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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: "Lari Williams" <lariwilliams001@msn.com>
Reply-To: lariwilliams005@yahoo.ca
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 18:50:09 +0000
Subject: YOUR ASSISTANCE WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
Dear Friend,
I sincerely apologize for intruding into your privacy especially by
contacting you through this means. I am Mr. Lari Williams, personal lawyer
to Late Mr. Gabriel Gibson who worked with an Oil Servicing Company. I am
contacting you concerning my late client and an investment he made. I would
respectfully request that you keep the contents of this mail confidential.
On December 25, 2003 my client passed away in an aircrash involving Union
Transport Africaines Flight Boeing 727 in Cotonou, Benin Republic. I refer
you to this link for further information regarding the crash:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/
Until his death, the deceased had a Fixed Deposit Account totalling USD $5.5
Million in a bank. Recently, the bank issued an ultimatum to me notify the
deceased relative about this investment so that the money would be given to
them failure which the account would be forfeited to the government as
unclaimed balance as stipulated by law. But unfortunately, I discovered that
my late client did not declare anybody as his next of kin. This discovery
led me to conduct a detail search for my late clients relatives hence my
decision to contact you. I have made several efforts to trace the relatives
of my late client and all my efforts yielded no positive result. Faced with
this problem, it is apparent that if I fail to present somebody to the bank
as the deceased relative, the money would be forfeited. This developmet
leaves me as the only person with the full picture of what the prevailing
situation is in relation to the deposit my late client made.
Since I have been unsuccessful in my search for his relatives; I have
resolved to seek your consent to present you to the bank as my client's Next
of Kin/Relative because you are a foreigner and can easily pass as the
deceased relative. I know you will be wondering how possible this could be
but I assure you that this is simple.
I will acquire all legal documents that would be used to back up the claim
as this will prove that the deceased had recognised you as his next of kin.
This will enable you to apply officially for the funds after which the money
would be transferred to you for us to share 50/50.
If you are interested in doing this transaction with me kindly send your
reply and provide the following information:
Your full names.
Contact address.
Telephone/Fax Numbers.
All that I require is your honest co-operation to enable us see the
transaction through. Everything would be done legally and my position as the
deceased attorney would add credence to the claim. I guarantee that this
will be executed under a legitimate arrangement.
Thanks for your consideration.
Best Regards,
Lari Williams.
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