I got another scam email:
“Greetings from me and my family.
I ordered my son, since I am not computer literate, to seek a partner very far away
and he went to an internet cafe and with the help his wife got your email address
and two others, but we decided to follow them up carefully because of the level of
the secrecy of the project. I intend to write one of the others if you do not
responded on time or if you eventually change your mind.
My name is JANG DOO-HWAN, The brother of Mr. CHUN DOO-HWAN, the former President of
South Korea who seized power in a military coup in 1979 and who ruled from 1979 to
1987. My brother was pushed out of office and charged with treason ,corruption and
embezzlement state funds. He was wrongly sentenced to death but fortunately AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL stepped in and commuted the sentence to life. We thank God that he has
finally being released though still under house arrest in the sense of conditions of
the freedom. During my brother’s regime as president of South Korea, we realized
some reasonable amount of money from various projects that we successfully executed,
thirty mlln. United States of American currency. This monies were gotten from the
multi-national construction companies that my brother awarded major roads and
bridges construction contract that ran into billions of Dollars, for which they
voluntarily gave us cash gifts. My brother even got his country home constructed
freely for him by one of the com
I am contacting you because I want you to deal with the company and claim the money
on my behalf since I have declared that the money belongs to my foreign business
partner. You shall also be required to assist me in using the money to set up
lucrative projects in your country. I hope to trust you as a God fearing person who
will not sit on this money when you claim it, rather assist me properly, I expect
you to declare what percentage of the total money you will take for your assistance.
When I receive your positive response I will let you know where the company is and
the details of the location of the money and how you will gain possession. What we
need is for you to indicate your interest that you will assist us by receiving the
money on our behalf in Europe or with special arrangement, you can get it sent to
you by bank . For this, you shall be considered to be the sole owner of the money.
The reason we cannot do this ourselves is because we do not have any relatives
living outside South Korea worthy of trust and moreover we do not want the
government of my country to know about the money as they will believe I got the
money from my brother from the government’s funds while he was still in office as
president .Once you confirm the receipt of the money ,I will come over with my
children to your country or any country in Europe to start a new life with my
family. As soon as payment is effected, and the amount mentioned above is
successfully sent into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring
some estates abroad. For this too you shall also be our overseas manager of all our
properties and you will be paid based on a certain sharing agreed on by both
parties. For now, let all our communication be by e-mail because my line is right
now connected to the South Korean Telecommunication Network services therefore we
can not take the chances of being heard.
Please also send me your telephone and fax number. I will ask my son to contact you
to give you more details on after I have received a response from you and we decide
to work with you. I am going to introduce you to my brother, the General as an age
long friend so as to prevent him from using any of his own friends who I regard as
sycophants who were around him for financial gains. This notion I got from the
experience I had when the people turned against Chun, my brother that became the
prelude of our sorrow. The reason why it took us this long was that the company’s
agreement with me was that my brother must personally sign the documents that will
transfer title to the prospective nominated receiver, but his health is now
declining so it will be risky to wait any longer. It was a long wait but it paid off
because everybody believes that we are finished. His excellency, Chun Doo-Hwan does
not want to be personally involved for security reason. Your quick response will be
highly appreciated. Thank you in an
Yours faithfully,
Jang Doo-hwan. ”
Why do they even bother?