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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: LUIS GARCIA <luisgarcia@katamail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 09:23:09 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS VENTURE.
Luis Garcia Private Email: info_bank@mail.vu Subject: Inheritance Fund Date:1st June, 2006. Hello I apologize if the contents hereunder are contrary to your moral ethics, But please treat it with absolute secrecy and personal courtesy. I am Luis Garcia an Auditor of a commercial Bank here in the United Kingdom, in the the process of auditing our bank accounts I and one of my colleagues discovered that there is a dormant account valued at the sum $10,000,000.00 (Ten million united states Dollars) and after due verification of this account we discovered that the account owner is late and that is why the account has been dormant and as such a $10,000,000.00 has been lying in the bank unclaimed. The idea of presenting somebody who is not related to our late customer to act as his next of kin came into my mind that was how and why we have contacted you to present you as his next of kin, so that the $10,000,000.00 will be paid to you and we can both disburse the fund according to the percentage we will agree on. In view of this, I am seeking for your co-operation and understanding to stand as the next of kin to our deceased customer, to enable us claim the fund from my bank. Hence, If this proposal is OK by you and you do not wish to take undue advantage of my trust, then I hope to bestow on you. Please kindly get back to me immediately, strictly via my private email address only info_bank@mail.vu to enable me enlighten you on how we are to proceed. On getting your response, we shall agree on the percentage of disbursing the $10,000,000.00 between us, as we intend to invest part of our own share in real estate business in your country, and we would appreciate if you can put us in the right part investing in your country. I will not contact any person or company until I hear from you, so as to enable me decide on what to do next. Be rest assured that this business is 100% risk free. We await for your prompt response. Regards, Luis Garcia NB; Please note that the nature of your business does not matter in this transaction.
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