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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: "Mark Numan" <markman_zenith@yahoo.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: marknum_zib@excite.com
Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:04:17 -0700
Subject:
From: The Manager,
Zenith International Bank,
Ikoyi Branch,
Lagos State-Nigeria
Email:marknum_zib@excite.com
Tel: 2348036974551
Re: REQUEST FOR PARTNERSHIP
I am Mark Numan,the Manager of Zenith International Bank, Ikoyi Branch Lagos-Nigeria. I am contacting you to solicite your partnership to accept the transfer of the deposit balance of US$17.76Million (being principal plus accrued interest sum) into your bank account for safe keeping.
ORIGIN OF THE FUND
On June 6, 2002, one of my foreign customer who was an Oil consultant/contractor with the Niger-Delta Development Commission (NDDC) "Mr. Alexander Fischer" Made a numbered time (Fixed deposit) for 24 calendar months, valued at US$14,500,000.00 (Fourteen Million Five hundred Thousand Dollars only) at the rate of 11.4% per annum, in my branch. Upon maturity in 2004, I sent a routine notification to his forwarding address at the NDDC and in return his contract employers (NDDC), inform us that he has died in a Marine Accident at the creek of Niger/Delta rivers. This shocking news then prompted me to investigate the records of Late Alexander Fischer's mandate file/form with a bid to find his next of kin.
My investigation revealed that he died without a WILL and next of kin, but I continued to make attempts to trace any of his relations through the embassies here and the internet.
Unfortunately, the exercise turned out fruitless. Now the money is floating as unclaimed deposit, but I do not want it to be reverted into the national Treasury as unclaimed funds. Hence, I seek your consent as a foreigner to present you as the next of kin to the late Mr. Alexander Fischer so that I can process the necessary documents in your name and have the bank transfer it into your nominated bank account for safe keeping and subsequent investment. This is an opportunity that presented itself and I intend to invest my share of the funds in profitable business ventures in your country and run a foundation in memory of the Late Alexander Fischer for the poor.
MODE OF SHARING
If you accept to be my partner and act as the next of kin to the deceased, you will be rewarded with 35% (US$6.216Million) of the total sum, while the balance 65% (US$11.544Million) shall be my share. If this is acceptable by you,please send your full names, address, and private telephone number to me immediately via my secure email: marknum_zib@excite.com, to enable us start processing the documents for the transfer.
You should also call me on my above stated telephone number so that we can discuss the details of the transaction in full. I assure you that the transaction is legitimate and the entire process of transferring the funds into your bank account shall be done legally. By this no authority can question it and the entire process will not exceed about 14 working days" all things being equal".
God bless you.
Best regards,
Mark Numan
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