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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: "Greg Hawkins"<khhjii_9876@myway.com>
Reply-To: g_hawkins000@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2007 05:46:00 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: Mutual Investments with You???
RE: FROM:MR.GREG HAWKINSP.O.BOX 5038,57GREHAM STREET,LONDON SW1H,
DEAR FRIEND,I, AM MR.GREG HAWKINS, FINANCE MANAGER, IN NATWEST BANK, PLC. LONDON, UK. I AM WRITING THIS LETTER TO ASK FOR YOUR ASSISTANCE AND FULL CO-OPERATION TO CARRY OUT THIS BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY IN MY DEPARTMENT WITH YOU. I AM CONTACTING YOU BASED ON TRUST AND CONFIDENTIALITY THAT WILL BE ATTACHED TO THIS DEAL. ON AUDITTING OF FOREGIN ACCOUNTS IN MY BRANCH I DISCOVERED AN ABANDONED SUM VALUED AT 10.5M (TEN MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND GREAT BRITAIN POUNDS) BELONGING TO LATE MR. RICHARD ROSS. A PETRO-CHEMICAL ENGINEER, WITH THE BRITISH PETROLEUM CORPORATION, WHO LAST LIVED AT MILL HILL, LONDON.UK.HE DIED 31ST OCTOBER 2000. HIS ACCOUNT HAS BEEN LEFT DORMANT SINCE HE DIED. THE ACCOUNT HAS NO OTHER BENEFICIARY TO CLAIM THE FUNDS AND HIS COMPANY HAS NO IDEA ABOUT HIS ACCOUNT WITH OUR BANK. THIS WAS ALL THE CLEAR EVIDENCE I GOT FROM MY DISCRET INVESTIGATIONS I PERSONALLY CONDUCTED ON THIS ACCOUNT. HOWEVER, BY VIRTUE OF MY POSITION AS CIVIL SERVANT AND MEMBER OF THIS BANK, I
CANNOT ACQUIRE THIS MONEY IN MY NAME. THEREFORE; I SINCERELY SOLICIT YOUR CO-OPERATION AS A MATTER OF TRUST TO PRESENT YOU AS A DISTANT FRIEND TO LATE MR. RICHARD ROSS, IN ORDER THAT OUR BANK WILL APPROVE THE ABOVE SUM TO BE RELEASED TO YOU AS BENEFICIARY. THE FUND WILL BE WIRED INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY SAFELY. I HAVE AGREED TO SHARE THE MONEY THUS; 45% FOR YOU THE ACCOUNT OWNER 50% FOR ME 5% WILL BE USED AS PAY-BACK TO BOTH PARTIES FOR ALL LOCAL AND FOREIGN EXPENSES WE MIGHT ENCURE IN THIS PROJECT. THIS TRANSACTION IS 100% LEGAL, IT'S SAFE AND NO RISK INVOLVED. THE FUNDS ARE FREE FROM DRUG MONEY AND TERRORISM. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL NOT LET ME DOWN WHEN YOU RECIEVE THIS FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT. I GUARANTEE YOU WITH MY POSITION FOR A SMOOTH WIRE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS. IF YOU ARE INTERESTED, SEND YOUR REPLY VIA EMAIL OR YOU CALL ME ON MY PRIVATE NUMBER +44 701 421 8307. FOR MORE EXPLANATIONS.THANK YOU FOR YOUR UNDERSTANDING AND CO-OPERATIONS. I WAI!
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YOUR URGENT RESPONSE SOON. YOURS FAITHFULLY,MR. GREG HAWKINS
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