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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: "Johnson Okafor" <barristerjohnsonokafor5@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2006 14:27:06 +0000
Subject: PLEASE URGENT RESPONSE
Barrister Johnson Okafor ASSOCIATES
(LEGAL PRACTITIONERS)
# 34 ELEGBATA STREET
LAGOS-NIGERIA.
With compliments and respect please I beg your pardon for this unsolicited
nature, it was was out of desperation and Curiosity that made me to contact
you, to introduce myself, I am Barrister Johnson Okafor, a solicitor at law.
I am the personal attorney to Mr.Thompson, a national of your country, who
used to work with Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) here in
Nigeria, is referred to as my trusted client. On Sunday, 27th of January
2002, my client, his wife {Lady Anna and their three
children{Elizbeth,Dexter and James} were involved in terrible bomb blast
that took live of innocent souls and unfortunately over 1000, people lost
their lives and my client and hisfamily were part of this people that lost
their lives.In view of this please view the web page below
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/2698081.stm> Since then I have
made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my client's extended
relatives, this has also proved unsuccessful. After these several
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to track his last name over the Internet,
to locate any member of his family or any close name to his, hence I
contacted you. I am contacting you to assist in repatriating the money and
property left behind y my client before they get liquidated or declared
Unserviceable by the bank where this huge deposits were lodged, particularly
the UNION BANK PLC where the deceased had his account valued precisely to be
USD$18. million dollar} The bank has issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the account liquidated within the next twenty one official
workingdays.
Consequently, my proposal is that I will like you as a national of same
country to stand in as the next of kin, so that the fruits of this old man's
labour will not get into the hands of some group of corrupt government
officials who will get rid of the money and share it for their own selfish
interest and greed. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives
for over 2 years now, I seek your prompt consent to present you as the next
of kin of the deceased since ou have the same last name so that the proceeds
of this account valued at USD$18, Million can be paid to you and then you
and I can share the money according to any agreed ratio. All I require is
your honest co-operation to enable us see this deal through. I guarantee
that this will be executed under legitimate arrangement that will protect
you from any breach of the law. Looking.please get in touch with me by my
personal Email address to enable us discuss further. Email:
barristerjohnsonokafor666@yahoo.com
forward to your swift reply.
Regards,
Barrister Johnson Okafor
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