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It's pi day. It's supposed to be international, but it relies on the format being M/D/Y, which hardly anyone actually uses.

I'm not doing so well. I think I'm getting... something, plus I just feel "bleh".

Anyway, it's about time I posted this.

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FROM: Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan
(VICE CHAIRMAN  & EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Bank of China Limited
Hong Kong


I am Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan  VICE CHAIRMAN  & EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Bank of China
Limited, Hong Kong. I have a lucrative business forums stroke of common
interest to share with you; it involves transferring a large sum of money. I
got your reference in my quest for one that fits my proposed business
relationship. If you are interested in working with me do contact me via my
private e-mail (mrchanpatrwi@yahoo.com.hk) for more information, Should you
please send me your.

Your Full Names:
Phone and Fax:
Country.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mr. Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan
Email: mrchanpatrwi@yahoo.com.hk

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I can provide you with that information, yes:

Full name: Mr. Ronald Kenneth Noble
Phone: 852 2527 7177
Fax: +33 (0)4 72 44 71 63
Country: United States of America

Sincerely,
Ronald Noble

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Dear Ronald,

Thank you for considering my proposal. I contacted you concerning a deceased customer Aziz Musa Numan (An Iraqi Crude oil merchant), and an investment he placed under our banks management.

In June 2001, Aziz Musa Numan came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division and invested 18.3 million United States dollars. As the officer in charge of his transaction, I encouraged him to consider various growth funds with prime ratings. The favoured route in my advice to customers is to start by assessing data on 600 traditional stocks and bond managers and 300 managers of alternative investments. Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 22.5 million United States dollars.

Upon maturity several notice was sent to him, even during the war (U.S and Iraqi war), Five years ago (2003). Again after the war another notification was sent and still no response came from him. After series of investigation, I got information that Aziz Musa Numan and his family had been killed during the war in a bomb blast that hit his home at Mukaradeeb.

Because of the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers want to leave no traces and rarely do they nominate next of kin. Private banking clients apart from not nominating next of kin also usually in most cases leave wills in our care, in this case; our now deceased client died in-testate.

It is quite clear now that our dear client died with no known or identifiable family member. According to practice, the Private banking sector will by the end of this year broadcast a request for statement of claim to Hang Seng Bank Ltd, failing to receive viable claims they will most probably revert the deposit to Management of Hang Seng Bank Ltd. This will result in the money entering the Hang Seng accounting system and the portfolio will be out of my hands and out of the private banking division. What bothers me most is that according to the laws of my country at the expiration of six {6} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

What I wish to relate to you will smack off unethical practice but I want you to understand something. It is only an outsider to the banking world who finds the internal politics of the banking world aberrational. The world of private banking especially is fraught with huge rewards for those who sit upon certain chairs and oversee certain portfolios.

What I am saying in essence is that there is US$22,500,000.00 deposit just lying unclaimed. And all investigation by the bank to locate a next of kin has come to an end with no success.

Now; I am prepared to furnish the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation. I am also proposing that after successful execution of the business deal, the funds be disbursed in the ratio 30/70. 30% of the funds will go to you for offering yourself as the next of kin and providing a foreign account for safe transfer of the funds and 70% will be for me.. Please let me know in your next correspondence if the above sharing ratio is okay by you.

Once more, I ask that if you find no interest in this project that you should discard this mail and forget I ever contacted you, I ask that you do not be vindictive and destructive; do not destroy my career. Such opportunities only come ones way once in a lifetime. I am a family man and this is an opportunity to provide them with new opportunities. I have evaluated the risks and the only risk I have here is from you refusing to work with me and alerting my bank. If you give me positive signals, I will give you the relevant modus operandi to initiate this process towards a conclusion. Do not betray my confidence. I await your response.

Sincerely,

Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan

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Dr. Mr. Chan,

Your proposal interests me, but I fear that it may not be worth my while. After all, this transaction would involve a great deal of risk. I am a respectable businessman and do not wish for this to interfere with my reputation.
Therefore I feel that 40/60 would be a more appropriate ratio of distribution.
Moreover, as a token of my goodwill, I will be enclosing something valuable in my next correspondence; i.e., a piece of information regarding a particular sensitive subject. I can't say much more now as I fear I am being watched, but I believe you are already aware of what I am alluding to.
Please let me know at this address whether 40/60 plus some valuable information for you is still a reasonable deal.

Sincerely,
Ronald Noble

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Dear Ronald Noble,

I appreciate the fact that you are ready to assist me in executing this project. i am also hoping to hear what you have to tell me and want to assure you that i am as careful as you are because i have a reputation to protect also. you will also be helping me to invest part of my share in your country to shield me from the authorities in my bank and in my country once we complete this project. I want to assure you that you don’t have anything to worry about since everything will be done legally to ensure that the project goes smoothly and successfully; it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking. If we commit ourselves diligently and work seriously, the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days.

READ THE FOLLOWING AND GET BACK TO ME:

Firstly, know that this project is highly capital intensive; this is why I have to be very careful on my choice of partner. I need your total devotion and trust to see this through. I know we have not met before, but I am very confident that we will be able to establish the necessary trust that we need to execute this project.

I am now in contact with a foreign online bank where you will be required to open an offshore account in your name. When the time comes I will guide you on that. The money would be transferred to this offshore account which you will open. This is the best way we could be protected from my bank and complete the project in the most unsuspecting manner. So please do follow my plans religiously because I have the master plan for a hitch free transfer of these funds out of my bank in our favour. I have been making this plan for a long time now since it was discovered that this customer died. I got the cue after several months of disguised inquiries.

