Dear Friend,

I must say that I have enormous respect for you considering the manner in which I have made contact with you.  I would go straight to the proposal at hand without wasting much of your time. It is left for you to make up your mind if you would go along with me in accomplishing this or not. If you do wish, then please act as I have instructed. If not, please keep these details to yourself and I promise to compensate you all the same as soon as the transaction is concluded, as far as you stay in touch. I would respectfully request that you keep the contents of this email confidential and respect the integrity of the information you come by as a result of this email. I contact you independently and no one is informed of this communication. 
 
In 2005, the subject matter; (Late Alfred) came to our bank to engage in business discussions with our private banking division. He informed us that he had a financial portfolio of $35 million United States dollars, which he wished to have us invest on his behalf and I was appointed his private banker/portfolio manager at the time.  Based on my advice, we spun the money around various opportunities and made attractive margins for our first months of operation, the accrued profit and capital at this point stood at over US$37 Million. 
  
In mid 2005, he instructed that the portfolio be liquidated because he needed to make an urgent real estate investments requiring cash payments in Hong Kong. We got in touch with a specialist bank Royal Bank of Scotland, bank who agreed to receive this money for a fee and make cash available to Alfred. 
  
In June this year, I received a notice from the specialist bank notifying me that as a policy, their bank was obliged to notify the originator of a transfer in the event of such remaining dormant/unclaimed after 4 years. The $37 Million we had transferred on behalf of Alfred had sat in the bank for over 3 years untouched, without any instructions from him.   
 
This was indeed shocking news for me considering the urgency he had requested we make the transfer at the time.  Upon inquiry I found out that he was involved in an accident in Mainland China and passed away only a few weeks after the transfer was made to Royal Bank of Scotland on his behalf. 
 
As his personal banker, I used all information available to me from his files, and upon further inquiries discovered that the Deceased died intestate – In fact, he died without nominating a next of kin, or a beneficiary for his estate in the event of the inevitable. 

His records with us too show no next of kin and the reason I am writing you is because you bear the same last name with him.   
What I propose is that since I have exclusive access to his file and Royal Bank of Scotland were given instructions by me to receive funds when we sought their assistance, you will be made the beneficiary of these funds and Royal Bank of Scotland subsequently instructed to make payment of the monies in their custody to you.
 
Nobody is getting hurt in this. As a banker here in China, we see so much cash and funds being re-assigned daily.The alternative to this would be that when my bank is notified of this, the Chinese Bank would be informed and the money reverts back to the state or embezzled by a corrupt top official which is more likely to happen. This is a lifetime opportunity for us and as personal banker to the DECEASED and custodian to his files and all his information here, I hold the KEY to these funds.  
 
I want us to keep communication for now strictly by the above  details.  Please, again, note I am a family man; I have a wife and children. Do not betray my confidence. If we can be of one accord, we should act swiftly on this. Please get back to me immediately via the above contact details and provide your full details so I can communicate with you by telephone and we discuss this matter extensively.    
I propose that upon successful completion of this deal, we will split the proceeds according to a ratio to be agreed in subsequent communication between us.    
 
Finally, I thank you for taking the time to read this and look forward to receiving a swift response from you (hoping you accept my offer to participate in this once in a lifetime opportunity).   
 
Yours Sincerely, 
Perry Chang