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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: =?iso-8859-1?q?Wilfred=20Peters?= <infowilfredpeters3@yahoo.co.in>
Reply-To: infowilfredpeters1@yahoo.com
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2006 09:07:02 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Your Urgent Respond is Needed.
I have a new email address!You can now email me at: infowilfredpeters3@yahoo.co.in
Attention:
Dear Sir/Madam,
My name is Mr. Wilfred Peters, the accounting secretary of the (HSBC), Bank here in Accra Ghana. I am seeking your assistance in a good and matured bank transfer business, the detail goes in this way: One Dr. McDonald Scott, a business man who is said to be an exporter of gold dust Ghana to his country United state of America since1994 and had been our constant customer in 1996 he had a fixed deposit account with us which is about 4.5 million US dollars and a treasure box containing gold dust which worth about 2.6 million US dollars in October 2 1996 and since then had never call or checked back again.
However, in June 2004 when I was made the new accounting secretary, as I was going through the early-late90s [1990-1999] fixed deposit account files record I discovered this and begin to make a research and investigation to know more about the man, through the form he filled and written accesses he went through, there I found his address and more information about him In May 2005 after my research I got more information's and discovered that he has been late since the late December 1999.
Now the deal is, I want you to represent the nest of kin to Mr. McDonald Scott, so that you can retain the money and the treasure box in his position. I have every document containing the signature of the man here with me to back up this business if you are ready to run the deal with me. Meanwhile, the money will be transferred into your nominated account provide by you. And after such transfer of the funds into your account, 50% will be moved into my own account and the other 50% is yours.
Every expenses that was made during the transaction, will be deducted back to you before the money we been divided. If you are interested in running the deal with me you can mail me back so that we can move up to the nest level of the deal. You are free to ask me any question pertaining this transaction. Meanwhile I remain looking forward to your prompt response, and may almighty in infinity bless you
Best regard,
Wilfred Peters.
(Accounting secretary)
- Wilfred Peters
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