With the help of my lawyer, I will obtain all necessary documents like certificate of deposit, probate certificates and the WILL in your name which will make you the bonafide owner of the funds and give the transaction the legal right it requires. We can then instruct my bank to transfer the funds to the offshore account you shall open in the foreign bank before transfer to our individual accounts.

Before we commence, I need you to send me your full names, your Driver's license, Work ID or International passport, and your current address. As soon as I get these from you, I will commence the paper work. the money in question is big and I want to ensure that I know you well before I proceed to give you all the details to commence the project, I will also send you my Work ID and my family pictures upon receipt of your identification.

Ensure you keep this project confidential; do not discuss it with anybody because of the confidential and sensitive nature of this transaction and my work.

Please reply soonest.

Regards,

Patrick Chan

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dear ronald,

i agree to the 40% you are asking because i want your total commitment to this project.

regards,

patrick

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Dear Ronald Noble,

Let me reassure that I have all modalities in place for a successful execution of this transaction because I have every tool at my disposal as an executive director in the bank and also as the de facto Head of operation of the private banking division.

I wish to inform you that should you contact me via official channels; I will deny knowing you and about this project. 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. 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 this personal email account.

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 you is your willingness and commitment so that we can end this in the next few days.

What you need to understand about this transaction is that I will make sure that it passes through all international banking laws regards to this. I will take care of all the expenses and the cost of retaining the service of my Attorney to give the transaction the proper documentation that is required to perfect the finishing. Your only obligation in this transaction will be to set up an offshore account that can accommodate these funds and I will give you more light later once you agree to partner with me.

Like I said before there is no risk involve as all documents related to this transaction will be sent to you for your perusal and trust.

Note that I am highly handicapped with respect to the manner I conduct myself as far as this transaction is concerned here at the bank because of my position. Besides, the laws here in Hong Kong and most part of Asia with respect to corruption are very stringent. Contravening the laws is tantamount to serious penalty, so while I brave the venture, I will have to still watch my back. Therefore, we will restrict our communication to email because this is my private email and all communication from me to you will be done in most unsuspecting manner. It is very easy to track telephone conversation so please bear with me.

If we play by the rules as I have spelt them, then we have no problem at all.

Let me know if you are proceeding with me at the earliest time.

Regards,

Patrick Chan

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Dear Mr. Chan,

Do not worry, you can trust me completely.
I have complete confidence in your plan and will be sure to carry it out exactly as you say to.
I also agree that this correspondence should continue only through email, as it would be far too risky to attempt communication by any other means.

Now, regarding the information you have requested:
As I said earlier, my full name is Mr. Ronald Kenneth Noble.
I have not traveled outside of the country in several years, so I do not have a current passport. Also, when you say "work ID" I assume you refer to some sort of identification card I carry at my place of employment. Unfortunately, I do not have such a thing as I am self-employed. Is there something else that would serve as a reasonable substitute?
I can give you my driver's license number, however. It is as follows:
01001000 01100001 01101000 01100001 00101100 00100000 01101100 01101111 01110011 01100101 01110010 00101110
If you need a copy of the license itself, please let me know.

My home address is:

3025 Highland Parkway, Suite 300
Downer's Grove, IL 60515
United States of America


Next, I have not forgotten my earlier promise.
I will now be providing you with some highly sensitive intelligence. Please understand that it would be most unwise to share it with anyone else.
I am unsure as to its relevance to this transaction, but regardless, you will surely find it extremely useful in the future.
The information I speak of is this:

UP UP DOWN DOWN LEFT RIGHT LEFT RIGHT B A SELECT START.

Remember, this is highly classified knowledge. Use it in whatever manner you feel to be necessary or advantageous, but do not disclose it to anyone else, as doing such would be exceedingly dangerous.


Now, let us continue with our endeavor as you have planned it.

Sincerely,
Ronald Noble

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Dear Ronald,

Please i want you to understand that your ID is a pre-requisite for us to proceed with this project. This is because it is needed by the lawyer to perfect all necessary documents in your name because i don't want us to take anything for granted. Please you should try as much as possible to find a way to scan your ID and send it to me.

Thanks,

patrick

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Dear Mr. Chan,

I did some searching, and I have found something that should suffice; I will attach the file to this email.
Please let me know if you cannot use this. If that is the case, I will try to find something different.

Sincerely,
Ronald Noble

Attached image: rnoble_id.jpg

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Several days later...
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URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL!!!!

FROM: Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan
(VICE CHAIRMAN  & EXECUTIVE OFFICER)
Bank of China Limited
Hong Kong


I am Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan  VICE CHAIRMAN  & EXECUTIVE OFFICER of Bank of China
Limited, Hong Kong. I have a lucrative business forums stroke of common
interest to share with you; it involves transferring a large sum of money. I
got your reference in my quest for one that fits my proposed business
relationship. If you are interested in working with me do contact me via my
private e-mail (mrchanpatrwi@yahoo.com.hk) for more information, Should you
please send me your.

Your Full Names:
Phone and Fax:
Country.

Your earliest response to this letter will be appreciated.

Sincerely,

Mr. Mr. Patrick K. W. Chan
Email: mrchanpatrwi@yahoo.com.hk

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