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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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From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: tanwong067@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2008 08:06:09 GMT
Subject: Confidential Business Proposal
FROM=3A TAN WONG
(tanwong067=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk)
Let me start by introducing myself=2E I am Mr=2ETan Wong director of ope=
rations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd=2E I have an obscured business suggest=
ion for you=2E
Before the U=2ES and Iraqi war our client Major c who was with the Iraq =
forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 1 calenda=
r months=2C with a value of Twenty Four millions Five Hundred Thousand U=
nited State Dollars only in my branch=2E Upon maturity several notice wa=
s sent to him=2C even during the war =2E Again after the war another not=
ification was sent and still no response came from him=2EWe later found =
out that the Major and his family had been killed during the war in bomb=
blast that hit their home=2E After further investigation it was also di=
scovered that Major Fadi Basem did not declare any next of kin in his of=
ficial papers including the paper work of his bank deposit=2E And he als=
o confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me=
knew of his deposit in my bank=2ESo=2C Twenty Four millions Five Hundre=
d Thousand United State Dollar(=2424=2C500=2C000=2C00) is still lying in=
my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it=2E What bothers m=
e most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration 7ye=
ars the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government i=
f nobody applies to claim the funds=2E Against this backdrop=2C my sugge=
stion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner
to stand as the next of kin to Major Fadi Basem so that you will be able=
to receive his funds=2E
WHAT IS TO BE DONE=3A
I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we sha=
ll come out successful=2E I will contact my attorney to prepare the nece=
ssary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Major Fadi Ba=
sem =2Call that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide=
me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence h=
is job=2EAfter you have been made the next of kin=2C the attorney will a=
lso file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval =
and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds to an acco=
unt that will be provided by you=2EThere is no risk involved at all in t=
he matter as we are going to adopt a legalized method and the attorney w=
ill prepare all the necessary documents=2E Please endeavor to observe ut=
most discretion in all matters concerning this issue=2EOnce the fund hav=
e been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the =
ratio of 65=25 for me=2C 30=25 for you and 5=25 will be use to pay back =
any partner at the ending of the transfer for any money spent in the pro=
cess of the transfer=2E Should you be interested please send me your ful=
lnames and current residential address and I will prefer you to reach me=
on this email address(tanwong067=40yahoo=2Ecom=2Ehk) which is my privat=
e email address and finallyafter that i shall provide you with more deta=
ils of this operation=2E
Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated=2E
Kind Regards=2C
Mr=2E Tan Wong=2E
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