I'm about to become a rich man

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I'm about to become a rich man

Post by kiwigeo » Wed Jan 14, 2009 6:23 pm

Received in my in box today:


- Dear Friend, Compliments of the season and my best wishes to you, I apologize if the contents here under are contrary to your moral ethics, but please treat with absolute secrecy and personal. My name is Clarence Lim, am a Singaporean and a seasoned Banker with Malaysia HSBC Bank (Malaysia office), am as well an account officer to a deceased customer of our bank, we lost this customer in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December 2004 in Sumatra Indonnesia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_India ... earthquake and his account of US$19.761 million with us has been unclaimed due to unavailability of a next of kin/relatives to claim his estate. In accordance with the escheat laws in Malaysia as a kingdom, the board of directors of the bank met forth night ago and resolved to turn the estate of the deceased over to Government having waited for too long without the deceased relatives/next of kin surfacing property and if this is done, invariably, the funds will end up to become Government property and it is as a result of this that am moved to contact you considering the fact that you share almost the same name with the deceased. In view of this, I am seeking your cooperation and understanding to stand as the deceased next of kin to enable us claim the inheritance before the period given by the bank elapse. If you are interested and in agreement with me, get back to me quickly and I will send to you all our bank contacts and the information you may need to proceed without coming to Malaysia, and be rest assured that it is risk free project and the proceedings will be shared 50% each once the fund are repatriated into your account anywhere in the world. Please reply immediately with your information including your telephone number for easy communication and oral discussion. I await your prompt response immediately. Best Regards. Clarence Lim.+60166822838

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Post by sebastiaan56 » Thu Jan 15, 2009 5:49 am

"You lucky, lucky barstard" Eric Idle 1974

Did you forward it to ASIC?
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Post by kiwigeo » Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:56 pm

No havent forwarded it to the Feds but I got his email accounts shut down.

This scam has been running for a while by the look of things.

Cheers Martin

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Post by sebastiaan56 » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:01 pm

Hi Martin,

I know the one you got looked suss, but check this one out, going for the cred!


"Good Day

I am Mrs. Breehl William secretary to Mr. Paul Wolfenden, Manager of ABN AMRO BANK 250 Bishopsgate, London EC2M 4AA .

My boss have a business proposal valued at GBP£21(Twenty-One Million Pounds) from his Branch.

Get back to him via the below email, to enable him furnish you with full information concerning this letter via by email.

Email: abnambnk@mail2uk.com

Sincerely,
Secretary

Confidentiality Statement - This electronic communication contains information from the Union College e-mail message system and is confidential and/or privileged. The information is intended for the exclusive use of the addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any use, disclosure, dissemination, distribution, duplication, or choice of action/response as a result of the content of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this electronic message in error, please notify us immediately by return e-mail to the sender and by telephone at (606) 546-4151, and delete/destroy it without copying or reading the original message."
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Post by kiwigeo » Wed Jan 21, 2009 6:50 pm

Im wondering how Mrs William got a job as a secretary...obviously her typing skills are better than her English.

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