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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: "g-ikoli" <g-ikoli@lycos.it>
Date: Mon Jun 12 11:05:58 GMT+00:00 2006
Subject: You are listed in Mr Alexander Boelen inheritance list.
FROM BARRISTER GEORGE IKOLI GEORGE IKOLI & OKAGBUE CHAMBERS PLOT 266 AHMADU BELLO WAY VICTORIA ISLAND,LAGOS NIGERIA. EMAIL ADDRESS;geo_ikoli@mmail.com Tel:+234-803-863-1845. DEAR BOELEN, I am highly esteemed, to write you this very urgent letter. I am Barrister GEORGE IKOLI, a Solicitor and Personal Attorney to Mr. Alexander Boelen a national of your country, who before his death was an oil merchant who Works in Nigerian shell petroleum company (NSPC). On the 23rd April 1999, my client his wife and their only child were involved in a car Accident along Lagos Ibadan Express Road. Both of them unfortunately lost their lives. Since then I as the Personal Attorney of the deceased had made several Inquiries to locate any of my clients extended relative but this has proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his relatives through the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail,hence I contact you. I have decided to contact you to a
ssist in repatriating the money and Property left behind by my client before there get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge Deposits were lodged Particularly, the Bank where the Deceased had an Account valued at about $6.5m. {Six Million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars} as at last month assessment. The Bank has issued me a notice as the Attorney to the Deceased to Provide the Next of Kin or have the Account confiscated within the Next 24 Official working days since i have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over the years that have been searching. On this order, I Seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the Deceased since you bear the same last name with him, so that the proceeds of this Bank account valued at $6.5m (Six Million, five hundred thousand United States Dollars} can be paid out in your favor. As a Barrister, I have all the necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up the claim. All I r
equire from you is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this transaction will be executed under a legitimate banking arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. I am waiting for your urgent response and also your telephone and fax Numbers are needed for easy communication and your contact address. Pleasereply me with this e-mail address,geo_ikoli@mmail.com. THANKS AND GOD BLESS YOU Barr. George Ikoli Esq.
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