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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: MR PADEKA MILLOS <sweesso5@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <padekamillos@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2007 20:09:20 +0100
Subject: Account provision for transfer of $45Million.
Mr.Padeka MillosChairman, Ecowas Contractor'sDebt Reconciliation / Appraisal Board,Eco-Resource Board (ERB).Lagos-Nigeria.Tel:234-8034266272. Good day, Account provision for transfer of $45Million. My name is Mr.Padeka Millos,Chairman Ecowas ContractDept.Reconciliation /Appraisal Boards. I am contacting you to inquire from you if you can assist me safeguard funds amounting to $45 million United States Dollars left by our late foreign contractor whose provided address could not be traced since he died along with his families. You will be presented as the next of kin to the deceases to enable our organization transfer the money to you. At the end of the transaction, you will be compensated with 30% of the money. This transaction is 100% risk free but should be kept secret and confidential due to my position in Ecowas. I will give you more details about the transaction when I received youraffirmative response. E-mail address:padmillos@hotmail.com Note: Due to my position now, I have the deceased contract file with me incase of any question from our organization when the deal started and also the process to put claim on the funds as the next of kin will be legally processed to avoid any breach of law of our countries. Thanks for your understanding, looking forward to hearing from you soonest and also include your private phone number in your reply for easy communication. Yours faithfully,
Mr.Padeka Millos.
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