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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: "dixon dave" <dixonn85@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:07:48 +0000
Subject: From:MR:DAVE DIXON
MR:DAVE DIXON
BRANCH MANAGER,
GULF BANK NIGERIA PLC
(GBN)IKEJA BRANCH LAGOS NIGERIA
AN URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent
and profitable business proposal, Though I don?t know
you neither have I met you before but my confidence
was reposed On you when the Chief Executive of
Nigerian chamber of Commerce and Industry handed me
your contact for a confidential business.
I am the manager of Gulf Bank Nigeria Plc(GBN) Ikeja
Branch, The intended business is thus; We had a
customer, a Foreigner (a Turkish) resident in Nigeria,
he was a Contractor with one of the Government
Parastatals. He has in his Account in my branch the
sum of US$27 Million (Twenty Seven Million U.S.
Dollars). Unfortunately, the man died seven years ago
together with his children and wife in a plane
crash,may there souls rest in peace, until today
non-of his next of kin has come Forward to claim the
money. Having noticed this, I in collaboration with
two other top Officials of the bank we have covered up
the account all this while.If nobody shows up as the
next of kin to our said late customer,the corrupt
government of my country will order us to put this
money into the goverment tresuary,but will only at the
end pur it in their private pockets.
Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as
one of his next of kin and forward Your account and
other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to
attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get
all internal documentations to back up the claims The
whole procedures will last only ten working days to
get the fund retrieved successfully Without trace even
in future. Your response is only what we are waiting
for as we have arranged all necessary things As soon
as this message comes to you kindly get back to me
indicating your interest Then I will furnish you with
the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is
successfully Concluded for your assistance we have
agreed to give you thirty percent (30%) of the Total
sum at the end of the transaction. I am assuring You
that there is no risk in this transaction. also all
correspondence Towards this transaction will be
through telephone and fax. I await your earliest
response.Reply to dixonn86@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely
MR:DAVE DIXON
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