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"Attention: I am Mohd Zamri B. Mohd Idrus, a legal practitioner in Malaysia with many years of practice. I was an attorney to a deceased client of mine, who died in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia of a heart related condition in 2001. My reason of sending you this email is to help secure the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this fund valued at $5.7 million dollars was deposited. Since you do have the same surname with my late client, I would want to present you as the legitimate beneficiary with all legal documents required backing the claim up. The holding bank has issued me a notice to contact the next of kin, or the account will be confiscated, and so far, all my efforts to get hold of someone related to this man have proved abortive. This is my proposal; I am asking for your consent to present you to the bank as the next-of-kin and beneficiary of my late 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. I do have a good standing in Malaysia, it is my assurance that this transaction will be successful and that I will make sure that the transaction is done within the applicable laws to guarantee full legitimacy. All legal documents to back up your claim as my client's next-of-kin will be provided by me. 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 any breach of the law. However, if this business proposition offends your moral values, do accept my apology. Please contact me at once to indicate your interest. Do understand that this transaction does require utmost confidence and you should keep this mail to yourself not withstanding if you are rejecting the transaction or accepting it. Note that I reserve the right to reject your acceptance of this proposal if I have reasons to believe that you may not be honest or discreet as it concerns this proposal. Further details will be giving as soon as your interest is indicated. Yours Sincerely, Barr Mohd Zamri B. Mohd Idrus. Attorney at Law "

10/2/2007 9:43:54 AM

you're such a douche bag

10/2/2007 9:45:18 AM

i'm a rich douche bag.

10/2/2007 9:46:09 AM

Go for it! I mean what's the worst that could happen...

10/2/2007 9:47:01 AM

thats awesome DB

10/2/2007 9:47:22 AM

these haven't been funny for a while.

10/2/2007 9:48:55 AM

man, the only spam mail i get is 'LOL dude i can't believe you posted this on the web!' and then a fake link to youtube.

10/2/2007 9:57:20 AM

what does happen with these scams? they get your account info in an attempt to tranfer funds and clean you out?

10/2/2007 10:03:09 AM

he probly wants his % of the deal...you pay him, you don't get paid, you get screwed, he makes bank. i responded as if i was very excited and interested.

10/2/2007 10:18:27 AM

This is sure to work out for you

10/2/2007 10:33:27 AM

wasn't there a special thread for this?

EDIT:
http://thewolfweb.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=496065

[Edited on October 2, 2007 at 10:45 AM. Reason : ]

10/2/2007 10:44:39 AM

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"these haven't been funny for a while."

10/2/2007 10:57:36 AM

so some how he finds your email address and sends you an email, doesn't greet you with your name, and for a 5.7 million dollar earning he wants to use email as his first way to contact you?

There is definitely nothing fishy about this one.

10/2/2007 2:46:45 PM

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"Attn: Jake -------, I'm very sorry for my delay in responding on your mail, because I travel to Australia for an important meeting. In furtherance, I am Mr. Mohd Zamri Bin Mohd Idrus, Attorney at Law, member Malaysia law society and a licensed practicing lawyer of many years standing. In relation to my proposal mail, I had a client who was a mineral resources merchant here in Malaysia, born by two migrant workers in Malaysia which made him a Malaysian permanent resident holder. My client died in November 2001 of a heart related condition. My late client lost his parents about 10 years ago. He was not married nor did he have kids. As the attorney to my late client I reliable knew that he died intestate because he did not have any Will before his demise. I was not aware that my client had a deposit of $5.7 Million dollars with a bank here in Malaysia till I was contacted by the bank that my late client's fund is about to be declared unserviceable due to the reason that they have not been able to trace a next of kin or beneficiary to the deposited fund. This made me do a frantic search to trace a next of kin of my late client which was to no avail. In view of this I decided that instead of allowing the bank to declare the fund unserviceable, it is better that I look for someone to present as the next of kin to the fund and that was my main reason of contacting you. As I told you in my proposal mail, I choose you because of your last name, which is the same as my late client's name, it is not that you are his relative. I only want to present you based on your last name. There is no risk to this transaction as we will process all the required documents by law for a beneficiary claim. I have personally studied all applicable laws and found out that this is a transaction that we can do successfully without it backfiring as far as we go with the plan I have set down and that we kept it secret. Honesty is another issue that I wish to emphasize on because I do not know you and I do not have any option than to believe that I am choosing the right person for this transaction, it was not only you that I traced with the same surname but since there is no criteria for choosing any of you, I made a blind choice and here we are. In this transaction we will go step by step, first with the legal documents to back up the claim and secondly, the monetary documents for the transfer. I will provide all the necessary legal documents that will back you up as the bona-fide beneficiary of my late client, all I need from you is to cooperate with me and be honest in this arrangement and after a successful claim has been made, the bank will transfer the total fund into the account provided by you as the beneficiary account after which we will share the total fund as follows: (1) I will take 60% of the total amount. (2) You will take the remaining 40% of the fund. (3) In case there is any tax applicable when the fund is transferred to you, we will settle the tax from the total amount before splitting it according to the above sharing formula. Do remember that you are not related to my late client, that I am the one that is bringing you into this transaction and the sharing percentage described above is not to be negotiated. If this is okay by you, I will send you a beneficiary affidavit form from the high court, which you will fill and resend to me, for me to swear under oath in high court of Malaysia that you are truly the bona-fide beneficiary of my late client and from here we will commence. I will also process all legal documents required to claim the fund. It is my assurance that this transaction will be done within the spheres of acceptable laws and practices to guarantee its legitimacy and success. Feel free to ask any question you want to ask for better understanding of the transaction. If i can count on your honesty, cooperation and confidence, reply positively for me to start processing the legal documents from the high court . You do not have to come to Malaysia for the transaction but you may come if you do wish so. if you may stand in need of any question, here's my mobile contact number and would appreciate to speak with you only on this mobile number for security reasons and as such would appreciate to have yours too (006-0172404154). Your urgent response is highly needed. Yours Sincerely, Barr. Mohd Zamri Bin Mohd Idrus Esq. Attorney at Law. "

10/2/2007 2:50:41 PM

i mean, maybe this is old news, but have you all seen that on msnbc they have a show to catch these people (a show like 'to catch a predator')?

10/2/2007 3:21:55 PM

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"You do not have to come to Malaysia for the transaction but you may come if you do wish so"

wow, you can go to Malaysia to get the money. lol

10/2/2007 3:25:41 PM

Has anyone seen the commercial with the guy on the bus trying to swindle the woman sitting next to him with a scam like this?

10/2/2007 3:30:54 PM

^yeah thats a good one

10/2/2007 3:31:43 PM

http://zamri-idrus-co.com/

Looks decent.

http://www.joewein.net/419/emails/2007-08/20/01148371.795.htm

scam

10/6/2007 8:41:56 PM

these threads used to be funny

10/6/2007 8:59:07 PM