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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: "barrister charles" <barristercharles45@msn.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 15:44:24 +0000
Subject: Assistance of Engr. Thompson Owens please
FROM THE DESK OF CHIEF BARRISTER CHARLES EMECHIE
FIRST CLASS REGISTERED ATTORNEY AT LAW LEGAL PRACTITIONER AND CONSULTANAT
MEMBER CONSTITUTION DRAFTING COMITTEE 1995
#22 OLOJO DRIVE,OJO-ALABA LAGOS-NIGERIA.
EMAIL:(charleschambers@tutopia.com.br )
ATTN:Mr/ Mrs,
Good day compliments and respect please I beg your pardon for this
unsolicited nature, it was was out of desperation and Curiosity that made me
to contact you, to introduce myself, I am CHIEF BARRISTER CHARLS EMECHIE, a
solicitor at law. I am the personal attorney to Engr. Thompson Owens, a
national of your country, who used to work with Investment Petroleum
Development Company (IPDC) here in Nigeria, is referred to as my trusted
client. On Sunday, 27th of January 2002, my client, his wife {Lady Anna and
their three children{Elizbeth,Dexter and James} were involved in terrible
bomb blast that took live of innocent souls and unfortunately over 1000,
people lost their lives and my client and his family were part of this
people that lost their lives.In view of this please view the web page
below http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm Since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful.After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track any honest person over the
Internet and locate any body to stand as his family in getting this fund
transfer under the person assistance, hence I contacted you. I am
contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and property left behind
by my client before they get liquidated or declared Unserviceable by the
bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly the UNION BANK PLC
where the deceased had his account valued precisely to be USD$ 18. million
dollar} The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next of kin or have
the account liquidated within the next twenty one official working
days.Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a national of same
country to stand in as the next of kin, so that the fruits of this old man's
labour will not get into the hands of some group of corrupt government
officials who will get rid of the money and share it for their own selfish
interest and greed. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 2 years now, I seek your prompt consent to present you as the next
of kin of the deceased since you have the same last name so that the
proceeds of this account valued at USD$ 18, Million can be paid to you and
then you and I can share the money according to any agreed ratio. All I
require is your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I
guarantee that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will
protect you from any breach of the law. Looking forward to your swift reply,
For effective communication, I will be grateful if you disclose your
private/confidential;(TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBERS WITH YOUR AGE) in your
reply. Please get in touch with me by my personal
Emailaddress:(charleschambers@tutopia.com.br ) to enable us discuss
further.
Regards to your famiys,
CHIEF BARRISTER CHARLS EMECHIE
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