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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: "Chu Sengchen" <chuchen027@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: csgchen8899@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2007 10:36:16 -0800
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPONSE ASAP.
Dear Friend,
How are you today and business in your country?
I am Mr.chu Sengchen,Bank Manager
of bank of China,Shenzhen Branch, China. I would
respectfully requestthat you keep the contents of this
mail confidentialand respect the integrity of the
information you come by as a result of this mail.
I contacted you independently of our
investigation and no one is informed of this
communication. I would like to intimate you with
certain facts that I believe would be of interest to
you. I know you would be wondering why I am writing
you with a request such as this but I only urge you to
read on. In December 2001, a British Oil
consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals
Corporation, Mr. Robert Rice made a numbered time
(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million Dollars) in my
branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification
to his forwarding address in America and Britain but
got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and
finally we discoveredfrom his contract employers, the
Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Robert
Rice died alongside his wife, from an airplane crash.
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; Mr. Robert Rice
died interstate. In line with our internal processes
for account holders who have passed away, we
instituted our own investigations in good faith to
determine who should have right to claim the estate.
This investigation has for the past months been
unfruitful. We have scanned every continent and used
our private investigation affiliate companies to get
to the root of the problem.
This sum of US$30,000,000.00 has since been 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 the Laws
of Republic of China, at the expiration of 5 (five)
years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Chinese Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
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 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$30,000,000.00 deposited in my
bank, I alone have the deposit details and they will
release the deposit to no one unless evidence of
relationship with the deceased, which I shall provide
you with, is presented. I alone know of the existence
of this deposit for as far as Bank of China is
concerned, the bank's management 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. Consequently, my proposal is that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next
of kin to Mr. Robert Rice so that the fruits of this
old man's labour will not get into the hands of some
corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity
really is simple, all you have to do is provide your
full names and address so that an attorney here can
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
authentication, approval and a letter of
probate/administration in your favour for the transfer
to be done. A bank account in any part of the world
that you then provide me with will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as thebeneficiary/next
of kin. The money will be paid into your account for
us to share 80/20.
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 and 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 ones' way once in a lifetime.
I cannot let this chance pass me pass me by.
I ask that you do not destroy my chance, for once I find
myself in total control of my destiny. This is 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 family man and this is an opportunity to provide
my family 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. There is no risk whatsoever as
all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by
the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager
guarantee the successful execution of this
transaction. If you are interested in this lucrative
role, I urge you to indicate to that effect. Upon your
response, if favourable, I shall then provide you with
more details and relevant information that will help
you get full understanding of the transaction. I will
appreciate it if you send me your confidential
telephone and fax numbers for easier communication. If
you find yourself able to work with me, contact me
through my confidential email address:csgchen8899@yahoo.com.cn.
If you give me positivesignals, I will initiate this
process towards aconclusion. I wish to inform you that
should youcontact me via official channels; I will deny
knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want
you contacting me through my official phone
lines nor do I want you contacting me through my
official email account. Contact me only through the
numbers I will provide for you and also through my
confidential email address csgchen8899@yahoo.com.cn.
My official lines are not secure lines as they are
periodically monitored to assess our level of customer
care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy.
Please observe this instruction religiously. Please,
again, note I am a family man, I have a wife and
children. I send you this mail not without a measure
of fear as to what the consequences may 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. In closing, please observe
utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that this
transaction would be most profitable for both of us
because I shall require your assistance to invest my
share in your country. Upon receiving your reply, I
will then furnish you with a more comprehensive detail
ofthis transaction and what is required of you.
Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential email
addresss csgchen8899@yahoo.com.cn.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Chu Sengchen
NOTE: Please send your urgent reply via my confidential email
addresss csgchen8899@yahoo.com.cn.
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