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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: "john peters" <jnpeters6_07@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: johnpeters202@excite.com
Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 20:30:28 +0100
Subject: please confirm receipt.
Sir,
please reply to:johnpeters202@excite.com
My name is John Peters, a Personal Assistant to Mr. Michel ,who was a
gold
minner and crude oil exporter from Africa. It is regretable that my
client,
his wife and their three children were involved in a ghastly motor
accident.Unfortunately, All the occupants in the vehicle lost their
lives.
My client was a successful and an accomplished family man, who made
enough
fortune before his untimely death.
Since then I had made several inquiries through his Embassy to locate
any of
my clients extended relative but this exercise has proved unsuccessful.
Although I did not disclose
my reasons of enquiry.
I have reasoned very professionally and I feel it will be legally
proper to
present a foreigner as the next of kin of my deceased client since all
information to his account is
available with me,so that you can be paid the funds left in his bank
account, hence I contacted you. I am offering you this opportunity by
contacting you to assist in repatriating the money left behind by my
client
before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank in
Europe
where this huge Deposits were lodged.
The Bank has issued me a notice as the Personal Assistant to the
Deceased to
provide the Next of Kin or have the Account confiscated within the Next
21
official working days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the
relatives, I seek your consent to present you as the Next of Kin to the
Deceased since you are at an advantage, as a foreigner. I have all the
necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up any claim we may
make. All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
deal
through and bearing in mind
that the fund will be shared between me and yourself.
I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement
that
will protect you from any breach of law.
THE AMOUNT IS US$12.5 MILLION. We will share equally.
Please get in touch with me through this my private e-mail to indicate
your
interest to cooperate with me.
Sincerely,
John Peters
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