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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: V K <v_k19@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: v.kprivetoffice@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 06:49:02 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: GET BACK TO ME FOR MORE DETAILS...
My Dear
I work with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Financial Headquarters in Togo. Please forgive me for not disclosing my identity to you at this stage for my security in case you report me. I will tell you more about myself upon the receipt of your positive response to my proposal.
Based on numerous reports from expatriates on financial crimes (SCAMS) and diversion of various contract/inheritance payments belonging to them especially from member nations like Nigeria, Togo, Burkina Faso etc. The African Union in her resolution at the last summit in Accra Ghana implemented new measures in order to checkmate such activities. They therefore mandated all banks in the African Region to submit all contract/inheritance payments files within the last ten years to the ECOWAS Financial Headquarters in Togo for proper scrutiny so as to ascertain legitimate benefactors and have the respective funds released and transferred into their accounts of which we have concluded 32 cases and those that were cleared have received their payments.
It was during this process that I discovered a payment file with file number: fgn/0214/nnpc/a53/98. I took great interest in this particular file and had it removed from the others when I discovered that both the initial and the final benefactor of the payment are both now deceased. I carried out a thorough investigation on the payment file and I am 100% satisfied that the file has no beneficiary and if not for the fact that I removed the file, it would have been approved for payment and would have been simply diverted as it has no beneficiary. I have now returned the file.
Since I cannot put up claims for these funds based on the fact that we are not allowed to operate a foreign account which is in accordance to our Oath of Office, I therefore solicit for your assistance so that we claim the payment file with your name and have the funds released and transferred into your account.
Upon the receipt of your immediate response, I will furnish you with details on what you must do immediately as we have little time on our side before a final decision will be taken on the payment file.
With your immediate co-operation, this payment will be cleared and you will have the funds released and transferred into your account within 7 working days.
I anticipate your immediate response.
God Bless.
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