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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: "blair williams" <blairwilliams90@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:09:42 +0000
Subject: Transaction
Dearest,
I am Mr.Blair williams, a manager in the Bills and Exchange at the
Foreign Remittance Department of one of the leading banks in Ghana. I am
writing this letter to ask for your support and cooperation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department.
We discovered an abandoned sum of$12,500,000.00 (Twelve Million Five
Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only) in an account that belongs
to one of our foreign customers who died along with his entire family a
wife and two children in November 1999 in an auto crash.
Since we heard of his death, we have been expecting his next-of-kin to
come over and put claims for his money as the heir,because we cannot
release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the
next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking
guidelines.Unfortunately, neither their family member nor distant relative
has
everappeared to claim the said fund.It is in our banking guideline that if
none of the relatives come up to claim this fund after 6years of the death
of the late customer,the fund will be regarded as an unclaimed bill and
will be transferred to the bank's treasury account.
Upon this discovery, I and other officials in my department have agreed
to make business with you and release the total amount into your
account as the heir of the fund since no one came for it or discovered he
maintained account with our bank,otherwise the fund will be returned to
the banks treasury as unclaimed fund.
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus;30 %
for you as foreign partner,65 % for us the officials in my department and
5 % for the settlement of all local and foreign expences incurred by us
and you during the course of this business.
Upon the successful completion of this transfer, I and one of my
colleagues will come to your country and mind our share. It is from our 65%
we intend to import Agricultural Machineries into my country as a way of
recycling the fund.
To commence this transaction,we require you to immediately indicate
your interest by a return e-mail with the following information:
1)Your private telephone and fax number
2.Your full name
Upon the receipt of this,i will inturn get back to you and give you the
mordalities for the bank to approve you as the next of kin.
Note also, this transaction must be kept
because of its nature.I look forward to receiving your prompt
response.Please get back to me at my private email:(Blairwilliams@myway.com)
Best Regards
Blair williams,
Please reply me at my email address
:(Blairwilliams@myway.com)
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