Inspirational Sunday
Help this poor guy out, won't you? “Compliment of the Season, Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met before. I am sorry to encroach into your privacy in this manner, I found you listed in the Hong Kong Businessmen Trade Centre Chambers of Commerce directory here in Hong Kong. Please do accept my sincere apologies if my mail does not meet your personal ethics. I am writing you for the second time since you did not reply to me at first email sent to you. However, I am contacting you in order to ask for your assistance on this confidential business proposal with full financial benefit for both of us. Before I go into further details, please be informed that I am writing without any other person(s) pre-knowledge of my contacting you on this transaction. Therefore I will appreciate same attitude to be maintained by you all through. My name is Mr. Song Lile. I work with the Hang Seng Bank. There is a sum of $19,500,000.00 in my bank Hang Seng Bank", Hong Kong. There were no beneficiaries stated concerning this fund which means no one would ever come to claim it. That is why I ask that we work together. I do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction. I intend to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance. I will notify you on the full transaction on receipt of your response if interested, and I shall send you the details and necessary procedures with which to make the transfer. Should you be interested? Please send me your:
1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address Kind Regards, Mr. Song Li. songlioo@yahoo.com.hk”
1. Full names
2. Private phone number
3. Current residential address Kind Regards, Mr. Song Li. songlioo@yahoo.com.hk”
Comments
dude -- I'm in send me the money.
Posted by: Ten 44 | February 20, 2010 6:23 PM
Hey, he told me the amount was 3.5 million. I think he's trying to cheat me.
Posted by: BruceK | February 21, 2010 2:02 AM
Wow! Some people have all the luck. Well played, Charles, having your name and contact info in the H.K.B.T.C.C.C.D.
Posted by: Bob | February 21, 2010 4:11 AM
Do you think he is single?
Posted by: kathy | February 21, 2010 10:04 AM
I know him actually, he used to be Ndobe Mokodalu and lived in Nigeria but he just immigrated to Hong Kong and changed his name to fit in. Nice guy, I made $5mill the last time he wrote. He selected me from the International Directory of Nice Guys.
Posted by: zj | February 21, 2010 11:12 AM
Hey Charles - I've gotten several of these over the years. I usually respond and then see how long I can string them along. I usually start by negotiating the percentage up by 5 or 10 percent. Then I start to ask for verification of things. The will forward you pictures, passports, official looking documents etc.
I usually ends up with them asking you to go to their country with a specified amount of cash to show good faith and close the transaction. I look up flight information and give them an itenerary that appears to be real. They either offer to meet you at the airport or want you to call them when you arrive. In either event I wait for several days and then contact them telling them I was waiting for them, the number they gave me was bad etc.
I kept one guy from Bangcock going for 9 weeks.
Posted by: rich | February 22, 2010 2:52 AM
Awesome Rich, you are my hero. I've always wanted to screw with them.
Posted by: zj | February 23, 2010 6:43 AM
you guys are all nobodies...i get my scam notices direct from the director of the F.B.I....strange, how he spends so much time checking out banks in Nigeria...must be on a directive straight from Obama.
Posted by: sonny | February 23, 2010 9:30 AM