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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: "Barr Sanusi Bayero" <barr_sanusi_bayero_6@terra.com.mx>
Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2006 16:28:13 -0600
Subject: Your immediate reply is highly needed please'
From: Sanusi Bayero Chambers,
33, Obafemi Awolowo Road,
Ikoyi, Lagos - Nigeria.
Dear,
First of all, l must solicit for your confidence, trust and honest in this transaction. This is by virtue of its nature, though l know that a transaction of this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, due to the fact that we don't know each other in the past, but l am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day if only you can comply with me.
My name is Barrister Sanusi Bayero (S.A.N.) a Solicitor and Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of Nigeria. I am the personal attorney to Late Mr. Morris Thompson an American, who was a consultant with shell development oil company here in Nigeria. Mr. Morris unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261, which crashed on January 31 2000, including his wife and only daughter. You can read more about the crash by visiting the below websites.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/ and
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Before his death, Mr. Morris deposited the sum of $17M (Seventeen Million United States Dollars) with a security firm in Cotonou, Benin Republic (West Africa). Unfortunately his supposed next of kin being his only daughter died along with him in the plane crash leaving nobody with the knowledge of this fund for the claim. Since this development, I have advertised for his next of kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money, but uptil this moment of writing, nobody has come to apply for the claim.
The security company had mandated me to present to them the next of kin within 14 days or else, they will term the funds as unclaimed and confiscate it, as the agreement was to keep the funds for 6 years which has elapsed. In view of this, I hereby seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the $17,000,000:00, can be paid to you as the next of kin beneficiary, to avoid loosing the funds.
I am ready to give you 40% of the total money upon the completion of the business if you agree to this proposition. As his attorney, I will position you legally as his next of kin/beneficiary without any flaw and also provide you with the necessary legal documents to back up any claim we may make to the satisfaction of the security company.
All I require is your honest, sincere and utmost co-operation as that is the only way we can achieve this aim. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. If you are interested in working with me, send me a mail so we can conclude on the modalities. Please reply back with all your contact particulars such as your full names, contact address, telephone and fax numbers to enable me procure the necessary documents in your favour.
Anticipating to hear from you urgently.
Yours faithfully,
Barrister Sanusi Bayero (S.A.N.)
For: Sanusi Bayero Chambers.
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