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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: "tonnyedward46@terra.es" <tonnyedward46@terra.es>
Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 16:42:36 +0200 (MEST)
Subject: EXCLUSIVELY FOR YOU DEAR FRIEND
Dear friend,
PLEASE REPLY To: tonnyedward01@o2.pl=20
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A certain Mr. Kenneth Mercer was a first generation immigrant to South Afri=
ca during the apartheid regimes. Ken became very successful here in South A=
frica, as a big time contractor to the successive apartheid regimes in Sout=
h Africa and he has banked with a certain commercial bank here in South Afr=
ica, for decades. Today I am the Head of the Treasury Department of this sa=
me bank, where Ken has been banking with. I have worked with this same bank=
, which is a commercial bank located here in Johannesburg South Africa, for=
the last 15years and have been Ken?s account manager in this bank for the =
last 10 years. My name is Mr. Tonny Edward, and I am a citizen of South Afr=
ica.
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Painfully and unfortunately too, Mr. Kenneth Mercer, his wife Jennifer and =
only son Jeff, all died in Thailand, where they were on holiday, on 26th De=
cember 2004, as victims of the unfortunate Indian ocean Tsunami of that yea=
r. Before his death, Ken had a substantial amount of money left in his acc=
ount with our bank and unfortunately he died without a will, or survivor. A=
s a result of these two facts, his account has remained inactive ever since=
and nobody has come forward to ask for this money, whether as either his n=
ext of kin, or the administrator of his estate, or anything. As things stan=
d now, if nobody asks for this money very soon, then my bank will legally a=
ppropriate to itself the whole money in this account, as a fund, whose owne=
r has been untraceable.
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Therefore, my purpose of writing you this letter, in your position and capa=
city as a foreigner and a non-resident, and non-citizen of South Africa, is=
to request for your cooperation and collaboration with me, for you and I t=
o demand for and indeed claim the money in this his bank account with my ba=
nk to ourselves, instead of allowing the bank to do same. Our moral justifi=
cation for doing so is that if we fail to do so, the bank will certainly cl=
aim the money, as it?s own. However, the best thing would have been to pay =
the money to any living relation of the deceased customer, to whom it would=
rightly have belonged to, but there is absolutely no such known existing r=
elation, { haven searched for same in vain, since January 2005}; thus leavi=
ng the money now at the mercy of whoever is able to claim it first, between=
you and I on one hand and the bank on the other hand, as we are the only =
two parties that know about anything surrounding the said fund.
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Friend, your cooperation/collaboration with me in this venture is inevitabl=
e to it?s success, because this money can only be released to a claimant th=
at is not a South African citizen and one that is domiciled outside South A=
frica. No doubt, you fit the criteria perfectly well. My idea here is that =
our two sides will share this amount with the accrued interests, in agreed =
ratios, after it is paid to you as the supposed authentic next-of-kin to th=
e Ken, because we need each other to make this happen. We may also choose t=
o reinvest the money too and own such investments jointly upon agreed ratio=
s too.
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Please take notice and get the understanding that I never wrote, implied, o=
r insinuated that the late Ken was your dead relation, or related to you in=
any other way, or even known to you, as I have no such evidence, or any re=
ason to suggest that. I am simply, confidently telling you that the combi=
nation of the fact that your are a foreigner domiciled outside the Republic=
of South Africa and my strategic position in the subject bank, are more th=
an sufficient for me to cause the above money that he left in his account s=
ince 2004, to be legitimately, genuinely and lawfully paid in your favour, =
as if you were indeed related to him actually; the fact that you are not, n=
otwithstanding. I am also guaranteeing that this project will be done accor=
ding to internationally accepted standards of practice and morals only.
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Essentially I need you to organize the reception and custody of the money =
in any country outside South Africa, which may, or may not be your home cou=
ntry, or country of your normal domicile. My own duty is to arrange and cau=
se our bank to effect, the hitch-free movement of the funds from the bank h=
ere to such your chosen destination and doing so in the most legitimate, la=
wful and ethically acceptable way. To do this effectively, I have also gott=
en the cooperation of the Director in charge of the International banking D=
ept of this our bank, whom I have co-opted in this project and who is alrea=
dy working with me here on the project now. What is even more interesting a=
bout this project is that you are not required to put up, or pay even a dim=
e of your own money in the project. Therefore, what else can you ask for, o=
r could one wish for, better than this?
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There is currently $12,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty t=
housand, two US Dollars) in the said account , plus the compounded interest=
s that have accrued to it since January 2005, all of which we will move to=
your instructed bank , or chosen destination outside Africa, by Swift tran=
sfer, or cashier?s cheques. This US$12,150,002.00 plus interests, is the am=
ount I am telling you that we have to move over to you and share, or re-inv=
est and own upon mutually agreed ratios. The above amount will be to our mu=
tual benefits and be ours legitimately too . Out of this amount, I am prop=
osing for your consideration, that you will be entitled to one third of th=
e $12,150,002.00, (Twelve million, one hundred and fifty thousand, two US D=
ollars), which is US$4,050,000 ? Four million, fifty thousand Dollars, {Pl=
us1/3 of all interests that have accrued on this sum from January 2005 to d=
ate}, as your commission/share, on the completion of the project. Again, in=
order not to run foul of the Patriot Act, or any other such laws that may =
be in force anywhere, we can as well move this fund in many installments of=
smaller bits of say $2.0m , or less at a time, if you want. However, appro=
priate documentations and clearance will accompany any sum being sent to yo=
u , to show the legitimacy and legality of the payment.
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Moreover everything about this transaction will be done in a most civilized=
and non-criminal way, which must be according to internationally acceptabl=
e standards of practice and morals. In addition there is no risk of failure=
, or legal, or security problems, or prosecutions etc, for anybody in this =
transaction both now and in the future. Therefore, need I say again that yo=
u will indeed not regret your choice of doing this transaction with me at a=
ll?
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I therefore very earnestly solicit your sincerest cooperation in this proje=
ct and I will be very glad to give you some specifics as you may demand fro=
m me, as soon as you have confirmed your interest in this proposal. Please =
give me your urgent reply in very strict confidence, by email first and we =
will proceed from there.
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Yours very Sincerely
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Mr.Tonny Edward
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