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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: "micheal mash" <michealmash033@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michealmash2ng@sify.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 04:41:48 -0500
Subject: From Mr.Micheal Mash.
>From Mr.Micheal Mash.
Telephone Number. 44-7031945618
We are Diplomatic Corp that holds special and valuable consignments for
reputable clients that are honest and trustworthy. We work in collaboration
with top firms all over the world as we have earned a name as a service
whose hallmarks in reliability and confidentiality are revered.
REPLYInternational missions, Diplomats, Embassies of the world have used our
services to satisfaction. A benefactor has mandated me to get someone that
can assist her and her family in retrieving her package containing some
amount of money from a Diplomatic Corp in Europe. The benefactor and her
children have been confined only to their country home and all their calls
and movements are monitored, as a result,itsabsoultely impossible for them
to do anything as regards retrieving the money.
Their only means of communication is via internet and you are being
contacted because your assistance is needed in claiming the funds on
theirbehalf.
The amount was accrued from Diamond sales over a period of six years and its
USD75M (Seventy Five Million U.S.Dollars).These funds are fully free of any
liens, or encumbrances and are clean, clear and has no criminalorigin.
The funds have nothing to do with any form of illegality and all
documentations needed to prove the source of the funds were submitted
whenthe funds were being deposited and these documents would prove the
sourceof the funds and authenticate the fact that the funds are clean and
hasno links whatsoever with either drugs or terrorism. For your assistance
in this transaction,the benefactor and her Children have agreed to give you
30% of the total amount of money which is equivalent to US$22.5 Million
(Twenty Two Million,Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars) and this
role simply entails retrieving the funds on their behalf from the Diplomats
in Europe and all the information needed to claim the funds would be sent to
you as soon as you indicate your interest in assisting them as well as
providing the following information to facilitate the smooth conclusion of
the transaction..
1) Your Full Name: ___________________________
2) Your Address:_______________________________
3) Your Telephone Number:________________________
4) Your Fax Number: __________________________
5) Your Mobile Number:_____________________________
6) The Name of the Closest Airport to your City of
Residence:_____________________
7) Your Age:__________________________
I await your response Urgently.
Mr.Micheal Mash.
I want you to call me now on .
****PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL*****
This e-mail and any attached files are confidential and may be legally
privileged.If you are not the addressee, any disclosure,
reproduction,copying,distribution, or other dissemination or use of this
communication is strictly prohibited.
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