枝上又闻啼

莫名其妙，突然间居然在QQ这种垃圾邮箱里收到这样一封邮件，真是神奇，更神奇是他的内容。大致的意思如下：我是汇丰银行的工作人员，现在要处理和你之间的有关2450万美元的债务问题，这个钱是6年前一个伊拉克的商人存的，现在他挂了。只留下了这么一个邮箱（悲剧，他居然知道世界上还有qq邮箱，看来外国人不一定都只用MSN，哈哈）。你不要这些钱就要给政府了。请你不要担心，我们这次债务是对外保密的，而且以其手续都是符合法律的。你所要做的一起就是相信我。最后，关于这次的债务问题，如果你愿意，我将提供更多详细的资料以便顺利完成我的工作。

Dear friend,
Thank you so much for your prompt response to my proposal. I am not mistaking, I am contacting you concerning our late customer and an investment placed under our banks management before the Iraq war. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this mail. I contacted you independently of my investigation and no one is informed of this communication. I would like to acquaint you with certain facts that might be of interest to you. In 2003, Abbas Kadhim, a businessman, also who was with the Iraqi forces and our Client, made a fixed deposit of Twenty four million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only in my branch, a number of notices was sent to him when it was due, but no response came from him till date. We later found out that the General along with his family had been killed in a bomb blast that hit their home, what bothers me most is according to the laws of my country at the expiration of 6 years the funds will revert to the Hong Kong Government if nobody comes for the funds, Against this scenery, I have all the information needed to claim these funds. All I require is your honest co-operation and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect me and you from any breach of the law. Please accept my apologies Your interest to assist me was rather unspecific as a result of which I am quite skeptical in believing that you could be of assistance to me, therefore I would like to be sure of your willingness, trustworthiness and committment to execute this transaction with me, I cannot afford to compromise these virtues considering the money involved,it is necessary for me to be sure of the person to whom I will be entrusting this transaction,my trust is not given out lightly.
What I expect from you is trust and commitment,I want this large sum of money transfered with your assistance and you should have nothing to worry about regarding legality AT ALL.
I want to know if you are willing to follow up this business seriously before I can give you more details about this transaction, however I shall be waiting for your response and assurance.
Sincerely,
A.A. Flockhart.

回复之后便得到如下的一封邮件：

哈哈，不得不感叹一下英语学得好还是有点用的啊，大致意思如下：谢谢您的回复，可以看得出您对这次的债务问题还是挺感兴趣的（不知道这样翻译对不对）同样我觉得您是个值得信任的人，之后一大堆的奉承话，诸如什么你是一个可以值得信任的人啊，多谢你给我的帮助让我顺利我完成这次的任务等等等等。同时也说了你不要担心，我们都是按法律办事的。

之后切入正题了，翻译如下，如果我们按照程序来，这将花费若干天的时间。现在我要确认一下你的信息，然后是一大堆的没什么用的话了。说到这里估计是个人都知道了，然后就是要你先给哪里哪里打钱之类的，然后你打了第一次就有第二次然后还有第N次。

不过，看到这封信的人请注意了，以上是中国行骗的版本，当然外国也有这样的情况。看到这封信我还是想起来了关于我购买美国空间的事情，比如说你信用卡后4位有时候可以用来确认你的身份，就像很多时候你不需要给出身份证复印件，不需要手机确认等，只要有了邮箱地址，信用卡号等等信息，对方就能可以作为认定你身份的依据。所以请保护好你自身的信息，不要随便暴露。所以关于这封邮件我也没有再回复了。因为邮件后面有提到去汇丰银行办卡的事情。

呵呵，天上哪里真的有这样的好事。直接有个sb留了2450万美元还写了我这个不起眼的邮箱，而且邮箱还是QQ的，了解QQ邮箱怎么回事的估计很容易明白，这个邮箱基本上能收到外国邮件真的是神奇的事情。

最后贴出来原文，希望大家不要上当。四六级又要开始了，好好看一遍，就像复习一遍英语了。哈哈~~~发现我英语还不赖，看这个问题不大。速度也还行。

Dear,
Thank you very much for your response, and your interest in this transaction, I am also glad to note that you are a noble and trust worthy person whom I can rely on for your capabilities to handle this transaction that is why is I decided to do this business with you, and due to this issue on my hands now,it became necessary for me to seek your assistance, I appreciate the fact that you are ready to assist me in executing this project. You should not have anything to worry about,I will do everything legally required to ensure that this project goes smoothly,it shall pass through all Laws of International Banking. Having resolved to entrust this transaction into your hands, I want to remind you that, it needs your commitment and diligent follow up.
If we work seriously,the entire transaction should be over in a couple of days. READ THE FOLLOWING AND GET BACK TO ME: Firstly,I will want to know the type of occupation that you do and how old you are. You should note that this project is highly capital intensive, this is why I have to be very careful, 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 now intend that you open an account in your name with our CORRESPONDING BANK in UK.The money would be transfered to that account which you will open in that branch for both of us, this is the best way, I have found,it will protect us from my bank.
I want us to enjoy this money in peace when we conclude. So you should listen to my instructions and follow them religiously. Also You have to know that I cannot transfer this money in my name as my bank will be aware that it is from me. This is where I need you. As a result of this,you will have to open an account in the corresponding bank and that is your only financial obligation.  After this,the money will be banked online for both of us, no other person will be involved in this transaction,We can then instruct the bank to transfer our various shares into our respective home bank accounts. I will also perfect the documentations with the assistance of my attorney to give the transaction the legal right,and I have attached to this mail, copies of some legal documents which you are to complete and sign, then scan and send as attachment to E-mail back to me immediately, in order to grant the attorney the legal power to prepare the required legal documents naming you as the sole benefitiary of the funds and also process your claims. Futher more, just to prove my integrity; I have attached to this mail a copy of the certificate of deposit that was issued to the late General on the day he deposited the funds in my bank.
You can also check me out on our website below:
http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/about-hsbc/board-of-directors
I hope you will understand why I need all these. 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 a copy of my work I.D. upon receipt of this e-mail with the document. I will send the contact details of the branch to you so that you can commence communication with them. Ensure that you keep this project confidential, do not discuss it with anybody, because of the confidential nature of this transaction and my job.
Please reply soonest.
Regards,
A.A. Flockhart.