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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: "Mr. Daniel Gaikpah" <mr.danielgaikpah_022@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.daniel_gaikpah@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 1 May 2008 10:18:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: HELLO...
From Mr. Daniel Gaikpah.
GTBank
Accra- Ghana
Dear Friend,
Compliments of the day,
I want to solicit your strict confidence in this transaction and I pray that my decision to contact you will be given a genuine approval considering the fact that we have not known each other before now.
Before Proceeding I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important transaction.However,this correspondence is unofficial and private, and it should be treated as such.I decided to reach you via e-mail because presently i am in desperate need of a trust worthy foreign person for this proposal. Although this medium is not proper.
I am Daniel Gaikpah,The Manager of the Bank's Tema Branch,Transaction Services Unit (TSU) of Guaranty Trust Bank (Ghana) Limited.One of our high profile patrons a foreign customer Mr. Allison Shanks, with A/C Number:0661818092,made a numbered time (fixed) deposit, for twelve calendar months in my bank branch.Upon maturity of his deposit, we sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply.
After a month, we sent a reminder and finally discovered that he was on aboard the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed on January 31 2000,including his wife and only daughter leaving nobody to claim the money. You shall read more news about the crash on visiting this site; http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list
The owner of this account Mr. Allison Shanks an American and a great industrialist and a resident of Alaska. Since the death of this our customer Mr. Allison Shanks,I have kept a close monitoring of the deposit records and accounts since then. Nobody has come forward to claim the money in this A/C as next of kin to the late Mr.Allison Shanks.
After further inquest, it was discovered that the total amount in the account is US$14.6 million and it is in a domiciliary escrow bank account. It is only an insider,the account owner or a next of kin who has information about the account that could produce the Code or password of the deposit particulars. Also the funds can only be released to a foreigner, As it stands now, there is nobody in the position to produce the needed information other than my
very self-considering my position in the bank.
Based on the fact that Mr. Allison's family perished in the same flight accident,leaving no one to put claim of the deposit as the next of kin, so I am seeking for your co-operation to present you as the next of kin to late Mr. Allison, and arrange for the release of the funds to your honor for our mutual benefit. If there is more delay in moving this money out, In accord with the federal banking laws and constitution of my country Ghana,this money will
revert to the ownership of the government and will be pushed to the Republic Treasury of the Bank of Ghana if nobody applies as the next of kin to claim the fund.
Consequently, the proposal is this i and my colleague in the foreign operation/Funds Transfer department of our Bank has resolved to present you as a foreigner to stand in, as the next of kin to this gentleman, so that the proceeds of this account can be paid to you, for us to share. Upon acceptance of this proposal, i shall give you detailed information on how this deal would be carried out. We shall employ the services of an advocate for the drafting of the letter of probate in your favor,and to obtain all other relevant papers in your name for the necessary documentation for payment endorsement in my bank.
I and my colleague are willing to share this money with you in the ratio of Seventy percent for me and my colleague, Twenty five percent for you and five percent will be set aside in case of any arising contingencies or expenses during the course of this transaction.
Please be informed that your extreme discretion is required. If this interests you,please reply me and indicate your full name, address date of birth, your personal contact telephone and fax numbers respectively. Upon receipt of your response, I will prepare a text of application you will send to my bank headquarters for payment approval i your favor. you can log into our bank site here in Ghana. (http://www.gtbghana.com/keystaff.html)
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I will be looking forward to your urgent reply.
Best regards.
Mr Daniel Gaikpah.
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