From: "Lee Xinkang" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leexinkang521@mailbox.hu>
Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 02:47:53 +0300
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE ON THIS TRANSACTION.

Hello,

I am Lee Xinkang; I work for the Hong Kong Shanghai bank (HSBC) in Hong Kong. I asked a friend coming to the USA to mail this letter on my behalf.

I am contacting you regarding the estate of a deceased customer with similar last name and an investment placed under our bank management 8 years ago. Please keep the contents of this mail confidential. In 2004, the deceased customer engaged in business discussions with our private banking division. She expressed her desire to have us invest her financial portfolio of 9 million US dollars on her behalf. Based on my advice, we spun the money around various investment opportunities and it yielded attractive margins over time. At this point, the accrued profit/interest and capital stood at 10 million US dollars.

In mid 2006, she instructed that the principal sum be liquidated because she needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in London. We got in touch with the NatWest investment banking group in London and they agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to our client.

However, NatWest bank, London got in touch with us last year that this money has still not been claimed till date. On further enquiries we found out that our client was involved in an accident in Mainland China. She had no next of kin and the reason I am writing you is because you bear exactly the same last name as our deceased customer. What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to her bank account files, you will be easily substituted as the beneficiary of these funds. The bank will contact you notifying you that money has been willed to you.

On verification of the Beneficiary details which I will make available to my bank, my bank will instruct the NatWest bank in London to make payments to you. For your assistance I propose we share the funds 50% : 50%. I would not like you to involve any third party in this transaction. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us pull this deal through. I assure you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law. If this proposal offends your moral values, please pardon me; otherwise reply via my email address or fax numbers below for further clarification.

Please be kind to get back to me if you are not interested so that I can further my search for another partner, PREFERRED CONTACT BY Email address.

Sincerely,

Lee Xinkang