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An Email with the Subject "Mutual Benefit" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 01 Aug 2006 06:28:20 -0700 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as Cheng Lee <chgle2005@yahoo.co.th>.
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Dear Friend, Good day To You. I am Mr Cheng Lee of Investment Banking, Union Bank Of China. On July 6, 2004, our client Mr.Irvin Poot, a businessman, made a numbered fixed deposit for 6 (six) calendar months, with a value of US$20.5m only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him and no response came from him. Another notification was sent early March and still no response came from him. The Bank officially sent two-man delegate to his residence in Malaysia were he reside only to find out that the business mogul and his family perished in the Tsunami Disaster. After further investigations, it was also discovered that Mr.Irvin Poot 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 visited my office that no one except me knew of his deposit in my bank.So,Twenty million,Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. According to the laws of my country,at the expiration of one year six months(1 year 6 months) the funds will revert to the ownership of Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds. I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the next of kin to Mr. Irvin Poot to enable you receive the funds. Lets put heads together to see how we can transfer these funds out of Hong Kong and use it judiciously.I have contacted an Attorney that will prepare the necessary document that will back you up as the next of kin to Mr. Irvin Poot, all that is require from you at this stage is for you to provide me with your full names and Address including your direct phone and fax numbers for my Attorney to commence his job. My Attorney will also file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favor for the funds to be move to an account that will be provided by you. We are going to adopt a legalized method and the Attorney will prepare all the necessary documents and no risk involve. Note that sharing percentage is negotiable by the two parties. Contact me on this email address with your full names, address, fax and telephone number if you are interested and more details will be provided to you about the Project.Pls reply me via chenglee_55@yahoo.com.hk Sincerely, Cheng Lee.