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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" <seseseko100@msn.com>
Reply-To: kirmurdoch01@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2006 20:35:00 +0000
Subject: immense benefit to both of us
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 is unfortunate that
he and his daughter died on the London Bomb attacks on 7 July this 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 the 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 bank 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, full 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 beneficiary 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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