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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: SINGHAL AFTAB <singhaftab2000@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Sep 2006 04:35:04 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Awaiting your urgent reply
>From the Desk of Aftab Singhal
Branch Manager
International Commercial Bank
Central Accra,
Ghana.
Dear Sir;
I am Mr. Aftab Singhal Branch Manager International Commercial Bank,
Accra Ghana. I have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you.
On September 25th 2001, a Foreign Oil consultant/contractor with the Ghana Institute
of Mining and Metallurgy an Oversea Oil consultant and contractor with the Kruger Metallurgy Company, Mr. Allen .S. Wong made a numbered time (Fixed) Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at $26,000,000.00 U.S (Twenty-Six Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the National Petroleum Corporation Company, that Mr. Allen .S. Wong died in automobile accident along with his wife and his 5 years old daughter.
Since we got this information about his death and on further investigation, I found out that he died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin was fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Allen .S. Wong did not declare any next of kin or relations in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This fund is still sitting in my Bank for safekeeping and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come forward to claim it. According to Laws of Republic of Ghana, at the expiration of 7 (Seven) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Republic of Ghana Government if nobody applies to claim the fund.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr. Allen .S. Wong so that the fruits of this old man's labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is simple, I will like you to provide me at your convenient or immediately your full names and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents and affidavits that will put you in place as the next of kin. We shall employ the services of an attorney for drafting and notarization of the WILL and to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the world that you will provide will then facilitate the transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary next of kin.
The money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you. There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be done by the attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via my email address. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more details and relevant documents that will help you understand the transaction. Please send me your confidential telephone numbers for easy communication. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your assistance to invest my share in any part of your country. Awaiting your urgent reply.
Regards,
Mr. Aftab Singhal.
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