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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: "Mr Peter Osongo" <aliyuahmed002@yahoo.co.uk> (may be fake)
Reply-To: petosongo@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2003 06:32:46 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL PROPOSAL
Dear SIr,
I am Mr peter osongo Manager of Diamond Bank of Nigeria, Lagos Branch. I
have urgent and very confidential business proposition for you. On June
6, 2000, a FOREIGN Oil consultant/contractor with the Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed)
Deposit for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty-
five Million Dollars) in my branch. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a month,we
sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract employers, the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Barry Kelly died from
an automobile accident. On further investigation, I found out that he
died without making a WILL, and all attempts to trace his next of kin
was fruitless.
I therefore made further investigation and discovered that Mr. Barry
Kelly did not declare any kin or relations in all his official documents,
including his Bank Deposit paperwork in my Bank. This sum of
US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in my Bank and the interest is being rolled
over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No one will ever come
forward to claim it. According to Nigerian Law, at the expiration of 5
(five) years, the money will revert to the ownership of the Nigerian
Government if nobody applies to claim the fund. Consequently, my proposal
is that I will like you as an Foreigner to stand in as the next of kin
to Mr. Barry Kelly so that the fruits of this old man’s labor will
not get into the hands of some corrupt government officials. This is
simple,
We shall employ the
service of two Attorneys for drafting and notarization of the WILL and
to obtain the necessary documents and letter of probate/administration
in your favor for the transfer. A bank account in any part of the
world,which you will provide, will then facailitate the transfer of this
money
to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The money will be paid into your
account for us to share in the ratio of 60% for me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will be
done by the Attorney and my position as the Branch Manager guarantees
the successful execution of this transaction.
If you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email
address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you understand the
transaction. Please observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that
this transaction would be most profitable for both of us because I
shall require your assistance to invest my share in your country.
PLEASE IF THIS PROPOSAL IS ACCEPTABLE TO YOU, OR IF
YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME THROUGH
THIS E-MAIL petosongo@yahoo.uk.co
Best Regard
mr peter osongo
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