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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: Hendrik Butenuth <vangsjamesvangs@yahoo.de>
Reply-To: gorevangsassociate@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:49:32 -0400
Subject: REQUEST FOR AN JOINT INVESTMENT INTO YOUR COMPANY
Mr,Hendrik Butenuth,
W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH
Hermann-Oberth-Straße 22, 85640
Putzbrunn, Germany
REQUEST FOR AN JOINT INVESTMENT INTO YOUR COMPANY
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I send you greetings. I have found your contact email address listed on
an Internet Business Directory and it is my wish to do business with
you, hence your receipt of this letter.
The purpose of this letter is to introduce myself to you. I am Hendrik Butenuth, Managing Partner, W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH, London branch is a business consulting firm and an associate, offering business advisor services worldwide. We are a very big company but have limitations in terms of providing investment services outside Europe. We are by this letter considering entering into a partnership with you so as to allow you invest the available funds in your country and to appoint you as representatives and co-managers of the investment funds. We are ready to give you a commission of 20% of the available capital as soon as the proposed partnership between us is started.
Our clients happen to be an Ex- Governor of a western states who deposited a large sum of fund (USD$12.8M (TWELVE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) through our organization has mandated us to look for an investor who is willing to invest this fund in his company as joint business investment since he has deposited the fund in our esteem cooperation based on Trust and confident of your humble assistance.
As the executor and trustee of the fund, you will receive 30% of the total US$12.8 million as your compensation for assistance and be informed that this business is protected under the U.S.A and EU Probate laws, and all the probate papers will notarized and stamped in your favour. The funds will be paid directly to you through the Finance/Security Company for you to administer according to the humanitarian instructions left with us.
Please you are advice to send the following information to enable us process the claim in your company names or individual names.
1} YOUR FULL NAMES
2) ADDRESS OF YOUR COMPANY OR INDIVIDUAL NAMES
3) OCCUPATION OR NATURE OF BUSINESS
4) PRIVATE PHONE NUMBER FOR EASY CONTACTS.
Your expedient response will be appreciated as we look forward to hearing from you soon. Please send all email correspondence to Email address gorevangsassociate@yahoo.de
Your Sincerely,
Mr,Hendrik Butenuth.
For,{W. L. Gore & Associates GmbH}
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