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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: "brjames brjames" <brjamesjohn01@gmail.com>
Reply-To: barristerjames_john2@myway.com
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2006 09:13:55 -0700
Subject: Barrister James John
FROM THE DESK OF BARRISTER JAMES JOHN (SAN)
JAMES CHAMBERS ESQ & ASSOCIATES.NO24,ALLAN CLOSE ISLAND LAGOS.
Re: REGARDING: Her Excellency Mrs. Stella Obasanjo.
I crave your indulgence for the unsolicited nature of this letter, but it
was borne out of
desperation and current development. Please bear with me. I am Barrister
James John
a solicitor at law. I was the Personal attorney to Her Excellency Mrs Stella
Obasanjo, wife of the president of the federal republic of Nigeria His
Excellency
President Olusegun Obasanjo, Herein after shall be referred to as my client.
On the Sunday, October 23, 2005 , my client Her Excellency Mrs Stella
Obasanjo had
travelled to Spain to undergo surgery and died from complications resulting
from that
surgery. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money she
deposited with a
finance security company with no name of beneficairy,hoping she will use the
money
abroad and register it with the name of her biological family. I am the only
person who
knows about this as her personal lawyer.
Nobody knows that she is the real owner of the fund,because i helped her to
register the
fund with another name (Angela Smith) as the owner of the fund,so as to
prevent the
Federal Ministry of Finance from probing the fund. I seek your consent, to
present you
as the beneficiary, so that the proceeds of this account valued at USD$25
million
dollars can be paid to you and then you and i can share the money, 60%
shall be for me and 40% for you.
I would get all necessary legal documents that would be needed and used to
back up
this claim we may make. All I require is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this
deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate
arrangement
that will protect you from any breach of law.
I have all documents backing the fund.This deal is strictly
confidential.Forfurther
clearification about her death, see the site below.
www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/23/obasanjo.obituary
Please get in touch with me through my private
e-mail: barristerjames_john2@myway.com
Moreso! Do not fail to send me your telephone number with which I would be
able to
call you, so we can talk on how i can meet with you in person, so that we
can discuss
extensively one-on-one as regards this deal.
I look forward to your urgent response.
Best regards,
Barrister James John
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