China?---Not sure where this is going to go but...
May 24, 2022 13:20:10 GMT
Admin, Linoline, and 1 more like this
Post by Frazzle on May 24, 2022 13:20:10 GMT
I've never had one pretending to be in China before. And the writing style for the most part is pretty clear. Not not the "typical" scammer speak. And I have never had a scammer go this deep in the beginning. Let's see where this is going to go.
On to the scam
My character replies asking if this was meant for him and away we go..
OK so lets have some fun....
Sir,
I am still cautiously intrigued. I would like to learn more. But how can one "stand in" as next of kin? I do not understand.
Here are my details as requested:
<my character phony details>
With regard to your questions....my answers are in blue text
Do you have any criminal record?-only misdemeanors and nothing for the last 20 years. I was arrested for disorderly conduct in Memphis Tennessee in 1951, few speeding tickets, oh an in 1947 I was arrested for public indecency and grave desecration. My girlfriend at the time was incredibly hot and a bit wild. She wanted to have sex in a cemetary under a full moon. So we went to a cemetery, I had her bent over a headstone at 1130 at night not realizing the groundskeeper was sleeping in his shed. She woke him up and he called the police. Do you think any of this will be a problem?
Have you breached the law of your country in any way before? see above
Have you handled a transaction of this tune before?- I am not sure what you mean. I have never "stood in" as anyone's next of kin before. I am not a musician but I have gone to a few concerts in my day. Is that what you mean by tune? In fact, the night my girlfriend and I got arrested in the cemetery we had gone to a concert. Was an incredible show. Is that what you mean by tune?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?- Yes. I used to own a chain of discount dollar stores many years ago. Krazy Lenny's Dollar Discounts-If it's not a buck, it's discounted a buck. As such I had an import company to supply those stores and that grew into a separate wholesale business for the travelling entertainment industry. All the prizes you saw at a carnival or any fair at one point in the quad city area came from Krazy Lenny. It was fruitful at the time.
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in China Before?-Yes that is where all that cheap crap we sold in the dollar stores and to the traveling amusement companies comes from. At the height of my career we were receiving 3 containers per week from China. It was a glorious time to be alive and in the import business.
Hopefully my legal issues do not disqualify me from this transaction?
I await your reply.
Lenny
Was contacted out of the blue like all legitimate business transactions happen....
Interesting side note....his initial solicitation came from Prague. Follow ups (which included an email change) are showing California
IP Address 89.238.166.235
Country Czechia
Region & City Praha, Hlavni mesto, Prague
Coordinates 50.088040, 14.420760 (50°5'17"N 14°25'15"E)
ISP M247 Ltd
Local Time 24 May, 2022 05:14 PM (UTC +02:00)
Domain m247.com
Net Speed (COMP) Company/T1
IDD & Area Code (420) 0221
ZIP Code 150 00
IP Address 89.238.166.235
Country Czechia
Region & City Praha, Hlavni mesto, Prague
Coordinates 50.088040, 14.420760 (50°5'17"N 14°25'15"E)
ISP M247 Ltd
Local Time 24 May, 2022 05:14 PM (UTC +02:00)
Domain m247.com
Net Speed (COMP) Company/T1
IDD & Area Code (420) 0221
ZIP Code 150 00
On to the scam
I wish to solicit for a moment of your bustling schedule to discuss
a business proposition with you. If intrigued do reply and I will finish
you with full insights regarding the business.
Sincerely,
Gang Wu
a business proposition with you. If intrigued do reply and I will finish
you with full insights regarding the business.
Sincerely,
Gang Wu
Firstly, I would like to express my appreciation for your response and would like to introduce myself. I am Mr. Gang Wu, Executive Director of the Shengjing Bank Co., Ltd and current Vice President at Shengjing Bank Co., Ltd . I would respectfully request that you keep the content of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come across as a result of this mail.
Sometime in 2006, the subject matter, made a deposit of Forty Five Million, Two Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($45,275,000.00) only in my branch, a number of notices were sent to him two years later for not operating the account and we later discovered that he died in a plane crash. If you are familiar with private banking practice, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In the deceased bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, accounts are rarely held under a name, depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous.
In this case the deceased client, He died intestate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away my bank conducted a search in good faith to determine who should have the right to claim the funds. This has for the past years been unfruitful. This sum has since been sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has been able to come forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment (China), at the expiration of a given period if the said fund is not claimed the money will revert to the ownership of the China government.
The banking world is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. In this case, I alone have the deposit details as I was the account officer to the deceased as at the time the account Fixed deposit was made my bank will release the deposit to no one unless evidence of relationship with the deceased is presented. The bank's management has no single idea of the history of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward. This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family.
Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to the depositor so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple as I will explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being aware of this request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come once in a lifetime.
The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting the public.
