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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: "kenneth wabara" <ken_wabara207@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ken_wab_991@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 21 May 2006 15:51:38 +0100
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY....................
Dear Sir/Maddam
I am sorry for the embarrassment this mail might cause you, as we have not
met before. I am Barrister ken wabara, a solicitor at law, I am the personal
attorney to Engineer Edward Brown, a national of your Country, who used to
work with Mobil oil Nigeria plc. Hereinafter shall be referred to as my
client.
On the 23rd of September 2005, my client, his wife and their children
were involved in the recent plane crash of Bellview Airline while arriving
from a holiday in which all the passengers lost their lives. Since then I
have made several enquiries to your Embassy to locate any of my clients
extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. I have also visited
your Country insearch of his relatives but still could not locate his
relations. I came
across your name and contact, while I was searching for Edward's relations,
but my search was unsuccessful, so I contacted you for this project. I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left
behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by
the finance house where these funds were deposited.
Particularly, thefinance house were the deceased has an account valued
US$D20 Million Dollars,has issued me a six months notice to provide the Next
of Kin or have the fund consignment confiscated, and this altimatum expires
by next month.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over , I seek
your consent to present you as the Next of Kin of the deceasedsince you have
the same last name so that the proceed of this deposit valuedat U$SD20
Million Dollars can be released to you and then you and I can share the
money, 60% for me 40% for you.He made the money in one of the Oil deals he
had with our Oil Minister.
I also have all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any
claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation toenable us see
this business through. I guarantee that this will be executedunder a
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Get in touch with me through my email address ken_wab_991@yahoo.com can
proceed.
Sincerely yours
Barr ken wabara ESq
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