It amazes me sometimes the great lengths people will go to for a scam. It's almost as if they don't realize that if they took the time and put forth their energy in constructive manners that they'd be much better off! There are so many newly emerging fields with <a href="http://www.tracs.ca">computers</a> that it only takes a little ingenuity! Which obviously these people have some or else no one would fall for the scams!

I got this email today and had a suspicion it was an attempt to scam people and I am correct. Thank you BBB for having this site and informing people of this scam. It appears this scam has been around for awhile. Whatever you do, don't open any attachments to the email you receive or correspond with the sender as it isn't what is says it is and all the scammer wants is your personal information so they can drain your bank account. If you want to rid your bank account of money then go ahead and play their game and let them take it from you. I would say you are a fool to let them do this but to each his own and some people are fools. Here is the entire email message I received: Mr. Gordon P.Chen Vice President/Manager Bank Of East Asia USA (NA) San Gabriel Branch 168 West Valley Boulevard, San Gabriel, CA 91776, USA Greetings Friend, I am Mr. Gordon Chen of The Bank of East Asia USA, San Gabriel Branch , California (USA), I write to seek your consent to carry out a transaction that would be highly beneficial to you and me. I know you may be wondering why I am contacting you for this despite all the friends and relations that I have but I decided to do this with an unknown person to avoid any form of blackmail in the future. MR. DAVID ANGELL was an account holder with my bank. I have been his account officer for 11 years before his death. He died during the World Trade Centre bombing in September 11 2001. Since his death, the management of my bank has made series of efforts to locate his family but all efforts were proved abortive. I also carried out series of research to find his family but it was confirmed that the mother who was the only surviving member of the family died at the hearing of the son’s death. He was already divorced before his death and due to this fact; no one was able to claim the fund he deposited in my bank legally because there was no will to it. He had a secret dollar account with my bank worth the sum of $58,200,000.00 (Fifty Eight Million, Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) with an interest agreement of 6.7% which have been for the past 9 years. My purpose of contacting you now is this: My bank during the last executive board meeting resolved that if by the end of this year and there is no beneficiary to the said account, the account will be confiscated and the fund sent to the bank treasury and this is where I am interested in and wants you to come in: I want you to come in as the Next of Kin/Beneficiary to this account. I have all the titled documents to back your claim and as the Vice President and Manager of this branch, it is in my power to carry out any form of verification on the beneficiary of the said fund and process the fund wire without any problem. I want you to know that this is legal and 100% risk free as all the titled documents would be changed to your name and the fund wired to any bank account you wish to have it wired to. Please note that I am willing to let you have 40% of the total sum while you give me 60% when the fund finally gets to your nominated bank account. Also note that I am willing to go extra mile to make this a success because if anything goes wrong, then I stand the risk of losing my job and even go to jail for trying to carry out such transaction. This is why I am contacting you so that we can put heads together and take care of this transaction within now and the next 9 days. Kindly get back to me immediately with my private email address (gordonchen12@hotmail.com)so that I advice you on how this would be carried out. Sincerely, Mr. Gordon Chen Bank Of East Asia USA.

Received the same eamil listed by Tang above (from Gordon Chen). Can't believe anyone would take this seriously.

I DON'T KNOW WHY PEOPLES LIKE THOSE MAKE JOKES LIKE THESE THINK ABOUT THIS WHOS GOING TO GIVE A LOT MONEY JUST FOR YOUR NAME OR LAST NAME.THAT THINGS MAKE ME LAUGHT

i got the same shit. Mr. Gordon Chen Bank Of East Asia USA(NA) San Gabriel Branch 168 West Valley Boulevard, San Gabriel, CA 91776, USA Greetings Friend, You may wonder why I am reaching out to you in spite of friends that I have known for years, the singular reason is that I have by the very nature of this proposition and the required confidentiality decided to deal with a person that I have not known before so that we can develop the trust and execute this transaction without a third person knowing. I would not have used this medium (Internet) but I chose to reach you through it because it is the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is un-official and private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this transaction is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am Mr. Gordon Chen of The Bank of East Asia USA, San Gabriel Branch , California (USA) I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this transaction. The Management and the Legal department of our bank in a recent meeting recommended that the account of MR. DAVID ANGELLl, who was one of my branch depositors, should be declared Dormant, confiscated and the depositor's fund sent to the Bank Treasury according to American Banking and financial law. Mr. David Angell and the wife died in world trade center as a victim of the September 11,2001 incident that befell the United States of America. The bank has made series of efforts to contact any of the relatives to claim this money but without success. MR. DAVID ANGELL is an account holder in my branch; he owns a dollar account with the sum of 58.2M (Fifty Eight Million, two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) deposited in a Secret account with my branch .In fact, since his death, no next of kin of the account holder nor any relative of him has shown up for the claim, this is because he has the account as a secret account thus he left all the documents for the deposit with me. The wife whom he signed in as his next of kin died with him on that fateful and sad day. This is where I am interested and where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased; I will give you the relevant documents and contacts to file the application and then effect the approvals for the transfer of the funds, I will be the one to provide the vital documents for the claims of the money and then advise you exactly how we should handle it. Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction. I will use my positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. Do not be bothered that you are not related in any way to him as I am in position to affix your name as the next of kin. The whole Procedures will last only 9 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future. After the transfer of the money we shall share the money 60-40, which is I will have 60% while you will have 40%. Kindly respond promptly so I can advice you on the next step to follow. I will be waiting to hear from you. Yours truly, Mr. Gorden Chen Bank Of East Asia USA(NA)

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