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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: Duke Donald <duke_don@ny.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 18:42:07 +0200
Subject: STAND AS NEXT OF KIN
Mr.Duke Donald
Gulf Bank plc,
Victoria Island,
Lagos - Nigeria.,I am Mr Duke Donald, from Gulf Bank of Nigeria Plc , Lagos Branch.I got your contact while searching for a reliable someone to contact for this transaction.
An America Oil consultant/ contractor with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation,Mr.Ronald Lake made a numbered time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$15,500,000.00 (Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand Dollars)in my branch.
Upon maturity I sent a rountine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply.After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr.Ronald Lake, of Corte Madera, California unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 which crashed
on January 31th 2000, including his wife Joyce Lake
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
Therefore, on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr.Ronald Lake did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his bank deposit paperwork in my bank. This sum of US$15,500,000.00 is still
in my bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one has ever come forward to claim it.
According to Nigerian law, at the expiration of(five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently,my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand as the "next of kin" to Mr.Ronald Lake. Please on your acceptance to workout this transaction,do provide me with your full name and address so that I will prepare the necessary documents which will put you in place as the next of kin and the money will be transfered to any bank account in any part of the world which you will provide as the beneficiary/next of kin.
There is no risk at all, the paperwork for this transaction will be legally proccessed and my position guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.If you are interested and know that you will not sit on this money after its successful transfer to you, please reply immediately via my private email address,upon your response,I shall provide you with more details on what to do. Please observe utmost confidentiality and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.
Awaiting your urgent reply.
Thanks and regards,
Mr Duke Donald
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