There are lots of instances of the below mail on the web, and I’m afraid that there is also a real Grace Beatrice Minor, the name that these scammers use in the below scam mail. Actually, there is no chance at all that the below mail is sent by the Grace Beatrice Minor who is the undersigner. The other alias in the mail, Mr. De Koster Thierry, might or might not be a real person, but I think not. Anyway, it’s one of those more complicated scam setup.

from         samuel sendize <samuelll12@web.de>
to         undisclosed-recipients <>
date        2008-mar-12 16:53
subject        CONFIRMATION EMAIL

Good-day,
I got your contact after a diligent search of a foreign partner who will be of immediate assistance to me believing that this business proposal will be of mutual benefit to both of us and that you wi ll not betray me.
I am Mrs. Grace Beatrice Minor, You can find out who I am and why I need your assistance in a very confidential manner from the following sites:
http://www.bankofengland.co.uk/publications/news/2005/066.htm
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2004/sc8176.doc.htm
There is a total sum of 55 Million Euros deposited in a financial Institution abroad that requires urgent clearance and re profiling thus the reason why I am contacting you to come and act as my Proxy.

You will be compensated with 25% of the total if you can move the funds to your city where it will be invested in any Blue chip investment. Therefore you are advised to send your letter of intent to my
confidant/representative in Belgium as follows: Mr. De Koster Thierry.
Email: dekoster123@gmail.com,
Contact him now for further details of what you are to do next. Please note that everything about this transaction must be strictly confidential and all correspondence should be directed to Mr. De Koster Thierry as stated above.

God bless you.

Mrs. Grace Beatrice Minor.

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This e-mail from the alias of Abdul Isa, from the African Development Bank in Burkina Faso must be one of the longest bankscam e-mails I have ever received. It has all the markings of a scam, with the bait, the re-assurments, and the wow of silence. The first rule of a bank scam is “don’t talk about the bank scam”. Because if you do, as I do here, others, like yourself, will find out that others have also received the same mail, and will maybe realize that it is all a scam. But then, when sending out e-mails to an undisclosed mailing list, there is no real feeling that this mail was for my eyes only. Is there?

from abdul isa
reply-to abdul41@myway.com,
to undisclosed-recipients,
date Jan 11, 2008 4:51 PM
subject *****SPAM***** RE: BUSINESS PROPOSAL

MR ABDUL ISA
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
OUAGADOUGOU BURKINA FASO.
ATTN:

This message might meet you in utmost surprise,However,Its just my urgent need for a foreign partner that made me to contact you for this transaction,I am a banker by profession from Burkina Faso currently holding the post of a director auditing and accounting section of the bank.I have the opportunity of transferring the left over fund($30 m USD) which bellongs to one of my client who died along with his family in a plane crash on 31 july 200

After further investigation it was discovered that the deceased person 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, Thirty million United State Dollars is still lying in my bank and no one will ever come forward to claim it. What bothers me is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration seven years six months the funds will revert to the ownership of the Burkina Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

My proposal, I am prepared to place you as the next of kin in a position to instruct ADB BANK to release the deposit to you as the closest surviving relation. Upon receipt of the deposit, I am prepared to share the money with you 60/30 while 10% will be mapped for expenses that may be incured in the preoccess of transfering this fund into your account. That is: I will simply nominate you as the next of kin and have them release the deposit to you. We share the procentange 60/30. I would have gone ahead to ask the funds be released to me, but that would have drawn a straight line in my involvement in claiming the deposit.

I assure you that I could have the deposit released to you within a few days. I will simply inform the bank of the final closing of the file relating to the deceased person I will then officially communicate with my Bank and instruct them to release the deposit to you. With these: all is done. I am aware of the consequences of this proposal.

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. Do not destroy my career because you do not approve of my proposal. You may not know this but people like myself 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 ones way once in a lifetime. I cannot let this chance pass me by, for once I find myself in total control of my destiny. These chances wont pass me by.

I ask that you do not destroy my chance, if you will not work with me let me know and let me move on with my life but do not destroy me. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. There is a reward for this project and it is 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 my bank. I am the only one who knows of this situation, good fortune has blessed you with a name that has planted you into the center of relevance in my life. Lets
share the blessing.

If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. I repeat, I do not want you contacting me through my official phone lines nor do I want you contacting me through my official email account. Contact me only through the numbers I will provide for you .

Further more be informed that the fact that you are a foreigner give you the privilege to stand in as my deceased client beneficiary as my deceased client had no relation all his family died with him in a plane crash and I can not use my relation because its not accepted here in Burkina Faso. Also I am very confident that we will be able to establish the trust that is needed to complete this deal and all that I need from the time been is your willingness and commitment so that we can end this in the nest one weeks.

