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From: hung lin <h-ung3@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <hunglinboc22@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 10:10:25 +0100
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION
Dear Friend,How are you today and business in your country? I amMr.Hung Lin,Bank Manager of bank of China, ShenzhenBranch, China. I would respectfully request that youkeep the contents of this mail confidential andrespect the integrity of the information you come byas a result of this mail. I contacted youindependently of ourinvestigation and no one is informed of thiscommunication. I would like to intimate you withcertain facts that I believe would be of interest toyou. I know you would be wondering why I am writingyou with a request such as this but I only urge you toread on. In December 2001, a British Oilconsultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid MineralsCorporation, Mr. Robert Rice made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued atUS$30,000,000.00 (Thirty Million Dollars) in mybranch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notificationto his forwarding address in America and Britain butgot no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder andfinally we discovered from his contract employers, theChinese Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. RobertRice died alongside his wife, from an airplane crash.The bank immediately launched an investigation intopossible surviving next of kin to alert about thesituation and also to come forward to claim hisestate. If you are familiar with private bankingaffairs, those who patronize our services usuallyprefer anonymity, but also some levels of detachmentfrom conventional processes. In his bio-data form, helisted no next of kin. In the field of privatebanking, opening an account with us means no one willknow of its existence, accounts are rarely held undera name; depositors use numbers and codes to make theaccounts anonymous. This bank also gives the choice todepositors of having their mail sent to them or heldat the bank itself, ensuring that there are no tracesof the account and as I said, rarely do they nominatenext of kin. Private banking clients apart from notnominating next of kin also usually in most casesleave wills in our care, in this case; Mr. Robert Ricedied interstate. In line with our internal processesfor account holders who have passed away, weinstituted our own investigations in good faith todetermine who should have right to claim the estate.This investigation has for the past months beenunfruitful. We have scanned every continent and usedour private investigation affiliate companies to getto the root of the problem.This sum of US$30,000,000.00 has since been in myBank and the interest is being rolled over with theprincipal sum at the end of each year. No one willever come forward to claim it. According to the Lawsof Republic of China, at the expiration of 5 (five)years, the money will revert to the ownership of theChineseGovernment if nobody applies to claim the funds. WhatI wish to relate to you will smack of unethicalpractice but I want you to understand something. It isonly an outsider to the banking world who finds theinternal politics of the banking world aberrational.The world of banking especially is fraught with hugerewards for those who occupy certain offices andoversee certain portfolios. You should have begun bynow to put together the general direction of what Ipropose. There is US$30,000,000.00 deposited in mybank, I alone have the deposit details and they willrelease the deposit to no one unless evidence ofrelationship with the deceased, which I shall provideyou with, is presented. I alone know of the existenceof this deposit for as far as Bank of China isconcerned, the bank's management has no single idea ofwhat's the history or nature of the deposit. They aresimply awaiting instructions to release the deposit toany party that comes forward. This is the situation.This bank has spent great amounts of money trying totrack this man's family; they have investigated formonths and have found no family. The investigation hascome to an end. Consequently, my proposal is that Iwill like you as a foreigner to stand in as the nextof kin to Mr. Robert Rice so that the fruits of thisold man's labour will not get into the hands of somecorrupt government officials. Acting in this capacityreally is simple, all you have to do is provide yourfull names and address so that an attorney here canprepare the necessary documents and affidavits thatwill put you in place as the next of kin. We shallemploy the services of an attorney for drafting andnotarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessaryauthentication, approval and a letter ofprobate/administration in your favour for the transferto be done. A bank account in any part of the worldthat you then provide me with will then facilitate thetransfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/nextof kin. The money will be paid into your account forus to share 60/40.I am aware of the consequences of this proposal. I askthat if you find no interest in this project that youshould discard this mail. I ask that you do not bevindictive and destructive. If my offer is of noappeal to you, delete this message and forget I evercontacted you. Do not destroy my career because you donot approve of my proposal.You may not know this but people like me who have madetidy sums out of comparable situations run the wholeprivate banking sector. I am not a criminal and what Ido, I do not find against good conscience, this may behard for you to understand, but the dynamics of myindustry dictates that I make this move. Suchopportunities only come ones' way once in a lifetime.I cannot let this chance pass me pass me by. I askthat you do not destroy my chance, for once I findmyself in total control of my destiny. This is mychance, if you will not work with me let me know andlet me move on with my life but do not destroy me. Iam a family man and this is an opportunity to providemy family with new opportunities. There is a rewardfor this project and it is a task well worthundertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the onlyrisk I have here is from you refusing to work with meand alerting my bank. There is no risk whatsoever asall the paperwork for this transaction will be done bythe attorney and my position as the Branch Managerguarantee the successful execution of thistransaction. If you are interested in this lucrativerole, I urge you to indicate to that effect. Upon yourresponse, if favorable, I shall then provide you withmore details and relevant information that will helpyou get full understanding of the transaction. I willappreciate it if you send me your confidentialtelephone and fax numbers for easier communication. Ifyou find yourself able to work with me, contact methrough my confidential emailaddress;hunglinboc3@yahoo.com.cn . If you give mepositive signals, I will initiate this process towardsa conclusion. I wish to inform you that should youcontact me via official channels; I will deny knowingyou and about this project. I repeat, I do not wantyou contacting me through my official phonelines nor do I want you contacting me through myofficial email account. Contact me only through thenumbers I will provide for you and also through myconfidential email address;hunglinboc3@yahoo.com.cn .My official lines are not secure lines as they areperiodically monitored to assess our level of customercare 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 andchildren. I send you this mail not without a measureof fear as to what the consequences may be, but I knowwithin me that nothing ventured is nothing gained andthat success and riches never come easy or on aplatter of gold. This is the one truth I have learnedfrom my private banking clients. Do not betray myconfidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plana meeting, soon. In closing, please observeutmost confidentiality, and be rest assured that thistransaction would be most profitable for both of usbecause I shall require your assistance to invest myshare in your country. Upon receiving your reply, Iwill then furnish you with a more comprehensive detailof this transaction and what is required of you.Awaiting your urgent reply via my confidential emailaddress;hunglinboc3@yahoo.com.cn . Yours Sincerely,Mr.Hung Lin.Manager,Bank of China,Shenzhen branch.
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