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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: OSCAR GONZALEZ <oscargonzalez45@netscape.com>
Reply-To: oscargonzalez45@netscape.net
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2001 06:14:09 +0200
Subject: BUSINESS PROPOSAL
Dear Friend,
I got your contact from our country's chamber of commerce, mines ,
Agriculture and Industry. through my recheck i discovered that your
company is a very good reputable company, and your personality
encourages me a lot that what's prompted me to introduce you
this business opportunity. I am please to introduce this business
opportunity to you ;to transfer to your overseas account the sum of
Fifty five million us dollars ($55.000.000)from one of the prime
bank in Spain ;i urgently want to know if will you will be capable
to handle and accommodate this magnitude of funds before i resign to
join you in your country .if you are not willing you let me know so
that i can look for another person.
I am Mr Oscar Gonzalez(b.s.c.:m.s.c)the auditor general of one the
prime bank in Europe ;during the course of our auditing ;i discovered
a floating fund in an account opened in our bank since 1984 and till
date nobody has operate on this account again after going through
some old files in the record i discovered that the client, the owner
of the account was among the victim’s of EGYPT AIR Boeing 767Flight
no 990 that crashed on the 31_10_1999 confirmable below
website(http:www.greatdreams.com: passeair990.htm with his family
leaving no (heir: will) hence the fund is floating and if i do not
remit this out urgently it will be forfeited for nothing .
The owner of this account is a foreigner and he was an oil magnate’
s equipped with all the vital information’s of the deposit and the
account .Your country of origin does not matter :what matters is you
as the next of kin having all the necessary information’s to back up
your claims .
With my influence and my position in the bank ;the bank officials
will transfer the money to any foreigner' s reliable account that
you can provide with assurance that this money will be intact
pending on physical arrival in your country for the sharing.
The bank officials will destroy all the documents of transaction
immediately we receive the money leaving no trace to any place and
to build confidence you can write to me through my address for the
security and safety of this business as you know that this business
is confidential. Note this deal is 100% risk free.
You will be given 35 percent of the total amount :60 percent will
be for me while 5 percent will be for expenses both parties might
incurred during the process of transferring .
I look to your early reply through my mail. N/B What i need from you
is your full name and address together with you telephone and fax
number .The business is risk free.
Thanks for your cooperation
Mr Oscar Gonzalez.
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