You know how you always hear about people losing vast sums of money after being scammed by some online con artist? Well, I had always assumed that these people were either very stupid or the con artists were very good. As of today, I have no doubt that these people are indeed very stupid.

You see, today I was lucky enough to receive an e-mail from a Mr. P Richards enquiring as to whether I would be interested in helping him transfer 15 million dollars out of a trust-fund based in Spain. Sounds legit to me!

Let’’s break down his e-mail a bit and see why I don”t consider this to be a particularly shrewd business venture.

Hello,

Off to a good start Mr. Richards.

I am contacting you to partner with me in respect of transfer of certain funds, which is being held in a floating account in my organization, Fountain Trust SA , in Madrid Spain.

All those big business words sound impressive - the grammar less so - but I”m hooked…

I am privileged to have full knowledge of the availability of this fund due to my function and position in the organization at present. I have to contact you because it is imperative for me to have the cooperation of a foreigner to be able to transfer the fund out of my country.

Wow, and out of all the foreigners in the world he selected me!

This fund, was deposited by Mr. George Martins, who died in 1994 without leaving any information of any next of kin to inherit the fund.The account therefore has not been operated since his death.

Do we have to spend a night in a haunted mansion?

The total amount involved is Fifteen Million American Dollars. My name is Paul Richard. I would give the details of the transfer process if I receive your response and am convinced that you are willing and dependable to carry out the transaction with me in absolute confidentiality.

Yes, if I were looking for a reliable and trustworthy person to carry out an absolutely crucial operation involving millions of dollars, I too would definitely e-mail a random person and ask for their assistance.

We have to establish mutual trust such that it will be glaring to both parties that we could work with open mind. On transfer of the fund into your account, your share would be 30% of the total sum while the rest part would be for me and I intend to invest the major part of my share in your country with your assistance.

Does the need for an open-mind have anything to do with the fact that I am most likely not going to receive anything.

I would appreciate if you could respond to me on my more private
email paul.richard@personal.ro.

Kindly state your telephone number so that I could call you too.

I await your response.

Sincerely.

Paul Richard

This must be the real deal! He gave me a “more private e-mail” address. Now that’’s commitment I can”t dispute.

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