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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: hassan silven <hassan_silven7@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 23:54:15 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: you alone
Dear Sir,
I am Lt. Col.Hassan Silven of British Royal forces currently fighting
in Iraq. My mother was Afghanistan married to a British Red Cross
officer who was the distribution manager in Kabul during the Afghan war. They
migrated to Belfast in Northern Ireland where I was born.
Unfortunately, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) killed them in a car bomb. As the
only child, a foster parent brought me up before I joined the army. My
unit here in Iraq arrested a senior member of Iraqi Revolutionary command
council (whom I can’t name here for security reasons) at his secret
hideout with US$5 million cash. He sealed the money in a travelling box
and was attempting to escape to Syria through the border. He pleaded with
me to take the money and help me escape to Syria, which I accepted.
Because of security, I hid it somewhere in Baghdad but it is not safe
there. I am in Amara now which is about 200 kilometres (125miles) northwest
of Basra. I was moved here on security reasons after six British
soldiers were ambushed and killed by Saddam Hussein loyalists. The
money is not safe in Baghdad and I don’t want anybody from Britain to
know. You are the only person outside here I have opportunity to discuss
this matter with. I found your company in Arab business magazine here and
if you can assure me 100% secrecy and honesty, I will like to do the
business with you and we share it together. Either you come to Iraq
(Baghdad) and collect it or I use diplomatic connection and move it to
another country. You will go there and collect it on my behalf. There is no
problem but you must assure me of 100% secrecy or we forget about it.
Your share would be US$1.5m and I will give you accounts where to
transfer the remaining for me.
You must keep it completely confidential. Once you do that, I assure
you we shall conclude it 100% successful because I have very good
arrangement here. Send your acceptance and quote this code "BRF/A5M/IR" so
that I know it is genuinely from you. We shall discuss the full details
after you reply. I wait your reply and make it urgent.
May Allah Almighty be with you.
Hassan Silven.
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