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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:47:28 -0700 (PDT)
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FROM: Liu Yan
Bank of China Ltd.
13/F. Bank of China Tower
1 Garden Road
Hong Kong,


I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like
a complete intrusion into your privacy but right about now
this is my best option of communication. This mail might come
to you as a surprise and the temptation=A0 to ignore it as
frivolous could come into your mind; but please consider it
a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility.

This letter must surprise you because we have never meet before
neither in person nor by correspondence, but I believe that it
takes just one day to meet or know someone either physically or
through correspondence.

I got your contact through my personal search, you were revealed
as being quite astute in private entrepreneurship,and one has no
doubt in your ability to handle a financial business transaction.
I am Liu Yan a transfer supervisor operations in investment
section in Bank of China Ltd. Secretariat of the BOCHK Charitable
Foundation 13/F. Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Hong Kong I
have an obscured business suggestion for you.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Mohammed Jassim Ali
who work with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered
fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of (I will disclose
amount upon your reply) in my branch.

Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even early in the war,again
after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from
him, We later found out that, General Mohammed Jassim Ali and his family
had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that General Mohammed
Jassim Ali did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including
the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last tim=
e
he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. S=
o,
(I will disclose amount upon your reply) it is still lying in my bank and n=
o
one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me most is that,
according to the laws of my country at the expiration 3 years the funds
will be reverted to the ownership ofthe Hong Kong Government if nobody
applies to claim the funds.

Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I would like you as a
foreigner to stand as the next of kin to General Mohammed Jassim Ali so tha=
t
you will be able to receive his funds. I want you to know that I have had
everything planned out so that we shall come out successful.

I have contacted an attorney who will prepare the legal documents that will
back you up as the next of kin to General Mohammed Jassim Ali, all what is
required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full
Names,
private phone number and Address so that the attorney can commence his job.
After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also file in fo=
r
claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of proba=
te
in your favour for the transfer of the funds to an account that will be
provided by you with my guidance. There is no risk involved at all in this
matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney will
prepare all the necessary documents.

Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this
issue. Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account
we shall discuss the percentage issue on your reply.

If you are interested please send me your full names and current residentia=
l
address and phone number, and I will prefer you to reach me on my private a=
nd
secure email address below and finally after that I shall provide you with
more
details of this operation.

Best Regards

Liu Yan

Please reply to this email: liuyan50@aol.com

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