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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: "info_unionbankplc11" <info_unionbankplc11@flashmail.com>
Reply-To: martinswilliam9000@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2006 01:02:38 +0800
Subject: ASSOCAITE AND URGENT
UNION BANK OF NIGERIA PLC
BRANCH OFFICE #23 OBAKRAN
IKEJA LAGOS STATE NIGERIA
Dearest one
GoodDay.
I know this mail will come to you as a surprise but never
mind I will explain my self to you am martins William male
45 yrs from UK (London) but presently working at union bank
of Nigeria plc as the branch manager of this bank for 5years
and am still heading this branch till date.
I have urgent and very confidential business proposition
for you. I got your contact from my private search for a
reliable and trusted foreign partner who can accommodate my
business interest. On 10th of June , 2003, an American Oil
consultant/contractor Eng. John Vollmer made a numbered
time (Fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at
US $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars) as?BONDED FUNDS?in
my branch. Upon maturity,
I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address but
got no reply. After a while, we sent a reminder and finally,
we discovered from his contracts employers......Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation (N.N.P.C) that Mr. John, his
wife and their only daughter were involved in a Local Plane
Crash in Kano State, enroute Abuja (The Capital City) all
occupants of the Plane lost their lives, unfortunately on
this same flight were other notable dignitaries like the
Nigerian Sports Minister and a host of others.
All attempts to trace Mr. John’s Next of Kin have been
fruitless till date. On further investigation, I discovered
that Mr. John did not declare any Next of Kin in all his
official bank documents, including his Bank Deposit
Paperwork. This sum of US$10,000,000.00 is still sitting in
the Bank and the interest is being rolled over with the
principal sum at the end of each year. No one has come
forward to claim it. According to the Nigerian Law, at the
expiration of 3 {Three} years, the money would be declared
unserviceable and reverted to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if no body applies to claim the funds.
Consequently, my proposal is that I would want you to stand
in as Next of kin to Mr. John, and a beneficiary to this
Fund so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will
not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials.
So I would want you to confirm your interest in this
transaction by providing me with you’re....
(1) Full Names, Address and
(2) Personal Contacts...phone& fax numbers.
If you can prove yourself to be trusted and worthy to
accommodate this total Fund, then i am ready to divulge more
to you on how to claim the funds without any hitch, and then
we can discuss the sharing ratio and modalities for the
transfer.
There is no risk at all as all the modalities for this
transaction would be legally worked out and executed under
legitimate arrangement to protect you from any Breach of the
Law, and my position as the Bank Manager guarantees the
successful execution of this transaction.
Please observe utmost confidentiality, and be rest assured
that this transaction would be most profitable for both of
us. And as soon we complete this transaction, I will resign
from bank work and join you there in your country and we
can invest and share this fund and discuss how we can invest
it in your country as you know that because 2heads is better
than one.at the end of this transaction,you will have 0 of
the total money ,while 10% will be map out for any foriegn
or local expenciese both of us made during the execution of
this transaction.
Please direct all corresponding email reply to my
alternative email address martinswilliam9000yahoo.com
Thanking you for your anticipated co-operation.
Regards,
DR. martins Williams
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