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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: "barrister ferguson iyinta" <barristerfergusoniyinta5@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:27:26 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED!!!
KWAME NKRUMAH AVENUE 80
APPLE STREET ACCRA-GHANA
TEL.+233-243-602-819
Good Day Mr Rob Heijmans,
This is a personal email directed to you and I request that it be treated as
such. I must solicit your confidentiality and assure you that I am
contacting you in good faith and this proposal will be of mutual benefit. I
am BARRISTER FERGUSON IYINTA, a solicitor at law and personal attorney/sole
executor to the late Mr Robert Heijmans hereinafter referred to as my client
who worked as an independent oil magnate in my country and who died in a car
crash with his immediate family in Ghana on the 5th of August 2003. My late
client a formal Sub-Comptroller working with Tema Oil Refinery here in Ghana
and had left behind a deposit of Fifteen Million United States Dollars
only($15million)with a finance company. After the death of my client, the
finance company contacted me, as his attorney to provide his next of kin who
should inherit his fortune; this according to them is their policy in such
circumstances. Since the death of my client, I have written several letters
to the embassy with intent to locate any of his extended relatives whom
shall be claimants/beneficiaries of his abandoned fund and all such efforts
have been to no avail. I had to inform the Bank about my fruitless effort in
locating my late client's close relative or his next of kin. The board of
directors of the company just adopted a resolution and I was mandated to
provide his next of kin for the payment of this money within the next 45
official working days or forfeit the money as an abandoned funds.
The company had planned to invoke the abandoned property decree of the
company to confiscate the funds after the expiration of the period given me.
Also I have received official letters in the last two days suggesting a
likely proceeding for confiscation of his abandoned personal assets in line
with existing laws of the institution. Well I have reason very
professionally and I can use a legal means to present a next of kin of my
deceased client. This is legally possible and would be done in accordance
with the laws of the land. On this note I decided to search for a credible
person and finding that you bear a similar last name, I was urged to contact
you, that I may, with your consent, present you to the trustees as my late
client family member so as to enable you put up a claim to the bank in that
capacity as a next of kin of my client. I find this possible for the fuller
reasons that you are of the same nationality and you bear a similar last
name with my late client making it a lot easier for you to put up a claim in
that capacity. I have all vital documents that would confer you the legal
right to make this claim and would make them available to you so that the
proceeds of this bank account valued at $15million can be paid to you before
it gets confiscated or declared unserviceable by the bank where this huge
amount is lodged. I do sincerely sympathize the death of my client but I
think it is unprofitable for his funds to be submitted to the government of
this country or some financial institution. My aim is to retrieve this funds
and let it be claimed by the deceased family name, etc. for this I seek your
assistance since I have been unable to locate the relatives for the past
2year now.
I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the deceased since
you have the same last name giving you the advantage so that the proceeds of
this account can be paid to you and then both of us can share the money, 60%
to me and 40% to you. I know there might be other persons out there with the
same surname as my late client, but after a little check my instinct tells
me to contact you. I hope I can trust you on this? I shall assemble all the
necessary documents that will be used to back up your claim. I guarantee
that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of law. I will not fail to bring to your notice that
this proposal is hitch-free and that you should not entertain any fears as
the required arrangements have been made for the completion of this
transfer.Like I said, I require only a solemn confidentiality and trust on
this. I anticipate your urgent response.
Best Regards.
BARRISTER FERGUSON IYINTA
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