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Info on the number +85228288168

Telephone number +85228288168 is a number from Hong Kong. The area code is 2. The number is designated as being used for Land Line telephones.

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Here is some general information about the number.

Country Code: 852
Country Name: Hong Kong
Type: Land Line
Validity: The number is the correct length for a Hong Kong phone number.

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This number is recorded in our database for the following scams:

14th March 2018 - Advance Fee Fraud Scam

On 14th March 2018, telephone number +85228288168 was reported as being used by scammers to pretend to be Christine Chi-Mei working for Wing Lung Bank Ltd using email address christinemei03@comcast.net as part of an Advance Fee Fraud Scam.

In Advance Fee Fraud Scams, the scammer will offer you something of high value (a large sum of money or gold for example) and all you have to do is pay a "small" fee. What the scammer is offering you does not actually exist and the scammer will come up with fee after fee that needs to be paid by the victims, until he either runs out of money or realises that he has been scammed. The scammer will often pretend to be real people or companies, use fake websites and introduce various characters, all with the aim of convincing the victim that what is being offered to him is real.

Here is the email that the scammer sent to his victims.
Hello,

Thank you for replying to my email address, i know this will come as a surprise to you but let me formally introduce myself to you.I am Ms Christine CHI-Mei NG Assitant General Manager at WING LUNG BANK Ltd. I am contacting you concerning an abandoned sum of $29,500,000.00 USD. In June 2005 When i was Head of Retail Banking, A customer called Frank Selvaraj a foreign contractor came to our bank for business discussions and investment, As the officer in charge of his transaction then, I encouraged him to consider various growth of funds with prime ratings. Then he invested US$29,500,000.00 (Twenty Nine Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars only). Based on my advice, we were able to spin the initial deposit with profit and interest to 35.5 million U.S Dollars. After few months; My bank (Wing Lung Bank) sent several notice to him without response and unfortunately, my client died in a car crash along with his nuclear family at France while on sabbatical in the summer of 2008, may their soul rest in peace. He died without leaving a Will and several efforts were made to find his extended family through your embassy without success. Because of the sensitive nature of private banking, most customers don't nominate next of kin in their investment, also usually in most cases leave their 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 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 WING LUNG BANK Ltd, failing to receive viable claims they will probably revert the deposit to the Management of WING LUNG BANK Ltd. This will result the money entering the Wing Lung Bank 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 Ten {10} years the funds will revert to the ownership of the Hong Kong Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.

Now, I am prepared to give the necessary details to you as the closest surviving relation of our deceased customer ( Frank Selvaraj ). I am also proposing that after a successful execution of the business deal, the funds will be shared in the ratio 40/60. You will get 40% and I will be entitled to 60% as the initiator of the deal. You know that I must have done my home work already before contacting you. Although the project is capital intensive, I know I will be able to pull it through following proper banking and legal Channels with your assistance at your end. I will tidy up the legal aspect with the assistance of a lawyer who will prepare all the documents that will be needed to transfer the money from Hong Kong to your country. 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. Opportunities like this only comes once in a lifetime. I am a family woman and this is an opportunity for me to give my family the best in life. I would want you to think about this and let me know your decision. If you give me a positive response, I will give you the relevant INFORMATION for the successful transfer of these funds and we both enjoy it in peace.

If you give me positive signals, I will initiate this process towards a conclusion. I wish to inform you that you should not contact me via official Channels else I will deny knowing you and about this project. You can also check on my biography from this link as well https://www.winglungbank.com/wlb_corpor ... urep04.pdf you can also call our official line +852-2828-8168 but do not talk about this transaction or I may deny knowing you, when you call? Ask of Ms Christine Chi-mei NG (Wing Lung Bank) and if I am on seat, then your call shall be transfer to me, what I will want you to do is to abolish the call before I talk because my official line are not in secured means to reach me bearing in mind the nature of this transaction, because they are periodically monitored to access our level of customer care in line with our Total Quality Management.

I will really appreciate that you let me know your opinion regarding my email.

I will await your response.

Regards

Ms Christine CHI-Mei NG

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