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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: "Denis Williams" <denixwilliams@katamail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: deniswilliams@excite.com
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 04:18:09 -0800
Subject: THOMAS ESTATE
ZENNITH BANK PLC
LAGOS, NIGERIA
DEAR TRENT
CONFIDENTIAL,PRIVATE AND URGENT MESSAGE.
I am the Manager OPERATIONS DEPT,ZENNITH BANK PLC here in lagos, Nigeria.PLease this mail is exclusive to you only.
I got your contact as I was searching for a possible next of Kin from CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DIRECTORY so I decide to contact you on this business opportunity. I cannot Handle it without a foreign partner who will act as next of kin.
Mr THOMAS TRENT an aviantion expert from Texas who died on 25th December,2003 in an AIR PLANE BOEING 727 crash in BENIN ,West Africa, on his way back home for Christmas holiday was one of our Big customer. I also hope you are already aware of the news of the plane crash as it was broadcast world wide on the news including CNN.Please see this website by CNN for comfirmation http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/africa/12/26/benin.crash/index.html
He was awarded a Big contract in the year 2001 to supply aircraft landing equipment, spare parts,spare engines and computers worth $18.5M USD. But he was not paid at the completion of the contract. But now, the Federal Government have released $18.5M USD to him through his bank account with us.Since we got information about his death, we have been expecting his next of kin to come over and claim his money because we cannot release it unless somebody applies for it as next of kin or relation as indicated in our bank payment policy, but unfortunately we learnt that he has no next of kin mentioned or stated in his documents with us.Since you are a whiteman like late contractor you can easily apply to claim this money,I have documents which will help you to receive this money.It is therefore upon this discovery that I decided to make this business proposal to you so that the fund will be released to you as the next of kin or relation of thomas with t!
he understanding that you will not betray the trust.Our bank payment policy and rules stipulates that if such money remained unclamed after three years, the money will be transfered into the treasury as unserviceable. The request of foreigner as next of kin in this business is occasioned by the fact that thomas was a foreigner and a Nigerian cannot stand as next of kin to a foreigner.I will give you up to 30 % of this money as foreign partner for the provision of a foreign bank account to receive this money,and 60 % for us, while 10% for cost and expenses.I will not fail to bring to your notice that this transaction is
Legitimate and that you should not entertain any atom of fear as all required arrangements have been made for the transfer to you as his next of kin.Trusting to hear from you immediately. Please note that this transaction is based on absolute trust and confidence.
Please send your reply only to
email addresses: deniswilliams@excite.com or call me on 234 8052037230.
Thank you
DENNIS WILLIAMS
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