An Email with the Subject "Dear Friend, I await your reply!" was received in one of Scamdex's honeypot email accounts on Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:09:52 -0800 and has been classified as a Advance Fee Fraud/419 Scam Email. The sender shows as "Leo Chung & Associates," <leoandthelaw@hotmail.com>.
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Leo Chung & Associates, 21 Campshill Road , Se13 6qu Lewisham, London England. Hello, I am really very sorry to barge into your privacy in this form. However i seek your pardon for that, this is because i have know other alternative than this. However, I am Barrister Leo Chung from Japan, the Personal Attorney to one deceased immigrant from your country, who based in London, Also referred to as my client. On the 12th of July 2003, my client, his wife and their only Child died in the train bomb blast along Edgware road UK. Some of his properties, which he put out for sale. which I monitored the payment as his attorney, has been bought and paid for. Now the money paid was deposited into his Local account here in London. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank particularly, this is because all effort I made since three years ago to get any of his relation who will stand as a next of kin was not successful, however in my process of thinking of what to do in other to make sure his account worth 10 Million Dollars does not get confiscated or declared unserviceable by his bank, I decided to search the internet, i then found that their is exact similarity between his LAST NAME and your surname name, I then concluded to contact you through email to stand as the next of KIN to my late client, though I doubt if you are related to him but for the similarities of names this proposal can be carried out successfully with your kind assistance. My late client has an account valued at 10 Million Dollars. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for 3years now and the bank has issued me a notice through a telegram message i received from them yesterday evening informing me that they want to Audit their accounts by the end of this month, precisely 29th of November dew to recent development in their banking policy and if I do not provide the next of kin before this date, they will confiscated or declare unserviceable the money and property left by my late client during the process of the Auditing. I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to my late client, so that the proceeds of this account valued at 10 Million Dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money. 50% to me and 40% for you and 10% for miscellaneous expenses that might arise towards this transaction. I have all necessary information/ documents that can be used to back up the claim. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will Protect you from any breach of the law. Trust me, as his attorney, this is a Risk free business relationship. If my humble request is granted, please send the following information: {1}. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS {2}. YOUR FULL NAME {3}. YOUR AGE AND YOUR OCCUPATION. {4}. YOUR IDENTIFICATION {5}.YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE NUMBER. {6} YOUR PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS. To my Email: leoandthelaw@hotmail.com, and treat this as a confidential matter. Best Regards. Barrister Leo Chung