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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: sam patrick <sam_patrick2008@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: evanda_evans@ny.com
Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 07:58:41 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GOOD DAY
TTENTION:
SUB: IMMEDIATE BUSINESS TRANSACTION
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction this is by virtue of its nature as being totally confidential and top secret though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried but I am assuring you that all will be well at the end of the day. We have decided to contact you due to urgency of this transaction needed and that you will cooperate . To introduce myself to you I am the manager Bills and Exchange of Foreign Remittance department of Union bank of Nigeria ( U.B.N Headquarters Lagos Nigeria ) formally Union bank of Switzerland ( UBS -AG Zurich Switzerland ) this is in accordance with Nigeria Federal Government policies on initialization law on company and Allied matters act of Jan 2000. I am writing you this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry out this fund transfer transaction . We discovered an abandoned sum of US$13 Million ( Thirteen Million US dollars). in an account that belongs to one of
our Foreign customer who died along side with his entire family in August 1998 in a boat mishap along Nigeria Togo water-ways. Since this development we have advertised for his next of Kin or any close relation to come forward to claim this money but nobody came to apply for the claim. In this circumstances I and two other officials in my department have decided to look for a trusted foreign partner who can stand in as the next of Kin to the deceased and claim this money. We needed a foreign partner to apply for this claim because of the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner and we don't want this said money to go into the Union Bank Treasury as unclaimed fund. Every document to perfect this fund transfer transactions will emanate from my office. So you have nothing to worry about. We have agreed here that 30% of the money will be for you 10% for expenses to be incurred on both sides during the transfer process While the remaining 60% will be my colleagues and I.
All that I require from you is to indicate your interest by replying soon and putting in your bank particulars where you would like the fund remitted into. Once I receive your reply I will send you the Text Of Application for immediate Application of claim in accordance with the banking laws and guidelines for such claims. In your reply include your private Telephone and Fax Numbers to enable us start this transfer transaction quick. Thanks for your anticipated assistance while we hope to strike the deal .reply to this email. evans_evanda@yahoo.com or doris_william1@yahoo.com
Yours Faithfully
EVANDA sampatrick
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