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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: "Joseph Ugbagu" <josephugba_11@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 19:46:47 -0600
Subject: OPPORTUNITY 2006
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am highly esteemed to write you this letter. I am Barrister Joseph Ugbagu, Personal Attorney to Late Mr. Blazen Anthony ,a citizen of your country formerly working with the SHELL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION OF NIGERIA.On march 4, 2005 my client ,his wife,and their only son were involved in a car accident along Lagos-Abuja Express Road and three of them unfortunately lost their lives. Since then, i had made several efforts to locate any of his immediate relations overseas but this has proved abortive.
I decided to look for any person that could come up and stand as his RELATION/NEXT OF KIN to claim the family wealth and the money he had in his private account with a bank here valued at TEN MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($10M Dollars)ONLY before his death hence i am contacting you to come forward for this claim since you have the same surename with him.Note that legally you must not be biologically related to him before you can qualify as his next of kin the most important thing is that you have the same surename which is an advantage and good enough to qualify you as the relation without any doubt as required by the Bank.
Meanwhile,as a senior member of the Nigerian Bar Association, all I need is your sincere and avared interest and i will ensure that all legal documentations/recognition are secured in your name.As the personal attorney to their late customer, his bank here has issued a final notice to me to provide his relation/next of kin before the end of this fiscal quarter before they can release the money he deposited with the bank.Failure to meet up with this deadline will compell them to have the account confiscated and declared unclaimable.
But since i cannot locate any of his relatives, i seek your assistance to come forward and claim this fund as his next of kin so that this money will be released to you and we will share it between two of us( 60% for me and 40% for you ).I want to assure you here that i have all the neccessaryinformation to back up your claim of the fund and make the deal legitimate and I have no doubt in my mind that we shall succeed. All i need from you is your honest co-operation.
Consequently, I need the following information from you urgently
1.YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS
2.YOUR PRIVATE TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS
I need the aforementioned information to enable me put up an application to the Bank on your behalf for the release of the inheritance claim.As soon as I have these information within my easy reach, I shall file/submit theapplication with your name and particulars as the next of kin to the deceased as required by the Bank in accordance with the enabling laws and have the money released to you.Take special note that this business is risk free and i urge you to keep it in utmost secrecy until we successfully secure transfer of the fund to your nominated account.
Awaiting to hear from you as soon as possible.
Best regards,
Barr.Joseph Ugbagu.
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