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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: URGENT MESSAGE <agrosweepstakeconsult@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Jan 2007 02:53:27 +0100
Subject: URGENT MESSAGE
FROM: SIR HOUNJI ALPHONSE
SIR HOUNJI ALPHONSE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,
BANK OF AFRICA, PORTO NOVO-BENIN REPBLIC. THIS IS MY PRIVATE E-MAIL
ADDRESS:alphonsehounji@yahoo.com
My name is Sir.Hounji Alphonse,I am
the credit AUDITING AND ACCOUNTING UNIT,BANK OF AFRICA,PORTO
NOVO-BENIN REPBLIC
I am contacting you of a business transfer,of a
huge sum of money from a deceased account.Though I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and
worried, but I am assuring you that everything has been taken care
off,and all will be well at the end of the day. I decided to contact
you due to the urgency of this transaction. PROPOSITION; I am the
account officer of a foreigner named Gerald Welsh who died in an air
crash along with his wife on the 31st October 2004 in an Egyptian
airline 990 with other passengers on board. You can confirm this from
the website below which was published by BBC WORLD
NEWS.WEBSITE.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/502503.stm
Since his death,
none of his next-of-kin are alive to make claims for
this money as his heir, because they all died in the same accident
himself and his wife(May their soul rest in peace). 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, I 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 me for the funds (USD 17,300,000)
to be released in your
favor as the beneficiary's next of kin. Because after four years the
money will be called back to the bank treasury as unclaimed bills and
the money shared amongs the directors of the bank. so it is on this
note i decided to seek for whom his name shall be used as the next of
kin/beneficiary to this funds rather than allow the bank directors to
share this money amongs themselves at the end of the year.
It may
interest you to know that we have secured from the probate an order of
mandamus to locate any of the deceased beneficiaries. Please
acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual
business endeavor by furnishing me with the following information if
you are interested. 1.A Beneficiary name. In order for me to prepare
the document for transfer of the funds in your name. 2. Direct
Telephone and fax numbers. 3.Your current home and Office address.For
our personal contact and mutual trust in each other. I shall be
compensating you with the some of (USD 5.300 Million Dollars)on final
conclusion of this project for your assistance, while the balance of
12 Million Dollars shall be for me for investment purposes.Because I
intend to retire after the conclusion of this transaction. If this
proposal is acceptable by you,please endeavor to contact me
immediately. Do not take undue advantage of the trust I have bestowed
in you, I await your urgent reply. to this address: Best Regards, sir
Hounji Alphonse
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