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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: James dikeka <jadike_1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:12:00 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: FROM UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA {UBA} PLC
FROM UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA {UBA} PLC
No 78 Iju Road,
Lagos Nigeria,
Branch Manager.
ATTN:
I am pleased to get across to you for a very urgent and profitable business proposal, though I don't know you, neither have I seen you before but my confidence was reposed on you with the good Faith I had in GOD. I am a Staff of United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA), Ilupeju branch, Lagos Nigeria. The intended business is thus; We had a customer, a Foreigner, Resident in Nigeria,Named Late Mr.John Mike of England, he was a Contractor with one of the Government Parastatals. He has in his Account in our branch the sum of US 15.5Million (fifteen million five hundred thousand united states dollars only). Unfortunately, the man died three years ago until today non-of his next of kin has come forward to claim the money.
Having noticed this, I in collaboration with two other top Officials of the bank have covered up the account all this while. Now we want you (being a foreigner) to be fronted as one of his next of kin and forward your account and other relevant documents to be advised to you by us to attest to the Claim. We will use our positions to get all internal documentations to back up the claims. The whole procedures will last only five working days to get the fund retrieved successfully without trace even now or in future. Your response is only what we are waiting for as we have arranged all necessary things. As soon as this message comes to you kindly get back to me indicating your interest, then I will furnish you with the whole procedures to ensure that the deal is successfully concluded.
For your assistance we have agreed to give you twenty five percent (25%) of the Total sum at the end of the transaction while 65% would be for my colleagues and I and the remaining 10% would be for any form of expenses that may be incurred during the course of the transaction which would be given to us when the money is transferred into your account before splitting the balance on the agreed percentage of 65% to 25%. In order to get all the legal documents from the court, kindly send the following information to us immediately. Your full name, telephone, mobile and fax numbers as well as your resident or company address.
We have in our disposal,the Certificate of Deposit that he used in Depositing the Fund in our bank,also with us is his Death Certificate as Proof of the fund,as soon as we hear from you soon,we will quickly forward them to you.
I await your earliest response.
Thanks,
Yours Sincerely,
James Dikeka.
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