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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: "Mrandy Smith" <mrandy2004@msn.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:43:01 +0000
Subject: urgent response
From the Desk of:
Mr Andy Smith
No 10 Amadu bello way
Victoria Isiland Lagos, Nigeria
Private and secured e-mail:mrandy204@myway.com
Good day!
With warm heart I offer my friendship, and greetings, and I hope this mail
meets you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might
seem to you, as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past,
I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense
benefit. I must apologize to you for using this medium to communicate to you
about this project. I am sorry if this letter comes to you as an
embarrassment but be rest assured that
your particulars of contact was given to me by a good friend of mine who
work with the Nigeria
champers of commerce, for reliable and capable foreigner that will handle
Confidentially a transfer of huge sum of money, from Union Bank of Nigeria
plc, to a foreign bank account.
I am mr Andy Smith an African born Nigerian citizen and accountant officer
to Late Mr.Sunny Zhong a foreign nationality, who was a contractor with
JULIUS BERGER NIGERIA PLC. On 19th August 2002, ourlate customer Late
Mr.Sunny Zhong was involved in a ghastly motoraccident with his family
north wards to Leeds during which he lost hislife with his wife and two
Children. Unfortunately, since we got theinformation about his sudden death
and the ugly incident that occurred, the management of my bank made several
enquiries on Locating any of his extended relatives who can stand as his
Next of Kin to inherit an estate he left behind in our custody but all these
several efforts also proved unsuccessful and yielded no Results. As the
manager of the bank, I also made concerted efforts aimed at locating a
possible Next of Kin to my deceased client. What I actually want to do is to
present you to my bank as a Next of Kin to the deceased Client
of mine to enable us place claims on a total sum of (US$18.500.000.00), he
deposited in my good bank for safe keeping before his untimely death.
I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the stated sum he left behind
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. This
intension becomes very urgent due to the fact that the banking laws and
policy here in Nigeria stipulates and provides that if such funds remains
unclaimed after five years, that the Bank is legally empowered to freeze
such accounts and the fund transferred into the Federal Reserve Account as
unclaimed Fund.
Recently the Union Bank Nigeria Plc issued a notice of confiscation,as the
account hadremained unserviceable since 2002, I was subsequently given a
mandate of 21 official Banking days to produce a Next of Kin to the deceased
or consider the Account frozen. Due to time constrain and the fact that I
was unsuccessful in locating any relative to my Client, I then wish to seek
your Consent to present you as the Next of kin to the deceased client of
mine. So that the proceeds of this account valued at US$18.500.000.00 can be
released through you for our general benefit instead of allowing his sweat
get lost in the Bank Be informed that I have in my possession all necessary
information that we shall require to back-up our claims. I shall furnish you
with further details as soon as you have indicated your interest to render
the desired assistance. Bear in mine that 50% of the fund is for me why 40%
is for you and 10% is for tax and other things that will come up doing the
transaction. you are urgently required to send to me.
1)Your Full Name Address
2)Your telephone and fax number
3)your contact Address
All these will enable me fill in your names as the bank.You can contact me
on my private email address stated as follows,(mr_asm@myway.com )to enable
us commence actions on this
deal instantly. Your genuine honest cooperation is required to enable us
achieve this purpose; I guarantee that the entire transaction will be
executed under a legitimate arrangements
Await your urgent response.
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Andy Smith
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