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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: "Dr. James Alala" <onlineuklotto_78@msn.com>
Reply-To: james.alala@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 03:08:55 +0000
Subject: ASSISTANCE
The General Manger
Guaranty Trust Bank Plc
126 Marina, Lagos.
Nigeria.
5th Febuary, 2006
ATTENTION: General Manager
Dear Sir/Madam
Assistance for the transfer of USD 28.2 Million.
I write to seek for your sincere co-operation and trust in the transfer of
the above mentioned amount.
Firstly, I must solicite your confidence in this transaction. I know that a
transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprenhensive, but be
assured that at the end all concerned would smile. I decided to contact you
due to the urgency of this transaction. Let me introduce myself. I Dr. James
Alala the Manager of bill and exchange foreign remittance department
Guaranty trust bank Plc. I got you contact via my private search and dicided
to ask you your personal involvement because of the volume of your business.
THE PROPOSITION: A foreigner, Late Mr Peter Creek an Expertriate engineer,
who is involved in oil merchant/contractor with the federal governemnt of
nigeria, until his death over two years ago in a ghastly car accident,
banked with us here and a closing balance as at the end of March, 2001 of
USD 28.2 Million (twenty eight million, two hundred thousand dollars)
equivalent in the local currency, which the Bank now expects a next of kin
to claim as beneficiary. All efforts by my Bank to contact any of his
relatives proved unseccesful. As a result of this the board of directors are
about to place the account as "UNCLAIMAMBLE" and it has been decided that
this fund will be withdrawn from our bank here into the Central Bank as
access.
In order to prevent this, some of my colleagues and I now seek your
assistance to have you stand in as the beneficiary’s next of kin. All
documents to enable you claim this fund will be carefully worked out on your
names.
Please note that this Proposal is 100% risk free on your side. We have
agreed that 40% of the total fund when remitted would be your share. Again
take note that up to 10% of the amount would stand as incidental expenses ,
the remaining 50% would be our share, more details would follow with time.
if this proposal is acceptable to you, kindly contact me through my private
email address (james.alala@hotmail.com) only and forward to me your
telephone and fax numbers for easy communication.
PLEASE TREAT THIS AS A VERY URGENT AND CONFIDENTIAL MATTER. (please feel
free to question my reputation in the bank, but keep the transaction off for
security reason.)
Yours faithfully.
Dr. James Alala
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