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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: "JAMES BAKER" <jmbaker20@msn.com>
Reply-To: jsbaker77@yahoo.de
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 10:19:25 +0000
Subject: urgent response needed
FROM: MR. JAMES BAKER
Manager; Bill and Exchange, Foreign Remittance Department
Union Bank Plc.,
Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition, I got
your email address through my internet search, I contacted you because
Ibelieve that you are the one capable for this transaction. Though, this
medium(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it
because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of
communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should
be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from
all what you may think of. Below is the business proposal go through it well
and get back to me fastly, so we can proceed immediately.
First may i start by introducing my self to you. I am MR. JAMES BAKER
the Bill And Exchange Manager at the Foreign Remittance Department of
UNION BANK here in Africa. In my department we discovered
an bandoned sum of US$22.5Million (Twenty Two Million, Five Hundred
Thousand US DOLLARS) in an account that belongs to one of our foreign
customer(MR. ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich, Germany) who died along with his
entire family in July 2000 in a plane crash. For More Information Visit The
Site Below. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his
next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release
it unless some body applies for it as next of kin or relation to the
deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines and laws but unfortunately
we learnt that all his supposed next of kin or relation died alongside with
him at the plane crash leaving nobody behind for the claim. I am contacting
you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal.
It is therefore upon this discovery that I now decided to make this business
proposal to you and release the money to you as the next of kin or relation
to the deceased for safety and subsequent disbursement since nobody is
coming for it and we don't want this money to go into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you
necessary Assistance and perfect the Legal Authentication documents
which will officially recognise you as the Next of Kin/relation to the
deceased. I will use my exalted position in this Bank to present you as
his Next of Kin as you can be his relative,friend or Cousin and the Money
(US$22.5Million) will be Successfully transfered into your own bank account
in your country. The banking law and
guidline here stipulates that if such money remained unclaimed after
five years, the money will be transfered into the bank treasury as
unclaimed fund. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is
occassioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and anybody from
my country can not stand as next of kin to a foreigner.
I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
hitch-free and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all
required arrangements have been made for the transfer. After successful
conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money 50-50 (50%
for you and 50% for me). So, contact me immediately as soon as you receive
this letter.
Remember that your Faithfulness, Honesty and Confidentiality is mostly
required. Trusting to hear from you urgently today. Please send me your
urgent reply via this my direct address just because I will not want my
Bank to be inform in this Deal so, fastly reply at
jsbaker77@yahoo.de
Yours Faithfuly
MR. JAMES BAKER
Manager; Bill and Exchange, Foreign Remittance Department
Union Bank Plc.,
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