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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: john john <barr_tommy11@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 02:41:41 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: very urgent please..
BARRISTER LEWIS SMITH (ESQ)
THE WINNERS CHAMBERS,
#35 ADESHA BASHUA, LAGOS.
barr_tommy9@yahoo.co.uk
Dear sir, madam,
Pardon me for the intrusion once more, I sent a mail to you earlier but
I am yet to get your response with regards to the proposal sent, so I
decided to resend them again, this craving your indulgence with regards
to the transaction before me in wish I want to seek your possible help
to this effect.
This mail is not intended to cause any embarrassment in whatever form
to you but I must solicit your confidentiality. I know a proposal of
this magnitude will make anyone apprehensive and worried, but I am
assuring you that it is sent in good faith and will be of mutual benefit to
us.
I am Barrister lewis the Personal Attorney to Mr.Techie Micheal S.R
Mr,A Foreigner, who used to work as an International Consultant Engineer
with Mekon Petroleum Company in Nigeria. At about 7.30pm 22nd saturday
october 2005, my Client, was involved in an Air Crash of Belview Airline
at Lisa Village in Ifo Ogun State Nigeria.
For more substantiation about the aformentioned incident;
please browse through the underlisted Web Sites and see for
yourself:http://nm.onlinenigeria.com/templates/?a=5698&z=17.
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any
of my clients extended relatives, this has also proved
unsuccessful.After these several unsuccessful attempts, I decided to trace his
relatives over the Internet, to locate any member of his family but of no
avail, hence I contacted you. I have contacted you to assist me in
repartrating the money left behind by my client before they get confisicated or
declared unserviceable by the finance house where this huge deposits
were lodged.
Particularly, the finance house where the deceased had an account
valued at about 20 million dollars has issued me a notice to provide the
next of kin or have the account confisicated within the next ten official
working days. since I have been unsuccesfull in locating the relatives
for over 3years now I seek your consent to present you as the next of
kin to late Mr.Techie Micheal S.R Mr so that the proceeds of this
account valued at $20 million dollars can be paid to your account, and then
you and i can share the money. 55% to me and 40% to you,while 5% should
be for expenses or tax as your government may require,I have all
necessary legal documents that can be used to back up any claim we may make.
All I require is your honest cooperation to enable us see this
transaction 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 my secured and confidential e-mail address at
barr_tommy9@yahoo.co.uk or the above stated private telephone numbers
to enable us discuss further.
Best Regards.
Barrister.lewis
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