & transfer it to a Safe Finance /securities company account in Amsterdam for smooth and successful transfer of the fund .
I Am Writing for You To Assist Me In Safekeeping, Transferring Of This Money As Well As For Investment Purposes. You Are To Take 30% Of The Total Sum For Your Assistance,5% to take care of all the expenses incurred during this transaction, while The Remaining Will Be For my Investment in your Country. On receipt Of Your Acceptance Letter, And A Mutual Agreement Is Reached Between Us,I Will Send To You All The Vital Documents Relevant To This Transaction To Enable You Claim The Money On The conclusion of The Transfer In Your Account.
Anticipating Your Urgent and Favorable Response to This Business Proposition.
Please I am counting on you and get back to me with my private e-mail address for confidentiality and security. Please also include your telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.

May God bless you?
Best Regards,
Mr. Ruben Zuma.

rubenzuma02@yahoo.com

From Scammer

Dear Beneficiary,
We wish to congratulate you over your email success in our computer balloting held on 28th April 2008. This is a Millennium Scientific Computer Game in which email addresses were used. It is a promotional program aimed at encouraging internet users; therefore you do not need to buy ticket to enter for it. You have been approve for the star prize of US$790,000:00 (Seven Hundred And Ninety Thousand United States Dollars Only).
To claim your winning prize you are to contact the appointed agent as soon as possible for the immediate release of your winnings:
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Marco Seguridad S.L
Madrid Spain.
Tel: +34 664 170 816
E-mail:marcoes1@aim.com
E-mail:marcoseguridadsl@yahoo.es

(¡)Ref No: EULP/77/008/ESP.
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(v) Serial No: EML/SPR387/TN
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You must contact the appointed agent with your Full Names, Contact Telephone Numbers (Home, Office and Mobile Number and also Fax Number) via email to process the immediate payment of your prize.
The Validity period of the winnings is for 30 working days hence you are expected to make your claims immediately.

Once again congratulations !!!

Best Regards,

Anita Raynes(Mrs.)
(Group Coordinator)

From Scammer

Attention:
I write to bring to your notice as a delegate from the Nigerian Government
Reimbursement Committee under the strict supervision of the United Nations
to pay 120 Nigerian 419 scam victims the sum of $150,000 USD (One Hundred
and Fifty Thousand Dollars) each. Your email and other scam documents were
detected in one of the systems in a Cybercafé in Lagos, Last week, the
cybercafé has been Shut down by The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) and when their computer systems were scanned we found
your email address and some others in one of their systems, The cybercafé
Manager was arrested and detained for illegal use of Cybercafé. Please if
you have fallen victim of the Nigerian Scams, please do not hesitate to
contact us or visit our website for more details. This reimbursement is
only applied to Nigeria Scams Victims only, provided that you were truly
scammed by a Nigerian internet user. We are going to examine all proofs,
documents, mails, payments receipts provided by you.

We shall be waiting to hearing from you been certain that you were truly
scammed by a Nigerian and you have proves to back your claims. Please read
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Yours faithfully,
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Nigerian Government Reimbursement Committee
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From Scammer

Subject: Complement of the day!

Complement of the day!

Thank you for giving me your time. Please be patient and read my email to you.
I am a staff of Standard Chartered Bank attached in Private Banking services. I am contacting you concerning a customer and, an investment placed under our banks management 4 years ago, I contacted you independently of our investigation and no one is
informed of this communication and I would like to intimate you with certain facts that I believe would be of interest to you.

