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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: Thomas Cook <ogwari50@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <dr.tomcook@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:56:38 +0200
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL
Hello,
I write to seek partnership and cooperation with you in this business that I have quite for some time now sought for a capable and reliable hand to do with. I work in the International Operations Department with a Bank here in London. It is regrettable that this medium (Internet), as a means of communication and transaction appears to have been abused but it still remains the most accessible and fastest means of communication. Hence, the inevitability of its use in this connection.
Briefly, I Want to TRANSFER 36,759,000.00 MILLION POUNDS (THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS STERLING)TO YOUR ACCOUNT. I WANT TO TRANSFER THIS MONEY INTO A SAFE FOREIGN ACCOUNT ABROAD BUT I DON'T KNOW ANY FOREIGNER WHOM I CAN TRUST. I KNOW THAT THIS WILL COME TO YOU AS A SURPRISE AS WE HAVE NOT KNOWN; BUT IT TAKES A CONTACT TO ESTABLISH THE FAMILIARITY NEEDED IN MODERN TRANSACTIONS. THE FUND WILL GO INTO YOUR ACCOUNT ON PROMISE THAT YOU WILL BE RELIABLE.THE OWNER OF THIS ACCOUNT IS A FOREIGNER, a program leader. Until his death,the account owner, late Prime Minister, Rafik Hariri, had a huge investment here in the United Kingdom and all over the world. As a matter of fact, he has the sum of THIRTY SIX MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED AND FIFTY NINE THOUSAND POUNDS in his account here in London deposited as a family valuable. The family does not know of this deposit. I was on a routine inspection when I discovered this dormant domiciliary account. On further discreet investigation, I also discovered that the account holder has passed away (died) leaving no beneficiary to the account.The bank will approve this money to any foreigner because the former operator of the a/c is a foreigner. I am certain that nobody will come again for the claim of this money. A foreigner can make claim of it with legal claims to the account holder. I will demand that you make bold to claim this money; I will be providing you with all the informations needed for the claim if you will cooperate with me as well as maintain confidentiality in this transaction.
The account owner, Rafik Bahaa Edine Hariri (November 1, 1944 - February 14, 2005), married to Nazek Audi Hariri was a Lebanese self-made billionaire and business tycoon and was two times Prime Minister of Lebanon (1992-1998 and 2000-2004) before his last resignation from office on October 20, 2004. Late Rafik Hariri died on February 14, 2005 when explosives equivalent to around 300 kg of C4 were detonated as his motorcade drove past the Saint George Hotel in the Lebanese capital: for details please log on to(http://www.hariri.info).
This correspondence is unofficial and private, and should be treated as such.I assure you that this transaction is Legal and trouble-free to both parties. Expecting to hear from you soon. Regards,
Thomas Cook.
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