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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.
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From: Isaac Thomas <isaacthomas2006@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: isaac_thomas123@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 17:17:47 +0100 (BST)
Subject: ISAAC THOMAS
NATWEST BANK PLC
ST. THOMAS HOSPITAL
LAMBETH PALACE RD
LONDON
SE1 7EH FROM THE DESK OF : Isaac Thomas
Attention: Amarjit Singh
Compliments of the day,
Before proceeding, I wish to introduce myself to you; I am Isaac Thomas a staff of Natwest Bank plc, London working in the accounts department. I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal which I believe will profit the both of us after completion. I contacted you after a careful thought that you might be capable of handling this business transaction, which I explained below.
There is this immigrant Mr. Andreas schranner, property magnate who was based in the U.K., who happens to be one of our very good clients. On the 25th of July 2000, Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Maria, their daughter Andréa eich, her husband Christian, and their children katharina and maximilian all died in the air France concord plane crash bound for New York in their plan for a world cruise.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Before his death, he was having a closing balance of $55,500,000.00 (fifty five million five hundred thousand dollars only) in my branch with account no: 01514770727 & deposit code no: nwbbaxbsl. Upon maturity, a routine notification was forwarded to his address but we got no reply.
All attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigations and discovered that Mr. Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relation in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. This sum of us$55,500,000.00 has been floating as unclaimed since 2000 in my bank as all efforts to get his relatives have hit the stones.
According to the British Law, the money will revert to the ownership of the British government if nobody applies to claim the fund. To avoid this money being sent to the British treasury as unclaimed funds, I have decided to seek your assistance to have you stand as his next of kin so that the said fund (us$55.5m) would be released in your name as the next of kin and paid into your account before I come over to meet you for sharing. All documents and proof that will have you claim this fund without stress will be forwarded to you upon your response to this mail more so, I want to inform you that I have unanimously agreed to offer you 30% of the sum for the assistance and role you are going to play in this transaction, 20% will be given to charity organizations rwhile the remaining will be my share. As a Christian, i cannot stand and see this money being sent to the British treasury while the poor suffer.
Please send your confidential telephone and fax number in your reply to this business transaction.
God bless you.
Mr Isaac Thomas
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