yeph, i got a letter weeks ago, and i kinow it is a scam, but i am playing a long to see how far it goes before the want detail and cash, it is quite good fun, the replies are always quite humerous and long, apparently i will get my money soon, as all is going well.  Ha ha, lucky i have the time to play with them.

Susan

I received the same email today from David Chang.  The most funny parts are: 

1) It refered me as "Sir".

2) It said "the estate of a deceased client with similar last name ."

3) Alfred has no next of kin and the reason I am writing you is because you are namesakes.

It never mentioned what my last time is. 

Sometimes I really want to reply them and just play with them to see how far do they go.  And I demand to see the cash first.  No check, no money order, none of that.  But Cold Hard Cash in my hand.  Then maybe, I mean maybe, I will give you, Mr David, a 10% fee for doing all these hard works!

I wonder how many people fall for this scams.  Isn't all this scam been around for years?  Before internet it was mail letter to your home/office address.  Now, they get even easier job by copy and paste the content and just send out mass junk mail.

Once awhile it's fun to read this when I am bored from doing what I am doing.  Usually, this type of mail just go straight to the junk box before I even had a chance to click on them.

Sad....

I have also received a similar email from Graham E [leeping@yertunic.net]:

(please note that the domain hosting site yertunic.net was closed down 22 hrs ago and put back up for sale)

ATTN:

I AM MR. LEE XIOPING, MANAGER ASSET MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT FOR THE GUANGDONG DEVELOPMENT BANK IN CHINA. I AM GETTING IN TOUCH WITH YOU REGARDING THE ESTATE OF A DECEASED CLIENT WITH SIMILAR LAST NAME AND AN INVESTMENT PLACED UNDER MY BANKS MANAGEMENT 9 YEARS AGO.

I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU KEEP THE CONTENTS OF THIS MAIL CONFIDENTIAL AND RESPECT THE INTEGRITY OF THE INFORMATION YOU COME BY AS A RESULT OF THIS MAIL. I CONTACT YOU INDEPENDENTLY AND NO ONE IS INFORMED OF THIS COMMUNICATION. IN 2000, THE SUBJECT MATTER NAME WITHELD CAME TO OUR BANK TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS DISCUSSIONS WITH OUR PRIVATE BANKING DIVISION. HE INFORMED US THAT HE HAD A FINANCIAL PORTFOLIO OF $12.350 MILLION (TWELVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS) WHICH HE WISHED TO HAVE US INVEST ON HIS BEHALF.

BASED ON MY ADVICE, WE SPUN THE MONEY AROUND VARIOUS OPPORTUNITIES AND MADE ATTRACTIVE MARGINS FOR OUR FIRST MONTHS OF OPERATION, THE ACCRUED PROFIT AND INTEREST STOOD AT THIS POINT AT OVER $10 MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS. IN MID 2002, HE INSTRUCTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL SUM ($12.350M) BE LIQUIDATED BECAUSE HE NEEDED TO MAKE AN URGENT INVESTMENT REQUIRING CASH PAYMENTS IN UNITED KINGDOM. WE GOT IN TOUCH WITH A SPECIALIST BANK IN HONG KONG THE DAH SING BANK (DSB) WITH CURRESPONDING BANK IN SCOTLAND,(BANK OF SCOTLAND) WHO AGREED TO RECEIVE THIS MONEY FOR A FEE AND MAKE CASH AVAILABLE TO MR.ANDREW . HOWEVER BANK OF SCOTLAND GOT IN TOUCH WITH US LAST YEAR THAT THIS MONEY HAS NOT BEEN CLAIMED. ON FURTHER ENQUIRIES WE FOUND OUT THAT MR.ANDREW  WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT IN MAINLAND CHINA, WHICH MEANS HE DIED INTESTATE. HE HAS NO NEXT OF KIN, SINCE I HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO MR ANDREW PORTFOLIO,I REALIZE ALSO THAT I AM IN POSITION TO APPOINT YOU AS THE BENEFICIARY OF THESE FUNDS SINCE YOU SHARE THE SAME LAST NAME.

WHAT I PROPOSE IS THAT SINCE I HAVE EXCLUSIVE ACCESS TO HIS FILE, YOU WILL BE MADE THE BENEFICIARY OF THESE FUNDS. MY BANK WILL CONTACT YOU INFORMING YOU THAT MONEY HAS BEEN WILLED TO YOU. ON VERIFICATION, WHICH WILL BE THE DETAILS I MAKE AVAILABLE TO MY BANK, MY BANK WILL INSTRUCT BANK OF SCOTLAND TO MAKE PAYMENTS TO YOU. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE KNOWN HIM. I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A BIT HEAVY FOR YOU BUT PLEASE TRUST ME ON THIS. FOR ALL YOUR TROUBLES I PROPOSE THAT WE SPLIT THE MONEY IN HALF.I WILL USE MY POSITION TO GUARANTEE A SMOOTH PROCESS.IN THE BANKING CIRCLE THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME. THE OTHER OPTION IS THAT THE MONEY WILL REVERT BACK TO THE STATE.

