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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: koffi Mensa <barr_koffimensah801@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 17:19:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Soliciting for your assistance
OCTOBER 2007
Attn:managing director/President,
I am Barrister Koffi Mensah, a solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to a national of your country, who has lived in GHANA for the past ten years, and whom here in after shall be referred to as my client.on the 25th of April 2005, my client, his wife and their three children were involved in a fatal car accident .All occupants of the vehicle unfortunately lost their lives, my client was one of them.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my clients extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful.after these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you.
I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and properties left behind by my client before they get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the commercial bank where this huge deposits were lodged. the commercial bank where the deceased had an account valued at ($20m us dallars) twenty million dollars has issued me a notice 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 2 years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since you have the same last Name. The proceeds of this account valued at ($20musd) twenty million dollars can be paid to you, as my Clients next of kin, and then we can share the amount on a mutual agreed percentage. All legal documents to back up your claims as the deceased next of kin will be provided.All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this transation through. I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch with me to enable us discuss further about this transaction. You may forward your direct number to me so that we can discuss.you can get back to me via this email barr_koffimensah80@yahoo.com
Best regards,
Barrister Koffi Mensah.
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