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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: "baldwin onuigbo" <baldwin_onuigbo27@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: baldwin_onuigbo7@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 4 Apr 2004 11:22:35 +0100
Subject: REQUEST FOR BUSINESS RELATIOSHIP/NEXT OF KIN
Dearest,
I am Mr. Baldwin onuigbo, a Manager of the Westminster Branch of Guaranty Trust Securities & Finance in London.Â
On June 6, 2003, a white man who claimed to be a Consultant with the Exxon Mobil oil company in Saudi Arabia, Mr. Alfred Carlson made a numbered time(Fixed) Deposit for Twelve Calendar months, to the tune of £5,000,000.00 (Five Million, Pounce Sterling) in my Branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After three months, I wrote a reminder and finally I discovered from his employers, Exxon Mobil Corporation that Mr. Alfred Carlson was among the dead in an explosion as a result of the suicide bombing on one of their Oil Rigs last year. On further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL. I therefore made additional investigation and discovered that Mr. Alfred Carlson did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents,including his Bank Deposit papers in our possession. The sum of £6,000,000.00, which represe!
nts Capital and Interest on the deposit, has been carefully moved out of my bank to a security company for safekeeping. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to our Banking Act, at the expiration of 3 years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
I would want you to stand in as his Next of Kin. You will then be entitled to the deposit. I will prepare all the paper work and necessary documents involved and as the manager of the branch and custodian of the deposit. I will ensure that all the documents regarding this Money reflect your name as the next of Kin to Late Mr. Alfred Carlson.
I am offering you 8% for your effort. I want to assure you that there is virtually no risk on your person as you will not be made to appear in person and all the paper work will be prepared in your name by me.
To achieve this; you will first of all, assure me that you will maintain strict confidentiality on this information and must assure me that you will not make away with the money when it gets into your possession and that no harm will befall me when I join you to invest my share of the money with you.
Your reply is urgently needed. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details.Â
Please observe utmost confidentiality.Awaiting your urgent reply, please send enquiry to either my private mailbox:baldwin_onuigbo7 or Tel/Fax: + 44 7040121886.
Regards.
Baldwin onuigbo
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