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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: "Ahmed Elrufai" <aelrufai1@msn.com>
Reply-To: aelrufai@eseenet.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 15:58:20 +0000
Subject: I hope this meets you in good health
From: Barrister Ahmed El-Rufai
Jauche & Associates Solicitors,
Corporate & Property Consultants
Lagos - Nigeria.
Dear Friend,
I hope this meets you in good health. My name is Barrister Ahmed
El-Rufai a Legal Practitioner and Attorney to late Mr. Ziya
Bazhayev,who died in the plane crash of Yak-40 jetliner on March 9,
2000. You may follow the Link below to read about the Plane Crash
my client lost his life:
http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/031500/usn_LA0703.001.shtml
& http://news.1chinastar.com/ll/english/61934.shtml My late client
was an influential Wealthy Businessman,a Russian Contractor in
myCountry and a Russian big time Oil Dealer and the Principal
owner of Oil Alliance Company and he left behind a deposit of
Fifteen Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States
Dollar(US$15,500,000.00USD) in his Domiciliary Bank Account in a
commercial bank here in Country. I have employed every method to
locate any of my clients extended relatives but this exercise has
proved unsuccessful, due to my inability to locate any of his
relative, I now have a view of investing this fund with you, which is
my main reason of contactingyou. After the death of my client his
Banker contacted me,as his Attorney to provide his next of kin who
should inherit his fortune. The board of Directors of his bank
adopted a resolution and I was mandated to provide his next of kin
for the payment of this money or forfeit the money to the bank as
an abandoned Estate. The bank had planned to invoke a clause in
the property Act, to confiscate the funds after the expiration of a
period given to me. In spite of this and at the point of desperation,
I came across your contact, while trying to locate documentation's
regarding possible relatives of my client in his Country of Origin. I
am believed to be convinced that you may be able to act in locus
for my late client as his next of kin, I therefore, decided to contact
you with these facts before me, because of the status quo. By
virtue of my brief and my closeness to the deceased, I am very
much aware of my client's financial standing and the bank account
he operated here in my country. I have reasoned very professionally
and I feel it will be legally proper to present you as the next of kin
of my deceased client and the sole beneficiary of his estate, so
that you are be paid the funds left in his bank account, hence I
contacted you by seeking your consent to present you as the Next
of Kin. The bank needs only the facts as to be presented legally.
The rest is between you and I and with my guidiance, we can have
the money paid into your account, once this is done we shall both
share the funds. 50% to me and 40% to you, while 10% would be
for all Expenses and Taxes, as the Law and Government may
require, I shall assemble all the necessary Legal Documents that
will be used to back up your claim. All I require is your honesty and
co-operation to enable us succeed in this deal, I guarantee that
this deal will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any Breach of law. Please get in touch with me
upon the receipt of this proposal.
Best Regards,
Barrister Barrister Ahmed El-Rufai (Esq).
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