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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. Peter Adams" <sarahakmed11@excite.com>
Reply-To: mrpateradamsmaail@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:03:33 -0500 (EST)
Subject: With Due Regards
With Due Regards
Greetings to you, with warm heart I offer my friendship, and I hope this mail meets you in good time. I feel quite safe dealing with you in this important business. Though, this medium (Internet) has been greatly abused; I choose to reach you through it because it still remains the fastest medium of communication.
However, this correspondence is private, and it should be treated in strict confidence because my Job is very much involved. However, strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of it's importance and the immense benefit it will be to both parties involve.
My name is Mr. Peter Adams and I work with a Commercial Bank here in Nigeria were I am the Chief Executive Accountant.
I discovered a dormant account worth $1, 000, 000,00 One Million Dollars) owned by Late customer who died in a plane crash while going for an holiday in his Country, he works with (BMW) here in Nigeria. He Died without any next of Kin.
The policy of the Bank however stipulates a limited time period for such inheritance to be made or the fund will be written off going by the record of the incident, the time limit for the claim is closing up. In this consideration, I am contacting you to seek for your kind Understanding and sincere co-operation to claim this inheritance for our mutual Benefit, base on you are a Foreigner it will make it very easy to claim the view of the fact that I shall provide all the documents to make you the next of kin to our late customer, my word is my bond NO MONEY WILL BE REQUIRED FROM YOU, But your full cooperation is highly needed because of my Job is at risk if the find out I am been giving you the information’s regarding the funds. The proceedings of the transaction will be shared 40% each the remaining %20 will be for Charitable Donations. Kindly indicate your willingness and we shall proceed with the initial step for the claim.
Hope to hear from you soonest showing your interest and willingness, Kindly provide the following information’s to enable me prepare a text of application to send to you.
Your Full Name
Sex
Cell Phone Number
Nationality.
I will furnish you with more the details as soon as I receive your response.
Regards and respectfully,
Yours
Mr. Peter Adams
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