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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: Peter Raymond <ptr.raymond1@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: ptr.raymond@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 01:50:14 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Atten: Sonja van Tartwijk
Atten: Sonja van Tartwijk
Greetings with esteem, usually for business of this magnitude to commence it requires the proper acquaintance of the personnel’s involved to be properly informed of the responsibilities of each party, but for the urgency and time frame this means of communication is required and Internet been the fastest mean of communication, so my apologies for any inconveniences this contact may cause.
May I crave your indulgence to a business partnership that you will find interesting on careful observation and having considered the advantages we have if we chose to work together ( I am a banker and you bear the same name with the decease) , right now I am confronted wit a situation that I alone can not solve but with the help of a second party we can see reason to it, first and fore most, I am Mr. Peter Raymond, the Senior Auditing/ Accounting officer of Intercontinental Securities Limited, With regards to the last auditing in our bank, I came across a floating fund which was opened in 1990 belonging to a dead foreigner Late Mr. Adams Tartwijk a national of your country on further investigation, I found out the following:
1) No one has operated this account since 1993
2) He died without an heir, hence the money has been floating.
3) No other person knows about this account, and there is no known beneficiary, And if i do not remit this money, it will be forfeited for nothing.
After my investigation I decided to trace his last name over the Internet to locate any member of his family and I got in contact with you, Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you to stand as the "next of kin/ beneficiary" to the late Mr. Adams since you bear the same name and you are from the same country so the value of the account $18.5m will be paid to you as the beneficiary next of kin, this transaction is 100% risk free and it is going to be a legal transaction, my position in the bank guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. Upon your response, I will provide you with more details and guild line.
Please on your acceptance to work out this transaction with me do reply this message and provide me with the following:
1) A secure telephone and fax lines were I can reach you for conversation.
At the conclusion of the transfer, I will give you the sum of $7.5m for your participation $2m will be set aside for Expenses both parties might incur e.g. Internet bills, phone bills taxation and so on, Please observe utmost confidentiality as this proposal is personal and be rest assured that this transaction would be most profitable for both of us.
Awaiting your urgent reply
Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Raymond
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