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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: "paul laye" <laye162@msn.com>
Reply-To: paullaye@terramail.com.sv
Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2006 14:44:11 +0000
Subject: Greetings!
BARRISTER PAUL LAYE ESQ.
LEGAL PRACTITIONER, SOLICITOR & ADVISOR.
TEL:+234 1 812 4113, Mobile:+234 803 3280853
Attn: Sir/Madam
Greetings!
I am Barrister Barrister Paul Laye Esq. personal attorney to late Pitt
Eller, a national of your country who used to work as a contractor to
Oshogbo Rolling Steel Company here in Nigeria herein after shall be referred
to as my client.
Late Pitt Eller and his entire family (wife and two children) were involve
in a local plane crash at kano enroute Abuja(capital city) in Nigeria on the
4th of may 2002 which claimed all occupant aboard the airline,unfortunately
my client and his entire family lost their lives.
For confirmation check the websites below.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/2002/05/05/stories/2002050503070101.htm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/1968616.stm
Since then I have made several enquiries to your embassy to locate any of my
clients extended
relatives, but was unsuccessful.
My purpose of contacting you is to assist in repatriating the fund left
behind by my late client prior to his death before they get confiscated or
declared unserviceable by the finance & security company where this huge
deposit was made, where the deceased had an account valued at about
USD$13M(Thirteen Million United State Dollars).
The finance & security company had issued me a notice to provide the next
of kin or have the funds confiscated within the next 14 official working
days. Since I have been unsuccessful in locating the relatives for over one
year now, I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin of the
deceased since you are from the same country so that the proceeds of this
account valued at USD$13M can be paid to you and then we can both split it
on our agreed sharing ratio.
I will provide all the necessary official and legal documents that can be
used to back up your claim.
All I require is your honest co-operation to enable me as the legal attorney
to the deceased in
seeing that you are paid this funds after which I will join you in your
country for the disbursement.
I guarantee that this transaction will be executed legitimately to protect
you from any breach of the law.
I anticipate your very quick reply.
Yours Faithfully,
Barrister Paul Laye Esq.
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