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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: "Manta Janta" <manta_janta@msn.com>
Reply-To: george_peters17@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:34:10 +0000
Subject: CAN YOU BE HONEST? REPLY URGENTLY TODAY
FROM; MR.GEORGE PETERS
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
Attn: My Good Friend,
I feel quite safe dealing with you in this mutual beneficial transaction.
Though, this medium
(Internet) has been greatly abused, I choose to reach you through it because
it still remains the
fastest, surest and most secured medium of communication. However, this
correspondence is purely
private, and it should be treated as such. I also guarantee you that this
deal is hitch free from
all what you may think of. I am MR. GEORGE PETERS, Executive Director
incharge of Claims and
Indemnity of PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
I am contacting you based on Trust and confidentiality that will be attached
to this deal for the
benefit of both of us. The Management and the Legal / Treasury Department of
this PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY in a recent meeting, recommended that the account of MR.
ROBERT FINKELSTEIN, who
maintained a Life Assurance Policy, should be declared Dormant and
confisticated hence moving his
unclaimed benefits funds to the Treasury according to our Banking and
Financial law. Recently, I
came across a very huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person (MR.
ROBERT FINKELSTEIN). He is
foreigner, unfortunately He is now late as he was amongst those that was
Killed in the recent plane
crash during his visit to London, as you can confirm through this website
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm>
This man was our client and has a Life Assurance Policy WORTH the sum of
Forty Five Million United
States Dollars (US$45,000,000.00). Right now, the fund is lying unclaimed in
our custody and there
is NO next of kin mentioned in his file and there is NO HOW we can reach any
of his other relatives.
All efforts made by us to establish contacts with any other of his relation
has proved abortive and
unsuccessful. His Life Assurance Policy will expire in the next few months
from the date of this
letter. Just last week we received an instruction from Ministry of Social
Welfare to forward
particulars of all unclaimed benefits that will expire in the next few
months. Upon my personal
finding on this matter, I kept this information secret to myself until now
that I am contacting you.
In view of the fact that the deceased customer is a foreigner (from a
different country), it is
Officially important for the involvement of a foreigner who will pose as a
next-of-kin.
I will use my exalted position in this Insurance Company to present you as
his Next of Kin as you
can be his relative, friend or Cousin and the Money (US$45Million) will be
Safely transfered into
your own bank account in your country. Please include your telephone/fax
number/ Home Address when
replying this mail and I will give you more information as soon as you
indicate your willingness to
assist in this viable transaction. I will use my exalted position here to
get all internal
documentations to back up the claims. The whole Procedures will last only 5
working days to get the
fund retrieved successfully Without trace even in future. Please I need the
following:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. HOME ADDRESS/COMPANY'S NAME AND ADDRESS.
4. YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
The transaction will be done successfully and smoothly completed via email
and telephone. You don't
need to come to my country. Send your full name, address and telephone
number to me via email
urgently today so that I will call you for discussions. I PROMISE that you
must be happy and shall
rejoice greatly soonest for cooperation with me in this transaction. After
successful conclussion of
this transaction, we shall share the money 60-40 (40% for you and 60% for
me). Although, I have
engaged in a similar business in 1998 in which I diligently ensured the
TRANSFER of U$70Million to a
German Businessman (MR. ANDREAS WEISSBECKER), He is presently sitting on my
Money and refused to
give me my share since that time. Because of this, I am afraid but, I am
willing to try again with
you believing that you will NOT disappoint me. Due to my Religion, I trust
people with all my Heart
and I sincerely believe that there are Good People that are TRUSTWORTHY in
the Universe.
This is my last opportunity of a Life-time miracle therefore, think within
yourself and be sure of
your Honesty and Faithfulness before you reply positively to this great
business proposition. I
await your good response today. Thanks and remain blessed. I require you to
maintain the
confidentiality of this transaction because it is important due to the fact
that I am still in
active services to the PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY. Your earliest response
to this matter is very
important.
I AM WAITING TO RECEIVE YOUR POSITIVE REPLY URGENTLY TODAY.
Kind Regards,
MR. GEORGE PETERS
DIRECTOR; PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY.
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