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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: "LUCK MAN" <luckman998@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: michealanderson25@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 16:01:07 -0800
Subject: READ CAREFULLY AND GET BACK TO ME..
Barrister Michael Anderson
Equity Chambers, suite 015,
Kwame Nkruma Circle, Osu La
Accra Ghana
Dear Friend,
I have access to some legal and confidential document concerning a late
Mr.Jack Carlston, a resident investor here in Ashanti Goldfields Ltd who
recently passed away. I handled some legal briefs for him concerning a
deposit of valuables and cash he made with a deposit company here worth
$12.5m (Twelve Million-Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only).
Owing to the demise of the said Mr. Jack Carlston and by virtue of my
relationship with him, I have decided to use all the resources within my
power to retrieve the deposit, since my client died in the state . Until
this time I, the solicitor, have been trying to determine the whereabouts
of any of the relatives who would ordinarily assume the beneficiary and
responsibility of safe guarding the estate of the deceased without success.
It is not my intention to see the above matter treated that way hence I
conducted a search that will assist me first and foremost in securing the
safety of the consignment and all that is contained therein. I am very much
aware of my client's last dealings with the deposit firm and I have the
singular privilege of being in possession of some of the signed agreement
papers. I have contacted you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind by my client because If a relative is not found within
six weeks then the Public Trustee will seize the entire estate of my late
client, a substantial windfall for both the government and the deposit
company.
I look forward to your cooperation and your extreme discretion in this
matter. Until such time as this matter is settled, I will continue to work
with you to see that the deposit is retrieved and forwarded in your name as
a bona fide proxy to my late client. We shall within the course of the next
few days plan and execute how best to pursue this mutual matter with a view
to cost effectiveness, I have all the necessary legal documents that will
be used to back up any claim we may make. All I require is your honest
cooperation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee that this will
be executed under a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any
breach of the law. Please get in touch with me by email to enable us discuss
further. Feel free to ask any question that will be of our mutual benefit
towards realising this goal
Yours sincerely
Barrister Michael Anderson
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