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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: "ALBERT AYODELE" <lin_170@msn.com>
Reply-To: albert_ayo5@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 00:39:04 +0000
Subject: details get back to me
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
{Solicitor & Advocate}
124 Nnamdi Azikiwe Street,
Balogun Lagos Nigeria.
phone 234-8030499209
My Dear,
I am Barr. Albert Ayodele (Esq) personal attorney to Engr.Mark George,a
national of your country, who worked with Zenon Oil Company here in Nigeria
here in after,shall be referred to as my client.My client with his entire
family (The wife and Children) were among the victims of an explosion in
Lagos, Nigeria, that happened on January 27,2002 which, claimed many lives
and property.
See the 2 website of the bomb explosion below: -
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2718295.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm
I have made several inquiries to your embassy after his internment to locate
any of his extended relatives, but all this has proved unsuccessful.
Consequently, I decided to track you over the Internet, to assiste me to
get this money out from the company My purpose of contacting you is to
assist in repatriating the deposited fund of US$13, Million USD that was
lodged in by my late client in a Finance Company when he was alive.
The repatriation is as a result of a fourteen days notice (ultimatum) that
has been issued to me by the Finance company requesting me to present to
them a next of kin to my late client so that the fund would be repatriated
to him/her.
Failure to do that after the expiration of the ultimatum will result in the
confiscation and freezing of the account by the finance company. For the
fact that I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over 2
years plus now, I now seek your consent to present you as the next kin to
the deceased since you have the same last name with my client, so that the
fund would be transferred to you.
Therefore, on receipt of your positive response, I shall officially present
you to the finance company as the next of kin to the inheritance so that
they will commence the processing
of your fund transfer. I need your assistance and co-operation to get this
deal done. Because as a foreigner,you stand a better position to be
presented through documentation as the next of kin/Partner since the
deceased is also a foreigner,this is the reason why I could not do this deal
alone as a Nigerian and a Blackman as well. I will not fail to
inform you that this transaction is 100% risk free.
On smooth conclusion of this transaction,you will be entitled to 35% of the
total sum as gratification,while 5% will be set aside to take care of
expenses that may arise during the time of transfer and also telephone
bills,
while 60% will be for me.and Please you have been advised to keep this "Top
Secret"as we are still
in service and intend to retire from service after we conclude thisdeal with
you,
Moreover, I would want you to feed me with the following details:
Your Full name:
Age:
Sex:
Phone Number and Fax if any:
Occupation:
Furthermore, what I require from you is your honest cooperation to enable us
see this transactions through. I guarantee that this will be executed under
legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the law.
Please reply me as soon as possible for us to start this transaction in
earnest.
Yours faithfully,
BARRISTER ALBERT AYODELE
KOLOMA CHAMBERS
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