More E-Mail Scams

Another interesting scam attempt sent by e-mail. The sender tries to make it sound legitimate by passing himself off as an attorney. But attorneys don't use yahoo.com as a business address - but this can be overlooked for another reason. He is blatant about his plans to scam and cheat the system - thus, he defines himself as being dishonest. Yet he expects the recipient of the e-mail to trust him and accept his scam e-mail at face value. So he would not use an official e-mail to blatantly state his intent to be dishonest for his own personal gain. But how could he expect anyone to trust him after his open confession of dishonesty and wanting the e-mail recipent to be a party to that dishonesty.

Also, if he knows his client had the same last name as mine, why not address the e-mail to me personally.

It is true that I was born at night but it was not last night.

I think this is a poor scam attempt. It is not very believable.
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CHUN CHENG AND ASSOCIATES
SOLICITOR AND ADVOCATES
NO. 24, JALAN MELAKA RAYA 31,
TAMAN MELAKA RAYA
MALAYSIA
TEL: +60122442893

I am Chun Cheng,an attorney at law.A deceased client of mine,that
shares the same last name as yours, who here in after shall be referred to as
my client, died as the result of a heart-related condition on the 11
November 2001. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of
his family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf Near Bahrain
Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50 p.m. ET as reported on:http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html

I have contacted you to assist in distributing the money left behind by
my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank
where this deposit valued at Seventeen million five hundrend dollars(
US$17.5 million dollars) is lodged. This bank has issued me a notice to
contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated.

My proposition to you is to seek your consent to present you as the
next-of-kin and beneficiary of my named client, since you have the same
last name, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you.
Then we can share the amount on a mutually agreed-upon percentage. All legal
documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be
provided.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction through.

This will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from many breach of the law. If this business proposition offends
your moral values,do accept my apology. I must use this opportunity to
implore you to exercise the utmost indulgence to keep this matter extraordinary
confidential, whatever your decision, while I await your prompt
response.Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. I will
like you to acknowledge the receipt of this e-mail as soon as possible via
my private EMAIL:( barr.chuncheng3@hotmail.com) and treat with absolute
confidentiality and sincerity.I look forward to your quick reply.

Best Regards,
Chun Cheng
Attorney At Law
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Damn - looks like I forfeited my big winnings. I love it when I win a big lottery that I never entered - or, in fact, didn't even know about. To be the recipient of these winnings is not really an honour; rather it is a statement that my name is being sold on some e-mail list and the scammers have scooped that list and are mass e-mailing. Oh well, back to my real work - at least I know the cheques are real,
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ATTN: Winner

This is to inform you that you have been selected for a Cash prize of
£600,000.00 GBP (Six Hundred Thousand Great British Pounds) and a
Brand New Toyota Car (Toyota Prius) in our International program which
was held in September, 2007 in London UK. Contact your Claims Officer:

Mr. Terry Phillips
Email: claimsterrphil150@yahoo.co.uk
claimsterrphil160@yahoo.co.uk
Phone Number: +44 701 114 8370

When contacting him, please provide him with your secret Pin Code
TY7448500 and your Reference Number 799BV90. You are also advised to
provide him with the under-listed information as soon as possible:

CLAIMS REQUIREMENTS:
1. Full Name:
2. Address:
3. Nationality:
4. Age:
5. Sex:
6. Occupation:
7. Phone/Fax:
8. Present Country:

If you DO NOT contact your claims agent within 7 working days of this
notification, your winnings would be REVOKED.

Regards
Mr Teddy Lee.
Lottery Manager