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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: "Margaret Gray" <margaretgray_brickscourtchembers@walla.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: margaretgray_brickscourtchembers@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2006 15:55:46 -0800
Subject: CAN YOU BE TRUSTED?
Brick Court Chambers
7-8 Essex Street
London WC2R 3LD
ATTN:MD/CEO,
I solicit for your good refine temperament on this unwarranted mail, but hope you will consider it worth giving attention. Thus, a pre-meditated contact, trust and honor which i bestowed on your personality.
I am Mrs.Margaret Gray, member of Brick Court Chambers London, call into bar in 1998, Areas of Practice, Commercial Law, Insurance and Reinsurance,Banking, Commercial Judicial Review.
I am, the Personal Attorney to a Foreign Contractor, who worked with a Multi-national Oil Firm in London.
On the 11th of September 2001, my client, a Mexican National, late Engineer Michael Creek,an oil Merchant / Contractor , until his Death Three years ago in a Ghastly terrorist attack to american airlines flight 11, from Boston,Massachusetts, to Los Angeles, California, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Centre with 92 people on board.
All occupants of the Aeroplane unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I have made several inquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my late clients extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no avail, hence I decided to contact you.
I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my late client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge deposits were lodged. Particularly, the Bank where the deceased had an account valued at about US$3.8 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin to the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at $3.8 million dollars can be paid to you and then you and I can share this money. 60% to me and 30% to you,while 10% should be for expenses or tax as your government may require,
I have all necessary legal documents that can be used 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. Get in touch with me via my private email : margaretgray_brickscourtchembers@yahoo.co.uk to enable us discuss on the modalities and process for the success of this transaction.
Please feel free to make your interest known, as your response will be appreciated.And i will like to have your Phone and Fax number for smooth communication as internet might not be too confident in an important business information.
Regards.
Mrs.Margaret Gray
Tel;44-7040-130-463or 44-7040-130-464
Brick court Chambers
(margaretgray_brickscourtchembers@yahoo.co.uk)
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