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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: Williams Foster <williams_fstr@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 03:27:29 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Inheritance Claim(Urgent And Confidential)
Private Email:fosterwilliams1@yahoo.co.uk
Dear Friend,
This is after proper consideration that e-mail correspondence may be the best medium to contact you.There is this contract payment of Eighten Million Dollars (US$18,000,000) which is due for payment in favor of a German farmer and a major contractor in my ministry-Mr.Wolfgan Schinister,a contractor with my ministry,Nigerian National petroleum corporation (NNPC), he executed the contract of pipeline renovation in the sector of Oil & Gas.The payment exercise is presently going on at the moment and tremendous efforts have been made to inform the beneficiary Mr.Schinister about the on going payment exercise to no avail.Further reports reaching us following series of inquiries so far to keep Mr.Schinister posted regarding the on going payment exercise disclosed that the honorable Contractor was among victims of recent plane crash in gonnez-France that left 193 passengers on board dead owing to skeletal information available.
However, I urge you to please present yourself and stand as a distant relation to the deceased contractor in order to receive the contract entitlement as the next of kin to the bonafide-beneficiary-Mr Schinister hence, the contract review committee has resolved to revert the funds to national purse in favor of the Ministry as soon as the payment exercise is over.
Consequently, please understand that this solicitation of your kind gesture in claiming the contract payment as the beneficiary's next of kin is to enable two of us share the money after the business has been completed successfully.Be informed that every required modality that will enable the actualization of this business transaction has being setting motion using my contacts,Connections and Goodwill to ensure that the money will be successfully paid to you.Upon my receipt of your response confirming your willingness to assist me actualized this dream, I will commence the processing of vital documentation that will proof pose you as the beneficiary. I am willing to give you 40% of the total money as your share of the business, while 10% as miscellaneous.For further details/clarification. you are advised to reply immediately via my private email:fosterwilliams1@yahoo.co.uk
to enable me ascertain your accordance with this arrangement.
Regards,
Mr Foster Williams
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