My position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect
Awaiting your urgent reply
Regards,
Mr. Gang Wu
Sometime in 2006, the subject matter, made a deposit of Forty Five Million, Two Hundred and Seventy Five Thousand Dollars ($45,275,000.00) only in my branch, a number of notices were sent to him two years later for not operating the account and we later discovered that he died in a plane crash. If you are familiar with private banking practice, those who patronize our services usually prefer anonymity but also some levels of detachment from conventional processes. In the deceased bio-data form, he listed no next of kin. In the field of private banking, accounts are rarely held under a name, depositors use numbers and codes to make the accounts anonymous.
In this case the deceased client, He died intestate. In line with our internal processes for account holders who have passed away my bank conducted a search in good faith to determine who should have the right to claim the funds. This has for the past years been unfruitful. This sum has since been sitting in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has been able to come forward for it. According to the Laws of my environment (China), at the expiration of a given period if the said fund is not claimed the money will revert to the ownership of the China government.
The banking world is fraught with huge rewards for those who occupy certain offices and oversee certain portfolios. In this case, I alone have the deposit details as I was the account officer to the deceased as at the time the account Fixed deposit was made my bank will release the deposit to no one unless evidence of relationship with the deceased is presented. The bank's management has no single idea of the history of the deposit. They are simply awaiting instructions to release the deposit to the party that comes forward. This is the situation. My bank has spent great amounts of money trying to track this man's family.
Consequently, what I propose is that I will like you to stand in as the next of kin to the depositor so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. Acting in this capacity really is simple as I will explain in detail to you when I get your response. Being aware of this request I am making, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail. I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive. If my offer is of no appeal to you, delete this message and forget I ever contacted you. You may not know this but people like me who have made tidy sums out of comparable situations run the whole private banking sector. I am not a criminal and what I do, I do not find against good conscience, this may be hard for you to understand, but the dynamics of my industry dictates that I make this move. Such opportunities only come once in a lifetime.
The reward for this project makes it a task well worth undertaking. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting the public.
My position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If you find yourself able to work with me, I urge you to indicate to that effect
Awaiting your urgent reply
Regards,
Mr. Gang Wu
Well Sir
I am cautiously intrigued. How will this work?
Lenny
I am cautiously intrigued. How will this work?
Lenny
Thank you for your interest!
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your email in response to my proposal, firstly I would like you to understand that I am a man of social status and will not involve myself in a transaction like this if I have not done my assignment diligently. I have been working in the banking institution for more than 19 years now and I do understand the modalities associated with banking ethics, in the banking sector, those that occupy key position always enjoy some benefits which people outside the banking world cannot imagine and under the oath of employment, such information are meant to remain within the shores of the banking institution. An opportunity such as this doesn't come all the time but when it does, it is with all pleasure that it is being embraced by whoever the opportunity is opened to. But one thing that is paramount in transactions like this is “TRUST and “TRANSPARENCY”. - (most of the time they want these transactions to remain confidential. This should come in handy later)
I will like to assure you that there will be no risk involved as my position in the bank guarantees this, thus, anything I say concerning the transaction is in line with the laws/banking policies, before we can proceed further I will like you to understand that this transaction can be successful only if we work together and as such you are to adhere strictly to my instructions as all instructions that I will be giving to you subsequently will be in accordance/compliance with the laws/laid down rules, for the purpose of this transaction, be informed that I can not do a direct wire transfer of the funds to your account in your country to avoid unnecessary interrogations from your government as the source of funds will also be a question, Secondly, I can not setup an Offshore Account in my name because when I transfer the funds out of my bank here in China; it will be detected by my bank's monitoring system and also I might get caught before leaving the shores of the country due to their High Network Fire-walls. (above he states that this is all legal in accordance with the rules and laws of the banking world and here he starts back peddling)
Sequel to the above content I really do hope you are someone I can trust to help in achieving this, in line with knowing you better, I will like you to provide me with the following details of you, be informed that your information will be kept safe, so you don't have to worry about any form of information's theft.
Your Complete Names:
Your Address:
Present Occupation and position:
Marital Status:
Age:
Phone Number (Mobile and Landline):
A scan copy of any form of identification (ID card or Driver’s License)
Section II
Please provide me with accurate answers to the following
Do you have any criminal record?
Have you breached the law of your country in any way before?
Have you handled a transaction of this tune before?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in China Before?
Please I will appreciate it, if you can provide me with the entire requirement above.
A transaction of this nature which involves high volume of liquid money (not stocks), all parties concerned must have absolute faith and trust in one another otherwise failure is inevitable I will also advice that it is by your will and acceptance; I am not forcing you into this project it is your right to accept or reject now rather than acceptance and betrayal later on. I must state here that my instinct directed to me to contact you and as such I do hope that you will not let me down as this transaction will be of immense benefits to both of us. Please do let me know if you are ready to continue with the deal or not as this deal will only take a few days to conclude if you strictly adhere to my instructions. Do have a nice day as I await your prompt response to enable me to update you with the next step.
