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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. Mark Paul" <mr_mark_paul09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <gtbn002@yahoo.dk>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2007 03:22:20 +0100
Subject: PLEASE UPDATE ME FAST
FROM: MR.WONDAY KUMBA,
HEAD; Treasury/ Credits Unit
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC.
PRIVATE E-MAIL CONTACT: gtbn002@yahoo.dk
Dear Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this business proposition having gone through your remarkable profile on the internet. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this correspondence is purely private, and it should be treated as such.
I also guarantee you that this deal is hitch free from all what you may think of. I am MR. WONDAY KUMBA , the HEAD of TREASURY/ CREDIT UNIT in the GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. NIGERIA. I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached to this deal. The Management and the Legal department of our BANK (GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC. NIGERIA) in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who was one of my branch depositor, should be declared Dormant and confisticated the depositor's fund to the Bank Treasury according to Nigeria Banking and Financial law.
He is a foreigner based in Nigeria, unfortunately He is late as he was amongst those that was Killed in the recent WARRI CRISIS as you can confirm through this website http://www.worldpress.org/Africa/1083.cfm He is an account holder in my branch, he owns a dollar account with the sum of US$35M (Thirty Five Million United States Dollars Only) deposited in the account. In fact it happened that since her death, the next of kin of the dollar account holder (the brother) has not show up for the claim. This is where I am interested on and this is where I want you to come in. I want you to come in as the relation of the deceased, I will give you necessary Assistance and perfect the Legal Authentication documents which will officially recognize you as a relation to the deceased. Then, I will give you the contact of the Payment
Authority and you will write an application for the claims as the Next of Kin to Late MR. ROBERT FINKELSTEIN.
I shall guide you with all diligence and legal processes to ensure the smooth perfect success of this transaction and the Funds (US$35Million) must be transferred into your own bank account in your country as the newly approved beneficiary. Upon my personal finding on this matter, I
kept this information secret to myself until now that I am contacting you. In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from a different country), it is Officially important for the involvement of a foreigner who will pose as a next-of-kin. I will use my exalted position in this Bank to present you as his Next of Kin as you can be his relative, friend or Cousin and the Money (US$35Million) will be safely transferred into your own bank account in your country.
Before I made up my mind to contact you, I have concluded every arrangement to ensure that you receive the funds successfully as the next of kin. Please include your telephone/fax number/ Home Address when replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to assist in this transaction. We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. The whole Procedures will last only 5 working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even in future.
Please I need the following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. HOME ADDRESS / COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
4. BANK ACCOUNT (WHERE YOU WILL WANT THE MONEY TO BE
TRANSFERED INTO)
5. YOUR AGE AND SEX.
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via email and phone. You don’t need to come to my country. Send your full name, address and telephone number to me via email urgently today so that I will call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you must be happy and shall rejoice greatly soonest for cooperation with me in this transaction. After successful conclussion of this transaction, we shall share the money 50-50 (50% for you and 50% for me). Please send your reply to this my private email if you want me to reply your mail (gtbn002@yahoo.dk).
Yours truly,
MR.WONDAY KUMBA,
HEAD; Treasury/ Credit Unit
GUARANTY TRUST BANK PLC.
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