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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: "Owen Snow" <owensnow@titchmarsh.zzn.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: owensnow@excite.com
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 06:10:46 -0700
Subject: Investment.
>From The Desk of Bank Manager,
Zenith International Bank,
Ikoyi branch, Ikoyi - Lagos State
Email:owensnow@excite.com
Tel: 234-8034902701
Re: Next of Kin
I am Mr Owen Snow the Bank Manager of Zenith Bank Ikoyi Branch, Lagos-Nigeria, I need your cooperation to execute the under-mentioned transaction.
On May 8, 2004, one of my customer, an American Oil consultant/contractor with the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Mr. Alexander Craig Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 24 calendar months, valued at US$14,500,000.00 (Fourteen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) in my branch. Upon maturity this 2005, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address at the NDDC and was informed by his contract employers (NDDC), that he has died in an accident at the creek of Niger/Delta. Further investigation on the record of his above mentioned deposit, revealed that he died without a WILL and next of kin, but on receipt of the confirmation of his death, I continued to make attempts to trace any of his relations to present as his next of kin, the exercise turned out fruitless.
Since the money is currently floating as unclaimed deposit for this period of time, I do not want the Government to revert it to the Treasury as unclaimed funds. Consequently, I seek your consent as a foreigner to present you as the next of kin to the late Mr. Alexander Craig so that the bank can transfer the money into your account.
I make this proposal to you, because I strongly feel that we can better invest/manage the fund in your country's vibrant economy than allowing some corrupt Government officials here to mis-manage it. Therefore, I will send all the documents and proves of the fund to you if you accept to be my foreign partner. Also since I have special interest to convert part of the funds for my investment, I have secured an order of mandamus from the probate registry to present the next of kin.
Your reward shall be 35% of the total sum for you efforts, while the balance 65% shall be my share which I intend to invest in your country. Opportunities like this does not present itself all the time, hence I appeal to you, to accept this proposal and send your full names, address, Bank account and private telephone number via my secure email: owensnow@excite.com to me asap.These information shall be used for approval and transfer of this fund.
On receipt of your above details, I will call you to discuss further and thereafter commence the process of changing the status of the fund in your name to enable the bank transfer it into your accunt accordingly. Note finally that the entire transaction from the moment I receive your required details to when the fund is transferred into your account, will not exceed 14 working days.
God Bless you,
Owen Snow.
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