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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: "mike nda" <ndam200439@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: ndam20042003@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:39:49 +0100
Subject: PRIVATE AND URGENT TRANSFER
From: Mike Nda.
Bills & Exchange Department
Standard Trust Bank P.l.c Plot 21B Awolowo Way Ikoyi,
Lagos,Nigeria
PRIVATE AND URGENT
I am contacting you in regards to a business transfer of a huge sum of
money from a deceased customer's account who On the 25th of July 2000, the
deceased, German property magnate Andreas Schranner, 64, his wife Maria,62,
their daughter Andrea Eich, 38, her husband Christian, 57, and their
children Katharina, eight, and Maximilian, 10, all perished in the jet.
You can read through for more information via the following ;
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
Although I know that a transaction of this magnitude might make anyone
apprehensive,I would like to assure you that we are sending you this mail
with the best of intensions.
Since then We have been trying to get this funds out of the bank, thesum of
US$11,500,000.00 (Eleven Million, Five Hundred thousand UnitedStates
Dollars) in an
account that belongs to our foreign customers who died along with his
entire family in the above accident stated above.
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to
lay claims to this money as the heir. We 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. Upon this discovery, we now seek
your permission to have you stand as a next of kin to the deceased as
all documentations will be carefully worked out by us for the funds
(US$11,500,000.00) to be released in your favour as the beneficiary's next
of kin.It may interest you to know that we have secured from the probate
court, an order of madamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries.
Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
1. Your Full Names and Address.
2. Direct Telephone and Fax numbers.
These requirements will enable us file a letter of claim to the
appropriate departments for necessary approvals in your favour beforethe
transfer can be made. We shall be compensating you with 3.5 Million Dollars
on final conclusion of this project, while the rest shall be for us.
Your share stays with you while the rest shall be for us for investment
purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the
trust we have bestowed in you, I await your urgent response.
Regards,
Mike Nda
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