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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: Robert Williams Williams <robertwilliams_r@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 16:34:06 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: REQUEST FOR URGENT BUSINESS PROPOSAL
From: "Dr Robert Williams" williams_r@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 2 may 2006 23:46:02 +0700
Subject: strictly confidencial,
Dr Robert Williams
Director Foreign Operations
HSBC Bangkok Thailand
Dear friend,
This letter may come to you as a surprise due to the fact that we have
not yet met. The message could be strange but real if you pay some
attention to it. I could have notified you about it at least for the
sake of your integrity. Please accept my sincere apologies. In
bringing this message of goodwill to you, I have to say that I have no
intentions of causing you any pains. I am Dr Robert Williams, the
Director of Foreign Operations HSBC Bangkok Thailand. I have urgent
and very confidential business proposition for you. On June 6 1997, an
American oil consultant/contractor with theThailand National Petroleum
Corporation, Mr. Barry Kelly made a numbered time (Fixed) deposited
for twelve calendar months, valued at US$25,000,000.00 (Twenty-five
Million Dollars) in my bank. Upon maturity, I sent a routine
notification to his forwarding address but got no reply. After a
month, we sent a reminder and finally we discovered from his contract
employers, Thailand National Petroleum Corporation that Mr. Barry
Kelly died from an automobile accident. On further investigation, I
found out that he did not leave a WILL and all attempts to trace his
next of kin were fruitless. I therefore made further investigation and
discovered that Mr. Barry Kelly did not declare any next of kin in all
his official documents, including his Bank Deposit paperwork. This sum
of US$25,000,000.00 is still sitting in the Bank and the interest is
being rolled over with the principal sum at the end of each year. No
one will come forward to claim it.
According to the Thailand Law,at the expiration of 5 (five) years, the
money will revert to the ownership of the Thailand Government if
nobody applies to claim the funds. Consequently, my proposal is that I
will like you as a foreigner to stand in as the next of kin to Mr.
Barry Kelly so that the fruits of this old man's labor will This is
simple, I will like you to provide me immediately with your full names
and address so that the attorney will prepare the necessary documents
and affidavits, which will put you in place as the next of kin. We
shall employ the services of two attorneys for drafting and
notarization of the WILL and obtain the necessary documents and letter
of probate/administration in your favor the transfer. A bank account
in any part of the world, which you provide, will then facilitate the
transfer of this money to you as the beneficiary/next of kin. The
money will be paid into your account for us to share in the ratio of
60% for me and 40% for you.
There is no risk at all as all the paperwork for this transaction will
be done by the attorney and my position as the Bank Foreign Operations
Director guarantees the successful execution of this transaction. If
you are interested, please reply immediately via the private email
address below. Upon your response, I shall then provide you with more
details and relevant documents that will help you understand. Please
observe utmost confidentiality, and rest assured that this transaction
would be most profitable for both of us because I shall require your
assistance to invest my share in your country. Please consider that i
am still serving in the office and keep this very confidencial, my
intergrity is at stake if you decided to share this transaction with
any one...please keep it very secret untill we get this transfer
succesfully into your account. Awaiting your urgent reply via email :
Thanks and God bless you
Dr Robert Williams
Director Foreign Operations
HSBC Thailand
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