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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: Bankole Jacobs <bankole_chambers@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: barrbankojacobs@netscape.net
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 15:38:57 +0100 (BST)
Subject: SOLICITATION
FROM:BANKOLE JACOBS,
575 Finchley Road
London NW3 7BJ,U.K.
UNITED KINGDOM.
BUSINESS PROPOSAL
My name is Bankole Jacobs, I am a friend/Councellor to a former credit manager in a bank here in the United Kingdom. I am contacting you of a business transfer, of a huge sum of money from a deceased account. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, moreover there has been complains of internet scams and fake proposals, but I am assuring you that this is not the intent of this letter and I am not sending you this letter to get you into problem. I decided to contact you due to the urgency of this transaction moreover for us to handle this together if it appeals you.
PROPOSITION;
I am a friend and a personal councellor to a former credit manager and then the account officer of a foreigner named Fredrick M. Wong who died in an air crash along with his wife Lilla on the 31st October 1999 in an Egyptian airline 990, with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from the website below.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/world/americas/502503.stm
My friend resigned from the bank months ago because of internal and family problems, but before his resignaton he was managing the deposit account of the late Fredrick M. Wong were he had access to some vital information as to how the funds will be paid to the next of kin. Since his death, none of his next-of-kin is alive to make claims for this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident, him and the wife, Lilla Wong (May their soul rest in peace).
The bank cannot release the funds from his account unless someone applies for the claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in their banking guidelines. Upon this discovery, my friend asked me to look for a reliable person to stand as the next of kin because he can not handle this directly since he has worked in the bank, I now seek your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased, as all documentations will be carefully worked out by me and my friend for the funds valued (US$15,000,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next of kin because after four years the money will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and the money shared amongst the directors of the bank. So it is on this note that my friend asked me to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to share this money amongst themselves at the end of the year.It may interest
you to know that the bank has secured from the probate an order of court to locate the deceased beneficiaries so do not be afraid because it is risk-free and don't be afraid of pubicity because it will be handled quietly and descretly by us. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance to this noble offer by furnishing me with the following information if you are interested.
1. A Beneficiary name and address in order for me to to get a probate for the transfer of the funds in your name.
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbers.For our personal contact and mutual discussion .
Upon your acceptance I shall give you my direct telephone number so that we can discuss freely.We shall be compensating you with four million dollars (US$4 Million Dollars) on final conclusion of this project for your assistance, US$1 Million Dollars shall be for any unforseen expenses,while the remainin US$10 Million will be shared between me and my friend.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, please endeavor to contact me immediately. if not please disregard this email.
Regards,
Bankole Jacobs.
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