The following is a string of emails I've received from this same scam group. Original contact came from a fake Lawyer in Belgium, and then direct emails from Kang in Hong Kong or Taiwan.
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Dear Colleague,
Thank you very much for the interest to help in this matter.I was able to visit your website where i got your details.
I do not have details on the matter but all i can tell you is that it is a simple breach of contract.However,I have forwarded your contact details to Mr Jizhong of China Steel who will in turn,contact you with complete and detailed information.
Once again thanks for the response and please do not hesitate to revert to me whenever necessary.
Regards,
xxx
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Kang Jizhong,
China Steel Corp.
No.3111, H.Cheng Xi Rd, Fengxian District,Shanghai
Phone:0086-21-33655887
[email protected] Dear Mr ____,
We have reference from xxx Law Office [Antwerp Belgium] in the case of breach of contract, and we are grateful for your willingness to take time from your busy schedule to look into our case.
China Steel Corporation was established in 1953 who is exclusively engaged in the business of import / export of Steels & Chemicals and manufacturer's representative of various types of raw materials for industrial use. With customers in North America, Africa, Europe and off course Asia. We request your representation in a possible litigation to enable us collect a debt owed to us by a delinquent customer. We sincerely appreciate your time in reviewing our request and. we are willing to work with you to achieve our goal, as the importance of your services cannot be over emphasized.
I understand the importance of retaining your services accordingly and we shall provide necessary documentation .We understand your request for more information and we will not relent in providing information as they deem necessary. We are of the opinion that once our presence is established in your state via a legal representative our customer will have no option but comply with payment request to avoid legal action and litigation.
We believe that a normal scenario will require a telephone call or demand letter from you to our delinquent customer if your services is retained. We believe that litigation should be applied as a last resort as we intend to preserve the relationship we have with our customer after payment is made. We do not intend to resort to litigation unless all other options have been exhausted but we will like the comfort of knowing that the option is available and letting our customer know that litigation may be enforced if the option becomes necessary.
We understand the present economic meltdown all around the Globe , however we also need to service our creditors. we have been advise by our attorney in Antwerp, Belgium., the need of running a conflict check as a first step to accepting any case that is why we are providing our delinquent customer located in your state for your conflict check and to enable you present to us your retainer agreement for your services. The name of the adverse party is Bell Steel Company in Pensacola, FL.
This particular customer was supplied galvanized steel of USD$1,972,681.00 of which they made payment of USD138,000.The sum of USd$1,834,681 is been past due as our regular sale agreement requires customers to effect payment not later than 30-45 days upon delivery or legal action may be enforced if payment delay exceeds 90 days.
Delivery for this
customer was made in June of 2009 and our calculation shows that payment is about fourteen months late. The customer confirmed delivery of shipment in good condition. It will be very helpful if we receive your standard retainer agreement. So that we can provide the sale contract agreement between China Steel and Bell Steel Company.This will enable our board decide on the conditions of your retainer.
We thank you for your business as we look forward to your prompt response; and also looking forward to a fruitful business relationship with you/firm.
Kang Jizhong,
China Steel Corp.
1 chung-kang Road,Siaogang District,
Phone:+852-3050-9080
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Dear ____,
thanks for your message and all the accompanying observations.We have been dealing with Bell Steel for a while and we took them into confidence thereby release these items on trust based on our previous successful transaction hence we didnt follow our standard proceedure of letter of credit.
We shall be willing to provide all relevant documents but not until we receive your firm's formal retainer agreement for our Board's approval.We therefore respectfully request you to forward your firms working agreement for the approval of our Management team before we can avail you with a relevant paperwork.
Look forward to working with you.
Regards,
Kang Jizhong,
China Steel Corp.
1 chung-kang Road,Siaogang District,
Phone:+852-3050-9080
http://www.csc.com.tw[email protected] [email protected]
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