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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: =?big5?q?Wisdom=20Peter?= <peterwisdom16@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: peter_wisdom08@yahoo.es
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 08:46:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: treat as a matter of urgency
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- I am Barrister Wisdom Peter the Personal Attorney and legal adviser to the family of George Brumley Jr from Atlanta United States of America who died in a plane crash on Monday, July 21, 2003,a foreigner resident here in Nigeria, he is an oil consultant/contractor with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mr,George Brumley Jr who died along with his entire family in a plane crash that took place in Kenya on July 21, 2003,Before he died; he did a contract of US$30,000,000 (Thirty Million United States Dollars) with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) which his contract fund is yet to be paid before his death, And I have made several enquiries to locate any of my clients extended relatives,After these several unsuccessful attempts, hence am contacting you and my contact to you is to seek for your assistance so that you can stand for claiming this contract¡¦s funds left behind by my client before it's get confiscated or declared unserviceable by the Central Bank of Nigeria,Particularly, Central Bank of Nigeria has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin to my late client, Since I have been unsuccessful in locating any of his relatives, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin my late client,As I want you to be forward to claim this money in question, I have agreed to share the money with you this way,50% for me and 40% for you, while 10% will be for miscellaneous expenses that would be incurred in the process of this transaction,This deal required trust-worthy and cooperation so that when you get the money into your account there won't be any problem, And moreover to enable us seeing this deal through, I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law, As I¡¦ll provide the entire necessary documents related to this said fund,Please indicate your full interest in this proposal send to me your contact details:1, Your Full names, 2,Country of origin,Contact address 3, Your direct telephone numbers , Hoping to hear from you soonest Best regards Barrister Peter Wisdom, Direct contact E-email: peter_wisdom8@yahoo.co.uk http://www,cnn,com/2003/WORLD/africa/07/20/kenya,crash/index,html
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