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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 nnam <jnnam.x6@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <johnmandi@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 09:49:19 +0000
Subject: HAVE A NICE DAY !!
FROM JOHN NNAMDI14 GLOVER, ROAD,IKOYI,LAGOS Dear Friend,Please accept my sincere apologies if my mail fails to meet your professional and moral Ethics,as we have not met before.Because of the evil doings of people of the world today,which has brought fear and made alot of people not to engage in geniune and legitimate business ventures. I am a Banker; my name is MR JOHN NNAMDI, an accountant.I am the accounts Manager to a late Engineer, a white foreigner whom I know very well, He was a contractor with the DEPARTMENT OF PETROLEUM RESOURCES VICTORIA ISLAND, LAGOS. On 10,Dec 2005, my customer/client,his wife, and his only son were involved in a SOSOLISO AIRLINE CRASH. My client and his family all died in that fatal air crash., Since then,I have made several inquiries to locate any of his extended Relatives,but this has Proved unsuccessful. After several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace a good and reliable Person over the Internet, that can help me in repatriating this fund left behind in our Bank. I am contacting you to assist me in repatriating the money left behind by my Customer/client before they get Confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where these huge deposit was lodged, particularly this Bank that I am presently working, Where the deceased had an account Valued at TWENTY MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,(USD$20,500,000),The Bank has issued a notice to provide the next of kin or have the account confiscated within a short period of time. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives of my client,I now seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased so that the proceeds of this account valued at TWENTY MILLION,FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS (USD$20,500,000) can be paid to you and bot of us will share the money according to a ratio we will both agree on.
I have arranged everything and you will not engage in anything that is illegal.I have made arrangements with a good Attorney to assist us. He will present himself to the Bank and notarize all the necessary legal documents that can be used to back up the inheritance claim. All I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us see this business through. Please if you have the capacity to carry out this business,respond to this email immediately,and I will forward to you the full and detailed information of my myself to enable us commence business.immediately. Expecting your Urgent response. REGARDS,MR JOHN NNAMDI.
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