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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: "edward duke" <dukeschamber400@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: dukes_lg_chamber@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:42:36 -0800
Subject: ALL I REQUIRE IS YOUR HONEST CO-OPERATION
Dear Friend,
Compliments of the season, This is not really to cause you any type of embarrassment as we are completely strangers to each other, I am Barrister Edward .F. Duke, Personal Attorney to an expatriate, who was a consultant with shell development oil company in Nigeria. On the 21st of April 2002, my client and his wife were involved in a car accident along Sagamu Lagos express Road. Unfortunately they lost their lives in the event of the accident, since then I have made several inquiries as to locate any of his extended relatives, but all proved abortive. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to traces his relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but to no avail, hence I decided to contact you.
I am contacting you to assist in retrieving the money valued at about (US$11.5m) that was left behind by my client with the Firstinland Bank plc (FIB) before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank. Consequently, the bank issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within the next ten official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2 years now, I hereby seek your consent to act as the next of kin to the deceased, the proceeds of this account valued at (US$11.5 million dollars) can be paid to you and then you and I can share the money.55% to me and 40% to you, while 5% should befor expenses or tax as your government may require. I have all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up this project.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us succeed without any hitch. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of the law.
Thanks as I look forward to your anticipated maximum co-operation.
Yours Sincerely,
Barrister Edward .F. Duke (Esq.)
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