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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: "kirk murdoch" <kirkmurdoch001_56@msn.com>
Reply-To: kirkmurdoch205@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2006 09:43:56 +0000
Subject: From: Kirk Murdoch,Urgent Need For Assistance
Dear Friend,
I wish to approach you with a request that would be of immense
benefit to both of us. I am an attorney based in Scotland United
Kingdom. I want you and I to make some fortune out of a situation
that I am obviously left with no other better option. The issue that
I am presenting to you is a case of my client that willed a fortune
to his only daughter. It was unfortunate that he and his daughter
died on the London Bomb a ttacks on 7 July last year. The wife died
of heart attack on receiving the sad news a week after. I am now
faced with a problem of getting a trusted person who I will make the
beneficiary that I would pass the fortune to. And according to the
law such fortune is supposed to be bequeathed to the government if
there is not any relatives or next-of-kin of the decease that would
surface for claim of the fortune.
However, I personally don’t belong to such school of thought that
proposes that such fortune be given to the government because this is
cheating and is possible that the top government officials for their
own selfish interest could divert t he fortune. Because of this I am
contacting you to seek your acting as the beneficiary of the will. I
am my client attorney and I alone knew about his will. Upon
indication of your interests, all I will do is to amend the will by
fitting in your name as the supposed next-of-kin and back it up with
a sworn affidavit, which automatically became valid. This amendment
should be between us and must not leak out to anyone. It is
absolutely confidential.
I have complete information of his bank account details with an
outstanding balance of $48,550,000.00USD ($48.550 Million USD). To
make you be sure of this, I can provide you with details of his b ank
to enable you to log on to his account to confirm this balance. I
know that you would be apprehensive and feel that this is a big sum,
but it does not matter because this is a legacy being passed on to a
next-of-kin and you are the available next-of-kin.
As I am not very sure of getting your consent yet on the issue, I
prefer not to divulge my full identity so as not to risk being
disbarred. Until I am sure of your consent and full cooperation then
I will not be afraid to give you my full identity. In the meanwhile,
I would prefer that we maintain correspondence by email and fax. At
this point I want to assure you that your true consent, ful l
cooperation and confidentiality are all that are required to enable
us to take full advantage of this golden opportunity.
I shall make representation to the legal courts to facilitate the
amendment process within three working days. Since this is a
transaction of immense benefit to both of us, I would want that we
shared all expenses according to our agreed sharing ratio of the
fortune. The sharing ratio shall be 60% for me and 40% for you. This
shall also be applicable to all expenditures that would be incurred
in the course of the transaction because I wouldn’t want either of us
to feel cheated. Please note that this is a legal and risk free
transaction that does not in anyway hamper the monetary laws of your
country. It is an inheritance fund.
If you are interested to work with me, please provide me with your
name, address, nationality, age, and date of birth, height, and phone
and fax numbers as required for the amendment of the will. On
completion of this, I will send you a copy of the amended will which
you will fax to the bank with a back up letter written by your good
self requesting for the release of the fund to you. I will also write
to the bank as the legal representative of my client before his
demise, ordering for the transfer of the fund to you, as the
beneficiar y of his will.
I will appreciate your urgent response in this regard. Thanks for
your anticipated cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
KIRK MURDOCH.
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