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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: "martin ike" <martike2000@msn.com>
Reply-To: martineike@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:14:57 +0000
Subject: From Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
>From Union Bank of Nigeria Plc.
Marina Lagos, Nigeria.
Prviate email:martineike@yahoo.co.uk
Attention : Sir,
Compliment of the day and how is life generally with you? Of course it
is
my humble wish to solicit and crave your indulgence to make this
project request for a joint business transaction which I hope will not
come
to you as a surprise, hence I plead for your pardon. I am Dr.Martin
Ike, the manager in the headquarters of union bank of Nig. Plc.
Lagos.
I have an urgent and confidential business proposal for you. On
April 15, 2001, an American oil consultant/contractor with Nigerian
National
Petroleum corporation (NNPC) Mr. Peter Bush made a numbered
time (fixed) deposit for twelve calendar months valued at
US$30,000,000.00(Thirty
Million US Dollars) in my branch. On maturity, I sent a
routine notification to his forwarded address but got no reply after
months
we send a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employee (Nigerian national petroleum Corporation) that Mr. peter Bush
died
in a plane crash accident. On further investigation, it was clear
that he died without making a will. All attempts to trace his next of
kin
were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and discovered
that Mr. Peter Bush did not declare any next of kin or relations in all
his official documents including his deposit document in my bank. The
total sum US$30,000,000.00 is still in my bank as dormant account. No
one
will ever come forward to claim it. According to Nigerian banking
law, after four years, the money will revert to the ownership of the
Nigerian
Government. If the account owner is certified death and nobody
comes forward to claim it. My proposal is that I am looking for a
foreigner
who will stand in as
the beneficiary/next of kin. This is simple. All you have to do is to
immediately
send me the details of a bank account anywhere in the world,
your address, your telephone and fax numbers for me to arrange payment
of
the money in your favour as the relation of late Peter Bush
who died in a plane crash and the money will then be paid to you
legally
for us to share in the ration of 60% for me 30% for you while the
remaining 10% will be set aside for expenses re-imbursement. I know
that
a transaction of this magnitude would make anyone
apprehensive and worried. But I am assuring you that all will be well
at
the end of the day. A boldstep taken shall not be regretted, I assure
you. Please do not be informed that this business transaction is 100%
legal
and there is no risk involved. I am using my position as the bank
manager and connection in the bank here to arrange the payment in your
favour
as the relation of Late Mr. Peter Bush. We shall employ the
services of an attorney to obtain all necessary documents and letter of
administration in your favour for the payment. If you are interested,
please replyimmediately through my private email address for discussion
as soon as you receive this mail and be rest assured that this
transaction could be mostprofitable for both of us. Please do not
expose
this deal if you are not interested because if you do, it will take me
out of seat. Please reply in strict confidence to my contact email
martineike@yahoo.co.uk
As soon as i receive your response, i will
send you some documents which you will show toour bank when demanded.
Sincerely with warm regards,
Dr.Martin Ike.
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