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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: "CHolee Post" <cholee1@msn.com>
Reply-To: cholee1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 02 Oct 2005 16:04:39 +0000
Subject: confidential business proposition for you
>From the desk of:
Mr Cho Lee.
Bank of china
Shenzhen
China
I am Mr Cho Lee, Bank Manager of Bank of China, Shenzhen Branch, China. I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. A British
Oil consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, mr
Raymond Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar
months, valued at Thirty Million Us in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Raymond Beck died
in a plane crash along with his wife Mrs Doreen Beck in Egypt Air Flight
990, 1999 air crash. Since we got this information about his death. On
further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL and
all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made
further investigation and discovered that Mr. Raymond Beck did not declare
any kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank
Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of Thirty Million Us is still sitting
in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at
the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According
to Laws of Republic of China, at the expiration of 6 (Six) years, the money
will revert to the ownership of the Chinese Government if nobody applies to
claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a
foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Raymond Beck so that the
fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt
government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately
your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary
documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We
shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of
the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of
probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any
part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of
this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid
into your account for us to share in the ratio of eighty percent for me and
twenty percent for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for
this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch
Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you are
Interested, please reply immediately via the private email address above.
Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your
confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
Mr Cho Lee.
cholee1@gmail.com
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