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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 Cole" <thomascole@firstatlanticbanks.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2005 07:20:56 -0300
Subject: FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC
Dear friend,
My name is Thomas Cole, I am Executive Director, Investment Banking & Treasury of FIRST ATLANTIC BANK PLC.
I am writing you this letter in regard of a foreign client who hails from your country I wish to bring to your hearing a business proposal of which will make anyone worried and apprehensive but I am assuring you not to be afraid, as all will be well at the end of this endeavor. I do beg your pardon to accept my unsolicited email to you since we have not had any dealings with each other before this business is genuine and is 100% risk free.
All I'm demanding from you is your honest co-operation to enable us achieve this goal, and please be informed that am not a deceitful person.
We discovered an unclaimed sum of USD$28.5m(Twenty Eight Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollar) in an account belonging to one of our international customers,who died in a plane crash with his wife on the 6th of May, 2002 in a Local Plane Crash at Kano State, which en route from sokoto to Abuja (the capital city of Nigeria), all occupants in the Plane lost their lives, unfortunately on this same flight were other dignitaries like the former Nigeria Sports Minister and a host of others.
The following websites could be referenced:
http://www.usafricaonline.com/ngrkanocrash.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stmSince we got information about his death we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money.
Unfortunately, neither the family nor the relation has appeared to claim this money. We cannot release this money unless somebody applies as the next of kin or relation to the deceased.
Our banking guidelines indicated that if such money remainedunclaimed for a period of Six (6) years, it would be transferred into the FIRST ATLANTIC BANK Treasury as unclaimed fund.
Another officer and I in the department now decided to transfer this money into your account as the next of kin or relation of the deceased for easy collection since you are having the same last name with him so that his funds can be paid to you as the next of kin. nobody is coming for it and we don't want this money to go back into the bank treasury as an unclaimed fund.
All I need is your full maximum support and cooperation to enable us achieve this transaction within 15 days and I guarantee that this will be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please, If you are interested in this transaction, kindly send me your full name, address, private telephone and fax numbers to enable us commence all the legal documents immediately.
Waiting for your urgent response.
Kindest regards,
Thomas Cole.
Telephone: 234 8035 780 438
Email: thomascole@firstatlanticbanks.com
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