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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: "claude Van Bouyten" <vanbuoyten@fsmail.net>
Reply-To: vanbouyten@fsmail.net
Date: Sun, 23 Apr 2006 05:14:27 +0100
Subject: share
Dearest,
my name is Claude van bouyten, a Belgian national, resident in Portugal.
I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer .It has
defiled all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only
about a few weeks to live, according to medical experts. You will
find attached to this mail copies of my picture.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really
cared for anyone (not even myself) but my business. Though I am very rich,
I was never generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than
just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I
believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this
world I would live my life a different way from how I
have lived it.
Now that God has called me, I have willed and given
most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended
family members as well as a few close friends .I want God to
be merciful to me and accept my soul. So I have decided to
give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one
of the last good deeds I do on earth. So far, I have distributed
money to some charity organizations in the Africa, Asia and
the Far East. Now that my health has deteriorated so badly, I cannot
do this myself anymore. I once asked members of my family to close one of
my accounts and distribute the money, which I have there
to charity organization in Bulgaria and Pakistan; they refused and
kept the money to themselves.
Hence, I do not trust them anymore, as they seem not to be
contended with what I have left for them. The last of my money, which no one knows of, is the huge cash deposit of Twelve
Million dollars ($12, 000, 000, 00) that I have with a finance
House abroad. I will want you to help me collect this
deposit and dispatch it to charity organizations.
N/B: KINDLY NOTE THAT 30% of these funds must go to the
hurricane Katrina victims and another 10 % for your effort and time while the rest is distributed amongst other charity organizations. You can contact me via my email address: claudevanbouyten@fsmail.net <mailto:claudevanbouyten@fsmail.net>.
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