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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 3:44:09 AM #17959
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Today I received this in my email.

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From the desk of:
Dr. Cheng L Cho,
Bank of china,
Shenzhen,
Peoples Republic of China.

I am Dr. Cheng L Cho, Bank Manager of Bank of China, Shenzhen Branch, China. I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. A British Oil
consultant/contractor with the Chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr. Raymond
Beck made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
Thirty Million US dollars in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent
a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Chinese
Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Raymond Beck died in a plane crash along
with his wife Mrs. Doreen Beck in Egypt Air Flight 990, 1999 air crash
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm).

Since we got this information about his death, on further investigation, I
found out that he died without making a WILL and all attempts to trace his next
of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Raymond Beck did not declare any kin or relations in all his official
documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of Thirty
Million dollars is still 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 Laws of The Peoples Republic of China, at the
expiration of 10 (Ten) years, the money will be forwarded to the ownership of
the Chinese Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.

Consequently, my proposal is for you as a foreigner, to stand in as the next of
kin to Mr. Raymond Beck so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get
into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will
like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the
attorney will 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 documents and
letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.

A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide gill then
facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of eighty
percent for me and twenty percent for you. There is no risk at all as the
entire paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.

If you are Interested, please reply immediately via the private email address
(dr.chengcho2008@yahoo.com.cn). Upon your response, I shall then provide you
with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for
easy communication.

Regards,
Dr. Cheng L Cho.



I know this is a scam, you'd have to have an Iq of 2 to not know. but what i am wondering is how they would go about scamming you with this... apparently

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There is no risk at all as the
entire paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my
position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this
transaction.


Will they get you in the paperwork. I'd never do it, but if someone did....

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 4:48:17 AM #17960
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Thats pretty cool, must have taken a while to come up with something like that.
I'm really wondering how the scam actually works though...
  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:11:22 AM #17964
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They tell you that you need to send them money for them to give you what they say they will give you. I get those almost everyday.

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 5:19:03 AM #17965
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^ aah. I get them a lot too. I just don't get them like this. I get "send us your social insurance number, your bank account number and pin and you get 100000 moneys"

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 6:03:50 AM #17966
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Do idiots REALLY fall for these scams?
Jeez, you'd have be a retard to even consider it.
  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 7:21:08 AM #17967
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Yes, people do really fall for them. If you are a better scammer you can get stuff out of them though.

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 9:13:47 AM #17970
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Yeah, scams like that are just laughable. It's sad that people do actually fall for them though.

I've never gotten one thankfully. My mum once got one from the British National Lottery informing her that she had won something like £795,000. I didn't believe it at first, but it all seemed totally legit, and she did use the online service to manage her works syndicate, and her own personal weekly draw. It was pretty convincing and I actually started getting my hopes up and getting excited, but then I managed to prove to myself that it wasn't legit. I was crushed, lol Member Added Image

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 9:47:36 AM #17972
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I get emails saying I won the British National Lottery too. I also get a lot from the FBI saying that they want to give me millions.

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  Friday, April 24th, 2009 at 11:18:11 PM #18010
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I cannot believe they still send those out. I never open E-Mails from people I'm not expecting them from / people I know. The last time I seen one of those was circa 1999. I can't believe they still try with that shit. I guess an 80-year old grandmother may fall for it.

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  Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 2:19:39 AM #18028
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^yeah. if they can get one person, its worth it for them. Also I win the spanish lottery every 2 weeks.

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  Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 6:07:56 AM #18068
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Yeah, i get them, they piss me off but they're always good for a laugh when you see some really terrible ones.

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  Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 6:41:17 AM #18074
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Quote USER:
Also I win the spanish lottery every 2 weeks.


Lmao. These scams are terrible, who on earth is stupid enough to honestly fall for them? Seriously...
  Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 6:52:11 AM #18075
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I just checked my email. I got four of them today. None of them said I won money, all of them were asking me to transfer money for them.

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  Saturday, April 25th, 2009 at 12:22:06 PM #18081
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Trandfer money forthem?

How does that convince you?

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