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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: DEAN JONES <dean_jones03@msn.com>
Reply-To: <dean_jones08@live.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Sep 2008 10:13:51 +0000
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY
Dear Sir,
I am Mr. Dean Jones, a
Chartered Management Accountant and an Internal
Auditor for National Westminster
(NATWEST) Bank PLC London United
Kingdom . I am currently working
with a team of external auditors that
is retained by NATWEST PLC to audit
its activities in the entire British
Isles .
In the course of routine audit
of the NATWEST account books last year, I
discovered some investment accounts
that had been dormant for over seven
(7) years. Most of the accounts
belonged to a single beneficiary. The
balance of these accounts stands at
about USD20.3 million (Twenty
Million, Three Hundred
Thousand US ($) Dollars). Further investigations
of the said accounts revealed that
the investor, a foreign customer(MR
ANDREAS SCHRANNER from Munich ,
Germany ), had died along with his
Entire family in July 2000 in a
plane crash at about the time the
accounts were last operated. The
said investor died intestate and as
such, no next-of-kin has been able
to come forward all these years to
lay claim to the investment.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm
In line with existing
regulations of the Financial Services Authority
(FSA) of the United Kingdom , I am
required to inform the Management of
the NATWEST PLC about the existence
of dormant accounts of this nature.
Statutorily, accounts of this nature
are regarded as dormant if they are
not operated for a period of four(4)
years. The investment account of
the German in this instance has been
inactive for about Seven(7) to
Eight(8) years, thus making a
dormant account.
Against this background, I
wish to formally inform you of the dormant
account and ask that we use my
insider leverage, as well as your
resources to secure the funds in
this NATWEST account for ourselves
instead of allowing it transmit as
“unclaimed funds” into the Treasury
of the Government of the United
Kingdom.
Our bilateral cooperation in
this regard would entail your contacting
NATWEST BANK PLC and applying as the
sole surviving relative of the
deceased. I am in possession of all
relevant documents (legal and
Institutional) that will facilitate
our achieving this goal. Once we get
the deposit in the NATWEST
transferred to your name as the Next-of-Kin,
I will use my banking expertise to
supervise the transfer of the funds
in NATWEST to a nominated account of
your choice as the sole beneficiary
to the estate.
You shall be adequately
compensated for your part in this transaction as
I have agreed to give you a 40%
share of the total funds for your
collaborative efforts, I can assure
you that I am completely incharge of
the transaction and as such there is
no risk whatsoever if you decide to
work with me. It is very
important that I remind you however that
UTMOST CONFIDENTIALITY is of a huge
importance if we are to successfully
see this transaction through.
I urge your prompt response
and counting on your anticipated
co-operation. With warmest personal
regards and best wishes. Please do
call or respond via my personal
E-mail :dean_jones08@live.com, Tel:-
0044 770 4611 465./ Fax: 0044 208
7113 970.
Yours truly,
Mr. Dean Jones
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