wong.liu@wongliusolicitors.com

[firefly]

Next of kin scam.

Dear xxx,

I was only wondering if you got my previous message? I have been
trying to reach you on your email, I want to share a business
opportunity with you. kindly get back to me swiftly, it is very
important.

Regards
Wong Liu

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[firefly]

Reply received:

Thanks for your reply.

Kindly reply me with the following hence interested with mutual trust:

Name:
Surname:
Telephone:
Occupation:
Address:
Country:
Date of birth:

After which I will send you the details of how the transaction will commence.

Regards

Wong Liu

www. wongliusolicitors.com

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[firefly]

The bogus lawyer used in scam claims to represent a non-existent law office named Wong Liu & Co. Solicitors.

From the fake website:

Established in 2010, Wong Liu & Co. Solicitors has developed into one of the most respected firms in Sheung Wan. We specialize in three complementary practice areas: Family Law, Estate Planning and Business Law.

Contact details:

OFFICE ADDRESS
HONG KONG:
111 Connaught Rd Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
PHONE
+852 8193 0651
EMAIL
info@wongliusolicitors.com

+85281930651
Number billable as universal access number
Country or destination Hong Kong
Original network provider* Hutchison Global Communications Ltd

Entry in the aa419 database of fraudulent websites: https://db.aa419.org/fakebanksview.php?key=166785

From the domain name registration:

Domain name: wongliusolicitors.com
Updated Date: 2024-02-17
Creation Date: 2024-02-17
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2025-02-17
Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC
Reseller: NAMECHEAP INC

Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Redacted for Privacy
Registrant Organization: Privacy service

This is what the fake lawyer website looks like:

[firefly]

Reply received:

Office Address: 111 Connaught Rd Central, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong.
Phone: +852 8193 0651
Email: wong.liu@wongliusolicitors.com

01.05.2024

REFERENCE NUMBER: WLS/HK/JP005365-0024

Dear Sir, My name is Wong Liu; (Wong Liu & Co. Solicitors) in Sheung Wan City, Hong Kong. I am 51 years old, married and blessed with a child.

First, I would like to solicit your confidence in this correspondence; this is, by its nature, utterly confidential. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive, I assure you that all will be well at the end of the day. I'll introduce myself to you. I am a personal adviser and special counsel to my late client Mr. Robert, who may or may not be related to you.

He travelled to China on the 28th of December 2019 on a five-week oil and gas business trip. After the successful transaction in China, he flew back to Hong Kong not knowing he had been infected with the deadly Coronavirus (COVID-19), and sadly he passed away on February 20, 2020. He left the sum of $10,950,000.00 (Ten Million, Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars) in a financial institute here in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China. He specifically confided in me and told me that "no one else knows about his funds in the bank. That the fund was for a gas project. Note; here in our country's law, once anyone passes away, after five years if no relatives of the late customer come to claim the funds/assets, they'll be recycled and reported to the Central Bank where the greedy government will want to have their hands on the funds.

I solicit your consent to enable me to produce you as the next of kin to my deceased client since both of you bear the same surname. No one else knows about these funds in the bank besides me, and I strongly believe anyone will be coming to claim the funds in the Bank of Hong Kong. I promise you that if you agree to assist in claiming these funds from the Bank, we'll not bridge the law in any way because I'll be your eyes and ears backing you up with all the documents till the funds are released and transferred to you.

The funds will then be transferred to you as the beneficiary and shared according to a proposed sharing pattern/ratio of 60:40 i.e. 60% for me and 40% for you.

Regards,
Wong Liu
Attorney At Law

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