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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: "Paul Morrison" <pl.morrison@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: pmorrison@maktoob.com
Date: Wed, 05 Oct 2005 04:43:22 -0800
Subject: Greatings To You.
FROM:DESK OF MR.PAUL MORRISON
Manager of Auditting/Account Unit
Foreign Exchange/Remittance Department
LLOYDS BANK OF BENIN PLC.
NORTH-WEST ZONE REGION,REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN.
DIRECT TEPEHONE NUMBER:00229-97-13-09-95
Greatings To You,
Courtesy of Business opportunity,I take liberty anchored on strong desire to
solicit for your assistance on this mutual beneficial and risk free
transaction with you,which I hope you give urgent attention.
Presently in my bank here in benin republic we have an estate of
us$6,524M,which has remained unclaimed since 2000.And the estate will be
converted to UNCLAIMED DEPOSIT and therefore forfeited if nobody comes
forward to lay claim to the deposit before the end of this financial quarter
payment season of this year,as is the practice and also indicated in the
BENIN banking guidelines.
The estate belong to Mr.Morris Thompson from Usa who died along with his
entire family aboard in Alaska Airline flight number 261,on 31st of
January,2000. You can read more about and his family's death by clicking on
this web:
http://www.cnn.com/2000/US/02/01/alaska.airlines.list/
http://www.nativefederation.org/history/people/mThompson.html
Since we got information about his death,we have been expecting his next of
Kin to come over and claim his money,because we can not release it unless
somebody applied for its next of Kin or
Relation to the deceased as indicated in our banking procedure, but
unfortunately to no avail,and nobody has come forward to claim the
money(because the mentioned next of kin which is daugther
died as well).
Therefore, upon this discovery I now decide to establish a cordial business
relationship with you,hence my contacting you.I want you to purportedly
present your good self as the next of Kin or relation of the deceased so
that I can prepare documentations and release the funds (US$6.524
Million)into your account for safety and subsequent disbursement since
nobody is coming for it and again I do not want the funds to go into the
Government's account as "Unclaimed Bill".
The banking law and procedures herein stipulates that any account abandoned
or dormant for a period of some years is subjected to be closed and all
money contained therein will be forfeited to the Government Treasury
Account.The reason for you to present your good self as the next of kin is
occassioned by the fact that the deceased customer was a foreigner.Mode of
sharing after the successful completion of the transfer is as follows,for
the role you will be expected to play in the whole exercise,I have agreed
to give you Fourty (40%) of the total sum, and the remaining 60% shall be
for me.In support of the issue at hand,you are urged to reply this letter
indicating your readiness and interest to participate in the business. After
your reply,you will be advised on the next step forward.
I quite believe that you will protect our interest by keeping this business
Top Secret and Confidential,as your interest will be equally protected in
order to achieve and maintain maximum confidentiality.Hope to hear from you
soon as I count on your earliest response only on my private phone & email
address.
Your's Truly,
Mr.Paul Morrisson.
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