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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: osman marah <osman2008@uku.co.uk> (may be fake)
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:01:09 -0600
Subject: Interesting article for you
From:Mr Osman Marah
Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
Dear Friend,
Compliments of the season and how you are today I hope fine. Before I proceed I would like to introduce my self to you. My name is Mr Osman Marah, a staff of one of the SGBCI here in Abidjan Cote D'Ivoire.
I have urgent and confidential business preposition for you. I on September 2nd 1998, an oil contractor with the ABI DJAN COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation MR ALLEN MC-CARTHY made a numbered time fixed) deposited for twelve calendar valued at US$9.5 Million in
my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contact employers COTE D'IVOIRE National Petroleum Corporation that MR ALLEN MC-CARTHY, died in plane crash along with his entire family.
See below link for more information:
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/08/swissair.02/
On further investigation, I found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered that MR ALLEN MC-CARTHY did not declare any next of kin in all his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork.
This sum of US$6,500,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will come forward to claim it. According to the ABIDJAN COTE D'IVOIRE Law, at the expiration of 9 years the money will revert to the ownership of the COTE D'IVOIRE Government if nobody applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to MR ALLEN MC-CARTHY so that the fruits of this old man labor will not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. As an Accountant and a staff of this BANK, What we have to do is simple if you adhere to my instructions.
You will send to me your complete names, address and information's which I will secretly programmed in the computer account file of late MR ALLEN MC-CARTHY in our bank as his registered associate before his death and who is entitle to inherit the deposit in case of his death.
When this money is paid into your account, you take 30% share of the total sum and 60% will be for me. While 10% will be used to re-coupe all eventual expenses that you and I might incurre during the process of transfering of this fund into your account.
You will also help me to invest my own share in you country.
I will give you more details upon receipt of your Mail.
Looking forward to see your urgent response.
Best regards,
Osman Marah
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