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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: "contact jcjc" <jameschristian04@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: contactjcjc@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 11:29:53 +0000
Subject: I NEED YOUR ASSISTANCE:Dear Friend,
JAMES CHRISTIAN
PLOT 16.
GOWON PLAZA
GOWON ESTATE.
NIGERIA.
Dear Friend,
This is a proposal in context but actually an appeal soliciting for your
unreserved assistance in consummating an urgent transaction requiring
maximum confidence. Though this approach appears desperate, I can assure you
that whatever questions you would need to ask or any other thing you will
need to know regarding this proposal will be adequately answered to give you
a clearer understanding of it, so as to arrive at a successful conclusion.
I am , James Christian, a personal secretary/confidant to Mr.John ,a
national of your country, who used to work with amulti-national Company in
my country. On the 21st of April 2001, my boss, his wife and their only
daughter were involved in a car accident along Kano/Kaduna,express road. All
occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy here to locate any
of my boss' extended relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After
these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over
the Internet, to locate any member of his family hence I contacted you.
I have contacted you to assist in recovering the fund valued at US$12.5
million left behind by my boss before it gets confisicated or declared
unserviceable by the SECURITY FINANCE BANK,where this huge amount was
deposited.Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of
kin or have the account confiscated within a short time.
Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over some years
now,I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased
since you share the same surname so that the proceeds of the account valued
at U.S$12.5 million can be paid to your account for both of us to share the
funds;50% to me and 45% to you, while 5% should be for expenses or tax as
your government may require.
Necessary information and legal documents needed to back you up for claim
shall be procured.All I require from you is your honest cooperation to
enable us see this transaction through. I guarantee that this will be
executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach
of the law.
Please get in touch with me through my e-mail to enable us discuss further.
Thanks for your kind co-operation.
Dr.James Christian.
N.B.
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