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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: "mitchel thomas" <barrister_mitchelthomas@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:22:48 +0000
Subject: URGENT REPLY NEEDED FROM YOU
FROM BARRISTER MITCHEL THOMAS
OF THOMAS & CO CHAMBERS
LAGOS-NIGERIA
Dear
I am Barr. mitchel thomas, An Attorney at Law and Senior Advocate Of Nigeria
(SAN).I am the personal Attorney to Late Engr.Douglas rogers, A National of
your country, who used to work with Chevron Development Company in Nigeria.
Herein after shall be referred to as my Client. My client then decided to
invest in another lucrative business by importing Textiles and Automobiles
in the Benin Republic from another neighbouring country here in Africa.
On one of my clients numerous trips was unsuccessful as my client and his
family died in the ill-fated plane crash involving a Boeing 727 UTA
chartered flight that took off from Cotonou,Republic of Benin and crashed
into the Atlantic ocean on Thursday, 25 December 2003. And about 111
passengers were killed. For details of the plane crash, please visit:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash
Since then I have made several inquires to the Embassy to locate any of my
clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these
several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the
Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and property Left behind
by my client before they get confiscated or declared Unserviceable by the
bank where these huge deposits were lodged.
Particularly, the Bank manager where the deceased had an account valued at
about (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five Hundred United States Dollars has issued
me a notice to provide the Next of Kin or Have the Account confiscated
within the next 21 working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating
the relatives for over some months now,I then seek your consent to present
you as the next of kin to the deceased since you have the same last name so
that the proceeds of this account valued at (US$8.5M) Eight Million Five
Hundred United States Dollars can be paid to you and then you and me can
share the money.
First of all, I am going to give you any substantiating information you may
need concerning the legality of this transaction and about my humble self.
Do not be scared about this transaction, it is a legal business. I am a
respected attorney in Nigeria. You can log on to
www.nigerianlawyers.com/Rex.Shakarho.htm
and see my name in the listing of registered legal practitioners in Nigeria.
Number 359
All necessary legal documents will be in place to back up any claim we may
make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this deal
through. I Guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the Law.Please do get
in touch with me
through this mailbox: barrister_mitchelhomas@yahoo.com
For more details, once I have your consent and trust then we can proceed
immediately. Your anticipated response is urgently needed.
Yours Faithfully,
Barr. mitchel thomas (Esq.) LLB (HONS) BL.
thomas & Co.
Principal Partner.
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