I await your swift response
Sincerely yours
Mr. Gang Wu
I wish to acknowledge the receipt of your email in response to my proposal, firstly I would like you to understand that I am a man of social status and will not involve myself in a transaction like this if I have not done my assignment diligently. I have been working in the banking institution for more than 19 years now and I do understand the modalities associated with banking ethics, in the banking sector, those that occupy key position always enjoy some benefits which people outside the banking world cannot imagine and under the oath of employment, such information are meant to remain within the shores of the banking institution. An opportunity such as this doesn't come all the time but when it does, it is with all pleasure that it is being embraced by whoever the opportunity is opened to. But one thing that is paramount in transactions like this is “TRUST and “TRANSPARENCY”. - (most of the time they want these transactions to remain confidential. This should come in handy later)
I will like to assure you that there will be no risk involved as my position in the bank guarantees this, thus, anything I say concerning the transaction is in line with the laws/banking policies, before we can proceed further I will like you to understand that this transaction can be successful only if we work together and as such you are to adhere strictly to my instructions as all instructions that I will be giving to you subsequently will be in accordance/compliance with the laws/laid down rules, for the purpose of this transaction, be informed that I can not do a direct wire transfer of the funds to your account in your country to avoid unnecessary interrogations from your government as the source of funds will also be a question, Secondly, I can not setup an Offshore Account in my name because when I transfer the funds out of my bank here in China; it will be detected by my bank's monitoring system and also I might get caught before leaving the shores of the country due to their High Network Fire-walls. (above he states that this is all legal in accordance with the rules and laws of the banking world and here he starts back peddling)
Sequel to the above content I really do hope you are someone I can trust to help in achieving this, in line with knowing you better, I will like you to provide me with the following details of you, be informed that your information will be kept safe, so you don't have to worry about any form of information's theft.
Your Complete Names:
Your Address:
Present Occupation and position:
Marital Status:
Age:
Phone Number (Mobile and Landline):
A scan copy of any form of identification (ID card or Driver’s License)
Section II
Please provide me with accurate answers to the following
Do you have any criminal record?
Have you breached the law of your country in any way before?
Have you handled a transaction of this tune before?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in China Before?
Please I will appreciate it, if you can provide me with the entire requirement above.
A transaction of this nature which involves high volume of liquid money (not stocks), all parties concerned must have absolute faith and trust in one another otherwise failure is inevitable I will also advice that it is by your will and acceptance; I am not forcing you into this project it is your right to accept or reject now rather than acceptance and betrayal later on. I must state here that my instinct directed to me to contact you and as such I do hope that you will not let me down as this transaction will be of immense benefits to both of us. Please do let me know if you are ready to continue with the deal or not as this deal will only take a few days to conclude if you strictly adhere to my instructions. Do have a nice day as I await your prompt response to enable me to update you with the next step.
I await your swift response
Sincerely yours
Mr. Gang Wu
Sir,
I am still cautiously intrigued. I would like to learn more. But how can one "stand in" as next of kin? I do not understand.
Here are my details as requested:
<my character phony details>
With regard to your questions....my answers are in blue text
Do you have any criminal record?-only misdemeanors and nothing for the last 20 years. I was arrested for disorderly conduct in Memphis Tennessee in 1951, few speeding tickets, oh an in 1947 I was arrested for public indecency and grave desecration. My girlfriend at the time was incredibly hot and a bit wild. She wanted to have sex in a cemetary under a full moon. So we went to a cemetery, I had her bent over a headstone at 1130 at night not realizing the groundskeeper was sleeping in his shed. She woke him up and he called the police. Do you think any of this will be a problem?
Have you breached the law of your country in any way before? see above
Have you handled a transaction of this tune before?- I am not sure what you mean. I have never "stood in" as anyone's next of kin before. I am not a musician but I have gone to a few concerts in my day. Is that what you mean by tune? In fact, the night my girlfriend and I got arrested in the cemetery we had gone to a concert. Was an incredible show. Is that what you mean by tune?
Have you had an international transaction(s) before?- Yes. I used to own a chain of discount dollar stores many years ago. Krazy Lenny's Dollar Discounts-If it's not a buck, it's discounted a buck. As such I had an import company to supply those stores and that grew into a separate wholesale business for the travelling entertainment industry. All the prizes you saw at a carnival or any fair at one point in the quad city area came from Krazy Lenny. It was fruitful at the time.
Specifically, have you had any business transaction with an individual or company that resides in China Before?-Yes that is where all that cheap crap we sold in the dollar stores and to the traveling amusement companies comes from. At the height of my career we were receiving 3 containers per week from China. It was a glorious time to be alive and in the import business.
Hopefully my legal issues do not disqualify me from this transaction?
I await your reply.
Lenny
And now we wait---
