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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: "Eric Williams" <ericwilliams778@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:59:39 +0000
Subject: Attention please
*Attention please,
It is with trust and believe that I write to you,
although I don't know you neither have I seen you
before but my confidence was reposed on you.
I am BARRISTER,ERIC WILLIAMS, a personal attorney to Johnson Pillars, he is
a forigenr, he was also a contractor with one of Ghana Biggest Company,
GHANA SUBSEA OIL COMPANY (GSOC).*
*Prostates who executed a contract with the COMPANY (GSOC). here in
Ghanabefore his death. Unfortunately my client who perished in the
plane crash of
22nd October 2006 (with Bellview Airline)
You can confirm it by yourself at this Bellview site, meanwhile, up till
today none of his relatives have come forward to claim his money and his
contract fund with the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. I am his Lawyer
for years, have made several enquiries to locate any of my Client's extended
relation, this has also proved unsuccessful, as he has no wife, after this
unsuccessful attempt, I decided to contact you to help me claim this money
valued at $6.m ( SIX MILLION DOLLIARS) as the next of kin of my late Client
before it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by Ghana Goverment,
Moreover, I wil provide all necessary information / documents for the claim
of this MONEY, all I require from you is your honest co-operation to enable
us see this transaction through. I guarantee you that this will be executed
under legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the
law. Your response is only what I am waiting for as I have put all
machineries that will be instrumental to the success of the transaction in
motion, also I will be grateful if this mail will be favoured with an
earlier reply, all I need from you is to furnish me with your contact
information such as your direct phone and fax number for fast communication.
I am compensating you with 40% of the total amount. Now all my hope is
banked on you and really wants to invest this money in your Country where
there is stability of government, political and economic welfare.
Please, kindly treat this as urgent and strictly confidential, I honestly
assure you that thistransaction is 100% risk free. I look forward to your
urgent reply, for security reason and may God bless you.I am waitting your
urgent respons at my privat
**eric_williams777@excite.com*<http://us.f593.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=eric_williams777@excite.com>
*
Yours Sincerely.*
*BARRISTER,
ERIC WILLIAMS.*
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