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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: Arnold Benard Esq. <esq.arnoldbernard1@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: esq.arnoldbenard@yahoo.fr
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:56:00 +0000
Subject: From Arnold Benard Esq: Very Urgent/Important.
Hello dear,
I am Arnold Bernard Esq, a Solicitor and Personal lawyer to the Engr. Philip, =
a national of your country who has a servicing firm affiliated with the =
Electric Authority Company of Cote D' Ivoire.He was awarded a contract worth =
Twenty Five Million United States Dollars (US$25,000,000.00). Immediately =
this contract was signed,an initial amount of Nine Million,Six Hundred =
Thousand United States Dollars (US$9.600,000.00) was paid to him as =
mobilization fee to kick off the contract. He duly completed this contract =
pending when his remaining balance of (US$15,400,000.00) will be paid to =
him.tOn the 21st of April 2004, my client,his wife and their three children =
were involved in a ghastly motor accident along Bassam Express Road.
Unfortunately, all the occupants in the vehicle lost their lives. May their =
soul rest in peace.
My client was a successful and an accomplished family man, who made enough =
fortune before his untimely death. Since then I had made several inquiries =
through your Embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives but this =
exercise has proved unsuccessful after several
attempts. Not too long after his untimely death,his outstanding balance of =
US$15,400,000.00 was approved for payment through one of the Banks here. =
Right now the funds are still floating unclaimed in the suspense account of =
the Bank. Once again,I decided to trace his relatives through the Internet, =
in orderto locate any member of his family, and yet; no much progress was =
recorded. Coincidentally, I came across your name and to my surprise, you =
bear a similar surname with my client. By virtue of my closeness to the =
deceased and his immediate family, I am very much aware of my client related =
documents on which the contract was awarded and executed. I have reasoned =
very professionally and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as =
the next of kin of my deceased client, so that you can be paid the remaining =
balance of his contract funds left in the bank,hence I contacted you.
I am offering you this opportunity by contacting you to assist in =
repatriating the money and property left behind by my client before they get =
confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Bank where this huge Deposits =
were lodged.The National Electric Authority issued me a notice as the =
Attorney to the Deceased to provide the Next of Kin or have the Account =
confiscated within the Next Ten official working days since I have been =
unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 1 years that I have been =
searching, I am therefore seeking your consent to present you as the Next of =
Kin or family member of my late client since you are at an advantage, bearing =
the same surname and equally from the same country, so that the proceeds of =
this remaining balance of his contract funds valued at US$15.4 Million =
Dollars can be paid to you.
We shall both share the funds,we will agreed on the sharing ratio as we =
proceed, A certain amount will be for any incured expenses and for donation =
to charitable organizations if you will agree with me. I have all the =
necessary Legal Documents that will be used to back up any claim we may make. =
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this project =
through. I also guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate =
arrangement that will protect you from any breach of law. Please get in touch =
with me by email for more explaination.
Respectfully Yours,
Barrister Arnold Bernard.
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