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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: Augustine Collins <augus044collins@yahoo.ca>
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 04:19:57 -0500 (EST)
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION.
FROM THE DESK OF:DR.(MRS) AUGUSTINE COLLINS.
BILL AND EXCHANGE UNIT. CONTINENTAL TRUST BANK LIMITED.
Attention: .
URGENT ASSISTANCE IN TRANSACTION
I am the manager of the bill and exchange department of Continental Trust Bank Limited,here in Cotonou-Benin Republic,a country in West Africa.
In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of US$18.2 million dollars in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customer,who died along with his entire family on Monday,31 July, 2000 in a plane crash in Europe.Please visit this site,it is the evidence to prove the realities of my message to you,
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 guidlings 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. 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.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 a citizen of this country cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.It will even be prefered if you negotiate with,what percentage we both will agree to share the money,but i will suggest that 30% of this money will be for you as a respect to the provision of a foriegn account ,10% will be set aside for expenses incurred during the business and 60% would be for me Thereafter,I will visit your country for disbursement according to the percentage indicated.To enable the immediate transfer of this fund to your bank account,you must apply first to the bank as a relation or next of kin of the deceased with a text of application that I will send to you,so I will like you to send to me your private telephone and fax number for easy and effective communication.
Upon receipt of your reply,I will send to you by fax or email the text of
the application.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.
You should contact me immediately as soon as you receive
this letter.Trusting to hear from you immediately via my alternative email account written below:
augus0200collins@myway.com
Dear,please kindly reply this email.
Yours Faithfully,
Dr.(Mrs) Augustine Collins.
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