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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: "Glenn W. Griffin" <gw_griffin@myway.com>
Reply-To: glenn_wgriffin006@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 12:51:27 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: RE: REPLY SOON!!
From Mr Glenn W. Griffin,Cumberland Valley National Bank,25 Greham Street London EC2V 7HNwww.cvnb.com Dear Sir / Madam, I know you will definitely see this as a hoax email because of the swindle news we hear everyday on the internet where it seems to happen more often. I came across your contact email address on the course of my personal search for a reliable and trust worthy person to asssist me carry out this project in my department. I decided to seek your permission to go ahead, for you will agree with me that this is the easiest way to communicate with you for i don't have your contacts. I am Mr Glenn W. Griffin, Branch Manager of Cumberland Valley National Bank and Trust a Personal Treasurer to Late Mr George Brumley Jr, 68 a Retired Physician and the Chairman of Emory Unversity's Department of Pediatrics and Dean of Medical School from Atlanta that died along-side with his family on the flight that crashed into the snow-capped of Lenana Peak on Mount Kenya in July 21,
2003. Before his death, he made a fixed deposit of the sum of £50.5Million GBPS with my Bank. Upon maturity, it was discovered that he died without notifying anyone about the deposit he made in my bank. With the sum still sitting in my bank, the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year since no-one has ever come for claims. You can catch more stories about the crash on this website:http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya.crash/index.html Since his death (Mr George Brumley Jr), all effort made to locate his surviving family and relations has proved abortive. The Management and Board Directors of my bank in a recent meeting issued a notice that after 2months from now and no Next of Kin shows up for claims, the funds will be confisticated and declared dormant and sent to the HM Treasury Department of my Bank according to Cumberland Valley National Bank Banking and Financial Law. And as a staff of the bank I cannot acquire the fund in
my name. This is by virtue of its nature as being utterly Confidential and Top Secret. You shall be compensated with 45% of the total sum for your partnership while 50% for me the initiator and then 5% used in settling any expenses that arises in the course of this transaction. It is from the 50% that i wish to commence a joint and profitable business investment with you there in your country. YOUR ROLE: All I need from you is to stand as the beneficiary to the Above quoted Sum and I will re-profile the funds with your name as the Next of Kin to the deceased (Mr George Brumley Jr) fund. I solicit your strict confidence in this transaction and your consent to present you as a foreigner to be the Next of Kin to inherit the fund in any of your nominated bank account in your country. Please note that the transfer has to be completed latest Fourteen (14) Banking days from the date of the receipt. If you are interested i will appreciate you reply with the following informations:
Your full names and Address, Phone and Fax number for effective communication. As soon as I confirm your readiness to conclude the transaction with me, I will provide you with the more details on how this should be handled.Thank you very much for your understanding as I will wait for your response. Warmest Regards,Glenn W. Griffin
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