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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: steframaphossa@aim.com
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 23:37:25 -0400
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL PLEASE?
Bills and Exchange Dept.
Standard Chartered Bank
East London.
Email to; stef_ramaphossa@yahoo.com
Dear friend,
First I must solicit your confidence in this transaction, this is by virtue of it's nature as being utterly confidential and top secret. Though I know that a transaction of this magnitude will make any one apprehensive and worried, but I am assuring that this is real and genuine. I am the director, bills and exchange at the foreign remittance department of the Standard Chartered Bank London. I came to know you in my private search for a reliable and reputable person to handle this Confidential Transaction,which involves the transfer of a huge sum of money to a foreign account requiring maximum confidence.
MY PROPOSITION; We discovered an abandoned sum of 4,230,000 GBP(Four million two hundred and thirty thousand great
britain pounds) in an account that belongsto one of our customers who died along with his wife and entire family on 25th July, 2000,Air France Concorde flight 4590 plane crash
Since his death, none of his next-of-kin or relations has come forward to lay claims for this money as the heir. We cannot release the fund from his account unless someone applies for claim as the next-of-kin to the deceased as indicated in our banking guidelines, unfortunately, no family member nor relative has ever appeared to claim the said fund. Upon this discovery, we now seek your permission to have you stand as next of kin to the deceased so that the funds (Four million two hundred and thirty thousand great britain pounds) can be released and paid into your account as the beneficiary's next of kin otherwise the fund will be returned to treasury as unclaimed funds.
All documents to enable you receive this funds will be carefully worked out Please acknowledge receipt of this message in acceptance of our mutual business endeavour by furnishing me with the following;
Your name.......................
Telephone and fax numbers.......
Your occupation.................
We have agreed that our ratio of sharing will be as stated thus; On final conclusion of this project,You will have 35% of this money for helping me and the remaining 65% share shall be used for investment purposes in your country.
If this proposal is acceptable by you, do not take undue advantage of the trust we have in you, I await your urgent mail.
Best Regards
Stef.
steframaphossa@yahoo.com
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