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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: "james carroll"<info.optusbc03@optusnet.com.au>
Reply-To: <davidbrimley1@rediffmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 23:23:25 -0000
Subject: James Carroll
Hello
My name is James Carroll, I am the family attorney to late Mr. Andreas Schranner who passed away along with his entire family in a plane crash years back, Weeks before this unfaithful incident, I had assisted my client to make a very important and discreet deposit with a bank in London named ( Natwest Bank). The total sum of £3m (Three million Pounds) was deposited which is presently in an Escrow account. This funds was earmarked for estate and capital investments in London. Unfortunately he never lived to make this dream a reality.
On the 25Th of July 2000, My client; Mr. Andreas schranner, his wife Sheila , their daughter Andréa Rich, her husband Christian, including their child Katharina, they all died in the air France concord plane crash bound for New York for their proposed vacation cruise. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm .
All attempts to trace his next of kin to make claims on the funds were fruitless. After an exhaustive investigation I discovered that Andreas Schranner did not declare any next of kin or relation in all the official documents. As the family attorney, the bank requires me to present the next of kin to our late client to claim the deposit. I will provide you funds deposit details when due.
In the meantime, to commence the re-direction of this fund, I would like you to clarify the following in your response. (1) Have you ever handled a huge business transaction that was successful in the past? (2) If you are required to travel to fulfil certain obligations or signing of documents, Can you travel within a short notice? (3) Will your final recipient account be able to receive these funds?
Finally, I will offer you 40% of these funds after you have successfully received the funds in your account, while 60% will be mine. To signify your interest, kindly provide me with Your names, full contact address, telephone, fax number and photo ID, this will be required to commence immediate funds release procedure. Please respond to me asap (jamescarroll@rediffmail.com)
Looking forward to receiving your response.
Regards,
James Carroll
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