Hang Seng Bank Ltd Letter Scam: Peter Wong

Published : Monday, June 12th, 2006

If you’ve gotten an email that looks like this one

FROM:Mr.Peter Wong
Hang Seng Bank Ltd
17 Des Voeux Road
Hq Branch.
Hong Kong.
Hello,
I sincerely ask for forgiveness for I know this may seem like a complete intrusion to your privacy but right about now this is my only option of communication. This mail might come to you as a surprise and the temptation to ignore it as unserious could come into your mind; but please consider it a divine wish and accept it with a deep sense of humility. I am Mr. Peter Wong director of operations of the Hang Seng Bank Ltd. I have an obscured business suggestion for you.

I want you to know that this is an email scam. “Peter Wong” (in this particular case) is a false name. More than likely this person is from Nigeria. That is where most of these scammers come from.

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http://server-wg.de:8080/nigeria/pui_cheng.html

If you read the letter in the link above, he has some of the same elements in his plea for help. Except its from a “MR. CHEUNG PUI”. Notice that the company is the same as well, Hang Seng Bank Ltd. “Hang Seng Bank Ltd” maybe a legit complany in China (the equivalent of a Bank of America) but these Nigerian email scammer are using their name.

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