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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: "JAMES MARKALI" <jmarkali@mowowa.net>
Reply-To: j_markali@yahoo.it
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:49:39 -0300
Subject: From: James Markali
From: James Markali,
Grande banque du Bénin,
B.P. No. 29,Porto-Novo,
Bénin Republic.
Hello,
I sincerely write to solicit your co-operation and trust in an urgent business transaction. I work
with Grande banque du Bénin Plc in Porto-Novo, Bénin republic. Presently, i am in charge of bills
and exchange in the international remittance department. I was the account's officer of a certain
Mr. and Mrs. Jim B. Russell, who worked with Chevron Oil company, but both died in the December 25,
2003 air crash here in Bénin Republic.
PLEASE, VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINK FOR MORE INFORMATION:
www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
Mr. Russell had a total sum of $5.32 million (Five million, Three hundred and Twenty thousand US
Dollars) in his domiciliary account. Since the management got the news of his tragic death, we have
been expecting any of his relatives/next of kin to come up and claim his/her inheritance funds.
Unfortunately, from the day of his death till the time of this letter, nobody has come up for the
claim. As his personal account's officer, i decided to search through his classified record files
and i discovered that the only next of kin he specified was his wife, who died along with him in
the Christmas Day crash.
The banking and financial law of inheritance of Grande banque du Bénin, stipulates that if such
funds remain unclaimed after a period of (48) months, it would be lost to the bank as an "unclaimed
deposit". On that note, I have decided to do business with you so that the money could be released
to you as a next of kin of the deceased for subsequent disbursement between us. I would soon
proceed on my retirement, and i personally do not want the funds to be lost to the bank.
The need for a foreigner as a next of kin in this project is necessitated by the fact that the
deceased was a foreigner and a Béninese/béninois will not perfectly fit in as his next of kin or
heir. That is why i am contacting you. I found your email address through random internet searches.
Please, note that it does not really matter whether you are truly related to the deceased or not,
because there is never going to be any background check or investigation whatsoever. Consider that,
a top secret from an insider that knows it all. Also, note that you are not to appear in person and
as such, there is absolutely no risk involved.
To enable the immediate transfer of the funds into your bank account, you would need to fill an
application form for such claim as the next of kin of the deceased. There, you will designate your
bank account into which the funds will be wired. If you feel uneasy giving out your private bank
account information, you could provide a new bank account solely for the purpose of this
transaction. As soon as the funds are wired to your bank account, i would visit you in your
country to collect my share. I have made up my mind that 35% of the total funds would be for you,
as a foreign partner.
Upon my receipt of your message indicating your interest and full assurance that you would
peacefully let me have my own share of the funds after it must have been wired into your bank
account, i would email you with a copy of the next of kin application form and the deceased's bank
account information. You would need to correctly fill the application form and then, send to the
director of international remittance for onward processing, approval and transfer of the funds
into your bank account. Please, let me have your cell phone number for direct communication. I hope
to read from you soon.
Yours Faithfully,
James Markali.
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