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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: "peter" <ppeter_adams13@excite.com>
Reply-To: peter_adams105@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:20:41 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: ASAP
From: Barr. Peter Adams.30 Frith Street, London , W1D 8LGPhone : 44-703-193-1712. Attn Sir/Madam,I am Barr.Peter Adams a solicitor and legal practitioner based in United Kingdom. I am the personal attorney to Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEY who was a consultant with Shell UK LTD here in London, who shallbe referred to as my client. On the 21st of July 2003, my client Dr. GEORGE BRUMLEY and his family were involved in a fatal plane crash in Nairobi Kenya, West Africa. Unfortunately my client DR GEORGE BRUMLEY and his family lost their lives. Here is the website of the incident that struck on that faithful day.http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.htmlSince then I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives and this has proved unsuccessful. After my several unsuccessful attempts to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my client before they get
confiscated or declared unclaimed by the security company where this huge deposit were lodged. Particularly, the finance company where the deceased had the said fund valued at USD20 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin.Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 3 years, I seek your consent topresent you as the next of kin to the deceased, so that the proceeds of this account valued at $20Million Dollars can be paid to your account abroad, you will have 30% of the money for your role while I will have 60% and 10% for expenses that we may incure in the cause of processing the claim. I have access to all necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please kindly get back to me through my email
address or personal phone number for confidentiality and send to me your telephone and fax numbers to enable us discuss further about this transaction. Best regardsBarrister Peter Adams.
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