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“The money is locked away in CroesusCoin cryptocurrency It will relobe carry news articles confirned a software program that scans the neebsites and will release the lock on the cryptocurrency once the stories have been verified To give you an incentive not to dawdle, I have provided a deadline If you fail to complete the task by the appointed date, the account will be sealed forever No one will ever get my money It will simply vanish” He looked sternly into the camera “As you know, I am not one to reward failure”

Lu sitimate”

Polk nodded “The thought crossed my mind”

“The code you entered to start this video is also the account nuin and password “You may see the current balance, but you will not be able to access the funds in any way until the proper criteria are met”

With a tre Lu’s cadaverous gaze on theht up the website for CroesusCoin on her phone and logged in Just as Lu said, the balance was more than nine hundredwire transfer instructions were inaccessible, and there was a countdown timer

It gave them just weeks before the account was locked permanently

She showed the web page to Polk, who sat back in his chair to process what he’d seen

“I don’t believe it”

“Believe it,” Jin said “My ex-stepfather wouldn’t have gone to all this trouble for a prank He was cruel, but never wasteful with his ti, he’s serious about it He has no other heirs, so we are the logical recipients of his estate”

“But he’s not just giving it to us We have to earn it”

“Yes But knowing how intelligent and precise he was, he will have planned his ‘tasks’ down to the last detail As you can see, he has no shortage of resources to ensure its success”

Polk thought a mo forty, our iti and lost everything; our Canberra home and our beach house on Bondi, our cars, even our investht was untouchable Now that he’s dead, we don’t even have any contacts in China that could help us A , but pales compared to a billion dollars”

“For thisa lot We have to assuer and risk” She squeezed his hand “After waiting for you so long, I don’t want anything to happen to us now”

Polk shrugged “If we can trust him, we can pull off whatever he wants And once we do, then we’ll have all the protection money we’ll ever need”

Jin nodded “True”