This one is kind of humorous as the person mentions so much about having an attorney to process everything yet you’d think the smart thing to do would be to let the attorney do all the communications as well. I guess scams and spam can’t make too much sense.

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Subject: Contact Me Now Mr Huang Yanxiong!!!
From: “Huang Yanxiong”
Reply-To: huang202089@yahoo.com.hk

Mr. Huang Yanxiong
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
83 Des Voeux Rd. Branch,
Central Hong Kong,
Hong Kong.
Tel/Fax: +852-301-01462

Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr.Huang Yanxiong credit officer of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have a concealed business suggestion for you. Before the U.S and Iraqi war our client General Ibrahim Umar who was with the Iraqi forces and also business man made a numbered fixed deposit for 18 calendar months, with a value of Twenty million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notices was sent to him, even during the war early this year. Again after
the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later find out that the General and his family had been killed during the war in bomb blast that hit their home.

After further investigation it was also discovered that Gen. Ibrahim Umar did not declare any next of kin in his official papers including the paper work of his bank deposit. And he also confided in me the last time he was at my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank. So, Twenty millions Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me
most is that according to the to the laws of my country at the expiration three years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. Against this backdrop, my suggestion to you is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of Kin to Gen. Ibrahim Umar so that you will be able to receive his funds.

WHAT IS TO BE DONE:

I want you to know that I have had everything planned out so that we shall come out successful. I have contacted an attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Gen.Ibrahim Umar, all that is required from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your Full Names and Address so that the attorney can commence his job. After you have been made the next of kin, the attorney will also fill in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the move of the funds.

There is no risk involved at all in the matter as we are going adopt a legalized method and the attorney will prepare all the necessary documents. Please endeavor to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue. Once the funds have been transferred, we shall share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you. Should you be interested please send me your private phone and fax numbers for easy communication, you can and I will provide you with more details of this operation.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards

Mr. Huang Yanxiong

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Now what was this? I recently received a phone call from the following number at 231-224-2050 which appeared to be from Michigan. Upon answering, an automatic message came up saying how I won two free tickets to a cruise if I stayed on the line and answered some questions. Of course, I hung up. Sounded like a scam to me. Actually, the next time they phone maybe I should record the message and post it here so that everyone else can hear it.

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There appears to be this very convincing e-mail arriving in the mailbox for many which looks like an official e-mail from Canada Revenue. This e-mail basically mentions how you qualify for a tax credit refund and that you simply need to provide some personal information like your social security number to claim it. This is basically one of those phishing scams and for this one they actually use what appears to be the Canada Revenue letterhead to make it appear as if it is very legitimate.

Most of the people I know haven’t even done their taxes yet and so getting this refund e-mail should be a red flag trigger by itself. Would of been a nice way to get some tax money back though.

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This is another one of those obvious scams. I must say, this one actually had some decent grammar for the most part aside from some errors compared to other ones that I usually get. I always find the stories that they come up with to be interesting though. You can almost write your own screenplay with some of these.

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Subject: Greetings from me and my family:hope to hear from you soon.
From: “Noh dae-Jung & Family”
Reply-To: nohfamily_jung@yahoo.com.hk

My dear friend,

Geting your contact was not an easy task because since I am not computer literate, I ordered my son to seek a partner very far away and he went to the institute of International Business to apply and he paid them the charges. My name is NOH DAE-JUNG, The brother of GENERAL. NOH TAE-WOO, the former President of South Korea who ascended to power through a popular electoral victory in 1988 to 1992. After serving duly, he was accused of mass embezzlement which ran into billions of my countrie’s currency because of the GREAT OLYMPICS 1988 which brought Korea to the world lime light, and was arrested but released after long years of incarceration
and now under scrutiny.

Before my brother was overthrown, I secretly siphoned the sum of 30 million United States Currency out of Seoul and deposited the money with a security firm that transports valuable goods and through diplomatic means. I am contacting you because I want you to lease with the security company and claim the money on my behalf as my foreign business partner. You shall also be required to assist me in investment in your country. I
expect you to declare what percentage of the total money you will take for your assistance. When I receive your positive response I will let you know where the security company is and the documents to claim the money which is very important we do not want the government of my Country to know about the money because they will believe I got the money from my brother while he was still in office as president .Once you confirm the receipt of the money,I will come over with my Children to your Country or any Country in Europe to start a new life with my Family.

As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad. For this too you shall also be our overseas manager of all our properties and you will be paid based on a certain percentage agreed on by you and me. For now, let all our communication be by e-mail because my line is right now connected to the South Korean Telecommunication Network services therefore we can not take the chances of being heard.

Thank you in anticipation of your cooperation.

Yours faithfully,
Noh Dae-Jung.

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I think these types of e-mail spam/scams are a little too obvious, but apparently they still take people for a ride every year as people get caught up with the notion of getting millions of dollars passed down to them easily. The interesting thing about this one is that it actually uses real company names to try and pass off as a legitimate deal. This was the e-mail:

From the desk of engr. Ibrahim ahmed
Nigerian national petroleum corporation (nnpc)
Lagos-nigeria
Email: engribrahimahmed@aim.com

Attn:President/CEO.

Dear sir/madam,

May the good tide of our lord be with you. I’m engr. Ibrahim Ahmed,the Director of procurement and utilities with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). My colleagues have assigned me to seek For assistance of a reliable foreign company or an individual through whom we can transfer the sum of us$21.7m(twenty one million, seven Hundred thousand us dollars) which arose from the delibrate over-invoicing of some contract awarded by the corporation in the twilight of the last military regime. However, the current favourable political/economic climate in the country since the hand over from military to democratically elected government now presented an opportunity for this money to be transferred out of the country.

We have set in motion the machinery for the take off of this transaction and further action will commenced immediately we hear from you. We have agreed that after the transfer of the money into your account. You shall be entitled to 30%, my colleagues and I shall have 70% to ourselves.

Please, on the receipt of this proposal, you are requested to forward the following information to enable us commence with the necessary documentations.

1. Your full name and contact address
2. Your company’s name address(if any)
3. Your private telephone and fax number
4. Your age, occupation and country of residence

Please note that the nature of your business is not particularly relevant for the successful execution of this transaction. All we require of you is your willingness to co-operate and the assurance that our own share shall be given to us after the fund is transferred tnto your account. All necessary precautions have been taken to ensure a hitch-free transfer of the fund. I will appreciate your prompt response in respect of this proposal and pls do feel free to ask any
question at any time and I will be ready to offer any further information.

Thanks.

Engr.ibrahim ahmed

Contact email: engribrahimahmed@aim.com

I wonder how many people in real life would actually use AOL instant messenger to communicate such a crazy offer as well.

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