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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: Uwan Ogalayan <uwanogalayan4@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: uwanogalayan@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 06:58:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attn:Sir/Madam.
Dear Sir,
I am Barrister=A0Uwan Ogalayan=A0a solicitor at law. I was the Personal and=
family lawyer to late Mr.Craig James, a national of=A0 your country, who u=
sed to work with Chevron Oil Company in Nigeria, here-in-after, referred to=
as my client.
On Sunday 27th of January 2002, my client, his wife Lady Anna and their thr=
ee children {Elizabeth, Dexter and James} were involved in terrible Bomb Bl=
ast that took their lives and the lives of other innocent souls.=A0 About 1=
,000 people lost their lives in the Bomb Blast. Just take a look at this we=
b- page,(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm)=20
you will understand what I am talking about.=A0=20
Since then I have made several enquiries to their embassy to locate any of =
my late clients extended relatives. This had been an effort in futility aft=
er several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to search in the internet for s=
ome one to trust in order to do this business with since members of his fam=
ily were not to be found. It was in this process that I got your email addr=
ess. I have therefore decided to contact you to assist me in claiming and r=
etrieving the funds left behind by my client before it is confiscated or de=
clared unserviceable by the bank where it is lodged.
The bank where my late client had an account with a deposit of US$18.6 mill=
ion dollars has sent me a letter of notice to provide the next-of- kin or h=
ave the account frozen.=A0 In view of the fact that I have been unsuccessfu=
l in locating his relatives for the past five (5) years,=A0 I now=A0 seek y=
our consent to present you as the next of kin of=A0 my late client since it=
is not posible to locate any of his family, so that the funds in this acco=
unt valued at US$18.6 million dollars can be paid to you. Thereafter,you an=
d I=A0 will share the money;=A0 50% to me and 50% to you.=20
I will process legal documents that will be used to back up our claims. All=
I require is your honest and co-operation to enable us claim this inherita=
nce.I guarantee you that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangeme=
nt that will protect you from any breach of the law. Please get in touch wi=
th me as soon as possible to indicate your interest,I look forward to your =
urgent response.
=A0
Yours truly,
Barr.Uwan Ogalayan.
Principal Attorney.=0A=0A=0A
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