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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: "ALLEN BROWN" <allenbrown2@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: atbpepple@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Mon, 11 Sep 2006 13:05:13 +0100
Subject: FROM ALLEN BROWN .P.
CORPORATE / INSTITUTION BANKING BILLS AND EXCHANGE OFFICE OFNATWESTBANK PLCFROM THE DESK OF HEAD OF CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL BANKING BILLS AND EXCHANGE NATWESTBANK PLC LONDONDear Sir,RE: FUND INVESTMENT AND TRANSACTION ASSISTANCE
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly 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
this is real and genuine.I am Allen T.Brown Pepple the head of corporate and institutional Banking Bills and Exchange NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC London I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.MY PROPOSITION;
During my audit exercise i discovered an abandoned sum of £6,320,000.00 (six million three hundred and twenty thousand great British pounds sterling ) in an
account that belongs to one of our late customers a German Estate Tycoon (Andreas Schranner ) who died along with his wife and entire family on 25th July, 2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash.Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. NATWEST BANK PLC cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, unfortunately, no family member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund.Upon this discovery, I now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased so that the fund £6,320,000.00 (six million three hundred and twenty thousand great British pounds sterling ) can be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the fund will be returned to treasury as unclaimed funds and will be subsequently conficsicated by the British Government at the expiration of seven years duration. All documents to enable you receive this funds will be carefully worked out. Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of my mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;1. Your name and address
2. Direct Telephone and fax numbersThese requirements will enable us file letters of claim to the appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour before the transfer can be made. I have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus: On final conclusion of this project, 60% of this shall be for me, while 35% shall be for you and the remaining 5% shall be used to compensate either party for any expenses incurred. Your share 35% stays while,
my 60% share shall be used for investment purposes in your country. For your confirmations,you can visit this website for more info Http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stmIf this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have bestowed in you,I await your sincere cooperation and reply .Best Regards,Allen T.Brown Pepple
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