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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: =?big5?q?MORRIS=20LAKEE?= <princemorris_zebank@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: princemorris_06@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 17:18:37 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Your Attention
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mr,prince morris
zenith bank
- Atten:- With due respect, I wish this letter will come to you as a surprise. Am Mr. prince morris, the auditing director of Zenith Bank Lagos Nigeria. We had a foreign customer (name Mr.Lewis Hill.)Who deposited a huge sum of money (US$15 million United States dollars) with our bank? Am monitoring his account / funds and managing it over for some time now before his death and from the information that I have graded He died along side with the wife and a supposed next of kin which is their only son on sudden accident hence nobody can claim the Funds or will showed up as the next of kin for now. I have removed security file jacket to my private vault to avoid anyone to get the same information. I now solicit for your assistance to present you as the next of kin as every other arrangement has been concluded by me and I am only waiting for a foreigner to enable me move the fund to his/her account. you can send me via email to my private box {princemorris06@yahoo.com}. Your interest will be negotiable before we commence, I look forward to hear from you. Best regards Mr.prince morris, Zenith Bank Lagos, Nigeria.
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