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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: "Tony Clarke" <tonyclarke50@msn.com>
Reply-To: tonyclarke2006@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 12:19:07 +0000
Subject: Business proposal
My dear friend,
I seek your assistance to open this transaction discussion with you by an
informal letter of this sort. It is pertinent that a transaction of this
magnitude should have commenced properly with a formal meeting between you
and us to enable both parties know ourselves, have a fore knowledge of the
nature of the transaction, discuss and acquaint ourselves with the
responsibilities and functions of both parties and appropriate shares
accordingly.
However, by virtue of our position in our different offices, confidentiality
and personality of the people involved here, we choose this this approach
for the remmittance of Fifteen Million United States dollars Only ($15m).
SOURCE OF FUND
The tiny Republic of Benin, a country in west Africa discovered Crude Oil
(Black gold) in Port-novo, Republic of Benin and since they are not member
of Organization of Petroleum Exporting Country (OPEC), they requested for
the assistance of our ministry to assist in drilling and excavation of this
black gold and also engaged in spot lifting during which period we made our
gain.
Without the knowledge of our office, as a result of the spot lifting, an
excess of US$15.000.000 Million United States dollars was recorded in our
favor. My colleagues then decided we should look for a honest and sincere
person who could assist us in remmitting this amount of fund into his
private or any nominated account. This is because the law of our country
does not allow civil servants to operate foreign account.
What we need from you is to provide a nice account into which we could
transfer this fund. My colleagues and I have agreed to compensate you or the
owner of the account used for this transaction with 25% of the total amount
remmitted. We shall have 65% to ourself, 5% should go to Charity
organisation and the remaining 5% reserved for taxes and other miscellaneous
expenses in your country.
It may interest you to know that last two years a similar transaction was
carried out with one Mr. patrice Miller, the President of Craine
International Trading corporation of number 135 East 57th street, 28th
floor, New York, NY 10022, with telephone number (212)308-7788 and telex
number 6731689 after the agreement between both partners in which he was to
take 20% of the fund while the remaining 80% for us.
With all the required documents signed, the fund was duly transfered into
his account only for us to be disappointed on our arrival in New York, and
we were reliably informed that Mr. Patrice Miller was no longer on that
address while his telephone and telex numbers have been reallocated to
somebody else. That was how we lost US$9 Million to him.
This time around, we need a more reliable and trustworthy person or a
reputale company to do transaction with hence this letter to you. So if you
can prove yourself to be trusted and interested in this deal, then we are
prepared to do transaction with you.
Kindly treat this as very important and strictly confidential as I honestly
assure you that this transaction is 100% risk-free.
Best regards,
Tony Clarke
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