Like I said before there is no risk involve as it will pass through international banking laws and all the necessary information will be given to you in later.I do not want any direct link between you and me. My official lines are not secure lines as they are periodically monitored to assess our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management Policy. Please observe this instruction religiously. Please, again, note I am a family man, I have wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to what the consequences, but I know within me that nothing ventured is nothing gained and that success and riches never come easy or on a platter of gold. This is the one truth I have learned from my private banking clients. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should plan a meeting soon.

Futher detailes of the transfer will be sent to you as soon as i receive a positive response from you.
Thanks.
MR ABDUL ISA

Wew! Well sorry Mr Abdul Isa. I broke the first rule of the Don’t reply. This has so many scam markers you cannot believe it. And I broke the first rule of the ADB scam. I talked about it, to warn others from biting on your bait.

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I just love it when I get shady 419 propositions from new markets, such as Hong Kong. This one, which is a combined bank scam and 419 scam, just arrived in my mail, and it seems to be from some Johnny-come-lately beginners at iscamming. They don’t even mention how many million dollars they want my help in moving…

from “Mr.Michael Zao Sung.” <MichaellZaoSung@aol.com>
reply-to michaelzaosung@aol.com
to drinkalizer@lindqvist.com
date Sep 3, 2007 9:50 PM
subject From: Bank of China

Hello,

I am Mr. Micheal Zao Sung, and have a sensitive and confidential brief from Hong Kong.

I am asking for your partnership in re-profiling funds and will give the details, but in summary, the funds are coming via Bank of China.

This is a legitimate transaction and you will be paid 20% for your “Management Fees”. If this interests you, kindly write and provide me with your Confidential telephone number and I will provide further details with proper guidelines

I require absolute confidentiality due to possible political problems.

Finally, note that this must be concluded within two weeks.

Kindly write back, I look forward to hear from you.

Regards,

Mr.Michael Zao Sung.

In case you also received one of these. Just delete it and forget about it.

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This is a beauty. If you never, ever saw a 419 scam mail, read this one. Sent from somebody calling himself Chan Lee, from an Italian Yahoo account, and with a reply address to a Yahoo account from Singapore. A letter sent to an e-mail address that I only use on my drink recipe site, claiming that I have the same name as some deceased investor, and still, the scammer clearly don’t know my name. Instead, the scammer wants me to send in my full name, date of birth, phone number, fax numer, private e-mail address and postal address…

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I think this is the first time I receive a 419 type of scam mail from Hong Kong. It is of the no next of kin type. A large sum of money has been left with no heirs, and the scammer wants to “save” the money from supposedly corrupt and greedy government officials.

The recepient is invited to help, thereby participating in quite illegal activities. Those who reply, will be asked to start paying bribes and cover costs. And believe me, it can be quite costly. The bottom line however, is always the same. There are no money to collect.

From: chelder@gmx.net
Subject: Your Assistance Sollicited
Date: Januari 22, 2005 15.22.02 MET

MR. Wang Qin.
HANG SENG BANK LTD,
DES VOEUX RD.BRANCH
CENTRAL HONG KONG
HONG KONG.

I am Mr. Wang Qin, credit officer of Hang Seng Bank Ltd, I have an urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.I honestly apologize and hope I do not cause you much embarrassment by contacting you through this means for a transaction of this magnitude,but this is due to confidentia lity and prompt access reposed on this medium,sorry my English is not very good.

Furthermore,due to this issue on my hands now, it became necesary for me to seek your assistance, and it is imperative for me to know your opinion.On sept.6,1999, an American Oil consultant/contractor with the chinese Solid Minerals Corporation, Mr. Richard Nault made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$30,000,000.00 (ThertyMillion Dollars only) in my branch.

Upon maturity,I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Hong Kong Solid Minerals Corporation that Mr. Richard Nault died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless.

I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. RichardNault did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of US$30,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year.

No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of Hong Kong, at the expiration of 5(five) years,the money will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Richard Nault so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.This is simple, I will like you to provide immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin.

We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and otarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer.The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 70% for me and 25% for you and 5% for Expenses Incurred in the course of the transaction.

There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and with my position as the credit officer guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If you are interested,please reply immediately.You may reply to my email box, qinwang45@netscape.net Upon your response. I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction.Please send me your confidential telephone and fax numbers for easy communication. You should observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to inves my share in your country.

Awaiting your urgent reply.

Thanks and regards.
Mr. Wang Qin

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