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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.jeff hilton" <drwatico_abraham3@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: mr.jeff_hilton34@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 15:19:57 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: from Mr. JEFF HILTON
MY DEAR FRIEND I am Mr. JEFF HILTON the head of accounting department at the BANK OF SCOTLAND LONDON BRANCH.I am writing this letter to solicit for support and assistance from you to carry out this business opportunity in my bank. Lying in an inactive account is the sum of £19milion pounds sterling belonging to a foreign customer (Michael Gambone) who was a gas consultant here in UK , who happens to be deceased during a business trip. He died with his wife (Deborah Gambone) on board the Swissair Flight 111, which crashed into the Atlantic off Nova Scotia in September 2nd 1998. The news of this crash was on the news which we have notified his relatives to no avail. See links below for more detail information: <http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/9809/swissair.victims.list/> <http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/> Ever since he died the bank has been expecting his next of kin to come and claim these funds. To this effect, we can not release the
money unless someone applies for it as next of kin, as indicated in our banking guideline. Unfortunately he has no family member in UK or Over-sea who are aware of the existence of the money (as he was a gas consultant. At this juncture i have decided to do business with you, to this effect I solicit your assistance in applying as the next of kin to the bank then the money will be released to you, as I do not want this money to go into the bank treasury as an unclaimed bill, because the banking law and guideline stipulates that if such money(s) remains unclaimed for a period of up to ten years(10yrs),the money will be transferred into the banks treasury as an unclaimed bill. My request for a foreigner as next of kin is occasioned by the fact that the customer was a foreigner and a British cannot stand as next of kin. 40% of the money will be your share as a foreign partner and your assistance to actualize this business, 5% for any expenses incurred. Thereafter i will visit
your country with your help once the money hits your account for disbursement according to the percentage indicated. To affect the immediate transfer of the fund to you as agreed, you must apply first to the bank as the next of kin to the deceased, and then we will follow up all formalities for the transaction. Upon receipt of your reply, i will send to you, the text of the application you are to send to the bank, and further clarify you in other issues as to affect this business. Waiting to hear from you urgently.
Best Regards,
Mr. JEFF HILTON.
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