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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: "CALL ME URGENTLY ON A0Tel+44-704-570-8341 or +44-704-570-8339" <urgent22@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: st_morritz2@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:58:16 -0700
Subject: VERY URGENT
FirstBank Head Office
Samuel Asabia House
35, Marina,Lagos
P.O. Box 5216 Lagos
Nigeria
Dear Sir,
I sincerely write to seek your co-operation and trust to enable my
Colleagues and I carry out an urgent business opportunity in my department.
I work with the First Bank of Nigeria PLC; currently I am the senior manager
Of bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of my bank. I was
the account officer to one Mr. Ali B. Ashram who died along with his family
on the 8th of November 1996 in an ADC Boeing 727 plane crash at Egirin
River. All 141 passengers on board were feared dead.
He left in his domiciliary account the total sum of $15.5million Fifteen
Million five hundred thousand USA Dollars. Since the management got the
information of his death we have been expecting any of his relation or his
Next of kin to come up and claim his money. Unfortunately from the day of
his death till the time of this letter none of his relation or friends has
come up for the claim. The banking and financial law of First bank of
Nigeria Plc stipulates that if such fund remained unclaimed after a period
of twelve years (12) it will be transferred into the bank treasury as
unclaimed bill.
On this discovery sir, I and two other senior staffs now decided to do
business with you and release the money to you as the next of kin to Ali B.
Ashram for safety and subsequent disbursement. I will soon proceed for my
retirement leave this year, and I personally do not want this fund to be
transferred into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill. That is why I wanted
the fund to be move out of the bank before I proceed on my retirement from
the banking services by October 15th 2008.
The need for a foreigner as next of kin in this project is occasioned by the
fact that the customer Mr. Ali Ashram was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot
stand as his next of kin or heir. We have agreed that 20% of the Fund would
be for you as foreign partner; thereafter my colleague and I will visit your
Country for disbursement according to the percentages indicated.
To enable the immediate transfer of the fund into your nominated account,
you will first apply to the bank as the next of kin of the deceased,
indicating your bank account number and location where in the money will be
remitted. Upon receipt of your acknowledgement indicating your interest, I
will send to you the text of the application that you will send to the Union
Bank authority for an approval to submit your claims.
Send your reply through my direct and private email address
(nitatiko9@korea.com) indicates your direct Fax and telephone numbers for
effective communication that this transaction needs. Do not reply through
the First bank email address because it belonged to the senior staffs for
public use.
Please note that you are not to appear in person, as every thing regarding
this project will be strictly on documentations and every banking documents
needed for this transaction will be taken care of by my self.
Looking forward to urgently hear from you.
Yours Faithfully
Nelson Catiko.
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