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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: Jose Pinman <jose.pinman8@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <josepinman001@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2007 09:48:01 +0000
Subject: Treat as urgent
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am Barrister Jose Pinman from London. A solicitor at law, I was the Personal attorney to late property magnate Mr. Mark who died in Greek air crash with his wife Maria and their only daughter Andrea. No survivors in Greek air crash.All 121 people on board a Cypriot airliner are feared dead after it plunged into a hill near Athens after an apparent drop in cabin pressure.
Please go through this websitehttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4150312.stm
I have contacted you because my late client died without presenting a new beneficiary of the fund to the bank. And to assist me to get most especially, the money left behind by my late client before it get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank.The deceased made a lodgment valued at about 12 million United States Dollars and the financial institution has permitted me to provide the Next of kin, or have the account confiscated.I want to present you as the next of kin.
This is what we will do. I want you to furnish me with the information's stated below to enable me open a claim file and application that I will present to the bank introducing you as the next of kin to my late client.
1. Your full name - 2. Phone Number/Fax Number 3. Home/ Office Address 4. Your Age 5. Occupation 6. Sex
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable us seeing this deal through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of thelaw.
Please get in touch with me at josepinman001@yahoo.com to enable us discuss further about this transaction.
Best Regards,
Jose Pinman
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