Iraq War 419 Scam (Hey - You Can Get Your Cut Fool, Alert)

Singarpore 419 | N/A | Choi Mui

[goldstategop]

OFFICIAL LETTER...

FROM:MR.CHOU MUI

Hang Seng Bank Ltd

chou_mui1@uymail.com

Let me start by introducing myself. I am Mr. Chou mui , Assistant Director of Operations of the Hang keng Bank Ltd,Sai Wan Ho Branch,171 Shaukiwan Road Hong Kong.

Before the U.S and Iraqi war, our client Hamadi Hashem a business man made a umbered fixed deposit of (346,736,899.68 HKD) for 18 calendar months, this is valued to Forty Four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch. Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war, two years ago (2003). Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. We later found out that Hamadi Hashem and his family had een killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit his home at Mukaradeeb where his personal oil well was.

http://www.iraqmemorialwall.org/iraqicasualties.html

http://www.iraqbodycount.net/names.htm

After further investigation it was also discovered that Hamadi Hashem 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, forty Four million 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 of four years six months 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 Hamadi Hashem 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 Hamadi Hashem , 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 file in for claims on your behalf and secure the necessary approval and letter of probate in your favour for the move of the funds to an account that will be provided by you.

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 endeavour to observe utmost discretion in all matters concerning this issue.Once the funds have been transferred to your nominated bank account we shall share in the ratio of 70% for me, 30% for you . Should you be interested please send me your full names and current residential address and I will prefer you to reach me on the email address below( chou_mui1@uymail.com ) and finally after that I shall Provide you with more details of this operation.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Kind Regards

Mr. Chou Mui

chou_mui1@uymail.com

[goldstategop]

This is a Singapore 419. Only this time, it promises $44 million for the late relative of Hamadi Hashem. You get a 30% cut of the funds if you agree to help "move" the funds out of Iraq - with your money of course. The sender of the e-mail gets to keep the other 70% of the proceeds. At least its not some African dictator's family. Only fools would fall for this. The scammers are making a killing off the Iraq War too.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[SamAdams76]

"Personal oil well" huh?

Sometimes these scammers are too cute by half.

[goldstategop]

Yeah and its not even very imaginative. Why any one would want to share their personal fortune with a total stranger has to be marveled at. But some people still believe you can have fantastic wealth for little to no effort whatsoever - and they're the ones the scammers target.

(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)

[SamAdams76]

Exactly. How can any rational personal fall for this? I mean, even if there WAS a Hong Kong banker with $44 million in an unclaimed account, what makes one think that he's going to send a letter to some Joe Blow in Cowpatch, Arkansas someplace or other to offer him a share in it? People that would fall for that are super scary. They probably fell for the John Kerry for President scam too.

[KeyWest]

Don't knock it. I got my 13.2 mil.

[schwing_wifey]

Oh wow! Oh wow!.... Free Money!!!! I'll be rich!!!! Here I come Mr. Mui!!!!!

Did my sarcasm come through clearly enough or does it still need work?

[jimboster]

I think this one is real.

[Louis Foxwell]

I told him that friends of my Uncle, Major Fadi Basem, are looking for him.

[vitoc]

I recieved that same email. It is very amusing to see what you can get the spammers to do.