NOBODY IS GETTING HURT; THIS IS A LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY FOR US. I HOLD THE KEY TO THESE FUNDS, AND AS A CHINESE NATIONAL WE SEE SO MUCH CASH AND FUNDS BEING RE-ASSIGNED DAILY. I WOULD WANT US TO KEEP COMMUNICATION FOR NOW STRICTLY BY THE ABOVE EMAIL,

PLEASE, NOTE I AM A FAMILY MAN AND A CAREER BANKER; I HAVE A WIFE AND CHILDREN. I SEND YOU THIS MAIL NOT WITHOUT A MEASURE OF FEAR AS TO 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 ACT SWIFTLY ON THIS. PLEASE PARDON MY POOR ENGLISH AND WRITING MISTAKES. PLEASE GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY VIA MY ABOVE PERSONAL EMAIL ADRESS:  Ddhsecurity02@gmail.com

I WILL AWAIT YOUR RESPONSE.

Best Regards,
LEE XIOPING

I have had an identical letter from Eddie Li Kong e-mail: eddielikong@yahoo.com Tel: +852-81256572 Fax: +852-30065307.

There must be thousands of these (I beleive it has been dubbed '419 Scam') out there!

The letter, dated 20/05/11, was posted in the UK with a 2nd class stamp, is not on headed paper nor has an address on it. Unfortunately the frank is poor so I can't see where it was posted. Are real people actualy taken in by these? Surely not! 

If anyone wants me to mail a scanned copy of it let me know.

Nigel   

Got a letter today (24th May 2011) addressed to my home address from the same David Chang mentioned in some of the posts.  The text is almost 100% the same as all these other letters, but this time the money is up to $12.35m!!  Presumably some people are falling for this otherwise they would have given up. P

i got exactly the same letter.....arse holes

Got an identical leeter in the mail this morning. From Mr Derek Summers from HSBC UK but otherwise identical... he gives contact details as dereksummers@europe.com and telephone as +447587296594 and signed and dated the letter.

Had a letter that is identical to the one in the coloured panel above.  

David Li Chang is now an Assurance Manager with Guangdong Bank in Hong Kong.

My dear old uncle Alfred has dies in China etc etc 8.5M etc.

Dear David wants to split the cash in half with me and has asked me to fax or telephone him on 2 Hong Kong numbers.  No doubt they will be racking up a nice fee for him.

email at changdavid@chinamail.com

I'll tell you what David; send me the cash right away and I will send you $100 back by return.  Half the cash!  I should co-co.

Regards

SteveC

I got the "Alfred...." letter dated 25/06/10 but posted locally on 21/07/10 from a purported David Li Chang. Same old US$8.35 mio, pretty much word for word on the previous posts but utilising Guangdong Bank, Hong Kong and Dah Sing Bank, Hong Kong. It is obvoius that banks do not work like it is suggested in the letter and why would dying in mainland China mean that poor old Alfred would be intestate? If he was that rich, he would more than likely have made a will. More power to the net for publicising these scams and saving the time and effort of recovering from the insanity of one's own curiosity, despite suspecting something underhand. Thanks guys.

Lee Yang

Good Day,

I am Chang Wang, Business Relations Manager for the HuaXia Bank in China. I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of a deceased client with similar last name and an investment placed under our banks management.

I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication.

In 2000, the subject matter, Mr. Alfred came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of 8.35 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf.

Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and interest stood at this point at over 10 million United States Dollars. In mid 2002, he instructed that the principal sum (8.35M) be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent investment requiring cash payments in Hong Kong. We got in touch with a specialist bank in Hong Kong the Guangdong Development Bank (GDB) who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to Alfred. However Guangdong Development Bank got in touch with us last year that this money has not been claimed. On further enquiries we found out that Alfred was involved in an accident in Mainland China, which means he died intestate. He has no next of kin and the reason I am writing you is because you are namesakes.

What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds. The Guangdong Development Bank will contact you informing you that money has been willed to you. On verification, which will be the details I make available to HuaXia bank. GDB will be instructed to make payments to you after all the necessary verification and application is done. You do not have to have known Alfred. I know this might be a bit heavy for you but please trust me on this. For all your troubles I propose that we split the money in half. In the banking circle this happens every time. The other option is that the money will revert back to the state.

Nobody is getting hurt; this is a lifetime opportunity for us. I hold the KEY to these funds, and as a Chinese National we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily. I would want us to keep communication for now strictly by the telephone, fax and email that i will provide.

Please, again, note I am a family man, I have a wife and children. I send you this mail not without a measure of fear as to 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 act swiftly on this. Please get back to me immediately via my email address below

Email: chang5555wang@googlemail.com


I await your response.

Chang Wang