In 2004, the subject matter; ref:SSCB/SCB/bank/77 came to our bank to engage in business discussion with our Private Banking Service Department. He informed us
that he had a financial portfolio of 23 million United States Dollars, which he wished to have us turn over on his behalf. I was the officer assigned to his case;
I made numerous suggestions in line with my duties as the de-facto chief operations officer of the Private Banking Service Department, especially given the volume of funds he wished to put into our bank. We meet on numerous occasions prior to any investments
being placed. I encouraged him to consider various growth funds with prime ratings.
The favored route in my advice to customers is to start by assessing data on 600 traditional stocks and bond managers and alternative investments. Based on my advice, we spun
the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first month of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over 10 million United States Dollars, this margin was not the full potential of the fund but he desired low risk guaranteed returns on investments.
In mid 2005, he asked that the money be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Europe. He directed that I liquidate the funds and had it deposited with a firm in Europe. I informed him that our bank would have to make special arrangements to have this done and in order not to circumvent due process, the bank would have to make a 9.5 % deduction from the funds to cater for banking and statutory charges. He complained about the charges but later came around when I explained to him the complexities of the task he was asking of us. Cash movement across borders has become especially strict since the incidents of 9/11.
I contacted my affiliate in Europe and had the funds available in main land Europe. I undertook all the processes and made sure I followed his precise instructions to the letter and had the funds deposited in a security consultancy firm, the firm is a specialist private firm that accepts deposits from high net worth individuals and blue chip corporations
that handle valuable products or undertake transactions that need immediate access to cash. This small and highly private organization is familiar especially to the highly placed and well-connected organizations. In line with instructions, the money was deposited. He told me he wanted the money there in anticipation of his arrival from Norway later that
week. This was the last communication we had, this transpired around 25th February 2006. In June last year, we got a call from the security firm informing us of the inactivity of that particular portfolio.
This was an astounding position as far as I was concerned, given the fact that I managed the private banking sector I was the only one who knew about the deposit, and I could not understand why he had not come forward to claim his deposit. I made futile efforts to locate him I immediately passed the task of locating him to the internal investigations department
of our bank. Four days later, information started to trickle in and we were inform by the USA homeland security, that he is dead. A person who suited his description was declared dead of a heart attack in Cannes, South of France.
The bank immediately launched an investigation into possible surviving next of kin to alert about the situation and also to come forward to claim his estate. If you are familiar with private banking affairs, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In his bio-data form, he
listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, opening an account with us means no one will know of its existence, accounts are rarely held under a name; depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous. This bank also gives the choice to
depositors of having their mail sent to them or held at the bank itself, ensuring that there are no traces of the account and as I said, rarely do they nominate next of kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also usually in most cases
leave wills in our care, in this case; he died in testate.
What I wish to relate to you will smack of unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational.
The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. You should have begun by now to put together the general direction of what I propose. There is US$ 23,000,000.00 deposited, I alone
have the deposit details and they will release the deposit to no one unless I instruct them to do so. I alone know of the existence of this deposit for as far as the finance firm, the transaction with our deceased customer concluded when I sent the funds to the firm,
all outstanding interactions in relation to the file are just customer services and due process. The finance firm has no single idea of what's the history or nature of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to any party that comes forward. This is the situation. This bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family; they have investigated for months and have found no family. The investigation has come to an end.
My proposal;
I am prepared to place you in a position to instruct the finance firm to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you in half and no more. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the proceeds 50/50. I would have gone
ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line to me and my involvement in claiming the deposit. But on the other hand, you as a foreigner and also with all the necessary legal and official documentations from me and the presiding attorney and also with the authority vested upon me by the original depositor, you would
easily pass as the beneficiary with the rights to claim. I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you in a few days. I will simply inform our bank of the final closing of the file relating to the customer. I will then officially communicate with the finance company and instruct them to release the deposit to you.
With these two things: all is done. The alternative would be for us to have the firm direct the funds to another bank with you as account holder. This way there will be no need for you to think of receiving the money from the firm. We can fine-tune this based on our interactions. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive or destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole
private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do; I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come once in a lifetime. I cannot
let this chance pass me by I hope you understand because for once I found myself in total control and face to face with my destiny. These chances won't pass me by. I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on
with my life but do not destroy me. I am a married woman with 2 kids and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Let's share the blessing.
If you find yourself able to work with me, contact me through this email: wyonghprivbank@aim.com If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards
a conclusion Please observe this instruction religiously. Please note again, I am a happily married with two kids. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences might be, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have
learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting, soon. I await your response.

Yours Sincerely,
Wan Yonghong.